thoughts and meanderings

Josh commented tonite about how peaceful the past few days have been. The cloudy days, not knowing if it's cool or warm, and sometimes both within minutes. The birds and their little songs that let me know it's 6 am, or earlier. thank you, dear birds, for making sure I don't overindulge on sleep.

The word is slowly getting out, about the move. I've been getting a lot of funny looks when I say "TULSA". The kind of looks that say, I think I need a map. Or do yo like to ride horses? Or, did you know about all the TORNADOS?

Honestly, I don't know what to think, either. It's a city, so I imagine it will feel in some ways very similar to here. The accents will be different. The landscape, different. But people are people, you know, and I've met people at every stage, city, season, whatever- that I could not imagine NOT knowing.

I have done this 3 times, now. Three times I will have shown up at a place, and known 2 or 3 people, and been scared to death. All three times, it's always the same. People show up, and your life changes.

And if, by some strange providence, someone knows someone in TULSA- feel free to send them my way...

Apparently, I am older than I thought

Have yall heard about this? A ring tone, teenagers can hear, but not OLD people. Yeah, well some friends were telling me about the thing last nite so this morning I headed on over to NPR, armed and ready to cover my ears from the high pitched sound- and nothing. My dog's ears were wiggling like crazy, and Josh was like TURN THAT OFF, but me, I was surfing the internet for a miracle ear.

Please, somebody as "young" as me, tell me they can not hear this thing. I will feel better.

breathe and rest

That's what I have been telling myself today.

"Most" of the major projects are done. The house is clean and smells ALOT like lavender. I love that stuff.

I have definitely felt a tinge of the nuttiness coming on. You know, just that tense feeling of how in the world will this all come together.  It will, I know.

So, I am taking most of today to relish in a breezy, cloudy day. Everything is off. the tv. the music, even. 

It all gets crazy again, tomorrow, but today, I will take it slow.

we're moving.

well, there it is. these past few weeks have been kind of intense (to put it lightly), but Josh was offered a great job at an excellent school. in Tulsa. yep, that's in Oklahoma.

In some ways this was an easy decision, and in other ways it has been one of the hardest things we have done. Birmingham hasn't exactly been a joy ride, but we've experienced plenty of God's mercy and lesson upon lesson. We would never take it back.

The hardest part, for sure, will be saying goodbye to some dear, dear friends. Not to mention, leaving my sister and brother in law and my niece, as well as my family, just a short drive away. It has been such a sweet time in our family this last year, which everyone being so near. It breaks my heart to think I will be so far away.

BUT, it's not that FAR. A 10 hour drive, and well, anywhere you can get to in a day isn't so bad, right?

We'll be here through mid-summer, I assume. I literally can not feel my legs from all the cleaning and getting our house ready for the market. I love this house so much. so sad.

I thought I would have more to say, but I still feel kind of speechless.


So, there are some pictures below since you may know someone who would like to live here someday....

the week

Josh and I just had a long week full of all kinds of adventures. Cabin-ing in southeast OK, which by the way was absolutely beautiful. Then, a long drive back, a day of rest, two days of major yard work and cleaning, a beautiful Easter morning and worship, and lunch with my beautiful sister and family. Dinner with friends along the way, and some amazing hikes, and perfect weather. We ended Josh's Spring break at our new fertility Doctor's office today. It was all in all a good experience, he was hopeful, said we should hopeful, which is always good to hear. I can't believe we have been doing all this stuff for almost a year. I could write a book on how not go about seeking fertility treatment. What a mess. But, I think we have landed at a good place, and hopefully, with God's mercy, we'll have a baby. 

We've got other big stuff on the horizon, and the proof of it is sitting on my shoulders right now in huge knots of tense muscles. That will ease, soon, I hope- and you'll get all the scoop right here on my world wide web blog:)

Until then, I am going to beg God to ease my mind, and give me rest.

Good nite, all.

go over here...

to check out what I am giving away.

cabin

will it ever get here?

I really need some Spring. We have had some glimpses here and there, but I need some 70 degree, pink blossoms, sneezing from pollen kind of Spring. I insist!

Josh and I survived our first week of marital dieting. We have both put on the lb's since we got married. We like to think of it as the effects of marital bliss. I think hitting our 30's was probably the bigger culprit. Anyway, it feels good to take inventory of what you are eating. I am certainly a champion of moderation and am vehemently opposed to fat free cheese- so we are trying to figure out the whole middle ground thing.  We'll see how this week goes. I have high hopes.

Sorry I am light on the news this week. Things are quiet around here, and I am just trying to rest in the stillness of it. All that changes in a moment's notice, so I take the peace when it comes.

Have a good week!

ever shooting....

Man, this has been a great weekend to be at the beach. Great for bike rides and reading books on the beach,  walks and lots of good food. Of course, we took every opportunity to document my little niece's every waking moment. We mostly just stared at her, sat in awe of her ability to roll on the rug, drool, and be utterly cute with little to no effort.