Tuesday's Prayer Link Up

Back at it again!  Tuesday Prayer Link up!

Just join the link up and leave your prayer request in the comments or in your blog post or with the hosts via their email addresses and expect a miracle!  I am! 

This morning was the first alert I have received in a long time for  tornadoes- The red button kind.  Not yellow or the weekly test!  Red!
So, for me I am asking for peace during storms and continued  rest as well!

What is on your mind?

Beauty and the Beast of Dry Erase Calendars

I decided to name this post "Beauty and the Beast" of dry erase calendars because I could not stand my last one and I love my new one!

With the new year here, I was ready to make a new calendar for the wall outside the kitchen.  I wanted it to be better than the one I had which was a store purchased dry erase.  I also wanted it to be a picture frame calendar so I could have an excuse to get some new chalkboard markers.  I also knew I wanted it to be blue and green to match the blue walls in parts of my home.  So with the stage set, I began! As a side note, how many pictures are too many for a tutorial?  I guess we will find out!

 Picture #1...

I am just taping some paper down to use as the background for the stencil

Excited to take part in Friendship Friday Link-Up!

I am linking up for the first time with Create with Joy and many others to participate in Friendship Friday where I am checking out other blogs and just dropping in to say Hi!  

Have a great weekend and see if you can make a new friend!



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Favorite Joke Friday # 2

Make me laugh! {right now}

OK, it's Friday- Whoot, Whoot!  Can I get an AMEN!  

So glad there is a Friday in every week...

Well, that means Fave Joke Friday, where I get to tell silly jokes, have readers add some of their own silly jokes( got a real cute one last week in the comments section that made me chuckle) and laugh like a 4 year-old school girl while my husband wonders if he should really be encouraging  me or keeping his distance!  If you have some cute, funny ones, let me know and eventually there will be a list of some to pick and choose from to tell your little one(s) on the way home from school or something.  All right, here is what I got!

Week 3 of Tuesday's Prayer link up!

Today is Tuesday and that is exciting for me because I get to link up with other like-minded ladies to pray with and encourage each other.  Feel free to link up and have some encouragement while you are at it!

I can personally say that the past 2 weeks that I have been involved have been miraculous to say the least!  I have seen God do some great things and mostly just help me to have more peace and rest!  His rest!  The good kind!

Hope you find some Joy!

Change is Imminent!

Blog Intent (for now)

What exactly do I mean when I say Change is Imminent?  Thanks for asking.  I will tell you.  I guess this is my blog intent so to speak.  So I will lay it out for you in case there is confusion on my part.  I have been blogging for under 2 months and I really enjoy it.  I hope to continue to make new friendships and get in more link ups and get exposed to more creative people/things as I go.  I do have to say that if my blog is a reflection of me as a person- there will be some change so I may as well get it out in the open now.  For instance, there is not a week that goes by where I don't move a piece of furniture around in my home (poor husband).  I like to see what things look like in different corners and in different rooms.  I also have been doing lots of research and trying to come up with a blog that will be inviting and not straining on the eyes etc.  I have been drawn to many blogs and have not been able to figure out why.  Is it Jesus in them? Is it that they have a nice smile and cute kids?  Or is it the layout? Hmmmm.  Got me to thinking!

FAVORITE JOKE FRIDAY

Make me laugh! {right now}

OK, so I love silly, old but funny jokes and thought that I would try to share some of my old favorites!  Some are ones I grew up repeating, others I have learned along the way, but regardless, I am going to share them with y'all.  I know, I know, jokes- the gifts that keep on giving.  So here goes! And let me remind you that I am in no way a jokespert!  You know, a joke expert.  I just wanted to give a laugh while I took one for myself! 

Cycling to keep me moving

 Let's Ride~~

full class due to those pesky New Year's resolution people- wink wink

 Tuesday Prayer link up!

It is Tuesday and that means Tuesday's Prayers Link Up {Week 2} is in full effect!  Feel free to link up, meet others and receive some great prayer while you are at it.  See you there!

Knowing Your Value {what I learned from a shawl}

The shawl 

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Thankful for Thursdays BUT glad it's FRIDAY!

So glad to be able to breathe...Ahhhh!

I do mean that literally and not just in relation to Christmas being over.  Here is why.  My husband has just gotten over bronchitis, thankfully the twins and I did not catch it but unfortunately we caught just about everything else.  

He got sick initially from eating 2 stupid donuts from a food chain that shall remain nameless because I still shop there but for obvious reasons will never buy their pastries again!  So needless to say we stayed at home for Christmas and started a new tradition of eating frozen pizza and watching Netflix...It was quite fun.  Next time I will try to load up on POPDUDS, (milk duds+popcorn= LOVE), so good.

Psalms 91...my favorite

Protection, Peace, Safety, Provision, Angelic Guidance...You Name It!

I love reading and listening to the Psalms and often I get stuck there for months at a time.  I am not sure why or how, there is just something I really love about them.  There are times when I feel exactly like David did as he poured his heart out to God and times when I feel glad not to be in the same position or remotely close to the agony he felt.  

I along with my older sister and brother were made to repeat the whole chapter every morning on the way to school.  We started with one verse and worked our way up.  I don't know how long it took for us to get all of Psalms 91 memorized but eventually it happened.  

For some reason my mother thought this Psalm was necessary for us all to know.  20 years later I still love this Psalm so much.  It holds promises in every area of life.  God is promising to keep us safe when everything around us looks shaky.  He is promising to send his Angels out on our behalf to keep us safe.  He is telling us we have eternal life and salvation and he will prove it to us.  

I still run this scripture over in my mind almost everyday and I really wish I still had the entire thing memorized but I always get thrown off around the 10th verse or so.  I really should take the time to re-memorize it just to get in the habit of saying it to myself every day again especially with everything that is going on around us.  

For me, it is too stressful and draining to watch the local news and  keep track of all the murders, robberies and wrong-doings on a daily basis.  I try to limit myself to watching the national news as they focus more on things everyone needs to know and less on bad and fearful news to keep people hooked while their ratings go up.  

Me not watching the news is not going to keep bad things from happening but it will keep me from ruminating about those things in my mind. 

I would rather ruminate over the promises of God's good health for me and peace as I sleep and have faith that he will keep his word concerning me and my family and all others that put their trust in him.

What scriptures give you the most comfort and guidance and peace in the midst of storms?                                                                                                                                 

Christmas from the Heart...not the wallet!

     While growing up, I remember Christmas time was more of a stress and struggle than a fun, relaxing time of the year.  I wish this were not the case but it was. Now that I am older and have kiddos, I decided to make this time of the year happy, stress-free and a really fun and happy time to just be, and to also instill in my kids, great memories and traditions they can carry on for generations.  

     Part of the fun is not getting too serious about everything.  Until this year, we never put up decorations and we have lived in our great neighborhood for like 8 years.  Part of it was the cost, time, thought of injury from falling off of a roof and maybe just laziness!  Now with little ones, everything seems to have a new meaning to it.  We have shopped for presents and keep telling the kids that they can open what is under the tree when Christmas comes in a week etc. We try to get them excited over the presents that mommy, daddy and Jesus bought them!  

     It seems to be working so far.  I hate to think that down the line our excitement to give them gifts may turn into a demand letter from Santa when they are 10.  Either way I know a few skills and hope to teach them to the kiddos as they grow older, to make the Christmas season fun and happy and about gifts from the heart and not the wallet! That is why I am so excited to teach them some of the crafts I enjoy as they get a little bigger!

In Edmond at the MAC or multi- activity center, teaching  soap  making to little ones!

All set? Here we go!

OK, let's start by saying I never quite understood blogging and  what it was about, for the most part.  Was it for people who had a bad experience and wanted to bash someones customer service?  Was it for people who wanted to tell you all about their life with no interest in yours.  Was it for people who wanted to sell you something?  I am unsure, but nevertheless I am now officially writing one.  Recently, I have become a stay at home mom of twins(boy and girl-whoo-hoo) and I have some spare time on my hands in between all of the chores, diapers (theirs, not mine) and many other things involved in being in the home 24/7.  Even though there is a lot to do, there is also time to sit and read (finally...thank you Jesus!) write, surf the net etc.