laylagrace.org
Please visit this website. You know when you just start wondering through the world of blogs and come across something that jumps out at you. Usually for me it is nice things to buy or make. But today this blog grab me & I can`t let it go. I do not know these people but the story just broke my heart.
Their little 2 year old daughter has cancer, her name is Layla Grace. If you read the blog you will see that it is not going good. Ugh, that just makes me sick to my stomach. My mother is a two time breast cancer survivor, once when I was in 8th grade & the other my junior year of college. It was hard. To this day it is hard for me to talk about IF I ever even talk about it. But being a sweet little baby. Who is so innocent. Sometimes you wondering what God is doing in those situation.
You can make a donation to help the family pay medical bills. If not that just pray. Look at your children, or children you love like your own and THANK GOD for their health. Pray for this sweet baby & her family, that God will hold them in His hand during this difficult time.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
My First Sewing Project......
I have had my machine almost two weeks.....& I haven`t sewn anything : ( I just haven`t had time with basketball still winning and going to the next game (I help coach cheerleading @ a local Christian college). I`m happy for Warner, but I want to sew! ANYWHO.....I actually have Saturday free! So I`m going to work on my first sewing project. I`m going to make an apron for myself.I got the pattern from this website:
http://thinkliz.com/free-sewing-patterns/
Check that website out. They have some cute stuff! So wish me luck! I hope Monday to have it done so I can show yall some pictures!
http://thinkliz.com/free-sewing-patterns/
Check that website out. They have some cute stuff! So wish me luck! I hope Monday to have it done so I can show yall some pictures!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
I Feel Different......
When Matt left for deployment the first time I was totally broken. I could have filled up a tube with all my tears. I was depressed, mean, sad, & all those fun kinds of feelings. I was worrying about him 24/7.
When Matt left for deployment the second time I was upset, but not broken. I cried a little, but not too much. I really don`t worry about him as much.
But why? Why was it not as bad as the first time? Well when he left the first time it was gonna be 8 months till we saw each other again. When he left the second time it is only 2 1/2 months till we see each other again (as of now 52 days till I see him!!). Now don`t get me wrong, I miss my husband like crazy. I would still give anything for him to be with me right now. But I can tell a difference in me from the first time he left. And take one guess what it is.....G-O-D. When Matt left the first time God wasn`t the center of my life. I prayed every night but it was for Matt's safety. I loved God, but I wasn`t working at my relationship with him. When he left this second time I put it ALL on God. I started following my way back to the path I got lost from. I can really feel a difference. Yes I still cry sometimes, the hurt of missing my husband is still there. But I just start talking to God about it. No, God doesn`t take the pain away, but it is comforting to know He is there & that He cares.
When Matt left for deployment the second time I was upset, but not broken. I cried a little, but not too much. I really don`t worry about him as much.
But why? Why was it not as bad as the first time? Well when he left the first time it was gonna be 8 months till we saw each other again. When he left the second time it is only 2 1/2 months till we see each other again (as of now 52 days till I see him!!). Now don`t get me wrong, I miss my husband like crazy. I would still give anything for him to be with me right now. But I can tell a difference in me from the first time he left. And take one guess what it is.....G-O-D. When Matt left the first time God wasn`t the center of my life. I prayed every night but it was for Matt's safety. I loved God, but I wasn`t working at my relationship with him. When he left this second time I put it ALL on God. I started following my way back to the path I got lost from. I can really feel a difference. Yes I still cry sometimes, the hurt of missing my husband is still there. But I just start talking to God about it. No, God doesn`t take the pain away, but it is comforting to know He is there & that He cares.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Lent....Not The Kind in Your Pocket
So I have been sick for about a week now. Ugh.....I didn`t go to work since I have a fever. But today is the start of Lent. And I have chose my "give up & take up".
My "Give Up" for the next 40 days is.....
Yes wine.....I`m the offical DD from here to Easter now.....but that is fine with me.
My "Take Up" for the next 40 days is.....
To learn the Beatitudes. I hope to by Easter be able to know them by heart.
So please pray for me to keep my Lent "Give up & Take up"!
My "Give Up" for the next 40 days is.....
Yes wine.....I`m the offical DD from here to Easter now.....but that is fine with me.
My "Take Up" for the next 40 days is.....
To learn the Beatitudes. I hope to by Easter be able to know them by heart.
So please pray for me to keep my Lent "Give up & Take up"!
Bedroom Furniture Project
I bought 2 night stands & a headboard for $35 from a place in Dundee called _____ ______. It's a secret place that not many people know about, and I have been told not to tell the name so I won`t : ) But if I like you enough I might tell you if you ask me! Anywho, here are the night stands.
This is the nightstand before sanding
This is the night stand after sanding
This is Scrub Muffin aka Scrubby, our outside cat. She is the best cat, but she can be a little nosy sometimes if you ask me!
I still need to sand the headboard. I want to paint them in a distressed way, to make them look old & rustic. Once I get painting I`ll post some more photos.
This is the nightstand before sanding
This is the night stand after sanding
This is Scrub Muffin aka Scrubby, our outside cat. She is the best cat, but she can be a little nosy sometimes if you ask me!
I still need to sand the headboard. I want to paint them in a distressed way, to make them look old & rustic. Once I get painting I`ll post some more photos.
Friday, February 12, 2010
To Give Up or To Pick Up?
Pop Quiz for my fellow episcopalians! What starts on Feburary 17th?
LENT!
This Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday. We will go to church and eat pancakes that night. We make pancakes to use up the ingrediants we are suppose to be giving up during Lent (milk, butter & eggs).
So everytime this year I have the question, "What are you giving up?" And every year I get stuck. Once I did fastfood, when it was over I ate some. Well we all know what fastfood does to your stomach after you haven`t ate it in a while. So you can see I have done a ton of things. But once I got older I started thinking, "Why do I have to give something up? Can`t I add something new? Like learn a bible verse once a week." If you are a fellow episcopalian, you know we don`t always know the bible as good as others. Now I can tell you what pages things are on in the book of common prayer!
So once again I`m here and not sure what to do......I want to give one thing up & pick one thing up. But WHAT?!?! I`m thinking give up drinking for Lent (yes the whole time.....goodbye sweet glass of wine) and learning the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). So I guess Tuesday night I will update yall went my Lent "Give up & Pick up".
P.S. I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who actually reads my blogs. I have been getting comments here and there from different people that they read this. It really makes me happy to know yall read it and enjoy it! So thank you for all the encouragement! I`m not the best Christian, but I try. Knowing there are others who are in the same boat as me makes it easier : )
LENT!
This Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday. We will go to church and eat pancakes that night. We make pancakes to use up the ingrediants we are suppose to be giving up during Lent (milk, butter & eggs).
So everytime this year I have the question, "What are you giving up?" And every year I get stuck. Once I did fastfood, when it was over I ate some. Well we all know what fastfood does to your stomach after you haven`t ate it in a while. So you can see I have done a ton of things. But once I got older I started thinking, "Why do I have to give something up? Can`t I add something new? Like learn a bible verse once a week." If you are a fellow episcopalian, you know we don`t always know the bible as good as others. Now I can tell you what pages things are on in the book of common prayer!
So once again I`m here and not sure what to do......I want to give one thing up & pick one thing up. But WHAT?!?! I`m thinking give up drinking for Lent (yes the whole time.....goodbye sweet glass of wine) and learning the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). So I guess Tuesday night I will update yall went my Lent "Give up & Pick up".
P.S. I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who actually reads my blogs. I have been getting comments here and there from different people that they read this. It really makes me happy to know yall read it and enjoy it! So thank you for all the encouragement! I`m not the best Christian, but I try. Knowing there are others who are in the same boat as me makes it easier : )
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Jesus.......
http://blog.beliefnet.com/idolchatter/2010/02/linday-lohan-posing-as-jesus.html
If you go to the link above, it is an article about Lindsey Lohen posing like Jesus on the cross. At first I was thinking, "How horrible!" But after I read the article I was looking at it from a WHOLE other angle. At the end the writer put, "In the end, I think I'm glad for anything that reminds people of Jesus, especially the gift of His actions on the cross. Even if the person posing wouldn't be my first pick!" Douglas Howe. I started thinking, he is actually right. No Lindsey Lohen isn`t the best role model in the world. But people are going to see this photo and it will get people talking about Jesus. Which is good right?
I was having a conversation with one of my good friends about Jesus & being a Christian. We started talking about this verse,
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 2:15-17
Jesus was right there in the mix of them. He wanted to be around the people that most Christians now a days would not look twice at. My favorite Christians are the ones who love the sinner but hate the sin. They are friends with people who are nothing like them. They don`t push Jesus down their throats. They let them see into their lives, and see there is something different about them, JESUS!!!
I`m not saying making fun of Jesus/thinking you are him is okay. And you might not agree with me, that is fine. But God ALWAYS has a reason for everything. Maybe this picture will get some people thinking, "Whats the deal with this Jesus?" You just never know God's planning!
If you go to the link above, it is an article about Lindsey Lohen posing like Jesus on the cross. At first I was thinking, "How horrible!" But after I read the article I was looking at it from a WHOLE other angle. At the end the writer put, "In the end, I think I'm glad for anything that reminds people of Jesus, especially the gift of His actions on the cross. Even if the person posing wouldn't be my first pick!" Douglas Howe. I started thinking, he is actually right. No Lindsey Lohen isn`t the best role model in the world. But people are going to see this photo and it will get people talking about Jesus. Which is good right?
I was having a conversation with one of my good friends about Jesus & being a Christian. We started talking about this verse,
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 2:15-17
Jesus was right there in the mix of them. He wanted to be around the people that most Christians now a days would not look twice at. My favorite Christians are the ones who love the sinner but hate the sin. They are friends with people who are nothing like them. They don`t push Jesus down their throats. They let them see into their lives, and see there is something different about them, JESUS!!!
I`m not saying making fun of Jesus/thinking you are him is okay. And you might not agree with me, that is fine. But God ALWAYS has a reason for everything. Maybe this picture will get some people thinking, "Whats the deal with this Jesus?" You just never know God's planning!
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