Good Morning! My husband, Gene, left on a medical missions trip to Guatemala this morning at 2:30. He will be gone for 10 days! I am very happy for him, but Ben, Gracie and I already miss him! They will be working in various villages bringing medical help where needed. He was very excited about going. I think it will probably remind him of his Army days. I'm praying he will come back all refreshed, because....
WE ARE MOVING! We are moving closer into the town of Crossville, TN. Our church is there and Gene's work is there. We live about 30 - 40 minutes away, depending on if you get behind a tractor or not on the way in. It will save us a lot of money on gas as well as give us a lot more time with each other. We are moving, not into a tiny house, as we had planned, but a small mobile home, a bit bigger than our proposed tiny house! It will give us a good idea, though, of life in a smaller space. We will have awesome neighbors and a lot of property to have a garden and for the kids to play. It is still somewhat in the country and it has a little shop already there, just waiting to be filled with yarn and spinning wheels and looms and bunches of fiber! Speaking of yarn...
Valentine's Day is coming up. Here is my first Valentine yarn of the year! There is more coming! I call it Candy Hearts.
My shop is doing great! I just need more time to spin! I'm spending a lot of - too much - time on the computer marketing. I would like to eventually hire someone to take that part over. Perhaps I can talk my hubby into it after our move and things settle down a bit. I am working with a wonderful lady, Heather a.k.a. "The Buzz" to help me with some improvements to Simply Homespun, so I'm looking for some good things from this. She is wonderful to work with.
I am moving along on the goals I set up in the last blog. However, exercise is still lacking! I have GOT to get on the stick! Although, I wonder if packing and lifting boxes could be considered exercise??? hmmm..... We are moving across from Cumberland Mountain State Park. Lots of trails there. Gene wants us to start riding bikes as a family over there. That should be fun, right??? There is also a pool, so we can go swimming. Now, I know that will be fun exercise. No wait, I have kids! I can't be swimming laps and watch kids! Oh, well. I guess I will just have to have fun with them. Splashing is good arm exercise. Pray for me in this area!
Homeschool is going great! Gracie is learning to write her letters. She is very good with numbers. She also is doing very well in Spanish class. Ben does great in everything but math. He hates it. We are finishing up subtraction with 3 numbers this week and moving on to measurement next week. That should be more fun! He loves to cook and build stuff. So, I see projects...
I published this, then realized that I hand titled this "Change" and never really mentioned it again. I feel like my life is going through change. For one thing, I'm approaching the big "change" - menopause. Then we are moving - for the better, I believe. My husband has been nominated for the board at our church. If elected that will be a change in my church role. I'm facing 2012 for the first time without my sister. In packing, I've come across a lot of Karen's stuff and it brings with it both happiness and melancholy. But one thing to remember, in the midst of change, both bad and good, God never changes. He is always there and always the same. He always loves me no matter what. His love, His rules for living, His faithfulness never, ever changes. I praise God for His strength in the midst of our changes. His consistency is so comforting. I love You, Lord!
Until next time! Take care and may God bless you richly!
Kim
WE ARE MOVING! We are moving closer into the town of Crossville, TN. Our church is there and Gene's work is there. We live about 30 - 40 minutes away, depending on if you get behind a tractor or not on the way in. It will save us a lot of money on gas as well as give us a lot more time with each other. We are moving, not into a tiny house, as we had planned, but a small mobile home, a bit bigger than our proposed tiny house! It will give us a good idea, though, of life in a smaller space. We will have awesome neighbors and a lot of property to have a garden and for the kids to play. It is still somewhat in the country and it has a little shop already there, just waiting to be filled with yarn and spinning wheels and looms and bunches of fiber! Speaking of yarn...
My shop is doing great! I just need more time to spin! I'm spending a lot of - too much - time on the computer marketing. I would like to eventually hire someone to take that part over. Perhaps I can talk my hubby into it after our move and things settle down a bit. I am working with a wonderful lady, Heather a.k.a. "The Buzz" to help me with some improvements to Simply Homespun, so I'm looking for some good things from this. She is wonderful to work with.
I am moving along on the goals I set up in the last blog. However, exercise is still lacking! I have GOT to get on the stick! Although, I wonder if packing and lifting boxes could be considered exercise??? hmmm..... We are moving across from Cumberland Mountain State Park. Lots of trails there. Gene wants us to start riding bikes as a family over there. That should be fun, right??? There is also a pool, so we can go swimming. Now, I know that will be fun exercise. No wait, I have kids! I can't be swimming laps and watch kids! Oh, well. I guess I will just have to have fun with them. Splashing is good arm exercise. Pray for me in this area!
Homeschool is going great! Gracie is learning to write her letters. She is very good with numbers. She also is doing very well in Spanish class. Ben does great in everything but math. He hates it. We are finishing up subtraction with 3 numbers this week and moving on to measurement next week. That should be more fun! He loves to cook and build stuff. So, I see projects...
I published this, then realized that I hand titled this "Change" and never really mentioned it again. I feel like my life is going through change. For one thing, I'm approaching the big "change" - menopause. Then we are moving - for the better, I believe. My husband has been nominated for the board at our church. If elected that will be a change in my church role. I'm facing 2012 for the first time without my sister. In packing, I've come across a lot of Karen's stuff and it brings with it both happiness and melancholy. But one thing to remember, in the midst of change, both bad and good, God never changes. He is always there and always the same. He always loves me no matter what. His love, His rules for living, His faithfulness never, ever changes. I praise God for His strength in the midst of our changes. His consistency is so comforting. I love You, Lord!
Until next time! Take care and may God bless you richly!
Kim
