What complete and utter Joy these notes bring

My.Heart.Is.Full

 

 
 
 
 

Set your inner redneck free

& 

SHINE

:)

These lovely beauties will be available at the Country Girls Sale this next week

Hope to see you there!

XOXO

~Rain(e)

Save the Date! 

August 24th and 25th Country Girls Sale

We are having another sale this summer with the Country Girls

Come on by and say hi to Jeff and I,

 we would love to

meet ya!

~Raine

Finding joy...

It has been too long.  Guilt is hanging heavy

I suppose the fun part of having a blog is because both parties
(the author as well as the reader)
have relationship

It's our current culture trend (and I'm still trying to decide if I am a fan)

  Life continues to soar high and dip low
 I find myself short on air (because frequently I am holding my breath... unaware). 

I've been reading the book "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp.
I find it poetic and soul quenching.
Difficult to read at times but still thought provoking and encouraging.  I am on my own search to find "joy" and to bury the discontentment that so many times sinks its teeth into my fragile flesh.

Beginning a list of my own has been soul lifting.

How can we live in a spirit of discontentment when we have so much to be thankful for?

~Raine

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I "heart" new beginnings Internet!

The new year always invigorates me to be better, to try harder and to exercise (at least for a week or two!)

My operation organization hit snag after snag during the month of December.  Between working full time, trying to soak as much time in with my family as possible, and the general holiday "crazy"

NOTHING

was organized

(except left over food in my refer!)

Thank goodness I believe in new beginnings ;)

Also...on a sad note.  I lost five of my beautiful girls (AKA my hens) within one week of each other this December.

Apparently a Husky dog came into our backyard and broke into the hen house.  He ripped apart four of my babies before my lover was able to run him off (with a pitch fork no less).

I cried

alot.

Not but three days later, another one of our beauties went missing...a lovely hole was found in the chicken wire.

My lover set a live trap and two days later we found this.

he is SO cute!

I hate that.

Alas, even his most adorable masked face couldn't wash away my grief for my girls.

My lover relocated the "chicken killer"

to a far away land (it may even be Heaven but I didn't ask for the details)

To sooth my soul

(and make me look like the BEST mommy in the whole wide world)

I bought a baby bunny

~Raine

Light has come!

Heaven sent you to me

All the Worlds been praying

Who will save?

But who am I?

That here tonight

I hold the One

Who will bring us life

Hallelujah, we've been found

A Child is born to save us now

Jesus

This gives me goosebumps

every time

~Merry "Christ"mas season Internet~

Raine

respiration...inspiration...respiration...repeat

I love my kids! 

I love the way they laugh when we eat dinner around the table together.  

I love the way my 12 year old son makes a face when he has to hold his sister's hand while we pray.

I love the way we blast the music on the computer and dance around like crazy nut jobs.

I do not think that my life could be 

ever more sweet 

than it is right now

:)

My cup runneth over

Thank.you.Lord

Kiss your pixie folk for me today

~Raine