A Cup of CassAng.

Get Crackin’

That’s what I woke up (late) saying today. Two days of indolent laying around wreaked havoc on the house, and it sorely needed attention. We did a fast tidy and it looks MUCH better in here.

DH has gone after the repaired van. Final cost was 1944.50. That really pinches, LOL!

So, what’s up for today?
Job 5
laundry (lots of it)
cleaning my bathroom
finishing the puzzle
starting the 101 list
starting Stuntman’s sweater
getting with you on the next step here
school (and I am behind because of going to Myrtle Beach twice last week)

PS: did I tell you my mother offered to GIFT me with yarn and I turned her down?

Feelings

Whew! Its a hot one today. I spent about 45 minutes outside doing chores and picking stuff from the garden. Tom has to spray it for bugs today so I needed to get everything picked before hand. I guess I will be making pickles today. Lots and lots of cukes!

I really am missing you and wishing you could be here so we could make pickles together. I know that sounds so strange but that is what my heart is feeling this morning. Do you ever feel lonely for a “physical” friend? One that is close by that you can do the grocery shopping with or pop in for coffee? I have been lately…To the point of feeling sorry for myself that I don’t have a friend like that. I really do wonder why God saw fit to give me a “Jonathan” that is so far away that we can’t do things like that. It hurts my heart a little and I know that it shouldn’t. Despite having a couple of good friends here, I really don’t feel like I can just stop in and they must feel the same way about me. Okay, enough of a pity party. I hope we can reconnect later today even if it is just on the internet.

What I Have Been Up To

I know that I suck as a blogger lately. But at least it isn’t just this blog. Its all of my blogs. Tonight I have another Arbonne party. This one should be good since there at least 8 people coming. Krista and I are doing it together and will split it up somehow. Clint is going to be helping Allison’s husband, Scott, the next few days. He is starting a tire business and needs Clint’s help with a few things. This is good since Clint lost his summer job to the flood. So that leaves the girls and I to do house stuff. I have been kind of lax this week on really cleaning. We have been just keeping it above a disaster, ykwim? Today I am focusing on laundry because I have to. Tom has been gone every night this week. So that has been dragging me down. All I can do is live in the day, yk?

S.H.I.T.

Haha, made you laugh.

So, I already said that I just want to craft and read today. That’s not an option, really. I’ve already finished the mag I started a couple days ago, started diaper laundry, posted on Knits, dressed and made up my face.

I had a great time with Deb yesterday. And it was nice to visit with Mama, as always.

We found a new yarn store, but it was closed when we got there, so we are planning to go back tomorrow.

As for the rest of the day:
school
stitching
reading
paid blogging
walk
Job 5

Also, I m considering seriously consolidating blogs again. I don’t know. I guess I feel like ….. keeping knits all about fun and musings more serious, that doesn’t present a true picture to either set of readers, ykwim? I am both funny and serious. I live a rich and varied life.

It …do my knits readers even realize that I had three grandparents die this year? Do they realize that I’ve been struggling in my marriage? No. They know I was not crafting and that I am again, but they don’t know why. If a blog is an auto-biography that you write while it’s happening…..

anyway, thoughts?

Job 4

There are a couple things here I noted. First off, Eliphaz says, “If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?”

And then, though no answer is given, he launches in to what becomes a pretty scathing diatribe against Job.

He begins by noting that Job has been pretty consistent in helping those who falter, edifying and building up those in need of comfort or assistance. Evidently, Job is well respected for wisdom as well as integrity. He is an example of right living, and it’s been noticed by those around him, not just by God. But then Eliphaz turns around and says that Job’s troubles must be his own fault, must be because he has done something wrong.

I”m interested to see what he adds in chapter 5, but I am going to hold off reading it, and just think on this lesson today:

How often are we like Eliphaz? When something bad happens to a brother or sister in Christ, we may jump to the conclusion that God must be trying to teach a lesson. There must be some hidden sin. Because, surely, God protects all those who serve Him from all bad things. Perhaps, we even go on our way feeling a little superior because we aren’t having any problems just this minute. Pastor like to say, “let me assure you, if you are not having any problems in your life, then you have just come through a problem or are about to have some.” We do this to ourselves, too,
when we are facing trouble. We assume like Eliphaz that trouble only comes as a result of sin, and so we must be doing something wrong. Maybe sometimes, but maybe not.

There are a couple of things here: sometimes bad stuff happens just because we live in a fallen world. We are told in the epistles that the earth itself groans because of the ramifications of the fall. Life sometimes sucks just because life sucks. The other thing touches on what we discussed yesterday–perhaps God really is protecting us from something much worse. For example, when Drama was so little, and she stopped eating, so I had to take her to the emergency room, right? And they were ready to release us when she stopped breathing? Her not eating, was in reality a good thing, because what if I had put that baby to bed?