Some interesting facts about this holiday...
1. 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged.
2. Hallmark has over 1,300 different cards for Valentine's Day
3. 110 million roses (mostly red) will be sold and sent within a 3 day period.
4. 45 million dollars will be spent on food (including chocolate)on Valentine's Day.
5. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on this day.
6. 64% of men in the U.S. do not make plns in advance for Valentine's Day.
But one person did make plans to show His love for us not just on Valentine's Day but everyday. God sent His one and only Son to die on a cross to save us and show us just how much he loved us! That is the biggest sacrifice for love. The bible says: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
Tell someone you love them and so does Jesus! My daughter Molly taught me a fun way to say I Love You...1 4 3 (there is 1 letter in I; 4 letters in Love; and 3 in You.) CUTE!!!! so 143!!!!
So off to ice cupcakes for school tomorrow! Watch out Cupcake Wars! Ha! I made bright pink rice krispie treats too! ahhh!!! Love is sweet, Love is grand!
Wish my girls were here....to make my heart-shaped meatloaf for!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
So overdue i am, but Happy Valentine's Day EARLY!
Okay...back in the saddle again or maybe back at the keyboard again is better! My blog manager (aka daughter, Megan) updated my blog today with lots of fun stuff! Don't you think so! New photos, new design and I am now on Facebook with my blog! So I figured if I am "updated" with my design, I should also be updated with my blog entry!
So update....I am back in the saddle with exercising after my hernia surgery! I am healed and feeling lots better! I am back doing Chalean Extreme (Beachbody, same people that do P90x)! I love these workout dvd's...highly recommend them if you are not up to doing the P90x!
I am back in the saddle with working at the school. Let's just say a prayer or two (or three, or four...) would be a blessing to me and more importantly for the staff and the children (and their parents). Thank you! You can never pray too much...in fact the bible says to "pray unceasingly").
Our lifegroup(aka small group/bible study) is starting the Francis Chan book "Forgotten God" which is all about the Holy Spirit, thus the title "Forgotten God". Read the first chapter today and it was amazing! I have alot of waking up to do when it comes to the Holy Spirit that is living in me! I think I have put the Holy Spirit in "neutral" or "on hold" or "standby". Whatever I have done, it is not benefiting my spiritual life nor my witnessing to others. I need to empower the Holy Spirit to bring out the fruits of the spirits so people see me as different. As Jesus would like the world to see me! I love the analogy of caterpillar...one day waking up and it is a butterfly. One day it is crawling (and for a very long time) and the next day it wakes up and it is a beautiful butterfly. That is what i became when the Holy Spirit came into my body...but do people see that beautiful butterfly or do they still see me "crawling like a caterpillar"? I want them to see the Fruits of the Spirits in me; like the beautiful wings of the butterfly! More about this book later....until then...are you a caterpillar or a butterfly to those around you?
P.O.P. means Prayers of Praise. Do you do them enough? Or are you (and I) always asking and not saying "thank you" or "praising our Father in Heaven"? Andy Stanley has an awesome message on his website on "prayer". Watch it! It will change how you pray (or maybe not).
Ahhhh Valentine's Day fast approaches, but a more important day comes tomorrow...February 13th! It was our first date! 23 years ago, we went to dinner and a comedy club in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brian bought a card for me. But it was in his visor the whole night and would ONLY make an appearance if the date was a good one....GUESS WHAT...I GOT the card and I STILL have that card! That special card comes out every February 13th to remind us why we love each other and so much more! It isn't signed "love, brian" just "brian" But ohhhh what "love" would come later over these 23 years!!! In date nights, in events, in our girls, in all our moves, in being baptized together, in our walk with Christ...and so much more LOVE has come from our relationship together! Thank you God for bringing me such a Godly man/husband/father!
So celebrate....this time of "love" by praying for those you love and more importantly those you may not! They are the ones that need it the most! Forgive those who have hurt you and move on, let God heal.
So Happy February 12th! And thanks Megs for my new blog! (and for letting me in on the "Stats" information....that is a story!
hello to all those who visit my blog! Wow...did not know there were so many! I will do a better job of blogging! Kinda like my friend who committed to blogging everyday! So will this be Day One or is this a preview of things to come????
So update....I am back in the saddle with exercising after my hernia surgery! I am healed and feeling lots better! I am back doing Chalean Extreme (Beachbody, same people that do P90x)! I love these workout dvd's...highly recommend them if you are not up to doing the P90x!
I am back in the saddle with working at the school. Let's just say a prayer or two (or three, or four...) would be a blessing to me and more importantly for the staff and the children (and their parents). Thank you! You can never pray too much...in fact the bible says to "pray unceasingly").
Our lifegroup(aka small group/bible study) is starting the Francis Chan book "Forgotten God" which is all about the Holy Spirit, thus the title "Forgotten God". Read the first chapter today and it was amazing! I have alot of waking up to do when it comes to the Holy Spirit that is living in me! I think I have put the Holy Spirit in "neutral" or "on hold" or "standby". Whatever I have done, it is not benefiting my spiritual life nor my witnessing to others. I need to empower the Holy Spirit to bring out the fruits of the spirits so people see me as different. As Jesus would like the world to see me! I love the analogy of caterpillar...one day waking up and it is a butterfly. One day it is crawling (and for a very long time) and the next day it wakes up and it is a beautiful butterfly. That is what i became when the Holy Spirit came into my body...but do people see that beautiful butterfly or do they still see me "crawling like a caterpillar"? I want them to see the Fruits of the Spirits in me; like the beautiful wings of the butterfly! More about this book later....until then...are you a caterpillar or a butterfly to those around you?
P.O.P. means Prayers of Praise. Do you do them enough? Or are you (and I) always asking and not saying "thank you" or "praising our Father in Heaven"? Andy Stanley has an awesome message on his website on "prayer". Watch it! It will change how you pray (or maybe not).
Ahhhh Valentine's Day fast approaches, but a more important day comes tomorrow...February 13th! It was our first date! 23 years ago, we went to dinner and a comedy club in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brian bought a card for me. But it was in his visor the whole night and would ONLY make an appearance if the date was a good one....GUESS WHAT...I GOT the card and I STILL have that card! That special card comes out every February 13th to remind us why we love each other and so much more! It isn't signed "love, brian" just "brian" But ohhhh what "love" would come later over these 23 years!!! In date nights, in events, in our girls, in all our moves, in being baptized together, in our walk with Christ...and so much more LOVE has come from our relationship together! Thank you God for bringing me such a Godly man/husband/father!
So celebrate....this time of "love" by praying for those you love and more importantly those you may not! They are the ones that need it the most! Forgive those who have hurt you and move on, let God heal.
So Happy February 12th! And thanks Megs for my new blog! (and for letting me in on the "Stats" information....that is a story!
hello to all those who visit my blog! Wow...did not know there were so many! I will do a better job of blogging! Kinda like my friend who committed to blogging everyday! So will this be Day One or is this a preview of things to come????
Sunday, January 9, 2011
huff and puff and blow the hernia out!
Hey there....back to work and what do i find before going back to work? A hernia! Thanks to all that coughing and hacking for 4 weeks (bronchitis)...i end up with a hernia! It is so weird when you find a lump (esp in a female area)...how your mind wonders! Brian (my hubby) kept telling me NOT to give Satan any power over it. But i found it when the doctors office was closed (and we were on our way to Universal) and so i had 4 days to ponder! So I turned pondering into praying and enjoyed my family.
I am so blessed this is all it is. There are people having "biopsies" so what am i fretting! i just don't like to be put under and incubated! oh well! GAP...God Always Provides! I will have my hat in hand that day. I will need to be off 7 days and no lifting/exercising for 3 wks! But God worked this all around a 1/2 day of school(friday) and then MLK day and an inservice day! so i will only miss 4 days total of work but have 9 days off! GAP!
So prayers are appreciated....but keep praying for our Worship Pastor, Keith! and the little 11 month old baby, Adrian...both battling cancer....you see i am blessed...but so are they...cuz God is the GReat Physcian!
love to all! might have more time to blog with this!
I am so blessed this is all it is. There are people having "biopsies" so what am i fretting! i just don't like to be put under and incubated! oh well! GAP...God Always Provides! I will have my hat in hand that day. I will need to be off 7 days and no lifting/exercising for 3 wks! But God worked this all around a 1/2 day of school(friday) and then MLK day and an inservice day! so i will only miss 4 days total of work but have 9 days off! GAP!
So prayers are appreciated....but keep praying for our Worship Pastor, Keith! and the little 11 month old baby, Adrian...both battling cancer....you see i am blessed...but so are they...cuz God is the GReat Physcian!
love to all! might have more time to blog with this!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
new year, new things...
hi. happy new year. blessings in the new year to you and yours. God has not changed from 2010 to 2011! Are we blessed! YES! I am glad He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow! May I change to please Him, not others! May I be aware of His callings and be still when I need to hear from Him! I have no idea what is in store for this new year, but I need to trust Him and go ahead! Knowing He has already gone ahead! new pictures will be connected to this blog soon! promise!!! so enjoy your time with God. That is my top resolution to read through the bible this year! take care and love and hugs!
Friday, December 24, 2010
merry CHRISTmas
Hi. It is Christmas Eve and all through the house not a creature is stirring! That is because brian is at work and the girls plus dog are still sleeping. I am in my clothes with wet hair ready to make ONE more run to Target! So I will be saying "dash away, dash away" real soon. We are blessed to be in Florida, as the weather is blissful. Although alittle of the "white stuff" would be nice! Guess it will have to be white sand. I know you all in "winterland" are not feeling too sorry for me!
So blessings this Christmas eve to you all and to all a good night....
So blessings this Christmas eve to you all and to all a good night....
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Merry CHRISTmas over and over again!
I can not say it enough "Merry Christmas" to you, to yours, to EVERYONE! No "happy holidays". Living in Florida makes it difficult to feel in the Christmas mood due to the warmer weather (although we are very blessed), but "weather" should NOT be the factor in putting me in the "Christmas" spirit. I should be in the "Christmas" spirit because of Jesus! He is the spirit in me always! He is the REASON FOR THE SEASON! So "deck the halls", "falalalala",etc....but truly "merry CHRISTmas" to you and your families! Look into their faces, cherish the moments to do this. Hold their hands, feel the warmth...cherish the moment. Hug them....feel the love through this hug...cherish this moment. Listen to the sounds in and out of the house, wow... there CAN NOT BE ENOUGH Christmas music playing in my house!!! Love it so much that I could truly play it all year long.
So as you look around the house...look for the things that you should cherish...but once you discover this remember they are "things" and move deeper and see the people that make up your life....that is what should be cherished.
Brian challenged me to a "Shaker" Christmas. His way to "simplify" the decor. I tend to take all the everyday items down and put a full fledge of decorations up. But this year, I listen to him and did "simple" and you know what the house still smells like Christmas, still has "items" that show it is Christmas and you know what? I am okay with it. I like the "change up" around the house. I like the "new" places for things. I thanked Brian for the challenge and now am excited for the girls to get home and see it.
This was the first year of decorating with "no girls" and I cried. I cried hard. Ruth (the dachsund) liked me as if i was a "salt block". (you know tears are salty) Brian listened, sat with me, hugged me. He knew decorating with the girls is important to me. But they will be home soon. And I survived the "shaker" decorating challenge and you know who helped me...Brian. He has never done that before, it was good for this exchange to happen. We laughed, I danced to the Christmas music, Christmas candles burned and filled the house with evergreen smell. So yes, girls, I missed you helping me, but your dad did a great job helping me, too!
A tree was found in under two minutes! Another thing Brian wanted. I did. The tree is in the garage and needs some help. But it is just a tree. Once again it will be the family that will make it a "Christmas" tree not "what it looks like". It definetly has a side (or two) that will be facing the window and not be "shown". Oh well, even brian says..."oops" to the sides that need help. They will get that help from lights and "homemade" ornaments!
So may you have a MERRY "CHRIST"MAS this year! May Jesus be the center of the season. May you spread His love to those around you and to all! May He be the reason you decorate, make cookies to share, sing a Christmas carol, go to candlelight service and most of all sit with your family and pray together!
merry "CHRIST"mas my friends, merry "CHRIST"mas! love and hugs
So as you look around the house...look for the things that you should cherish...but once you discover this remember they are "things" and move deeper and see the people that make up your life....that is what should be cherished.
Brian challenged me to a "Shaker" Christmas. His way to "simplify" the decor. I tend to take all the everyday items down and put a full fledge of decorations up. But this year, I listen to him and did "simple" and you know what the house still smells like Christmas, still has "items" that show it is Christmas and you know what? I am okay with it. I like the "change up" around the house. I like the "new" places for things. I thanked Brian for the challenge and now am excited for the girls to get home and see it.
This was the first year of decorating with "no girls" and I cried. I cried hard. Ruth (the dachsund) liked me as if i was a "salt block". (you know tears are salty) Brian listened, sat with me, hugged me. He knew decorating with the girls is important to me. But they will be home soon. And I survived the "shaker" decorating challenge and you know who helped me...Brian. He has never done that before, it was good for this exchange to happen. We laughed, I danced to the Christmas music, Christmas candles burned and filled the house with evergreen smell. So yes, girls, I missed you helping me, but your dad did a great job helping me, too!
A tree was found in under two minutes! Another thing Brian wanted. I did. The tree is in the garage and needs some help. But it is just a tree. Once again it will be the family that will make it a "Christmas" tree not "what it looks like". It definetly has a side (or two) that will be facing the window and not be "shown". Oh well, even brian says..."oops" to the sides that need help. They will get that help from lights and "homemade" ornaments!
So may you have a MERRY "CHRIST"MAS this year! May Jesus be the center of the season. May you spread His love to those around you and to all! May He be the reason you decorate, make cookies to share, sing a Christmas carol, go to candlelight service and most of all sit with your family and pray together!
merry "CHRIST"mas my friends, merry "CHRIST"mas! love and hugs
Saturday, November 6, 2010
I got a job, but now i have a cold....germs and children?
I am all congested and my chest is tickly...my voice is deep and i am up at 5:30 cuz i went to bed at 7:30! So do children pass germs or is this just a fall cold? I am taking Vit. D3 and lots of Echinechea with Gold seal and RESTING this weekend! My molly girl came home this weekend...yeah! but had to have a CAT scan for migranes she has been having...blah...PRAYERS!
Being an AIDE is just that "aiding those around me to help them be successful" is my definition. It is a tough job being a teacher these days...so being a blessing and being a teachers aide is rewarding. Not sure all the ways it is rewarding yet, but getting there. I have a very challenging class...9 boys and 3 girls. 8 WILD boys and 1 quiet boy and 3 quiet girls! Pray for this class please. Pray for Ryland, Ethan, Alyssa, Belle, Isabelle, Ryder, Lucca, Micah, Patrick, Jake, Jared, Paulie. these children each come from different kinds of homes....some with no dads, some with abuse, some living with one parent one weekend and the other the next, some come from typical households, some are only children...all different....all created by God. All needing love and attention and DISCIPLINE!
So pray for my teachers Amy, Aubrey and Cari....that i work with. Pray that i shine Jesus to them and those around me! Pray for God's will and direction for me and this job!
So back to the coughing and some rest this weekend! (and yes i did have a flu shot!)
Have a great weekend....fall is here is florida...jean and sweatshirt weather! cool 50's in the a.m. and in the 70's in the afternoon...lovely...just lovely.
I love God! I am blessed by His Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, and uncondtional love! and so much more....He blesses me each and everyday more than i can see! Thank you Jesus for loving me!
Being an AIDE is just that "aiding those around me to help them be successful" is my definition. It is a tough job being a teacher these days...so being a blessing and being a teachers aide is rewarding. Not sure all the ways it is rewarding yet, but getting there. I have a very challenging class...9 boys and 3 girls. 8 WILD boys and 1 quiet boy and 3 quiet girls! Pray for this class please. Pray for Ryland, Ethan, Alyssa, Belle, Isabelle, Ryder, Lucca, Micah, Patrick, Jake, Jared, Paulie. these children each come from different kinds of homes....some with no dads, some with abuse, some living with one parent one weekend and the other the next, some come from typical households, some are only children...all different....all created by God. All needing love and attention and DISCIPLINE!
So pray for my teachers Amy, Aubrey and Cari....that i work with. Pray that i shine Jesus to them and those around me! Pray for God's will and direction for me and this job!
So back to the coughing and some rest this weekend! (and yes i did have a flu shot!)
Have a great weekend....fall is here is florida...jean and sweatshirt weather! cool 50's in the a.m. and in the 70's in the afternoon...lovely...just lovely.
I love God! I am blessed by His Grace, Mercy, Forgiveness, and uncondtional love! and so much more....He blesses me each and everyday more than i can see! Thank you Jesus for loving me!
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