Highlights...

...of my week...

Big River- is well on its way. I can take the weekend off in good conscience. Everything is built- but needs to be finished after fittings on Monday. There is still much work to be done before first dress on Thursday, but my brain is MUSH and will be better prepared after a weekend (yes, 2 whole days!) of not dealing with it. Then, I will be ready for 2 weeks of ALL BIG RIVER, ALL THE TIME. Yikes.

We released the LADYBUGS!!! Yep, I bought 1500 ladybugs and released them on the porch to combat aphids. All but about 10 have left the building. I just hope they had the decency to lay eggs before they flew off, after all, I DID free them. Those remaining ladybugs have been having quite the aphid feast. It's a circle of bug's life...ladybugs eat the aphids, one ladybug got eaten by a spider.... It's all very fascinating...and organic!

I am in the process of purchasing a partially assembled dollhouse- I am quite excited. Tomorrow, I will call the guy and arrange to go get it. Then I will enjoy redecorating and finishing it and then hopefully sell it for a ridiculous amount of money. I would love to have a business doing that- but, baby steps. It'll be a nice way to let my mind rest.

Tuesday, I will hang an art show at The Green Bean. Tomorrow, I need to gather what I will be using so that I can do labels. I have a couple of repairs to do and some hangers to put on.

I also would like to start making Christmas ornaments as well...in all my copious spare time...and I am still in charge of Trunk-or-Treat at church this year....somehow...I don't think my plan to simplify my life is working.....

And through all this, I long to find a place to rest and retreat with Jesus. I just want to spend the rest of the year reading the gospels and finding out on a deeper level what Jesus said, how He loved and lived and how He intends for me to live...it's very hard in all the busy-ness...and I just want to create and pray! ACK! How to balance the time.

So that's my week, in a nutshell....

Tomorrow, I have a date with my husband (yeah, baby!) to go see Wall-e...and lunch. I will then do chores I've been ignoring and hopefully read a good book. All in all, a productive week.