God Bless America

Happy Veteran's Day. Thank you to all of the Vets who have made our freedom our reality.

Psalm 91 The U.S. Army Psalm

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

³ Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

⁸ You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁹ If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

¹⁴ “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

My Response

Ladies. Ladies. Ladies. About the chair and love seat.

I did jump in front of Cynthia but hey, she should have gotten on it a long time ago. Leslie, I'll give you the name when Cynthia says that I may, and only then. I'm a little scared of Cynthia. She's our church secretary and everyone knows just how much power church secretaries have in their little pinkie. A lot.

Shelly, my friend came right over after I talked to him and just kept saying that he didn't think I would really want to do this job and that he could do it for me. And then the kicker...

The springs need work. I got scared. I asked him how much. He quoted me a price and I knew it would be silly for me to try this project.

I drove straight to the fabric store and ordered the goods. He told me to go with a coupon. I did. The only stipulation was that he told me I couldn't be in a hurry. I agreed. Which is just silly because everyone knows I have no patience. But I can try. The ball is in my court now, I need to strip the wood or paint it.

I think I'll paint it. I've got no patience for stripping furniture.

As for the patience, hey, Rome wasn't built in a day

As soon as I pick it up, I'll tell my friend that Cynthia is next and then Leslie.

Shelly, do you want in?

I Can See the Finish Line

Hubby and I went to the city last week. I had to get to Anthropologie for my cabinet hardware. I love it! Hubby is not sure it's worth it but Karen saw it and assured him it's worth every penny.

We picked up some new sheets and towels too. Why? Because we have a move in date for our new master suite... November 24! Many people, schedules and stars have to aline for this to happen, but it's looking good.

Oh, and I found someone to reupholster the loveseat and chair. Fabric is ordered. I'm on a roll!

Final Football Game

The last Friday Night Lights for the Lyncs 2010 football team was in Kirkland last night. It rained. A Lot. And the stands were uncovered. The Lyncs WiN ending the season on a good note. The rain stopped as the game ended and I took some shots, postseason.

Thanks Coach Faber.

Max and #11, Levi played together when they were in grade school, it's fun to see them now.

Robb and his guys, Bart and Jesse, they came from the Netherlands to finish school and play football at LCHS.

Max and Kassie. The cheerleaders did a nice job this year of leading the crowd with spirit and good sportsmanship.

Max and Chad are Dr. Yeh's best customers. Dr. Yeh is their orthodontist. Chad's mom is one of his assistants and she took a quick peek at Max's mouth after the game to determine, he is not straightened out yet. There are a lot of nice ladies working for Dr. Yeh and they must be tired of Max as he's had those stinkin' braces for almost four years!

Hubby is pretty proud of Max and has enjoyed every minute of the season. Well, maybe not every minute...there was the day Max tried to quit, and there was some traveling and there was some rain...

Me and my baby! Yay! Football laundry is almost finished.

Danny came to the Seattle games. Max appreciated having his brother there and they agreed to a pic. Danny suggested they look football tough.

Max and head coach K with his son, Dylan, an excellent ball boy and future linebacker.

Thanks Coach K for not letting Max break up with you. It's been fun.

Hey, can someone turn off the lights?

All in a Day

Sam texted me this morning.

Our conversation:

Sam- Hey are you gonna have your phone with you today?

Mom-yep ?

Sam-I'll call you in the air :)

Mom-Just concentrate on landing!!!

later...

Sam-Jump scratched :/

Mom-giving thanks while texting, are you bummed?

Sam-Yeah :(

Mom- why cancelled?

Sam- It's heaps foggy.

Mom-now? day off?

Sam? nope, back to giving shots all day.

Mom- giving thanks

This picture is from Sam's last jump at an air show. His buddy took the photo. We aren't sure which chute is Sam but we know he's in the picture. Cool huh?

Tonight I'm calling Sam because as much as I love to hear from my guys it's not always a good time. We are going to talk about bad times to call home, like when he's jumping, out of a perfectly good plane...

Weekend Fun

We had a busy, fun weekend. At home Hubby broke through the window and the wall to connect the addition to the Stone House. He looks really happy here but it was a big job and got worse as he chiseled his way into the opening. Stone and all, you know. I love my wallpaper and wanted to keep it in the room that will now be a sitting room.

Sitting room?

Wha huh?

Maybe we will sit after this project...

Anyway, my wallpaper is the last wallpaper project my Mom and Aunt Clarice did together. The paper is Ralph Lauren and I found it in his nursery and children's wallpaper sample book. I still love it. Hubby was very careful while demolishing and as he removed trim and layers we found the old wallpaper.

Similar design, to the new Ralph Lauren.

While Hubby was demolishing I was driving to Seattle. I met Danny for dinner, best sandwich ever at G's on Old 99, and we had a nice visit. Then off to the football game where we met Aunt Laura. Lyncs lost to Kings.

Max and Aunt Laura had a quick photo taken after the game. When the boys were younger their goal in life was to be taller than Aunt Laura. It was a more reasonable goal than to be taller than their Dad, Uncle Ken or Uncle John. Aunt Laura was always nice about them standing next to her and measuring. The guys still love to make sure they have passed up Auntie Loo. She still is a good sport, even when she is standing in Max's armpit after the game. Sorry, for the poor photo quality but I had to be fast. Max is impatient and poor Laura had to be dying.

Saturday night we went to the farm to carve pumpkins in the party barn. It's one of the guys' favorite nights of the year. This year it was just Max and Braden and since Braden is a senior and college bound it may his last one. Kinda brought a tear to my eye.

We were so busy eating and visiting that we forgot to carve the pumpkins!

A super fun weekend for sure and on Sunday, we rested. Except Max went to the Seattle Sounder's playoff game and Hubby went to work, I rested.