It's a small world after all...

Color photo found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46355638@N00/2142122437

I was working one wintry day over the holidays and in walks this girl who I recognized from the church in California... and she looked at me and immediately said upon recognizing me... "This may sound strange but are you from California?" And said "Yes" and she said, "Are you SPENCER'S wife?"... "Y-eeeesss?... It's Shannon right?....O'NEA-llL?" "Yes, and my husband is Sean! Do you live in Lincoln???" "Yes we just moved out in August." "Wow, we just moved out Last August!"...

So come to find out they actually live about 3 blocks from our house, so we exchanged info to get together for dinner after the holidays. It's crazy that while living in California, we hadn't actually gotten to know the O'Neals, even though we had the same circles of friends... so when we went over to their place for dinner it was strange to see pictures of people we knew from Grace hanging on their walls.

We have since gotten together again for crafting/sewing days, and it's really refreshing to have a friend and fellow believer close by again... something I really miss having at my fingertips, like I did while at Grace.

It's so amazing how God puts together certain groups of people together when HE wants them to be put together... perfectly orchestrating everything in HIS good timing, so that we find new friendships when we least expect them, and need them most. PRAISE GOD!

Two lounge chairs on the side of the road... cost zero dollars... relaxation after a hernia surgery... an act of God

Two days before my husbands surgery I happened to find a pair of lounge chairs that had been meticulously placed on the side of the road along with a bunch of other used and broken stuff. After careful examination, and trying to figure out how to configure the mess into something that resembled a chair, I decided to take it home and surprise my sweet husband with it.

The wood was a bit worn and the fabric was a bit faded and dusty, so I decided to spray them down and rub mineral oil on the wood. Here's how they turned out...

I set the two of them up on either side of a little demi table that my grand-mother-in-law gave us a week or two ago, with a few napkins and a candle. 

Coupled with some smoothies, that were coincidentally the same color as the chairs, made for a nice relaxing evening.

I'm sure my husband could have gotten by just fine without them, but God was so gracious in providing us with these two chairs anyway! Praise God, now my husband can relax more comfortably during his recovery!