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A Day Clothed in Strength and Dignity – Part 2

20 April 2010

Preamble, here. Part 1, here. The Park The kids and I unleashed ourselves onto the crowded park area like a breaking dam. Sun, slides and freedom! In case hunger were strike at a moments notice, I was armed with a cooler full of hummus, flat bread sandwich thins and clementine oranges. White puffy clouds, cool [...]

A Day with Strength and Dignity – Part 1

20 April 2010

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My days are all blending together. Thank goodness for my breakfast meal plan or I’d have to really question what day I’m living in. Parks, meals, tears, farts, laughs about farts, more meals, toys, worship, books, worries, prayers, kisses, sleep, putting sleepy kids back to bed after sneaking in my bed, folding oh.my.word. the folding, [...]

Clothed with Strength and Dignity

19 April 2010

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Proverbs 31: 25 a 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity Wake up. Splash water on my face. Feed someone. Kiss someone. Dress someone. Brew coffee. Wipe something. Remind someone. Hug someone. Drink coffee. Remind someone again. Feed someone else. Feed the first someone again. Wipe something else from yesterday. Hide in bathroom. Check [...]

Midwife Kits

12 April 2010

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Proverbs 31:20 20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. Inspired by an upcoming service project at my MOPS group, I gathered items for midwife supply kits for an organization called Global Health Ministries (GHM). GHM sends medical supplies to undeveloped areas of the World. Look at the [...]

Laughs at the Days to Come

6 April 2010

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Proverbs 31: 25b She can laugh at the days to come. Top: Leah, Myself, Claire Bottom: Molly & Ryan Where do I even begin? I’m laughing too hard, at my Easter portrait, to even write. The hair, the eyes, the body positions, the missing husband, oh. my. word. Please laugh with me, not at me! [...]

Sewing Machine Journey – The Value Buy

22 March 2010

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Day 3 My sister-in-law, Lisa, lent me her sewing machine. Bless her, she knew I was desperate and needy, she sent along a sewing basket with thread, pins and notions. Presser Foot and Cord – Check Instruction Booklet – Check Value Buy sewing machine – Check Bobbin spun and needle thread – Check Ready. Set. [...]

I Have to Grasp What with My Fingers?

11 March 2010

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Proverbs 31:19 19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers Let me set my distaff down for a minute, so I can type a little faster. Um, wait my fingers are busy grasping a spindle. A spindle? Didn’t Sleeping Beauty prick her finger on such a thing? Research [...]

Her Family is Clothed in Scarlet

26 February 2010

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{I’m skipping around Proverbs 31 again. I will get back to groceries I promise. It’s just that playing in the snow is so much fun!} Proverbs 31:21 21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. Hats, boots, mittens, snowpants….check This Proverbs 31 “studying” is [...]

Wool YoYo Pin

10 February 2010

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Proverbs 31:12 She gathers wool and flax and works with eager hands I survived using a needle and thread. I may even have the gumption to try it again. Of course, I had the lure of hot-gluing an old clip-on earring, to get me through to the end of the “sewing”. I used a 4-leaf [...]

Flax Muffins

9 February 2010

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Proverbs 31:12 She gathers wool and flax and works with eager hands Today, I had a yummy mid-morning snack. Recipe adapted from the back of the Hodgson Mill Flax Seed box: 1/4 cup Millled Flax Seed 1-1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt Couple shakes [...]

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A Day Clothed in Strength and Dignity – Part 2

A Day with Strength and Dignity – Part 1

Clothed with Strength and Dignity

Midwife Kits

Laughs at the Days to Come

Sewing Machine Journey – The Value Buy

I Have to Grasp What with My Fingers?

Her Family is Clothed in Scarlet

Wool YoYo Pin

Flax Muffins

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