a little bitta this, a little bitta that, then some more-a this

a little bitta this:

there is an elderly sister in our ward whose name is heather. she dyes her hair bright red, she's legally blind, and she wears very blue eyeshadow...and a lot of it. every sunday we meet in the hall to tell each other that heather just happens to be the best name ever. last week she told me she found a poem about the name heather that reminded her of me. she was so excited as she handed me the envelope. later, i read these words, "heather--her feet are planted firmly in the air. dreamy, disorganised and rarely punctual, her scatterbrained style is reedemed by her loveable nature." i think that was supposed to be a compliment. i think.

a little bitta that:amidst packing, cleaning and preparing for a new adventure, i've also found myself baby-sitting quite a lot this week. t loved having kev-dawg over to play. i attempted to pack...although as soon as i put something in the box the two boys took it out. oh well, at least they were entertained.

those big blue eyes are so blue. love 'em.

those big brown eyes are so brown. love 'em too.

p.s. everything is a phone these days.

a little more-a this:

today was a really crazy day (which fit in quite nicely to our insanely busy week in this awkwardly busy month), and i mean it. the mr.'s and i ran around town all day with breaks that were few and far between. we were packing, delivering loads of stuff to charity shops, entertaining, serving, grocery shopping, home teaching (me and t were jim's comps!) and walking, no, running, to get it all done. by the time we finally made it to our casa at 7:30 pm we literally fell onto the couch, unable to move from exhaustion.

BUT, just then there was a knock on the door and there was sister clarke with one of her totally famous carrot cakes all for us. i asked her for the recipe a while back, and she brought us a whole cake gorgeously decorated with vanilla frosting and chocolate shavings. and just in case you're wondering, i've eaten at least 3 slices already...and will eat more soon...and it's amazing.

sister clarke brought cake, yes, but more importantly she brought love. her love and Heavenly Father's love. life may be crazy, but it's good crazy. and sister clarke helped me know that we are moving in the right direction.

now i think i'll head in the direction of that cake. again.