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Just didn't know how else to title this entry. 24 hours. NOT the tv show. Never saw it, don't have cable and we're 'weaning', remember? What changes those 24 little hours can bring. Amazing. Our pastor had just mentioned that very thing in his sermon Sunday morning. Now, we're living it. Guess it's just part and parcel of living out here on the 'homestead'. Our basement had some water in it this morning when I got up. Sump pump not working correctly, hubby not home, it's dark outside. GLAD small son was here to 'be the man' and help. And we just might need that Ark.... this place is 2 miles from the Kankakee river, notorious for flooding in certain areas, but not really around here, at least not according to the people we asked b4 we decided to move here. Hmmmm. Although, I'm sure all this ground water has something to do with it along with the several inches of rain (amidst the tornado warnings) of last night, the snow melt from the foot and a half or so of snow that was here just last week AND the 2 or 3 more inches of rain we're supposed to get today.....sigh.  And being that Godly, GOOD help meet for my hubby? A few years ago, this normally frugal man I am married to INSISTED I go out and start buying these ugly, blue plastic totes to put all of the stuff we had in storage in (BAD sentence structure, sorry). I thought he had lost his mind. Most of our 'stuff' was either upstairs (high and dry) OR in the storage shed (not so high and not so dry, but still....the COST!) Almost grudgingly, I stomped off to the nearest Dollar store and bought about $60 dollars worth....did that take care of even HALF our stuff?? Not on your life!! We made several MORE trips to our little local $ store over the next few months. I'm sure they saw me coming each time and thought "here comes this weird lady buying up all our totes". I'm also sure I really messed up their inventory for next year!!! I was sputtering...."WHY on earth do we have to spend all this money on these things?" The storage of more than half our life was basically only supposed to last about 2-3 months (that was over a year ago!) After a few bad looks from hubby, which really could stop clocks......I decided just to shut my mouth and go with it. SOOOO....every time he said "You'd better run and get some more of those totes, honey"......I just left, got 'em, came back and started puttin' stuff in 'em. Grumbling under my breath the whole time though....certainly NOT the sterling example of the Proverbs 31 wife who "does her husband no harm".... This morning, I am supremely grateful and thankful and all those other words for the guidance, leadership and wisdom of my husband. AND had to get on my face in repentance. The water in the basement did not TOUCH any of our schooling supplies, clothing or anything else that was down there. And the water was really not that bad, could have been alot worse. The sump just won't kick on automatically.....hubby will have to look at that as soon as he gets home. Must be a reason God put all that stuff in His Word about obeying our husbands, huh?? Sure proved itself out to ME this morning. His timing, His plans. And that verse "I know the plans I have for YOU".....the song, "Trust and obey".....startin' to all come together for me....not bad, only took 50 years. That must be the length for the stubborn version of 'wives'. Denise aka The Domestic Angel |
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