Need some rest

Well my plan of blogging about the Week of Truth did not really work. No excuses, I just didn't do it. (okay, just a little excuse, I felt soooo tired every night that the last thing I wanted to do is sit down and type)
But the week itself went well. I got to read a lot and that made me develop a new hunger for reading itself which is great! Today, when everything is so ready for us in the media, we don't have to READ books anymore. Just turn on your iPad and recline. All the information comes to you in the forms of facebook, yahoo news snippets, flipboard, and we can satisfy all our hunger for stories with movies and tv shows. Why would anybody READ anymore?
Well, anyway, I needed to find that hunger for reading in me again and I did. Last winter was a great reading season for me. Every night at 7 I would pile up cushions and blankets in front of the living room radiator and read. :) Glorious times!

Just a quick note on last Tuesday's "bad day"...
Part of the story also that later that night Scott left for a soccer game with friends for hours, so I did get some alone time that day after all. I watched two episodes of Downton Abbey, took a hot foot bath and made pickle-ham-cream cheese appetizers. Much needed solitude CHECK! Wooo baby!

this in an "old" picture from way back when I was only 10 weeks along :)

Now it is a week later, Wednesday morning. I am 13 weeks pregnant today!! :) Yippie!! Thank you God for taking care of this little baby and me. Yesterday I was talking a little bit with my neighbor, Barbara, who just had a baby and I consider her my main source of information about everything baby. She kept referring to my "belly" as IL PUPO [pronounce: poop-oh] or sometimes LA PUPA. So after a while I asked her WHAT IS A PUPO?? She smiled and her eyes widened. WELL, THE BABY OF COURSE! Oh-pfff-of coUrse! What was I thinking! Naturally! :) Funny way to call a baby but okay. I will go with it.

I am really hoping to get some rest today because I have had some tirering and emotionally draining days behind me. [No, I am not gonna talk about that 4 year old in Sunday school whom I had to wrestle physically to keep from harming others and potentially himself and who tried to jab sharp scissors in me and who made me shake and cry and tremble for the whole day] [I am also not gonna talk about wrestling with greedy multis who are not willing to work with you on resolving issues but instead threaten you] [And no, I'm not even gonna mention this emotionally and physically draining period  of waiting for Scott's biopsy results and dealing with the physical consequences that this gluten-eating-diet caused in his body]

Moving on.
Life is beautiful. I am unspeakably grateful to the Lord for every single day, our life, our general health, family, ministry, Benjamin, our growing little PUPA, the beauties of the season, Italy, people who care about us here, and so many more.
Oh, did I mention Benjamin and I have been working on making paper snowflakes vigorously and decorate our house? We are just getting started but it already feels so nice and cosy.

and no...I do not believe it is too early for Christmas decoration

OH, and some good news!! My cousin, Marti has just gotten engaged to a KOREAN gentleman!! I am SOOOO excited that we will have a Korean in our family!!! :) Totally wicked awesome!! It will give me a sweet excuse to dust off my Korean books again and pick up studying where I left off a few years ago. Yay!!!

All right, 6:46 AM, better start on breakfast. The boys will be up shortly.