some afternoon caffeine... — sarah elizabeth lowe

I know its a little past "coffee time",

but hey, who couldn't use a little mid-afternoon caffeine kick?!

I myself am enjoying a Coke Zero right now, my new favorite attempt to cut down on sugar.

makes me feel better about the bowl of chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup I ate after lunch (yes, you read it right)....lets just say its that lady time for me,

so I feel completely justified.

If we were meeting for cokes this afternoon, I'd tell you that even though I'm sad it got cold again (its supposed to be Spring!), Im kind of glad because I really don't have many short-sleeved clothes right now. Hoping to be able to get some soon, depending on $.

Speaking of $, the Lord is reminding me this week about the amazing ways HE has provided for us. In our times of having almost nothing, He has always come through. ALWAYS. It has sometimes been in the form of a gift from friends (we had some precious friends buy us a brand new dryer when ours went out and we had no money), or as an anonymous check (lots of stories about that), or even just an unexpected payment from a client. I am forever thankful for the people He has used in our life and for the supernatural ways He has provided for us.

(we literally had coolant appear in our car after several days of no AC, and no money to fix it, in hot August a few years ago...I will blog about that story someday soon)

all that to say, GOD IS GOOD. He NEVER fails us.

Our ever-so-deceitful enemy always tries to make us fear.

but....

HE is our Protector and Provider.

always.

On to lighter things, if we were sharing cokes this afternoon, Id tell you that i have LOVED watching my little girl play with my My Little Ponies that I had as a girl.

My mom busted a few of my fav ponies out the other day,

and I just had to pass them to Abigail!

SO cute and such a neat feeling to watch her play with something I enjoyed so much myself.

(sad thing is that several of my ponies used to be "scratch n sniff",

but now they just smell kindof old) :(

but regardless, SO fun!

Id also tell you that I redid a little area in the back of our house to be a play place for Abigail, now that she's getting bigger.

Its not much, I just used things we already had,

but tried my best to make it feel girly and fun for her.

Her own space.

So it MELTED my heart when the first morning after I set it up, she walked back there immediately after getting her up and was SO excited to play in her new space!