Tuesday (at home)

Middle Tennessee is still nearing its doom.  This ice and snow is no joke…I mean, our lights even flickered yesterday.  The sun is out today and serious melting drippage is going on.  Whether or not it’s affecting the sheet of ice on our street is still to be determined.  We’re marching on in sheer determination to conquer this snowmageddon with things like cookies and watercolors and sledding and movies and Josh Kelley working from home.

In other news, Noonday Collection launched it’s spring line today.  You guys…in all big seriousness…and I don’t say things like this lightly, but it may be my favorite line to date.  I’ve been looking and looking and looking some more.  With each piece I just get pulled in even more.  My wish list is a long and lengthy one.  I tried picking just a few of my favorites to share on here and then eventually just cut myself off because there were too many.

My best friend Ashley is a Noonday Ambassador, so if you make a purchase choose Ashley Mills in the ambassador box.  It’s always a win/win with Noonday helping support woman and families here and around the world.

I’m now thinking about anyone in the near future who I will need to purchase a gift for.  Everything is so bright and lovely.  Noonday will always be my go-to purchase with a purpose.  Always and forever.  And ever.  Amen.

Everyday I’m thinking about Swaziland.  We might have a date change for our trip to the last week in June.  If you would like more information please shoot me an email at pitterpatterart at gmail dot com.  I’ve had several emails from people saying they can’t make the trip, but want to help.  You can help by making a donation for supplies or buying supplies for us to take with us.  Or the most awesome of awesome ways you can help is by sponsoring one of the unsponsored kiddos at the Ngungwane carepoint.  GO HERE and look through all these amazing kiddos and help get these crazy awesome kids sponsored.  Just $38 a month and all the information you need is HERE.  Then maybe next year you can join our trip.

I read this POST today and wanted to weep.  So well written Shannon.  So well written.  I just need a stand in…someone who is wiser and knows what they are doing and can parent way better than me.  I’ll just make the cookies and give hugs and play 5000 games of mancala.  I need someone else to do the crazy hard parts.

The other day I read in Acts 10 about Peter’s vision and now I cannot quit thinking about it.  I love when Peter says, “…but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.”  God didn’t create common and unclean people.  We’re made in His image…we’re made for His glory.  We’re not common…we’re all spectacular and unique and special and cleansed to a spotless white because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.  Just yes.  We’re all in this together…all amazing brothers and sisters in Christ because of Christ’s love in us.  Good news people.  News I need to be reminded of daily.

And thank you for all the feedback on the Bible journaling class.  I’m not sure about the whole online thing yet, but I’m definitely going to have a local class and hopefully in March.  Josh Kelley and I are looking at dates and thinking and praying over where the money should go.  I will pass along the final information as soon as we get it nailed down.  Thank you again for being such a kind and encouraging group of crazy special people.  You amaze me.

Hope your week is off to a great start.

Happy Tuesday.