5 things

1) I love shampoo, nuff said.

2) Shopping kills my feet.

3) Amanda got a great outfit.

4) I only bought cheeseburgers today, and gas for the car, and green beans and salad for the fellowship meal.

5) I am hungry now. Ham and cheese sounds pretty good right now, so does yogurt.

5 things

1) There is a lot of noise on the street early in the morning on garbage day.

2) I had a violent headache yesterday, I couldnt do a thing all day, except vomit, 6 times. Being under this much affliction makes me feel really compassionate toward others who are suffering. I cant imagine the misery of waking up every day to that. I am so glad to feel well today. Amanda, when/if you get one of these please let me know and I will try to come out and look after the kids.

3) We had a great weekend. It was so nice to fellowship with old friends. Darren, Laura, and Diederick came over for the Lord's day, after we all went to worship together in Housatonic.

4) I need to weed the flower bed. I also would like to weed the community garden a bit, it would be fun, and would be a great way to meet people in the community.

5) Banner ads are going up.

5 more things

1. the conditioner thing worked, for the front of my hair. I had fluffy hair for the first time in weeks, it was kind of fun. But, the back was greasy still, not smelly greasy, but with the lard full feeling.

2. Spicy pork sausage on whole wheat english muffins, is all in all, pretty good.

3. Advertising research continues.

4. shoot, thats all i got

five things?

ok, peer pressure reigns again.

1. my hair has been disgusting for the last 5 1/2 weeks, but, no one else thinks so, or has been brave enough to tell me, or, alternatively, they might just want to see if it (the no shampoo scheme) works or not and will let me be the suffering guiney pig, so they tell me I look fine. Anyway, I tried something new today. We'll see if it works. I read today on someone or other's blog that if you wash your hair with conditioner it removes some of the grease without prompting the scalp into over production of grease as shampoo does. I hope, I hope.

2. I am to file quarterly taxes, but cant find the right form. Maybe I dont have to file them yet?

3. Been reading a lot of rare bound photocopies these days, including Defense of dissociation by the PRCE. I am seeing that it is vital to understand the definition of Church in chapter 25 of the WCF, when interpreting reformers of that era.

4. Its great to have Jody here.

5. Karl brought us a pound of coffee last night when he came to bible study. I am going to make some now. :D

I love this music

www.solmusic.ca

These are the days in between... vacations

Today there was another troop of lookers coming to see the building. I guess that means that none of the other folks bought it. I wanted to get a long term lease signed before the ownership changes, but alas, the landlord that offered it seems inaccessible. So, hopefully the new Pharaoh will be kind to Joseph. :D

In other news I decided to take up the no shampoo challenge. I am at about a week, and getting weak, but not enough. I think washing my hair with water helps a lot, vs not washing it at all. We'll see how far I make it. My vanity, or fear of looking disgusting, may get in the way. We're going to Covifamikoi in about a week and so, I'm trying not to care, its not like anyone else does anyway. On our way there, and likely on the way back we'll stop in at Shawns parents place for a little visit.

So Jody is supposed to get here on the 17th, thats pretty exciting. We'll get tons of work done when she gets here.

Then in August we're to drive over to GR for a bit. Then when we get back I heard that Clint is coming to visit. So, this summer should prove to be eventful.

I think I'm going to make myself a cup of coffee and then get sewing some boys hats that I cut out ages ago. Wonder what happened to the dresses? Well, I got one done, and a bunch of others cut out and then realized that the pattern for the little ones needs to be modified. I dont feel like I have very much patience, or brain capacity right now, so hats will be a better choice for tonight.

I am very happy right now, peaceful, and content. I am blessed.

second try

So tonight we went to the Malt River Brewery with an old neighbour of ours. He's not old, but rather used to live in Ben and Kats old apartment. Anyway, we had a good time yakking and eating. He and Shawn got Jambalaya and I got some sort of seafood pasta with jalapenos in it. SPICY!

So I've been reading a bunch of stuff lately.


So we got labels for our clothes now. This is a nice thing as they say our company name, and fabric care/content, as well as where they were made. AND our website is on there so people get to find where the item came from and go back to get more, you know, for those who recieve them as gifts or whatever.

So tomorrow, laundry and I'm planning to make some dresses. I have no more excuses. :D The taxes are filed, books in order. I was kind of sad because I didnt know/forgot that I needed to file quarterly state taxes, even if I didnt need to pay any. So we got stuck with two $50 late fees. Oops, hopefully my negligence wont cost our company in the future.

So this is pretty random. I guess its an attempt to revive this dead blog. Maybe the next will be better and just getting started is the hardest part.

Alright, thats all.

Soundtrack

I got this from Erica . I did the random one. It worked out ok. Here are her instructions and my results below:

Basically, if you have an MP3 player on your computer, you put it on shuffle and use the first song that comes up for each category. It ends up forming...THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFEIF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool... DON'T CHEAT!

Opening Credits: If I fell - Maroon 5

Waking up: If I aint got you - Alisha Keys

Falling in Love: I repent - Derrek Web

Fight Song: Gone - NSYNC

Breaking Up: Variations on the Canon - Pachabell by George Winston

Formal/Prom: Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson

Life: He will come -Waterdeep

Mental Breakdown: Joy - George Winston

Driving: White Ladder - David Gray

Flash Back: You and I both - Jason Mraz

Getting Back Together: Stars - Simply Red

Wedding: They cant buy the sunshine - Turin Brakes

Birth of a Child: Never know - Jack Johnson

Final Battle: Sail Away - David Gray

End Credits: All you want - Dido

so we're having a sale

www.scarletstitch.com

update

Amanda took a bunch more photos for us yesterday (thanks again!), sling photos. Shawn told me his idea, of me dressing in black, and having a black background, so the sling would stand out. Amanda thought it was a good idea and prolly wouldnt have been ambitious enough to try it had Shawn not put it forward. I was skeptical. In the end, Shawn was right, it was a good idea, the pictures turned out great.

So, I've been ultra busy for the last few weeks. I feel like I've hardly been home, and when I am home I've been trying to balance my household dust (the dust is the greatest battle, Ed, you were right) with getting the boys stuff ready to sell, and helping Jody get the site ready. She did a beautiful job updating the site.

So last week I cut and colored my hair (thanks mand), calm down mom, its no shorter than I've cut it in the past.

Today I will move all the stuff from my hallway that got "cleaned" out of the closet to the back storage room. I moved a shelf that the Mills gave to us, into the closet which now provides an orderly platform for all my fabric, I still need to take them out of their bags and neatly fold them, now that they have a home.

Sorry this is so boring, kind of like a "to do" list.

Oh, I have been reading some cool stuff on the Lord's days. I just read through some minutes of a General Correspondence (Shawn got these through an interlibrary loan) from 1780-18something, IN AMERICA! Very interesting times. I wrote a bunch of notes (random facts that I gathered) on it and will post them next time.

Today

So today Shawn remembered that a paper was due today, oops. So he worked on that this morning.

I got the dishes done and made a few phone calls, you know, for work.

Then I made meatballs. I hate/loathe/despise ground beef, fried, as itself. But meatballs, I can do. I've tried adding all the meatball spices and such to ground beef, but it's still gross. I never thought I was a picky person, but I am. Thank you all for bearing with me all these years as I came to that realization.

So this afternoon, after dropping Shawn off at work, I went out to Amanda's. I had a nice time driving "race cars" with Joshy. We made the "race track" with blocks. It was fun.

So, right when I got home I saw that Shawn had called from work, so I called him back. When I had dropped him off earlier, he'd said that his back was hurting, and then at about 7 when I called him, it was still hurting, and not getting any better, even after medication. So he came home early, we got a movie, and we're going to relax.

Oh ya, all my sewing is done, all the shirts, all the pants. woohoo!

Joy comes in the morning

Psa 30:5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

Trials Galore

Just when you think that you couldnt take anymore, more happens. Its good, it kind of lets me see into the sufferings of Christ a little more. The humiliation he suffered was far greater than we could possibly suffer. That fact increases my thankfulness, as I learn a little more of what he went through on our behalf. Please pray to God for my family and brethren. Thanks.

Beef Stew

It is very cold here today, mainly because of the wind. So I am eating hot, hearty, beef stew. It is delicious. It could be better though, I didnt take much care with the beef, so there are a few grissely spots as well as some fat. EWW.

I am eating as I type, this is not a day to blog, but a day to work.

I am finishing up the pants, well, trying to finish them. I miss Jody, we work faster when we work together. I miss her because she is nice as well. :)

Um, while I've been sewing I've been listening to the Psalms, read by Scourby (yes Brian, they are yours, we will give them back when Shawn remembers, or when you want them, if I'm done with them. :) ) Anyway, Psalms, they are great. There are so many things in the trials of David, and God's people that I can identify with. It so interesting that the weakness of faith expressed is still acceptable to God, where the writer expresses things like "God where are you?" , "God wake up!", and "God have you left me?". This makes me think of Christ, not quenching the smoking flax, or breaking the bruised reed. The Psalmist always turns around, away from doubt and praises God for his/their deliverance, and for His great works.

Anyway, I love the Psalms, I love Christ, I love His law, I love His people. Why did I get kicked out of my church? Contemplating this makes me sad. I need to focus on the works of God, His mercy to me, His care for my life and well being, that He has meant it for good.

Jhn 9:35 ¶ Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

A little Sedgwick Sabbath Reading

Reasons to move you to search your hearts in this particular are these:

1. Many among you (who profess and have a name, I hope, the truth also of grace) do not get on. You do not make progress , nor have you advanced yourselves in your spiritual condition.

Though the Lord has given you plentiful and rich means, yet what you were many years ago, the same you are now. A man may say of you, as we do of our friends whom we see perhaps once in ten years, that they look and are just as we found and left them then. So many of you, after many years preaching and hearing, are just as you were; you have not attained to any further perfection in holiness.

Now this is an ill symptom, for a staying heart is seldom otherwise a decaying heart. Though creation is perfect at once, yet it is not so with sanctification. The old saying is, grace is either getting or losing: like a river, either fuller or lesser, or like an oak, growing or dying.

Christ's Counsel to His Languishing Church pg 11 Soli Deo Gloria Publications

at long last

Thanks for the nagging, I mean, support. :)

So much has happened in the last few months, so much of it quite depressing and sad, that I haven't felt much like blogging, mainly for the inability to speak what was on my mind.

So sewing is still going on, ever so slowly. With all the chaos, and usual life, there have been many interruptions in progress. I am happy to say that MOST of the boy shirts are fully complete, but unhappy to say, that there are yet some unfinished, which I should be working on presently, but am blogging instead.

I just finished a very wonderful book. Its so common a title, that no doubt you've heard of it, but perhaps not yet read it, or at least not read the unabridged version. Robinson Caruso . You might say, "ya, I know its about a man being shipwrecked on a deserted island". But its so much more! Its really about his salvation, how Robin comes to saving faith in Christ alone, EXPLICITLY. It was so encouraging to read (well, in my case, hear, gotta love books on CD) about the various trials that he went through, and how he came to recognize that God in His wise and holy providence was working the trials amazingly for his own good. Robin came to bless God for it all, and to find contentment in his lot. GREAT BOOK, great reading for kids and adults alike.

Ok, and hmm, Shawn's on a break from school for a couple more weeks, so that's really nice, except that his boss wants him at work more, but he's not as stretched out for now, so that's good.

Shawn and I started reading through a very encouraging book together. Its been of great encouragement to me in my recent trial of faith, I cant recommend it highly enough.
http://www.graceandtruthbooks.com/listdetails.asp?ID=619&RP=/booklist.asp

I wanna be just like everyone else

1. FIRST NAME? Tammy
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? my parents had a dog named tammy before i was born, tho they emphaticly deny naming me for her, they just liked the name.
my middle name is for my gramma, and one of my aunts: jean
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? this evening at prayer meeting
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?er, not really, i've always admired Amanda's tho
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? shaved roast beef, the kind thats still moo-ing
6. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? my baby died about a year ago
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOURSELF? hmm, i'm kind of bossy, i have a hard time getting along with other bossy ppl. but i would like to think i would try. :D
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL?I stopped journaling frequently some years ago, I found that bearing my soul was somewhat embarrassing some years later. though i kept all my teenage journals anyway, for their historical value.
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? no, just sometimes
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? i get sick on rides, not puking, but really dizzy and nauseous
12. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? i wear clogs mainly, but no, if i'm wearing running shoes i dont untie them unless i have to
13. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? not really
14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? i like vanilla with other stuff in it. not too much extra. caramel with it is good
15. SHOE SIZE? 7
16. RED OR PINK? red
17. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my bossiness
18. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my dad
19. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Yes, I love reading these things.
20. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? jeans and socks
21. LAST THING YOU ATE? a quarter pounder cheese burger, heh
22. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? jody talking on the phone in the kitchen, and the hum of the pc fan that needs dusting.
.23. FAVORITE SMELL(s): roses and honey i washed the kids soap from lush.com
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? shawn
25. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? hmm, i dont know
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes, thanks han, kat, rene
27. FAVORITE DRINK? coffee
28. FAVORITE SPORT to play? i like any group sports. doesnt matter which ones, i'm not good at any, its about the ppl.
30. EYE COLOR? hazel
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? now i do, yay. sometimes
32. FAVORITE FOOD? broccoli cheddar soup
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? happy
34. LAST MOVIE? An Ideal Husband
35. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Red.
36. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer for sure
37. HUGS OR KISSES?man, do i have to choose?
38. FAVORITE DESSERT? angel food cake with strawberries and whip cream
39. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I think everyone has already done this
40. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? everyone
41. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? faithful contendings displayed
42. WHATÂ’S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? drugfacts.com lab values and calculation formulas
43. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? nothing, we dont have it hooked up
44. FAVORITE SOUNDS? George Winston's "joy" it makes me feel like spinning in a ballroom. i love the sound of my love's voice
45. ROLLING STONES or the BEATLES? Beatles. cant buy me love
.46. THE FURTHEST YOUÂ’VE BEEN FROM HOME? Gulf of Mexico, no i guess Southern California
47. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? putting my foot in my mouth. and making cute hats
48. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? grand prairie auction mark '79


there is some therapeutic value in talking about oneself for so long. thanks for listening.

Back to reality

So, Jody and I are frustrating ourselves with the prospect of making boys clothes. The shirts, pants and hats aren't a big deal, but the suspenders! arg. Its really hard to find nicely colored elastic in small (less than 2500 yds) quantities. The clothes are going to be super cute, I think anyway, if we persevere. Jody is sending me some prototypes to get Joshy to model, to see how they look, and if they fit well.

So that's what is up. Aside, um, not much has been happening. I started reading a book called Looking unto Jesus, by Isaac Ambrose. It's really quite good. Shawn and I read through a bit of it last year. Tony recently got a copy, and his talking about it made me want to pick it up again. The full satisfaction of Gods wrath by Christ's death, on our behalf, is really cool, cooler that his satisfying it is way better than us rotting in hell forever, as even us being there eternally wouldn't cut it, but Christ paid the price in full. The wisdom of God is great in this, to have a plan that perfectly answers, and doesn't compromise, either his justice or his mercy. Love it.

Alright, I have to get things done.

Whats wrong with Ebay??

What a beautiful life being on Vacation all the time

So, today is a break, a real one, almost. My life has been so away from home for the last ever. Two weeks in Canada (a wonderful trip, cept for the stomach bug that got me on the day before coming home), then a photo shoot with Amanda, then babysitting for Amanda, then the Lord's day, then housework, then off to VT to help Laura (cute baby!), then back to another Lord's day, and now, a break. Well, it's going to be short, we're leaving to PA on Wednesday to visit Shawn's fam and some friends, we'll be gone till Monday, then hopefully I can stay home for a while and start sewing again. I have really been a slacker today, I've spent more time on the pc today than I have in weeks. Oh well, I did do some things, cleaned the fans, and the shower curtains. Maybe tonight I'll wash all of my Fiesta Ware, it's getting pretty dusty. Also, I am gluing Shawn's ball cap, I cant believe it. He just got it last October from Tony for his bday and now the boning in the top is starting to fray into a bunch of scratchy poky spikes which are unfriendly to the bald head. So, I've cut them off low and am going to try sealing them with some stinky glue, hopefully it will work.
Um, tomorrow I think we're quilting, there is a new girl at church, Gabrielle, she's gonna come along and crochet, at least until we start new quilts. I'm getting close, I just have the binding left on my old ugly thing that I've been making for the last ever.
Uh, business is great, we sold our first sling, before we're even officially selling them, so that's exciting. I'll have to post a pic when Amanda gets around to sending them to me. (hint hint)
I talked with my mom today. She's getting 3 goats and a doeling. She's so excited. We went to her and John's farm when we were in Canada. It's pretty nice, they seem to have a plan to make it work. The pigs were cute, and the horses were fat and sleek, and friendly. I dont miss cows.

God is so good to me. I am so blessed and so thankful. haha. All I have to do is think of cows, and my heart is suddenly so fully content with where I am today. :D