CALGON TAKE ME AWAY

And far away at that....time for a little rejuvenation after all that pressure of school....a yummy hot bubble bath...then off to sleep.....awhhhhh! sounds absolutely serenditious!!! Good Night....

I SURVIVED SUMMER SCHOOL

Hallelujah, I finished my summer class at the college, and so glad it's done...had my final exam tonight, think I got an A in the class...had all A's on my homework...it was great to exercise my brain a bit...now I will start a Medical Terminology class in two weeks....that will be fun...better spruce up on my anatomy till then...I love going with a friend, it's fun. and you can help each other....then in the spring I am thinking I will take a Coding class...that would be fun too....praying for a good instructor...enjoyed this one a lot, well onward, upward.....busy busy.

A TRUTH

This is one of my favorite ME sayings...love her work, and love the truth of this saying. I am working these days on not worrying, and no doubt God giggles at my feeble attempts at it...but most days I do well with His help...life is too short to spend it carrying negative energy...when I used to work at the spa, we would talk about this truth...and I found that relaxing environment very uplifting despite the stresses that came with the job...when we were going through a really hard 5 years in the 90's, I hung on to stress far more then I should, and I feel like it robbed me of health, my body has suffered for that...so I vow to do better, and keep as upbeat as I can...with ME (Mary Engelbreit) to pick up my spirits....have a strong day....

MY LITTLE GIRL

The post below was written after I felt conviction about something I said to my darling daughter....it wasn't meant to offend or hurt, but on my drive home yesterday I realized I might have done just
that, and I felt bad...She is so sweet, and I know she loves the Lord so much, and she like all of us, is in process, growing as she learns more of His love for her...she has been blessed many times in recent months, and has blessed many too. I just wanted to say publicly, I am so proud of her, and I love her so much, and know God has a wonderful future planned for her...stay strong my little girl, and reach for His hand when the going gets tough...you're my best girl!!! HugsXOXO

LINES MAKE LETTERS

I love old typewriters keys, I have stickers I use in my scrap booking that look just like these...it's funny to think that someone just drew lines and with a dot here, and a curve there a letter was born...then someone started looking at the letters and deciding how they sounded, and how they came together to form a word...then when words were born they gave them definition, just a someone, somewhere (not sure Webster was totally responsible)...creating something very useful for us and yet we take it for granted everyday...

...our media maker, our major communication tool, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week to week, month to month, year to year, decade to decade, century to century....but we rarely think about the gift we hold when we use it....for good, for bad,
for encouragement, for discouragement,
for building up, for tearing down,
for expressing emotion, for suppressing emotion,
for stating love, for escaping love,
to bring joy to a heart, to give heartache to a soul,
to make clear, or to confuse,
to sing a song, to destroy a rhythm,
to invite a friend in, to create distance from a friend,
to write a book, to give criticism of a book,
to cheer another on, to comfort in defeat,
to apologize, or to offend,
to share good news, to gossip bad news...
and the list goes on and on...everyday, all day, we use our words to help, or hurt...
sometimes, even when we feel like we are trying to help, we are misunderstood, sometimes when we are trying to express something important, words just don't seem to fit together in the right order,
they don't come out right...
but
once out, we can never take them back,
once spoken they are non-redeemable,
for some once said you will never forget them, words can be remembered for a lifetime...
the scariest verses in the Bible for me are Matthew 12:36-37, I heard them years ago, and I too am guilty of not always using my words rightly, so I must remind myself..."every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgment, for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned"...forgive me Lord, for words I have not used carefully, I know there are many... may I always filter the gift of words in my day, as though they were being spoken to You, give me discernment that You and You alone would be my purpose for speaking them, that like You, I can learn how to use them to love those you would bring into my life.
I think I will go use those stickers now...time to create with a clean heart....it's been two months since I have completed a scrap project....gotta get back into it. Enough words said, have a nice day!!! By the way, don't try to "read between the lines"...it's just blank there...wonder if whoever came up with that saying was blind....

COULD NOT RESIST

Couldn't resist sharing this darling picture of the grandpups.
Aren't they the cutest darn things? I just wish I could read their minds, wonder what they are thinking...

SCHOOL DAYS

So I am in my last week of summer school...don't know where the last six weeks went, but I am glad I am finishing up...I have to turn in my forms binder, and then do my final exam on Thursday...wish me luck...I have signed up to do a Medical Terminology class this fall...starts the 24th of August, and I just realized I will miss a day while I am in Mammoth...oops...I hated missing school when I was growing up, I just loved being there...in a house of six people, being anywhere but home was great...that's probably why I loved church too...school all day, church all weekend, and in the summer in the pool all day...only ate and slept in the house, it was great!!! Fun times, how I wish could go back...visit one of the days of my life...now which one would I pick to visit???? Have to think on that one...