July 22, 2013 Greetings My Friend, Today is an at home day. I do a little bit of housework, sit on the porch and then come in and do some more housework. I love it. We ate lunch on the deck today our first meal together out there and yup we loved it. It is a hot day today and yup I’ve had the heaves. I hate them but they are what I must deal with so I accept them. This sitting and then getting up and doing works out real nice and I love it. I love seeing order come to our lives too. Only one of our cats has yet to come out on the deck. He is getting blind…..that may be why he won’t head out there. The other cats come out, sun themselves and hang out with me and they love it that the dogs are not a part of this moment. We have the air on, the ceiling fans and they feel real nice as I enter into the house. Both dressers in our bedroom are now empty. I have decided to get rid of a lot more shoes and I am using the shoe rack/bin for my summer clothes…..I like that. Junior is about done putting together the unit that has basket drawers and that will be for my under wear. I like that thought too. All of my shoes are able to fit underneath the benches in the entry way. I have a box and the shoes are in two boxes on each side of the door. I have winter shoes in one and summer shoes in the other. It works out nicely. The shoe holes in the unit fit summer clothes and pajamas nicely. I mentioned to Junior that the dressers could be put out on the enclosed porch and things could be stored in the drawers. When J comes back to help out I do believe they may move the dressers to the porch…….and then I will need to find a chair for Junior to sleep in in our bedroom. Slowly the porch and yard are getting cleaned up and this girl is a happy camper! I dream of the day where the house and yard will be in order more than disorder…..soon I hope. I am working on an idea for the bathroom shelves. It seems that we have a lot of clutter and of course it is driving me nuts. I am able to move about slowly and accomplish bits of things and yup I love it. Gone are the days where I could tackle a project in a few hours. These days I work steadily at things and slowly order and pretty rooms begin to take shape. We are tending to keep our doors open even though there is no screen door. I long for either a screen to hang up or screen doors. I love the view, the breeze and it is so nice. Junior was flipping through a catalog and he saw a screen to hang over the door way. I think we will soon have one and I’d be real happy. I am also excited with my hair. I have pulled it back in a half pony tail and it feels real cool. I asked Junior if he liked the look….he is a sweet heart and said he does. With my hair pulled back I feel cooler so I am happy that he doesn’t mind the look. I love moving from the deck to inside the house and back again. It is fun. I love when I go outside on the deck that it is a cat only zone. They are hot and are sitting/laying in the shade sleeping. I love their quiet ways. I love the playfulness of the dogs as well. I can enter into either comfort zone throughout the day and I love it. I am once more praying during the day. This makes me real happy. I had gotten away from prayer time during the day and it is again part of my routine. I wrote on the black board “Pray.” This has helped me to enter back into prayer time. There are days that I get up and we run. Those days I don’t always pray. It is what it is. I am happy for the prayer time though when I am home and moving about my day slowly. I love thinking “outside” myself and prayers gives me a chance to focus on others. I also love my bedtime prayers as well. I love falling asleep talking to God and I love waking up talking to God. It is so precious. At bedtime I tend to look at Jesus’ death on a cross. It helps me to see the gift I’ve been given and to appreciate God’s love even more so. I also love asking God to teach me to be the wife Junior needs. I truly don’t think this marriage is good because of my natural abilities. I think it is God opening my eyes and heart for this man that is what is making our marriage so special. I also marvel at how I loose hatred of people. I loose anger as well. It is a marvel that praying does it. I no longer have a need to haul off and slug someone when they upset me. I may have to talk to God but overall that old need of slugging people just isn’t who I am these days. As I write and look out the door I see a humming bird up on the wire. I love those birds! In my prayers I tend to see God’s creation from the smallest to the largest like the humming bird and the ostrich. It is a marvel to me to see the various sizes creation comes in. I love the green of summer. God’s creation encompasses so much. It is a marvel as well. May God bless you and keep you, make His face to shine upon you. Love Janet