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Found

Posted on May 6, 2010 by thebluehutch

Well, Honey found my phone this morning. It was really impressive. Really. He found it by the side of the driveway next to an old log. It was laying face down.

Makes sense in hindsight. Tuesday, after Bible Study, KB and I were checking out the buggage on that old rotten log and my phone must have fallen out of my pocket.

Bottom line is – – the Lord showed Honey where it was. We both spent the entirety of Honey’s shower praying that He would show us. Tah Dah! He did.

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Something Terrible Has Happened

Posted on May 5, 2010 by thebluehutch

Put thoughts of death, etc. out of your head and then think of one of the worst things that could happen.

I LOST MY CELL PHONE!

I had it yesterday, in the van, on the way home from Bible Study. I know this because I talked to my sister and she asked, “How was Bible Study?”

I can’t remember hanging up. I can’t remember where I put it and when. And the phone is in “useless mode” – as my husband so accurately calls it. (a.k.a vibrate) So no matter how many times I have called it, I have heard no ringing.

THIS IS BAD!

This is second only to losing my planner. There are so many phone numbers in my phone that I don’t know how to recover.

I need to breathe.

I need to calm down.

I need to ask Jesus to show me where it is. He knows. He could show me.

He still hasn’t shown us where Little’s glasses are. . . still, He could show me this.

I have asked each child, “Do you know where Mommy’s phone is?”

Little pointed to the house phone and said, “Right there, silly Momma.”

Bubba said, “Yeah. The phone is behind the door.” After more prodding, “The phone is behind Bubba’s door. (It wasn’t)

KB said, “Yes.” I said, “Well, where is it?” Her response? “I sorry. I can’t tell you dat.”

If you are trying to reach me and I haven’t called you back – – it’s nothing personal! I just don’t know you are trying to reach me.

Stay tuned. . .

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Box Play Initiation

Posted on May 5, 2010 by thebluehutch

Our kids have never played in/with boxes. The oldest two don’t partake in imaginary play (it’s not a conviction, it’s just the way God made them) and so it has never occurred to them to use a box for fun. KB, on the other hand, is a walking embodiment of imagination and so, last week, when she walked into my room and saw the huge Oriental Trading box I had just emptied of VBS crafting supplies, she went to work and made a “barn”.

She paused long enough to commandeer strands of marine life beads from the supply stack and then headed back into her new hideaway.

She was quickly joined by Little who sees the value of quiet and small places. . . and the snacks were there. Suddenly, KB found herself outside the barn. Little really fell in love with the “box as residence” idea.

Bubba was pleased to take the pieces of marine life that I had already cut apart and give them each their own room in the Upside Down Yellow Stool Motel. Each dolphin actually has more space in their square than KB was allowed in her created barn.

The box made it for nearly a week and then I walked into the living room to find this:

KB had decided the box was now a bathtub. She and Bubba were naked as Jay Birds and pouring water from their cups into the box in order to make the experience as real as possible.