Joyous: Return to Blogging

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Return to Blogging

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've even attempted writing or had a notion to blog. It's been a roller coaster of a year, but it's time for an update.
In brief... I finished one full school year at Southern, went canvassing for the summer in Arizona and switched to attending SOULS West in Prescott, AZ. Through a series of unfortunately, yet divine timing, I ended up back at home in March of 2012. My mom had been diagnosed with USPC, an rare and highly aggressive cancer. I am so thankful for the time I was able to spend at home with her and care for our family. While home I met, dated, fell in love with, and married by wonderful husband. But I'm getting ahead of myself. For the summer of 2012 I worked as a leader for the canvassing team; it was a great experience! I came back home in August and Rob proposed in October. To read our whole story, click here. Long story short we got married on March 10, 2013; and everyday since we are more in love than the day previous!
However, in the meantime my mom's health began to decline in new and more painful ways, and before we knew it time rapidly passed by and so did my mom. My mom fell asleep in Jesus on May 19th. It has been a crazy year, but I am so thankful at the same time. First of all, my mom got to see me getting married. She was there for my sister's high school graduation, all my mom's family came in to spend time with her - what great memories! And lastly, she's no longer in pain. It hasn't been easy and I now what it's like to not go a day without thinking about someone. But God has been there, and I am so looking forward to being reunited with her in heaven!
But now for the transition of this blog: I am really wanting to turn this into a Recipe, Home Remedies, Going Green, Pintrest-y type blog. Housewife stuff. LOL sounds funny and cliche, but it's totally up my alley. And I already have at least two ideas ready to go!
So for now, it's time to go wash dishes, clean toilets, sweep, cook supper, and... you get the idea!
Au revoir

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Thoughts of the Seasons

Majestic rolling mountains, Serene blue skies, Glistening grass blowing in the breeze, Warming sunshine, Delicate petals of beauty, Deep shadowed meadows, Powerful infinite waves, Chipper red robins, Fluffy white clouds, Torrential raindrops, Croaking bullfrogs, Soaring, swift fowls, Sweet blossoming fruit trees, Frightening midnight thunderstorms, Mighty raging brook, Towering limbs above, Monstrous, fallen boulders, Sly, slitherin snakes, Ripening wild huckleberries, Twinkling stars reflected in lake, Mustangs gallivanting in fields, Dawning spectacular sunrises. This is my definition of summer!

The color of the changing trees, the rustling of the dead leaves in the trees, a brook running dry, the sweet aroma of a pumpkin crisping in the oven, the sound of laughter coming from my aunts baking and preparing the Thanksgiving meal in the kitchen, sneaking egg nog (shhh... don't tell anyone) in the morning, my cousins screaming in sheer excitement, staying up til 1 a.m. playing Apples to Apples or Monopoly, hearing water go through the walls of my Uncle and Aunt's house every time someone flushes a toilet or takes a shower somewhere in the house, eating mashed potatoes, asparagus and noodles, salad, and bread for dinner, glass after glass of sparkling apple cider, and loading up on six slices of pie for dessert!, observing the annual Thanksgiving race from my cousins bedroom window cheering the runners on, remembering getting in trouble with the police in years past, watching that annual movie in the basement with me and my 5 cousins and sibling on the floor with the adults crowded on the two couches!, swinging on the swing-set out back, staying up late talking with my cousin, going to a park and playing baseball as a family of 15!, the hope of snow, and just plain spending timetogether! It's all so memorable to me, and I can honestly say that I enjoy every moment of it! It's my absolute most favorite time of the year! WONDERFUL would sum it all up into one word!Perfect could be another!

Thrills of Winter: Our pink bells, gingerbread men, 3 nativity sets (one of which was in Dad’s family when he was a boy), lights strung across the mantle, the little miniature town on the piano, our advent tree, stockings hanging over the fire, Christmas blankets and pillows on the couch, the table adorned in proper attire, light-balls in the windows, lights around the front door and the front post, the prospect of opening gifts, the smell of cinnamon, a Christmas tree all decked out with our traditional and memorable ornaments with presents all around, wondering what you could have possibly gotten, the hope of a white Christmas, the coming of a New Year, resolutions, the questions of what to get so and so, sledding down the hills, having our dog pulls us around on sleds, throwing snowballs at one another till your soaked and freezing, the playing of your favorite Christmas CD, caroling through the cold weather, suffering through bitter cold breezes, wearing fuzzy socks, and the festive greetings of cards from family and friends!