Wow!
We took April and the 4 oldest Grands out to dinner and I rode in the back of their van with
Makenna and Camden and there was NEVER a lull in conversation...AND it continued in the
restaurant...AND was highlighted with magic tricks and Elliott singing in my ear!
Oh me! I told Mike I was worn out! Coming home three were singing and one was talking...ALL AT the SAME TIME! Whew!
We left them to their movie and candy corn and Papa and I went in search of ICE CREAM
at Baskin/Robbins, only they didn't have my German Chocolate available yet! :(
Ice cream and a bit of quiet...ahhhh...was lovely, just lovely!
PS...
Christian has become quite the magician and really "gets" me most of the time!
He always has a new trick to show us each time we're together.
It was a wonderfully loud but enjoyable "Grand" evening!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lovely Autumn
"No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."
John Donne
Amazing
Isn't it amazing how God can just meet you "where" you are? How He can "read" your mail...
How He can say exactly what you need to hear at the exact moment you need to hear it.....
That was yesterday...
AND...
this morning...when I turned on my computer and clicked on Rick Renner's Sparkling Gem
for the day and this was the title that appeared... "What will you do when the effects of gravity start to show up?"
I had to laugh! God knows me SO well!
He usually answers my questions BEFORE I even ask them...just when they START becoming a thought in my head...
He's THE COOLEST!
How He can say exactly what you need to hear at the exact moment you need to hear it.....
That was yesterday...
AND...
this morning...when I turned on my computer and clicked on Rick Renner's Sparkling Gem
for the day and this was the title that appeared... "What will you do when the effects of gravity start to show up?"
I had to laugh! God knows me SO well!
He usually answers my questions BEFORE I even ask them...just when they START becoming a thought in my head...
He's THE COOLEST!
Monday, October 5, 2009
A blogging day!
Okay...I can tell this may turn into a blogging day of random thoughts, maybe even some rambling ones!
After my last blog...feeling a tad bit "down", I took my coffee to the porch and sat in the rocker.
Looking out, through the rain, I began to see more of Fall's colors emerging and against the cloudy, wonderfully rainy background, it was a sight to behold!
Was just the thing to perk me up and get me going! Lesson learned- there's beauty all around
if we would truly "open" our eyes!
Random thought #2:
Laundry!
Monday isn't one of my usual laundry days but I JUST HAD to wash today!
You see, we got a new washer and dryer Saturday!
They're lean, mean, green machines! Front loading LGs and I'm loving them!
After almost 20 years of great service, our old pair was dying and we knew we had to do something.
Now, here is where I put in a "plug" for Home Depot- my favorite hardware, etc. store.
The last three appliances we've gotten have come from Home Depot because they had the best prices on what we wanted. They also will match anyone else's price if you have the ad and with the washer/dryer, we had already bought it at their low price only to discover on Friday that Sears came out with it a bit cheaper. We took the ad to the store and not only did they match the price but then gave us an additional 10% off each one! Now that's taking care of the customer!
Okay, commercial over...
back to random thoughts on laundry...
I'm really enjoying doing laundry. My washer plays music when you turn it on and it plays a longer tune when the wash is finished! Just makes me smile!!!! Oh, simple things give me so much pleasure.....ummmm
Love the smell of clean clothes!
Which took me back to my days as a child...we only had a washer for many years and my mother hung clothes on the clothesline...what a wonderful smell!
Didn't like it so much when I was the one that had to hang them out, though...and take them in.
After Mike and I got married we bought a washer/dryer from Sears and that was nice.
I decided that I wanted a clothesline too so Mike fixed me one.
I didn't think too much about it until I went to hang out clothes...was just in the mood to do it.
Well, I went to hang the first piece and discovered I couldn't even reach the line! Mike had fixed it so he could reach it. I managed to stretch and stretch, standing on my toes and finally got them hung but I never did use it too much after that!
Yeah for dryers!
Okay, after doing two loads of laundry,(sheets-I tend to put off those until I have no more clean ones), I'm done with laundry for today!
AND...no more random thoughts for now!
After my last blog...feeling a tad bit "down", I took my coffee to the porch and sat in the rocker.
Looking out, through the rain, I began to see more of Fall's colors emerging and against the cloudy, wonderfully rainy background, it was a sight to behold!
Was just the thing to perk me up and get me going! Lesson learned- there's beauty all around
if we would truly "open" our eyes!
Random thought #2:
Laundry!
Monday isn't one of my usual laundry days but I JUST HAD to wash today!
You see, we got a new washer and dryer Saturday!
They're lean, mean, green machines! Front loading LGs and I'm loving them!
After almost 20 years of great service, our old pair was dying and we knew we had to do something.
Now, here is where I put in a "plug" for Home Depot- my favorite hardware, etc. store.
The last three appliances we've gotten have come from Home Depot because they had the best prices on what we wanted. They also will match anyone else's price if you have the ad and with the washer/dryer, we had already bought it at their low price only to discover on Friday that Sears came out with it a bit cheaper. We took the ad to the store and not only did they match the price but then gave us an additional 10% off each one! Now that's taking care of the customer!
Okay, commercial over...
back to random thoughts on laundry...
I'm really enjoying doing laundry. My washer plays music when you turn it on and it plays a longer tune when the wash is finished! Just makes me smile!!!! Oh, simple things give me so much pleasure.....ummmm
Love the smell of clean clothes!
Which took me back to my days as a child...we only had a washer for many years and my mother hung clothes on the clothesline...what a wonderful smell!
Didn't like it so much when I was the one that had to hang them out, though...and take them in.
After Mike and I got married we bought a washer/dryer from Sears and that was nice.
I decided that I wanted a clothesline too so Mike fixed me one.
I didn't think too much about it until I went to hang out clothes...was just in the mood to do it.
Well, I went to hang the first piece and discovered I couldn't even reach the line! Mike had fixed it so he could reach it. I managed to stretch and stretch, standing on my toes and finally got them hung but I never did use it too much after that!
Yeah for dryers!
Okay, after doing two loads of laundry,(sheets-I tend to put off those until I have no more clean ones), I'm done with laundry for today!
AND...no more random thoughts for now!
For the record......
Yes, I'm a fairly normal woman...and yes, I have "days"...you know the "days" I'm talking about....
the days where you can't stand to look into a mirror...
your hair doesn't look right no matter what you do to it...
you think you feel and look MUCH older than you are...need I say more...
Yes, I'm being reminded of inner beauty...
being grateful for the "years" of living...
but to be perfectly honest... it "ain't" making things better for the moment....
Hey, but it IS just a moment...and moments change...!
One thing I'm seeing here is that I could use an attitude adjustment AND
work on the things that I can change!
I just need to use a little discipline and self-control...
And climb out of this "pit" I seem to have fallen into!
Thank goodness I don't have to do this alone or should I say "thank You God" for helping me make the most of this season in my life!
the days where you can't stand to look into a mirror...
your hair doesn't look right no matter what you do to it...
you think you feel and look MUCH older than you are...need I say more...
Yes, I'm being reminded of inner beauty...
being grateful for the "years" of living...
but to be perfectly honest... it "ain't" making things better for the moment....
Hey, but it IS just a moment...and moments change...!
One thing I'm seeing here is that I could use an attitude adjustment AND
work on the things that I can change!
I just need to use a little discipline and self-control...
And climb out of this "pit" I seem to have fallen into!
Thank goodness I don't have to do this alone or should I say "thank You God" for helping me make the most of this season in my life!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Day 2 of October Autumn Delights!
After having breakfast and prayer time on the porch, I dressed and ran a few errands.
I traveled down one of my favorite roads, listening to classical music on my favorite station-
89.9 WDAV and was immediately "surrounded" by Autumn delights! I rolled down my windows
to allow the coolness of the morning to engulf me as I took in sights of golden rod, open fields of grains and grasses and hundreds of trees of all shapes, sizes, varieties-most just beginning to adorn themselves with their new Fall wardrobe. And for a moment time seemed to stand still...
and there arose such a holiness... God's "magic" unfolding right before my eyes.
How can one really describe all the feelings evoked by such majesty... words cannot do it justice.
I was overwhelmed and lost in the beauty of the moment...selah...selah...selah...
In that moment all the holiness, all the beauty entered my very soul and now I will carry it about...within me... throughout my day...even into the night...
All praise and glory to the Lord of the Harvest...the God of all creation...the One Who made each season for us...just to enjoy!
As we delight in His creation, He delights in us! How beautiful!
To you, my Father God, I am forever grateful!
I traveled down one of my favorite roads, listening to classical music on my favorite station-
89.9 WDAV and was immediately "surrounded" by Autumn delights! I rolled down my windows
to allow the coolness of the morning to engulf me as I took in sights of golden rod, open fields of grains and grasses and hundreds of trees of all shapes, sizes, varieties-most just beginning to adorn themselves with their new Fall wardrobe. And for a moment time seemed to stand still...
and there arose such a holiness... God's "magic" unfolding right before my eyes.
How can one really describe all the feelings evoked by such majesty... words cannot do it justice.
I was overwhelmed and lost in the beauty of the moment...selah...selah...selah...
In that moment all the holiness, all the beauty entered my very soul and now I will carry it about...within me... throughout my day...even into the night...
All praise and glory to the Lord of the Harvest...the God of all creation...the One Who made each season for us...just to enjoy!
As we delight in His creation, He delights in us! How beautiful!
To you, my Father God, I am forever grateful!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Hello October!
First of all...where did September go? Is it just me or is time literally flying?
October has arrived bringing promises of chilly days and nights, bond fires, leaf raking,
brilliant color, pumpkins galore, earthy scents enhanced by spicy cinammon, cloves, nutmeg and pumpkin, fires in the fireplace, mugs of hot apple cider, earlier dusks, the shifting sunshine as it trickles through the windows of our homes...and the cozy visits with friends and family.
What an absolute lovely time of year!
William Cullen Bryant describes it best....
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile."
PS... I love Winter too and am always anticipating SNOW and yes....that somewhat illusive
White Christmas! One day! One day! :)
October has arrived bringing promises of chilly days and nights, bond fires, leaf raking,
brilliant color, pumpkins galore, earthy scents enhanced by spicy cinammon, cloves, nutmeg and pumpkin, fires in the fireplace, mugs of hot apple cider, earlier dusks, the shifting sunshine as it trickles through the windows of our homes...and the cozy visits with friends and family.
What an absolute lovely time of year!
William Cullen Bryant describes it best....
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile."
PS... I love Winter too and am always anticipating SNOW and yes....that somewhat illusive
White Christmas! One day! One day! :)
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