Flowers for me? Are you sure?

Today, my dear friend surprised me by having flowers delivered to me at work! It was TOTAL shock, and wonderful surprise!

After all, my birthday wasn't for a few days, and she said they were just to brighten my day!

Well, THEY DID :)

Take a look at these - and after a week, they are still going strong. 

What a lovely unexpected gift~THANK YOU, friend, I have thouroughly enjoyed them!

Thankfulness

Counting my blessings. We have so much.

Our fridge has been on the fritz for some time. At times, it has stopped working all together.

No coldness was coming out of that box. No sir-ee.

So, we worked for hours, taking the freezer apart, once again, getting out the heat gun (you know--the one I use for embossing? Well it has a new use - not just for embossing these days) and having at it.

THIS TIME, the ice maker, which has never been used, came out for good!

YAY! A bit more room in the freezer now.

Then I cleaned for another hour after putting the darn thing back together, my husband Kirby taking the unruly styrofoam lining that was crumpled up in the back of the inner freezer between the fins, completely out too.

For now, it's humming along, and not running so often. Good and cold again..

So nice to have a clean fridge, and not much in it, actully, I just HAD to take a picture.
Ahhhhhhhh. Clean and cold.

And there's room for food again.

Thank You Lord!
For all that we are...all that we have.
Amen!

Grattitude Journal

My friend keeps Grattitude Journals. She has done so for years - she is diligent.

What a wonderful thing to do, I thought. So I started one in a pretty green leather desk planner that my daughter got for Christmas. She handed it down to me.

It better serves as a small place to jot down why I'm thankful for each and every day.

It's never hard to be thankful, just to be diligent.

So far, I'm having to really think about doing this every day, at the end of the day. Or early, before anyone else is up, when I actually have a moment to myself, and while yesterday is still fresh in my mind.

There's a reason for everything

So today was a dumb day. My schedule was all messed up, the Monday routine broken. 

I was feeling out of sorts- not thanking God for all that I am, and all that I have. 

Waiting on a call, I turned on my computer, looking for a book, and, in spelling the name wrong, found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE. 

Wow, what a wake-up call. There should be no bad days in my life - EVER.

Everyday I need to thank God, smile a lot more. Be content, patient, kind.

Be Kind

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama

I ran across this quote tonight while looking for something in the scrapbooking sites.
It captured my attention, and I truly try to abide by this, although often falling short.

Short, sweet, and to-the-point. It's that simple!

Now go and try it yourself, and see how much more wonderful the world around you can be...

                              til tomorrow, good night :)

Shennanigans...is THAT how you spell it?

Just looking through a few pictures of my daughter that make me smile...

Yea, everybody needs to try the clothespin-on-the nose, right?

I mean, it's so attractive and all.



Then there's "lounging at walmart" - after scouting the perfect Halloween hat... 



Finally, a real picture of a real girl - MY real girl!  Hah! 

I KNEW she was in there somewhere.  Whew!  
  ~ The End ~

The Finger...

So, May 3rd was uneventful til I got this burr up my backside after just finishing mowing, that I was going to walk the dog!

Thing is, I   N- E- V- E- R walk the dog...

...so why was I compelled to do that exactly??? AND... if I were to do that, I would let him run off all his energy first, then think about putting a leash on him and walking civil-like, right?

Well, he was so excited that he just pulled so hard, I got "Whip-Leash"! Broke left ring finger. It was awful. I KNEW it was broken, the minute it happend. Couldn't let go. Thankfully, I immediately took off my ring - finger swelled up somethin awful.  My very dear friend Donna came right over, took me to the ER.


Long story short, God had in mind that I needed to pay attention to my blood pressure -so it took that to get me to the hospital.

BP was through the roof, 288/155, and of course I was bawling cause I'd lost my job, no money, you know. How the heck was I gonna pay for this??????? Anyway, they wouldn't do surgery for another 2 weeks til it was more under control, because of anesthetic. So cast on hand, then surgery, that went well, finally.

Here we are, June 4th - next week the pins come out. Yay!

Progress to follow...