FRIDAY. Another Friday is here. I stayed HOME today as my hubby went to work on the COTTAGE. Yesterday was an extremely busy day for me. On the go. Today, I have to rest some.
He's making progress on laying the backer board on the bathroom floor. We bought mortar yesterday and took it over to the COTTAGE. Involved a drive across the Prairie twice as we went to eat out after a long work day. He carried the heavy supplies into the house as I washed depression glass dishes and finished putting the rest of my dolls in the curio.
HAVING RUNNING WATER never seemed so awesome as when I stood at the sink with a new faucet that my sweet hubby installed so I can wash dishes. I've been washing dishes that have been boxed up for months for relocating items to the COTTAGE. I forgot how many of these dinner plates I had collected over the years. My old dish collection has grown and I think it's high time I use my old dishes.
As I stood at the kitchen sink washing these Amber colored Federal Glass Madrid pattern Depression Dishes from 1932-37, I decided that I am going to use these instead of just letting them collect dust. Dishes should be used not abused. Will be fun to use them.
I won't be running myself ragged being on the look-out for collecting a full fledge set of these dishes. I pick up a piece at a time when I'm out and about if the price is cheaply priced. I know there are plenty of pieces to buy on the internet. For now, I'm going to continue going at this hit and miss. It's a treasure hunt and this makes it fun.
I held the dishes up into the natural light coming from the COTTAGE window. With the light shinning through, I marveled at the beauty of these dishes. So pretty.
My HOME will be a mix of old and new things. I will be downsizing even more as we get moved into the COTTAGE. I think I am ready to be like a newly wed starting out with little. I'm not a newly wed, but feel like I need to act more like one with my husband. When you think about it, a couple doesn't need so much to LIVE by. Being creative goes a long ways. I enjoy going thrift shopping. For now, I will continue looking for things that make me HAPPY. We are BLESSED to be living in the Flint Hills of Kansas within a small community nestled on the PRAIRIE. I have no desire to be living in a huge city. Having a slow poke life fits the bill.
I'm so proud of my husband at how he is working on the projects to make our cottage our new HOME in the SPRING/SUMMER. The bathroom will be mostly completed then the house will get leveled.
I'll be cleaning out the COTTAGE KITCHEN CABINETS and sanitizing them and polishing them hopefully next week. The small pantry contents I have here at the main house will be boxed up and taken to the other pantry. We'll be cooking very little here as we transition to the COTTAGE. Pots 'n pans are getting boxed up, dishes, glassware, coffee cups, staples, etc. It amazes me how much I have done and yet have so much more to do.
One of my AUNTS passed away last Tuesday. PEARL. What a beautiful name. She was my last living AUNT from both sides of the family. Her funeral will be next week. I must go. It sobers me to think all of my Aunts and Uncles except one Uncle in Colorado have passed away. 28 of them. Both sets of Grandparents long gone. Husband's side of the family the same. 16 of them. 2 brothers. Loved ones gone. My Mom stands alone and knows it.
Not counting friends and neighbors. Sobering. Sobering.
I know that heaven is holding loved ones that placed their faith and trust in the LORD JESUS. By believing and embracing God's truth about being born again through Christ Jesus we become a new creature in HIM. All old things pass away. Amen. I will believe and be blessed. How will heaven be? Keeping my sight on things from above makes turning loose of earthly goods so much easier. I'll not be living like I live in a museum. The basics of setting up a HOME is so important. Being married, making a HOME and having children to raise is an honor and privilege that I have been blessed to experience. I have been blessed beyond measure.
If we can slow ourselves down long enough to think on these things, we will be blessed. Thinking on being a child of the most high God and practicing what He says makes for a good LIFE. He is not a Santa Claus in the sky where everything we want is found under the CHRISTMAS TREE. We have to work at supporting ourselves to receive what God wants for us in the material world. His spiritual gifts are freely given when we walk uprightly before Him with Jesus as our savior.
I must forge ahead and work at getting our relocating completed. It is a gift in a way to go through everything and think about what to keep or give away to someone else who needs it.
I found out that the minister that I listened to when I went to the altar to pray and get saved as a 10 year old child passed away. I watched his CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY via computer last night.
His two children spoke and each were such good speakers. At one time they were my childhood neighbors. Seeing them as 68 year olds full of white hair and wrinkles made me think about when they were teenagers. Here they were grown up, married with children, and grandchildren. Their Mother had passed away 2011 after having a hysterectomy where she received a blood transfusion tainted with hepatitis making her ill taking her to her death. A very sad event. The death of his wife nearly killed him as he would share on a video.
The Rev. lived to be 91 years old and had remarried almost two years ago. From seeing photos of him, I believe he developed cancer and passed from this.
God had turned his life into something beautiful. When he was 4 and a half years old, his father died and his mother abandoned him and his baby sister. After four days the law found them where he had been feeding his sister beans from the stove to keep her alive. They'd go to live with his Grandparents. Upon High School graduation he became a minister. He was a singing preacher. When he was 21 he met his mother. There were photos of him with his wife and children sitting on a sofa with his biological mother. He considered his grandparents to be his parents.
His family had filmed him from a few years ago sharing his life story which was shown at his service. It was priceless and I think this made for a extremely nice service. I remember him well. I wish I had written to him when I discovered him on facebook a few years ago and communicated with him. I regret that I didn't.
I look forward to seeing my family at my Aunt's service next week. I look forward to seeing some cousins. I am in hopes of seeing my dear Aunt lying in state as this helps me to put a type of closure to their death. I'll be saddened if they have cremated her.
I want to hug my Mother and kiss her on her cheek and tell her I love her. I have been so incredibly busy that I have not seen her physically in a few months. She has a medical appointment the later part of March that I should take her to and spend some time with her. She is blessed to live in a small community of friends. I'd hate to see her taken from this environment. I'm not sure how long she will remain there as she is growing frail.
I'm 67. Doesn't seem possible. I have to get my HOUSEHOLD in order AGAIN. As I go through our belongings, I have the courage to turn loose of much. Continuing on is my goal to have complete order and peace.
We're working hard to get the COTTAGE to where we can move in, pack our belongings, do touch-ups on the main house and get settled in the COTTAGE saying good-bye to our 1883 house on a large corner lot. With nicer weather coming, the yard work will take place. I'll need to hire someone to help with this. No large garden this year.
Dear Lord, I pray that you help us get what needs done DONE and get on with LIFE. This moving stuff is hard work for two old people, but we're doing it. I pray in Jesus name for success and efficiency, no injuries. Thank you for listening to me each and every day. I pray for your guidance, protection and power. In Jesus name I pray, AMEN.
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