Painting the kitchen...

creates chaos for daily life! Hoping to have the kitchen painted and scrubbed down from ceiling to floor and returned to order in 2 days...

The Laundry room is overflowing with paint and supplies!

The kitchen table is home to all the small appliances and what-nots.

With the refrigerator and oven pulled out of their cubbies ~ our small kitchen feels even smaller...

It's like walking through a maze.

A nudge here and a little shove there and we still have a functioning kitchen.

Hot water pot and the coffee grinder are out temporarily to get the day started...

Such an inconvenience, but I am SO thankful for God's provision of this house and the ability to make it our home. He is so good!

First fall storm

The Wind

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass

Oh wind, a blowing all day long,
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all

Oh wind, a blowing all day long!
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?

O wind, a blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

The picture of our backyard doesn't really do justice to all the leaves blown everywhere (and covering everything) following our first real fall storm...

Making Progress

I'm working on merging my old blogs into this one and will begin posting here shortly. Thanks for stopping by. Let me know you've been here, so I can say "hi" to you!

See you again soon!

My favorite etsy shop

I love baking gf cupcakes and these delightful women offer a wonderful selection of cupcake liners! Click on the picture to go to their site... :) Happy Baking!

A little of this, a little of that...

Nicholas ~ our high school graduate and
Benjamin ~ our Seattle Pacific University graduate

Trying to keep the garden going in the midst of all the busyness of life!

Benjamin and Kirstin's wedding quilt

Benjamin and Kirstin's ring pillow made from my wedding dress and representing:

• Something old ~ my dress
• Something new ~ the ring pillow
• Something borrowed ~ Nancy's talent to embroider the pillow and a piece of their quilt fabric to add to the "stuffing" inside
• Something blue ~ the embroidery and the ribbon
  

Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harris

Nicholas' German chocolate gluten-free dairy-free cake with maple frosting and strawberry jam filling from Flying Apron Bakery

Our 18 year old! All our children are adults now...

Blaine's birthday morning ~ Starbucks and a morning walk on Alki Beach

The birthday boy enjoying tuna sushi

Restoration

Hello all!

I am restoring - well, more like RECONSTRUCTING my blog. It may not happen for a couple months though, as we have 2 graduations and a wedding plus an 18th birthday all in the next 2 months!

So many details, so much to do!

I've got a wedding quilt to make for our son and future daughter-in-law, graduations to celebrate, a ring pillow to make (and have embroidered) and a couple special bride gifts to make too. I'm hoping when all this hard work and celebrating is finished, I'll have my sanity returned to me...

I have managed to get most of the garden planted, but don't think I'll be spending much time out there until late June.

I'm looking forward to blogging again. Hang in there!

Abundant blessings!

Garden Show pics!

click on the picture to see more!