About a month, I accidentally broke a souvenir from our honeymoon. I was soooo sad. I even cried. Embarrassing, I know.

Maybe I hold on too strongly to physical things. Maybe that's a problem. Regardless, I wanted to get it replaced. I emailed the resort we stayed at for our honeymoon. I thought they'd understand. I was willing to pay for the replacement and pay for the shipping from St. Lucia to England. Our email correspondence lasted for about a week; they seemed eager to help me. But the last thing I heard from them was that the boutique at the resort didn't have any in stock and they were going to check their warehouse supplier. When I didn't receive any other emails, I thought they had given up so I tried to move on.

Then today, the doorbell rang and I received this package!!

For my 26th birthday, my brother-in-law got me some of those cool iPhone camera lenses! Thanks Jevon! I had a blast using the macro lens in Tenerife.

So here goes...Tenerife in Macro:

watching // my apple tv screensaver of pictures from our peak district adventure
eating // marshmallow peeps that just came in the mail. thanks vivian!
drinking // coffee
playing // my all sons & daughters itunes radio station
wearing // pjs. ahh the life of a housewife!
reading // a karen kingsbury novel (always!) & the books of deuteronomy and 1 corinthians
loving // all the exciting things God is doing in my life these days!
learning // how to multitask
working // on a freelance project for GFA UK!
practicing // trust & diligence

life is fun and exciting.
hubs and i got back from tenerife late last friday.
back to sunny gloomy england. no complaints though! i love it here.

here are some tenerife pics!

I'm on a permanent vacation.

At least that's what other people think. Ah, I love my life. God is so good to me! As if giving me my dream man wasn't enough, God has blessed us with a lovely home to live in and enough resources to live in that home comfortably. He has also given us PLENTY of opportunities to travel and explore the world He created! (Since being married, we've been from California to Saint Lucia to England to Paris to California back to England to Amsterdam...and we're going to Tenerife for our first anniversary!)

Sometimes I complain. My old, sinful nature gets the best of me and I focus on my lack instead of my abundance. I become the nagging wife from the book of Proverbs, constantly bugging my husband about things I want to do to the house and things I want to buy. Jealousy finds its way in there too and then I begin comparing what I have to what other people have. "Wretched [wo]man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:24).

Lord, please help me to have a grateful heart. Help me to constantly recognize how much You have blessed me. Keep me away from selfishness and jealousy.