Friends

Aren't friends awesome?  Of course, Jesus

should be our closest friend, but He

gives us some pretty amazing people

here on Earth.  They can be people totally

unrelated to us or family members (Nancy!)

Friends make our lives so much richer.

This card is for my friend, Dianne, because

I couldn't resist the old ladies and sayings, lol.

The gold washi tape I picked up in NC.

I've really not been into washi tape because

the stuff around here is pretty boring.  But

the store we went to, AC Moore (which we

don't have around here to my knowledge), had

tons of it and I fell in love with this design.  It

is so versatile and so pretty!  I'm not good

at colouring but I think it came out pretty well.

I'm still working on the card with the other

stamp I got and eventually I will make a

card with the 3 old ladies that go with this

set of stamps.  There are hilarious sentiments

with the stamps.

About a year ago I decided to put up foliage

around the top of my cupboards.  I've seen

it done before and loved the way it looked.

Yesterday I picked up some battery operated

tiny lights and put them up there too.  They look 

fantastic and really make a nice night light.

Aren't they pretty?

In the next couple of days I'm planning on picking

up a roku stick so I can stream pureflix.  I have 

netflix right now which I rarely watch and pureflix

is Christian movies only and I think maybe series,

I'm not clear on that.  I think I will enjoy it more.

Speaking of which, I got the movie "God's not

dead 2".  If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend

it.  As with the first one, it is an awesome movie,

but more, it really shines the light on the trials

that Christians are going through.  Jesus said

it wouldn't be easy and I think we know that

it's only going to get harder.  The world seems

to have become so evil.  I think part of that is

because we are made more aware of it through 

the media, but it just seems more evil.  I keep thinking

surely Jesus will come back soon.  But before

John died we were going to a church in Camden,

Michigan and the pastor was talking about that

very subject.  He explained that in Jesus' time

things were very, very evil.  So I guess we can't

use that as criteria as to Jesus' return.  The world

has always been evil.  Thankfully we are only

passing through.  For John's memorial Robin

put together a picture montage and the background

music was from Building 429's "I'm not home

yet".  I love that song.  It reminds us that this

is NOT our home.  We are only here temporarily.  

When I hear it I think not only of John, but

also my cousin Ronnie who died from brain cancer.

As much as we would like to have them here in our

lives, no way would we want them back.  They

are HOME.  We will be there someday.  But 

for now we have to deal with this world the

best we can and spread the word that this

is not really  home.  All that to say the movie

is amazing and you should really see it soon.