Mrs Spontaneous..I have missed you...

Lately it seems with our 3 little darlings I have to plan every detail just get through the day or to walk out the door with out falling flat on my face.

It is good for me to learn how to plan... I know but Saturdays like this last one was like eating a bowl of warm soup on a chilly day or reading 1 Peter 5:7 when your feeling like no one cares .. Just warms you up inside.

So here's the details.

Saturday plan was:

sleep in ...just a little...

Go to open house at greenhouse to buy flowers for pots.

kiddos outside with their Papa(Thane)

Grocery. -on a Saturday !! I know bad idea anyway (:

Finish Cleaning house.

Finish Laundry.

Make cake for our Mother's day get together.

Plant flowers.

so on and so on

until Thane mentioned the auction at his old school.....

we talked..oh we'll just stop by for few..........

Fly dear plans that make my life tick. fly.

We headed out to the auction..

It was like a reunion for Thane.

Seeing old friends and teachers.

We eyed all the goods.

Loving all the industrial lines of the old school furniture.

Watched the Auctioneers with wonder as their voices carry on..

"Who will start me off...

one dollar bid now here..who will give me two......"

I was too scared to join in or make a sudden movement thinking I would accidentally buy the whole lot of 25 desks

Finally we decided to make the leap and got our own number

# 294.

We still casually observed.

Watching the beautiful doors and transoms sell for a few buck here and there

Seeing the excitement over the delightfully RED lockers

and the first grade teacher getting the winning bid on the amazing vintage pharmacy cabinet.

And then we came across these wardrobes in each of the classrooms...

the watching stopped and the head nods started

the simple door...

the storage.....

SOLD # 294 !!

Soon the hours flew by,

Thaddeus and I wandered

through each room that my hubby had roamed many years before. I was looking for the kitchen to see a large cabinet Kara had mentioned.

It was LARGE, very LARGE ... but that is what we needed with our tall ceilings and long dining room wall for our china dishes . Then I started thinking about how many dollars we would be nodding our head at. Something this big... it surly would be way out of our price range.

I mentioned it to Thane and the wandering continued.

I found myself in the science lab.

Meekly put my bid in on a few metal card file drawers and later some glass beakers that nice dealer "let" me have them.

Chatted with Shannon as we watched in amazement of what sold for HIGH dollar and what was just a few. Love that we are all made differently and all have different interests.

After taking care of my littlest, I decided to go check to see if the other auctioneer had made it to the kitchen.

I peered in to see people removing items!

Asking the closest lady excitedly, "Have they sold in here already?"

What !....Missed it! Oh well.

I went on to find Thane to share the news.

And I found him with his big smirk of a grin.

!!!

casually filled until I get the boxes of dishes out.

Here is a few more of our finds

Vintage locker baskets, we got for a few dollars from shop class!

the earlier mentioned beakers

A fun surprise,

the auctioneer added on this cigar box to one of the loots

And the card files

one is to be filled with my recipes

At the end we found some stools, 4 tall and 4 short

and perfect for children.

Our few minutes of spontaneity turn into an all day outing of wonderful memories.

Old and New

Lastly came home to find this beautiful topiary that Arabella & Grandma had picked out for me for Mothers day...

Ahh what a warm and fuzzy feeling day.

progress......

I am not a multitasker!

....yes that's what I found out in these past few months, along with all of you who checked this little space or e-mailed or called..... an apology seems not enough but here it is...

I am so sorry.

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{A peek into our new entrance}

[ I couldn't even keep up with a little water on the evergreens...]

Now I would typically say more to come or something of that sort...

but.. with my past record lately it wouldn't be of any meaning...

sooo.... Hope to share soon.

I am trying to decide how to share pictures of our house since I really didn't share any of the progress... let me know what you think.

1. before & after pics together on one big post.
2. One post of before, One of after
3. Room by room with before & after

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And by the way yes we did move in, have been for about 3 weeks now.

Most boxes are put away... Yay!

Just waiting on Baby to make an appearance

...next week....or the next...or the next...

IN OUR GREAT GOD"S TIME!

Please pray that God will provide us with His strength to labor & for a safe delivery.

Play date in California and what we came home to!!

On our last day we had a relaxing day with some of my best friends that I grew up with... and our babies... wow this crowd is growing!!!

Andre enjoyed his cupcake

water fun

dear Grady's head is turned & I missed getting a picture of you, Mel

but is was a special treat to spend the morning with you!! love you!

loving on sweet baby emma before we have to say goodbye

my dear besties

me.heather.kelley.bev

we were back in one spot!!

It was so fun to just BE together! Seeing all the places our Lord has brought us to in each of our lives. I pray for each one of you as you continue to grow in Christ. Girls, Continue be in His word daily. Bless and reverence your dear hubbies and teach & love on those sweet children.

especially if auntie barb is not around everyday to give lots of kisses & hugs

And this is what we came home to ... Framing!! I can actually visualize rather than imagine and now zoom to current day. The dry wall is getting put up as I type this!! yay!....except for that means I need to finalize on paint colors... let me say that I always thought I would know exactly what I wanted in a house...umm I don't.... I know what I don't want but can't decide which style I do want. It's obviously an old farmhouse so we don't want to make it look completely out of place but yet be what we like at the same time.

It is just different decisions than with our first house

{ our honeymoon cottage as my dad called it, I will put up a post soon to say "goodbye" to our little town house}

It seems more finale with this house. Intimidating to think that is what we could be looking at for the next 20 or so years ....

and then when I calm down

and really think.....

i realize

no one else is really going to notice.....

{ or at least be as big of a deal as what I'm making in my mind}

which tile/carpet/paint color we went with...

or

that we weren't able to use the old wide plank floors due to termite damage

or

that we used new replacement doors instead of the charming old doors for cost & efficiency reasons

{ i really had to let this last one go, I cried...lots of tears... poor Thane}

instead may our home come through as a haven of rest for our family and friends,

a place where we teach our children about Christ and his desire for our lives

a place that shows how grateful we are for the HUGE blessing of this house that

God is providing for us.

* Sorry for all the rambling. I am not a writer. I am a rambler...

**sigh... it sometimes feels good just to let the scambled thoughts come out even if nobody reading can really understand!!

{Arabella posing in her new pocket skirt from Grandma- post coming soon}