home and heart

Last post was all the practical requirements for our house. Now here's my list for a HOME.

• it has be a safe haven for everyone that lives there. Somewhere they can each call home, and feel they belong there.
• somewhere welcoming for all those that visit. Big and small groups. For family gatherings and lots of laughter.
• enough space so everyone is not under each others feet and they can be on their own if they want or hang out together.
• a place for my children to enjoy, and can grow up outdoors, play and have fun.

This seems like a lot but the LORD always finds exactly what we need for that time or season in our lives.

house hunting again

a few months ago i looked for houses but then stopped because I realised i didn't really know what we wanted or needed. I thought i did but i kept changing my mind. So have prayed about it and now I'm starting again.

This is my new wish list:

• a 4 bedroom place, in case myles' sister comes to stay or anyone else long-term with us, and then a room for my brother, for us, and for the kids. When my mum comes over for one of her extended holidays, she will happily bunk in with the kids.
• a large backyard for the kids to play in, a pool is secondary now. We can always go to a beach. Plus my cousin is getting married and needs a place to have to the reception so a large backyard would be perfect.
• somewhere the kids can go to school and close to public transport for those working. A shopping area within walking distance would be great.
• wooden floors because my family is terrible with carpet.

So lets see how we go this time. God willing we should be in a home in the next couple of months.

little touches

The LORD has this way of letting me know he is a part of my daily life and know what's happening in my world right now. Guess what song we sang at church today? Blessed be the name of the LORD. I can't remember the last time we sang this, but someone else at church requested it with our Pastor.

It's these little touches on my life which lets me know how well the LORD knows me. Things like this always bring a smile to my face. Makes me feel special to our LORD who has the world on his shoulders and many many big concerns. Yet he takes time out to to add this little touch to my day. I love him for it. (Thanks, LORD)

weird habit

Just remembered one of my weird habits...was watching this program about a couple who had twins and then sextuplets. The mother is super organised and amazing. Was watching an episode of them in a hotel and she put all her kids on the beds and told them they weren't allowed to step on the floor without putting their shoes on. It so reminded me of me. Except she thought it was normal...i know it's a wee bit weird.

If I stay anwhere which has lots of rooms, like motels or hotels, I get very paranoid about cleanliness. I always have jandals (called thongs here, or flip flops in other countries) which i wear even if the hotel is spotless and has lots of stars. I just think if a maid has lots of rooms to clean she might skip things which look kind of clean but really there are germs everywhere.

I'm especially paranoid about pillowcases. My hubby thinks it's hilarious. I always take a pillow case and if it's just a motel we haven't booked ahead, I take my own sheets. Same reason, a maid might overlook something that looks clean, but a pillow case where someone could have dribbled all over or sheets...well don't need to explain there.

But when i've stayed at a private luxury cottage where there was only one cottage with a beautiful bed with white linen and very little else to tidy...I thought this must be clean...they need their guests to be spoilt because they only have one expensive cottage to rent out and only one room plus a bathroom to clean. So the pillowcase stayed in the bag :)

Yip, I'm weird....but now travelling with a child and another on the way...i might behave a little more sane...or insane??...but still might keep the jandal habit :)

ditzy

i did something very stupid tonite...it's one of those had to be there moments to appreciate...but i was so ditzy i have to share.

We bought a bar stool which needed to be put together. So me thinking I am so good at putting things together. In fairness the instructions had 4 pictures and no written instructions. It was going great till i had to connect the seat to the base and had 8 screws which were very difficult to put in and very difficult to screw because there wasn't enough room to insert the allen key.

So I thought I just had to be patient and hold it all together and squeeze my fingers into the gap to insert the screw and twist it. It took me ages...at least 15-20mins to do 4 screws. But I just couldn't insert the allen key so I had to leave them untightened. I told Myles and he was like 'no, you must be able to tighten them'.

And then I sat on the bar stool and it twirled around...I thought how cool and told Myles. And he came and turned it upside down to have a look and low and behold because I twirled on it, suddenly the screws were all visible and lots of room to tighten them :) It took him less then a minute...it would have taken me less then 5mins had I realised it. I had to crack up laughing. Honestly it never twirled when i was trying to screw it altogether. So funny. Had to be there.