Cold days are a'comin

Brr, it was cold this morning!

I stepped out the door and told

God I was not ready for this, but

I don't think that's going to change

His mind, lol.

I had the worst dream this morning,

full of evil.   I've never had a dream

like that before.  I am very good at

lucid dreaming, so when I realized

I was dreaming I started changing 

it but no changing was going to make

the dream any better.  Finally I turned

on the light and started praying for

God to release me from these images.

I don't even know what the dream

was about, but I felt evil around

me.  I hope never to have that

experience again!  But I've heard

it said that as you draw closer to

God, Satan works overtime to

pull you away, so maybe that's what

was going on.  I try to draw closer

to God every moment of every day.

That's what we are supposed to

do, right?! 

On to the cards.

Two more cards and this set

will be complete and ready to send

to my friend.  I just love doing this

stuff!  Surprise!  Unless she's reading

the blog, lol.  

 

I like how this came out.  I think it

might have looked better with a border

on the embossed piece to match the

blue of the oval, but I never think of

these things until I see the card on the

computer.  I'm not sure why that is!

I'm having lunch with Dianne today.

Tomorrow, of course, is sign class,

then I'm going BACK to waterloo 

to practice signing with the band.

I haven't been going back because

each way is half an hour and as it

is I'm going Sunday, Monday and

Saturday.  But I asked my friend, 

Coleen, if she wanted to go to an

early dinner after and she said yes.

I need to practice!  I'm getting better

at signing the songs, though, and I'm

happy about that.  I'm still very curious

about where the Lord is going with

this, but I'm sitting back and enjoying the

ride for the time being.  I'm meeting

new friends, getting out of the house 

and learning a language.  It's been

a good life.  I miss John, and always

will, but I'm grateful I'll see him

again someday.  For now I know he's

safe in the hands of his Savior.  Listen

to me.  Time to say 

 

Happy Friday!!!!!

 

 

Trust in the Lord

I "borrowed" this card from pinterest

(naturally) and when it came to

the sentiment I was stumped.  I looked

through all my sentiment stamps and 

when I saw this one I knew it was the 

one.  I need this reminder every single

day.  I have problems or concerns

that I give over gladly to the Lord

and then just as quickly take them

back.  It's kind of like a tug of war

with me and giving things to the

Lord.  I read a story once about a

man who went out on the lake in

his boat for half an hour.  That

half an hour was his designated

"worry time".  When he came back

in that's it, no more worrying about

what was bothering him.  I wish

I could just hand things over to

God and not worry anymore.  And

besides, we all know that story was

a fake.  He kept worrying!  Nobody

is fooling me on that one!  LOL.

I'm pretty pleased with how the 

card turned out. 

This card is the third in the set of

six that I began showing yesterday.

I'm loving how these cards are

turning out!  I need to think outside

the box a little more often!

Happy Thursday!  Only one more 

workday left!

Hello, hump day!

Today would have been Sadie's 22nd

hatchday.  I miss her a lot.  She was

 my longest relationship besides my

family, but I consider my "pets" to

be family, anyway.

 

I got a card from a friend yesterday

(couldn't resist, Kelly, if you're reading

this!) that was supposed to be a 

blank card when she bought it but

the cards turned out to be sympathy

cards instead.  Since she is just as nutty

as I am-which is why we get along so

well-she decided to send me the card

 anyway because she knew I'd get

a laugh.  So I decided she needed a

set of cards that really were blank inside.

 

These are the first two of a set of

6.  So I guess if she's reading this, the

cards will not be a surprise.  I'm not

sure if she does or not.  The panels are

technically bookmarks but I decided

to think out of the box and make them

panels on the card instead and I think

they came out fantastically!  I'm very 

happy with them.

 

Supposedly we are to get some rain

today but I won't believe it until I

see it.  They lie too much!!

 

I managed to get the whole house

cleaned yesterday.  Well, OK, I 

haven't dusted yet, but I'm the only

one who knows that (you didn't

hear it from me!)  It's surprising

how much of a mess just B'Elanna and

I can stir up.  A lot was grass clippings

that get tracked in every time I mow.

The birds get vacuumed after every

single day.  My poor vacuum is very

abused.  So I can't really blame them

for the mess.  B'Elanna has taken

to putting her food on the carpet

which is dark.  I end up stepping on

it which is a tad uncomfortable.  I

used to get large bags of food but

when Neelix died, there was no need

for a large bag.  I couldn't get that type 

in a small bag so I settled on kibbles

and bits.  It turns out she loves them

but she likes to take some and run away

from her bowl to eat them privately, 

I guess.  Perhaps she forgets where

she left them?  Dogs are so weird!

But I don't know what I would do

without her.  It was hard losing

Neelix, but I'm glad I still have one

furry friend to hang on to.  Birds

aren't the cuddliest of creatures!

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ho-Ho-Ho

More Christmas cards.

Well, one at least.

A couple things I would have

done differently..The other side

of the paper was the better side.

It had more of the Glorious  parts

on it.  Oh, well.  The other thing

is that I would have used a bird

facing the other way.  I had already

stamped it and realised the Santa

hat faced his eyes and looked dorky

that way.  Again, oh well.  :)  I

like it anyway.  I think the red/white

bakers twine gives it a nice finish.

 

Class went pretty well yesterday, but

I always enjoy it.  No homework for

next week.  That worries me!  Maybe

she will have us interpreting something

as someone reads it.  Seriously, I think

that would be easier than trying to 

remember a whole paragraph and then

interpreting it.  We have a "feeder"

who helps us if we forget a sign or

where we are in the interpretation,

but they weren't allowed to read the

paper as it was being read so they 

got a little lost too, sometimes!

Let's face it, if you are actually

interpreting you can't read what they

are going to say ahead of time and you

can't look up and say, "hey, would you

repeat that?  I can't remember what  you

said."!!  It's a little nerve wracking.

 

I have an early doctor's appointment 

this morning which I would prefer not

to go to.  I always end up waiting much

longer than I would like to.  I guess

my time isn't important.  Well, it's

not, really, but that's not the point!

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

 

Hold on to your dreams

Yesterday in church a missionary

couple from South Africa came

and spoke.  The man was talking 

about holding on to your dreams.

I thought about that and I'm

not sure I have any dreams exactly.

Yes, I want to learn to sign, but I

don't know that I ever considered

that a dream necessarily.  So I

concluded that my dreams are

whatever God's dreams are FOR me.

When I was a kid I had lots of dreams,

to be an actress, writer, get out of the

house....(isn't that a dream of all teens?)

But as I grew older, I think I kind of gave

up on dreams because I realized that

most of the time they don't come to

fruition.  It's hard to have dreams

when you feel trapped in your life.

I don't feel that way now, but I also

don't know where the dreams went

or how to get them back.  So I guess

signing would be the only "dream"

I have right now.  I'd better get

busy and work on my assignment

for tonight!!  I'm a LOT shaky on it.

More Christmas gifts. These are acrylic 

picture frames that are turned on end,

I guess you would call it.  What would be the

bottom of the frame and prop it up, is

now at the top of the notepad holder.  So

it sits on a slant making it easier to

see what you are writing/have written.

Does that make any sense at all??

The post it note it note pads are 

taped down with double stick tape so 

when the pad is used up, the recipient

just has to tape down another one.

Easy peasy.  they take little to no time

to make and are cheap as well, so you

can't beat that.  Cheap is always good!

Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Sorry about yesterday

My muse, Reflections, has deserted me

once again.  She is so unreliable!  So

this is the best I could come up with.

Cute, I guess, but definitely not the

style I usually make.

Yesterday we had no class.  The 

teacher, Pam, slept through two alarms!

We were getting worried because she

wasn't answering texts or calls

and it's not like her to just not show

up!  Someone went to her house and

she was just waking up.  Everyone else

went home and she, Coleen and I

went to breakfast.  Coleen and I were

planning on lunch after class anyway, so

it worked out well.  I have not studied

AT ALL for tomorrow's class.  I may

have a huge struggle on my hands.

I  need to take some time today

and really work on it.

First, though, my parents asked me-

and B'Elanna, of course-to lunch

after church.  Dad made some comment

about roast beef.  I assured him she

would approve of that!!!

 

It's a cold morning and I'm so bummed

that it's going to get cold soon.  I do

need to get the lawn mowed, though, so

today might be the day to do that as I

don't think it's going to get very warm.

 

I'd better shut up and start getting

ready for church.  Have a blessed Sunday!

Up and running!!

Apparently the graphics card was drawing

too much power and making the fan

work overtime which in turn damaged

the power supply (as near as I can

understand).  So now all I have is the

"on board" graphics card which makes

things look very different on the screen.

I may get another card in time, but

can't afford it right now for something

that isn't necessarily needed.

A shout out to my sister, Robin, who

I think turned 25 today.  She is my

younger sister, but I never realized she

was that much younger!  I'm just guessing

here, of course.  She may be a tad 

older than  25!

I have been praying for all those, including

a cousin, in the path of hurricane Matthew.

I'm concerned about it heading toward

Charleston.  I lived there for three years

and love the city.  Hurricane Hugo made

a real mess a few years back.  25 years ago

to be exact.  I didn't realize it had been so

long ago!   Matthew has been a devastating

hurricane so far and I just pray it slows

down quickly.

On to the cards:

I'm not super thrilled at how this turned 

out.  The bird is supposed to be sitting

on the sentiment, but it doesn't really

look like it is.

My uncle is having knee replacement surgery today.

I think this one turned out really cute!

I got more stamps (as you can see) and

didn't pay a dime because I use my Walmart

savings catcher money.  I plan to play

with the mini bird stamp set more.  It

has such cute things like hats, ties, 

holiday items, etc.  It should be very

fun to play with!