Pressing Onward

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These usually cost $32, but use the promo: “Mother” while shopping and get the cover for free (just pay shipping).

Aletheia came up for a goodnight snuggle and said “Do I need to brush my teeth tonight, Mom?” and I replied “Yes, you don’t want your breath to smell foul in the morning” and she said “But mom, I didn’t eat any chicken for dinner!”

Just pulled into Sulphur, Louisiana! Get ready for some adventures and photos ahead (when I unpack the camera cord!). 

John and I just finished watching the BBC mini-series, “North & South“. It is now in my Top 10 list! The suspense was killing me and since we watched it over three or four nights, I could hardly bear it. :) Now I need to read the book, though it’s usually the other way around.

I came across this link to a site called “TasteSpotting” in my April Better Homes and Gardens magazine.

Hot Cross Scones

Glad to know I’m not alone in not only loving to cook and eat good food, but also in taking pictures of the deliciousness. 

Recent birdy goodness that I found on Etsy. Gift ideas…..hint, hint, John. 

Swallow Headband ~$19

I’ve been intrigued by a variety of hair fascinators such as this…

Custom Hairpiece

or very dainty for everyday

or for a special occasion

And for the little lady of the house….

Barrettes ~ $4-6

All you crafty ladies might enjoy this site chock full of FREE Amy Butler patterns. A longtime goal/dream of mine is to make a quilt. This remains a dream as I haven’t delved much into the world of quilting, but I do like to collect ideas! These quilts are nice and bright and I can picture them in Aletheia’s room.

Over the years I’ve collected a few vintage cracker jars and I received a few as wedding gifts, but I’d like to fit out my pantry with a few more in the future. I love their simple lines and prefer their look to plastic storage containers. We keep our granola or cold cereal in one and various baking items (nuts, coconut, sugars, etc) in the others. They are hard to come by in the vintage world, at least at a decent price, but I just found them brand new at the Container Store. With prices ranging from $3.99-$6.99 I will definitely keep them in mind for the future.

So four weeks ago after the lovely announcement about our future plans and our move to Moscow, we were surprised by a call from a CREC congregation in Sulphur, Louisiana that is looking for a pastor.  John has been interviewing with them since that call and they actually flew all of us down the weekend before last for John to preach and interview some more. It also gave us all an opportunity to meet the congregation and look around the area.  So far they haven’t made any decisions on whether to call him as their pastor, or not, but at this point our Moscow moving plans are on hold.

John will be flying back to Louisiana this weekend for another round of preaching and a Q&A session. Please pray for his traveling mercies and that he might be a blessing to the congregation there. Also, please pray that our plans will soon become more solid. If you know me, I hate being halfway between two places (wherever those places might be!) and love to have a goal and destination to plan and prepare for.

We are over halfway packed now and I’ve also been working on cleaning room by room for preparation to list. I’ll keep updating as we know more.