Let there be light

This is always an exciting time of year as I get to see my home and the garden and the heath in daylight.

It is just about light when I leave home at 6.40 a.m. and just light when I have been getting home at 6.00 p.m. Tonight I was a little earlier and I snapped this as I arrived just after 5.30 pm so it could be my picture of the day.

It has been a long week with long hours and no scrapping at all, but I did scrap loads of pages over half term so still have new things to share.

This was made with a whole host of new things that dawn has bought out today with templates (and really really cool templates) and pockets and some gorgeous stitched papers. I also used a kit called Pony Club and the photos are the ever beautiful Alice.

 

 

 

I know several of you have asked about results of my biopsies and I rangt he hospital today as, to be perfectly honest, it has been a bit tough waitingt hese past two weeks to find the results out.

They told me the results are not back from histology yet and to be honest they were a bit sniffy about it, making me feel like I ought not to have phoned to check.

However, being told that one of the possibilities is cancer, being  told that speed is important and being told you have to wait up to two weeks for the result and then not having any results isn't the most comfortable thing in the world and I confess to being a tad on edge. I just want to know. I feel confident it is all going to be OK, but I'd just like to have it confirmed to be honest.

Today I am thankful for

• productive days
• Talking Tom - he is such a pointless but cute ap!
• Getting home whilst it is still light.

 

My one minute devotional calendar today was

“Okay, everybody, outta those nice warm beds! You’ve got square tires this morning!” It was a jovial disc jockey’s way of warning commuters that the weather was extremely cold, traffic would be slow, and they had better allow themselves a few extra minutes for defrosting windshields before slowly rumbling along frozen streets on their way to work.

Those of us who live on the Canadian prairie know all about “square tires.” At temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees below zero, tires become so stiff after a car has been sitting outside overnight that it initially makes for a bumpy ride in the morning. After driving a few hundred yards, the rubber becomes flexible again and the ride smoothes out.

I know what it is to get up in the morning and experience a bumpy ride—and not only in a car. This morning was one of those days. I just didn’t want to climb out of my warm, cozy bed. Negative thoughts had drifted in that obscured the vision through my spiritual windshield. My tough resistance to a new project made it difficult to shift gears and get going. My rigid insistence of wanting things to go my way made for a square-tire start to my day.

I can tell you what smoothed out the ride, though. It was committing my plans and attitude and direction to God before I ever left the driveway. In reading portions of His Word and remembering His promises, I felt my reluctance thawing out and my spirit warming to whatever He had in store down the road.

Comments

[Scrappyjen]

Waiting is the worst thing. Keep positive. Jenx

[Barb in AK]

Yes, I've been noticing the light extending :-) When dh and I are grumpy all day, we finally realize the sun is waking us up very early--- we haven't hit that yet. But I am not closing my curtains as early in the evening as I had been..... such a nice thing :-)
Karen, I pray your results come back very soon, and that you will hear a great report! I know the waiting is agony, and it's good you are keeping your mind on other positive things. †††prayers††† continue for you.

[Mary B]

lets hope that not having the results yet means there is no urgency because everything is OK but I can understand your anguish I know that I would be spitting feathers by now and would have bitten the head off the person who told me to wait further.
on a better note I love the layered look of that page Karen, and the missing lynx lolcat

[Lizzie]

How rude to be sniffy with you - that person wants to be in your shoes for a couple of weeks and find out what it feels like! I hope the results are in today - and that all is well.
"missing Lynx" made me laugh - thanks for that!
And the "square tires" idea is thought-provoking. It's good to have a picture in your head, that describes a problem. And it's good to have something to read, that puts things into perspective.
Hope your day is going well and that you have a good - and relaxing - weekend.