Everything in my garden had bloomed. There were flowers starting to bloom in March and kept on blooming through Aug/Sept. Whoever planted this garden took care that there were flowers blooming at all times. However, all summer long there were these tall, green plants that were taking forever to bloom. I mean months were going by. Mom kept saying she thought a purple bloom would happen one of these days. I had to save them from being cut down by my husband. He was helping me cut back the dead flowers and I found him cutting away at the mysterious flowers that hadn't bloomed yet (this was several weeks ago..a month ago? I don't know). While I was at home recovering from pneumonia, I noticed that the flowers finally bloomed! Mom was right, they were purple! I of course don't remember the name, maybe you'll recognize them? (sorry for the bad picture below. I took it with my not smart phone). There hasn't been anything too much more exciting going on in the Fremont household. I'm still working on getting over pneumonia so we have still been staying home as much as possible. Sat. was the first day I felt "better" in almost 2 weeks. Of course I over did it that day and had to suffer the consequences on Sunday. I'm still very tired and have no energy, but I'm starting to see that there is hope and now believe I'll get over this soon!
On Sat we had a college and career harvest party. We all brought treats and meet to go get pumpkins. Most of the night consisted of people carving their pumpkins. I'll insert a picture of Jason's pumpkin below. I didn't get a picture of it yet, and I think it was pretty great :) Afterwards there was a bonfire and just some fellowship time. It was a pretty low key party, but that was nice for me! We have a fun week ahead... looking forward to an evening with Uncle Rikk and Aunt Byrd, some possible dance lessons, and have organized a dinner for the men's bible study that Jason leads (wives included in the dinner party). Also, Nov 1 will be the one year anniversary of Jason and I closing on our house! It's crazy to think that it has been a year, and I'm so thankful that we are past all the renovations stages for now. We love our little home :) ...being able to lay down flat on my back, sleeping in my bed, sleeping all curled up on my side (either side), being able to sleep, being able to reach in any direction I need, being able to take deep breathes, being able to walk faster than at a snail's pace, going to Wed night church, going to bible study, going to youth group activities over the weekend, going to church...... also love a caring husband, heating pads, and Advil, and tea, and couches, and Anne of Green Gables.... Last week I got pneumonia. Who knows how or why or... how?! We had a nice weekend, last weekend. On the 13th Jason, Monica, and I went to Duluth for the day. I had a little bit of the sniffles the day before but otherwise felt fine. Monica was getting over a cold. We left early in the morning (okay we left at 7:10am. Not that early. But we were at an engagement party for some friends of ours the night before so we were out late that night), thankfully it was BOGO day at Caribou so once we picked Monica up we took advantage of the buy one get one free deal. We also stopped at Tobies on the way to have some delicious cinnamon rolls. Sadly it was misty and kinda rainy the whole drive up, so the fall colors weren't as spectacular as they should have been. We still had a good day. Did a little shopping, went to The Vanilla Bean Cafe (where Jason and I ate before we got engaged 2 years ago), walked around, went to this kinda creepy second hand store where I bought a few books.... We came home and I made us pizza and took care of Monica as she was still feeling sick. Here are some pictures from our day: Sunday was a full day with church and then going over to our Pastor's house to help celebrate his daughter, Ari's, birthday. By Sunday afternoon I was starting to feel some discomfort on my right side, but it didn't hurt... yet. Monday went to work and met with a friend for coffee that evening, but by the time I got home I was starting to be in sad shape. That night it hurt too much to lay down and I couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep. So I took my book and grabbed my glasses and read from 3 am till 6 am (when Jason got up). Jason took me to the dr where I had to give blood tests and go get a CT scan. They thought I had kidney stones going on, but from the CT scan they figured out it was pneumonia. That was the start of my camping out on the couch for about six straight days. I'm back to work today, though I think I'm going to have to leave early. I'm so thankful for Jason and Monica taking good care of me! The mother-in-law brought over soup and a friend from our bible study (Thanks London!) brought over ice cream and brownies and girly movies.
I also read 2.5 books (I know. I'm a slow reader.. I only had 5 days where I could read!!) Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea are marvelous sick time reading books :) Thanks to my mother, I have the whole series. She gave them to me when I left home for the first time, and I've gotten good use out of them. Maybe it's something I'll pass on if Jason and I have a little Megan of our own one day? Not sure I can part with them! I guess I have plenty of time to think about it ;) So all of you pneumonia free people reading this blog (maybe I'm the only one reading this blog.. but I'm not pneumonia free yet!), take a nice deep breath. Twist to the left and the right for the fun of it (since you can!). Lay down flat on your back in your bed and rejoice that you can do that! Maybe run through the house and laugh while you are at it. And everyone must read Anne of Green Gables soon! I still cry no matter how many times I've read it! True to my previous post, I made time to do a little baking: I know the pictures of my cookies don't look as perfect as the picture in my previous post. I couldn't find the pumpkin spice kisses so I used caramel kisses instead (excellent substitution by the way) and maybe my picture I took with my Ipod (her name is Izzy) isn't the best. What counts is the taste of the cookies right? They are truly wonderful. Husband agrees. This morning there was frost on the grass and the roof of our house as I left for work. It was 34 degrees out as I drove to work. The temp last night was supposed to be 29, not sure what it got down to. Gotta keep myself busy to keep the winter blues away, right? We have an engagement party tonight, going to Duluth tomorrow, and a birthday lunch to go to on Sunday. That ought to be a good start at keeping busy. I've been reading Spurgeon's Morning and Evening lately. I'd encourage everyone to take the time to read. The app is free if you have an Iphone or Ipod or any other smart device. Here is an entry from Oct 10th that ties in with my winter blues and wanting to be more thankful. Enjoy :) Morning Devotion Wednesday, October 10, 2012
"Faultless before the presence of his glory." {#Jude 1:24} Revolve in your mind that wondrous word, faultless!" We are far off from it now; but as our Lord never stops short of perfection in his work of love, we shall reach it one day. The Saviour who will keep his people to the end, will also present them at last to himself, as "a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but holy and without blemish." All the jewels in the Saviour’s crown are of the first water and without a single flaw. All the maids of honour who attend the Lamb’s wife are pure virgins without spot or stain. But how will Jesus make us faultless? He will wash us from our sins in his own blood until we are white and fair as God’s purest angel; and we shall be clothed in his righteousness, that righteousness which makes the saint who wears it positively faultless; yea, perfect in the sight of God. We shall be unblameable and unreproveable even in his eyes. His law will not only have no charge against us, but it will be magnified in us. Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit within us will be altogether complete. He will make us so perfectly holy, that we shall have no lingering tendency to sin. Judgment, memory, will—every power and passion shall be emancipated from the thraldom of evil. We shall be holy even as God is holy, and in his presence we shall dwell forever. Saints will not be out of place in heaven, their beauty will be as great as that of the place prepared for them. Oh the rapture of that hour when the everlasting doors shall be lifted up, and we, being made meet for the inheritance, shall dwell with the saints in light. Sin gone, Satan shut out, temptation past forever, and ourselves "faultless" before God, this will be heaven indeed! Let us be joyful now as we rehearse the song of eternal praise so soon to roll forth in full chorus from all the blood washed host; let us copy David’s exultings before the ark as a prelude to our ecstasies before the throne. I'm already starting to feel the winter blues slowly coming for me. Why does it have to be such a harsh transition? From 80's one day to 50's the next? Today the high is 44 and tonight it's supposed to get down to 29. My poor body hasn't figured out how to stay warm or how to handle the temperature when it starts to get chilly out. I know.. I was born and raised in Montana! I should be fine here in Minnesota. The five years in California was enough to spoil me and make my blood super thin. It's refusing to thicken up. I'm sorry, this is becoming a depressing post. It's just hard to always be cold. Mother, I'm sorry! All those years growing up when I thought you were crazy for being cold all the time is now coming back to haunt me! Let's get positive here...I do like fall! It just now reminds me that winter comes next... but I love the leaves changing colors and the fall spices and smells in coffee shops. Who doesn't like them some pumpkin cookies with chocolate chips? My dear friend Amanda sent me this link that I thought was cute: http://www.joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2012/10/winter-blues-antidotes.html The above post got me thinking that 1) I need a sun lamp (husband.. Christmas idea! ;) and 2) to come up with things that will help the cold days melt away quicker 3) be better at listing what I'm Thankful for instead of what I'm not (i.e. instead of complaining about how cold I am, again be thankful for the many throws we received as wedding gifts :) Our Oct is very full.. so that helps. Between engagement parties, and birthday parties, and a trip to Duluth, and youth group events it'll help the days go by quick. Tonight though, I'm going to use baking as a way to enjoy this fall season. Hopefully by tonight husband and I will get to enjoy some of these: These cookies are the epitome of fall, right? Chia spice cookies with pumpkin kisses. Hopefully mine will look like the picture. Hopefully husband will like the taste of them as much as he likes the picture of these :)
Speaking of that husband. He was talking in his sleep again. Well, he has been all week. He wakes me up multiple times a night, almost every night, talking. I just can't understand him this week, until last night. I throw off the top cover and it went on him. He goes "someone's throwing things at us!" all I could do is laugh. Of course he doesn't remember this in the morning. Back to the topic at hand. I'm learning to be content being back in cold weather. It's just taking longer than I expected for my body to adjust, and I need to somehow stop thinking about winter coming as soon as fall is here. I'm so thankful for my husband and our church here and being closer to family. I get to see my parents and sister so much more than I did when I was in warmer climate. It's also nice to live close to his family, after years of living completely on my own (thanks my CA friends for making me part of your family!). So here we go. Trying to stay positive and busy to keep the winter blues at bay. I think a trip to Southern California in the middle of winter would be another good idea on how to keep the winter blues away, right? :o) In my previous blog I had written about how I am trying to stay away from yeast and sugar and dairy to see if it contributes to my having headaches. I cannot tell you how excited I was to find out that I can now incorporate yeast and sugar back into my diet! It was like this heavy load was lifted. Yes I am dramatic, but yes it is hard to have to cut things you love out of your diet if you've never had to do that before. I need to have it in moderation of course and to notice if I start getting headaches again then I need to back off. I called my husband all excited and we decided to have pancakes that night since he was home before me and that's his specialty. They tasted wonderful. My breakfast of unsweetened almond milk and plan cheerios leave so much to be desired. Pancakes are the opposite, esp with chocolate chips in them. This morning I did wake up with a headache. I was trying to not blame it on the overly sweet dinner from the night before (way to overdo it Megan). Sadly, sugar might trigger my headaches. That was something I would never consider a possibility in the past when people asked if chocolate could be the cause. I'll still stand behind my "dark chocolate has nothing to do with my headaches" stance till I die.. but the sugar I might have to be careful about. Why is it so hard to tell ourselves no to certain foods? With me, I feel like it's not fair. If Jason is sitting there eating a bowl of ice cream, I want that ice cream too because I like it just as much as he and if I don't have a bowl when he does then we won't get the same amount each out of the carton. Did that make sense? But having self-control and being disciplined are Godly traits that we need to incorporate into our lives, no matter how unfair it seems at the time. Titus and Proverbs speak of being self-control, not to mention that it's a fruit of the Spirit! So here goes to not taking advantage of the freedom I've been handed in regards to my eating. It doesn't answer all the questions as to why I didn't get headaches when I lived in CA, but I'm glad to have found a way to control them while living in MN, at least so far Two years ago today Jason and I got engaged. On one had I can't believe it was a whole two years ago. On the other hand, I feel like I have always been with Jason so two years seems too short ago. I'm thankful for the time we have been given together and pray that we have many more years together that have been as growing of a time and as fun of a time as the last two years have been. I love you Jason! I'm so glad that we have pictures of the actual moments of when Jason was proposing! Jason's sister drove the 2+ hours to Duluth to follow us on the beach and take pictures of the special moment. A friend of Jason's asked how long after the engagement was this picture posed, and he was surprised to know that this picture is capturing the very second he was getting his knee dirty (as Rick Holland would say). I don't think I could smile that big and clench my right hand that hard in a posed picture! Last year at this time we went to Duluth for the weekend and spent the night in a cabin by Lake Superior. I think Jason thought it was silly of me to want to celebrate the one year engagement anniversary, but I thought it was fun to have any excuse to go on a little trip with my new husband! Over the weekend we had the privilege to help a friend of ours get engaged. Well.. we were part of the plan to distract :) He didn't want her knowing that this day was the day they would get engaged so we invited them to a Twins game to throw her off. They left early and got engaged in a much more romantic place than a Twins game (he would have been in big trouble with a lot of people if he hadn't!). Being part of their engagement story made me think a lot about my own engagement and the excitement that goes along with it. I am glad to be past all the planning and the feeling of being overwhelmed if another decision has to be made! But I now get so much more excited for friends when they get engaged after experiencing it myself. I just have to share one more picture from the day we got engaged. This is my favorite one! I ripped the ring out of Jason's hand and had it on my finger before he knew what was happening. I think I kind of leaped into his arms as well, once I made sure the ring was safe on my finger :) What a fun and special day Oct 2, 2010 was :)
This morning I was listening to Caedmon's Call as I was getting ready for work. The lyrics to their song Thy Mercy are really thought provoking and something I wanted to share. I won't add anything more as the lyrics are enough on their own. I wish I had the give of words/writing, but thankfully the Lord can and does interpret my weak words. Here are the lyrics, read them slowly :) Thy mercy my God is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue. Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affection and bound my soul fast. Without Thy sweet mercy, I could not live here. Sin would reduce me to utter despair, But through Thy free goodness, my spirit's revived And He that first made me still keeps me alive. Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart. Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground And weep for the praise of the mercy I've found. (Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah) Hallelujah (Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah) Great Father of mercies, Thy goodness I own In the covenant love of Thy crucified Son. All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine. All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine. Well, Hallelujah Hallelujah (Hallelujah) Well, Hallelujah |
Megan FremontI'm a Christian. I'm a wife to a wonderful man and a mother to a sweet little girl and a handsome little man. I've lived in MT, MN, KS, CA, N.Z., I like to travel. I love dark chocolate and coffee. I grew up on a farm and never learned to drive stick, I went to a two-room school house for nine years, I love Fall in MN (except for the fact I'm always cold), I miss the Montana Sky, and I'm new to blogging. Archives
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