I had to share this;  Selah & Kim Hill

When I go don't cry for me
In my fathers arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole

Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more

So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

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The imagery of tears being washed away...it gives me chills.  What an incredible gift. 

I'm aware this is going to slow many people's computers down.  So I will delete it around noon tomorrow. 

Things that make you go hmmmm

We just got our voters registration cards in the mail.

Except we haven't registered since we moved. 

Good morning.

Doing a first this morning.  I'm taking Rainee to get her hair styled.  I've always done her bangs, and the rest just grows.   But she keeps clipping the sides of her head short cause she doesn't like it tickling her face.  So I'm hoping Robyn can cut the sides so it feathers around her face, but doesn't tickle her nose.  And then maybe she'll quit slicing her hair.  *ha*

I think the other two girls are slightly jealous of being pampered.  Not that I blame them, but they just want their hair to grow and grow, so there's really no need for a hair dresser.  Sides Rainee has been feeling quite neglected and left out recently, so some mommy time is in order.

Other then that its sunny outside, and the day is off to a good start. 

I hate to even whisper this.

But I think Rainee is in the process of an abrupt weaning.

its time.  I'll miss it a teensy bit, but there are plenty of other ways to snuggle with her. 

And the cure?

Color pages.

Go figure.

Rainee loves to have mommy print out a color page.  She's always bugging for me to find another one.  I will type in Flower color page on google, and find one she likes and print it up.   I've had a policy of one a day due to printers ink $$ etc.

Today she wanted one, and I said no.

She IMMEDIATELY said "Can I have a milky then?"

I groaned.  "How about if I give you a color page you don't need a milky."

"Sure!"

Now up until this point it would have never worked, so possibly its getting close to time.    Each time today she's gotten bored she's recieved another color page.

Just a couple minutes ago she said.  "Mom, can I have a milky, I mean a color page."

Who woulda thunk, replaced by paper.  *snigger*

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Oh man I just did a major thing.  I bought my husband his birthday present without consulting him.  And now I just have to keep it a secret for TWO weeks.  I hate keeping secrets.  Anyhow for the seven years of our marriage our bed has always rested on the floor--no bed frame of any kind.  It has annoyed Rob much more then me.  He likes things "proper".  

So the picture above--would be what I bought.  Not with the accutrements of course, just the beautiful bed frame.    I looked at a LOT of them before deciding.  I found one canopy bed I fell in love with, but decided finally after sleeping on it, that it would just be too big for the space.  This however should be wonderful.

I'm also hoping to pull off one more secret.  I'm gonna have my mom come out and help me install it while he's at work.  I'm so sneaky.....

Faith

I struggled with mine last night.  I had rather an emotional temper tantrum.  Rob let me cry, talk, and vent.  And nothing was resolved, but I feel better.  Its amazing what a good cry will do. 

Actually that is a down side of taking paxil it won't let me cry most of the time.  This is a good thing sometimes, but tears ARE a gift.   Anyhow side tracking myself.

This morning I'm awake and coping a bit better.  I still have no solutions for the issues, but its okay life moves on.   Yesterday we ordered the flooring for our bedrooms, and the sunroom.  We will be placing the Quick Step Quadra California Gold again.   We love it, its durable, and its allergy friendly.

Back to faith.  I can't stay on a subject for thirty-seconds.  Faith is knowing that when your father holds his hands out and says jump you will be caught.  Well last year about this time we were told to jump.  We jumped to Clallam Bay.   Many things are good, but ya know we do still have some snags.  I can't find a after school activity for the kids, and I'm lonesome.   If I could find a after school activity it would probably cut some of the lonesomeness.  But so far every plan I've schemed has bombed.  And I don't want to drive to Joyce for Awana.  So  I'm holding my hands out and jumping....praying my Father will catch me.   

Our mini-vacation.

It officially takes five hours to get to Seaside from here.  We took seven on the way down, as we took several detours.  The first one was to a big tree past Forks that Rob wanted to view.  Its the largest Western Red Cedar in the world.  It is still somewhat alive, but just barely.  It was also farther off the road then we'd originally suspected, but hey you can't have everything. 

We got into the campsite about 3 in the afternoon.  We unloaded into our kamping kabin, and then enjoyed a swim in the pool and dinner.  AFter dinner we all curled up and watched Apple Dumpling Gang.  The Robin Hood movie was defective.  $$#$@*(  *growl*

The next day we went out to breakfast, and to the beach at Seaside. 

actually ya know I can't do these pictures in order.  *snicker*  Cause we played at the same beach twice.  And were at the pool 3x.   So we'll just put them up as I see them.  And be thankful I'm not sharing all 67.  Just a few of the best, which show a good idea of how we enjoyed our days.

Okay so there we are at varying beaches in varying poses.  *snigger*

We really did have fun.  We also had severe asthma with Rainee and Zeria.  Rainee dealt with hers with one big long whine.  Zeria coughed.   It made for some frustrating moments.   Come to find out Rainee's maintenance med was empty--so that will help.  We're not entirely sure what to do with Zeria's.  

My camera is dead.  It whimped along this weekend dying several times, but it just officially died.

I loaded the pictures, and now nothing. 

Rob told me I could get a new one and call it a early Christmas pressie.  So I guess I will go looking.  

We went.

We swam

We explored beaches

We got sunburned

We spent money.

We laughed  a lot.

We had fun.

We're exhausted.

We needed that so badly.  Pictures to come when comes morning.