At the End of the Rainbow

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This is a new venture my daughter is starting.  She is finding some really beautiful and unique pieces and selling them.  These are only a couple examples.

Check out her account on Instagram and give her a Follow!

Now to the topic of the day!

This will be an interesting Hodgepodge to participate in today.  How would you answer the following questions?  Hop over to Joyce's blog

From This Side of the Pond

to see how others answered.

1. What's something we'd find you doing most afternoons?

Until just the past couple of days, you would have found me unpacking boxes, or deciding where an accessory item or picture or dish or seasonings were to go.  Now that those things are pretty much decided and taken care of, I will need to create a whole new routine.  I have a feeling it will involve the sunroom, my glider sofa and a book.

2. Who do you take after? In what way(s)? 

I think I am a general mixture of both parents.  My dad used to tell me I favored his aunt whom I never knew.  My mother thought I might take after her grandmother's small features.  Personality wise, I am most like my dad - more introverted than out-going; more introspective and contemplative; comfortable in our own skin; and a love for writing and studying God's Word came from both of them.  I did not however inherit my dad's intelligence and perfect memory.  Both my parents passed on a legacy of living by faith, joy and hope and loving unconditionally.

3. 'After every storm comes a rainbow' or 'the calm before the storm'...which phrase do you relate to more right now? Tell us why? 

It would definitely be the rainbow!  As to why, check my blog from yesterday.

God's Big Winks

4.What are your plans for the day after tomorrow? 

As I am writing this on Tuesday, that would be Thursday.  We are having good friends who moved to this area ahead of us, Margaret and Ric, for lunch.  We haven't seen them in a while and look forward to catching up and sharing our new home with them.  At 5 PM we will watch our granddaughter, Ava Grace play a basketball game.  Oh the joys of living close to family.

The day after the day you are reading this will be Friday and we are looking forward to having dinner with one of our dearest friends, Sarabeth and her family.  She is visiting from Louisiana and we are so excited to see her again.

5. Complete this sentence - "After all is said and done__although we will be facing some dark and scary days ahead, as new policies are enforced and freedoms threatened, and we may not recognize America as we have known it, God is still in control.  "He is the light of the world and in Him there is no darkness"_."

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

This morning we reinstated our routine of going to the gym.  Our church has a very large and well equipped fitness center.  It was early enough that there were few people around and I was able to walk inside around the outer circumference of the main building on all three levels.  That meant a lot stairs which may not be the best idea.  For the time being, I will be content with staying on the ground floor to get my steps and miles in.  I then joined Dick in the gym for upper body and resistance workouts.  Again, we are so grateful for the convenience of this amazing church and the opportunities it provides.

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This view is inside the enormous sanctuary.

Next week I will begin showing you some scenes from our house.  In the meantime, "count it all joy"!