living

Living requires us to step off the edge of the world each day
daring to greet the sun , life is a leap of faith!

I love to collect many things but one of my favorites is
to write down sayings, quotes, etc. I have many books
with such things that I add to daily and sometimes read
over and over.

I feel eternally grateful to step off the edge and greet the sun
and take that beautiful leap of faith that the Lord gives us
everyday no matter what it may bring. For if I don't then I
know I would not be living!!!

Jury Duty

I have been called for Jury Duty
I have been called once in my life but
got excused and that was many years ago!
I have never done this before!

they finally caught up with me I suppose
I am not sure how I feel about it I have mixed
emotions. I am nervous about it for what if it
is a case where a child or woman got hurt ( yes I know that
can happen to a man) but I am an emotional person I tear up
at the drop of a hat !( sad movies, T.V. songs ) I will do my best
I guess, there is also the chance that they won't even need me and
I will be excused! ( I am saying my prayers)

well just keep me in your thoughts!

on the road again

well since my holiday break is
officially over today ( the two weeks went
by slow & fast at the same time) I am preparing
to get back on the road I commute to my job
which is about 40 mi from my home
it's not a bad commute. my gal used to go with me
I would drop her off at school then pick her up
so I had someone with me well tomorrow that is going to
change for both of us she will be starting her new thing
at the public school ( she is scared ) and I will be commuting
by my lonesome ( ok I will be listening to the radio)
so I won't be quite a lone. I would not do this If I did not
love my job so much!

I did enjoy my break but there are things that I also
wanted to do that I ran out of time to do them. well I
get a week off in march so maybe then.

until then it's off to work I go
everyone have a safe return to work and where ever
you have to drive to.

calamity Jane

Since it was raining and pouring and
my old man was definitely snoring!
and when the weather is like this
I like to stay in and bake and watch old movies
so today I decided that is what I would do
I made my mother's sweet bread and then I
had some left over choc kisses so I made my son
his favorite peanut blossoms because I had made
my daughter her favorite Oreo truffles.

getting back to the movie I chose for my first movie
one of my all time favorites ( and I have plenty in fact
my list seems to grow!) Calamity Jane. I remember this
movie from my childhood and I still laugh and sing along
with the songs. Doris Day happens to be one of my favorites and
this particular movie is my favorite of hers.

I love all kinds of movies ( OK I don't like scary horror movies)
I like love stories, mysteries, musicals, comedies, drama. Disney movies

the bread and cookies came out fine, the movie was fun
and then I listened to the pouring rain it does at times
make a beautiful sound. I thought I would
get away from not going out in it but wouldn't you know
I had to pick my gal up from a birthday party!

well that's a mom for you.

SEND FORTH

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me,
let them bring me to your holy mountain to the place where
you dwell.
psalm 43:3


I felt this appropriate as my daughter made the decision
to leave her Christian school and return to the public high school
why did she decide this? well, she said for the past few months she
has been feeling a calling in her heart from the Lord that she needed to evangelise
to teenagers her age, she felt that she could not make a difference
at her Christian school because her fellow students get it and she
wants to make a difference so she put her trust in the Lord and
asked for his Guidance and over the holiday break the good Lord
gave her the answer. she is answering his calling and returning
this semester(actually this Monday) back to the public high school and hoping to make a difference even if only in one students life.

I am so proud of her for many reasons, she worked hard to get into the
Christian school she was attending, it is 40 miles from where we live and we made the
sacrifice, and she made some good friends there. I know that this decision
was not made lightly but my gal never does anything with out seeing it through
granted she has friends here at the public high school and hopefully she will have a few
classes or lunch with some of them. but she is going back to a big campus

for the past year she has been used to small classes and even having a religion
class everyday, now she will be in bigger classes, crowded and not having religion
class on a daily basis, though she is nervous she is determined to answer the lord's calling
and see this through like she told me " she has to give it a try cause she does not want to
go through her life wondering what if" she also told me God has "her back" and if she is meant to return to another Christian school he will help her get there again.

I am in awe because she is so mature at her age when I was 15 I was not strong in my
convictions of faith the way she is. so watching my gal grow with this is just so breath taking
sometimes I cannot even express I just get all teary eyed with pride.

please keep my gal in your prayers while she makes this transition and
that she will make a difference in someone's life by teaching them to trust & believe in the Lord.

gadgets

Music boxes do you remember them?
how you bought one and it played an old
song or had a ballerina dancing in it.
I believe you can still by them somewhere

I have not been in the blog sphere lately because
I have been in the sphere of gadgets
actually extremely en thralled in this technology
of a music box called an IPOD!!!

I had one before it was known as a mini
and my children had put all the music in it
for me. it had a short battery life.(that is apple
for you!) I received a new and improved one
as a gift for Christmas and though my kids have been my tutor
they tell me I must learn how to work these gadgets

was I up for the challenge? not really but the competitive side in me
now had something to prove especially to my children that I am capable
of putting my favorite music into this music box!

so for the past few days I have been sorting through our cd's
(boy, do we have a lot!!!) and using an " I tunes card" that allows
you to buy songs from the i tunes library. this new box of mine
i am told can hold up to 20,000 songs ( which I will never reach!)
I can put videos, photos, download pod casts etc.

I have searched through and complied lists of my favorites
from days of old like Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, old Blue eyes,
to Jazz/ Blues/ Country/Christian / Pop/ Rock/ Folk/ instrumental
and everything in between!!

In doing this I have felt like a zombie of sorts, loafing around
in baggy comfy sweats, no make-up, no brushing hair
It consumed me, I did get my songs in the music box !!
( it is really not that hard at all)

I decided I desperately needed some pampering a trip to
my hair dresser. she always makes me feel good when she
shampoos and cuts and puts highlights in my hair!

I am still learning this music box it just like learning the computer
(many things I still do not know) sometimes it's such a challenge to keep
up with! I ask you what ever happened to the days of a transistor radio.
or 8 track tape player, or better yet playing your old lp's on your stereo?
before CD'S and satellite radio? my teenagers have informed me the correct term
for Lp's is "vinyl"

I contemplated, if all this new technology is supposed to be less difficult then why
oh why does it seem more difficult, and sometimes scary? we lived without these
conveniences (cell phones, computers, Ipods) could we manage again with out them
now? Probably, but then we would not be able to blog without the computer,
call where ever we are without a cell phone,and yes even put your favorite music
in one little gadget of a music box called an IPOD!

for those of you who have one
what's in your Ipod?

2007

2007 time square ball


2007

In the last few days as we get ready to
welcome the new year of 2008
I have been kind of reflecting about
what the year had brought in and out of my life
this past year.

It started off last January on a sad note for
at the beginning of the year I was attending one
of my uncles funerals and as most of you
know in Nov I was doing that same thing
for my aunt.

I was always raised for every death there is
a birth and in my family we were blessed
twice by the birth of my great nephew in April
and my great niece in August.

I also went through some moments of uncertainty
about many things in my life some that affected me and
some that affected my family the main one was what my eldest
sister went through with her 7 heart bypass which she
is still in the recovery process but I am blessed that she
is doing well. and I thank my sisters who took good care
of her during this time.

the other was being my nephew was sent overseas and
it was hard on the family but thank the Lord he returned
home safe and sound.

I was introduced to the world of blogging and have
learned to enjoy expressing my "expressions"
and must say thanks to those who take the time
to read (some of my craziness at times!!)

I reconnected with my brother's two daughters and
their children and I am so blessed to have done so
we have been having some fun times that I know will
continue and it feels so good to have them in our life.
I know my brother and mother would be
so pleased about this. it is a connection that I plan on
having stay constant throughout my life time. ( I hope the girls
want it too!)

My husband and I have kind of reconnected in some ways
(not that we were ever disconnected) but sometimes with
the constant of daily living, couples tend to get a bit side tracked
and this year we made it a priority to not get so side tracked
from each other which has been wonderful cause we have taken
a few little "mini road trips" A.K.A. "weekend getaways" and
we are closer and still enjoy each other's company( good thing to
know cause in a few years the kids will be out of the house!)

I tried to go back to school, math not my best subject but
I still one day plan on returning. so until then I am
taking craft classes and fun things like that.

I returned to the work force and was blessed to end up
with a job I love and work with wonderful women.

I turned 45 and seemed to be alright with it
I am starting to be comfortable with the skin I am in
(so to speak, I just need to be more diligent in getting
there)

2007 taught me so many things and I am glad
I hope that 2008 will do the same.

2008

What I know for sure:

I will become a great aunt again very soon in the new year
I will be celebrating 25 years of marriage to my best guy friend
I will watch my son graduate from high school and then off to college in fall
I will see my daughter get her Driver's license!
I will see one of my sisters retire from teaching after 30 + years

what I hope to accomplish in 2008
make more time for myself ( physically and emotionally)
family togetherness
have fun
enjoy life.
keeping in touch with my friends
keep on sharing my expressions

so I am looking forward to what 2008 will bring
and my wish for everyone who reads this is that
2008 will bring them all they wish for.
and for a happy and blessed new year.


HAPPY NEW YEAR