Dreams, do they mean anything at All?

I have been dreaming, what seems to be the same dream, just slightly different, over and over again. I am not one to make anything out of my dreams, nor have I even thought about it before.

For about a month now, I have had this dream, it seems to be slightly different each night, but it comes often. This dream started out with a man watching me, he is off in the distance, I never see his face. He is tall with dark hair, that is all I can pick out. I feel as if I am always looking over my shoulder, and when I do, I see him their. On Saturday evening, he got closer, I was running, trying very hard to get away from him. I woke up shacking and very afraid! After a few minutes, I finally calmed myself down and went back to sleep.

Saturday evenings, I only get a few hours of sleep before I am off to work. It had only been two hours into my sleep, when I started dreaming this dream. My alarm went off a hour later, I found my boy asleep in my bed. I told him his dad would be home from work soon that he need to get up and get in his own bed. My room is very dark at night, when I got up to turn the light on. (I was still a little shaken from my dream) I went to reach for the light and ran right into a man. I screamed with all my might!! It was my husband! Goodness, did that scare me. He got a big chuckle out of my scream, he was still laughing about it last night. He heard me tell my son to get in his own bed, and realized I couldn't see him. (Very Funny) He decided to freeze to see what I would do. I told him after church why it scared me so bad when I felt his body.

Monday morning I had gotten up very early, I exercised, cleaned my house and got my twin boy's off to school. It was around 7:50 a.m. I had already made breakfast for Bo, Josh and Ethan, (I kept my grandson's over night) so they were off playing. I didn't have to take them to school for a while so I thought I'd just lay down for a minute! I feel asleep and this time the man in my dreams was at my door. He had a bike helmet on and was reaching out for me. I screamed and must have woke myself up again, I had only fallen asleep for 10 minutes. I am sure this dream means nothing at all but it sure has me praying it will just go away. Last night was calm, no dreams that I remember came of my sleep.

Anywhoooo, what's and where's, now you all know more about the silly things that have happening in my life Silly dreams, geaaasaeooopeats.

In case any of you were wondering if this was a real word?
It's not really but here is words made out of it. Oh man, I think I'm crazier then I thought.

geaaasaeooopeats.


Geasa is an Irish Celtic metal band. Geasa's style is a combination of traditional Irish Music with the Black Metal. In Celtic mythology, a Geas (pl. Geasa) is a vow or obligation (see Geas), but can also be a spell, curse, or even a taboo.

peat (pēt) Pronunciation Key
Partially decayed vegetable matter, especially peat moss, found in bogs. The low levels of oxygen and the acidic environment in bogs prevent the degradation of peat. Peat is burned as fuel and also used as fertilizer.

Laying Aside Pleasing People

Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? I would not be a servant of Christ. Galations 1:10

Trusting in God involves the loss of our agendas, our flaming torch, so that we die to our inclination to live a lie, It requires forfeiting our rigid, self-protective, God-dishonoring ways of relating in order to embrace life as it is meant to be lived:in humble dependence on God and passionate involvement with others.

At times, I feel as if I am bent to live for people's approval. How am I suppose to run my race to the glory of God when I am always looking around to see if others are pleased with the way I talk or look or perform my daily duties. Sometimes, I feel as if I am always trying to seek acceptance from others, instead of being a God pleaser, I am a people pleaser. I am really trying to grow in this area!

Nancy Groom writes: Approval junkies live as hostages to outher people's opinions and judgemnts regarding their thoughts, motives, feelings, or behaviors. Approval seekers look good:they have to...But people-pleasing isn't godly, nor is it healthy. Appeasers usually end up feelings used, unappreciated, and driven to become all thigs to all people in order to maintain their inmage and receive continued approval. They appear giving but in fact they are enslaved to their instiable need to be admired.

At times I think I give into peer preasure because I have a fear of man, instead of a fear for God. I hate to admit it but it would be a lie if I said I NEVER fall into peer preasure. My need to want to be liked has lead to gossip and course joking in the past. I have really been working on this area of my life.

In 1 Thessalonians 2 2-12 Paul gives me a perfect example of how I should live my life. Vs 2 Paul shard the gospel even though he had strong opposition.

Vs 4 Paul says we are not trying to please men, we are trying to please God who test our hearts.

Paul also wrote, "I am a free man and own no master;but I have made myself every man's servant, to win over as many as possible" ! Cor. 9:19

Paul didn't want them to look upon him as being great but he wanted them to know how great God is. If I could replace my approval-seeking tendencies, I could more openly share my faith with others.

I want to not be a people pleaser but have a love for people. John 13:34-35 Tells me to love one another so people will know Christ is in me. Love is an action : to love is to serve. 1 Thes. 5:14-15 Tells me I am to encouage and help the weeker brother, I need to warm them with love and patients. Hebrews 10:23-25 Tells me to spur one another towards love. Encourage each other, meet together.

In order to do this, I need to fix my eyes on Jesus. The Lord deeply loved and ministered to people, but He never com-promised the truth or His mission because of what people might think.

Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus disciples were upset with the crowd Jesus was with. Jesus told them He has come not to call the righteous but the sinners to repentance.

The Lord cared deeply about the Lost. He didn't care that everyone was looking for Him. He cared about lost souls.

It is not easy to lay aside my people pleasing. It is a slow process, but I'm beginning to experience the incredible freedom of letting go of that weight in my life. I am trying to fix my heart on pleasing only God, when doing this I find that I can give myself to others in ways that I never could before, when I was intent on their approval. I want to be sensitive and open to others' opinion of me, but I no longer become paralyzed because I haven't pleased everyone I am around each day.

Lord, help me to grow even more in this area of my life

A blessed weekend to all of You!

It is not often that I don't have anything to write about or say, but I really don't. I did get a letter from Aaron but I think I'll wait and post it another day.

I am going to my house cleaning job and then my motor route today, I'll be heading off to my son and daughter-in-laws this evening for pizza and a movie. Family time!

Here's wishing you all a blessed and safe weekend!

Yippee My Turn

Okay I already read this to Lori, she said post it Mom.
I had the privilege of hearing from AJ.

Hey Grandma,Grampa and all

Hows everyone. I am doing fine. Its pretty fun here when where not working out.LOL Its kind of like High School with evil teachers that make you work out. (this boy is so funny).
We had to get a shot in the butt, and it hurt for like 4 days. I could hardly get in and out of my bunk.
Love you and tell everyone else HI.

As soon as we got he letter we all stood around it while I read it. You would have thought it was from the President or something.

Well he is a very important person our AJ and we all love him a lot.

Hope all of you are doing fine!

L's MaMa

Video of my Worship Team & Chris Tomlin - How Can I Keep From Singing

I am sitting here preparing for next Sunday's Worship. This is a new song we are going to introduce to our congregaton.

This has given me such great joy this morning. Just knowing how much my Savior loves me and is with me at all times.

I am loved by the King!

I can't believe I can upload video's from my home computer now. This was only a test but this is my worship band from a year ago. A few of the singer's have changed but this is GREAT! I'm going to try to upload our Singspiraton. What a wonderful day this is turning out to be and it is only early still. I am the dark haired lady that is singing alto in this song.

The singer's from left to right are: Jack, Joe, Maria, Lori (Me) and Jeff. I'm not the one in the choir J. but the lady with the red shirt and black skirt on.

The last of my vacation Pictures!

Our first day and our last evening in South Carolina was spent on the beach. We only spent one day on the beach because we all got a bad sunburn the first day. Way to much fun in the sun, but t was a beautiful day! It was around 80 and hardly a cloud in the sky. Thursday evening was great also! My husband and the kids went swimming but I just at on the beach and relaxed. It was a little windy out, which made the Ocean come alive. B.C., Jess and the grandchildren fished off the long pier. Someone had caught a baby Shark a few days before we got to S.C. so B.C. and Josh were trying to catch one too. After we were all done, we ate at a restaurant at the other end of the pier. We sat outside on the deck, it was around 9:00 p.m. It was just so wonderful. That evening will be sketched in my memory for a long time. We did a few other things on our trip but I wrote about the most exciting things we did.
This was our first day on the beach. What a beautiful day the Lord provided for us.
My children in the Ocean, Thursday evening.
I threw this in with the ocean pictures because it is a bridge they made not to long ago.
This didn't come out so clear but this was the beautiful evening on the beach.
Peaceful moment!
This is the pier that we ate on.

I can't wait to go back to South Carolina again. I think next year we are going to rent a house on the beach. That way we can to out on the beach a little at a time instead of spending way to much time the first day and paying for it the rest of your vacation.

We were taken on a tour of the city on evening. I have never been in a convertible before so this was a real treat for me.
The evening were so beautiful.
The bridge at night.

Just another lovely evening.

My day and a letter from my Boy!

I had three very special young people over today. One was my grandson Ethan and the other two were a dear friend of mines son's. Dominic (4) and Christian (2) I picked them all up after I dropped Bo off at the bus stop today. We did many special things today! We made cookies, watched Jungle book, played outside, and ate lunch together. I had all of them for three fun hours! I only worked one job today so I could get home in time to pick Bo up from soccer. I did pick Ethan back up after my route so he could spend the night tonight.

As I write all of this, my husband comes to my mind! How blessed I am to have a man that works hard so I can be at home in the mornings and get my grandchildren and adopted grandchildren. I can take time off of work and not have to worry if our bills will be paid. I have a husband that is willing to work two jobs and never complain so I can do the things I love to do so much. God has blessed me with a loving, sweet, kind husband. He has blessed me with a man that is always building me up not tearing me down. What more could I ask for in a man? I am very happy with the one the Lord has blessed me with. I am a very happy and blessed woman.

I have been watching the mail every day for another letter from Aaron. I finally received one today. Made me about cry again!

This is what he wrote:

Hey Everyone,

How's everyone doing? Doing fine here. It gets hard at times because people never shut up. We have IT'd 4 times a day and were not even on 1-1 day of training yet. Food is really good. Marching is kind of fun at times. I am one of the only ones who can make their bunks in the time limit, 12 mins, and not get in trouble. Well, I'm out of time so I love you all and I'll see you in 2 months.

I believe Grad is near October 30.

See Ya later,

Aaron

P.S. Say Hi to Jake and ALL. (Neighbor kids and all his friend's)

It wasn't much and I didn't understand half of it, but it sure helps me as a mom to get through this time, just knowing he is alright. Two months seems like such a long time.

Kriispy Cream Donut factory & The Naval Museum

(Thanks all for the heads up about the pictures not showing up, I reposted them. )

My husband and I got the kid's up at 6:00 a.m. one morning on our vacation, to go watch the Krispy Cream donuts being made. We thought they only made the donuts first thing in the morning. My daughter-in-law informed me the next evening that their family went at 7:00 p.m. and they were still making donuts and still handing out fresh donuts to try. LOL! I didn't tell my children we woke them up that early for no reason. Well, I don't know why my family puts up with my silly requests but they all put on those Krispy Cream hats and let me take their picture.
(I don't think Aaron was to happy with me) (Life is way to short not to bring as much joy to it as possible)


We also visited the Naval Museum in South Carolina. It was a very hot and steamy out the day we went. We had the most amazing tour guide! It was my son B.C. and his beautiful wife Jess, they both served in the Navy. I felt like I had first hand information as I toured the ship.


You can read about my son's Navy day's here.
Living for the simple things in life: My Son's days in the Navy




This is my oldest son B.C. and his lovely wife Jess.
The Ship we went aboard.
Two of my son's and two of my grandson's.
Bo and Josh inside the Navy ship.
Last but not least me and my precious granddaughter Jenna.

Angel Oak Tree and some picture from our Vacation

While we were on Vacation in South Carolina, we visited the Angel Oak tree, said to be the oldest living thing in America. We visited many other places while in Charleston S.C. I'll post all the pics and write about our vacation this week. It was a lot of fun having all my kids (6) and Grandchildren (3) plus my lovely daughter-in-law, together on our vacation.

Angel Oak/Scarlet's Tree Reportedly the oldest thing -- living or man-made -- east of the Rockies, Angel Oak is a live oak tree aged approximately 1,500 years. Some locals simply call it The Tree. It stands in a wooded area along Bohicket Road of John's Island outside Charleston, South Carolina. Angel Oak is a live oak. It is native to the low country and is not very tall but has a wide spread canopy. Lumber from the live oak forests in the sea islands was highly valued for shipbuilding in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Angel Oak stands on part of Abraham Waight's 1717 land grant. Mr. Waight owned several plantations. The City of Charleston now owns Angel Oak. There is no charge to view the tree and is a must see when visiting Charleston, South Carolina. The City of Charleston now owns Angel Oak.
This is the back view of the tree.
Some of the branches.

Front view of the Angel Oak.
This is me and my boy Bo.
My boy's minus one!
Me and my handsome Hubby.
My daughter Bec!

A Letter from Aaron & Grandma's Hands ( Deep)

I've been very busy and a little down these last few weeks since my boy left for the Navy. It is very hard, going from mothering someone for the last almost 18 years, to letting go and allowing him to grow up and become a man. You would think after my 3rd child left home, I would be used to this. Well, it doesn't get easier! I still have 3 to go!! Yikes, I'll be falling apart by the time little Bo leaves home. Things are just now getting back to normal around here, since Aaron left. I know he has to grow up and become the man the Lord wants him to be. I'm good with that, I'll just miss him. Instead of crying all the time now, I'm down to just being weepy eyed a few times a day. I went from having Aaron and his friends around all the time to nothing.

We had a great summer together as a family! We vacationed in South Carolina and did many other things as a family. We created many memories for our children. I took a long time off from blogging (Thanks mom for blogging in my place and thank you all for your prayers) but I wanted to spend as much time as possible with Aaron
and my other children before Aaron left home and my children went back to school. Yesterday was their first day back in school.

We received a letter from Aaron yesterday, it wasn't much but it was enough to let us know he was doing alright.

This is what he wrote,

Hey everybody,
I'm doing fine. Still in P-Days, had to wait for some more recruits to
come. I was picked for a 900 division. My division is called State
Flags. Love you all and miss you. See you after ATC.

I'll be honest, I can't wait to see my boy again!

As I was going through my emails, I came across this on Grandma's Hands. My mom sent it to me a few weeks ago.

Grandma's Hands

Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn't move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands. When I sat down beside her she didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if she was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb her but wanting to check on her at the same time, I asked her if she was OK.

She raised her head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking," she said in a clear strong voice.

"I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandma, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK," I explained to her.

"Have you ever looked at your hands?" she asked. "I mean really looked at your hands?" I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and t hen palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point she was making.

Grandma smiled and related the following story:

"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years.

"These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life. They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots.

"They held my husband and wiped my tears when he went off to war. They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent.!

"They were uneasy and clumsy when n I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special.

"They wrote my letters to him and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse. They have held my children and grandchildren, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn't understand. They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body.

"They have been sticky a nd wet , bent and broken, dried and raw. And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer.

"These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of life. But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ." I will never look at my hands the same again. God reached out and took my grandma's hands and led her home. When my ha nds are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children and husband I think of Grandma. I know she has been held by the hands of God. And I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.

Thank You

Thank You to everyone for making me feel welcome on Lori's blog.
Plus a Special Thank You for Praying for Lori and AJ, plus our Beckie who is now gone again. They are each loved a whole lot and they both know Jesus and He will guide them in their lives.
I had the privilege to talk to Lori on Saturday. She seemed much better. yet I know she really needs us to continue to Pray for her and that she will hear AJ's voice on the telephone very soon.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I hope I can talk to Lori tomorrow. (Smile)

L's MaMa

Still Waiting

Thought each of you would like to know that Lori is still waiting to hear from AJ.
Please continue to Pray for her, this is a time when we have to let go, but it hurts to let our precious children out of the nest and on their own. To know we are not needed as much, and if we are, we don't know it because our children are worried someone might just think they are Mommy's babies. (smile) (as we did)
The reason she has not heard from him... Well the day he left there were storms everywhere, so flight did not leave, then a continuation of storms for several days left him grounded.
Lori was actually able to see him, take him to dinner and bring him home for a few hours. Making it harder to let go. It has been nice weather for at least one day so now it is the wait to see if he is able to fly out or if he has arrived at his destination.
Plus sweet daughter came home for a week and lori had to let her go again.
It is so hard on family, it is a good thing for children to grow up, yet it is also so hard to step aside.
I shared with her that even though she is grown, has children, a husband I still feel as though she is my baby. Our children are always loved deep in our hearts.
As God loves us we love them.
He Loves us, corrects us, and never lets us go beyond where he wants us to be. Even though we grow up, at least we think we do. We never grow up enough to be without our Heavenly Father. How much it must have hurt Him to watch His only son JESUS be the penalty for our sins. Yet with so much Love He let go for only seconds, We know the verse My God, My God why has though forsaken me? Not forsaken yet the sin on Jesus was far more than God could look at. He did all that for His Love for us.
I see the picture as I look at a Parent's love. As God placed that in our hearts His LOVE.

I will let you know or Prayerfully Lori will hear soon and let us know where our AJ is. Please continue to Pray for AJ as his new life is beginning.

Lori's MaMa

Prayer Please for someone very special

Just a note to ask for Prayer for Lori as she will miss AJ so much, as we all will. He will be serving our country and that means all of us.
He is a Blessing to his family, and to his Grandma and Grandpa who will also miss him very very much.
I can't say enough of how very proud we are of him and I know how much Lori looks at him with nothing but pride and Thankfulness to our Lord for how much he blesses her with all her children but at the moment AJ.

Please say a Prayer for Lori and for AJ as he begins his new life.

L's MaMa and AJ's Grandma who will miss him too!

Do You Remember When?

When a quarter was a decent allowance?

Nobody owned a purebred dog?

All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?

It took five minutes for the TV warm up?

Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?

Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?

All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?

You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?

And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?

It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?

They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . . and they did?

When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise,
peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?

No one ever asked where the car keys were
because they were always in the car,
in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?


Lying on your back in the grass with your friends
and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a "
and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?

And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace,and share it with the children of today?

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?

Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.


Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy,

Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery,

the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows,

Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.


As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.

Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?


I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on. To remember what a double dog dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.

How many of these do you remember?

Candy cigarettes

Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside

Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes

Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum

Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

Newsreels before the movie

P.F. Fliers

Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601). Party lines

Peashooters

Hi-Fi's

45 RPM records

78 RPM records!

Green Stamps

Metal ice cubes trays with levers

Mimeograph paper

Beanie and Cecil

Roller-skate keys

Cork pop guns

Drive ins

Studebakers

Washtub wringers

The Fuller Brush Man

Reel-To-Reel tape recorders

Tinkertoys

Erector Sets

The FortApache Play Set

Lincoln Logs

15 cent McDonald hamburgers

5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum

Penny candy

25 cent a gallon gasoline

Jiffy Pop popcorn

Do you remember a time when...

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?

Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?

It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?

Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?

Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?

"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?

Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?

War was a card game?

Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?

Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!

They Are on Their Own

The House Finch

As you most likely know I have been enjoying the birds in the nest. Yesterday I was able to capture another picture and today they flew away.

Reminds me of parents when we teach our children as much as we can about life and God, letting them make their own decision to accept Jesus into their hearts.
Then it is time to let them out on their own. With many Prayers for them to keep all the good things that we have tried to instill into our children throughout their growing years.

As we have had the honor to do even with all our mistakes we know that we tried to
TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. Proverbs

Looks like Mother bird did the same as God intended.


L's MaMa

L's MaMa

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN

It was our turn to spend some time with AJ. And we had so much fun. We like to fish so we had the whole weekend to fish with AJ.

I Prayed for sunshine,at least no rain, even though the forecast called for rain. I prayed AJ would catch a nice fish too. We also saw the game warden was out and about. No problem we had everything under control. Right!

God had everything under control, we had NO RAIN, absolutely beautiful weather, warm sunny sky's. That big fish well it never happened until after the game warden stopped and ask for all our into. AJ told him the truth about his age. Yikes wrong... we were wrong about the age he had to be for a fishing license. Yet God changed the heart of the warden and he let it go since we really were clueless as to the actual age and of course this young man is going to serve our Country.

Well still no big fish, dark out and ready to go in, leaving the next morning and low and behold the big one hit. YES! he got it, that was awesome and we were all Thanking God.

Remember The Truth will set you FREE! Our little daughter quoted the scripture after AJ told this man the Truth. Awesome.

We not only caught fish but had a bonfire, went swimming in the Lake. That was a new one for me since I have not been in the Lake to swim in a long time. Well actually I had a life jacket on to avoid the seaweed to get to the deeper part, plus I am not the best swimmer in the world. Actually doggie paddle would be what you call it.

I had to Post and let all of you know How Awesome our God is, I know sometimes we get sidetracked and forget to give Praise....Today is Praise to our Lord and Savior for his many Blessings and Thanking Him for allowing us the opportunity to spend some good quality time with our grandson.

L's MaMa who is still smiling.

God's Little Blessings

We have so enjoyed this I thought it would be nice to share.
In the spring we had this same bird have babies, before I was able to take the nest down she now has new babies.

Here is a funny from MaMa

Hi Everyone
Lori is a little better so please continue to Pray for her. Thankfully she was not sick while on vacation.
Not sure if I will blog on my own or not I enjoy reading the blogs.
Okay here is one of MaMa's funnies. I really enjoyed this myself and
I could just imagine the looks a person would get trying just one of these.
Enjoy

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and
point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something,

ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label it "In".

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has
Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write " For Smuggling
Diamonds".

7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The
Prophecy".

8. Don't use any

punctuation.

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a
serious face.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go".

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital. And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical
Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend
Their Party Because
You're Not In the Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name,
Rock Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won! I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot,
Yelling
"Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, "Due To The Economy, We Are
Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity .. SMILE>>

Our Lori is back!

Hi
Everyone

Our Lori is back and she had a wonderful time as I will let her share when she has a few minutes.
She does need Prayer she has a virus and is not feeling her best.
Of course the Picture is my sweet daughter Lori when she was 18 months old.
Yes Jenna does look like you, I noticed it when I posted the picture.
We sometimes give Lori's daughter-n-law a rough time because we say Jenna looks like Us!
She does take after her Mommy too. ( She does look like us though) HeHe
We have been blessed by our daughter-in-law (grand-daughter-in-law) she is a sweetheart too.

Thank You for helping me to feel more comfortable blogging, I have not had much time for my funnies. My work has been a little hectic, that is good though. Plus Vacation Bible School and taking our little daughter has made it a busy week, that too is okay. But as Lori says sometimes it is hard to blog.

Hopefully we will hear from our missing blogger very soon.

Hope all is well with each of you!

L's MaMa

Lori's MaMa Here

Hopefully this picture will post because I would like you to tell me since you have seen many pictures (without looking at them) who is this little one?

I actually had the wonderful opprotunity to hear from our Lori. She is having fun with her family. I am sure she misses all of us. HeHe
I have been thinking about Lori and I as she was growing up and I had to laugh about this one. We used to go everywhere together. It was fun and I enjoyed it so much. She loved to drive so she always did.
We went shopping at K-mart one very warm summer day. When we finished we went to the car to get in Woops No keys, doors locked. Well the keys were actually in the car. Now what??? Standing out in the heat.
WE were very fortunate to have a nice employee come out and he had something that actually opened the lock. Yippee.
Of course I was not the happiest with my daughter. Then as I remembered this I e-mailed her and said remember when WE left the keys in your car??
I now realize she is so much like me that I had to take on the responsibility of blaming myself since I too could have noticed the keys.
Sorry Lori MaMa admits now you took after me.........HeHe.

L's MaMa