new normal

a new normal that's what everyone keeps telling me i need to find. i am saying right now i am working on it, but i don't like it. it is not easy and not that much fun. i don't like it! but this is my life now, creating new normals, tonight is just the first of many to come. some will be fun and exciting, but those are still a few days to come. tonight is a more difficult one. a new normal....

Grace

Spoonfuls of Grace... sometimes you need them as much as dishing them out. This has been my week so far. I feel like I have had more grace spooned out to me than I have shared with others. I do know that God is working on me through these times. I am remembering that it is more about the attitude within than the circumstances without.
It helps to have friends and loved ones help to refocus me and listen to me vent, cry and get it all out. I am so thankful that God has brought these people into my life.
Right now my focus for the next couple of days is moving- to finish up packing, getting everything cleaned and into the storage unit. Then once that is all complete which will be on Saturday, then I can focus on our wedding and even more important upcoming marriage... I am so excited and ready for September 18th to come.
I should probably go finish up packing, I wanna have it all packed when my daddy comes into town tomorrow night- must be productive again and get those things crossed off my list.

Sunday

Today has been a really good day. Church with Russ and Abby, worshiping God and learning more about the Holy Spirit. Then it was up to my old stomping grounds to go to Aladdin's for lunch with long lost friends, Tiana and Carra. Hummus was yummy and conversation even better. While taking a picture together we had a little situation with a chipmunk, and it trying to run up Abby's leg, literally. Then Abby and I made a favorite, Chicken Braid, for dinner worked on wedding things and watched a movie together. It has been a very good day and its time to go to bed, it is going to be a very busy week.
But today has been a good day full of God's blessings.

Packing

I have decided I "enjoy" unpacking boxes much more than packing them up. I am in the process of packing up my apartment for another move. Getting enough boxes and newspapers is a hassle and then deciding which items to put in which box is a pain. This is the 3rd move since moving to Cleveland about 8 years ago. You would think I would be a natural at this, though I don't feel like it at all. I would much prefer that my time was not consumed with packing right now, I could think of so many other things that I could and should be doing, can you say wedding. Besides I really hate the look of a place during the packing process- the bare walls and shelves. They seem so barren and sad. It makes me wish that everything could be packed up the day before the move. While I am sure that is a possibility it would most likely stress me out that I wasn't prepared or have it done in time for all my friends and family coming to help with the move.
Thankfully, the majority of my apartment is packed up and I will head back to packing after posting this. It all has to be packed by Friday, so I think I am doing okay.
Back to work....

Dessert

So I was given a new cookbook last night by my friend Amy, who is a consultant for Pampered Chef if you want to order anything (shameless plug :)). It was a Pampered Chef Simply Sweet 56 Irresistible Desserts. I looked through it tonight and there are so many that I can't wait to try, know I just have to decide which one to try first and how many I can try before getting into my wedding dress in just under 2 months.
It's late and I should go to bed, I was however productive and got 2 closets packed up as well as some other misc. things. More boxes tomorrow....

"She's Crafty"

Saturday mornings are fun when I am actually home and can watch a program on Ion TV called "She's Crafty." She has had some fun ideas and I have even used one of them- I made a purse out of a t-shirt ( and have another one in the works. I will have to take a picture and figure out how to put it on here.) Usually when I watch her, as my mom would have said the creative juices start flowing and I want to create something.
However, like today I have a list of things to accomplish and one of the things on the list is not being creative :(. Maybe tomorrow....

I currently live ( until the end of the month when I move) in a 2nd floor apartment. I have a little deck with glass sliding doors off the living room. About a week ago I saw and heard this little sparrow fly into the glass door a couple of times. It was weird but I thought this bird was just a little confused. I have changed that thought quiet a bit, since this sparrow does it every morning, the other morning it was for like 5 minutes straight. This morning the bird came to rest on the screen side multiple times. I do not understand what this little sparrow is thinking and why he thinks he should be able to come into my apartment. It has been neat seeing the bird really close up, I have thought about taking a pic of the bird on the window, but whenever I get close to the door he flies away.

Giving it a Try

I have been debating for a while about starting a blog. I read some friends and have thought of doing my own, and have finally taken the plunge to get my own.
I had to come up with a title so I asked my wonderful fiance, Russ, if he had any ideas and he came up with Spoonfuls of Grace. I asked him how he came up with that idea and he responded with because grace is needed for every part of life and the thought of Mary Poppin's spoonful of sugar.
So I will attempt to share spoonfuls of grace from my blog.