Beautiful Life

This is how I picture Maine...from Webshots

2006-12-15T11:02:00.000-06:00

Allie's Visit!

2006-11-13T09:41:00.000-06:00

2006-11-13T09:37:00.000-06:00

Timmy the Photographer

2006-11-05T12:41:00.000-06:00

Timmy has been having the MOST fun with our new digi camera...he takes all kinds of pics...dogs, cats, plants, his trucks, his music cd's, his drums, things he sees such as chairs, tables, etc. It's fascinating to see how he views life. It's very different than the photos I take! lol So here's a small collection of his self-portraits....

Photos November

2006-11-03T10:09:00.000-06:00

Tim in his new hat! The flower bouquet...rather fall-sie wouldn't you say?

Vicki has been helping me make the decorations...isn't that pretty?

Harold, my love....I didn't realize how crazy he looked in this pic till I posted it! lol

My hair....heehee!

We are preparing for the upcoming nuptials! Nuptuals? How DO you spell that awful word?
At any rate, after all the back and forth working it out, we've decided that November 17th is a great date to begin our married life together. And I'm so excited!!! I've got alot to do, and really don't have any business being online right now, really! lol But I thought I'd upload these pics so that you can share with us in our joy and happiness, even if you CAN'T help me get everything done! Ugh...Still working on my dress! Yikes. As SOON as I get it to a point of trying on, I'll post again. Love to all! Becca

Texas

2006-10-18T13:14:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure today if I even like living in Texas. I realize that is heresy to some, but go outside, and you'll understand. It's October! And it's nearly 90*F here, with humidity in the range of 75-80%. Can't breathe, certainly can't work outside! It's 59*F in Maine today.....

I'm ready to go mow, like Allie said, after the good rains we had! Well, I understand that a cold front will be pushing through tonight, and maybe tomorrow will be decent. Tomorrow I will be at a client's home by 9am, cleaning my little heart out till 'bout noon. For $75, can't beat it. Then on to Vicki's to do the same, for less than half. But I told her she's my "charity case" so it's ok by me. lol

THEN maybe I can get some more work done on my new picket fence! Harold and Timmy set three sections in yesterday, so it is looking good out there! I will have to shore up the fenceline at the bottom, and hope that the dogs won't decide to burrow out, when we eventually get it all done. Any ideas on preventing that?

That top pic is by Timmy...it's Sammy loving on the sliding glass door. lol
love you all! Becca

Raining on Sunday

2006-10-15T11:48:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite country music singers (currently) is Keith Urban, and today's weather reminds me of his song, titled above.

We were GOING to paint the remaining fence sections today, and screw them to the landscape timbers, drop them in the ground and have a new area for the dogs to run and play and BARK, but it IS raining. I have no get-up-and-go, cuz it got-up-and-went yesterday.
I painted a lot yesterday while Harold (and Tim) went to Galveston to make a delivery, and was entertained by the neighbor kid's antics for hours. During that time I baked 3 cakes (which James Jr. later called the Neopolitan Cake) one each for Calvin, James and Jenny's belated b'days, and cleaned house a little.

I could NOT make those children go away! Not MY children; we had a GREAT visit...I mean the neighbor kids. They are 6, 8 and 8.5, and obnoxious in their attention seeking. To get them to leave we had to have a tea party on the front porch with cake, after which I told them if they didn't leave, I'd never invite them back again. Their grandpa, sitting on their front porch called out "I'm fixin' to cut me a switch..." ominously...they SHOT off outtahere; amazing. Why didn't I think of that?!

Now, MY children; oh what PRECIOUS children! We had a blast. Jenny Rebecca's hair is nearly down to her waist, and straight as a board. Dark blonde. Calvin Michael is becoming quite the little shutter bug...I have more than one picture of the crows surrounding Sonic to prove it. My battery on the digital camera bit the grit. And Jamesie is quite the little man. He is very mature for his age, which concerns me a tad, because I think children should be children. All three of them are wonderful and amazing and precious. I thank God for James' softened heart towards allowing me to visit with them.

Well, with the rain, this is most definitely nap weather, so I will sign off with a yawn....love to all! Rebecca

Us

2006-10-12T10:04:00.000-05:00

Missing You

2006-10-03T14:21:00.000-05:00

What is it about autumn weather that makes me feel so sad? Lonely and sad, and grieving....and with no apparent reason!

It's not that I haven't had plenty (too many) losses in my life, but I can honestly say that MOST of them were brought about by my own actions. That doesn't help the grieving process, it makes me feel anger at myself, which inevitably turns to depression. So then digging out of the pit becomes such work that I get tired, and sink, sink.

Tired.

Still MORE spiritual development...

2006-09-28T10:33:00.000-05:00

"Can I handle this financial setback as bravely and as well as "normies" do?

"Can I transform this seeming calamity into an asset, a source of growth and comfort to myself and those about me?

"Am I willing to receive that grace of God that He so freely offers to sustain and strengthen me?

"Can I take in stride this financial situation and turn it into a demonstration of faith? Am I well-grounded enough to do that?

"Can I be of good cheer and try to understand Harold and his tensions, his misgivings, his fears?

"Do I have fortitude and faith?

"The answer to this problem is in "still more spiritual development"."

The reason I did some words in olive green is that you can replace those words and still come up with the same answer. Still more spiritual development is what is needed, in order to cope with and deal successfully with the issues we face on a regular basis. I gathered all this from the 12&12...and how do we gain more spiritual development, is the final question?

Could it be ME?

2006-09-28T09:00:00.000-05:00

It used to take hearing something THREE times to really get my attention. Over the past few years that number has dropped to TWO. When I hear it twice, it's time to get out my mirror and take a good look. "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...it just might BE a duck," as they say. (Whoever THEY are! lol)

That said, perhaps it is not Harold at all, but me, with the problem. Ah, what a concept! I used to have a little sticker on my mirror that reminded me that I was looking at the problem. lol!

It was brought to my attention that my Pattern is to run. It may be different in that I have not yet married this wonderful man, but I have a feeling that more than a few people have laid bets that I will leave, run, haul. I don't want to go anywhere. Well, besides Maine, I don't want to go anywhere! I love it here. I love my life. I do love Harold. Perhaps the problem is deeper than patterns. Maybe, just maybe, I have a little issue with TRUST. Feedback WELCOME!!!!

Hmm. That bears further investigation!
I'm still not getting married this November. It's amazing the peace that came to me with that decision; Harold is not overjoyed by it, but is a patient, kind gentleman, and promises to wait (for me to come to my senses).

On Confusion and Chaos

2006-09-23T09:43:00.000-05:00

September 23, 2006
According to the Farmer's Almanac, today is a good baking day, today through the 25th, actually. And if you mow from now through the end of the month, it will only increase the growth of your lawn. These are the days we mow our St. Augustine, and leave the weedy areas alone, hopefully. lol

On Confusion and Chaos
It hurts to be unsure of the next right loving thing to be done. I want to marry Harold quite seriously, and without going into detail, let me simply say that plans are on hold. It may be NEXT November that takes us to the wedding chapel, rather than this.

It hurts, and it is scary, not just getting married, which is something I've done more than once on a lark; you might even say (accurately) that it has been my pattern. So I am breaking out of the mold, making new ways of living that are healthy and loving and productive. If the definition of insanity is 'doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results', then allow me to say that already I've done it differently. I've lived here for 9 months, and not married the man! So that's a big change! lol

I'm a little confused right now, and I know that our Lord does not give us a spirit of confusion; that comes from our enemy. And life around here while not actually chaotic is yet in a bit of 'unsureness'; what would be a better word for that? So while I press on in prayer and meditation, I continue to practice sweet lovingkindness, as per the encouragement of my dear friend and sister in Christ, KerriAnne.

"Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days. Many plans are in a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord will stand. What is desirable in a man is his kindness (or loyalty), and it is better to be a poor man than a liar. The fear of the Lord leads to life, so that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil." Proverbs 19:20-23

Love to all. Rebecca

Blogger Buzz

2006-09-19T14:40:00.000-05:00

Blogger Buzz

Just Starting Out

2006-09-19T14:05:00.000-05:00

It's me, Becca, signing in for a new undertaking...this blog. I have used a different one for quite some time, but I'm ready for something new and fresh. Join me here, and we will encourage one another in the Spirit, and in the Word, hopefully sharing some of our daily happenings so that we can relate better to one another!

(The picture is from Maine)