England baby!!!!!

Yes, yes the time has come....our long awaited and anticipated trip to the UK!! We'll be spending two and a half weeks travelling around England, Wales, and Scotland :) Pray that we don't catch swine flu, get forced to eat black pudding, get eaten by a hairy coo,  or drive on the wrong side of the road too often :) We're looking forward to a leisurely schedule, beautiful scenery, visiting friends, B&B's, and just time together :)

See you in a month friends :)

Are you a loser if you write a blog full well knowing your mom is the only one who reads it?????

Probably yes, but I figure 'loser' is code for 'really cool person' ! 

So we are T minus 8 days until our UK trip! Probably you can't see the smile on my face but I'm ecstatic!! We got a few things out to pack tonight and we have formulated a packing and to do list......yay! Kyle sunk my boat when he told me that my seat on our overnight-8 hr long flight will not in fact lie flat like I had envisioned :(  I was happy to hear that I will have my own tv screen with movies available to entertain me :) I also found out today that  traditional part of English breakfast is something called 'Black Pudding', also known as pudding with congealed blood in it......bleck....this trip is shaping up to be very much like fear factor-- there is one distinct difference-- I'm paying  a boatload of money instead of winning it :(  Despite all that I'm practically giddy to get through the next week and take off :)

We went up to the cabin for this Labor day weekend. Relaxing time sitting around on the deck and out fishing on the boat.  It has been such a blessing that Kyle's parents share their cabin with us so often-- it's so very relaxing to be able to get away on the weekends throughout the year :) Also- I saw a dog eat corn off of the cob perfectly--- funniest thing :)

Update on my projects: I'm waiting to test the soap with oatmeal in it this week (it will finally be done curing); I plan on trying baby soap and anti-bacterial soap after vacay ; the lotion and lip balm were great- more scents to come after our trip; the shampoo is runny but growing on me; the conditioner was ....well....not good; the home cleaners are working well.....hmmm........

I have a good stockpile of cards for now so no action there, I want to start a crochet project when we return; I'm thinking I'd like to learn knitting and sewing sometime over the winter :) Seems like I need a new hobby doesn't it ?!?

Godstop: 

Praise that Lisa and I finished our bible study-- I don't quite remember when we started but I think this has been about an 8 month commitment :) A quote from our last week: 

"Anything that waits...it is because God has something better for us."-- Beth Moore  

What a great reminder that God is SOVEREIGN. He is GOOD.  He is LOVING.  He does what is BEST for us. He promises to perfect our faith. God SEES us, He SEES our hearts, He SEES our trials, He SEES our future in HIS plans.  How blessed we are and how happy He must be when we finally learn to REST  in Him.  When we finally learn that He is SUFFICIENT!!!!