The Mennobrarian

Spring blessings

A sign of spring in our side yard? Nope, a sign of the end of winter is more like it. This nest was a leftover from last year, and a wind finally blew it out of a tree and on to the ground. I hope another bird finds it and reuses it for this Spring.

We have also been blessed with something previously used, but new to us: A pick- up truck to haul our building supplies and other equipment. This is a BIG blessing as, up until now, my husband was using an ancient station wagon with mismatched doors and an attached trailer hitch. It was barely street legal, so my husband mostly drove it around my in-law's farm, on our property, and the roads between the two. Anyway, it is ready to be junked...though, as I've mentioned before, my husband is not prone to throwing things away until they are absolutely useless in every way, shape, and form. So of course he has an idea for that crazy station wagon.

As I've mentioned before, many of our household items are stored in a bedroom in our house to keep them safe and clean while we do the construction. This summer, much of that room we are using to store our things will be demolished and rebuilt, which means we won't be able to keep all of our belongings there as we do now.

"Is there anything in that room that's really valuable?" my husband asked.
"Well, yes. It's everything we own, so, uh, it's all extremely valuable, since it's like, all we have," I answered.
"Because that room isn't going to be weather tight when I take out that wall, so we'll need to move everything someplace else."

Oh dear, what to do? We already have every other room in our small house tied up with construction materials, so where are we going to put our stuff? Well. My husband thought it would make good use of the station wagon if we simply parked it out back, used it to store our things, and then, (here's the best part) put a car cover over it so it won't offend my eyes!

Nice try. There's actually practical reasons why that wouldn't work, either, but he gets a "c" for creativity.

Anyway, we were humbled by God's blessing of this truck, it will be such a big help. It actually belonged to my husband's late Grandfather, whose widow so wanted us to have it that she turned down a much higher offer for it to accept our much lower one. We were so thankful.

It's always the little blessing that get me the most, that make me wonder

B for Blessing

07:04, Saturday, March 8, 2008 .. Posted by AprilinRI

That sounds exactly like what my husband would do if we ran out of space! Of course, I probably wouldn't object unless there were some practical reasons.
I just wanted to share in the story of your blessing. That was a beautiful thing for your husband's family member to do! It's also beautiful to understand and appreciate such a gift.

Blessings,
April

***Thanks for sharing in my joy, April. Yes, unfortunately the reasons we can't store our belongings in the station wagon are all practical ones, ranging from we can't fit all of our belongings in it, to we actually need access to some of those items. But I appreciate he tried! No doubt he'll find one last thing to do with that old car before it goes, anyway.****

Edited by Mennobrarian on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 09:16

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10:47, Saturday, March 8, 2008 .. Posted by gabbie427

Sounds like something my hubby would have asked.LOL Hope you find somewhere to store it all!
Congrats on the truck....what a blessing for your family!!!

Thanks for leaving me a comment on the quirks. LOL Good idea. I will have to do that this weekend!! LOL You know you will be the first one tagged though right?? LOL

Have a glorious weekend!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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01:16, Saturday, March 8, 2008 .. Posted by rildapeel1

Rejoicing with you on your new to you truck. God is pleased for us to ask and then wait and Hallelujah we learn to receive. I trust all will work out in your construction project. We have endured lots in our projects and now are rewarded. We lived in our kitchen we added on before we moved in. Lived in it till the rest of the house we redone totally was done one room at a time. God is making a way when there seems to be NONE! Blessings my friend, rilda ~t~

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05:50, Saturday, March 8, 2008 .. Posted by Kitty

Your hubby sounds like my mom. We are in the process of cleaning out her home since she has moved in with me and we have found receipts from the 1960s, lol. What are they thinking sometimes. I love little bird nest, they are so artistic don't you think?...........Kitty