Prayer journal

I have a friend that has a birthday next

month and I'm hoping she will like 

this prayer journal.  I think it came out so great!

I love the picture of the little girl

praying.  There is a pocket on
the front inside that a matching
bookmark goes in. 

I had a great time visiting my brother Mark and

wife Stephanie.  Mark and I saw a

Don Henley concert!  It was so much fun!

A lot of fun as well, watching him throw 

a heckler out!  I ate way too

much ice cream and didn't get much sleep,

but, hey, I don't get to get

together with them very often!

New stamp!

I've seen this saying many times on

cards on Pinterest.  When the

stamp showed up at Hobby Lobby,

I had to have it.  It's a very

true saying.  If we waited

for the storm to pass, we might

never learn to dance in the

rain. In my life

at least, there have been storms

that have lasted for a very long

time.   But  you also have

to have some joy in life.

As a matter of fact, the Bible

tells us that we are to have joy in Him no

matter what the circumstances

around us.  Not an easy task,

of course, but something worth

working toward.  I remember when

John died I didn't think I'd ever have

joy again and when I did feel happy

I felt guilty because I was having

 a moment of joy and should be grieving.

But as time passed I came to realize

that my joy was in the Lord and that

grieving was only for a season.

And of course, the best joy of

all, that I will not only see my Savior

when I die but John and I will also

be reunited.  Now there's something

to be joyous about!

I am going to Detroit for the night to spend

some time with my brother and family.

I'm really looking forward to it!  Not so

much the drive, though!  My wonderful

daughter in law is going to babysit

the dogs.  Thanks, Pam!

Acetate card

It's hard to tell from the picture, but

the front of this card is acetate  (clear).

 I love the look of acetate.   And, yes,

it has a bookmark in it, but I 

promise it's the last one!

Yesterday I picked up my

in laws at the airport, all

tan from a week in Florida.  I

am soooo jealous.  Oh, well. 

They bribed me with Outback

which will always work.  Outback

is the restaurant John and I always

went to on my birthday and our anniversary.

Once in a while we went on a different

occasion, but we didn't go often so

it would stay special.  The last time

I was there was a year ago March,

on the first anniversary of his death.

We went once on Valentines day (bad 

idea, it was so full of people).  We had

an Australian waiter!  It was so cool!

 

It's cold, windy and rainy today;

 much different from the 70's 

we had all week.  I'm hoping

the wind dies down a little so

I can rake leaves and work off some

of that bloomin' onion!!

Faith bookmark card

Another bookmark card and I only have

one left that I'm halfway done with.

I went all out and got the

perforation tool which cost me

a whopping 5. so this bookmark

can be easily torn from the card, leaving

the rest of the card intact.  Since

taking this picture I finished the inside

but was too lazy to take another picture.

 

Speaking of pictures, my "friend" sent

me yet another picture of a Florida

sunrise....That's OK.  I love her anyway!  ;)

Buckle card

I saw this card on pinterest

and just had to try it.  Thanks

to my friend, Karen, I have the

slot punch needed to make

the opening for the buckle. 

I thought it turned out pretty 

well.  I think the buckle

might  need to be a tad bigger

so you don't see so much of the slot, but

not too bad for a first try.

My friend, Dianne, is in Florida

this week  (and I consider it

cosmic karma that it's going

to be cold here next week, lol).

She has been sending me pictures of gorgeous

sunrises there.

The first two were beautiful. Now 

I'm pretty sure she's just rubbing

it in.....LOL.  I just want to see

the ocean again before I die.

I don't care if it's the Pacific

or Atlantic since I've seen

both already, but one of them.

I think the ocean is the

most beautiful creation of

God and I felt at such peace

when I was there. 

Special gift

I am not happy with what

came in the mail yesterday.

I got papers to fill out for

possible jury duty!!!  My sister

said that I could be exempted

when they found out about

my multiple personalities since

there are only supposed to be

12 jurors....I guess it's worth

a try!

Anyway...I definitely take lousy

selfies, but this is one of a scarf

made by my new little friend, Grace.

She crocheted it out of neon colors.

Even though I am a grown woman,

I am still a child of the 70's and love

those colors!  

And this is the thank you card-

Bri and Me

My granddaughter, Brianna, came

to visit yesterday.  We had a great

time, watching the movie "San Andreas"

and having ice cream at McDonalds

in the evening.  I love having her

come to visit.  She's been spending

weekends sometimes and going

to sign class and church
with me.  I enjoy sharing

that with her. I decided to

take some pictures and post them

here.  Actually, she took them as

I am terrible at selfies!

Bri and me

Bri with B'Elanna

Bri's accidental selfie, LOL.

Isn't she gorgeous??!!