I’m Blessed

I have been so blessed this last week to have Knut home so much.  I’ve gotten so much done around the house, it’s almost like we got the house “company ready” but just for us. 

Knut finished painting the upstairs bathroom and hung an old cabinet in there as well.  The new shower curtain was hung, and now we just need some towel hooks.  I may spray paint (er…get Knut to spray paint) the gold light fixture in there to match the rest, as I did in the dining room.  (With the dining room chandelier, I spray painted it a textured brown, and then sprayed over it very lightly with copper to get an old bronze finish.  I miss the days when we had HGTV.)  It worked so well in the dining room, I don’t hesitate to do it again.  I’m so excited that yet another room in this house is getting done, even if it’s just a little one.

I’ll have to post pictures later. 

I’m so blessed to have Solveig come with me to my midwife appointment.  She wanted to badly to play with the little baby doll in the “model uterus” on the shelf and the midwife took it all apart so Solveig could parade around the room with a baby in her arms and feeling really important.  Needless to say, Solveig really liked her.  Ultrasound is scheduled a week from Thursday.  I’m anxious to see this little one!

I’m blessed that Knut came home this afternoon saying he has the rest of the afternoon off…as well as the rest of the week.  I guess this dry spell is making for little work on the farm.  He’s excited for a big chunk of time to work on the school bookshelves in the den.  I’m quite excited that he’s excited to do that.  Not that we’d be disappointed with rain.  Nope, wouldn’t be disappointed at all.  We are blessed with some time to get things done at home, though.

However, he won’t spend all week on the built-in bookshelves.  His brother, Lars, is getting married this weekend.  Lots of parties and events and pictures and appointments will follow for at least parts of our family, and some for all of us.  Weddings are such blessings!

I was blessed to drop David off at Bible camp.  We sort of dropped him off in a hurry so I didn’t have a chance to dwell on the emotions of it.  He’s spending Sunday afternoon, all day Monday, and Tuesday morning out at camp.  He was so nervous, and so excited.  I’m sure he’s having the time of his life.  In his place at home, Elias has been fighting with Silje.  Good to know Elias was ready to step up to the plate. 

I was blessed to finally catch my sister on the phone this morning.  We’re both having crazy summers, and it was fun to finally touch base with her.  What a huge blessing that was!

I know it’s late in the day, but don’t hesitate to join in whenever you read this!  Leave a comment saying how God has blessed you this last week and share with us all!  It’s good to take a moment to pause and praise Him from whom all blessings flow!