Well folks, sorry I've been remiss in keeping up with this blog. We have been in the middle of moving, having company, and going to my brother's wedding! Quite a jam packed month! I'll start here with our move.
So because of our wonderful dog Mishka, we have had to find a new place to live. The Lord has provided us with a perfect place. Truly, it is beyond our dreams. We are now living in the daylight basement (I had never heard of this before Seattle) of a home in the gorgeous Greenlake area. There is tons of light as there are regular windows all around the home. I look out at people's knees instead of their heads, but that is really okay. We have doubled our square footage, have three rooms (yea for an actual office/guest bedroom and room to grow), a huge living room and a kitchen with beautiful concrete counters. We are thrilled! We have a garden and yard that we share with our landlords/friends (more on them in a minute), our own driveway, and we can walk to the lake, restaurants, grocery store, coffee shop etc! Truly, this is amazing. In order to understand this, you have to know that our apartment had become unbearable in so many ways. We are praising the Lord for His provision!
Our landlords are amazing! Jon and Moira and their little daughter, Bennett (In the fall, I will start nannying for Bennet one day a week...so fun!), go to our church, Mars Hill, and contacted us through the members site when they saw our post about housing. They held the place for us, lowered the rent, and have generally been incredibly kind to us. Jon and Moira are fast becoming good friends of ours...what a gift to have believing friends right here in our home! Moira telecommutes most days, which is fun for me. We actually do similar work, so that is also a cool little connection. Jon and Danny totally connect over beer and a bonfire as you can see in the following pictures. :) The Bugler's also have an Alaskan malamute named Syska (who, btw, exhibits terrible separation anxiety just like Mishka), so Mishka has someone to hang with. Their cat Lucy is not quite sure about Mishka yet, but their relationship is forming (Mishka chases Lucy until Lucy has had enough and swats his nose. Mishka sits back and glares at her. Lucy licks paw and stalks off).
(Bennet---and Moira's hand...Danny, Jon and Stephen---beer and a bonfire...and Syska...
pics of the rest of the crew are awol at the moment.)
All in all, we are so grateful for this situation. Our move went smoothly...as we had tons of help from our community group, our friend Louisa, my Aunt Dorothy and Uncle David and our precious friends Jessica and Stephen. What a gracious God we have! Amen?
So because of our wonderful dog Mishka, we have had to find a new place to live. The Lord has provided us with a perfect place. Truly, it is beyond our dreams. We are now living in the daylight basement (I had never heard of this before Seattle) of a home in the gorgeous Greenlake area. There is tons of light as there are regular windows all around the home. I look out at people's knees instead of their heads, but that is really okay. We have doubled our square footage, have three rooms (yea for an actual office/guest bedroom and room to grow), a huge living room and a kitchen with beautiful concrete counters. We are thrilled! We have a garden and yard that we share with our landlords/friends (more on them in a minute), our own driveway, and we can walk to the lake, restaurants, grocery store, coffee shop etc! Truly, this is amazing. In order to understand this, you have to know that our apartment had become unbearable in so many ways. We are praising the Lord for His provision!
Our landlords are amazing! Jon and Moira and their little daughter, Bennett (In the fall, I will start nannying for Bennet one day a week...so fun!), go to our church, Mars Hill, and contacted us through the members site when they saw our post about housing. They held the place for us, lowered the rent, and have generally been incredibly kind to us. Jon and Moira are fast becoming good friends of ours...what a gift to have believing friends right here in our home! Moira telecommutes most days, which is fun for me. We actually do similar work, so that is also a cool little connection. Jon and Danny totally connect over beer and a bonfire as you can see in the following pictures. :) The Bugler's also have an Alaskan malamute named Syska (who, btw, exhibits terrible separation anxiety just like Mishka), so Mishka has someone to hang with. Their cat Lucy is not quite sure about Mishka yet, but their relationship is forming (Mishka chases Lucy until Lucy has had enough and swats his nose. Mishka sits back and glares at her. Lucy licks paw and stalks off).
(Bennet---and Moira's hand...Danny, Jon and Stephen---beer and a bonfire...and Syska...
pics of the rest of the crew are awol at the moment.)
(Moving, Resting, Playing)
All in all, we are so grateful for this situation. Our move went smoothly...as we had tons of help from our community group, our friend Louisa, my Aunt Dorothy and Uncle David and our precious friends Jessica and Stephen. What a gracious God we have! Amen?
(And what move would be complete without a rousing 3am game of Settlers of Caton?)
And btw...we live next to a 7000 square foot organic garden...or should I say farm? It is unbelievable amazing!
