Joy!

What brings me joy in life?  Beyond

knowing that Jesus is my Savior, 

I guess it would be learning to sign,

friends, family, people I know

are in my corner.  I hope they 

know that about me as well!

I have had this song book for ages

and all of a sudden I'm getting a 

lot of use out of it!  I think the card

turned out OK.  I'm just not doing

my best right now, I don't think.

But it is what it is.  I did order a

few more patterns so get ready to

see more stitching.

 

Class was OK last night.  I had a bad

headache all day so I don't feel like

I did all that great, but Matt, the deaf

young man, understood what I was

saying and that's what matters.  Pam

read an Aseop's tale.  Then one person

put it into "real" words, and a second

signed the short story.  Thankfully

most of them were very short!

Pam did tell me that she felt like

my confidence was getting much better,

so I was glad about that.  Maybe next

week I won't have a headache.

 

A year ago today the world lost a

really wonderful man.  My daughter in

law, Pam, her mother, LuAnn, and brother,

Tim, as well as his wife, Sue, and Cody,

are all remembering the year anniversary

of the death of their husband, father and

father in law, Dennis.  He was a quiet guy,

but look out for the zingers!  He had a

sharp sense of humour and would do

anything for anyone any time.  The world

is a little less happy without him here

but Heaven is really celebrating him.

Usually anniversaries are used to celebrate

a good thing like weddings.  But as we 

remember Dennis, it can be a good thing,

because we celebrate his life and the

things that he brought to the world and

all those around him.  Most of all, we

celebrate the fact that he knew Jesus as

his Savior and is with Him this very

moment.  In the end, no matter how much

we mourn a "lost" loved one, we know they

aren't really lost if they knew Jesus.

And we know we will all be reunited

once more!

 

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

 

 

Glory, Glory!

That's what the card says, right?

I'm still deciding if I like the card or

not.  It did not come out the way I

envisioned it.  And on my screen right

now it looks square.  Maybe that's 

because I'm not used to having the

other graphics card.  If it looks that

way to you, it's not.  I think I need

to go back to the stitching patterns

and use someone else's ideas for

a while.  I'm not feeling particularly

creative lately.

I have to go looking for my desk.

 It's lost again.  As soon as I find it

it will go missing again, though, so

I'm not sure why I look for it, LOL.  I'm

sure it's there somewhere under all

the paper, stamps, ink pads and other

miscellaneous odds and ends.

I don't know what we are doing in

class tonight, so it's going to be

interesting, but then, it always is.

I really like the class even though

I have no aspirations of being a

interpreter.  Who knows what God

has in mind?  Right now, learning

is learning and I'm all for it.  I

even did pretty well signing the

songs in church yesterday.  All

except for the first one which

was really fast.   I can sign them,

I just can't always keep up with

the music.  But I try and I'm

pretty sure that's all God is asking

of me at this point.  I listen closely and

try to hear Him when He prompts me

to step out into new territory.  I just

enjoy learning.  I feel like I BELONG

in this group, with these people.    That's

a good feeling, that you belong 

somewhere.  I haven't had it much

in my life, so I'm cherishing it.

Happy Monday!

Warm Sunday morning!

I'm enjoying the warmth this

morning!  Yesterday ended up to

be pretty warm, too.  I love it.  I

just wish it would stay.  But all

good things must come to an end, 

I suppose.  To think there are actually

people who love the cold!?!  I don't

understand that.

My brother's friend/neighbor had

a heart attack this past week.  A 

blood clot traveled to his heart.  

But here's the scary part-he's only

43 years old.  So I made him a

card to cheer him up (I hope).

He's out of the hospital now, so

that's a very good sign.  I hope he

has a full recovery.

I popped the sentiment up.  I'm not sure

how much extra I have to put on a

square card.  I usually don't make them

(I think I've mentioned that.  Sorry.) but

this particular pattern was square and I

liked it so I didn't feel like looking for 

another one.

 

I very much enjoyed my dinner with

my friend, Coleen, last night.  I'm

enjoying getting to know her.

 

Happy Sunday.

 

Last two cards

I finished the set.  Yay!

I just love how they all turned out!

It is supposed to be warm this weekend!

I will cherish the warmth as I know it

will soon be coming to an end.  Sigh.

I'm looking forward to today.  It 

promises to be a fun day!

Happy Saturday!

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!