My Weekend

Tuesday of this week was the start of a completely insane 3 week busy-ness on steroids.  Part of the busy-ness includes two retreats.

Haha.

That just seems kind of ironic.

The first retreat was for All Things New, an abolitionist organization I work with.  I like to think of us as a stop on the Underground Railroad for trafficked women.  I am just starting to work with the volunteers for processing/debriefing and I love those heroic women.  I'm not real sure how I got this blessed - wait! Yes I am!  I'm God's daughter.  That's it.  Nothing else, I can promise you that.

Anyway, I was one of the planners for this retreat and by Friday morning I was pretty nutso because of my procrastination tendencies.  But then I got to the retreat center and it. was. beautiful.  And peaceful.  And God met us.  And now I am very grateful and happy.  And peaceful.  I will try to embed a video of the organization that hosted the retreat.  They also do missionary training there.

Last night, since I wasn't sleepy when I got back to my room, I finished this scarf!  I took the picture with my Blackberry, so please excuse the quality.

I love it!

Back to the crazy busy week - This week we are having a dear friend over for lunch Sunday, a party at our house Monday night, then I work all day Tuesday, Wednesday  and Thursday and THEN I leave Friday morning for a week long training that I am SO EXCITED ABOUT!  It will be at Our Father's Farm and I'm sure I'll be tired but very blessed when I return late next Friday night.  

So, if you feel so inclined, pray for me this week and next.  Pray for my family, who I miss a lot. Pray for Charlie, who misses me mucho.  And please pray for me to have stamina.  I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need it.

A Reading Room

I am thinking about transforming our dining room into a reading room.  We already have two living areas but they both have televisions in them and one of them doesn't have windows other than two sky lights.  We have used our dining room for dining two times in two years and it's a wonderful room that shouldn't be lonely like that.  It has a wall of windows that look out on the back porch and back yard.  It would be the perfect place to watch snow fall or watch a fire burn in the fire pit or watch the sky turn from night to day in the morning.

I envision something with a big bookshelf, a writing surface, a couple of comfy chairs, and maybe a hammock in one corner like this

or maybe a hanging day bed like this

I'd really like for it to be a whimsical room that makes you smile.  Because it is the first room you see when you walk in the front door, I envision guests thinking they want to go back to that room to relax later.  I think it would become my favorite hang out spot for crocheting, writing, reading and day dreaming.

It's a small room and really only has two walls so that will present some design challenges but I'm enjoying thinking about it.

Have any of you ever hung a day bed from the ceiling?  Sounds like someone is heading up into the attic to me . . . if that someone is me I will probably need a hasmat suit.

Just sayin'

UPDATE:  We can't have a hanging bed because we have beautiful wood paneling on the bottom third of the walls in that room and it would put dents in it.  :(  Back to the drawing board.  It was a fun idea though . . . .