{overextended}

hi.

do you ever feel like this?

a to do list a mile long, not enough energy, you would really rather trash it and forget it exists.

{i've done that before}.

it's probably because we're coming off a crazy almost 2 weeks of camping and the races,

but i have a lot of things that have backed up.

car maintenance, doctors appointments, school stuff, cleaning house.
i also thrive on silence and alone time, so that has to fit in somehow, as selfish as that might sound.

i've had to say no to a few friends/family for playing and lunch, 

and that really bugs me. 

{please forgive me}.

 i did get several things done yesterday that were pressing,

and that felt good.

today boyd and i ran more errands.
a couple more things checked off of the never ending list.
 

i have been craving a salad for a few days, and finally made one today.
{mixed greens, avocado, grape tomatoes, rotisserie chicken, sunflower seeds,
balsamic vinegar and fresh lemon juice}.
i think i will eat this for the rest of the week. this might be the best salad i've ever had.

i bought a sweet little lavender plant today.
it's one of my favorite smells ever.

we loaded up on popsicles today while grocery shopping.
boyd is our little popsicle fiend.
i had one of these too, lemon lime, it was so good.

i hope i don't step on any toes by saying this...
i know a lot of people think we live in a godless world.

why do tragedies happen? where is god? why didn't he show up the other day in boston and stop those bombings? i can't even begin to imagine what those families are feeling right now, so it might not be my place to even speak on what happened. this world is broken and fallen, but god is everywhere. as humans we have a free will and we know from back in the bible that bad things happen and will always happen. i don't pretend to know how it all works, but i do believe that this world got messed up way back in the garden of eden....because of human choices, because of our free will.
not because god wants bad things to happen.
but god has not left us. he's waiting to call us all home, and he's everywhere on this earth.

all is not lost, hold onto faith.
his desire is that we turn to him.

this world is far from godless.

Because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world.
Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world. 

1 John 5:4

love,

nicolle