Chilly morning

What happened to August?  I am by no

means complaining since it's not COLD,

but it was pretty chilly this morning!

I really need to go somewhere where

it is warm all the time.  I was never

made to be in cold weather.  I'm not

sure why God dropped me off in this

part of the country!

Practice went well yesterday and

I am confident I can sign  "Revelation

song"   The others I can sign choruses

...I think.  One of them I've never heard.

That's the biggest problem is that I don't

know a lot of the songs this church 

sings.  I listen to Christian music all

the time.  I'm not sure where they are

coming up with these songs, lol.  But

as I said yesterday, I'll do my best and

If it's for the Lord (and it is) then my

best is good enough.  99 1/2 % of the 

people in church wouldn't know if I

made a mistake anyway!  The problem

is, I know.   I expect to be able to do

this and I have to keep reminding myself

I've only been learning for a little over

a year now.  How long did I study

my native language in school?!  I still

can't diagram a sentence.  I hated

doing that!

To the card:  This is just a generic

notecard.  I guess I have to make another

birthday card, though, because I forgot

my cousin's birthday is the 16th!  She

sent me a card and that reminded me.  So

that will probably be coming tomorrow.  

Kind of boring, actually, and not really

my best, but it will do, I suppose.  I just 

couldn't seem to make it work.  Dianne

came home yesterday so hopefully my muse will

make an appearance soon.  She's so unreliable!

This is the day the Lord has made!

Finding Dory

At Walmart!  Cody and Pam found

me the neatest pez set.  I hadn't seen

it and I bought the regular pez dispensers,

but had I seen it I would have gotten it

even though I already had the dispensers 

singly.  I kind of quit collecting pez because

I have nowhere to display them, but I

do love the sets.  This is by far the most 

awesome set I've ever seen!

Isn't that just the cutest?!  It says it's a real

fishbowl and I suppose you could put

a fish in a plastic bowl.  I wouldn't, but it's

just such a neat way to display them!

Dinner was awesome and the cupcakes

were pumpkin with cinnamon cream cheese

icing.  They were yummy.  I really enjoyed the

chili dogs.  Pam had never had them before!

I bet she has them again because she seemed

to really like them.

I don't know why I made a birthday card.

I was going for the design and when I

got it done, I just went with the birthday

sentiment.  I'm sure I will have a birthday

before too much  longer that I can use it

for.  I like how it came out though.  Not

sure if it really shows up, but the card itself

is brown.  The paper is from the double

sided cardstock that I picked up the

other day at hobby lobby courtesy of my

cousin, Nancy, who sent me a gift card

for my birthday.  Thanks, Nancy!!

 

I'm going to church later to practice signing

the songs with the band.  I don't even know

what songs they are singing this week and I'm

sure I won't be able to do  the entire songs,

but most of them I can sign the choruses

at least.  I told the Lord I'd do the best I

could and  that's all He asks us to

do in the first place.  

Just a note with music!

Ok, not real music, but it has musical paper!

I'm sure I  have posted "just a note"

cards before, but they make such nice

cards to send.  

I like how it turned out.  Naturally, because

I CASE'd the card from pinterest.  Sometimes

you just have to take another person's

card idea because it's so awesome!  Imitation is

the sincerest form form of flattery!

Today is my birthday (yippee) and my dad 

keeps telling me I am 60.  (Not true).  So

I called him last night and said if that WAS

true then one of two things was also true:

either they were fooling around before

they were married since their 60th 

anniversary is the 11th, or I was adopted.

THAT would explain a lot!  I was hoping

for the latter.  He said I was hatched.

Still explains a lot.  Speaking of their 60th, they

both deserve awards for sticking it out

that long.  Some days it seems more like

a war zone than a marriage.  But I digress.

I'm planning on calling my mom today and

seeing if she wants a play date with B'Elanna.

My dad is off at a craft show and she so loves

to play with B'Elanna.  It seems to bring her

joy, so I try to do it when I can.

Cody and Pam are having me over for dinner

tonight and look what's for dessert!  I told her

I wanted chili dogs and chips and since she

posted the recipe for these on facebook

 I requested  them, too.  Don't they look yummy?!

Blessings

What blessings do you have?

One of my blessings is my friends.

This card was made specially for

one of them.  All my friends bless

my life in one way or another and

I try to let them know with a surprise

card now and then.  Besides, I have

tons of them from writing this blog, lol.

I was so super happy with how this 

came out!  The two panels on either side are

popped up although it's probably hard

to see from the picture.  

I complain so much.  I try not to-especially

about the heat since I hate cold so much.

But I do complain.  Whenever I do, I

try to remember all the blessings God

has given me.  Blessings that I don't or

ever could deserve.  I always tell Him

there are too many to list, so sorry if

I miss some here and there!  I'm pretty

sure He understands! But I

always want to be thankful for the

things He has given me.

Faith

Something I don't have enough of.  If

I were out walking on the water with

Jesus would I sink?  I hope not, but I'm

afraid I might. 

This shows the card both open and closed.

I cut away about 2 inches of the front so you

could see the decorative paper inside.  I also 

embossed the front panel.  I love how it turned

out.  It didn't look complete though, so I 

added the ribbon and I was very happy

with the it.  It would be a nice card

for someone who is going through a

tough time.  Like I wrote about the other day,

when we are going through hard times

it's easy to forget that God is still there.

It's the faith part that is hard in those times. 

At least for me it is.  I totally believe God

is able to handle my problems but I tend

to want to do it myself.  That's human nature.

Remember your two year old?  "I do it!"

Sometimes I can do it.  Other times I

can't.  I think God gives us things that there's

no way we can handle alone to remind us

that we need to turn to Him.

This is a card from a friend in Texas, Kat.

I love how she used the grunge stamp!  I

think I will try her technique!  She makes 

beautiful cards.

Clean and simple

I had several ideas floating around

in my head today but none of them

came to fruition.  I'm sure my muse

hitchhiked to Michigan to be with

Dianne.  She's sure not here.  She's

very undisciplined.  So this was as

good as I could come up with today.

Just not in the mood to create, apparently.

I saved the outside of the flourish

I put on the card the other day.  It came out so

perfectly in the middle that I didn't want

to throw it away.  Usually I just put it on 

haphazardly and not on a good mat, just

on whatever I have available.  What made

me decide to do it nicely is anyone's

guess, LOL.  I kind of forgot about

these stamps I got from Gina K.  They

have images as well, but I just wanted to

use the sentiment and it really speaks to

me.  I want to be a blessing to someone

today and every day.  I don't think I

accomplish that, but I do try.  Most days

I don't even see anyone, so I can't do much.

But on the days I do venture out, I hope

I do it with a smile.  Except in the car.  I

am not usually smiling in the car because

there are idiots on the road that

can't keep a steady speed and go very

slowly.  Anything on a 55 MPH road that is

under 60 is too slow.  Unless there's 

a cop nearby.  Then I'm grateful for 

the idiot that is keeping me legal!  If the

Lord is trying to teach me patience by
putting slow people in front of me, it's

not working.  You'd think He'd

have figured that out by now!!

Where is God?

Our Pastor and my sign teacher, Pam's

mother died Thursday.  His son, Adam,

preached yesterday.  I've never heard

him and was fascinated at his insight.

He talked about how we are to not

forsake gathering together.  His observation

was that when people have troubles they often

turn away from God, angry that God hasn't

done what they want  Him to do.   

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

Words from the song "Blessings".  I had that 

sung at John's memorial service.  

He likened 

our tendency to do that to a car.  You fill it up

with gas, then it runs out.  So you get angry

and say, "I filled that car with gas and it ran

out so I'm never going to the gas station

again!"  We would look at that person like

they were crazy.  But when troubles come

that's when we need God the MOST!  So

why would you run from Him?  My observation

is that sometimes that's the ONLY time people

come to God.  He wants us there all the time.

Good times, bad times and in between.  Isn't

that what a friend is supposed to be?  With

you no matter what?

The sentiment inside says "deepest sympathy".