Bliggity-Blog

:noticing God's glory: in a chubby baby.

:listening to: Audio Sancto sermons. An old familiar sound. Much-needed spiritual inspiration tonight.

:clothing myself in: warm clothes! It suddenly got really cold here! New bright green fleece jacket - my fleece from last winter is a little stretched out in the belly. ;)

:thinking: about being a blogger (not necessarily HERE, as this little spot has been sorely neglected lately!). Reaching people through writing. Getting over writer's block. Choosing a topic I'm passionate about, getting my point across to move someone's soul. That awkward moment when someone says "Hey I read your article!" Will I ever get over that twinge of embarrassment and wondering quickly if I said anything that could possibly be construed as offensive or misguided, while smiling and nodding and feeling a little like a fool? Oh, how fun it is to be a melancholic. ;) Losing a bit of my anonymity, which is something I have valued. Yes, in my writing I express the "real me" and sometimes even baring my soul, but that makes me vulnerable. Darn human respect! 

:pondering prayerfully: "We would be well on the way to perfection if we could weed out one vice from ourselves each year." ~ Thomas a Kempis. Thinking about this one a lot today.

:cultivating rhythm: um... I am in desperate need of working on this one. Feeling a bit overwhelmed in that area lately. That perfectionist thing?

:creating by hand: THIS I have been doing. I crocheted a baby blanket for a friend and am working on another, and will need a third when I am done here. So first friend's baby is now a month old and second friend's is nearly two weeks, but that's okay, right? :) Someday I will take pictures. And maybe even mail them. 

:learning lessons in: humility. today. At least, receiving the lesson, hopefully I am learning from it.
Also, I need to keep an account of the lovely happenings around here, for my own sake.

:encouraging learning: Gathering materials for a Jesse tree. I have one old enough to actually understand this year, and another one close behind!

:keeping house: see cultivating rhythm, above. I did run the dishwasher today (and empty it)... tomorrow will be a new day.

:in the kitchen: chicken pot pie for dinner. Nate said, "I don't like chicken pot pie!" Oh, but Scout does. Scout does because Nathan does, or, did, back in the day. They got a kick out of Scout talking about CPP. Still picked at it...

:loving the moments: Parlor Entertainment on Sunday. Nate & Ben performed the first stanza of "The Cow" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Nate was the farmer and Ben was the friendly cow. Oh. my. So delightful. Uncle Pat dressed up like George F. Handel (complete with the wig) and played a minuet. Adorable!

:planning for the week ahead: plan for Thanksgiving (8 DAYS away!?) fall clean. look ahead towards Advent.

:funny things: Ben requested "Cap in the Hat" before bed tonight.

Nate: The 10 Commandments song in the car - watching him sing in the rearview mirror. "The 9th Commandment of God: Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wipe!" LOVE. Those wipes are pretty tempting, though, especially when your neighbor has some and you have run out.

Andrew: everything he does is funny. and he knows it! He made friends with every single elderly person in the waiting room at the doctor's office today (and there were a lot of them, we waited a long time!) 9 months, 24.6 pounds and counting. 5 teeth. I love him.