so as none of you will recall, one of my new year's crafting goals was to complete a quilt using the 'swoon' pattern (go ahead...you can click. it'll come right back here for your continued reading).
well, all plans for the swoon quilt were out the window. i started working on 16 other projects, really concentrated on the robot quilt (which is mostly finished but the borders and backing. someday...but i have strayed from the story). so believe it or not i found the pattern online and purchased it again - not remembering i'd purchased it once already. and with the 2nd version purchased, i set off on a mission - to complete this quilt for ellie's newly-painted room. and tonight, i've completed block #1 of 9!
half of the blocks will look like this, and the other half will have a matching green solid in place of the pink. can't wait to get both types of blocks done!
in other news, we attempted to go to the city pool sunday. we were actually going to try a new one that had a reportedly HUGE baby pool area where kaleb could go to town, and it's just around the corner from us - much closer than the famous dick nichols (ask ellie about dick nichols...you'll get an earful!). the internet (which never lies) says it opens on sundays at 11am. so we packed up the car, fought kaleb screaming because he had to get in his carseat, at 1055 and set out. arrived at 1108 to find NO ONE at the pool. a sign on the rec center door said it was closed saturdays and sundays. no way.
so off to dick nichols anyway. by now we've wasted 30 minutes of precious swimming time driving around the city looking for a place to dip our toes in the water. drive up to dick nichols and discover the city of austin changes pool hours on sundays in august, and they don't open until noon. nap time starts at 1pm for us. no good.
so last resort, we came home and, on our official watering day per the city, turned on the backyard sprinkler and let the kids get a little wet. surprisingly, ellie enjoyed it much more than kaleb (kaleb loves the water usually...).
not so surprisingly was the liking kaleb had for his picnic table, complete with leftover pizza heated up and some fresh watermelon.
turned out to be a great sunday! after lunch and a bit more sprinkler, we all headed inside to take naps; although, i don't think eric slept...and to make up for it, it was my 2nd nap of the day. it's rough when your kid falls asleep right on you and you're so afraid to move that it might disturb him. right.
after naps, we went to our grove gathering to hear about the trip several of our friends took recently to south sudan. they just got back late last week, and we heard of amazing things God is doing in that region. i am overwhelmed by how many hardships i think i face on a daily/weekly basis only to hear story after story of the women in south sudan who have lost all male relatives due the wars in their land.
one woman had lost a father and 5 brothers in the war, and as a result, she is raising 16 children belonging to her extended family. only one of the children (i believe) was hers. and he was the result of a rape when she was 14 years old. yet my friend ashly (who went on the trip) will tell you with tears streaming down her face that this woman has more joy than all of us put together. true, everlasting, God-glorifying joy of the life and the blessings she's been granted.
hmmm. makes me a little more thankful as i sit in my air conditioned house, typing on my computer with my smart phone at my side so as not to miss any facebook update or text or e-mail. makes me a little more tolerant of small hitches in the day - so i worked an extra hour today without time to craft this afternoon...but still came home safely to a family who loves me, time tonight to craft (and the supplies to do so), will sleep in a comfortable bed and still can return safely to work tomorrow to carry on about the job God has called me to. and not just the job i was hired for at the hospital, but the job He's assigned me in life: to live for His Kingdom, to live the Gospel out loud, not ashamed of it or of Christ.
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