Kitchen Cabinets

We’re getting our kitchen started, although we haven’t done very much yet. Today is Josh’s last scheduled work day for six weeks though, so we are about to hit the ground running. We have an extra cabinet that we took down to open up our kitchen more, since the addition of our vent hood took out a lot of the view. The cabinet beside the hood was taken down months ago. We took one of the doors from that cabinet and tested our painting procedure on it. Today I added polyurethane, which is now drying.

Immortality

Authors are powerful. The stories they weave are the only stories that survive word for word in the same manner from generation to generation. They shape morals, opinions, history, and fact. All in the power of the written word. I desire to use my words to touch and teach others; to finger the strings of the human soul, pulling out the notes of anger, fear, joy, and love. There is so little coherence to our world that without the stories that weave the fabric of life into a whole, we know not how to walk on through trouble. A story can bring wholeness.

Getting Ready to Remodel

This summer Josh and I are wanting to start a few home projects. I think we’re being a bit optimistic in thinking that we will finish it all, but it might be possible. First on the docket: the kitchen.

We have a few pictures of it when we first got the house:

Awe and Wonder

While I drink my tea this morning, I’m sitting at my kitchen table gazing out at thousands of snowflakes falling. It’s said that no two snowflakes are the same. They all have a unique lattice structure, just as each human has a unique set of fingerprints. I heard yesterday that scientists are looking at the bacteria on our bodies and have discovered that we carry and spread our own unique set of bacteria on everything we touch.

It seems that creation is wired to show us how each any every part of our lives is unique. There are overarching patterns and themes, but every voice carries its own melody into the symphony.

Beginning a New Year

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!

The last couple of months has been extremely busy. I don’t know where they went, but they are gone and it’s January already. I’ve begun to think about some new resolutions because it is always good to set goals. Last year my resolutions included buying more locally, buying more organic foods, and using as few things containing harmful chemicals as possible.

Finding Free Stock Photography

Merry Christmas from Meira Design! I hope that in all of your projects and holiday plans you remember to take time to enjoy your family and friends and most of all: to worship Jesus. It’s a magical time of year, filled with traditions and love. Make sure to savor it.

This issue of Money Saving Marketing is highlighting three sources for free stock photography.

WordPress: Blog Tool and Website Content Management System

This is the first issue of Money-Saving Marketing from Meira Design, and I thought I would begin by discussing WordPress. It is my #1 favorite free tool for marketing. If you visit the WordPress home page, you will see the description:

Photos of our New Home

I didn’t post a link to photos of our new house, so here it is: SEE PHOTOS!

These were taken during our inspection in the summer. It’s a really large house, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom. The backyard is also very large, and Timbit loves to run around in it.

These are obviously before we moved anything in, so I’ll need to take more photos later (once I clear out the unpacking piles in several of the rooms).

Our New Home

A whole lot has happened in our lives recently, which may partly explain my very long absence from updates. At the beginning of October, Josh and I finally closed on our first home. That was a process that we hope to never, ever repeat. We were supposed to close on our house at the end of August, and after missing that deadline due to our mortgage company, we had so many headaches trying to get them to do their part that we fired them and went through the entire mortgage process again. In these days of banks becoming cautious, the term self-employed sounds a lot like unemployed.

Officer 652

Inside of the soldiers was the true strength of the new Unity government, rising out of the chaos of the war. The microscopic nanos created the new master-race, one microscopic modification at a time. It was said that the soldiers could not be killed; that they could dodge lasers with their speed, and crush a normal human’s skull in their hands. It was said that they had no fear, only hatred and obedience. It was said that they were hungry for the blood of innocents. Even if they were, no one would stop them. No one could.