I Feel Good

I feel really good today. My lovely mom came over today to help me organize the boys room. It was a giant mess that had gotten away from the boys and myself. I am a good (mostly) maintainer, but the giant projects like garages and basements and kids disasters overwhelm me. I just don't always know where to start or how to organize things, so I like to tackle those projects with someone not alone. It only took about an hour and a half, but I promise you if I had been alone it would have take a lot longer.

I also feel good because I had some valances made for the sun room, and they were completed on Tuesday. I hadn't found any curtain rods that I liked for a reasonable price in any of the stores I had been in so I searched the web and found the perfect ones on a closeout. The small ones were originally $59 down to $20 and the larger size was $79 down to $35, plus I found a coupon online for free shipping. Woohoo!! Nate hung them up for me today and the my jury is still out on whether or not I like them. I had better learn to like them because they were not cheap and I hate wasting money. I will try and post a picture of them, they are completely flat with no ruffles or pleats, kinda like a shade and while they look cute on the 5 small windows the 2 quad windows look a little off to me.

I feel pretty good about the fact that I am still walking 2-3 times a week in this frigid weather. If it wasn't for my good friend MW who throws rocks at my bedroom window in the morning to get me out, I probably would not be venturing out. I have come to enjoy them for other reasons besides the physical activity. We always have something important to talk about and it feels like an hour long therapy session for both of us.

I finished reading Sex God by Rob Bell today. I have to say that I always find his books thought provoking. I read Velvet Elvis first and although I don't think he is the most theologically astute author, I find his books very captivating. He always includes the most interesting historical outlines to explain things that are often confusing to our western mindset. Sex God is really about our connectedness to each other and God, and how our humanness is a picture of the heavenly kingdom. It made me ache for how far we have come from what God originally intended for us, and I can see clearly how beautiful it is going to be for us when we are finally completely connected to God.

The other reason for feeling good is that our legal mess may be resolved more amicably than previously thought. God has a way of stirring the pot when you least expect it. Our future is uncertain, but somehow that brings me hope and peace.