Pray for Peace

Not world peace, although you can if you want. I'm talking about this "peace that transcends all understanding," this "perfect peace." It didn't used to be such an illusive thing for me. Then, we got this wild and crazy idea to move to Wichita. Now I've lost it. The main reason is that Bella starts kindergarten in less than 4 months and we don't even have our house on the market yet. I'm finding it almost impossible to put this in God's hands and walk away. I always thought selling a house was rather straightforward. But, I'm finding that selling a house containing two small children is more of a supernatural phenomenon. (M, wouldn't you agree?) So, any prayer you would be willing to send on my behalf would be greatly appreciated.

Anyhoo, this is what I've been up to this month instead of blogging.

Yesterday, I removed 4 Rubbermaid tubs full of stuff from Bella's room. We instituted a toy check-out system. She is allowed to have any 5 toys in her room at one time. The rest went into a tub in the basement. She can then exchange her 5 toys with different ones from the tub anytime that her room is all picked up. She was very excited about this plan and willingly helped with the packing. It has given her a little structure and lightened her load a bit. Her room would get so messy when it was full of toys, that she would be too overwhelmed to clean it up. Now, she has fewer things to be responsible for and I think she will be able to clean up her room by herself now. And that is one less thing for me to worry about.

I'm also painting my kitchen. I've been at it all week, but haven't managed to get it finished. The hardest part was the open pantry. Jason worried that if we took the shelfs down, they wouldn't go back up. (Yeah, plaster!) So, I had to tape around 20 brackets and 10 shelves before I could paint the walls. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. It looks very fresh and new. I've also been going crazy with the Dymo labeler. Oh man, do I love that thing.


Jason and I raced at Divisionals up in KC a few weeks ago. Here's a pic of Jason with his spiffy new tire gauge and a video of him on course.