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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Have I ever said how much I love living in the mountains? Of course these pictures are at least a week old. I've learned that the leaves change every single day. It had been a few days since I left the house this last time and driving down the main street I was blown away by the golds, oranges and reds.
I've heard that the leave change isn't as brilliant this year. Something to do with the very hot summer and dry weather we've had.
We've been pretty busy these past few weeks. Darrell's hours have cut back a little. He still works pretty much 7 days a week, but only 8 hours now instead of 12.
Our living situation is going ok. Obviously we are ready to get out of here. The blessing is that this house is a very good size. We have the whole upstairs and we have a lot of space. Also, we believe that the Lord worked this out for a purpose. We can see small details come together to bring us where we are right now. Does that mean we like running out to the store every other day for this guy? No. We are a little tired of it. A lot tired of it.
But then things happen and we know we are here for good reason whether we like it or not. He fell yesterday on the hard tile kitchen floor. He has no feeling in one of his feet. Its hard for him to get around. Thankfully Darrell was here to help him. Last time he fell off the front porch and I was the one helping him up. Not fun. So, he needs someone.
He is also very lost, I believe. He will tell you that he is a Christian. But a lot of people believe they are Christians. Of course we can't know for sure because we don't know his heart. But he has some weird beliefs about science, the Trinity, creation and lots of other topics.
So, our season of living in this house has its purpose. But our human hearts have had enough.
But while I am here I will enjoy this view from my bedroom window.
The princess will be starting ballet on Monday. This is a huge answer to pray in so many ways. I am so thankful she will get to experience this. It is something we've been talking about for a few months and finally I just made the call last week. She is beyond thrilled as I'm sure you can imagine. I will be snapping pictures the whole hour.
I will not, however, be like the lady I read about who actually went in the studio with her daughter and did all the moves with her to make her feel more at ease. She must have gotten some special momma gene because NO WAY!
We have also been looking at houses. (If you don't know about this, scroll down to the previous post.) Well, we've only really looked at one house. We are hoping to put in an offer tomorrow! Then if that offer gets accepted we will be putting in months and months and months of blood (hopefully not), sweat and tears. Next time I post we will know if we got the house. Then I will tell you all about it. I don't know if I want to post pictures or not. Its not pretty, but it will be by the time we are ready to move in. Maybe I will just wait and post before and after pictures.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Autumn
I thought it might be time for an update. Who ever put me in charge of this blog anyway? I'm terrible at it!!
Its Fall here, yall. I have no words to describe the beauty of this season here. I tried to take some pictures on my way to church last week. They didn't turn out very good and I had to put it away since I was trying to drive at the same time.
Darrell's grandmother passed away last week, so we made the 3 hour trip over. It is some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. We are headed in that direction later today so I will be sure to bring the camera.
I'm not kidding when I say I wake up everyday feeling so blessed to be here. The crisp weather and the crunchy leaves make me so happy. I'll let you know how I really feel when the snow comes!
Now this little, big girl...
She's quite the little student. After only a few short weeks of school, she has begun to read. She's not sure of herself yet, and I don't think its clicked in her brain, but she's reading. I am so proud of her. Her first day of school was spent in a real school. Our church's school needed a sub for the Kindergarten class and I was able to bring Liberty along for the ride. She loved it. Am I allowed to say that she was above and beyond the other students in that class?
Here is a side by side from last year. No tan this year! That is what happens when Margaret Vanaman's pool is no longer 5 minutes away!
Darrell's job is going extremely well. I can't remember if I mentioned that he did get hired on in a permanent, full time position. That makes things a little less stressful for him. He loves his job and says its very easy. But boy is he working. There were a few weeks that he got in 84 hours. He was told there would be a lot of overtime, and they were not joking. Its a blessing though. He will turn 42 at the end of this month and he's not very happy about it. Apparently it has hit him that he is indeed growing older. Wanna hear something funny? He's getting some of his hair color back. I don't know how, but the top is the same shade as the year we were married. I thought I had done my job in making him completely gray, but I guess I slacked off a little.
It seems that sometimes God's ways are not our ways. After much prayer and more prayer and a little more prayer it seems that we are taking a detour in our plans.
We have decided to buy a house in this area. We are holding onto the property because it will take a lot of prompting from the Lord to sell it.
Our property is over an hour away from our church and Darrell's job. We really didn't want to have to drive that far. Our hearts are still in Hillsville, but we have a peace that we are doing the right thing.
God is really growing us and working in our hearts and we believe that He led us here for a reason. We don't know if this was His plan from the beginning. We do know that we were so closed minded for so long that it took a lot for God to open our eyes. Our hearts are very open these days as we long to hear God's voice directing us.
It is a scary thing to move to a town where you don't know a soul. It is terrifying when you lose not one, but two jobs in the same year. And it is hard when so many little detailed things go wrong and you don't have anywhere to turn. Well, it should have been scary, terrifying and hard.
We don't know where we will end up. But we look back and we can see God's hand in even the smallest details. And He has brought us exactly where we need to be.
That is not all...
We have some even bigger plans in the works. Ok, God has some even bigger plans in the works. I hate to leave you hanging, but trust me when I say that won't wait a second longer than we have to.
But please, please pray for us. God has to move mountains to make this happen.
Love to everyone!
~Cindy
Its Fall here, yall. I have no words to describe the beauty of this season here. I tried to take some pictures on my way to church last week. They didn't turn out very good and I had to put it away since I was trying to drive at the same time.
Darrell's grandmother passed away last week, so we made the 3 hour trip over. It is some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. We are headed in that direction later today so I will be sure to bring the camera.
I'm not kidding when I say I wake up everyday feeling so blessed to be here. The crisp weather and the crunchy leaves make me so happy. I'll let you know how I really feel when the snow comes!
Now this little, big girl...
She's quite the little student. After only a few short weeks of school, she has begun to read. She's not sure of herself yet, and I don't think its clicked in her brain, but she's reading. I am so proud of her. Her first day of school was spent in a real school. Our church's school needed a sub for the Kindergarten class and I was able to bring Liberty along for the ride. She loved it. Am I allowed to say that she was above and beyond the other students in that class?
Here is a side by side from last year. No tan this year! That is what happens when Margaret Vanaman's pool is no longer 5 minutes away!
Darrell's job is going extremely well. I can't remember if I mentioned that he did get hired on in a permanent, full time position. That makes things a little less stressful for him. He loves his job and says its very easy. But boy is he working. There were a few weeks that he got in 84 hours. He was told there would be a lot of overtime, and they were not joking. Its a blessing though. He will turn 42 at the end of this month and he's not very happy about it. Apparently it has hit him that he is indeed growing older. Wanna hear something funny? He's getting some of his hair color back. I don't know how, but the top is the same shade as the year we were married. I thought I had done my job in making him completely gray, but I guess I slacked off a little.
It seems that sometimes God's ways are not our ways. After much prayer and more prayer and a little more prayer it seems that we are taking a detour in our plans.
We have decided to buy a house in this area. We are holding onto the property because it will take a lot of prompting from the Lord to sell it.
Our property is over an hour away from our church and Darrell's job. We really didn't want to have to drive that far. Our hearts are still in Hillsville, but we have a peace that we are doing the right thing.
God is really growing us and working in our hearts and we believe that He led us here for a reason. We don't know if this was His plan from the beginning. We do know that we were so closed minded for so long that it took a lot for God to open our eyes. Our hearts are very open these days as we long to hear God's voice directing us.
It is a scary thing to move to a town where you don't know a soul. It is terrifying when you lose not one, but two jobs in the same year. And it is hard when so many little detailed things go wrong and you don't have anywhere to turn. Well, it should have been scary, terrifying and hard.
We don't know where we will end up. But we look back and we can see God's hand in even the smallest details. And He has brought us exactly where we need to be.
That is not all...
We have some even bigger plans in the works. Ok, God has some even bigger plans in the works. I hate to leave you hanging, but trust me when I say that won't wait a second longer than we have to.
But please, please pray for us. God has to move mountains to make this happen.
Love to everyone!
~Cindy
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