i heart....

a love worth fighting for

abundant blessings

choosing hope

swept off her feet

an attraction of opposites

2 peas in a pod

more from the 

sneak peek of 
our family photo shoot




I saw the rest of them 
this morning...


They melted my heart.


Can't wait to show you!

my camera situation...I've been doing my research

and am leaning towards the Canon Rebel XS...but if I'm going to jump to a dslr I have to commit to learning things...things like aperture and iso...those things scare me.  

Any Rebel users out there?

Do you like it?

i wanna go home....

softly

quietly

ever so gently

my heart

is being called 

to return

HOME

My Friday morning  walk took

me on a different path.

Coming home

this was my view.

You know how 

 things are there every day

and you see them

but

 not really

and 

then one day 

you just see ?

My heart jumped at the view 

and 

it hit me:

It is  like how the 

stirrings of my heart have been.

Calling me HOME

~

~

other news...I dropped my camera...it is 

finished...I have been wanting to upgrade

but this isn't really the time...

but how do you put on  a wedding

without a camera?

Maybe I should sell something?

just wondering...

today i am:

wondering if all 50 year old women are crazy women
wondering if Miss Gracie's** is a thing of the past
wondering what's for dinner
wondering  about the grace that saves us from ourselves


wondering if i can decorate the family room without lace
wondering how the rest of the family photo shoot will turn out
wondering what i should post for white wednesday
wondering what i will be when I grow up

and what i've been doing:

praying for an old friend 
thanking God that except for the grace of God go I
waiting to see the rest of the family photo shoot
trying to schedule the annual peach can-a-thon
realizing that each week takes me further away from Miss Gracie's** 
laundry, dishes, and bookwork
waiting for the UPS man

Here is the sneak peek 

of the family photo shoot

straight from facebook

Inspiration will have to hit soon 

and

 very soon 

if

I'm gonna  make it for WW.

If not

I'll try to get caught up with you all

and

catch ya next week.
~
~

**Miss Gracie's is my antique/furniture business

focused...

i am 

an 

all or nothing girl.

when I get into something

i 

really

get. into. it.

it

drives my family crazy, i think

(unless it's their something)

this past week 

I was definitely 

focused

on 1 of the BIG things 

I've been talking about

it was all about the staging

and 

all of the other details

We had a great time

preserving 

memories 

and making  new ones.

I can't wait to show ya'll.

family whites...

Here a few shots from my family room the way it looked last week.  The walls were a nice cottage green. 

 I have  lots of farmhouse white trim. 

notice the lack of hardware on the commode?

that is furniture dealers do when they are short on supplies

~~rob their own stuff~~

A view of the kitchen 

This is a keep-it-real post;

boy, do I  need to clean off the fridge

and how about that picture?

The entertainment center is hand-built for me by my dear MR...

we started with an old kitchen cabinet 

(have I mentioned I have a thing for old cabinets-well, I do-you'll find one in practically every room here

*enough already* say the children)...

that was left with the house 

 (I begged for it  put it in the written contract) 

and

 true to form 

my boys thought the cabinet was worthless...

burn.it.they.said

I shoulda washed those boys mouths with soap.

I've been wanting to work on this room for  awhile now;

so this past weekend 

my dear MR

painted for me.

I am being challenged in my decorating.

I'll give you a hint:

no lace

not sure I can do it

but 

I'm gonna give it the ole college try

(go BSU!-just in case you watched the football game last night)

I'll leave you with the last of the befores:

aww, those roses sure are pretty~I'm gonna miss 'em.

and see those 3 sweet sisters?  my girls.

Have a Happy white Wednesday!

when life gives you sunflowers...

cherish them!

I don't think  I've  ever had a bouquet of sunflowers before...

I've  always been a pink rose kind of girl.

This morning my grandson

 brought me these 

from the weed patch out back behind the barn.

So like any self-respectin' grandma would do

I put them into my bestest ironstone pitcher 

and gave them the place of honor they deserved:

   the kitchen windowsill.

After he left...I was a-gazin and a-thinkin'...this is kind-of my life right now...it's a new season...different (oh, so different) than what I am used to...but pretty in its own way???? 

Hmmm...maybe...just maybe.

That is my prayer today

to see the beauty in today.

even if it's not what I'm used to.

Rene'

PS. that is the dasher from an ice cream maker that my girl is licking . We do love our paint here but not that much:)...more than a few of you asked about that:)

PSS.the haircuts...
hers: is darling...

a little barn love...

Today 

I am thankful;

thankful

for the provision in my life.

We are self-employed... in the construction field.

I have to say 

that when my husband  quit his job 5 years ago 

to go into real estate (yikes... that was a flop)

I was not full of faith.

I resisted and  I  worried.

BUT

God has provided just what we have needed.

When the real estate market crashed

My husband  did what he knew.

 construction and painting.

He  has been diligent and faithful.

and hard-working.

 We have enough.

more than enough.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you,

so that always having all sufficiency in everything; 

you may have an abundance for every good deed;

2 Cor. 9:8

ready or not...

I'm enjoying 

the last few days of summer vacation

before school starts on Tuesday

and

 the last few days of 

this

the girl youngin' (that's from Strawberry Girl-one of my favorite read-aloud books) of mine

and 

i

are off to get new do's.

that's a pretty rare thing to do around here

you might say: 

i get stuck in a rut

i am a scaredy-cat  that way

i love to decorate my house 

way more than i decorate *me*

but 

we have some *big* events coming up

to motivate  me

and,

 well,

my girl youngin' 

is

just

plain

growing up...

yes, change is coming

like it or not (i don't)

ready or not (i'm not)

change is coming