Hurry and Wait

 I have taken quite the hiatus from blogging and can't believe it has been almost three full months since my last post.  Life happens... Excuse number one---The busyness of the holiday activities keeps my mind and body overstimulated, and I don't have the energy to write.  Excuse number two---I walk into the beginning of the new year  exhausted from the holidays, so I end up not having much of a mind to blog.  Excuse number three---chronic migraine generally rules the day.  Excuse number four---my husband and I are completing house projects to prep it for sale which is still targeted for the spring.  Excuse number five---I am close to finishing a major project that has been in the making for years, and I plan on seeing it come to fruition in the spring as well.

First, I will relay our house building progress which has been, let's say, STALLED.  For various reasons, everything is delayed.  We are not in a hurry, but our excitement and momentum of planning and building has waned a "tad."  We are waiting for the permit, but our property has been staked out.   Yay!  This is at least positive.  Our exciting designs are pretty much completed, but they remain on paper at the present.  My husband and I feel like we are the race horses running out of the gate and made to come to a complete stop after half way around the race track.  This has been challenging to say the least.  We are trying our best to keep a good perspective while practicing a lot of patience!!

When people kindly ask about "how the house is coming along," they look at us as if we have six eyes because we give them our update and they aren't quite sure what to comment after that.  It is both amusing and awkward. 

My big project is a surprise for some but not for others.  This big baby has been growing for many years, and I soon want to birth it into the world.  The timing is crazy with what we have going on in our personal lives, but God's Hands are upon this, and His timing is perfect.  It has taken determination and a lot of grace to get this far.   

More updates to come with time...

Happy Valentine's month to all.

LOVE 

"There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times.  In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control.  The more love you give away, the more love you will have."        John O'Donohue---excerpt from the book Anam Cara.