Earlier today I read a devotional of the dangers of spending too much time on the net,
and not enough time in study of the Word. In total agreement, because of an unsettling feeling in me, I hit the Book!
Thankful I did. Thankful I did more tonight...searching various commentaries on the internet to explain more of what I was reading.
Mathew 5:13-17
I have to admit it was something in an e-mail ad for roses and growing that hit me.
"3-5 days of deep watering"
Truth!
But guess what-I got three communications this week from old friends!
Loving it!
Two were in my wedding!
Got a lunch date set!
I did the Facebook thingy.
More updates on gals I love from work!
Tomorrow we are going into the woods...ON BIKES!
Yesterday I did my first real workout via FIT TV!
Slightly sore thighs today!
AGHHH...hubby says its a 12 mile ride tomorrow-geocaching on bikes!
I hope they wait for me!
God is GREAT!
Best quote of the week...my Dad
He has Alzheimer's...yet he stared into my face
"you are good-looking"
then wheeled away a few feet and turned
"aren't you glad you came"
I'm thankful for much!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Fav Photo Hop
Today is pick your favorite photo and place it on the hop.
We love at least one yearly trip to Niagara Falls, especially Cave of the Winds!
Same predicament...two different perspectives!!!!
I love them both equally!!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Love and Blessing to all!
Carol
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We love at least one yearly trip to Niagara Falls, especially Cave of the Winds!
Same predicament...two different perspectives!!!!
I love them both equally!!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Love and Blessing to all!
Carol
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Recipe swap! Yum!
Okay, I am in dire need of blog help. I bet somewhere there is a "Blogging for Dummies" book out there. I did get me some tunes and made a list of blogs I want to follow that didn't have e-mail subscriptions. Twice I hit to subscribe and realized they came up on our home page. Hubby wouldn't stand for that! Live and learn...I swear that is my life motto!
But here is today's recipe for the swap! Thank you Anissa!
(Thank God I found this on my e-mail because I couldn't find it in my recipe box or tucked in one of my books)
It is Yummy!
Butterfinger Grape Salad
2 lbs. of green seedless grapes
2 lbs. of red seedless grapes
8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese (softened room temp.)
1/2 Cup of white sugar
8 oz. of sour cream
1/2 cup of chopped pecans
1/2 Cup of brown sugar
3 reg. sized Butterfinger bars-chopped
Wash and dry grapes-must be completely dry!
Mix cream cheese and sour cream into white sugar until blended.
Add grapes and mix until well coated.
Place grape mixture in 9 X 13 in. pan.
Mix chopped nuts, brown sugar and chopped Butterfinger bars together and sprinkle on top.
Refrigerate until serving.
That's it! Enjoy...looking forward to what pops up on the swap!
Have a great day...thinking I should clean the pantry out!!!!
Love and Blessings!
But here is today's recipe for the swap! Thank you Anissa!
(Thank God I found this on my e-mail because I couldn't find it in my recipe box or tucked in one of my books)
It is Yummy!
Butterfinger Grape Salad
2 lbs. of green seedless grapes
2 lbs. of red seedless grapes
8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese (softened room temp.)
1/2 Cup of white sugar
8 oz. of sour cream
1/2 cup of chopped pecans
1/2 Cup of brown sugar
3 reg. sized Butterfinger bars-chopped
Wash and dry grapes-must be completely dry!
Mix cream cheese and sour cream into white sugar until blended.
Add grapes and mix until well coated.
Place grape mixture in 9 X 13 in. pan.
Mix chopped nuts, brown sugar and chopped Butterfinger bars together and sprinkle on top.
Refrigerate until serving.
That's it! Enjoy...looking forward to what pops up on the swap!
Have a great day...thinking I should clean the pantry out!!!!
Love and Blessings!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Blog Hop Friday
Here goes....Welcome to Crazy Silly Me! This blog was created on a wintry snowed-in weekend, inspired by reading the posts of some "wise women" over at Proverbs 31 Ministry. If you saw a movie in fast motion of my past...I shouldn't have what I have. This blog represents the joy I have found through reconnecting with God after a major setback following the birth of my second daughter. It is part journal, part experimentation (forgive me!) in witnessing, and lastly, something I am just compelled to do. I confess that I severely lack in my involvement in church activities and don't have a huge circle of "girlfriends"...that is a major key to why I set up this blog. I am still growing, still moving on, working on improving relationships outside my family and stepping out through the medium of the Internet.
But...I laugh constantly, I love to dance spontaneously again, I persevere through trials with happiness in my heart, I don't remember the last time I have had a down day, and I owe it all to making God first in my life.
Thank you for taking time reading this! God Bless you!
Coincidentally, a few days ago I thought I could improve this blog through Adsense and was denied (can't blame them) for lack of traffic...so when this came up I jumped on it.
Have a great day...I have much to do for the 4th getting ready to host a family picnic tomorrow, hope to pop in and out on the blogging world. Fireworks over the bay tonight! Going to roast us some Smores! Have a great weekend!
Gotto get to work!
Love ya!
***I messed up already by not copy and pasting my link...sorry to the first Carolee
But...I laugh constantly, I love to dance spontaneously again, I persevere through trials with happiness in my heart, I don't remember the last time I have had a down day, and I owe it all to making God first in my life.
Thank you for taking time reading this! God Bless you!
Coincidentally, a few days ago I thought I could improve this blog through Adsense and was denied (can't blame them) for lack of traffic...so when this came up I jumped on it.
Have a great day...I have much to do for the 4th getting ready to host a family picnic tomorrow, hope to pop in and out on the blogging world. Fireworks over the bay tonight! Going to roast us some Smores! Have a great weekend!
Gotto get to work!
Love ya!
***I messed up already by not copy and pasting my link...sorry to the first Carolee
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The Last Thing
The absolute last thing I would do today is sew!
Not when you have a rainy day and a persistent teen who doesn't take no for an answer.
Between reorganizing our "play room" (aka sun porch) which holds all our craft supplies, games,and remnants of days of kids playing school...then going through every bit of paper work, junk mail, not to mention laundry, a dentist appointment and shopping...this is the one heck of a run-on sentence...
I fixed my sewing machine!
The sewing machine that was beyond help.
The sewing machine that didn't even have a light, was missing a bobbin holder, the cord was frayed.
The light worked.
The cord was in perfect shape.
The bobbin holder was no where to be found...my little commando remembered seeing an old sewing machine in her grandparents upstairs and her mission was successful!
The end result...
Thankful...beyond words!!!!!
Not when you have a rainy day and a persistent teen who doesn't take no for an answer.
Between reorganizing our "play room" (aka sun porch) which holds all our craft supplies, games,and remnants of days of kids playing school...then going through every bit of paper work, junk mail, not to mention laundry, a dentist appointment and shopping...this is the one heck of a run-on sentence...
I fixed my sewing machine!
The sewing machine that was beyond help.
The sewing machine that didn't even have a light, was missing a bobbin holder, the cord was frayed.
The light worked.
The cord was in perfect shape.
The bobbin holder was no where to be found...my little commando remembered seeing an old sewing machine in her grandparents upstairs and her mission was successful!
The end result...
Thankful...beyond words!!!!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Remembering
It is raining.
A tad dreary for a summer day and I have three huge piles of clothes to transfer upstairs, yet my little one is still asleep. This is the first day she has slept in since returning from camp. She has many bruises and scrapes on her now 5'11" frame.
I am letting her sleep. Oh....to be a teenager and not have guilt from sleeping late. I'm happy to oblige this teenage luxury.
Hubby is visiting his parents next door, caught in this rain shower.
I found out this morning I am truly jealous of his body pillow. I awoke early around 7 AM and just watched him sleep. But to my surprise, I watched as he rolled over and physically put a bear hug on his pillow. Granted that pillow has helped him tremendously get a better nights sleep and snore less, but when I told him what I saw he laughed and said I was jealous. Speechless...I eventually agreed.
Hey, she is up!
Anyways...I must have subscribed to Beliefnet.com sometime back. Today in my inbox was "10 Inspiring Quotes for a Depressed Heart"
I usually don't opt in on much from that website, some content just doesn't agree with the me that is me today. But today, I enjoyed reading those quotes. Years back quotes like these made me even more depressed. I was so settled into a pattern of defeated thinking that it angered me to hear uplifting messages. Yet over the these past few years I see that messages of hope said to me years ago by family, mental health professionals, and those closest to me was truth. Early this morning, before hitting this e-mail, I was thinking back on a couple things that had a definite change in my heart and mind. Truly forming an attitude of gratitude, coincidentally one of the first books to begin a change in me and the methods I learned in the book "The Papa Prayer" by Crabb.
I haven't glanced at the second mentioned book in quite awhile but basically to me "PAPA" prayer time stays the same each day.
P-Present myself before the Lord...the Lord's Prayer helps me on days and nights when I am drained.
A-Acknowledge all the blessing and praise I can muster to Him. Telling God I know He is God...all-knowing...all-present!!!!
P-Praise...more lists of all I have to be thankful for. Sometimes I drift off to sleep after this part, I have come to realize that this is all that is asked of me.
A-Ask...ask for forgiveness, ask for others, then ask for myself.
Now this is pretty much my shortened and altered version of the book but isn't that what spending time with God is all about, making it personal. Taking seeds and planting.
Well this was a little seed of me today.
I once hated much, found joy in so little.
Depression is curable.
Never dismiss something that easily gives offense one day because someday it will make the most sense of all!
WooHooo!!!! The sun is out! The child is fed...I was up early and hit the store before anyone was awake...bought a couple pastries and fruit. She is happy!
Needs being met...not falling behind...got too much to be thankful for to dwell on our current financial situation!
Update:
hhh... I pulled "The Papa Prayer" by Larry Crabb from my shelf and I have altered his version quite.
Present
Attend
Purge
Approach
I must read this book again this summer...I have a feeling I will find something new!
Thankful for hard work!
Thankful for some unexpected bucks in our pocket today!
A tad dreary for a summer day and I have three huge piles of clothes to transfer upstairs, yet my little one is still asleep. This is the first day she has slept in since returning from camp. She has many bruises and scrapes on her now 5'11" frame.
I am letting her sleep. Oh....to be a teenager and not have guilt from sleeping late. I'm happy to oblige this teenage luxury.
Hubby is visiting his parents next door, caught in this rain shower.
I found out this morning I am truly jealous of his body pillow. I awoke early around 7 AM and just watched him sleep. But to my surprise, I watched as he rolled over and physically put a bear hug on his pillow. Granted that pillow has helped him tremendously get a better nights sleep and snore less, but when I told him what I saw he laughed and said I was jealous. Speechless...I eventually agreed.
Hey, she is up!
Anyways...I must have subscribed to Beliefnet.com sometime back. Today in my inbox was "10 Inspiring Quotes for a Depressed Heart"
I usually don't opt in on much from that website, some content just doesn't agree with the me that is me today. But today, I enjoyed reading those quotes. Years back quotes like these made me even more depressed. I was so settled into a pattern of defeated thinking that it angered me to hear uplifting messages. Yet over the these past few years I see that messages of hope said to me years ago by family, mental health professionals, and those closest to me was truth. Early this morning, before hitting this e-mail, I was thinking back on a couple things that had a definite change in my heart and mind. Truly forming an attitude of gratitude, coincidentally one of the first books to begin a change in me and the methods I learned in the book "The Papa Prayer" by Crabb.
I haven't glanced at the second mentioned book in quite awhile but basically to me "PAPA" prayer time stays the same each day.
P-Present myself before the Lord...the Lord's Prayer helps me on days and nights when I am drained.
A-Acknowledge all the blessing and praise I can muster to Him. Telling God I know He is God...all-knowing...all-present!!!!
P-Praise...more lists of all I have to be thankful for. Sometimes I drift off to sleep after this part, I have come to realize that this is all that is asked of me.
A-Ask...ask for forgiveness, ask for others, then ask for myself.
Now this is pretty much my shortened and altered version of the book but isn't that what spending time with God is all about, making it personal. Taking seeds and planting.
Well this was a little seed of me today.
I once hated much, found joy in so little.
Depression is curable.
Never dismiss something that easily gives offense one day because someday it will make the most sense of all!
WooHooo!!!! The sun is out! The child is fed...I was up early and hit the store before anyone was awake...bought a couple pastries and fruit. She is happy!
Needs being met...not falling behind...got too much to be thankful for to dwell on our current financial situation!
Update:
hhh... I pulled "The Papa Prayer" by Larry Crabb from my shelf and I have altered his version quite.
Present
Attend
Purge
Approach
I must read this book again this summer...I have a feeling I will find something new!
Thankful for hard work!
Thankful for some unexpected bucks in our pocket today!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Not Me Monday
First time for everything...a blog carnival.
So what did I not do today...
hmmmm...
I didn't serve rice and chicken made with garlic and bean salsa I found in the fridge and forget to check for an expiration date.
I didn't empty the dishwasher just before dinner and use my hubby's 2X T-shirt to dry a fork.
I did clean my bathroom!!! But I didn't decorate using duct tape and a hot glue gun.
I did pick up some ice cream confections at the grocery but didn't eat the last cherry turnover!
I spent time entering contests tonight but didn't think I had a chance.
Thanks for the fun, MckMama!!!!
I do know how to blog...or do I?
Had fun!
Always hopeful!!!!
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