June 19, 2011

Puzzle

We can't stop thinking about coming home! We are really trying to live in the Kingdom now and have experienced undescribable grace in our prayer to do so, but we are still longing and battling - daily - this desire to come home right NOW!

So, yesterday after church, we called our Dads, cooked some amazing lunch, (Homemade pizza...I don't think I'll ever be able to eat frozen again after learning how to make my own!) and cleaned the house. THEN...I saw the suitcase...and then I saw a jacket that clearly will not be needed again before we leave...next thing I know...I have one full suitcase packed...one HUGE box of goods to donate...3 BIG bags of trash and one happy husband and wife! Seriously, I have packed our first suitcase and we still have 10 weeks to go! AND I hate packing! Period! I never do it on time, or even late. I fall into the frantic, last-minute-packer category.

Diagnosis: Home sickness
Remedy: A Puzzle!

 I brainstormed and viola - puzzle! Derek jumped onto the idea immediate! WE as a couple LOVE puzzles! So, we immediately left the house for the 2 mile walk to the store to buy a puzzle! AND WE DID! We went to dinner after and developed our strategy for taking down the 1000 piece puzzle that you see above! Thankfully, we both have the same taste in puzzles! We love country villages with moderate difficulty. We were so excited after we got home that we pieced together the frame (outside pieces) and are ready to begin the attack. Strategy: Anlee is taking down the buildings. Derek is planning his attack on the mountain. YES - we are so obsessed with puzzles that we didn't want to go to work today so I can sincerely say I think it's working!

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