What is a blessing, La La?

This is the question posed to me today by my five year old granddaughter, Robin. Of course, my first reply to her was, "Well, you are, Robin Bird."  Then I proceeded to explain that our days are filled with blessings from God. As we were talking two doves landed in the yard. I just love these days when the spontaneous happens and the time you spend with your children and now in my case, my grandchildren, are the most memorable.


She went back to playing and me back to my laundry. I was grumbling a bit in my mind but then I remembered two things.. one a Bible verse...Philippians 2:14 says: Do all things without murmurings and disputings. Also, I remembered this email I received once.. you know one of those chain things. Well, this one I read. It talked about being thankful that the laundry was there because you had enough clothes, or washing dishes because you had food to dirty them up. WOW! Talk about stopping in my tracks. So, I am thankful for all that I can do because so many aren't even physically able! 
I will look at the sunrise and sunset more often and thank God it is there. I will thank Him for the sun and the rain because we need both. Praise God from whom ALL blessings come!

There IS Love.....

Can you believe it is February already? I think that God sometimes speeds things up just to be funny!

Today is my son's 19th birthday. I'm very proud of the man he is becoming. He works a stressful job. He is a volunteer fireman and is taking courses in fire science. He knows who he is and won't back down from his beliefs! He's honest and I can see him maturing day to day into someone special. It's good to be a mother! Here is a video I made for him when he turned eighteen.

I have been busy finishing Miss Truly whom you see to the left. She is my very first round head doll and to be brutally honest, her head sat around on my desk for months. I thought that off round ball might be a pincushion or perhaps be un-stuffed and thrown away. I am SO glad that I didn't do that. I picked the weird pumpkin looking thing up and started talking to it a few days ago. "What do you want to be?" "Are you a Leprechaun?" I made a nose, then a mouth. After much trouble, she started to come together. Truly turned out to be my absolute favorite doll that I have made. I almost kept her, but she has been adopted by a friend of mine and I know she has a good home!


How am I doing with the things I decided to work on for the New Year? Welllllll......... I'm doing pretty good! I have been eating better and have lost a few pounds. I have begun to take some time for me and my husband. I'm talking to God more and have stopped putting so much pressure on myself. If that basket of laundry doesn't get folded and put up, it will be there the next day! I'm not going to stress over it anymore. I can only do so much, right?  Okay, how are you all doing with your "resolutions?"


I am hoping to blog more often. I have a lot to say, but I just can't get it out for some reason. Some other bloggers make it look so easy! I'll see ya next time!

Out with the Old!!

New Year’s Reality Check Another year, another chance
To start our lives anew;
This time we’ll leap old barriers
To have a real breakthrough.We’ll take one little step
And then we’ll take one more,
Our unlimited potential
We’ll totally explore.We’ll show off all our talents
Everyone will be inspired!(Whew! While I’m writing this,
I’m getting very tired.)We’ll give up all bad habits;
We’ll read and learn a lot,
All our goals will be accomplished,
Sigh...or maybe not.Oh well, Happy New Year anyway!
Thinking about a new year and a new start, as most of us do, I realized that this past year I have reflected on my life more than any other. My husband said he'd done the same thing and we thought maybe that was what the "Mid-life Crisis" must be about. It's easy to become depressed and desensitized with all the stress that we have to deal with on a day to day basis. I have come to realize that some people deal with stress a lot better than I do! With this new found knowledge after forty-four years of life, I'm going to make the next years of my life better! I'm not making it a resolution, but better yet, a promise to myself. Here are  things I promised myself to work on. These are not necessarily in order!

1. Becoming closer to God again. I haven't walked away from the Lord, but I don't spend as much time with Him as I should. We've been through a lot as a family and I've been preoccupied with that when I should have been on my knees more. Perhaps things wouldn't have been as bad!
2. Becoming more healthy. Okay, I do have a bunch of junk in the trunk, I'll admit. However, my goal isn't to necessarily lose all the extra weight, but to eat more healthy and to start exercising more. I have two grandbabies that need me to feel better for them.
3. Taking time for me. Something else I've realized through this reflection time is that I have abused myself over the years. I should have taken time for me to read, to shop, to take a bubble bath, to sleep, to drink a cup of hot chocolate by myself, to listen to music by myself.. to be BY MYSELF at times. If you don't do this, DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I HAVE! As a result, I am a nervous wreck at times! Part of this is making my dolls. I have to quit allowing other things to get in the way of my dolls. They are ME, so this is a priority.    Take time for you and don't feel guilty about it because you will be a better person for those that you love.
4. Learn to say NO! I heard once that southern women have issues with saying no to friends and family. It's true!  I need to not be so nice. I don't need to carry guilt for saying no either! It's a lesson a lot of us need to learn!
5. Spend more time with my wonderful husband. When my husband and I got married, we started out not alone, but with his eighteen month daughter. Now, we're mid forties and have our two grandchildren living with us. I wouldn't change much, but we have never had much time together because of it. I want to make sure this changes because he and I deserve it so much! I'm going to make sure he is a priority in the new year!  

Okay, now that I have witnesses, I must do these things, right? Hehe.. now to misquote Dr. Laura.. go seize the YEAR!