Have you been listening too?

Oh ya'll.........God is SOOO good! It's Friday, PRAISE THE LORD, and we've almost made it through Spring Break!! Obviously we are not camping (or I would have to have a super high tech computer that can pick up wireless from the trees!)....we decided that with Kris's schedule at work this week, it would be to hard for him to miss a couple of days. And we have T-ball game and practice....SOOOO....no camping.

But the past two days have been BEAUTIFUL! We have stayed outside and our allergies are PROOF! The girl's did their "garden" which was very sweet, simple, but sweet. We planted flowers, jumped on the trampoline and just had a good time doing.....nothing. I've been refinishing our wicker furniture set, which has turned out to be a bigger project than I imagined!! It's taken FOREVER. But, I've been taking my time, and it's been fun to see the results!

We didn't even make it to Monkey Joe's this week! Apparently every other momma in Charlotte had the SAME IDEA.....they must have all been reading my blog!! (hee hee!!) So as I pulled into the parking lot and noticed it was VERY FULL, I called the other mommas and let them know we needed PLAN B. It wouldn't have been so bad with just Taylor and Hope, but Kennedy THINKS she's five too, so she wants to do all the big kid stuff. And this is fine when there is no one else there, but when there are 300 other kids (Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating) running wild and this momma has to climb up those blow up mountains and slide down with her tot........NOT SO MUCH FUN.

So we detoured and went to the park and Chick Fil A........and I'm so glad we did!! It was so nice out and we just had the best time!!

But as I've been outside, despite my sniffles. itchy eyes and sneezes, I've been listening. Have you? The birds are singing like crazy!! It's so calming to me, to have the windows open and just hearing God's creation singing. Our neighborhood seemed VERY DEAD in the winter......like you never saw a soul outside, no one says hello to anyone and frankly some are just RUDE. But now it's like everything is alive! The azalea's are blooming and are beautiful, all the yards are looking so pretty, and the trees are starting to have buds on them again! And my neighbor, so gently reminded me of the beauty I would have seen had we not tore down the bushes that were in the middle of our yard.....(sighs). He didn't understand why we would not want bushes in the middle of our yard!! And he also let me know that I needed to cut our half of the monkey grass around HIS fig trees. Oh dear......I just keep smiling, respectfully.

Spring surely makes living in this tiny house a bit more bearable! It's still a struggle for me each day, to not have super friendly neighbors, one bathroom and every time I turn around an "issue" with our house! But, God is sustaining me....I don't know what He's preparing me for, it's not been a fun journey, the "simple life", but He's given me just what I need when I need it. He brought us to this house, only Him, so I trust, I trust that He's got a plan.

I was writing something on the calender the other day and I noticed we are almost into May......and May leads to June......and June is She Speaks! I'm so excited and I cannot wait. But I'm also very, very nervous. What will come from this? Will I do ok at this? I can't wait to meet some new friends, even those I've met through blog land! What will I say during my 5 minutes and 3 minutes I will have during the speaker evaluations time? How will I ever be effective during those few minutes?? Excited, nervous, butterflies....and we're still two months away! =)

Well, it sounds like GW10 (girly war) in my house right now......so I'd better go! Have a great weekend! See ya next week......on a schedule!! =)