Good Friday

Easter is coming. For us Christians it feels sort of like the Super Bowl, or the final game in the NHL playoffs. This is the big one for us. The holiday of all holidays. This weekend, we will morn. This weekend, we will rejoice.

For me, I have always found it easy to just skip to the good part about Easter. The part where Christ has risen from the dead, defeating the grave, the greatest victory of all. But this year, I'm trying really hard to focus on the tough stuff first.

I don't think I ever fully understood how great a sacrifice the cross was until I had a child of my own. Ohh children. They just have a way of putting things into perspective for you don't they?

I love my daughter more then anything. I would do anything for her. Now I couldn't imagine sending her into a place, knowing full well that she would be beaten, and killed in the most humiliating way ever. My innocent daughter. I couldn't do that. But God did do that. He sent his only son as a sacrifice, to die for me, to die for my husband, my child, and for you. Why? Love. He did it because of love. And why did Jesus willingly go to the cross? Love. A love so deep, I only understood it once I had a child of my own.

So tomorrow, I mourn the death of Christ. I prepare my heart for what is to come. Tonight Andrew and I will watch the Passion of the Christ, so we can remember the suffering that Christ endured. I will think about my name, Corals name, Andrews name that was written on the palm of his hands as they drove a nail through it, and hung him on the cross to pay for our sins.

And then I will wait. Because Sunday is coming. I have been teaching Coral how to say the four most joyous words I know "He is risen indeed!"

Prepare your hearts ya'll. Friday is almost here...

Coloring Eggs

Yesterday Coral colored eggs for Easter for the first time. I found a little kit at Superstore for $2.00 that had everything we needed in it, including the cups to dye the eggs in. It was a total hit. Coral was very impressed that we could change the color of eggs.




Getting our colors ready. Look at those tired little eyes. She just woke up from her nap and was eager to get crafting.










We drew in them with the special white crayon, and put them in the dye.







Taadaaa! What a fast and easy project. With the kit there was no mess at all and was super easy to clean up. Not bad for her first attempt. She even put them in a little basket and took them to daddy's work to show grandpa. They didn't make it beyond the car ride home though. Coral hasn't quite learnt yet how delicate egg shells can be. Good thing they were hard boiled. Phew.

This ugly old dresser

Check out this ugly old dresser. Hmm it's just something else isn't it. I got this dresser from kijiji for $5.00. Not bad. It's solid, heavy wood, and is in great shape. But it sure is ugly isn't it.

I love this dresser so much, and yet I hate this dresser so much. I love it for the potential it has. Once painted in a glossy white, with new hardware and some modern legs, this dresser is going to be stunning with a ton of character. However, I hate it in the state that it's in, and the size that it is.

You see, I bought the dresser, thinking I had the perfect spot for it in our master bedroom. Our master bedroom is quite large and very long. The thought of it not fitting exactly where I wanted it to go didn't even cross my mind. Gulp. Decorating fail. I under estimated how long this thing is.

So it's sitting in my room, in the most awkward spot, waiting for me to paint it. As I stared at it I thought to myself "ok I have two options. Either I find a way to get rid of it and find something for just as cheap with the same amount of potential....or I could rearrange my entire bedroom. Which one do you think I chose?

My love for the dresser out weighed the hate. It's staying. And I have had fun coming up with new ideas for my room. Well, really, there was only one other way I could rearrange my room. We have a king size bed, that only fits in two spots in our room. One is where it is now, the other is against the longer wall of our room. That means the wall to wall curtains are going to have to come down, as well as my wooden art. I will have a huge empty wall above my bed that I am going to have to fill. I have already been dreaming up what I am going to do, and have been texting my dad (my supplier of old doors) about what I want.

But, this is all in the future. Because right now, I have no motivation to bust out a paint brush and paint the ugly dresser. Stay tuned...