I like mornings.

I like mornings. I can get up and believe I can accomplish what I need to.

Not evenings. When it seems like no matter what I do, it's not enough, and there's so much more to do tomorrow.

** note:  this was an unpublished blog post from October 8, 2019. 

I remember that month...  it was a VERY long month. It did culminate in the delivery of our new house, it was a very busy time!

Parapetówka

We're planing to have a parapetowka!

A WHAT?????  you say?  This goes back to my GTECH days, when I lived in Rhode Island.  (Pre-Bob, even!  He eventually started working at GTECH, too, and the rest is history...  but that's another story!)  I worked with some awesome people, including a couple of Polish people.  I learned a few Polish words, but this one was my favorite.

It's a Housewarming Party - but not just ANY housewarming.  The literal translation of the word is "windowsill party" - because it's SO EXCITING to get a house, that you want to celebrate with your friends as soon as you can - before you even more in, so the only place to sit is the windowsill!  These friends had a Parapetowka when they bought their new home.  (That was a party to remember!!!) Then when I bought my house in RI, I did the same.  It's a very low-stress event, since there's no possessions in the house yet, nothing to worry about breaking!  LOL!

We plan to do this!  It's open to all of you who have been such support to us through this struggle.  I'm STILL not quite sure when it will be ... but the general time line is delivery on October 17/18, and final construction, electric, plumbing, furnace, the next week or two.   When we have a date, I'll spread the word. 

When we do, please feel free to stop by, bring your favorite beverage, and we'll toast to the future! 

We will probably have a more formal open house, and probably several smaller gatherings.  I hope to entertain in our new home fairly often!  But this first one one is just a simple celebration of having a HOME, and we want to share that with you - all of you! 

Here are a couple of references for you:

https://en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/parapetowka

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parapetówka

https://szrek.com/about-me/
https://szrek.com/walter-szrek/
https://szrek.com/irena-szrek/

Sunday Musing

This is a Sunday morning musing ... from a few weeks ago, actually, but going to share it anyway.

I went to church this morning.  I love the music.  (It's during the music that I'm mostly to end up with tears...)

There are so many songs about my Father's house.  I've been thinking about all this work that we're putting into our new house. Building it from the ground up. Furnishing it. Making it a home -- and yet it still is a temporary house until we go to our Father's house.

I had been going to look for some of those songs, give you some links to them -- but that exercise is left to the reader!  I'd say feel free to add in the comments, but you'll have to add them to the Facebook comments, or send them to me via email (linda04364@gmail.com).  I've turned off blog comments, because it's too frustrating not to know who is commenting!  :)   

Here's one to get you started...   I'll update with others later, as suggested! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pPevY5sd8