que sera sera

My amazing husband and one of his high students sang this at church the first Sabbath of the school year..I thought it was so beautiful that I had to share :)

Henry is THE BEST..FORGET THE REST..haha

My perspective of my backyard this week...I felt like Alice in Wonderland.  The weather was awesome..I couldn't pass up taking these fabulous pictures of our butterfly garden :)

With my dear husband starting a new job comes a few new " responsibilities" for him and myself as well.  Being a part of a boarding school will consume you, yes we were warned, but I am realizing it much quicker than I thought I would!  I am soo happy that we are where we are though!  I cannot thank God enough for this opportunity.   I MISS *HIM* THOUGH.       Being a senior class sponsor, orchestra and choir director there will be many trips this year, not including all the other "responsibilities" he now has.  This weekend started the madness.  He left this morning to a place with the senior class that no one knows where they went, and to top it off...he has no cell phone reception or electricity.  It was storming this morning when they left, so hopefully they won't be rained on the whole time.       I had hopes and plans to go along on this first trip, but after finding out that we wouldn't be able to take Gabriel...

I cannot thank God enough for having a good set of feet :) hehe.  I have to get this out though.  I hate how limited it is to find shoes for my  monstrous clod hoppers .lol  I know they suit me well, since I am 5'9", but WOW!!!...really???  Every shoe that I like (which are not many as it is) doesn't offer my size.  HOW DOES THIS WORK????  Hmph....I seriously feel like this some days. 

I am always up for trying new things.  I had recently  been reading reviews about matte finish nail polishes, and..OF COURSE I was interested :)  I had really  heard of specific colored matte polishes, but had found  out that Essie  has a top coat, but it costs a whole $8,  I was not too keen on paying that much for something  I wasn't sure I would like.  Long story short, I found an  alternative!  It's the Hard Candy Matte-Ly In Love ($4). My thoughts:  decently priced & does the trick.  I haven't tried any other matte finishes/polishes, but I must say.. I like the possibilities of having it as a top coat for sure! Maybe when this bottle empties, I will decide to try a different brand.

I love this young youtuber!!  She is so fun, and I must say, I'd rather hear this version of the song, sung by her as well! :) 

My excitement has to be shared!!!  Today my little guy, Henry came back home!!!  I cannot explain how happy I am.  Last night I had an epiphany....I realized I hadn't "really" prayed for him to come back.  I thought for sure that God knew I wanted him to come home, but it was kind of silly for me to take something so small to Him.  Well, I decided that nothing is too small or too big to take to my Heavenly Father.  I said a prayer..and this morning I woke up feeling good about it...about an hour and a half ago HE CAME BACK !!!!  I am the happiest little camper.  Thankful that Henry (my kitten) came home, and that God really does hear our prayers, big and small .  

I was looking forward to today, because it was Henry's first visit to the vet, and I was  excited   that he would be getting checked out to make sure he is healthy.  We went to the vet, everything went well.  He doesn't have any diseases, she cleaned out his ears (ear mites), started his first round of vaccines, and gave me his dewormer.  Found out that he is about 10 weeks old and pretty healthy.  I was so happy and proud of myself for being a responsible pet owner.  So, we get home and guess what happens...he gets out of the car and....RUNS AWAY!!!!!  I am SOO  bummed about this.  Not only did I become attached to that little booger, but he is still just a kitten and I am worried for his safety.  I know he was out in the wild before we found him, but... I just don't know how to feel.  There are so many hawks around here, I am afraid one will snatch him up, or that I will find him on the road smashed by a car.  I know ...

Me, MoM, Brian Been thinking about my amazing Mom again.   You sometimes forget the pain of not having a loved one  to simply talk to about your day, or laugh with...then it hits you. Like a brick wall I just feel like crawling in a corner and sitting in the fetal position and crying, wishing that she was here to hold me...better yet, if she was I wouldn't feel like I do.  I know God has a perfect plan for each of our life's, and that's  the only thing that keeps me going on days like yesterday.  I look forward to seeing her again in Heaven, and thanking my Lord for His sacrifice that gave me the choice to be able to see her again and to spend all of eternity with my wonderful mom.  Won't it be wonderful there??  Staying strong in Him! 

Excuse my prolonged absence...I have excuses! haha  The whole entire month of July was super duper busy..and I can't believe it's already mid August. YIKES!   Like I said before, the first week of July I spent  in Indiana with friends.  I unfortunately didn't get to see everyone I would have liked to, but I enjoyed my time there and made some memories with the ones I did have the privilege of spending time with.  I got back home on the 11th and had two full weeks of work in front of me along with PACKING!  YAY...we moved AGAIN!ha!  (In the last year we have moved 4 times.  Started in Indiana, went to Illinois, from there to California, back to Illinois, and now to our current residence, which I plan to keep "top secret" hehe.  It's been a wild ride to say the least.  One busy year, and..one busy month.)  Outside of working I was busy packing and preparing for our move.  We left Illinois on the 23rd of July and arrived  o...