Spring update - 2014

Spring: came early this year, if hayfever is the indicator, which hit unusually early in August this time around.  Ah well.  The flowers have been pretty.

Reading: the Bible from my plan again.  It is good to be back in the swing of things again.  I am currently in Jeremiah and at the end of Romans, heading into the Pauline epistles - happy days.  


Anticipating: reading Lila  by Marilynne Robinson.  I keep seeing its gorgeous cover all over the bits of the Internet I frequent and wanting to get straight into it.  But I'm saving it for the summer.  I've ordered a copy though and it's on the way. 

In anticipation: I'm reading Ms Robinson's Gilead by way of preparation.  I know.  It's fiction and it's term time.  Apart from the things I need to read for study and preparation purposes I don't seem to be able to quite settle into anything at the moment.  My concentration span seems to have eroded in recent times.

Watching: Downton Abbey.  Have I mentioned how much I love Downton Abbey?  Oh yes, I have.  Got all the way through it, took a couple of weeks off and watched it through again.  And have just started it again, this time with my husband in tow.  Yay!  I still don't like Thomas the Footman.  Or Sir Richard Carlisle for that matter.  Wondering, wondering when series five is coming to Australia. 

Also wondering: if there is a link between the eroded reading concentration span thing and watching DVDs all the time...

Experiencing: life with without a dishwasher.  I'd never had one until kind friends bought us one about seven years ago and it has been a faithful friend in the kitchen since then - a time saver and a means of keeping the kitchen bench tidy during the day.  But a few weeks ago a strong wind blew a tree onto a power line around the corner taking the power out for about six hours and with it, our dishwasher.  We haven't been having lots of people over for meals of late - must get back into that - so it hasn't been a real drama.  But it will be worth replacing down the track. #firstworldproblem

Filled in: the calendar for the next two months.  Filled it up quite comprehensively.  I feel thankful to God for the full lives we have, for energy and health to do all that we need to do, for the great community we are glad to call home and that I don't feel overwhelmed as I survey the coming weeks.  One day at a time has been a good lesson to learn.

In the very early stages: of preparing a talk for a gingerbread house event at church.  Have you ever wondered about the significance of the gifts the wise men gave to Jesus?  That's the line I'm following.

Better go: and attend to today.  And dear reader, may you know how richly God has already blessed you as you travel through your day today.