The Red Baroness

So...it's a long, complicated story, but, I'll try to whittle it down.  Because I don't charge for my midwifery ministry services, I had to save for a long time to buy my first "midwife mobile".  This was back in July of 2000.  It was a 2.5 L manual transmission (I LOVE manual transmissions!) 1985 Jeep Cherokee.  It was 15 yrs old when I bought it, and looked almost brand new.  I loved that silly little car. I loved the conformation...how easy it was to load/unload equipment...the whole shebang.

Well.  In January of 2002, my dd daughter #1, a senior at the time, took my car to take her SAT test...and rolled it.  Totalled it.  The body shop refused to repair it.  I was so sad.

Since then, I have wanted to replace that Jeep: and, my dream was a Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ a manual transmission.  Red, if possible, thank-you-very-much!

Fast forward to April of 2011...we sold our 1995 Dodge Caravan and bought a 2001 Ford Escape...it's almost "perfect", except it has an automatic transmission.  (Darn!).  Oh well.  Beggars can't be choosy!  But, I call it my "Jeep-in-training"...and, it is RED!!  Hence, her name..."The Red Baroness".

I've done a couple of births, and I like it!

So...how about you?  What is your "dream" vehicle?

Love, Karla

Home from Bellingham

I want to get to posting some thoughts that I have concerning pregnancy, birth, parenting issues, etc...but, first, since I am very new to this "blogging" stuff, I just want to process the weekend I just had.

Sort of a "Two-for-one" :-)  I got to go up to Bellingham and spend a few day's playing w/my dear daughter Anneka.  She moved into the cutest apartment last month, and I was anxious to do some "mommie" type stuff w/her.  But, I also had the privilege of attending a Woman's Retreat at The Firs...learning and pondering about David, A Man After God's Own Heart.  I won't give a blow-by-blow description of the teaching (which was wonderful, Thank You again Denise Brewer!).  But...the idea of accepting responsibility...being willing to admit that you have been wrong...understanding that there are consequences to sin....and yet, still desiring to worship and praise our Gracious and Compassionate God!  That's the kind of woman I want to be. 

More next time!

Love,  Karla

My first post.

This is my first posting....many have told me that I have "a lot of good things to say", so...I'll try this!  It will be interesting to see who (?) if anyone responds!  I don't expect everyone to agree with me...that's ok.  Just looking for those who like to "think outside the box" a bit!

Love, Karla