In Between

I was talking to this guy yesterday (ahem). And he told me to stop stressing about finding work to fill in until school time. I told him I wasn't stressed, I was just feeling frantic about it! 
 I don't think it works much to feel frantic (or stressed) about anything. I've actually pretty firmly decided it doesn't. Because here I am, sitting at my desk, writing a blog post, at noon, on a Monday. Weird huh!?
 I woke up this morning with dreams of making these cool little flower thingys everybody is seeing on pinterest, you know the ones I mean. Lace and burlap and pearly buttons, that kind. Guess what!? My dearest darling youngest sister used up all but one glue stick making some for herself the other day. How very sad.
 So I shall go practice piano for a while, or read a book, or write an email *smiles quietly to herself*, or maybe go make that picture frame I've been trying to talk Brad into making, or sew. Or SOMETHING!!!!!!! I need work to do. A month is muchly-much-muchly too long to not have work. Have a glorious Monday everyone. Because I'm surely enjoying mine! (I am too, truly, life is marvelous). 
 I'm going to go plan supper... Maybe, a mug of tea and a good book sounds lovely. God is good to me!!!  -Frank

Life Is Beautiful

He told me yesterday. And he kept hinting today. And then Amy woke me from a nap this afternoon, "you have a box here". I'm pretty much, very surely and decidedly, undoubtedly, (yeah, pretty much totally), dating the nicest man around! :) :) :)  

Josh and I

"Sometimes I just look up, smile, and say, "I know that was you God! Thanks!"

Da, da, da da da.

I'm working on my fifth hour. Of being in a coffee shop. That's all in today. I'm not weird. It's just my day off. I woke up this morning to a rooster crowing. I leaned over and bopped my phone, harder than was needed prolly. It stopped making noises. And then it said "DROID!!!". So I looked at it again. "I'm done with my meeting, when will you be here?"-Audrey "Good-grief woman! I thought it was at ten!!! It's 9:30... You'll have to wait half hour at least. I'm still lying in bed." -Yours Truly
 So goes my morning. It was lovely fun. :)
Now I'm sitting here wishing I'da thunk to bring the card for the camera with so I could post some pictures. Shoot. I have a couple though, like this one:

I like this kid allot. He wont come live at my house though. I keep trying to talk him into it and he always says in a very dubious tone "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmaaaa". I always assume that means he'd rather not. I'm really hoping he starts talking while I'm here.
 And I have this one too:

I am still a little awestruck that I actually have this picture. I never imagined I'd be lucky enough to have a picture of just me and my Grandpa Sid. He's one of people in my life who prays for me every. single. day. I don't think he could possibly understand how much that means to all of his grandkids. Love you Grandpa.

 Next week we are headed out to spend a week in Idaho, my cousin is getting married and I'm to serve at her wedding. I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends and relations out there. I'm in denial about the fact that two of the cousins MY AGE are married/getting married. And I've never met their significant other(s). This is disturbing. So goes life I guess! Ericka, you'd better watch out, I get to meet him before you're married... If he doesn't come up to specks....  :) JK, I'm sure he will.  

 I have an application in my book bag, half completed, for SMBI. I'm signing up for fifth term. We shall see if I'm too late for getting in. I wont be heart broken if I don't. I'm scared of Bible School. There are scary people there. ("Me? Imagine things? I should get down off of this unicorn and smack you!")

 My radio station just started playing Yellow Submarine. I did not ask it to, this station is supposed to be playing Maranatha! music. I am disturbed. "Da, da, da da da... Da, da, da da da". Help us all!!!

 I have enough caffeine in me for 40 hippo's. I should be sewing a dress. I should not be writing blog posts when I have 40 hippo's worth of  caffeine in me. It creates odd posts.  

 I have this picture too:

Bad pic, I sent it from my phone to my computer. It ended up looking like this. Which is fine, because you can't see how bad of a job pink bubble bath soap does with washing a pickup. Dad, I am still your daughter, and proud of it! :) Lance isn't the only one who ever "embraces his inner redneck". I locked this thing today because I had my computer in it. When we got back I could not get it unlocked. Amy could not get it unlocked. Audrey is superwoman. I am convinced. 

I had to crawl through the pickup to the other side to get the drivers door unlocked. Which is better than what Amy was threatening to do. She was gonna go in through the back window. I was parked on main street. The back window was wired shut *relieved sigh*. 

 I'm leaving now. 6 hours in a coffee shop is too many. Way to many. The Mt. Dew and omelet, the Dr.Pepper and chicken salad wrap, and the caramel frappe, were all pretty good though. Excuse me while I go on a quick 50 mile run and drink water till my teeth float, trying to get rid of all the calories and caffeine. 

 Bye peoples. I've proved I'm not dead now. -Frank

Summer Time

We're reveling in the gloriousness of summer time here right now. Lots of sunshine and roses and cut grass and garden work and water play.

 I've been listening to this song over and over lately, I'm pretty sure it's my favorite in the whole wide world.

 I went on a walk yesterday just before church, and trespassed down the tower lane to see what it was like back there, lots of mowed grass and lovely places to go read... And on the way out I noticed the blackberries growing on tree's, the silly plants out here dont know that those things grow on blackberry brambles in the middle of the woods!!!!! :) :) :) (they were mulberries, you know, like the ones in And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, that kind). I'm going to take my basket and go pick a while bunch of them one of these days.

 I need to get going, they are trying to close up shop for the day in here. I'm off to find food for a tin foil supper at Matt's tonight.

 Life is Amazing!!!

Summer Project

Here it is Mom. Brad and Gabe helped me put it together and Matt hung it for me tonight. I like it everly so muchly. I told Amy that it fits into our cabin at home better than it does here though. :) It's pretty rough, but I wanted it that way. The back I wash painted and on the desk part I layered on the paint until I got it smooth enough to make me happy. It's a lovely sunshine spot.

I took the bike that Matt got last week and road down A Street this evening until I found roses. Filled my basket full of them and came home and sat on a bar stool filling my vase while I watched Amy do the dishes... And here I'm sposed to be helping her!  I told her I felt guilty and she said something about, "Picking roses while you may." She says it's a poem. Anybody know the name of it?
 I'm love love loving living in the country. I don't think these people know how blessed they are. Living right next to the wind and the rain and the wild flowers and grasses is like a little bit of heaven on earth. The animals on the other hand I could do with out.
 I was in the chicken coop the other day with Zerrick, and Keagan came around the corner, "Hey Francis, I have something to show you!!!".
I'm kinda dumb sometimes I think. Probly anyways. Cuz most people know better than to follow a little boy when he says he"has something to show you".
The possum had been dead for several days. And the maggots and flies knew it.
Amy and I buried it the next day when we couldn't stand the smell anymore.
 My seven rows of flowers are up in the garden and in need of weeding. I think I'll do it tomorrow if it isn't too wet. We got a humongous amount of rain this morning. It poured like it would never rain again and I woke up to it pelting gustily against my windowpane.
 Tomorrow Amy and I have dreams of getting the house work all done by noon and going goodwill shopping. Spose we'll get it done? I'm going to look for some summer-ish sort of fabric for a curtain in my room. Amy is looking for a kitchen door curtain, and some furniture.
 Life is Beautiful.
       -Francis