Happy Valentines Day!

I am having a wonderful day. I am off work. I turned the tv off for the day and have been enjoying a worship cd that I recently got from ebay. (Yes, I still LOVE ebay) My house is almost clean and I have a dinner of ribeye steaks, baked potatoes, salad, garlic parmesan monkey bread and pineapple upside down cake for dessert. I hope my two Valentines like it! I sent Jeff a super surprise to the church. I hope to have pics later to post but I cant spoil it just yet in case he reads this. Hope and pray that you all spend the day telling the ones you love just how much they mean to you. Hey, here is an idea, dont just do it today! Do it every chance you get! Praise God for being a God of LOVE!!!!!

Be sure to pause my music list on your right and listen to this beautiful music!

The Life of flowers (Жизнь цветов) from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo.

December 2011 come and gone!

This past month Jeff and I thought and prayed about how to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. Typically we, as most of the world, buy gifts for everyone and spread ourselves very thin. We attend every work, school, neighborhood and church function to eat sausage balls and spinach dip and play dirty santa with $5 gifts that no one in their right mind would even want. We usually spend way more money than we even have by way of the satanic credit card and for what? Is this really how Jesus would want us to Glorify Him? This year we would have been considered the Grinch family I guess. We attended very few parties and only bought what we could afford and only bought for a few people. It has taken us 15 years together of finally discovering that, yes, you can still have a nice holiday without all of the hooplah the world throws at you. We had a really nice time reflecting on how Jesus must have entered into this world and what a wonderful gift He is to our family. Our new year was pretty much the same with little money spent. We were invited to the home of the Gatlins and had the best time ever. I will guarantee we had just as much fun, if not more, than the richest person in Time Square watching the ball drop. We only had about $25 worth of bottle rockets and roman candles and ate soup and sat out in a field in middle Mississippi. I guess this past year, God taught me much but I will come into 2012 learning that the really important stuff doesn't cost a dime.

A night to Howl!

My son had a Halloween costume all figured out since our trip to Wrestlemania in April. No question, he was going to dress as John Cena. After all, Jeff only spent a small fortune on accessories to ensure that he would be as authentic as possible. Will waits until Saturday morning to tell me that he has now decided that John Cena just won't do and that he now needs a new costume. I have been working like crazy for about a month now and Saturday was going to be my day to do just what I wanted. Or so I thought! I left home in search of the perfect costume and after the first two stops I realized that this was not going to be easy. I don't know about everyone's town but in this town, the people are obviously crazy about Halloween costumes. I first went to Walgreen's, because after all, they advertised just that morning that I should shop there to find hundreds of costumes. Well not so at the Laurel, MS Walgreen's. Next I went to 3 Dollar Generals, Rose's dept store, Big Lots, Burkes Outlet, CVS, Dirt Cheap and then the dreaded-Wal-Mart! I might say that even the big boy (Wal-Mart) was completely out of costumes. What could I do? I had the idea of wrapping Will in muslin and letting him go as a mummy. How cool! I was going to buy him a white sweat suit, steep it in tea bags along with some muslin and fabric glue it on. This would be perfect. I was giddy just thinking about it! My plan was coming together just fine until I got a phone call from my son. I could hardly wait to reveal my plan and once I did, I got a silence on the other end of the phone. I assumed my call must have dropped because he should have been having a ticker tape parade in my honor. Then I realized he was still there. He was rather disgusted with my idea. After a long day of striking out, I went home defeated. Sunday I drove all the way to Hattiesburg where I discovered Ultimate Party and got a makeup kit. Will was going as a werewolf! Like it or not! I did want him to be the best one he could be though so I splurged and got a professional kit and hairy gloves. I think he turned out pretty cute/scary. He was pleased and that is all that mattered! We attended trunk or treat at our church and went a few other places. Many people did not even know that it was him. I guess Mom pulled it off after all!

I guess alot has happened!

Yes, a whole bunch has happened since my last blog post. Will has officially turned 10, school has started back and I am the mother of a 4th grader (which I still cant believe!!!),leaves have begun to fall and my sweet husband is now a whopping 43 years old! Life is just simply flying by and I am so blessed to be living it! God has chosen specifically to have me right here, right now and so I guess He doesn't want me to miss a minute of it either! Will actually said to me the other night-"Mom, I think I may be going through puberty." My heart sank! I didn't know that he even knew the word puberty, much less that it is something the human body "goes through". So, with much reservation I responded with the following-"How is that?". He replied "Because I have hair growing on my toes real nice and bushy like daddy's". With much relief I just laughed and checked out those hair toes of his. I do love that sweet boy of mine!

Thank God-for God!

I hate to sound like such a whiny baby-But lately I have been in some great turmoil. With anyone in particular? No, just myself I guess. I find it hard to believe that there are millions of people in this world yet it is so hard to find many good ones. (I include myself in that figure) On Sunday nights I have been teaching the children of our church about the book of Exodus. I have read this book many times and felt as if I knew all there was about it. Don't you just love how you can read from the scripture over and over the exact same verses and yet God points out different messages each time? Anyway, I got to the "wilderness experience" and found myself identifying with the children of Israel. Up to this point I saw myself as a Moses esque person- a real leader. God put a hot poker on my heart to convict me of my moaning and groaning about my situations. Right now I am absolutely in the wilderness. Now, what to do about it? Do I keep pointing out our very flawed society, the lack of trustworthy and dependable people, my current state of unhappiness? I think not. God led me to this book for a good reason. When God plagued the Egyptians, it was to make them know he was their Lord; when he provided for the Israelites, it was to make them know he was their God. After all, did I not name my blog "In ALL things, give thanks!"? Instead of fretting about the lack of true friends, may I cleave to the only friend I truly need. Thank you God for being there for me when it seems no one else is! If you happen upon this blog and do not know my precious friend Jesus. I want to tell you that if you ask Him to come into your heart, HE WILL! You wont be sorry!