Wednesday Wandomness, doc!

What I'm listening to now...

I'm at work, which is a corporate office attached to my parents' home.  So to help circulate the lovely fall air through said house and office, I keep the french doors open.  Doing this lets in the sound of my 9 and 7-year-old siblings watching Looney Tunes--one of my all-time favorite cartoons (hence the funny accented blog title). They just don't make cartoons like Bugs anymore, do they?  It's cracking me up and I'm not even watching. :)

What I've been reading...
I recently finished One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and John Piper's Don't Waste Your Life.  They were a combo I didn't plan on, but I'm thankful that I ended up reading them at the same time.  Both brought me two challenging perspectives on the joy of our life in Christ, thankfulness and servant-heartedness that will find me lost in their pages again, I'm sure. :)

A Woman After God's Own Heart - Elizabeth George

North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Lies Young Women Believe - Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Dannah Gresh

Now, in addition to trying to keep myself in the Word, I've started THREE books. -gasp-  It was kind of an accident, and I thought "pregnancy brain" would cause me to quit one of them (or two, or three...), but I've been surprised and thankful!  I'm pressing on, absorbing some wonderful things and hoping I can tackle them even with a newborn.  Heh heh, we'll see!

What is up with baby...
(38wk 4d)  Monday, our Doctor's appointment revealed that we're already 80% effaced and 2 cm dialated!  While the Dr. said that could mean delivery in 2 days or 2 weeks, in light of other symptoms, I'm hoping for a baby within the next week. :)
It's been neat to follow blogs of other Mama's due around the same time as me.  A big congrats to Steph and her sweet family, Mr. and Mrs. Lukie--and a very soon congrats to Anna! :)

I should not...
...browse Pinterest on an empty stomach.  Noooo, sir.

I really need to...
...clean the house.
...finish packing the hospital bag and diaper bag.
...stock the fridge so hubby needn't make avoidable runs to the store after baby's born.
...clean.muah.casa.
...finish the next wave of baby gift thank-yous!
...cweanhowse.
...blog all those posts waiting to be posted.
...did I mention I need to clean my house???

I really, really love...
...my sweet husband.
...this growing darling who will make her appearance soon.
...FRUIT SNACKS!
...and you, friend, for stopping by.

I hope your Wednesday, or whatever day it is, is blessed with the goodness of God.  So much that you can't contain it--even if it's not very evident at the moment, I still hope you know it's there. :)

wordless wedding wednesday

Wordless [hardly] Wednesday

This isn't the only reason I've been blog-absent.

Buuuut it contributes. :)

God is good.

Wordlessless Wednesday

Missy - PJ - Kaitlyn

S.W.A.T. girls on the mission field.

Paint and a girl's intuition.

Watch out This Old House.

Wordless [psych!] Wednesday

Summertime + Trampolines = CrazyawesomeHILARIOUSfun!

[un]Wordless Wednesday: May Flowers Edition

FlowerMama's visit was muchly needed, and perfect timing for Jen.

I heart them.

Wordless [oh, never] Wednesday

Kama mkipendana hivyo, watu wote watafahamu ya kuwa ninyi ni wanafunzi wangu.

~Yohana (John) 13:35

Wordless [notsomuch] Wednesday

I know this isn't a real blog post...BUT...I couldn't help sharing the goods of today...

The neighbor called at 7:30am, so patiently telling us that our horses were in her field.

They come back to the barn, and we realize we're missing one--the old one.

Worriedly we start searching. Far and wide. We searched her Field#1, the wheat field, and on our way to yet another one, we pass this long double row of round bales.

It's not everyday you look at bales closely...

...but it's a good thing I saw his ears just over the top. :D

Oh, we laughed.  And laughed.  AND laughed at the poor old man.

He was probably a tad ashamed.

He probably thought he was in hay heaven.

Only it wasn't heaven enough to want to be stuck there for all eternity, you know?

He couldn't turn around, so we had to make him walk backwards for about 100ft or so. 

It wasn't fun a'tall.

I have to say, the sight was almost worth the searching, pushing, coaxing and fence reparing.

Almost.

Wordless [notreally] Wednesday

The weekend was kinda rough.
Monday was rough. Tuesday got a little better. The run this morning was good...but rough. :)
And then I stumbled across this...

"When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my
soul." Psalm 94:18-19

[Happy Veteran's Day]