A Colorful Life.

Well I'm sorry that I'm not sorry, for being absent. 

Things have been super busy with us moving, although I have been on Instagram still.

Lots of this:

And I am so thankful for the help in moving all our things up three flights and into our new apartment.

And the reason I'm still not present much is we are actually allowed to paint this time. Eeeekk.

So I've been spending my evenings organising, dreaming of paint, planning DIY projects and finally getting to this today:

Shower Curtain: Meijer 

Paint: Hang Ten from Valspar at Lowes

So I will be back, and hopefully with a tour of our cute new home.

But for now, I will probably continue making our place cute.

So thankful for the ability to do so.

I will be instagramming along the way ;)

@GloriousWithin

Much Love!

L

Coming to an End.

(this post was written last night btw)

Finally I can say the packing feels like it is almost done.

Of course as I write that sentence, I am aware that we leave for Kentucky super duper early tomorrow 

and I haven't packed for the weekend yet.

But not to worry....I am a pro by now.

Today I even managed to tackle the outside of the house:

Weed entire side yard

Weed front yard

Clean outside of windows

Wash the car for sale

Vacuum inside of the car for sale

Remove objects we want to pack (almost there!)

Reorganise area where the trash cans are

Pick up loose leaves (leftover from a storm)

I tackled the outside today after going stir-crazy being inside looking at boxes.

They are just piling up in every room now.

Minus the bedroom.....I felt like there needed to be one room of sanity.

But it is looking quite bare in there now with everything off the walls and half the stuff gone. 

Lets see some picture progress shall we:

I will be sad to leave our first home.

It was such a provision from God at a time when we needed it.

But I am really excited at where the Lord is taking us, so it is bittersweet.

I know good things will come of this.

I am trusting Jeremiah 29:11:

'For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 

plans to give you hope and a future.'

With the way everything happened so fast with a job for A,

I can't deny it was totally the Lord who orchestrated all those details.

So I don't doubt that He will help us find a place to live.

(We are moving in with friends temporarily as our lease is up)

Those are my tired thoughts at the upcoming end of packing up our home.

Obviously I am gone this weekend in Kentucky for a wedding.

I just love weddings, such a picture of Christ's love for us.

So I am leaving you with a guest post by Elise from the Dear Family on Saturday.

Its a good one, be sure to check it out.

Much Love & tired happy smiles,

L

(A took me out for dinner after I finished packing & he came home from work)

Packing Day 2 (of 4) in pictures.

We have been living in this beautiful home for the last 14 months.

But now with the exciting job changes.

We are moving.

So I thought I would do some before pictures and then some pictures of what our place looks like 2 days into packing.

I am hoping it will only take 4 days this week.

As then we are travelling to a wedding and need to shift everything once we return.

Current packing scenario:

So that's what I'm currently doing with my time friends.

Forgive me for not replying to all your sweet comments & emails.

Much Love,

L