I had an awesome experience this morning...Katie got up early..at the same time I get up for my quiet time..I took the opportunity and invited her too..she sat on one couch and read her Bible, while I sat on the other and read mine.
It was such a precious moment for me...then we read through putting on the armor of God together...then we were ready to face the day!!
Thank you Lord for such a precious daughter!!
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Well, I went to a women's retreat this weekend with 7 women from church. I survived!! I was really worried...anytime you get that many women in two rooms...something is going to go wrong. The last retreat I went to was about 11 years ago...I was fairly new to the church I had gone with that time and late at night another room of girls came into ours...before I knew it...crying, feelings hurt, more crying...crazy....so I thought of course this time that that would happen....IT DIDN'T!!!!!!!

I am so excited...I have finally become old enough to be with other adult women without a cat fight :).

Anyway, the retreat was great...I learned a lot about other women and their struggles, struggles with parenting, how to deal with the "respectable sins", how to not be a worn out leader, and how to face the day before the "battle" begins.

All of the things I have learned from them, I am trying to instill in my own life.

I am still a work in progress..and boy is there a lot of work to be done :).

I now write a Bible verse on our bathroom mirror with a dry erase marker and change it periodically...my 8 year old loves it!!

I love that she is excited to learn about God's word...I pray that she can see in me God's love...even though mommy love comes out strong sometimes.

Making cushions and memories

My aunt and cousin came for a weekend in January to "help" me make new cushion covers to help rejuvenate my beloved couch and love seat.











We had a great weekend...it was so much fun trying to figure out how to piece it together...I am not sure I was much help, but I gave great moral support.



We started tearing apart the old cushions on Friday evening, after they arrived, and cut out the new fabric. Saturday morning, we started pinning..and they started sewing and sewing and sewing.


We took a break for breakfast, lunch, dinner and a couple of rounds of Apples to Apples, but other than that..all sewing! We finished during the second quarter of a Saturday night Colts football game...we got to finish watching the game on our comfy new couches! The outcome is beautiful!! They are great, comfortable and like new!!



Here is the final outcome:
We also overstuffed the back pillows to fluff them up a bit.
The colors coordinate so well...not bad for long distance shopping!
Thank you Nina and Darlene for your wonderful expertise! I loved every minute of it!

This is only my second post...I am trying to get aquainted with this new site!
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