tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058794727610359622024-03-14T06:10:18.362-05:00My Gratitude Journalthe 3 G's of Gratitude: Goodness, Grace, & Generosity
Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-59311698609545048882023-03-29T13:32:00.007-05:002024-02-26T14:09:04.605-06:00OUCH! Broken Bones<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know, it's been awhile! Been living my life. Still on the medical diets. One has been changed back to the Mediterranean Diet, because the doctors discovered I have fatty liver disease and not gastroparesis, so it's still the GERD/gastritis diet, the low fodmap diet and now I have to blend in the Mediterranean Diet. And then I'm scheduled to see an allergy doctor in May to be tested. My dietician thinks I may be allergic to dairy and soy, so she wants a full food panel done to see if I may be allergic to anything else because I have asthma as well as the other food related issues. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b>26 Feb 2024 Update:</b> I was allergy tested in June 2023. The results were 11 food allergies. Two weeks ago I was given an IgE environmental allergy test and I am allergic to four things - two types of dust mites, ragweed and mold. Both the ragweed and mold have cross-reactions with plant and fungi food products. Oh boy! </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Five weeks ago, I fell again and this time I broke my shoulder. It's been a trip and I'm still in pain, which brings me to admit <b>I'm really thankful </b>for pain-pills. I'm also <b>thankful </b>for my hubby and the doctors and grabbers and railings and the fire department medics and the ambulance ride to the ER and my physical therapist and all the YouTube videos that kept me entertained and all those who have called or emailed me to check up on me and those who prayed and are still praying for me to be healed. <b>Thank you, everybody!</b> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm also <b>thankful</b> for faithful, gracious friends. Right now I'm praying for two who haven't been so gracious to me lately. I mean really, especially when your friend is hurting physically, you two have to sock it to me emotionally? What gives? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Somebody recently asked me how many bones I've broken. I had to sit and think about it. I believe I've mentioned that I was diagnosed with ADD by Dr. Grace Ketterman a while back. A sport doctor told me that ADD can affect the muscles as well as the brain because the enzyme that bridges the gap between the nerves isn't there either and muscles may get the message late or not at all from the brain. This time though, I'm pretty sure I tripped, hit my chin on the wall furnace (it quit two days after this and apparently I knocked some soot down inside the furnace which clogged up the pilot light.), grew a noggin egg on the chin too, and landed on a soup kettle full of water that I had on the floor in front of the furnace for air moisture with my chest. I was black and green for a few days! Ouch! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So anyway, here's my list:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <b>pinkie toes</b> - You know those things that reach out in the dark to grab your toes as you walk by! LOL! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. <b>right foot</b> - was running out the front door to get into the car for a shopping trip. I missed the step and fell right off the front porch. It was three days of pain and swelling before my parents decided it was more serious than just a sprain. Was on crutches for 6 weeks at Thanksgiving to Christmas time that year with a knee-high cast. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. <b>tailbone twice</b> - first time I fell out of a tree and the second time it broke when I was moved from a gurney up on to an operating table before a medical procedure. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. <b>knee-bones</b> = I fell over our toddler son when he lifted his feet up while I was holding his hands. Landed really hard on a concrete sidewalk and then became paralyzed a month later and had to lay flat on my back in bed for another whole month. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. <b>herniated disc L4-5</b> - stepped into a hole when going after my naughty doggie and down I went. Worse pain I have ever experienced and I was on round the clock strong pain-meds for about 5 months before I could get a pain shot in my back. Pain that bad takes over your whole life and I could barely function for I was constantly looking at the clock to see when I could take my next dose. Thankfully, the Lord has taken that pain away as long as I'm good and don't lift anything heavier than a sack of sugar. Wore a brace on my foot for a time for drop foot then it was changed out for a built up ugly grandma shoe. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. <b>meniscal tear</b> = at some point, I developed a meniscal tear on the side of my knee and it would catch, then I'd stumble and down I'd go. Thank the Lord that my physical therapist discovered the issue and sent me to a bone doctor who repaired it and then fished out a round "pearl" at the same time. He said it was a piece of loose cartilage from the tear that was beginning to calcify like a bone. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. <b>an a</b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>vulsion fracture in my wrist</b> = another fall. gashed my eyebrow open at the same time and broke my glasses. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. and now the <b>scapula fracture to my shoulder,</b> but</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">my battle-cry is...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anybody remember the Weeble Toy Commercial from the 1970s? The theme song said "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!" The saying should have been "Weebles wobble but they don't stay down!" </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This ole gal has begun physical therapy as of last Thursday and my battle cry will be this bit of scripture found in Micah 7:8 - "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, <span style="font-size: large;"><b>I WILL RISE!</b> </span>Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light!" </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7mqtWSjnSZHlYpM0U_t7v2DSoI932HzdMuVNQ7qwmYeX_X6cjtnvLxvrfnHjR3lnRPoNT256lfV-H6V8KYhgkbT6ZvjWPH1JriGBwnmI_cSOlZKye04MNR_8C6lukcC_lXMGWKl24bb9eij77RaoSWL0-D1OVMsX59ut5ucVmtJkxYK63UH4b7j3fg/s238/Weeble%20girl.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7mqtWSjnSZHlYpM0U_t7v2DSoI932HzdMuVNQ7qwmYeX_X6cjtnvLxvrfnHjR3lnRPoNT256lfV-H6V8KYhgkbT6ZvjWPH1JriGBwnmI_cSOlZKye04MNR_8C6lukcC_lXMGWKl24bb9eij77RaoSWL0-D1OVMsX59ut5ucVmtJkxYK63UH4b7j3fg/w262-h400/Weeble%20girl.png" width="262" /></a></div><p></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-76182626729251323962022-06-04T03:20:00.012-05:002023-02-06T22:35:28.203-06:00I'm Thankful for Grocery Stores that Carry These Food Brands<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx0jufwTUZyOqHQZ13BXhos_0R_Z1yv2mSwMnBNkYP9kL0zI6tE__eSc5p6kKDgKCK34a-t6wGf_G4J-1Qle9JYc7CH8ICN9R0nXDCdKxEWl6EDdUTxRPsvDHckgFF2TZGWPUeLVv0JbJOAv0T5QmWxeaiMEZcfLvrNdoDUcYQsgq5qMRRHmoj2nJDg/s2436/ME_Recipe%20Box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2436" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx0jufwTUZyOqHQZ13BXhos_0R_Z1yv2mSwMnBNkYP9kL0zI6tE__eSc5p6kKDgKCK34a-t6wGf_G4J-1Qle9JYc7CH8ICN9R0nXDCdKxEWl6EDdUTxRPsvDHckgFF2TZGWPUeLVv0JbJOAv0T5QmWxeaiMEZcfLvrNdoDUcYQsgq5qMRRHmoj2nJDg/s320/ME_Recipe%20Box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been busy. My kitchen and recipe box have been turned upside down. Last fall, I had several GI tests and consequently, I'm following 4 medical diets. A YouTube friend, Possum Patty, calls it the Freedom Diet - dairy-free, fructan-free, soy-free, sugar-free, etc. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who in their right mind asks to have lactose and fructose malabsorption, GERD/gastritis, gallstones or a fatty liver? Not me. They came as a complete surprise. But I decided that the best thing about these overwhelming diets, are the abundance of products out there now for people with food intolerances and allergies. Food brand companies and grocery stores are finally getting it! You make or stock, I buy! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, while I have to make a few recipes at home from scratch with my new-to-me <b><a href="https://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop-appliances/stand-mixers.html" target="_blank">Kitchen aid stand mixer</a></b> and oven, I felt like I needed to write down the food brands I've been enjoying. Told hubby that if it doesn't taste good, do you think I would be eating it? Nope! So this list is one that will be <i>a post in progress</i> as I try more brands and hope it will help someone else out there who is as clueless as I was in the beginning about what to look for. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One piece of advice: READ THE INGREDIENTS! When you go shopping, you will need to read the ingredient list of <b>EVERY</b> product before you put it into your grocery cart until you establish your brands. What may be right for me, may not be right for your tummy and we learned, for instance, that even if it says GLUTEN-FREE on the package, it may be made with an ingredient that my body can't tolerate such as agave syrup or inulin.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.juicymixes.com/" target="_blank">A & W</a></b> Sugar-free Root beer Drink Mixes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.annies.com/" target="_blank">Annie's </a></b>Gluten-Free Mac & Cheese</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.bobsredmill.com/" target="_blank">Bob's Red Mill</a></b> (gluten-free grains)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://canyonglutenfree.com/" target="_blank">Canyon Bakehouse</a></b> Gluten-Free Bread</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rice or Corn <b><a href="https://www.chex.com/" target="_blank">Chex Cereal </a></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><a href="https://www.crazyrichards.com/" target="_blank">Crazy Richard's</a></b> sugar-free peanut butter</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://crunchmaster.com/" target="_blank"><b>Crunchmaster</b> </a>Chips</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.earthbalancenatural.com/" target="_blank">Earth Balance</a> </b>Soy-free Margarine (red carton)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="http://eksel.net/" target="_blank">ekSel Toaster Bags</a></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://enjoylifefoods.com/" target="_blank">Enjoy Life </a></b>Allergy-Free Cookies </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://fairlife.com/" target="_blank">Fair-life </a></b>Lactose Free Milk & Milk Products</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.fritolay.com/" target="_blank">Frito-Lay </a></b>Corn Chips</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.fodyfoods.com/" target="_blank">Fody Foods </a></b>(low-fodmap)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.gimbalscandy.com/" target="_blank">Gimbal's </a></b>Scottie Dogs Licorice (Peanut-free, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free, Egg-Free, Kosher Pareve & No High Fructose Corn Syrup)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.goodiegirlcookies.com/" target="_blank">Goodie Girl </a> </b>Gluten-Free Cookies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://joycone.com/" target="_blank">JOY Gluten Free</a></b> Ice Cream Sugar Cones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://katzglutenfree.com/" target="_blank">Katz Gluten Free </a></b>Foods (Donuts, Yum!) </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/" target="_blank">King Arthur </a></b>Gluten-Free Flour</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://lilys.com/" target="_blank">Lilly's Stevia </a></b>Sweetened chips and candy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://modernmountainflour.com/" target="_blank">Modern Mountain </a></b>Flour Company</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://pamelasproducts.com" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Pamela's </a>Gluten-Free Graham Crackers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.pillsburybaking.com/" target="_blank">Pillsbury</a></b> Gluten-Free Cake Mixes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://polanerspreads.com/" target="_blank">Polaner </a></b>Sugar-free All-Fruit Spreads</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.popcorners.com/" target="_blank">Popcorners </a></b>Popped-Corn Snack (Sweet & Salty Kettle corn - red package)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.pukkaherbs.com/" target="_blank">Pukka</a></b> Herbal Teas </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.schaer.com/en-us" target="_blank">Schar </a></b>Gluten-Free Breads</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://silk.com/" target="_blank">Silk </a></b>Coconut Milk. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.intheraw.com/" target="_blank">Stevia In The Raw</a></b> (sugar-free sweetener)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://sodeliciousdairyfree.com/" target="_blank">So Delicious</a></b> Dairy Free Coconut milk yogurt & ice cream. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sugar-free gelatin and pudding. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.tatesbakeshop.com/" target="_blank">Tate's Bake Shop</a></b> Gluten-Free Coconut Crisp Cookies (white package)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="http://www.terrachips.com" target="_blank">TERRA</a></b> Real Vegetable Chips</span></li></ol><p></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-40114533000071614822022-03-05T23:06:00.002-06:002022-03-05T23:06:51.258-06:00What Can I Give Him? I Can Give Him My Heart. <p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMGP5e28Ii1nDmJ1ZStnNOIwl7YNW3VBURB2aTfkvuk6F7T_oLFW5KfNtS555imnXh-vUTPr19H8j7hkh_p8WWPdo-ypaZPoFNi37Vbj1-DP5L8mNMbxdUabSWxKbI3OLUdDkaMu0owkj426ASNMCF-lXb_WxLDL42pIa2nUyntAkg7jWpYQZQn4WL4w=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMGP5e28Ii1nDmJ1ZStnNOIwl7YNW3VBURB2aTfkvuk6F7T_oLFW5KfNtS555imnXh-vUTPr19H8j7hkh_p8WWPdo-ypaZPoFNi37Vbj1-DP5L8mNMbxdUabSWxKbI3OLUdDkaMu0owkj426ASNMCF-lXb_WxLDL42pIa2nUyntAkg7jWpYQZQn4WL4w=s320" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/Admo-xYVTHQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CARD: </b>Queen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>COMPLETED IN 2021</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Completed therapy. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Had 2 cataract surgeries and 2 endoscopies. Also had 2 Covid vaccines in July. And my 3rd one a month ago. Also, a CT scan, a flu shot, a mammogram</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">, a shingles vaccine, two diets, and an ultrasound. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Completed Teesha Moore's free art journaling classes on YouTube. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATION:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Creating Joy with Art - podcast interview on <b><a href="https://youtu.be/-bBRMHiQff4" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b> with Kelli May Krenz. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"People buy your joy! If you are happy, if you put your true self into something and it makes you feel good, it's going to make others feel good too." (Kelli May Krentz). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURE</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:48 = I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:78 = May the arrogant be put to shame from wronging me without cause; but I will meditate your precepts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:97 = Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:99 = I have more insight than all my teachers for I meditate on your statutes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jeremiah 29:4-7 = Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you...Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers you too will prosper. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Out of these two only one can win, either you or your fear." (Muniba Mazari)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"You only have one trip: you might as well enjoy it." (Iris Apfel)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Hang on to your good memories, for remembering brings healing." (Rev. Steve Weldon, Pastor of Hope Community Church, Andover, KS)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bloom Where You Are Planted! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ART JOURNALED PAGES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I joined a #swapandglue with a YouTube friend named Linda Dee, so I've completed two art journaled collaged pages from the papers she has sent me. She's done her pages via video with the papers I've sent her, so I have been working on completing my part, however, I've had to put my thinking cap on, for One Drive is holding my computer hostage because it says I must buy more storage space. Since this isn't something I can control, I've tried the change the things I can, which is to make a shorter video and show what I have completed. The art journaled pages have these sayings. I also finished a Dolly page as well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Celebrate! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I make every day count. No room for boring. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This quote also came from Linda's junk mail: "Christmas joy flows both ways when you share a gift with a child in need." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/" target="_blank">Dolly </a></b>- Be a pineapple: Stand tall, wear a crown and be sweet on the inside! She is also wearing a medallion that says: How sweet it is! with the image of a pineapple. I found the sticker at the Dollar Tree. Her dress is a Pineapple can label and arms and legs from a woman's clothing catalog. </span></p><p><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Oklahoma grandmother taught me to crochet, then my Kansas grandmother showed me Christmas cards framed in crochet, so I learned how to make them. I have the pattern on my craft blog (<b><a href="https://thefrugalcraftyrushdlady.blogspot.com/2011/01/crochet-framed-christmas-cards.html" target="_blank">click here</a></b>). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Kansas grandmother's middle name was Esther and my Oklahoma grandmother's middle name was Hester. Neither one liked their middle names. When I was pregnant with our son, I would tease them and tell them I was going to name my girl after them -- Esther Hester or Hester Esther. They were horrified that I would do that to their great-granddaughter. And then with a twinkle in my eye, I would tell them that I would be honoring them by naming my daughter after them. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #26282a;">My husband's grandmother showed me how to par-boil bitter vegetables to get the bitter out. Take turnips for instance. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: georgia;">She cut the stem and root ends off, peeled and sliced them, and placed them in a saucepan with water covering them. She said to par-boil them in water for about 10 minutes and then drain them, and all the bitter would go down the sink with the water. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: georgia;">Then she covered them with water again, boiled them until fork soft, added a chunk of butter to the water and removed them from the fire. They were good at special dinners such as Christmas. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>POETRY</b>:</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">What Can I Give Him?<br />By Christina G. Rosetti.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">What can I give him,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Poor as I am?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">If I were a shepherd</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would bring a lamb,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">If I were a wise man</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I would do my part;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">But what can I give him?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Give my heart. <br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-68246541417838105762022-02-18T02:50:00.000-06:002022-02-18T02:50:41.135-06:00Friends Bring Such Beauty to Our Lives<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioNjYawvINbCpYqPogcra5eIK4iC3kH7j2_rWo1qRvYBFGIznjBxVSQHoCXe84mEmhkr3wJIhhZahmbYyNFzALhJh7kAi0OymooBjGRiTSiRGTwZbbYIVSR3r1iOlEGysWdXEsrlbIGMtItvqd42m21_vvU_1I4AE2b9zVP-6ht6U7tp_qYf7eNPow2w=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioNjYawvINbCpYqPogcra5eIK4iC3kH7j2_rWo1qRvYBFGIznjBxVSQHoCXe84mEmhkr3wJIhhZahmbYyNFzALhJh7kAi0OymooBjGRiTSiRGTwZbbYIVSR3r1iOlEGysWdXEsrlbIGMtItvqd42m21_vvU_1I4AE2b9zVP-6ht6U7tp_qYf7eNPow2w=s320" width="320" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">November 2021 Positivity Journal </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After several months of health issues that included a couple of endoscopies, surgeries, and a several GI diagnoses (I still have some upcoming testing to look forward to, Oh Boy, Fun times! 🤓) and a couple of new diets (gastritis and low fodmap, which I'm doing at this very moment), I decided it was time to quit being lazy and finish out my positivity journal for 2021. I have things to look forward to, such as a #swapandglue video (coming out soon) and doing an en masse journal (idea by <b><a href="https://youtu.be/WG0wxlF1Deg" target="_blank">Shannon Green</a></b>). I've already have begun to collect images for that! And perhaps doing some more Dolly pictures such as this one:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnkFA3TvC9Ber8HPjtlx7HKUkCA9oK7CUffm13uGVahs3J0Ub29V2zUE88CQtbrHM51Tz4Ur1OAV_yc4pvLwG-mRj7tcliDhOITAsYrUECRBUXYkfXpbS9gYdERnIdKBbvRWv5CDoRpMPeqAwgK4tw21AllwCQI4S342ksZ28uw1Q9FprTCwihncQyrw=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnkFA3TvC9Ber8HPjtlx7HKUkCA9oK7CUffm13uGVahs3J0Ub29V2zUE88CQtbrHM51Tz4Ur1OAV_yc4pvLwG-mRj7tcliDhOITAsYrUECRBUXYkfXpbS9gYdERnIdKBbvRWv5CDoRpMPeqAwgK4tw21AllwCQI4S342ksZ28uw1Q9FprTCwihncQyrw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SAYINGS AND QUOTES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends bring such beauty to our lives. I'm grateful for each and every friend that has stuck with me these last three years. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"You know, just own who you are. Love yourself." (~ KeKe Palmer, diagnosed with PCOS)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Isn't it strange how God directs our paths and always beyond our wildest dreams? It surely keeps us dancing with glee, no matter the medium." (~<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSdD2rGYkWRwv9GKBeHiww" target="_blank">Victoria MacKenzie-Childs</a></b>)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Love your audience and they will love you right back." (George D. Hay said to Minnie Pearl the day she was to perform on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville for the first time). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Live each day with a <b>grateful </b>heart. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genesis 1:1 = In the beginning</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 77:12 = I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 92:12-15 = (<i>Carolyn's favorite verse; my friend inspired my <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZXYsqwEbmVFT_FigE1YHYr" target="_blank">Joy video's</a></b></i>) The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall bring forth fruit in old age, they shall be fat and flourishing. To shew that the Lord is upright; He is my rock; and there is no unrighteousness in Him. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:15 = I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:23 = Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 119:27 = Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2 Corinthians 12:9,10 = But he said to me "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness..." For when I am weak, then I am strong.</span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">INSPIRATION:</span></b></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GG6ypSnUC4g" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Muniba Mazari</span></a><b> </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Aspire to Inspire - on being grateful.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia;">GOOD MEMORIES</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">:</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Kansas grandmother showed us a game using a thimble called "Hide the Thimble." Someone is it and everyone else goes out of the room. "It" hides the thimble in plain sight somewhere in the room. The thimble cannot be hidden behind or under something, but in plain sight from any corner of the room. When "It" calls okay, then everyone comes back into the room and stands in the middle of the room. The first person who spies the thimble, is the next "It" who hides the thimble. If "It" hides the thimble so well that nobody can find it, then "It" can give clues like, "You are warm" meaning they are close to the thimble and if they are next to it and still don't see it, then they are hot. If they move away, then they are getting cold. It's a lot of fun and I taught the game to my in-law's family. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;">My Oklahoma grandmother had a button box with her sewing supplies. She cut off the buttons from grandpa's old shirts and kept the extras from sewing projects. I loved sifting through them and looking at all the interesting and pretty vintage and modern button treasures she had in that box. I keep my buttons in jars and they are divided into two jars, one for white buttons and one for colored. I have purchased many of my buttons from thrift stores, garage sales and Walmart. Comes in handy as the package roller conveyor in the warehouse where hubby works eats them like candy. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;">My Kansas grandmother complained that she didn't catch the doorbell when people made deliveries, so the next time we went to visit her, dad brought his tools with him and wired in a security alarm bell to her doorbell inside the house. I remember the first time he rang the doorbell to test it, everyone in the house about jumped out of their skins. She didn't have a bit of trouble hearing the doorbell thereafter! </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;">LOL! Oh, and she lived in a farmhouse, so the alarm didn't bother any neighbors. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">When I got older, at times I got to stay with my Oklahoma grandmother by myself. Once I caught a train one summer and rode all night, sleepy, but afraid I'd miss my stop, to visit grandma and grandpa. They picked me up at the train station in Dodge City, KS and I got to stay with them for a week and then they took me back to Dodge City to get on the train to go home. I so enjoyed my visit with my grandparents. It was scary and fun all at the same time. Another time, I was invited to stay with my grandparents after my mother, my siblings, and I had already been there for a month summer visit. I can't remember why, but my mother had to go back home, so she left some money with my grandmother to take me to town to pick out some shoes for school. I was pretty excited about that as I had been wanting a pair of saddle oxfords for some time. So, Friday came, my grandparent's usual shopping day (</span><i style="text-align: justify;">I have described it in some detail above</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">) and after grandma got gussied up (</span><i style="text-align: justify;">the hairdresser sure was taking her sweet time getting grandma's hair done</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">) and we had lunch, we set out for the shoe store. As I wandered around the store, grandma made her selection for me. When she called me over to try on the shoes, I looked in disgust at the shoes she had picked out. They were OLD LADY SHOES! Grandma had in hand, two black, lace-up oxfords. I said, "Grandma, I wanted saddle oxfords!" Grandma said, "Your mother said to get you oxfords and that is what you are going to get!" I was sure there was a mix-up somewhere and I showed grandma the shoes I wanted. She shook her head and insisted the shoes she held was what my mother told her to get. I went home, upset with my old lady shoes. Mom couldn't afford to replace them, and I had to endure the laughs of the kids at school at the sight of those ugly shoes. Imagine today, I'm still wearing black old lady shoes, except instead of laces, I have 3 Velcro straps across the shoes, and one shoe is built up as the doctors discovered one of my legs was short! Perhaps they can fix that when I get new knee joints. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><b>POETRY</b>:</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">OLD FRIENDS By Edgar Guest (one of my favorite poets)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">I do not say new friends are not considerate and true,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Or that their smiles ain't genuine, but still I'm telling you</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">That when a feller's heart is crushed and achin' with the pain,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">And teardrops come a-splashin' down his cheeks like summer rain,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Because his grief an' loneliness are more than he can bear,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Somehow, it's only old friends, then, that really seem to care.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">The friends who've stuck through thick an' thin, who've known you, good an' bad</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Your faults an' virtues, an' have seen the struggles you have had,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">When they come to you gentle-like an' take your hand an' </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">say.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">'Cheer up! we're with you still,' it counts, for that's the old friends' way. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The new friends may be fond of you for what you are </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">today.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">They've only known you rich, perhaps, an' only seen you </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">gay.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">You can't tell what's attracted them; your station may </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">appeal.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Perhaps they smile on you because you're doing something </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">real.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">But old friends who have seen you fail, an' also seen you win,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Who've loved you either up or down, stuck to you, thick or thin,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Who knew you as a budding youth, an' watched you start to climb, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Through weal an' woe, still friends of yours an' constant all the time,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">When trouble comes an' things go wrong, I don't care what you say,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">They are the friends you'll turn to, for you want the old friends' way. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The new friends may be richer, an' more stylish, too, but when</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Your heart is achin' an' you think your sun won't shine again,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's not the riches of new friends you want, it's not their style,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's not the airs of grandeur then, it's just the old friend's smile,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The old hand that has helped before, stretched out once more to you,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The old words ringin' in your ears, so sweet an', Oh, so true!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The tenderness of folks who know just what your sorrow means,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">These are the things on which, somehow, your spirit always leans.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">When grief is poundin' at your breast -- the new friends disappear</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">An' to the old ones tried an' true, you turn for aid an' cheer. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thank you, friends! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-23392911309130611572021-12-01T02:37:00.003-06:002021-12-01T02:41:05.855-06:00Peas Be Kind! Spread Hap-pea-ness! <p><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjYo_iVQznBLzcfDtfZ5EPP7fU_eKOo0lEFeIY0Y8LdKnQOgaLPApXMM68UTJ6Fg2prgr8wyUxMkYaNeDbIjnhPzGU3i8ZvA4CvTkJmZbOumbODzlnTYHzVySVBV9pdoiRJK5oP0zNzyb/s2048/Peas+B+Kind.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjYo_iVQznBLzcfDtfZ5EPP7fU_eKOo0lEFeIY0Y8LdKnQOgaLPApXMM68UTJ6Fg2prgr8wyUxMkYaNeDbIjnhPzGU3i8ZvA4CvTkJmZbOumbODzlnTYHzVySVBV9pdoiRJK5oP0zNzyb/s320/Peas+B+Kind.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> I've been really enjoying my twist on Teesha Moore's Zetti-dolls. My photo portrait has been run through a Photo Booth App and printed out in black and white. I think it makes the whole thing pop! And then I'm recycling the paper labels from food packaging and other small paper ephemera and then finding sayings that match the dresses. One of my new friends at YouTube, "Twisted Art Designs" suggested that I add in flourishes, which I have done here, along with pretty transparent butterfly wings that I purchased at the Dollar Tree as stickers and cut in half to glue to Dolly's shoulder blades. You can't tell it in the photo, but they have glitter on them and they really shine. If you want to see my other zetti-dolls, <b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/albums/72157719447031930" target="_blank">click here for album</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The next best thing about October's Positivity Journal video is that I participated in a Swap and Glue challenge and created an art journal page with what I was sent. I need to learn to cut out the long pauses and out-of-frame shots, but it's a process video, so went with what I had taped. My other new friend on YouTube named "Possum Patty from Pencil-vania" has been coaching me. She said at first it really feels strange to be talking to nobody, but after awhile, you get used to it. 😃 The other problem I have and have always had, I think I've mentioned it before here, is being able to think quickly under pressure. Need a script in the ole noggin' before I tape. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well, here's my text for my <b><a href="https://youtu.be/M3-8IEni7BY" target="_blank">October section</a></b> of my Positivity Journal. En-JOY! (Oh, and by the way, I have a new JOY video up too!)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES/SAYINGS/WORDS</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ball Regular</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy People Shine Brighter</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello Fall! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">JOY</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Making Memories</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peace</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peas Be Kind! Spread Hap-pea-ness! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Radiate Positivity (found large sticker at Dollar Tree)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>"STAR - </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>S</b> (<i>describe the <b>Situation</b></i>);</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>T (<i>target</i></b><i> the ideal solution-what has to change?</i>); </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>A (<i>Action</i></b><i>: What steps have to happen to make the change?</i>); </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>R</b> (<i>how to measure and monitor the <b>results</b></i>)." ~ Marsha Baker. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Texas Toast</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"You Pick Pumpkins 50 cents! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Why don't you start with a few nice pictures of yourself holding up a journal or something at chest level as an intro. Smile! That's all people want to see! When you gain confidence...do the same with live...keep it short...keep smiling...people will love that!" ~ Possum Patty of Pencil-vania.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 39:3 = my heart grew hot with me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 48:9 = With your temple, O God, we meditated on your unfailing love.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 77: 3 = I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated and my spirit grew faint.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 77: 6= I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditates and my spirit asks; </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Every Friday was my Oklahoma Grandma's hair-do day. She and grandpa would get up early and head into town after breakfast and morning chores were done. She would visit the hairdresser and get her hair gussied up, then they would go to the El Rancho restaurant in town to buy lunch. Sometimes they would stop to visit her brother and his family for a couple of hours or go pick up groceries or whatever they needed in town. I got to go shopping with them several times, so I pretty much knew the routine. Then they would head home which was about 18-20 miles from town.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grandma loved flowers and had them planted in her yard around the house. She especially liked irises. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Went with my Oklahoma Grandpa and cousin to a circus once in Amarillo, Texas. It was a LONG drive and mostly what I remember was the parade of the performers and animals at the beginning of the show. It was the Barnum and Bailey Circus. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>MY FAVORITE POEM ARE LYRICS AGAIN THIS MONTH:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>My Favorite Things</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/0IagRZBvLtw" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span></div><p></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-73845095489096512992021-11-05T06:42:00.001-05:002021-11-05T07:52:59.032-05:00Hello Fall! <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Been busy prepping my kitchen for possible dietary changes and had a endoscopy and cataract surgery, so I'm a little behind on my positivity journal flip-throughs. You know, the old saying about the more you <b>RUSH</b>, the behinder you get? Yep, that's me! 🤓</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So don't have much written down in my written diary, however, we did go to the zoo in September. My husband's company picnic was at the zoo this year. Last year it was canceled due to Covid restrictions and the years before that it was at a picnic shelter near our local lake. I told hubby, if I was going, I wanted to see if they had a scooter we could rent. I walked in with my rollator and just inside the gate, there was a little building where they rented out strollers and scooters and they kept my rollator until I returned their scooter. Not only was lunch good, but we were able to get to a part of the zoo we had never been able to travel to because of the walking distance. I just scooted that scooter around and got to see the African elephant exhibits and lots of other animals including a happy hippo! It was such as blessing and here's me on my scooter! Mrs. HOT WHEELS! 🤓 </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11tcdDs1_P3BMM0HpK7T2YghH7n0uZJ76VJewLOwBkEc6YyWAKdCC0_4GD6bVmw1AE5dck80aGbS-eLyHdlzbjwt8s7a0OMZV929anjAkDaiixwnfLMIwXTHpHX0wKI5hXwkeMyLJVfzo/s2048/2021.+Hot+Wheels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11tcdDs1_P3BMM0HpK7T2YghH7n0uZJ76VJewLOwBkEc6YyWAKdCC0_4GD6bVmw1AE5dck80aGbS-eLyHdlzbjwt8s7a0OMZV929anjAkDaiixwnfLMIwXTHpHX0wKI5hXwkeMyLJVfzo/s320/2021.+Hot+Wheels.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">My friend Connie made me something special in September and brought it over with love -- she upcycled one of her granny's chopping boards and decoupaged it with the word <b>JOY!</b> You can see it in the<b><a href="https://youtu.be/IIVNMAiX-qA" target="_blank"> video</a></b> on my pictorial diary page. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES/SAYINGS:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"By reading the scriptures, I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet." (Thomas Merton).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Front Cover Card = Friend Blessings come in countless ways, through caring smiles on cloudy days, in hopeful prayers that see us through...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From my Garden with Love. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Homemade with Love.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"It was one of those sumptuous days when the world is full of autumn muskiness and tangy. Crisp perfection: vivid blue sky, deep green fields, leaves in a thousand luminous hues. It is a truly astounding sight when every tree in a landscape become individual, when each winding back highway and plump hillside is suddenly and infinitely splashed with every sharp shade that nature can bestow -- flaming scarlet, lustrous gold, throbbing vermilion, fiery orange." (Bill Bryson)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's not easy being Green! - Kermit the Frog.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace." (Brennan Manning). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes in the winds of change, we find our true direction! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"There is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean." (Laetitia Casta).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><b>Psst!</b> I'm so enjoying creating my Dolly's. Here's an album of my Dolly's on <b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/albums/72157719447031930" target="_blank">Flickr.</a></b> I love pairing the quote with what she's wearing (besides my face!). </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURE</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genesis 24:63 = He went out to the field one evening to meditate...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joshua 1:8 = Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 1:2 = but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Colossians 1:6 (Grace Card scripture) = All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Revelation 1: 5 = and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After our son was born, we called all the grandparents and great-grandparents by their title and first name. All of them were still alive then, except one (my Kansas grandfather had passed in 1977). But our son soon dubbed one great-grandpa with his own special name -- "grandpa with the tractor!" That grandpa had a red Farmall tractor. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When our son was small, less than a year old, he was scooching along the floor by the time he was 5 months old. He sat up by himself at a doctor's visit at four, which pretty much amazed the doctor and I. We were visiting my Oklahoma grandmother and we told him to not get in her dog's face, but some kids just have to learn in the school of hard knocks and he did it anyway. Yep, the dog bit him on the nose and we heard him say "dumb dog." Those were his very first words! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When he was a little older, of kindergarten age, we used to call him "sonny boy" or "punkin" as a term of endearment. One day he came home from school and told me that he wanted to be called "sweetheart," so to please him (giving his father the heads up when he got home from work that day), we tried our best to call him sweetheart. A few days went by and then he announced he wanted his old names back! 🤓</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>BUTTONS</b>! I was inspired by Melanie Sullivan of <b><a href="https://youtu.be/OXP0NhIBX4k" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. She sewed some buttons into her "Wreck this Journal" book. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And my <b>Poetry</b> this month is actually <b><a href="https://youtu.be/iMaVF5nwass" target="_blank">Kermit's song</a></b>, It's Not Easy Being Green! by Joe Raposo. 1970. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-66333151796995670352021-10-20T01:45:00.001-05:002021-10-20T01:45:15.819-05:00Where Did Summer Go? <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAzmFpI8ycE5qhTSfEYyfrnuvmnhbjryfeWfqP17AH10_IeYTFCLv8LbkLHa2PkrLJ3S1aOl4gbLvGn1eBUkSl19gQTDODGB1zoft8cGL5XhRxlz5GTvLXCbUnq0DOpyvD2mAjDXfMGo0/s2048/Where+did+summer+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAzmFpI8ycE5qhTSfEYyfrnuvmnhbjryfeWfqP17AH10_IeYTFCLv8LbkLHa2PkrLJ3S1aOl4gbLvGn1eBUkSl19gQTDODGB1zoft8cGL5XhRxlz5GTvLXCbUnq0DOpyvD2mAjDXfMGo0/s320/Where+did+summer+go.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Most of <b><a href=" https://youtu.be/eiMHrd7mIMU" target="_blank">August</a></b> found me "spring cleaning" the kitchen in preparation for a procedure I was to have in September, so the month whizzed by and one day I suddenly realized it was September and I hadn't done anything in my positivity journal, so I've been playing catch-up for both months. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, despite getting ready for the procedure, such as getting rid of all the dirt and plastic in the kitchen and converting over to stainless steel and glassware, the doctor stopped at a certain spot inside when he found something unexpected and backed out quickly for he did not want to disturb it, so I didn't get the test I wanted. That won't happen until December when I have a repeat of the same to make sure everything is healed before proceeding. Then I had a cataract removed in my left eye and two stents put in to help my eye drain. I have pigmentary glaucoma, a rare form of glaucoma. This is me - <b><a href="https://www.glaucoma.org/personal-stories/dolores-j-rush-artist-with-pigmentary-glaucoma.php" target="_blank">click here</a></b>. When's the last time you have had your eyes checked? Don't let glaucoma (or cataracts) steal your eyesight! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We took our 12th trash bag of plastic stuff to donate to Red Racks thrift store in the month of September. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our pastor also decided on a theme of GRACE to preach about in the next school year and he asked me to create coloring sheets to coordinate with his sermons. I created <b><a href="https://youtu.be/86ra56LJHGw" target="_blank">a short video</a></b> to explain what to do with the coloring scripture index cards that I was making. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genesis 24:63 = He went out to the field one evening to meditate...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Joshua 1:8 = Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 1:2 = but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Proverbs 17:22 = A merry heart does good like a medicine.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ephesians 3:18 = may have power together with all the Lord's people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ephesians 5:2 = and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Colossians 1:6 = All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 Timothy 1:14 = The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jude 1:21 = Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Revelations 1:5 = and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES and SAYINGS!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Believe you can do it!" (<b><a href="https://youtu.be/YLO7tCdBVrA" target="_blank">Bob Ross</a></b>, The Joy of Painting TV-PBS artist) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Be someone's sunshine when their skies are grey. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"By reading the scriptures, I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The who world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet." (Thomas Merton)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Choose happy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Farm Fresh</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friend Blessings come in countless ways, through caring smiles on cloudy days, in hopeful prayers that see us through...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">From my garden with love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grown with Love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello Fall! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Homemade with Love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"It was one of those sumptuous days when the world is full of autumn muskiness and tangy crisp perfection: vivid blue sky, deep green fields, leaves in a thousand luminous hues. It is a truly astounding sight when every tree is a landscape becomes individual, when each winding back highway and plump hillside is suddenly and infinitely splashed with every sharp shade that nature can bestow - flaming scarlet, lustrous gold, throbbing vermilion, fiery orange." (Bill Bryson). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace." (Brennan Manning). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jesus loves me from my head to-ma-toes! See Dolly on <b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/51571371865/in/album-72157719447031930/" target="_blank">Flickr. </a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">JOY -- (My friend Connie made a sign for me. She made it from her granny's old cutting board.). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meditate = to think deeply or to pray; to focus one's mind for a period of time on God and what he has done for me; count my blessings, for instance! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Moo! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"One of the ways out of bitterness is through the use of gentle, self-effacing humor." (Rev. Dr. Ed Hird) Self-effacing humor is a strong, confident person who can make fun of themselves. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tea for two, me for you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tomatoes 10 cents each</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Walk towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you." (on one of Mary Engelbreit's notepads).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You warm my heart. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My first memory involves my Kansas grandmother and I. She and I were in her bedroom and she pointed up to a picture on her wall. She told me that was Jesus. Later I said my first word, Gee-gee (Jesus). Mom said she knew it was a word because I was pointing up at a picture of Jesus on the wall with my pudgy little finger while she was changing me. I'm forever grateful that Grandma introduced me to Gee-gee!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of my blessings was being able to live with my buddy Oklahoma Grandmother the last year of her life. One of the sweetest memories I have of her is the duet that she sang with our son after her stroke. They sang "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know" together. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My first Bible was given to me for Christmas by my Kansas grandmother. It was the King James Version and its cover was white leather with my name inscribed in gold in the lower right hand side. It was beautiful! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our son was semi-crawling by the time he was five months old. We went down to visit my Oklahoma grandparents and we told him not to get in grandma's dog Casey's face, but he did it anyway. Yep, you guessed it - the dog bit his nose. The boy's very first words were: "Dum dog!"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When our son was of kindergarten age, we used to call him "sonny boy" or "Punkin" as a term of endearment. One day , he came home from school and announced that he wanted to be called "sweetheart" instead of "punkin." So giving my husband the heads up when he got home that day, we did our best to please him. A few days later, our son said he wanted his old name back. He missed it! 🥰</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After our son was born, we called all the grandparents and great-grandparents by their grandma or pa title, plus their first names, for all of them were still alive at that time. Our son had a special name though for one of his paternal great-grandpa's and everyone knew who he was talking about when he said "the grandpa with a tractor," cause that grandpa had a big red Farmall tractor. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PRAYER CARD</b>: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3gmcL3lBuuGgs31H1VSES1DrOvE1e7cK" target="_blank">Rev. Eric Forgrave</a>, </b>A Journey of Grace YouTube Sermon Playlist</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>POETRY PAGE</b>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">August's poem is actually lyrics. It's called "I've Got My Foot on the Rock" by Mike Payne. My cousin Terrill White sings it <b><a href="https://youtu.be/heh4JuvdFT0" target="_blank">here on YouTube</a></b>. </span></div><div><br /></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-8861496350608470242021-08-31T01:19:00.001-05:002021-08-31T01:19:56.801-05:00Be a Rainbow in Someone's Cloudy Skies! <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kK7gnkUr6ku7x0dJG-8vZDVGz6GWEuWU-sNzA34KVS0miIRigL43GKMPq6grG6E5wDVlSXVqC-2hKbFm4vkvxyNDcB8xVAib0G2atvMnGTtCvEJQamCaZ8XbncfZ2_eR88z-xbjpIYh4/s2048/July+divider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kK7gnkUr6ku7x0dJG-8vZDVGz6GWEuWU-sNzA34KVS0miIRigL43GKMPq6grG6E5wDVlSXVqC-2hKbFm4vkvxyNDcB8xVAib0G2atvMnGTtCvEJQamCaZ8XbncfZ2_eR88z-xbjpIYh4/s320/July+divider.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />YAY! July <a href="https://youtu.be/22FoSeNe-wQ" target="_blank">VIDEO</a> DONE!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How Not To Take Things Personally. <b><a href="https://youtu.be/LnJwH_PZXnM" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Gluten-Free <b><a href="https://www.fritolay.com/api/dietary-needs-pdf?page=2198&subpage=0" target="_blank">Food List </a></b>from Frito-Lay. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/when-i-struggle-with-shame-about-being-on-ssi-because-of-my-disability/ar-AANHI15?ocid=msedgntp" target="_blank">Coping with Shame</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">DIARY: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">July began with a bang and hot weather. Quite a few things around here are needing repair or perhaps I should say, are in the process of getting repaired (maintained). Like the cars, for instance, and my computer crashed and all my files with it. And follow-ups and tests with the medical establishment. Like for instance, the two JOY videos I was collecting for! (P.S. <b>God provided <a href="https://youtu.be/WgXXLLoE5pY" target="_blank">more!</a> PTL!</b>) So my husband's brother-in-law rebuilt my system (<b>Thank you, John!</b>). Hubby purchased a couple of pairs of<b><a href="https://www.maryengelbreit.com/collections/leggings" target="_blank"> Mary Engelbreit</a></b> leggings for me and they finally came in the MAIL! (<i>If you decide to purchase a pair, a little tip, they run small, so buy a bigger size than you think you will need</i>). Hubby and I went to the <b><a href="https://www.brassarmadillo.com/" target="_blank">Brass Armadillo </a></b>Flea Market to do a little shopping. I was looking for a metal kitchen scale that weighs pounds and several other things. Found one for $20.00 in white!!! Now that's my kind of bargain. Hubby has always wanted a glass butter churn -- alas, no deals there. I'm on the hunt also for metal kitchen funnels, but didn't find any that trip either (<i>however found some later</i>!). I took my rollator -- it was my mini shopping cart and "park bench" for it was wonderful for taking mini-sitting breaks while waiting for David to finish looking through bins. We spent several hours there and only got through half of the huge store. Hope to go back and finish the other half soon. And we've been able to eat some from our garden. I made a taco salad and added in fresh lettuce from one of our tubs! It was good and sweet! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And sad news too -- <b><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229306023/grace-ketterman" target="_blank">Dr. Grace Ketterman</a></b>, the doctor who diagnosed us with ADD, prayed for us and so kindly gave advice to us out of her store of wisdom, passed away earlier this month. I've mentioned her before in a post or two and I believe God led us to her in time of great need after I prayed and fasted one Friday and then within two weeks, my prayers were answered for a Christian doctor to help us. After our experience in our son's previous school system in Kansas, I wasn't quite ready to hand the reins of my son's mind and heart to more school officials here. I have two of her precious books, signed in agape Christian love. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm also "spring cleaning" my kitchen. I keep my kitchen generally neat and tidy, but it's been a while since I have done a deep clean and stirred up enough dust to make me wheezy. When's the last time you counted how much plastic is in your kitchen? I continue to be amazed and I recently took my 10th bag of stuff to be donated to one of our local thrift stores with another one not far behind. We're replacing the plastic with stainless steel and glass items that we use on a continual basis and not replacing those items that we haven't used in a while. I've been diagnosed with lactose and fructose malabsorption and will be having a endoscopy in September. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ezekiel 1:28 = Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Romans 8:35 = Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Romans 8:39 = Neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2 Corinthians 13:14 = May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Galatians 2:20 = I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Be a rainbow in the clouds." ~ Maya Angelou</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Some days you just want to send the devil the fly and say, 'Not today, Satan! You ain't gonna steal my JOY, for the Lord Almighty is for me! He is the source of all my JOY!'" (~ Stephanie Ackerman). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"The Good News: Instead of looking at life's challenges as hardships, look at them as opportunities!" (Martha Sorren, Kelsey Hurwitz, Women's Day Magazine). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I turned sixteen, my Kansas grandmother gave me a complete set of white china banded in gold. That was the beginning of my hope chest. My Oklahoma grandmother embroidered and crocheted edging on several pillowslips, crocheted doilies and gave me an afghan she had crocheted for me to put in it as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When hubby and I became engaged, his grandmother who lived in Henley, Missouri, crocheted a large white lacy tablecloth to go under my china set. It was a true labor of love on her part for I have no idea how long it took her to make it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Oklahoma grandmother, knowing my love of vintage things, told me there was a old iron double-sized bed frame down in an empty house on land they farmed and if I wanted it for our first bed together to go get it. So my hubby-to-be and I dragged it out of the house and took it home with us. We had it sand-blasted and then we repainted it. It was our bed for many years.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My in-laws-to-be purchased the mattress and box springs for that iron bed. My mother-in-law also crocheted doilies for our first home, a duplex, and hosted our wedding rehearsal dinner. She later made us a quilt for our bed. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PRAYERS</b> and <b>PRAISES</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of my prayers this month was a friend poem, for I had nothing in mind. Two days later, God provided. My friend, Carolyn sent this poem to me and told me a story about it. Apparently, she had helped a friend she discovered was living in his car and when he got on his feet, he found a plaque with this poem in it and gave it to Carolyn and her hubby in gratitude for their gracious help. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Friendship is a Matter of Time</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By Amanda Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friendship is really a matter of time...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time that it takes to be kind, </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time that it takes just to listen and talk, </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To help someone find peace of mind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friendship is really a matter of time...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time that it takes you to do</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A thoughtful and generous favor that wasn't expected of you,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time that it takes just to answer a call</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To let someone know that you are there.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friendship is really a matter of time...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The time that you take when you care. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-33108357827815448252021-07-14T20:46:00.000-05:002021-07-14T20:46:44.722-05:00Dearly Loved<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zW7q_qTHIDETczeBgaxwlvTaI2S9Q85I2UVDyLv0WdOY4Vsg6laYPdLadesiEGdb93Pc-p8h43us97PCUFk6uq8hxfJ3Ynotk6AR-yzOTaJJngGqeLq1H2oqETb2ZpAEjta3LRlBO2bN/s2048/Garden+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zW7q_qTHIDETczeBgaxwlvTaI2S9Q85I2UVDyLv0WdOY4Vsg6laYPdLadesiEGdb93Pc-p8h43us97PCUFk6uq8hxfJ3Ynotk6AR-yzOTaJJngGqeLq1H2oqETb2ZpAEjta3LRlBO2bN/w254-h320/Garden+2.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeC4Xy2NreKSPys6MvUncThyphenhyphen3ApQLsrgqRYHU4LZytFMUQlexhH1xekW4EnN9aZAX_MRzBarZWy1Qk1ilsepfKfwZiJM6xIDohncO8ioNQHMLDDF0Yp7SRHryyf6ZFCzUpHbsunuBg0x1/s2048/Garden+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2009" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeC4Xy2NreKSPys6MvUncThyphenhyphen3ApQLsrgqRYHU4LZytFMUQlexhH1xekW4EnN9aZAX_MRzBarZWy1Qk1ilsepfKfwZiJM6xIDohncO8ioNQHMLDDF0Yp7SRHryyf6ZFCzUpHbsunuBg0x1/w274-h320/Garden+1.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> I'm Dearly Loved. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Short<b><a href="https://youtu.be/s5hlQhC3m4Y" target="_blank"> Video</a></b>. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">A God-thing: 40 Inspirational Bible Verses to <b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/mind-and-soul/40-inspirational-bible-verses-to-give-you-hope-in-tough-times/ss-AABg3Z1?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531#image=1" target="_blank">Give You Hope</a></b> in Tough Times. By Martha Sorren, Kelsey Hurwitz. Woman's Day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dyan Reaveley's <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dyan-Reaveley-Quotes-Page-285158264952286/" target="_blank">Facebook Quotes</a></b>. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quotes about <b><a href="https://www.liveabout.com/quotes-about-friends-by-maya-angelou-1385385" target="_blank">Friendship</a></b> by Maya Angelou. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CARD DIVIDER</b>: Purchased from the Dollar Tree. "Home Sweet Home. Furnish it with FRIENDSHIP, decorate it with LAUGHTER, warm it with LOVE." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DIARY HIGH-LITES</b>: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">June began HOT! The neighbors behind us moved to a retirement village several miles away. (Didn't know his last name was Allen. I have Allen's in my family tree.) Hubby had emergency surgery to remove a kidney stone that was blocking traffic. Son took us all out to eat BBQ for Father's Day. Dress that hubby ordered for me for Mother's Day finally came in the mail. Took another bag of clutter to the thrift store. My girlfriend at church, Princess Sister, gave us a bag of shredded paper to fill up half of the galvanized tubs that I converted to large planters (Linda Vater's Bucket Brigade on <b><a href="https://youtu.be/zR6LHINoSsQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>). In turn, she got a bag of lettuce that I thinned out. She said she enjoyed it so much. We also have 3 tomatoes growing, one turning red. Hubby smacked his lips when he spied it -- one of his summer favorite sandwiches is tomato slices, lettuce on Miracle Whip, and bacon on toast. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 56:9b = "By this I will know that God is for me."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 62:12 = They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Long Deserted. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John 15:9,11 = As the Father has loved me so have I loved you. Now remain in my love... I have told you this so that my <b>JOY</b> may be in you and that your <b>JOY</b> may be complete.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Romans 12:18,21 = If it is possible as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone...Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 Corinthians 13:13 = And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ephesians 5:1-2 = Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"Always remember, a friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are." (~ Laura Childs, Eggs in a Casket.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Come sit on the Porch with me. The drinks are cold and the Friendship's Free. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Every experience God gives us, every person he puts into our lives is preparation for a future that only He can see." (~ Corrie ten Boom.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gardening. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Home is where the Herd is. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">JOY journaling page. (Dollar Tree stencil; two thrift store flowers) </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seasoned with Love. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Zetti Paper Doll Art Journal Page: "I'm not Bossy: I've Got Leadership Skills." Paired with a California Farms Evaporated Filled Milk can label. (Has a USA flag, cow, barn and windmill image on front). It will be posted to <b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/" target="_blank">Flickr. </a> </b>Therapist said she was glad that I'm adding a little humor into my positivity journal when I told her that my hubby got a big kick out of it. He shared it with his family on Memorial Day! You know, if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! 😆</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Kansas grandmother had a tall glass ginger jar with a lid on it. It was full of dried rose petals and smelled spicy like cloves. It sat on the dresser in her guest bedroom. I always wanted a jar of memories too.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I asked my Kansas grandmother for a pair of grandpa's blue jean overalls when he passed away. I decorated the bib and pockets with embroidered flowers. I felt close to grandpa when I wore them. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We went to church with my grandparents when we visited. Kansas grandparents attended the Pleasant Prairie Church of God and my Oklahoma grandparents attended the Elkhart Church of God. We enjoyed meeting cousins and old friends there. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shared with my pastor several weeks ago a story my grandmother told me about putting a light in the window at night out of the prairie. She said that light could be seen for miles out on the dark flat prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma and said it was a beacon to a cold weary traveler and welcomed them to shelter. She said back in those days, farmers looked out for their neighbors and helped them when they could. My pastor used the illustration in a sermon recently -- <b><a href="https://youtu.be/Za9Mnh083bI" target="_blank">click here</a> -- </b>to listen to his sermon.<b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SMILE! </b>Art Journal page of a cute smiling apple that came from a McDonald's Happy Meal box. I couldn't resist cutting it down and adding it to my journal. 🥰</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PRAYER LIST</b>: Help me to discern truth from lies in this world. Thank you, Jesus, for the creative ideas that you send my way. May those that need Jesus find my blog and/or YouTube videos. I'm not perfect, but I can perhaps influence someone to follow Jesus too or help meet a need for comfort and positivity. In Jesus name, Amen! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>POEM</b>: Actually lyrics from a Beatles song. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>TEA</b>: The last of my collection of tea envelopes in purple. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/raWEDnyVnEs" target="_blank">IN MY LIFE</a></b>. By John Winston Lennon and Paul James McCartney. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-22872113843269060622021-06-12T04:32:00.004-05:002021-06-21T03:34:06.166-05:00Blooming With Grace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNx6GkE0mpJJf-z_usC3MjYiwhie2kbwlnDV3tUjxGHP9hVzbpRKcgtmE2N8wd9LAgelL7wxebEHLkMyzR-0ii_b1PlPCCErpTsT2x2PU4MeCrwAHJboReBnkXIVg1arImiTPD0pzr7OL/s320/2021-May+Tub+Garden-2.jpg" width="320" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">My May Container Garden -- Following Linda Vater's (<b><a href="https://youtu.be/zR6LHINoSsQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>) Bucket Brigade. </span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have cucumbers, a tomato, lettuce and kale growing. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT03SxP0TTVza1RfYjbaYltvk5UHNQ32QlLQapBmENLyM87HtT6MHeOQLubjDEy2eJuT3iEm5zWP9hOKC83YCmCzxrK9YYiMhfCU-hQZU3tlwqUSOqfkuWXHgX12W_uB_KlWNHja87Vl0i/s320/2021-+May+Tub+Garden-1.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Introduction to Joyful, by Ingrid Fetell Lee. Look her up on YouTube. She appears on many videos. Dr. Grace Ketterman, a psychiatrist I've mentioned before, said there is truth that color brings you joy, for there has been studies on it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's another one that gives you food for thought. At least it did for me. Design hack: 10 joy-inducing aesthetics you should know | Ingrid Fetell Lee. </div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And her <b><a href="https://aestheticsofjoy.com/" target="_blank">website</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); line-height: var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem); margin: 0px; max-height: calc(2 * var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem)); overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-shadow: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-text-shadow, none); transform: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-transform, none);"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></b></div><div style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); line-height: var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem); margin: 0px; max-height: calc(2 * var(--yt-navbar-title-line-height, 2.4rem)); overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-shadow: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-text-shadow, none); transform: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-transform, none);"><b style="background-color: transparent;">CARD</b><span style="background-color: transparent;">:</span></div></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friends Like Us Can Always Find Fun. Or Trouble. </span></p><p><b>CARTOON:</b></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are more than Besties. She's my accomplice and I'm her alibi. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We celebrated our wedding anniversary this<span> month! Hubbin took me to my favorite tea room to eat for lunch. I tried a new herbal tea flavor. It was so yummy! It's Raspberry Rose by Republic of Tea. </span></span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Do you carrot all for me?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My heart beets for you,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With your turnip nose,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And your radish nose.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You are a peach,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If we cantaloupe,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lettuce marry—</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Weed make a swell pear.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://ameshistory.org/content/autograph-book-verses" target="_blank">AUTOGRAPH VERSES!</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>A MOMENT OF DELIGHT and JOY!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I took a photo of a Mama Goose waddling her way down our street with five goslings in tow. We have a small lake at the end of our road, however, I have no idea where she came from, but they were so cute and they stopped traffic. </span></p><p> <b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">GOOD MEMORIES</b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Kansas grandmother had</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> bookshelves full of books in her living room. Most of them resided around the corners of her picture window that faced the dirt road out in front. I loved to read her missionary books. She used to make pretty wedding cakes for many of the young couples getting married in their country neighborhood and she saved that money to contribute to missions that the Church of God supported. My grandparents shopped most often in Satanta, Garden City, Liberal, and sometimes in Dodge City, Kansas, however, a lot of their dry goods came from catalogs that came in the mail or what we called wish books. I remember looking through some of them. Grandpa and later grandma kept them on a TV tray stand next to their lazy boy chair in the living room.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;">My Oklahoma grandparents had a wonderful postcard collection that they kept in a big shoebox upstairs in a closet in their old two story home. I loved looking through it when they lived there. Many of the postcards were from extended family members that sent Christmas postcard greetings, vacation "wish you were here" notes, and some were postcards they had collected from gift shops while on vacation as little mementoes of their trips. Sadly, they discovered the whole collection was stolen from the old house just after they moved into their new house while they were shopping in town to pick up groceries. The closest town was 18 miles away, so the thief had plenty of time to get in, look round and take what he/she wanted. The new house was a next door neighbor to the old house on the farm. It wasn't long after that, that the old house was sold and trucked to town. In that part of the country, wood is scarce to come by for building and expensive to ship in, so houses are often lifted from their foundations and taken to a new site. I loved that old house with all the interesting nooks and crannies to explore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My maternal and paternal first cousins' parents built their homes on my grandparents' farms. Two of my uncles decided to remain on the farm and help my grandparents farm their land, so when we went to visit, there was always two extra playmates around. I was the oldest of four, so they took equal delight in having somebody to play with also. We made the one way, 8 hour pilgrimage drive twice a year -- during summer and Christmas school vacations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One day, the youngest maternal cousin and I were bored and looking for something to do. She suggested that we go gather some of the rotten goose eggs from the farm pond and throw them into the farm trash dump to see what they would do. We got them and there -- I was standing behind her when suddenly she banged two of the eggs together hard and they exploded in her face. I got bits of rotten egg slime in my hair. The stench almost made her sick on the spot and we ran for our respective houses. It took us almost all afternoon of constant washing to get the smell off us. PU! </span>👃😝 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>POEM</b>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><strong>Tutti-Frutti Lovesong</strong>,</span></div></strong><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by Mary Grace Dembeck.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You are my darling CUMQUAT,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh, you're my PEACHy pie,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I think you are the BERRIES,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The APPLE of my eye.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Don't make me MELON-choly,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Please be my HONEY DEW,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">'Cause oh, my sweet PAPAYA,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm BANANAS over you!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I would be oh, so GRAPEful</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you'd just say you care,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For it takes two to MANGO,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And we're a PEACHy PEAR.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh, ORANGE you a little</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">COCONUTS for me too?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Please say you'll be mon CHERRY,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I'm so GUAVA over you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>QUOTES:</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Create the life you yearn for.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">"Family traditions mark time in a happy way and give a sense of both anticipation and continuity. Research shows that traditions, routines, and rituals boost physical and emotional health. And they're fun." (~ Gretchin Rubin). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Deuteronomy 7:6, 8a = For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession... it was because the Lord loved you. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Psalm 61:5 = You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lamentations 3:22-23 = Because of the Lord's great LOVE we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are NEW every morning; great is your faithfulness. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Romans 15:13 = May the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY & PEACE as you trust in Him. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2 Corinthians 6:16 = We are the temple of the living God.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Philippians 1:3-6 = I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with JOY because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I've updated my old <b><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushd-craft/" target="_blank">Flickr page</a></b>! Here's my <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZXYsqwEbmVFT_FigE1YHYr" target="_blank">JOY playlist </a></b>on YouTube. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/iKQTMMIzMtU" target="_blank">Video here</a></b>. </span></div></div></span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-78442803876809104272021-05-18T02:03:00.001-05:002021-05-18T02:03:36.514-05:00Good Friends! <p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVvAiIVV3D0Naic-58e099j9uW91JZVByI4Qi_emzg0OQEbaZT_8X0GP7UlPy_o-1NqbZt6Hkk4GmwlGCfzdXx0pDX3Ujvl3xNp4wISEGJH_u7ZyeOEcmA3JCi5Pq2s1iDhvEynf2mVPg/s2048/April+Pot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVvAiIVV3D0Naic-58e099j9uW91JZVByI4Qi_emzg0OQEbaZT_8X0GP7UlPy_o-1NqbZt6Hkk4GmwlGCfzdXx0pDX3Ujvl3xNp4wISEGJH_u7ZyeOEcmA3JCi5Pq2s1iDhvEynf2mVPg/s320/April+Pot.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">I'm following Linda Vater's <a href="https://youtu.be/zR6LHINoSsQ" target="_blank">Bucket Brigade</a> Planting Challenge on YouTube. </b>Here's my April tubs. So be sure to follow along. One of the stipulations was to use food plants in them, so in the left one I've planted lettuce. And in the other one, I planted kale. On the other side of the sidewalk, we bought a tomato and planted it in a large plastic pot that I found at a thrift store and my hubby spray painted the pot to look like granite. I have another galvanized metal tub (Home Depot) that I want to set next to that pot and plant with cucumbers, but got to go get some more cinder blocks to stack it on. A girlfriend at church was looking for a paper recycler to take her shredded paper and I spoke up and said I will take it! It's under the dirt to take up space and will eventually compost down. In the smaller brown pot, I planted tulips that I had in the frig all winter. They came up and look so pretty. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>YAY! I completed:</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">YouTube's Crafter's Academy "Create Great Content" Workshop. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>I'm reading:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">When to Walk Away by Gary Thomas. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I remember my Kansas grandfather standing in his living room in front of the piano and just swinging his arms back and forth while he twisted the trunk of his body. Funny what you remember. He liked to do that I guess. He was a farmer and wore blue overalls most of the week except for Sunday. Sunday he wore a nice dress shirt and tie with his Sunday suit. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He once told me to drive his pickup for him (stick shift) while he threw out hay for the cattle from the back. Then he sat down on the tailgate, just in case, he said, so if I accidently ran into something, he could jump if he needed to. I didn't wreck it - I did good! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Oklahoma grandfather was a gentle man. He made pets of all his critters and I never saw him hit anyone until one day when we were climbing over the fence in his barn that separated the animal part from the garage part of the barn where he parked his pick-up. I began to climb over and my brother, impatient, pushed me as I began to swing my leg over. I lost my grip and did a face plant on the gravely dirt below. Grandpa immediately picked up my brother, gave him a good squat on the behind with his size 16 ring hand and told him that he wasn't to treat girls like that. My brother ran to mom to tattle on grandpa, crying all the way from the barn to the house and mom said to him, "If Grandpa swatted you, he must have had a good reason, so don't come crying to me." Yay! Grandpa, 1 point, Brother, none! 😁 I was always so grateful for Grandpa sticking up for me and teaching my bro some manners! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This same set of grandparents came up to help my mom with all us children when we passed around the chickenpox one winter when we were of elementary school age. Grandma was in charge of the calamine lotion and she got to dot the itches away with the pink stuff. And boy, did the poxes itch! I also had a birthday during that time. What a way to spend a birthday! At least it was memorable!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSERT</b>: </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When I was ten, I became a friend of Jesus. It was as easy as ABC! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A = First I had to Admit that I wasn't perfect.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">B = Second, I had to Believe in Jesus.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">C = Third, I Confessed my faults to Jesus - the little white lie I knew was wrong, the fight I had with my sisters, the homework I didn't do,...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I still wasn't perfect, but my heart was washed clean!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was baptized soon after, read my Bible from cover to cover and continued to attend a Bible believing church with my family.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jesus and me became best buds because I knew, in my heart, he loved me!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SAYINGS & QUOTES</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Card - <b>Good friends</b> provide each other with<b> comfort</b>, <b>support</b>, and a feeling of <b>well-being</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Farm Fresh Sticker. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Art Journaling Page: "I am a BBW - Big, Beautiful Woman!" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planted with Love, Garden notes. (see above)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Text Encouragement Card - May you - Be Happy, Be Safe, Be Well, Have comfort, have strength, have courage, have peace, have joy. May you be blessed Today and Everyday. Good Morning! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Text Encouragement Card - In a World Full of Roses, Be a Sunflower!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The smile on your face is the light in the window that tells people that you are home. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"When Satan huffs and puffs and tries to blow out the flame of your joy, you have an endless supply of kindling in the Word of God." (John Piper).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck. It's what you're put here on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling." (Vincent Van Gogh). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Exodus 33:14 = "The Lord replied, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 40:11 = "He tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Matthew 22:37-39 = Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the 1st and greatest commandment. And the 2nd is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Philippians 1:3-4 = I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 John 3:1 = How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>POSITIVE WORDS</b>: Love, Friends </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b> POEM</b></span>:<br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Friend Who Just Stands By.<br />By a Williams, either Bertye Young Williams or William Carlos Williams. (I've seen both names attached to this poem.)<br /><br />When trouble comes your soul to try,<br />You love the friend who just "stands by."</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Perhaps there's nothing he can do --</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The thing is strictly up to you;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">For there are troubles all your own,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">And paths the soul must tread alone;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Times when love cannot smooth the road</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nor friendship lift the heavy load,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">But just to know you have a friend</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who will "stand by" until the end,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whose sympathy through all endures,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Whose warm handclasp is always yours --</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">It helps, some way, to pull you through, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Although there's nothing he can do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so with fervent heart you cry,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">"God Bless the Friend Who Just Stands By!" </span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-18618629945512031172021-04-19T11:59:00.002-05:002021-04-19T11:59:41.852-05:00Cheep Smiling! -- Welcome to the Coop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglval8GxJOT4E1tYB0vddcSmpcuzDTOAKB4H5lcEOkj81xQm2wkXcAAH71czSAaaUZ8bdOC8yK_WfKD6r_l8OHySf0387jspa3YZnARcrWuYUCFk_hhbQqNgb3qoIQRV6KEcgL405vaUug/s2048/March+Divider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglval8GxJOT4E1tYB0vddcSmpcuzDTOAKB4H5lcEOkj81xQm2wkXcAAH71czSAaaUZ8bdOC8yK_WfKD6r_l8OHySf0387jspa3YZnARcrWuYUCFk_hhbQqNgb3qoIQRV6KEcgL405vaUug/s320/March+Divider.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>DIARIES:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hubs had a birthday this month. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I LOVE mason jars! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sent cards to my girlfriends! Found some sunflower cards at the Dollar Tree and since sunflowers are my favorite flower -- they make me happy with their sunny look -- I just had to get them and send them to each to say thank you for your friendship. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hubby is working on the floors of my kitchen cabinets. Filling in cracks and laying down linoleum tiles on the shelves. So nice looking! Saw the idea on Pinterest and thought what a nifty idea. Hubby is working on the third cabinet now, waiting for the crack filler to set up. I went out and purchased a small Rubbermaid tub to put my pot lids into. Measured the door opening to make sure to get one that would slide in and out easily and then I weeded the ones that I no longer use. Sure looks nice! I was getting tired of the mess under there with the old galvanized wire basket that I had been using. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But I didn't get rid of the wire basket, for I saw an idea for it on YouTube. It's now sitting on our porch metal bistro table with a galvanized watering can and a citronella candle in a galvanized bucket inside. Looks good! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The flowers began blooming this month. Yay! I am so ready for spring, one of my favorite seasons of the year. I've noted daffodils, red bud trees, tulip trees, dandelions, and wild hyacinths are blooming in my journal! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I also got a new C-pap machine. I'm so thankful for it as I was struggling during Covid with my old machine drying me out like the Sierra desert. The water tank on my new one is twice the size of the old one. And it has a heated hose -- no more cold nose and neck! The mask has foam around the rim instead of silicone. And no more bucket washing! I dump the water out of the tank and use a wet wipe to clean the mask and swish soapy water in the hose once a month and I'm outta there. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally got to visit a Resource Center I had learned about some time ago called <b><a href="https://scrapskc.org/" target="_blank">ScrapsKC</a></b>. I was in gently used craft supply heaven! 😁</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When we went out to visit our Oklahoma grandparents during the summer, grandma's youngest brother nicknamed "Babe," would come out to visit for the afternoon from town eighteen miles away. Sometimes he would bring our second cousins with him and that meant more playmates! Our first cousins lived on the same farm as our grandparents and they and my three siblings found all kinds of things to do on the farm, like go feed Grandpa's geese down at the pond in front of the barn or go play in the barn or in the old wooden granary buildings that were no longer used for that purpose (Grandpa had round metal Quonset huts that were more critter proof than the ones that we liked to play in). We also liked to play in an old cement car port next to the well-house that my Uncle used to drive his car up on two wooden beams cemented into the walls of the port to work on the motor. Us kids would make up "stew" in old 5 gallon metal paint cans with bits of leaves and water. I expect it rotted down into a smelly mess after we left it. I had never seen a stretch of land such as my grandparents had that was good for catching toads as theirs was. They were everywhere and big un's too. Although, if you were able to catch one, they had a nasty habit of watering your legs and shoes down if you squeezed too hard. smile! Sometimes we'd go gather eggs from the hen house for grandma or play with the new spring kittens or sometimes Grandpa would go fetch a Shetland pony from the barn corral or out in the pasture and we would get to ride. Sometimes all of us kids would pile into Grandpa's pick-up in the back; mom, grandma and grandpa in front and bumpety-bump, go rabbit-hunting out in one of Grandpa's pastures.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Pastor Sings and Plays the Guitar! Click <b><a href="https://youtu.be/uKu3zDiHxDA" target="_blank">here </a></b>and <b><a href="https://youtu.be/jP3EeG5mZ_8" target="_blank">here </a> </b>and<b> <a href="https://youtu.be/0wx548ZGkRk" target="_blank">here</a>. </b>YouTube. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I uploaded another JOY video! And compiled all three into a playlist on <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZXYsqwEbmVFT_FigE1YHYr" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES and SAYINGS</b>: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cheep Smiling! (art journal page)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">"How do you get strong? You start believing in yourself, and believing what God says about you. That you are precious. That you are loved and lovable. That you do have value and worth. . . I pray that you will find your true worth." (~ Lori Frisch, author of "<b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Into-Light-Lori-Frisch/dp/1462049222/ref%3dsr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322837202&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Out of the Fire & Into the Light</a></b>.") </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (washi tape strip)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">NO STINKIN' THINKIN'! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;">"The most powerful weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. Train your mind to see the good in this day." (Anonymous)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">"When God was handing out looks, I thought he said books and I told him to give me a funny one." ~ Minnie Pearl. (art journal page) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Psalm 103:8, 11 = The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. .. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear (respect) him. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Jeremiah 29:13 = You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Romans 8:38-39 = For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ephesians 3:17, 18 = I pray, that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>SONG</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">That's What Friends Are For. By Carole Bayer Sager & Burt Bacharach. Sung by Dionne Warwick. <b><a href="https://youtu.be/uqlhBI3ES1s">YouTube.</a></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b>TEA</b>: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I added a poem to the page before the tea envelopes like I did last month. This time it is a cinquain in a format I learned in my English class in high school. Apparently, according to the internet, cinquains have different formats, but generally they have five or six lines like mine.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">tea</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">hot water</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">steep plant parts</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">many flavor blends of</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">white, green, black, and herbal</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yum!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">~DJR~</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">I have green envelopes this month. Nope, none with shamrocks on the front though. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">and a Sunflower insert! Like I said previously, I LOVE Sunflowers and SONflowers! smile! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">May you have a wonderful Spring Season! And God bless. He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! </span></span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-69480353407677764572021-03-23T06:01:00.004-05:002021-03-23T07:03:55.429-05:00Jesus Loves Me, This I Know!<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbRKlI4kVR7At7IEZQjWiX697DtB1_4R78N2t5NhO1FUuOKY3bqVaPHqr-Smj2RIpASm9Dsc9MrMArfTbni4oQNjYYJ2uf5uLLvHfMhXOaUDHeppWwcJqvIbRw9c34SMdjP0SmBfTNQmu/s2048/Feb+Divider+Page+Spread.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbRKlI4kVR7At7IEZQjWiX697DtB1_4R78N2t5NhO1FUuOKY3bqVaPHqr-Smj2RIpASm9Dsc9MrMArfTbni4oQNjYYJ2uf5uLLvHfMhXOaUDHeppWwcJqvIbRw9c34SMdjP0SmBfTNQmu/s320/Feb+Divider+Page+Spread.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Video</b></span><b style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZa3BsTvdI2xvwGiH2xW16L" target="_blank">PLAYLIST</a></b><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;">: </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>COVER</b>: I chose a sheep to represent the Lamb of God. Baa!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CARD on Divider</b>: Purchased at Dollar Tree in Valentine Card section. Jesus calling... reminding you you're perfectly loved. </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLE</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/love-sex/this-graphic-is-a-great-cheat-sheet-on-how-to-support-a-friends-mental-health/ar-BB1e22ap?ocid=msedgntp" target="_blank">Supporting Your Friends</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DIARY & PICTORIAL DIARY HIGHLIGHTS:</b> I got a new lamp up in the kitchen over the sink and all new handles on my cabinet drawers and doors. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My honey gave me a card for Valentine's Day and took me out to Crackerbarrel to eat!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It snowed on the 15th of February! Brr! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And I'm thankful for my honey's raise at work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genesis 5:12 = When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 8:3-4 = When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man, that you care for him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 139:14 = I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">John 3:16 = For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES & SAYINGS</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grow through what you go through.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day." (Winston Churchill). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My first art journaling page says: (my paraphrase) Friendship: U Bring the brains and I the ice cream. We win! (Bob Goff). Here's the complete quote: "That's how friendship works: we join forces knowing each of us has something to learn from the other, and both of us benefit from the relationship. You bring the brains, I bring the ice cream, and everyone wins." (Bob Goff, Live in Grace-Walk in Love.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Saying on 2nd art journal page: "JOY Girl" hip hip ha ray! O Happy Day!" I was thinking of that song "<b><a href="https://youtu.be/mXPoRnY3r10" target="_blank">O Happy Day</a></b>, When Jesus came to wash my sins away." By Edwin Hawkins. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"People grow when they are loved." (Bob Goff)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GOOD MEMORIES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I remember Grandma's pork chops. They were so good! And her homemade, from scratch egg noodles. Mom disliked cooking and I grew up making food from boxes except for dad's applesauce cake. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My husband's grandmother showed me how to make bread from scratch and how to make mashed potatoes from real potatoes, not the dehydrated kind. She showed me how to cook turnips so they weren't bitter. My mother-in-law's homemade egg noodles are as good as my grandma's, but I have never mastered the art of making them. We used to bring home meat from my grandparent's after a visit. David's grandparents and parents sent home food with us after a visit. It was their way of loving us. I didn't understand that for a long time.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PRAYER LIST</b>: When two or more are gathered together... a moment of silent prayer please...the Holy Spirit knows who those people are under the post-it-note and their needs. And I'm grateful for Daddy God's sweet Valentine this month. </span></p><p><b style="font-family: georgia;">GLUEBOOK PAGE</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">: Last month I had blue tea envelopes and tags and this month I have red in honor of Valentine's Day. I can't drink or eat anything with caffeine in it, but I can drink herbal teas, so some of my collection has been given to me from friends . The envelopes and tags are so interesting to me, like</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/3433531-holiday-blend" target="_blank">Timothy's</a></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christmas Blend tea envelope (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;">close-up photo at link</i><span style="font-family: georgia;">). It has a little primitive scene on it. Reminds me of a Grandma Moses painting. The Celestial Seasonings Black Cherry Berry has one too - those cherries look good enough to eat. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SONG Lyrics</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Jesus Loves Me </b><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Anna Bartlett Warner</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jesus loves me this I know</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the Bible tells me so</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Little ones to him belong</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They are weak, but He is strong.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Refrain: Yes, Jesus loves me,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, Jesus loves me</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, Jesus loves me</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the Bible tells me so.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jesus loves me! He who died</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Heaven's gate to open wide</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He will wash away my sin</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let his little child come in.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jesus loves me still today</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walking with me on my way</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wanting as a friend to give</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Light and love to all who live. </span></div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-18822062405293528012021-02-24T06:42:00.003-06:002021-03-05T00:03:17.133-06:00"Keep Me Sweet!" <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAEE6gKvBJ9jh0jA_N4c0QB4SRJkeOz6hDXKFzZQlSMbIqwXK_FuSPPAsF_W16mOzRzCnJxOoqhOR8Hdn7Rj6MKct_iaQVjZVBXpUwfT-g48E-Ww5U7bb046c0IweYLerRLHB5DsUTUHK/s2048/Jan+2021+Front+Spread.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAEE6gKvBJ9jh0jA_N4c0QB4SRJkeOz6hDXKFzZQlSMbIqwXK_FuSPPAsF_W16mOzRzCnJxOoqhOR8Hdn7Rj6MKct_iaQVjZVBXpUwfT-g48E-Ww5U7bb046c0IweYLerRLHB5DsUTUHK/s320/Jan+2021+Front+Spread.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZa3BsTvdI2xvwGiH2xW16L" target="_blank">My YouTube Positivity Journal Playlist Link</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://thefrugalcraftyrushdlady.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Creative Stuff</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Doing something different this year. I'm taking the best ideas of the last two year's positivity journals and compiling them into this year's <b>composition notebook</b> positivity journal. First good idea was <b>to prepare it ahead of time</b>, giving myself <b>6 spreads plus one extra page per month</b>, with three pages devoted to the requirements of <b>good memories, quotes</b>, and <b>scripture</b> and then whatever else I wanted to do in the rest of the spreads. I watched a lot of bullet journaling and planner videos to list their ideas and did the same until I began running out of ideas at the end of last year. I was late in video making last year because I was struggling to come up with more ideas to fill in pages. Then I got Covid and didn't feel like messing with either my journal or video-making. I gave myself <b>GRACE</b> though and uploaded them when I could. That was a struggle too - giving myself GRACE -- a foreign concept to my way of thinking since I usually beat myself up mentally for not being PERFECT! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I felt so good though, when I finally got November and December's videos made and uploaded. But in January, I called a time-out -- to take a wee break while I recharge my creative batteries and to learn new journal techniques. I've been going at journal-making straight for two years now. My newest idea was to work-up a Table of Contents for the whole year with assignments for each page, however, I can be creative within those page assignments. I've made up to 6 months worth so far and if by mid-year, if I've changed my mind for something else I want to remove or add-in, I can do so. Oh, and since I use a skinny elastic hairband to keep my journal closed, I've added in <b>divider tabs at the top </b>of my journal to keep them out of the way of the hairband. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>COVER</b>: Baa! The Lamb of God</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here's my <b>table of contents</b> for the first six months:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Divider Page (theme "friends;" most of the cards came from the <b><a href="https://www.dollartree.com/" target="_blank">Dollar Tree</a></b>)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Daily Calendar</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. Pictorial Diary </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. Scripture</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Art Journal Page </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6. Quotes</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7. Art Journal Page</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8. Good Memories</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9. Art Journal Page</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">10. Prayer List (it's <b>good</b> to pray for your friends and family) </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">11. Glue Book page (of my tea envelope collection)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">12. Poem (either mine or someone else's that I enjoy!) </span></div><p><b style="font-family: georgia;">INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES:</b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>"<a href="https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/sandpaper-people-how-to-love-abrasive-souls-gods-way-1341177.html" target="_blank">Sandpaper people</a>"</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DIVIDER PAGE CARD: </b>"My friends are a reflection of my good taste." 🥰</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DAILY CALENDAR HIGH-LITES:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy New Year! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm grateful to be alive after Covid! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I doodled 2 Pantone cards for </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blessinks.com/" target="_blank">Marsha Baker's project</a></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> this month. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I participated in our church's 24 hours of prayer-time in the middle of the month. I prayed for church revival and our Nazarene missionaries in Romania. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Inauguration of New President; Garth Brooks sang <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yQlrRb3Az10" target="_blank">Amazing Grace</a></b>. I listened to the inauguration via the radio as I was doing chores.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">ART JOURNAL PAGE: </b><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">Go back up to the top of this page and click on both the playlist and the creative stuff link to use your eyeballs and brains. </span></p><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">SCRIPTURE:</b></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Exodus 33:11 = The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his <b>friend.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Proverbs 4: 23 = Above all else, <b>guard</b> 💂 <b>your hear</b>t 💖, for it is the wellspring ⛲ of life 🧍.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">John 15:15 = I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you <b>friends</b>, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ephesians 2:10 = For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ART JOURNAL PAGE</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">BFF: A <b>friend</b> is someone who knows the song in your heart 💖 and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fowl moods will not be tolerated! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"<b>Friends</b> fill your life with joy; your soul with sunshine and your heart with love."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Give thanks. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Good friends are like beautiful flowers in the garden of life." (Katrina Mayer). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Lord, lead me today to those I need and to those who need me, and let my life and the things I do have eternal significance." (Amy Grant).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Party till the cows come home. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">"The shape of true love isn't a diamond. -- It's a cross." (Alicia Bruxvoort)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Welcome to our Lil' Nest. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ART JOURNAL PAGE</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: georgia;">FARM FRESH MEMORIES</b><span style="font-family: georgia;">:</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"I remember playing in the ditch at grandma and grandpa's that ran in front of their farmhouse. It was especially fun when Grandpa turned on the irrigation well and the ditch became a muddy mess. We had a good ole mud slinging time then. We didn't dare go out to play without our shoes on though, for <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris" target="_blank">goat-head stickers</a></b> were plentiful and hurt like the dickens to step on. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grandpa's big barn was the best place to be. They had barn cats that we sometimes got to feed and Grandpa kept extra eggs in a refrigerator in his farm office in the barn. We watched Grandpa milk cows and squirt milk into the barn cats mouths. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Up in the barn loft we would arrange the hay bales into rooms and play house up there with our cousins. Grandpa helped me get up on a pony when I broke my foot in senior high before Thanksgiving that Christmas in the barn." </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PRAYER LIST</b>: </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm praying for my support team (friends) and Bible study ladies. I'm continuing to pray for our missionaries in Romania and for church revival. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GLUEBOOK PAGE</b>: I glued 5 blue tea envelopes to my page and 3 tea tags. I love the layout and designs of some of the envies. Since I was taken off caffeine by my urologist-</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">gynecologist</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (it can make you go, go, go), I've moved to drinking dried hot herbal teas. However since some of my friends still drink real tea, they collect and save envelopes for me too, so you will see a mixture of both. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><b>POEM</b>:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Long View</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">By Fay Inchfawn.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some day of days! Some dawning yet to be</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shall be clothed with immortality!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And in that day, I shall not greatly care</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That Jane spilt candle grease upon the stair.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It will not grieve me then as once it did,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That careless hands have chipped my teapot lid.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I groan, being burdened. But in that glad day,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shall forget vexations of the way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That needs were often great, when means were small,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Will not perplex me any more at all. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A few short years at most (it may be less),</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I shall have done with earthly storm and stress.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, for this day, I lay me at Thy feet,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">O, keep me sweet, my Master; Keep me sweet! </span></div><p><br /></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-73898970622408635202021-01-19T01:09:00.000-06:002021-01-19T01:09:28.108-06:00Birthday Memories <p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xJoGRVJnLcdrEKfLt0a-IMOjGIzWSRYSbeV8e9YqjfDHcjyyZS8N1rAAFw1H7rKpfzxbqK6vEzC3ZQ13N6A_duxItcT0it4wlb2z5XeMGZBJ28rBmVdjdXzZTll8p1ulBxMdmux_KdVn/s2048/Dec_Front+Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xJoGRVJnLcdrEKfLt0a-IMOjGIzWSRYSbeV8e9YqjfDHcjyyZS8N1rAAFw1H7rKpfzxbqK6vEzC3ZQ13N6A_duxItcT0it4wlb2z5XeMGZBJ28rBmVdjdXzZTll8p1ulBxMdmux_KdVn/s320/Dec_Front+Page.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>We had Covid just about all of December and then I had complications. Let me tell you, coronavirus </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">positively</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> sucks! smile! Visited the ER twice, was on steroids 2 times and had 2 secondary infections that I took antibiotics for and am currently still on a blood thinner for blood clots in my lungs. The second ER visit on Christmas day, they kept me in an unplanned hospital stay overnight. So needless to say, that was a scary time. While I'll go to heaven to live someday, I'm not ready for a move in that direction any time soon, no offense, God. smile! Let's just say, I'm grateful to still be alive! </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I made note of all our wonderful church family members who brought us meals and shopped for us while we were in quarantine. That was such as blessing. And thank God for technology, as I was able to talk to a couple of doctors and friends via video chats while we were sick. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>BIRTHDAY MEMORIES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> When I was of elementary school age, my siblings and I contracted chicken-pox. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now I can add that I've had the coronavirus on my birthday as well!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Girlfriends sent me electronic and snail mail cards for my birthday! Thank you, gals! The guys had ordered my gifts and they were delivered by snail mail. I received a <b><a href="https://www.maryengelbreit.com" target="_blank">Mary Engelbreit </a></b>blanket from my honey and the boy gave me a Mary Engelbreit Loonacy game, a Mary Engelbreit coloring book and a Mary Engelbreit desk calendar! Whee!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The US President who was in office when I was born was Dwight "Ike" David Eisenhower. You can read his biography <b><a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2015/07/dwight-d-eisenhower.html" target="_blank">here! </a> </b>I wrote the article some time back. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES</b>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My pastor's sermon "<b><a href="https://youtu.be/NLWxc-JThoI" target="_blank">Name Them One by One</a></b>!" And below, in the comments on YouTube, I name three blessings that I've enjoyed lately. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Truth Cards by Melody Ross. These two blog posts tell about them. <b><a href="https://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/homegrown_hospitality/2013/01/read-between-the-lines.html" target="_blank">One,</a></b> <b><a href="https://www.thecraftersworkshop.com/blog/2015/09/truth-cards-inspired-by-melody-ross/" target="_blank">Two. </a></b> </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">SAYINGS & QUOTES!</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mary Engelbreit's card = "A charmed life."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Christmas is a season when we give tokens of love. In that house, we received not tokens of love but love itself. I became the writer I promised by Father I'd be and my destiny led me far from Walton's Mountain. My mother lives there still, alone now for we lost our Father in 1969. My brothers and sisters, grown with children of their own, live not far away. We're still a close family and see each other when we can. And like Miss Mamie Ballwin's 4th cousin, we're apt to sample the recipe and gather around the piano and hug each other while we sing the old songs. For no matter the time or distance, we are united in the memory of that Christmas Eve more than 30 years and 3,000 miles away. I can still hear those sweet voices. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elisabeth: "Goodnight, John-Boy." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Goodnight everybody!" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ Earl Hamner, Jr., The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, 1971</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My husband's family reminds me a lot of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons" target="_blank">Spencer/Walton </a></b>family. Except the Rush's lived in the Ozark hills for 150 years and the Spencer/Walton's family settled in the Virginia mountains. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">SCRIPTURES!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Coloring Sheet Scripture -- Deuteronomy 11:22 = If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow - to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him... (<i>I'm a tree-hugger</i>!). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Documented Faith by <b><a href="https://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Stephanie Ackerman</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luke 1:37 = For nothing is impossible with God.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luke 1:44 = As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luke 1: 58 = Her (Elizabeth) neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luke 2:10-11 = Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 John 3:1 = How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">~<span style="font-family: georgia;">~ <> @ <> ~~</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The middle section of my journal was blank until I began adding in photos of and then the actual cards that I received by text and in the snail mail. I also added a list of accomplishments that I did this year of 2020 to one of the pages. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/1c6Nuk1Lb5k" target="_blank">VIDEO! </a></b></span></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-60273444302828811602021-01-04T20:56:00.001-06:002021-01-04T23:55:13.304-06:00JOY-Happy!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Tiv5n0Ei1Z5NbSwHnTAV0yLaOhIjpV19mK2liAIi_xeS63Qoat57Ltkqj2HUxIjjFcafLXq_KVxjB9RzxR2OR7lgTRgqkhZYQAli_QezWNExT9TT_YpPoqONCNXQvHamdl_BXRhnqpw/s2048/November+Journal+Section.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Tiv5n0Ei1Z5NbSwHnTAV0yLaOhIjpV19mK2liAIi_xeS63Qoat57Ltkqj2HUxIjjFcafLXq_KVxjB9RzxR2OR7lgTRgqkhZYQAli_QezWNExT9TT_YpPoqONCNXQvHamdl_BXRhnqpw/s320/November+Journal+Section.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><p><b><a href="https://youtu.be/0W6h7ByQtJE" target="_blank">VIDEO</a></b></p>CARTOONS! </b>I was cleaning out some old files in my email and found one that Joan had sent me for the National Mental Health Day! I doodled the email photo and then added the saying that came with it: "From one unstable person to another. . . Hope everyone is happy in your head -- we're all doing pretty good in mine!" (smile!) <p></p><p>A new idea! Cartoons!</p><p><b>GLUEPAGE JOY! </b>A collage page of things that have to do with JOY! Found two! </p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES</b>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://bravegirlsclub.com/how-to-start-a-day-to-day-creative-practice/" target="_blank">Brave Girls Club</a></b>: How to Start a Day-to-Day Creative Practice! I see where Stephanie got her idea to combine daily creative practice with Bible reading. </span>😇</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Erica Arndt's Quilted Composition Notebook Cover: Easy tutorial on <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zFQTEARWCtk" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. I think I will be making this to cover my 2021 Positivity Journal. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I discovered Mat and Savanna Shaw during Covid Lockdown and loved their singing together. Here's a Thankful Daddy Daughter duet on <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eSjA2QDRL3A" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. I bet you'll love them as much as I do! Some of their songs have been very meaningful to me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Marsha Baker's <b><a href="https://blessinks.com/2020/11/24/thanksgiving-project-round-up/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Project</a></b> Round-up with a couple of lists of things you can be thankful for. Be sure to watch her doodling tutorial video. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>MOVIES! </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Watched a few movies and made a new playlist on YouTube for my friends called "Movies to Watch." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ONE OF MY FAVORITE POEMS</b> - The Serenity Prayer. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Written by Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr. His biography and a copy of the poem are </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2010/01/reinhold-neibuhr.html" target="_blank">here</a></b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES & SAYINGS</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"A flame can light a thousand candles." ~ The Unexpected Gypsy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">BE HAPPY! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carleta's card: Share JOY. Give THANKS! Have you watched my "<b><a href="https://youtu.be/zZ-Q7a7WF2U" target="_blank">Finding JOY</a></b>" video and the second one?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Choosing JOY is being able to see God's goodness even when life is hard and messy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Find out what give you JOY and go there. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Focus on doing more things that bring you JOY. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier." ~ Thomas Monson. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Of all the things you wear, your smile is the most important." ~ Kind Notes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Private quotes from friends. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"She turned her can't into cans and her dreams into plans." ~ Kobi Yamada</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." ~ Rumi.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"You and I are both very fortunate to have had grandmothers who gave us their love of genealogy." ~ Susan Lohr</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Exodus 18:9 = Jethro was delighted to hear about the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of Egypt. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 Samuel 7:12 = Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying "Thus far has the Lord helped us." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 6:5 = "my eyes have seen the King the Lord Almighty." (</span>JOY<b> </b>Coloring Sheet!) </p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 = These is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven... a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Matthew 5:14-15 = You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">2 Corinthians 4:8-9 [Documented Faith] = We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed, perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 [Documented Faith] = Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SONGS!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anybody remember this song? We sang it in church!</span></p><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! </div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it,<br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Stomp your feet</div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Praise the Lord<br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Say Amen! </div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Beep your nose -- Beep! Beep!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "bookman old style", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">SMILE! </div>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-32507091225740298622020-11-16T06:40:00.001-06:002020-11-16T06:47:55.955-06:00Don't Let the Past Steal Your Present! Pick and Practice Positivity! <p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4nz42LUwqU3GZdLRXDWHKvVCYjXkqZZW-eBI9ETPDzMt8Kljf-JH0AdyQIruzEtg-Z3aE_YFcb7ljCSoFeNPCd_G4W_FnAua4d9-0CcKeCDoWpf_jbHj3A9vx4doAvfLIE_U1WbcQWRb/s2048/IMG_1353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4nz42LUwqU3GZdLRXDWHKvVCYjXkqZZW-eBI9ETPDzMt8Kljf-JH0AdyQIruzEtg-Z3aE_YFcb7ljCSoFeNPCd_G4W_FnAua4d9-0CcKeCDoWpf_jbHj3A9vx4doAvfLIE_U1WbcQWRb/s320/IMG_1353.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>VIDEO: </b>click<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_fDUD0Tdljc" target="_blank">here</a>. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DEFINITIONS:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Optimistic = hope and confident about the future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Positive = constructive, optimistic or confident; a good, affirmative or constructive quality or attribute.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>GRATEFUL FOR</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. My Covid test came out negative.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. I completed Marsha Baker's <b><a href="https://blessinks.com/daily-drawing/" target="_blank">365 Doodles </a></b>Challenge!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. I'm grateful to God for giving me design ideas for the weekly coloring sheets I've been doodling to help people meditate on the Scripture. I've been adding my most favorite ones to my positivity journal. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. I enjoy listening to most of the music in YouTube's Free Music Library. I find I like mostly their country & folk selections as well as Jazz, Swing and the Blues music. However, this month, I decided to go Reggae- you know, the calypso beat! I wish they had more gospel music to select from - most of their inspirational music is limited to Christmas and the other stand-by's you hear on movies, like Amazing Grace and Rock of Ages. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5. Bible Journal Conference was SO GOOD. If you didn't attend the 3 Day Conference, you missed out! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Three Ways to Develop a Positive Attitude - Read <b><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Develop-a-Positive-Attitude-Toward-Life" target="_blank">here.</a></b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Disabled Artist = watch <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hrLcX0aahQ" target="_blank">Maud Lewis's tulips </a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cool Beans; Good News! = An assistant professor, Dr. Berry at Bushnell University, has a chapter being published in a collaborative book called "<i>Claiming Notability for Women Activists in Religion</i>." She has written about Rev. Mrs. Bertha Mae Lillenas. If you wish to know more about Bertha, click <b><a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2011/06/haldor-lillenas.html" target="_blank">here</a></b> and <b><a href="https://books.atla.com/atlapress/catalog/book/40" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mary Engelbreit is my Favorite Artist! Read my biography about her <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hrLcX0aahQ" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. By </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hannah Whitall</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Smith. Listen <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1l0HRkVpTEk" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Your Guide to Keeping It Together (notice that gratitude plays a part). Read <a href="https://www.trumed.org/vital-kc/posts/your-guide-to-keeping-it-together-until-election-day/"><b>here</b>.</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>NEW RECIPE: <a href="https://theelliotthomestead.com/2020/11/honey-taffy-and-my-take-on-natural-sweeteners/" target="_blank">Honey Taffy</a></b>. Sounds yummy and haven't tried it yet, but I watched the video and it appears easy to make. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES & SAYINGS</b>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, I can hardly think of a disappointment that you can't turn into a good situation." ~ Mary Engelbreit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bloom Where You're Planted! Bloom & Grow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Create your dreams. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Favorite Quote of the Month = "Talk is cheap. The best apology is changed behavior." ~ Carolyn Vosburg</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Focus on the Good. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd." ~ Hannah Whitall Smith. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">JOY!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Keep me sweet, Lord, keep me sweet!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Keep your face upturned to Christ as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow." ~ Hannah Whitall Smith</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_o52Mx7bV9xLVR5p-h0Kvw" target="_blank">Possum Patty from Pencilvania's </a></b> Turtle -- Description: The turtle is practicing positivity! He's upside down on his back and he's swinging his legs in the air. He says: "Hey! I'm flying!" And the caption says: "It's all in how you look at things!" smile! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">No Stinkin' Thinkin' Allowed! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Try, Try, Again!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 51:7 = Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 62:1,5 = Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him... Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Proverbs 13:13 = A happy heart makes the face cheerful. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 40:28-31 = Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 51:11-12a = The ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting <b>JOY</b> will crown their heads. Gladness and <b>JOY</b> will overtake them, and sorry and sighing will flee away. I, even I, am He who comforts you. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John 15:2 = He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he <b>prunes</b> so that it will be even more fruitful. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jude :1 = To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>SMILE, SUNSHINE!</b></span></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-51418140460015251712020-10-12T05:35:00.001-05:002020-11-19T19:28:06.621-06:00My Nickname's Grace! :)<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63xSBM2_8ptf1T7B0w9V4qTDUI-B9pWiW5x7NMOvUfl_vR0brzkvnh4b9JO9_DMmN61oZ2x8fDxNtzJgFv006Z-XOzao0-YpjaislUbxU9hU8rcjMXS8j1bK-VX8dcuhYfrwr7R3HtqoO/s2048/Sept-front+spread.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63xSBM2_8ptf1T7B0w9V4qTDUI-B9pWiW5x7NMOvUfl_vR0brzkvnh4b9JO9_DMmN61oZ2x8fDxNtzJgFv006Z-XOzao0-YpjaislUbxU9hU8rcjMXS8j1bK-VX8dcuhYfrwr7R3HtqoO/s320/Sept-front+spread.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An apology to my readers. While I know I'm not supposed to compare myself to other bloggers, I see all the lovely photos on their blogs and feel I'm not giving you all that lovely experience too, but I am continually mindful of how much photo space I have in my google drive for four blogs, my YouTube channel, and so forth, so I only add photos if they are necessary to illustrate a point. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you are here only for the pictures, guess I'm not the blog you should read and look at. I love to write and that's mostly what I do here, is write about the goodness I see in my life. And yes, I do have and my family has had bad things happen to us, but the point of this gratitude blog is to help me keep in mind the good in my life. I know in the past I focused almost solely on the bad and it filled my life. I sometimes wasn't a good person to be around because I had such a poor outlook on life. But I'm thankful for <b><a href="https://mythankfuljournal.blogspot.com/2013/04/cultivating-attitude-of-gratitude.html" target="_blank">Donna's homework</a></b> in our Woman's Bible Study, because it was a outlook on life changer! 👼</span><b>'</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>A CUP OF COMPASSION: </b><a href="https://youtu.be/NccLAHYOFyY" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Video</a><b> </b>A while back my therapist and I talked about self-grace. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DOODLES</b>: completed 39, have 41 more to go!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS</b> - Laura Ingalls Wilder! Read about <a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2018/07/laura-ingalls-wilder.html" target="_blank"><b>her here.</b></a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>QUOTES</b>:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"If it doesn't work in black and white, color isn't going to fix it." (Deborah Velasquez's art teacher).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"If you have grey hair, then you have wisdom hair and you have the right to sit among the elders of our tribe." (Indian proverb). Reminded me of a verse in the Bible about gray hair. It's found in Proverbs 16:31 = "Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">" Today is mine. It is unique. Nobody in the world has one exactly like it. It holds the sum of all my past experiences and all my future potential. I can fill it with joyous memories or ruin it with fruitless worry. If painful recollections of the past come into my mind or frightening thoughts of the future, I can put them away. They cannot spoil today for me. It is mine." (Unknown). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>REFLECTIVE ARTICLE</b>: <b><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/are-you-nice-or-are-you-kind-there-s-a-big-difference/ar-BB19qqhb?ocid=msedgdhp" target="_blank">Are You Nice or Are You Kind</a></b>? There's a Big Difference. By Lizzy Francis</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>HEIRLOOMS</b>: Click <b><a href="https://rush-family-news.blogspot.com/2020/08/heirlooms-little-mementos-ancestors.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span></p><p><b>SCRIPTURES:</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1 Chronicles 16:10 = Glory in his holy name; let the hearts 💖 of those who see the Lord rejoice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 26:8 = Lord, I love the house 🏡 where you live, the place where your glory dwells.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Psalm 42:8 = By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song 🎝 is with me -- a prayer to the God of my life. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 35:1-2 = The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, ✿ it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jeremiah 31:12b-13 = They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more. then the maidens </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">💃</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> will dance and be glad, young men and old as well, I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Colossians 3:12 = Therefore, as <b>God's chosen people</b>, holy and <b>dearly loved</b>, <b>clothe yourselves</b> with <b>compassion</b>, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>VIDEO</b>: Click <b><a href="https://youtu.be/K7Jq5BuSqzU" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>FINDING JOY</b>: <b><a href="https://youtu.be/ff8QtlNitbs" target="_blank">Video</a></b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before I forget, The Hope in the Lord Bible Journaling Conference is going to be October 14-16, 2020. You can <b><a href="https://hopeinthelord.biblejournalingconference.com/?sc=46a6IRwd&ac=moVDd75K" target="_blank">sign up here. </a></b>I already have! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>HOW TO PRESS FLOWERS!</b> Click<b><a href="https://www.proflowers.com/blog/how-to-press-flowers#:~:text=When%20the%20flowers%20are%20dry%2C%20complete%20the%20process,years%20using%20any%20one%20of%20these%20pressing%20styles." target="_blank"> here</a></b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CAUTION ON CRAFTS</b>: DO NOT allow children to play with the magnets or put them in their mouths. If swallowed, strong magnets can cause holes in intestines and possible blood poisoning. </span></p>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-59183566856720138282020-09-12T19:12:00.002-05:002020-09-17T16:25:25.410-05:00Sonshine Freedom<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6y16EAU7PPXIDEzVmRECqisephAE8ZWwIstberM9fCjDV5zJGYILwDv77wryGK2XqH8g7pgpijfb934AIvKsHe86iLHdsqArdVwRNpL2pX0BgrfJFo_8FqDj9w3R53ZQwVo2xwPVQxWY/s2048/Aug+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6y16EAU7PPXIDEzVmRECqisephAE8ZWwIstberM9fCjDV5zJGYILwDv77wryGK2XqH8g7pgpijfb934AIvKsHe86iLHdsqArdVwRNpL2pX0BgrfJFo_8FqDj9w3R53ZQwVo2xwPVQxWY/s320/Aug+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I try to live by this scripture found in Ephesians 4:26 = 'In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." I've learned to take care of business right away when I'm angry. Anger is not a sin, anger is just an emotion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used to be an anger stuffer. I grew up in a home where I was not allowed to have an opinion, or be angry because I was told it was a sin and I had to forgive others automatically so I would stuff my anger until I exploded in an ugly temper tantrum. I've been in therapy for a while to understand my upbringing and I have had to deal with a lot of unresolved issues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've learned in the process that anger stuffers are those who plot revenge out of their bitterness and simmering rage. They are the ones who show up in schools or in the mall or have riots in the streets because their anger has been stuffed to the boiling point that one more thing stuffed in sets it off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't want to be an anger stuffer anymore. I'm trying to learn how to manage my anger better, but I haven't gotten to the perfection point yet. I respond best to kindness and respect. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/onhY-i4kZ6c" target="_blank">VIDEO: Click here</a></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Numbers 11:5 = We remember the <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">fish </b>we ate in Egypt at no cost - also the <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b>cucumbers</b></span><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">,</span> <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b>melons,</b></span> <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">leeks </b>and<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b> onions. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ezekiel 4:9 = Take<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b> wheat </b></span>and <b><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">barley</span>,</b> <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">beans</b> and <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">lentils</b>, <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">millet </b>and <b style="background-color: #cccccc;">spelt;</b> put them in a storage jar and use them to make <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><b>bread</b></span> for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>NEW COOKIE PRODUCT</b>: Yum! Husband found a new cookie for me at Walmart! Brand name is <b><a href="https://www.lennylarry.com/" target="_blank">Lenny & Larry's</a></b> Keto Cookie. Ingredients: Grain Free Flour Blend (lupin flour, peanut flour), Erythritol, peanut butter (roasted peanuts) coconut oil, palm fruit oil, chicory root fiber, pea protein, peanuts, sunflower lecithin, vegetable glycerin, natural flavor, xanthan gum, baking soda, gum acacia, stevia extract, and mixed tocopherols. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Upside</i>: It is fit to eat! One cookie has 1 gram of sugar, 8 grams of protein, and only 90 mg of sodium. And chicory root is caffeine free! <i>Downside</i>: Only 4 cookies per package. Serving size is 1 cookie at 190 calories. People with peanut and lupin allergies must not eat this! And you should eat one cookie<b> only</b> as you will soon have to quickly say "PLEASE EXCUSE ME!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have been looking at other brands of diet cookies and protein bars and many of them have chocolate as an ingredient which I cannot have because of the caffeine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>HEIRLOOMS: </b>Click<b> <a href="https://rush-family-news.blogspot.com/2020/08/heirlooms-little-mementos-ancestors.html">here.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://blessinks.com/daily-drawing/" target="_blank">MARSHA BAKER'S 365 DAY DOODLE CHALLENGE</a></b>: Finished 39. Have 79 more to go! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://blessinks.com/2020/08/24/the-guide-to-visual-prayer-part-3/" target="_blank">MARSHA BAKER'S PRAYER CARDS</a></b>. I made these for each of my friends. Please pray for our pastor's family as they have COVID at their house and we're back to having virtual church for a while. Our pastor preached a Sunday sermon in his car and in his basement. He sounded a little congested -- here is his <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQTyCqrzK2nqmeoDkc-tpfg" target="_blank">YouTube channel.</a></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PROJECTS</b>: Still working on our house. It's hard for my husband to let go of some stuff, but we're working on our 5th trash bag to take to the thrift store. Pray for him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Find what gives you joy and go there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Friendship is the Icing on the Cake of Life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.</span></div>
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I'm just going to let myself be happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~ (Marcel Prouse.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life is like a teacup, to be filled to the brim and enjoyed with friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pick your battles. Principle or peace?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back." ~ (Elisabeth David)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unplug the world and plug-in Christ's peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ruth 3:11 = And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Proverbs 4:23 = Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Matthew 7:7 = Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 Thessalonians 4:11 = Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2 Thessalonians 3:16 = Now may the Lord himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hebrews 12:2 = Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the JOY set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and set down at the right hand of the throne of God.</span></div>
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Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-37872690294457734402020-08-16T03:37:00.000-05:002020-08-16T03:37:29.196-05:00A Pebble in a Pond<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been thinking of my circle of influence this month and I liken it to a pebble in a pond. Have you ever thrown a pebble into a body of water and watched the ripples spread out in a circle away from the initial point of contact? I've got friends who I touch in some way. Some are really close and some are less and I appreciate them all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was having a pity party for myself this month. I think I must be rather BORING to you readers cause I have so little feedback and therefore that must be why I have so few subscriptions on my blogs or at YouTube. But then a saying came across my path on Pinterest that must be a God-thing because it reminded me that my sphere of influence may be small, but at least, I'm a member of the circle of friendship with Jesus. It said: </span></div>
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<i><b>"The number of 'followers' you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions, Jesus had 12." </b></i></blockquote>
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Now I'm ashamed of my self-pity, because Jesus began with twelve followers and his sphere of influence of goodness, light and love has widened quite a bit over the centuries. Hitler's "kingdom of death, evil, and fear" lasted just about a decade, thank God.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I found a autobiography that my grandmother had written sometime before her death on a pile that I cleaned up and began typing up for my Ancestry family tree. She became a friend of Jesus under the influence of her <b><a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2012/01/rev-millard-merle-akers.html" target="_blank">minister brother-in-law </a></b>after he preached a Friday evening service at camp-meeting. Now I understand why she loved camp-meeting. If we were visiting during camp-meeting time, we went unless we were sick. My parents met at camp-meeting too and my other pair of grandparents met at a camp-meeting as well. Both of my grandparents' marriages lasted longer than 50 years for we helped them celebrate. My father suddenly died a few days shy of my parent's 33rd wedding anniversary. I have a lot of good memories of camp-meeting, like making plastic dip flowers with my cousin to donate to sell in the missionary house to help support missionaries like <b><a href="https://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2018/08/edna-f-thimes.html" target="_blank">Edna Thimes </a></b>and my grandmothers' giving us pocket money to purchase something for ourselves at the publishing house table in the back of the tabernacle. I remember purchasing small gifts for my family there, like an oval plastic squeeze coin keeper for my dad or mints to share or a tiny beaded coin purse for myself or a book to read. I went and hoped I got to see friends that I had met at church camp earlier that summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Music Can Boost Your Brain. Dr. Daniel Amen & Barry Goldstein. <b><a href="https://youtu.be/EQQCdQ7TiCs" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A list of my favorite music - <b><a href="https://mythankfuljournal.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-joy-hearts-delight-jeremiah..html" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>THREE PRAISES</b> - I do not have idiopathic macular telangiectasia, type 2, like my 1st sister. She signed up for the <b><a href="https://www.lmri.net/" target="_blank">Mac Tel Project</a></b> and they wanted siblings to sign up also. However, I do have <b><a href="https://www.glaucoma.org/personal-stories/dolores-j-rush-artist-with-pigmentary-glaucoma.php" target="_blank">pigmentary glaucoma </a></b>and our other sister has dry eyes from Sjoden Syndrome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also, my grandfather's memorial on Findagrave gained a new photo. It came all the way from a thrift store in Virginia. A gal purchased two pen-pal photo albums there that were created by a <span style="background-color: #f9f7ee; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Naomi Dutrow, of Elkton, VA. </b>in the 1920s</span> and she decided to scan the photos in the albums that had names on them to kindly share them with relatives on the appropriate memorials at Findagrave. I urged her to donate scans of the unknown people to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://deadfred.com/" target="_blank">Dead Fred</a></b>,</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a genealogical photograph archive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And my MIL and SIL were not hurt in a T-bone accident much like<b> <a href="https://mythankfuljournal.blogspot.com/2017/07/semi-truck-t-boned-us.html" target="_blank">ours</a></b>. Their new van had to be towed away, but they are okay! 😇 PTL! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SUMMER READING PROGRAM</b>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm currently reading a book called "<i>Gratitude: Affirming One Another Through Stories</i>" <i>by Len Froyen</i>. It gave me the idea for one of my pages in my journal called <b>HEIRLOOMS</b>. To write a line or two about the heirlooms we've inherited from our relatives. I have created the list <b><a href="https://rush-family-news.blogspot.com/2020/08/heirlooms-little-mementos-ancestors.html" target="_blank">here</a> </b>with photos.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also ordered two books to read by Patti Page. I knew she sang, but didn't know she was an author as well. The first one is called "<i>Once Upon a Dream: A Personal Chat with All Teenagers</i>." By Patti Page. 1960. and "<i>This is My Song: A Memoir.</i>" By Patti Page with Skip Press. 2009. I have a YouTube playlist of Patti's songs <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYaMdtosw2Tc58AYF2TeGQwX" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then I have several books I want to re-read from my home library such as "<i>The Spirit of Loveliness: Bringing Beauty, Creativity, and Order to Your Life</i>." by Emilie Barnes. 1992. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the way, how do you like my new <b>Mary Engelbreit cartoons</b> on the side menu? They are <b>FREE</b> from Mary herself! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">39 <b><a href="https://blessinks.com/daily-drawing/" target="_blank">DOODLES</a></b> this month = 116 to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wonderful<b> CARDS</b> from several friends, one being our <b><a href="http://grandviewnaz.org/" target="_blank">pastor</a> </b>to my husband and myself and two <u><i>THANK YOU </i></u>cards too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Proverbs: 15:1 = A soft (<i>gentle</i>) answer turns away wrath (<i>out-of-control bitter hatred and vindictive rage</i>), but a harsh word stirs up anger (<i>displeasure</i>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Proverbs 24:3-4 = By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Proverbs 31:30 = Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Isaiah 46:9-10 = "I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ephesians 4:26-27 = In your anger, <b>do not</b><span style="background-color: white;"> sin. <b>Do not</b> let the sun go down while you are still angry and <b>do not</b> give the devi</span>l a foothold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 = We were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PROJECTS</b>: Watch video <b><a href="https://youtu.be/Y6IMZtF_l_Y" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We're still working on projects, however, many of the projects we were going to spray paint have been put on hold as we've had many rainy days this month. We've hauled off three bags of stuff to the thrift store so far and I've got a fourth bag begun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>QUOTES & SAYINGS</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and where we can love." (~ Marvin J. Ashton).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Is your home just another place for unmet expectations, to-do lists, and exhaustion? Or is your home a haven, the safest place on earth, a place to come back to, a place to heal, a place to create, a place to risk and simply be? You get to decide." (~ Myquillyn Smith, The Nesting Place.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Mnemonic device</b> to help me remember which leg goes first walking up and down stairs with my canes: "Good Leg Leads to Heaven (<i>upstairs</i>); Bad Leg Leads down to the other place (<i>downstairs</i>)." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our home is just a little house, but God knows where we live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When life hands you lemons, make lemonade! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"You don't need what you think you do. (But keep) what makes you feel happy, what feels like home to you." (~ Amanda Burger, owner of a tiny home.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>POSITIVE WORD OF THE MONTH</b>: LOVE</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We used to sing a song in church about how Jesus loves the little children - red, and yellow, black and white! He loves all colors of people, not just white, not just black, not just Indian, not just Asian. Not just Jews, not just Gentiles, not just Samaritans. He even loves unborn babies. I believe we will see all races in heaven cause what matters is what's in our heart and whether we believe in Jesus. It is our character that makes a difference in how we live. Be grateful for the goodness that has come our way because of wise decisions made in the past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet I understand the need to have a happy home or place decorated with objects that make me happy. I don't like looking at things that remind me of unhappy memories. A friend with a lovely heart told me to give away or pack away objects that do. Perhaps some day I might not think of them in quite the same way and I can restore them to a place in my living space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How to Teach Your Child to Give a <b><a href="https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges/following-social-rules/how-to-give-a-genuine-apology" target="_blank">Genuine Apology</a></b> By Amanda Morin. <i>With printables to practice "I" statements!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>There are a couple of new videos in the Gratitude Tools and Words of Gratitude playlist! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been spring cleaning! Took three bags off of STUFF to the thrift store! We've also been painting and repairing and rearranging. Decided the Farmhouse style of Home Decorating was something I really liked (favorite colors: black, white, & grey with pops of red and turquoise) after watching some YouTube videos of those who like to decorate their homes in that style. I have a couple of pages of Polaroid Zink photos in my positivity journal of completed projects. Check out the video <a href="https://youtu.be/9HmP-45Ztv4" target="_blank"><b>here</b>!</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have a problem with exercise boredom, but I've been trying to remember that my armchair bike works as a water pill - to get the fluids moving out of my legs, so I've done a little better this month with cycling when watching videos. I should do it 20 to 30 minutes everyday, so I'm gonna keep plugging away at it until I get that habit in place! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pastor occasionally hands out reminder postcards and I glued one into my journal. Good reminder for the Golden Rule!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finished 37 doodles for Marsha Baker's <b><a href="https://blessinks.com/daily-drawing/" target="_blank">365 Doodle Challenge</a></b>! I have 155 more to go! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SCRIPTURES</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Psalm 7:10, 17 = "My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Psalm 139:23-24 = Search me, O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ephesians 2:8-9 = For it is by GRACE you have been saved through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>QUOTES</b>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Focus on positive emotions and responses as much as possible such as hopefulness and humor, rather than on negative ones such as fear, anger, frustration, blame and disappointment. At the same time, allow yourself to be where you are in the experience, but push towards the positive as soon as possible. Make the most of the visual world through art, color, nature, or whatever you enjoy looking at. Be kind to yourself." (~ Pete Kellett).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"You are a powerful and strong daughter of Christ." (~ Julie Luca). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive." (~ Sir. Walter Scott, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. 1808.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Garden Hearts." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kind hearts are the gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kind thoughts are the roots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kind words are the flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Take care of the gardens, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Keep them from weeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fill them with flowers, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kind Words and kind Deeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Anniversaries:</b> Wrote down a list of anniversaries, centennials and bicentennials we have celebrated during our lifetimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Our birthday and wedding anniversaries</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. Both my grandparents' and in-laws' 50th wedding anniversaries. My grandparents had parties and my in-laws' took at trip to El Paso, TX to see how it has changed in the last 50 years. Our family was invited to go along as my husband was born in the Army Hospital there which we discovered no longer exists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. 1976 = The United States of America's Bicentennial </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. We attended three church 50th anniversaries - First Church of God, Wyandotte County, KS; Metropolitan Church of the Nazarene, Wyandotte County, KS; and Grandview Church of the Nazarene, Jackson County, MO.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. I attended the Church of God (Anderson, IN) Centennial with my paternal grandmother in 1981. I drove my grandmother from her home to Wichita, KS where we stayed with my aunt and uncle one night. Then they took us to the airport where we caught an airplane to Bethany, OK. Oh the marvels of air travel - what would have taken us several hours to drive from grandma's home took us only 1/2 hour of travel time via the skies! Once in Oklahoma, we were added to a church group traveling by bus to Anderson, IN. After the conclusion of the Centennial celebration, we caught a train to Detroit, MI to visit my other aunt and uncle and then rode home with me via train where Grandma stopped for the night to visit with us and then rode on home to western Kansas where my cousin picked her up from the train station to drive her home. <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wonderful memories! One of the highlights was visiting the </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thehenryford.org/virtual-visit-to-henry-ford-museum/" target="_blank">Henry Ford Museum</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> in Dearborn, MI with grandma, my aunt, uncle and cousins. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6. The Nazarene's Centennial was in 2008. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And I was sent the below prayer in an email. Reminded me of a coloring sheet I created a while back. Here's a link to a freebie coloring sheet. One with Smilin' Sam and Sunbonnet Sue in it. - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EmYQV7VFdVotZbVyk865k54q-HHOjXi-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">click here</a>. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>OLD FARMER'S PRAYER <br /><br />A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast.<br /><br />"Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going.<br /><br />The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard." Now the pastor was growing concerned.<br /><br />Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable.<br /><br />Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits. Amen."<br /><br />Within that prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in the world today. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really care for, but something even better is going to come when He is done with it. AMEN!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PROJECT PICTURES! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have so many pictures of the projects that we have completed this month that I had to add in another sheet to my journal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. I repainted a bee plant poke, a shelf over my kitchen sink, and a candlestick table. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. David repainted a huge metal star that I found at the thrift store and metal soap dish black and hung them up outside for us on the house. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He spray-painted a metal hook bracket black for our kitchen. I want to hang it on the wall next to the stove for some utensils or pots. </span></span><br />
4<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. And he also spray-painted two metal containers white. One I'm using in the bathroom for cotton balls and swabs and the other is in my bedroom to hold personal products.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. I began to patch holes outside our shower, repainted the footboard white and my husband screwed the shower ceiling panel back up as the glue was beginning to come loose from gravity, age and moisture. </span><br />
6<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I found some baskets to organize our personal bathroom products, my nightstand drawer, and a kitchen junk drawer. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><br />
7<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. I sewed up a dress from 5-t-shirts, stitched an apron, and some tissue cozies for <b><a href="https://vimeo.com/261494139" target="_blank">Stephanie Ackerman</a></b>'s bless you project. </span><br />
8<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How do you like this blog's new look? If you like the new background, please click the like button at the bottom of this blog post! One of my projects this month! 😉</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A PERSONAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM</b> = Got one book read so far, but want to fill these two pages by the end of the summer with positive reading books. I own a wealth of books in our home library, some of which I have never read. The book below is the first I've read. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. <b><a href="https://mythankfuljournal.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-joyous-thank-you.html" target="_blank">Thank You</a></b>. Illustrated by Mary Engelbreit. 1993. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My prayer: I was anointed a couple of Sundays ago for emotional healing. I want to be a happy, beautiful soul. smile! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've enjoyed listening to more music this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nat King Cole - Smile. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YXuB6md9zPk" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ-SwJjkSyw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A cousin's great aunt was Patti Page and I've compiled a playlist on YouTube of some of her music. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYaMdtosw2Tc58AYF2TeGQwX" target="_blank">YouTube.</a></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>DOODLES</b>: I'm continuing with Marsha Baker's <b><a href="https://blessinks.com/daily-drawing/" target="_blank">365 Day Challenge</a></b> - Total this month: 35</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PRAYING HANDS</b>: Free coloring sheet <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pX5SEiXbd6jLNqk7_uJVGGn32TZGIfcV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>SCRIPTURE</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Documented Faith</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Isaiah 61:3 = and provide for those who grieve in Zion -- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord from the display of his splendor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Luke 6:22-23 = Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Romans 12:2 = Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2 Corinthians 10:4-5, 8 = The weapons we fight with have divine power to demolish strongholds. We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. . . building you up, rather than pulling you down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Philippians 4:8-9 = Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -- think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>QUOTES</b>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Anger is a seed for war. Forgiveness is a seed for peace." (Eva Mozes Kor, 1934-2019. She survived the Holocaust and Hitler's hate against the Jews.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Don't believe everything you think. Is it true? If not, discard it or turn it around." ANT (automatic negative thinking). (Dr. Daniel Amen).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"If you lose the argument with the voices in your head, then that's when you know you are in trouble." (Dyan Reaveley). 😊</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"It is easier to keep flies out of your pantry in the summer than to keep Satan's servants from stealing your joy and infecting your peace." (William Gurnall).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Never question who God removes from your life. He heard the conversations when you weren't around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Talk is cheap. The best apology is changed behavior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY THROUGH MY 5 SENSES?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. <i>Smell</i> - honeysuckle in bloom; jasmine in bloom; lilacs in bloom; locust trees in bloom; vanilla</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. <i>Sound</i> -- I miss Lily's barking at the front door when the guys got home from work; my honey saying "I Love You;" Celtic, gospel, & swing music; Patti Page's music; my guy's sense of humor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <i>Taste </i>- caramel; chai tea; cherry; cheesecake; gingersnaps; grape; honey; ice cream; mint; oatmeal & raisin cookies; pudding; strawberries; </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. <i>Touch</i> - soft cotton jersey fabric, loving caresses like sign for "I Love You." Sunshine on my face; soft doggie fur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. <i>Visual</i> - flowers (the sunflower is my favorite); my favorite colors (black/white/turquoise/red/peach/pink/lime green/grey/blue); storybook cottages like those found in Mary Engelbreit cards and books; lace; black & white checks, stripes & dots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>TUNNEL CARD</b>: Made with <a href="http://www.maryengelbreit.com/" target="_blank"><b>Mary Engelbreit</b></a>'s and <a href="https://stampersanonymous.com/brands-designers/dylusions.html" target="_blank"><b>Dylusions Mushroom Rubber Stamp</b></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And the back is stenciled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MEDITERRANEAN DIET</b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Doc put me on the Mediterranean Diet, the hubs threw a fit. He said he wasn't going to eat chick-peas. However, I got him to calm down by telling him that we can still eat pizza and that we've already have tried several Mediterranean restaurants such as Nabil's on our very first date. smile! I told him to make a list of Mediterranean restaurants in the Greater Kansas City area and lets try them all at least once.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So here's my list of restaurants we've eaten at so far (before diet/after diet suggestion):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. <b><a href="https://www.carrabbas.com/" target="_blank">Carrabbas </a></b>Italian Grill. We ate here last year for our son's birthday. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. <b><a href="https://www.caseys.com/" target="_blank">Casey's Pizza</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3. <b>Caspian Bistro</b>, Overland Park, KS. (<i>closed; husband and I celebrated our anniversary with friends there.</i>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. <b><a href="https://www.cicis.com/" target="_blank">CiCi's Pizza</a></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. <b><a href="https://www.dominos.com/en/" target="_blank">Domino's Pizza</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <b>Frank Nitti's Pizza</b>, Kansas City, MO. (begun by actor: Bruce Gordon; closed)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <b><a href="https://godfathers.com/home" target="_blank">Godfather's Pizza</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">9. <b><a href="https://labodegakc.com/" target="_blank">La Bodega</a> </b>(Spanish)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">10<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<b> <a href="https://littlecaesars.com/en-us/" target="_blank">Little Caesar's Pizza</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">11<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <b><a href="https://www.themadgreeklawrence.com/" target="_blank">The Mad Greek</a></b>, Lawrence, KS. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">15<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <b>Nabil's Mediterranean Cuisine</b>, Kansas City, MO. (<i>our very first date</i>)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">17.<b> <a href="https://www.papajohns.com/" target="_blank">Papa John's Pizza</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I don't eat sugar, so rejoice with me! My recent A1C blood work came back at 4.9. Doc said I definitely don't have diabetes! Yay! So, since I'm not eating or drinking caffeine either, I've been looking into Mediterranean herbs and discovered that thyme, hyssop and balm are in the mint family and since I like peppermint herbal tea, my hubbin ordered me a couple of boxes of the thyme and hyssop teas. They came with medical warnings on the back, so I took a couple of packets with me to my last doctor's visit and he checked them out with the school of pharmacy staff on campus and they okayed the thyme and hyssop teas in moderation -- no interaction with any of my medications, however, people who are on metformin should NOT drink balm as it can raise blood sugars. I take metformin for PCOS. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have been out a couple of times since lockdown began. Went to the doctors and went to help my mother-in-law celebrate a birthday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love the blooming flowers in our garden -- dollar plants, red, white, and pink peonies, and spiderwort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A new book is being researched by Dr. Melisa O. Berry, a theology professor from the Northwest Christian University. Included in the book will be a story about Bertha (Wilson) Lillenas. Read part of her story <b><a href="http://the-history-nut-of-missouri.blogspot.com/2011/06/haldor-lillenas.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My husband was so sweet to me this month</span> -- I'm celebrating 🎈 that he remembered all of these occasions with a card - Mother's Day, his mother's birthday and our anniversary! Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm continuing to draw coloring sheets each week and am so thankful that my pastor agreed to print them out and distribute them to our congregation via snail and e-mail. One of my favorites this month was Sunbonnet Sue and Smilin' Sam paper dolls along with this verse: I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are WALKING in the truth. ~ 3 John 4. I also added a list of schools I attended either as a student or as a homeschool educator. 😁</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My armchair bike tracker. Did better this month than last. Been fiddling with the playlist on <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYazJh34f5RGT0XRLgPqfiGw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I added a new video to the Gratitude Tools Playlist. See side menu below. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Friends come and Friends Go - Listen to <b><a href="https://considerthisradioshow.com/reason-season-lifetime/" target="_blank">Podcast</a></b> - "A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime." Be <b><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">thankful</span></b> they were part of your life! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>GREAT ARTICLE I FOUND ONLINE - </b>How to Show Your Family<b> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/25-simple-gestures-to-show-your-family-you-love-them-during-coronavirus-pandemic/ss-BB13K8Hb?ocid=spartanntp#image=1" target="_blank">You Love Them</a> </b>Amid Coronavirus Pandemic</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Last summer, I got sick with community pneumonia, a highly contagious bacterial infection and ended up in the hospital emergency room when I couldn't breathe. Since I have several hidden disabilities like asthma and a compromised immune system, I try to stay away from sick folks, cause everything I catch goes straight south to the lungs and it takes me a long time to get well. I'm thankful that I have the ability to sew and create a mask that I can wear out to help prevent me from picking up any other bugs like the coronavirus. We've been taught since childhood to share, but in this instance, it's good not to share, so out of love, kindness and goodwill for your fellow man and woman, please wear a mask and let's not share coronavirus. It's the enemy, not the government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since coronavirus lockdown began here (3-23-2020), I'm thankful for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone and the internet (ie. texting, email, blogs and websites like mine, Zoom, Facetime, and Videos). I may be social distancing inside my home, but I can still be social via those tools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm thankful that my husband has kept a promise as he has painted and fixed my favorite glider out on the front porch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm thankful for my friends who care for me by texting, emailing, and telephoning me on a regular basis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>EVENTS:</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My husband participated in our Good Friday church service via video as a scripture reader.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We participated in an Easter telephone chain greeting; Pastor began and finished it. He called and greeted the next person in line after himself -- "He is Risen" -- and the person responded -- "He is Risen Indeed!" Then that person called the next person in line after themselves in the chain and said "He is Risen!" and so on down the line. There were some snafu's along the way such as the person who tried to contact my husband and apparently his mobile phone wasn't ringing through, so she called me and he got his greeting via my phone instead. smile! I enjoyed this novel Easter greeting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our pastor created an online service for our congregation at our<b><a href="http://www.grandviewnaz.org/" target="_blank"> church website</a></b> and has preached via his new YouTube channel. And I've been continuing to offer a free coloring sheet to our congregation via a link on the church website. Just because difficulties come in my way to sharing my gifts and talents with other people, doesn't mean I get to quit trying. smile! Just have to find a different avenue to do so. smile! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I finished Part 3 of my video series: Doodling Through the Bible in Black and White. <b><a href="https://youtu.be/0oQEWyAaJ2M" target="_blank">YouTube.</a></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>QUOTES:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OHIO - Only Handle It Once</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Don't use storage to delay decisions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Just in Case" thinking is poverty thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can this stuff that I'm not using bless someone else?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To delay is to disobey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I say don't be ruled by expectation; draw what's in your heart, right now. Because that's really what the life of Jesus was all about. About being restored to a relationship with God so we no longer walk through these trials of life without hope and God walking through it with us." (~ Elizabeth Frantz).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Research has shown that writing gratitude's in the evening using pen and paper for seven days can reduce depressive symptoms for up to six months. There's no research yet to say whether making a daily list for longer than seven days will have the same impact, though I can say that people who do this feel happier." (~ Frederika Roberts). </span></div>
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The church is not the building. It is the people.<br />
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Jon Troast's musical video turtle -- Slow and Steady Wins the Race! <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OjlUhbQg1xs" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>.<br />
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Today, I wish you a day of ordinary miracles! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://rush-family-news.blogspot.com/2020/04/museums.html" target="_blank"><b>MUSEUMS:</b></a> I have a small list of museums we have visited in the past in my positivity journal, however, at the link you will find a much larger list than I was able to fit in my journal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jeremiah 15:19-21 = Therefore this is what the Lord says: "If you repent I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you but you must not turn to them. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you," declares the Lord. "I will save you from the hands of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the cruel." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Matthew 5:37 = Simply let your "Yes" be yes; and your "No;" No; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">James 5:13 = Is anyone of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A canary named Pretty Boy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One Siamese cat named Song</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A black and white cat named Baby Cakes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ami, our Bishon dog</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and Lily, our chihuahua</span><br />
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Cincinnati, Ohio<br />Posted on Facebook 14 April 2020<br /><br />WARNING: Long post ahead.<br /><br /> I’m going to try something, and I invite you to join me because I know I am not alone. Sharing this here <i>(on Facebook</i>) is about making a declaration and commitment to myself. To serve as a reminder of the step of the path I am on today. I also thought that someone else might benefit from reading this and be able to apply it to themselves and their own lives and situations. I have wasted far too much time with this and given up too much of my joy.<br /><br /> From here on out, I am going to do my best not to spend time hurt and upset by people who are intent on misunderstanding my heart and my intentions. I do not want to waste anymore of my time or surrender anymore of my joy to people and situations where it becomes evident that someone else’s life perspective is causing them to see me through a negative scope and alters my intent and maligns my heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I am willing to talk, discuss, evaluate and consider my actions where appropriate and am open to learning about the thoughts, opinions and emotions of others. I am a human and am, therefore, imperfect so I understand I have room to grow. I am also aware that many situations aren’t about “right and wrong” but rather about preferences. I know that, regardless of my intent, my actions and words will not always be received in the manner in which I intend them and I should never be so prideful as to assume that I am always in the right.<br /><br /> However, the season of my life where I lay in bed and cry because I am unable to convince someone that I am not the person they have perceived me to be must come to an end. I do not control and am not responsible for the thoughts and opinions of others. I am only responsible for my own thoughts and actions.<br /><br /> And I get it. I, too, have jumped to conclusions, misunderstood and misevaluated people and their intentions. I have been wounded and deeply hurt by actions and words of many people with or without their intention. It is especially hard when someone or something hits against an insecurity, fear or place of pain. This is a natural and normal part of life that must be dealt with through the course of any relationship. It is not my intent to demonize anyone who misunderstands me.<br /><br /> But, I have given away a lot of my joy and heart to people who, for whatever reason, assign motives and deeper thoughts to my actions well beyond what they actually are. They cast judgement based on surface information and ascribe negative character traits because of a faulty formula they have solved in their own minds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Many times I am fighting invisible enemies and silence simply because I have no idea how a conclusion was arrived at. Other times, we circle the same mountain endlessly and I really just want off the ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> If someone is unable to address a problem with me through healthy adult interaction, either due to displaying aggressive confrontation or through passive avoidance than I will do my best to set down the weight of guilt and shame and simply move through the grief of a broken relationship. <br /><br /> I will also no longer continue to defend myself against a thought or action that has been addressed on numerous occasions. If a problem has been confronted on multiple occasions and I have done my best to explain and evaluate what I am doing and I find myself back in the same loop then I am going to choose to honor myself and step out of the cycle as I am not the mitigating factor. If I have said many times that something was not my objective, then you are either choosing not to believe me or refusing to address your own perspective. Either way, I am respectfully out.<br /><br /> Why am I sharing this? I love people. I deeply want people to feel loved and accepted. I have rarely felt truly loved and accepted. I struggle with my own place in this world and have walked through a lot of rejection. I want to extend grace to every heartbeat of my life because I have needed much grace. I’ve learned that my heart isn’t everyone’s heart. I’ve wasted a lot of my life feeling like I was the problem. Trying desperately to figure out how to navigate life and relationships or hiding away in anxiety and depression when it became too much.<br /><br /> And a word of wisdom slapped me in the face last night.<br /> Hard.<br /> It was a much needed slap and I don’t want to waste it.<br /><br /> I have allowed my mental landscape to be wrecked at times by people who have already shown me their flaws and I am ignoring them and getting upset because I don’t want to lose the connections I do have. My grace needs to grow. My love needs to extend to freeing people to have the absolute wrong opinion of me without it stealing my joy or bringing me to guilt and shame. To not be frustrated at the universe because I couldn’t get my heart across. I’m in good company with a hall of people the world misunderstood. <br /><br /> It isn’t easy. Especially when it is someone you deeply love and want them to love and understand you. The desire for genuine love and acceptance is a core need we share as humans. Highly valuing someone who then turns and rejects you is wounding. <br /><br />But from here forward, I need to try. I need to guard my heart and my mind and not take the brokenness of others as evidence of a flaw in me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MY FAVORITE COLORING SHEET: </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a link to my favorite coloring sheet for this month. You have my permission to print it off and color it --<b> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-SFIXfT_5MCikjM9_sZQb3FSQqvXNlAI/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">click here</a></b>. </span>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-61641097434842745772020-04-03T05:00:00.001-05:002020-10-26T00:37:48.543-05:00My Joy and Heart's Delight! - Jeremiah 15:16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: #93c47d; color: white;">MARCH</span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"> </span>GRATITUDES:</b> My husband graduated from Diabetic Education class that we had been attending for several weeks. New-to-us cousins! Thank you, Lord, for <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WZZR6A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0" target="_blank">Lori Frisch</a></b>. Glad my friends and family are okay after the earthquakes in Idaho! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Conviction from Jesus has grace built into it, but condemnation from the devil does not!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* During the lockdown invest in your faith future.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Become the fun you are seeking. So many of us are waiting for the fun to happen. You are the fun." (Loretta LaRoche). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Definity of purpose is the starting point of all achievement." (W. Clement Stone).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"For far too long I've lived with pretty consistent thoughts of doubt, insecurity, fear, and what-if's. I found myself overwhelmed with wondering what other people were thinking of and about me and what other people were doing instead of aligning myself with God and what He thought. Since changing my thoughts and letting the spirit change my thought, everything has shifted. Now, please don't think that those negative thought patterns haven't resurfaced. Not a chance. It's a constant game of "whack-a-mole." (Stephanie Ackerman). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"In every community you are a part of, there needs to be a balance of eating and fun activity." (Catherine Parkhurst, RN, MSN, CDE). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Keep sharing - while someone may already know what you are sharing, the next person might not and will welcome it like a thirsty person. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Exodus 14:14 = The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Psalm 27:10 = Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Psalm 91:1,4, 15 = Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty . . . He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. . . He will call on me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jeremiah 15:16 = When your words came, I ate them, they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty. </span></span></div>
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<b>GOOD NEWS!</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> One of my girlfriend's grandson's was baptized this month! Another friend's first grandbaby was born a few days ago! <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">New orthotic, built up shoes with </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>NO</b> </span><b style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://mythankfuljournal.blogspot.com/2016/03/brace.html" target="_blank">brace</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> and new eyeglasses. And there have been some coronavirus survivors! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>EVENTS & I DID IT!</b> I decided to combine the two into one category this month. One of the highlights was attending our ladies luncheon at church. Since it was National Women's month, in honor of that, we were to tell about a (or more) woman who has greatly influenced our lives. I told about my group of friends I call my sisters of my heart. I passed around my last year's positivity journal, turned to September 2019. Many of us were older than 21 years of age, but we did have two young ladies and they enjoyed looking at the paper dolls on the flaps and opening the flaps to see what was inside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>NEW</b> Video in the Words of Gratitude YouTube playlist (see side-menu). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our Sunday church services have shifted to online communication. Our <b><a href="http://grandviewnaz.org/" target="_blank">church website</a></b> and our pastor's <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQTyCqrzK2nqmeoDkc-tpfg" target="_blank">videos.</a></b> Worship song: "<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IvSuGyJQ6oM" target="_blank">Goodness of God.</a></b>" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Positivity Journal <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYZa3BsTvdI2xvwGiH2xW16L" target="_blank">Playlist</a></b> - a New Video has been added to it too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>ENVELOPE</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> POCKET FLAP INSERT</b>: Received two cards this month from my friend across the pond (Atlantic Ocean), card designer, Joan Petty. And, although I have no idea where she obtained it, she sent me a Mary Engelbreit post-it-notepad. The envelope contains a Mary Engelbreit card that a cousin had sent me for my birthday that I had saved and some notes on index cards. </span></span></div>
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<b>METFORMIN & ARMCHAIR BIKE TRACKERS</b>:<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I did well taking my meds, but I didn't do too good with the armchair bike. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>PREACHERS</b>: Some are ancestors and some are cousins. My husband and I have begun to list the men of the cloth that we know about in our family trees <b><a href="http://rush-family-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/preacher-man.html" target="_blank">here.</a></b> </span></div>
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<b>SOME OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Be Thou My Vision." St. Dallan Forgaill. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzTZfTsjtko" target="_blank">YouTube.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) Rain." by Bob Halligan, Jr. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/equHWxmRjac" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Cinderella" By Steven Curtis Chapman. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nrWMBC6yoME" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Count Your Blessings." By Johnson Oatmeal, Jr. 1897. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FZECFq4BvRQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dancing in the Sky." By Dani & Lizzy.<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C4dci4Z7p6A" target="_blank">YouTube.</a> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Down to the River to Pray." Unknown.<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSif77IVQdY" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"El Shaddai." by Michael Card & John Thomson. 1981<b>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DuXB1a3NBCw" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fairest Lord Jesus. Written by an Unknown Writer. <b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kERckHcfaVU" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've Got<b> </b>My Foot on<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/heh4JuvdFT0" target="_blank">the Rock</a>. </b>Sung by my cousin, Terrill White.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lady. By Lionel Richie. Sung by Kenny Rogers (1939-2020). (<i>our wedding song</i>).<b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZbgzJecVbSQ" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Mary, Did You Know?" By Mary Lowry and Buddy Greene. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fbgWa5pH3g" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Morning Has Broken." By Eleanor Fargeon. 1931.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/we-n-Zmglt0" target="_blank"> </a><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/we-n-Zmglt0" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills. 1974. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qwa0c8VO71s" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Tribute (To God Be the Glory). 1972. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROkAdfhUkQc" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Patti Page. My </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYd_7_MkGdYaMdtosw2Tc58AYF2TeGQwX" target="_blank">YouTube </a></b>playlist.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Serenity (The Serenity Prayer Song). By Jack Bielan. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wonpb0NSu3M" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Deer's Cry, or St. Patrick's Breastplate; I Arise Today. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xeVEGOPjJXQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The Gift of a Friend." by Demi Lovato. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZtUA9_ID0U" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The Prayer." by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa & Tony Renis. 1998. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cqFCbtRz1Z0" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">True Colors. Sung by Mat & Savanna Shaw <b><a href="http://youtube./">YouTube.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"What Child Is This?" (Tune: Greensleeves) by William C. Dix. 1865. <b>YouTube</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"You Do Not Walk Alone" by Elaine Hagenburg. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gNCj2KW-JFk" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>A FREE <a href="https://www.maryengelbreit.com/pages/spring-sales?mc_cid=a6220a95b5&mc_eid=395a8920d1&utm_campaign=a6220a95b5-Spring%20Sales%202020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Online%20Store%20Newsletter%20Subscribers&utm_term=0_b24f3429bf-a6220a95b5-346105157" target="_blank">COLORING SHEET</a> from Mary Engelbreit: </b>I have a smart printer that I received for Christmas and I printed two sizes of the coloring sheet. One for my positivity journal and one card sized. Enjoyed coloring both. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MY FAVORITE MOVIES:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anne of Green Gables. With Megan Follows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ever After: A Cinderella Story Trailer.<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-k7yjSZYhU" target="_blank"> YouTube.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Heidi. With Shirley Temple. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4DLsumVnu0E" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b> movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Little Lord Fauntleroy. With Dolores Costello. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-voICcxg9qU" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Little Princess. With Shirley Temple. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WtqETOgYx7Q" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b> movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Little Women. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qeSZZKz3FSA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pygmalion. With Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ygBkAcyYkW0" target="_blank"><b>You Tube. </b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b>I like "</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Fair Lady." With Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn version the best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pollyanna. With Hayley Mills. A scene from the movie on <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sJW_k0WGb_A" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sarah, Plain and Tall. With Glenn Close. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cXhsh1rK4js" target="_blank">YouTube.</a></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Secret Garden. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LlcCwXLrbEo" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sound of Music. With Julie Andrews. A clip called "I Have Confidence." <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJYz8pyXOG4" target="_blank">YouTube. </a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's another version called "The Trapp Family." <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XZMH6F_P7M" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The King and I. With Yul Brynner & Deborah Kerr. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fzHXJaWidRQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b> Trailer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Robe. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1oIY05cDU5w" target="_blank">YouTube </a></b>trailer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Little House on the Prairie television series. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Walton's Christmas movie. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/umEEnFtmV0I" target="_blank">YouTube</a></b>.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>AND MY FAVORITE DOODLED COLORING SHEET OF THE MONTH!</b></span>Rushd Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361713720158269624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305879472761035962.post-21731084421923719392020-03-04T02:38:00.004-06:002020-03-04T15:09:19.915-06:00Bloom Where You Are Planted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>INDEX - See below:</b> Bless you for watching my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8fD4IpZvP5Q" target="_blank"><b>video</b></a>s and then coming back here to read what I've written down in my positivity journal during the month. Every time you visit my blog, my dashboard records your visit, so I know I have a few faithful readers. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. 💖</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">FEBRUARY </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*</b> I'm thankful that the Whistler's moved to Kansas City and began attending the church I grew up in. I got acquainted with their daughter in youth group. She is presently my oldest BFF and spiritual sister of my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* I'm thankful when our utility bills get paid. It's really nice to have lights and hot water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* I'm thankful for that <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qfIHmBnk51s" target="_blank">flatbread press </a></b>that my hubby ordered for me! Now to collect recipes for it - corn & flour tortillas, personal pan pizza dough, pie dough, pumpkin, squash and sweet potato flatbreads, etc. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I'm thankful for new glasses and shoes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>METFORMIN TRACKER -</b> I learned long time ago that in order to remember whether I've taken my meds that day or not, is to write it down if it's one dose, but if you have multiple tabs to take, a <b><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apex-Four-a-Day-7-Day-Pill-Organizer/14089470" target="_blank">daily tab dispenser</a></b> is also helpful. Then you can see at a glance if you have taken your meds at the right times of the day. </span><br />
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<b>EVENTS -</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I attended church this month and gave away my coloring sheets. My therapist suggested I share a bit of myself with someone else, so I have. I attended coloring club at <b><a href="http://inkpaperrubber.com/" target="_blank">Ink, Paper, Rubber </a></b>this month and passed around extras of my coloring sheets. My husband and I have been attending Diabetic Education Classes that my husband is required to attend by his new doctors (our insurance network changed). My husband, son, my sister - in-love and her daughter went on a sponsored scavenger hunt downtown. They walked about a 3 mile radius looking for things on their list, taking a photo of it to prove they found it and came in 26th place. They said it was a lot of fun, but poor hubby's calves sure got a work-out and he could barely hobble around the next couple days. 😁 I would have went with them, but I don't have a scooter. I would have never made it with just a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rollator-Medical-Mobility-Removable-Handicap/dp/B084WVPZXN/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?hvadid=78340257517019&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=red+rollator+walker&qid=1583004308&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyODJVQjVPQkFVT0xHJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODAyMzU2MU9CM1JOM01OOElERiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzkwNzE0MkxQQkVUUU1FQVlFNiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=" target="_blank">rollator</a> </b>walker. My husband's employer has quarterly community service days -- they take volunteers who want to work for PTO credits and this month, hubby worked at <a href="https://martincitytelegraph.com/2018/06/13/restored-habitat-for-humanitys-largest-restore-facility-will-be-in-martin-city/" target="_blank"><b>ReStore</b></a> one Saturday. I attend some of the service days and social activities with hubby when able. And then my girlfriends and I got together to craft encouragement cards for a friend's daughter who is experiencing some serious illness. We were joined by another girlfriend via video chat who also worked on a craft project of her own with us. </span></div>
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<b>SCRIPTURES -</b> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Documented Faith</a></b> Scriptures 6-10. Members of <b><a href="http://blessinks.com/" target="_blank">Marsha Baker's </a></b>Facebook group and email list have been studying the names of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Psalm 107:27b-31 = . . . they were at their wits end. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He still the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Do good deeds in a funny way. The world needs to laugh or at least smile more than it does." (Rose O'Neill, Kewpie artist.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Happiness is a choice that you make." (~ Grandma Edna Rosolli). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. . . only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind." (~ Dale Carnegie)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">O Taste! And see that the Lord is good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Prayer is, at root, simply paying attention to God." (Dr. Ralph Martin)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"True success and contentment are not achieved unless action accompanies ideas." (Anonymous)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"When we allow people to intimidate us, we neutralize our effectiveness for God. The power of the Holy Spirit can help us overcome our fear of what some might say or do to us. (~ Stephanie Ackerman).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Your vibe attracts your tribe." (~ Sean Connell)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>ENCOURAGEMENT COLLECTION -</b> I added a new section to my positivity journal. At the very center, I made sticker prints (Polaroid Zink) of quotes that my girlfriends sent me via text and e-mail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you to the moon & back, to infinity and beyond, forever and ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Is there anything she can't handle?</i> </b>She's been broken. She's been defeated. She felt pain that most couldn't handle. She looks fear in the face; year after year, day after day, but yet she never runs. She never hides. And she ALWAYS finds a way to get back up. She is unbreakable, she is a warrior. <b>SHE IS YOU.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wednesday Prayer - Dear Lord, as I face the world today, may I hear your voice above all others. May any critical or negative things I hear go in one ear and out the other. Help me remember that the peace you offer, the world cannot give or take away. Thank you for being my strength, my shield, my refuge, my healer, my defender, my provider and my advocate. You are everything I need. You are greater than anything I will face today. If you are for me, it doesn't matter who or what comes against me. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Hope for The Broken Hearted.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why we need best friends - Because they laugh at the same stupid things we do. Because they give us honest advice. Because they will be there for us, even if they're thousands of miles away. Because they celebrate with us when we're at our best, but still love us at our worst. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wishing You all a <b>Happy Friday</b>. Forget about all bad things, your troubles and the drama others had brought into your life. Enjoy today and look forward to a weekend full of smiles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Godly friendships are truly blessings from above. Keep on praying for each other because spiritual family is what keeps you going through the tough times. </span></div>
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<b>GOOD NEWS! -</b> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have PCOS which I learned in the diabetics class is a metabolic disease and that's what I'm taking metformin for. I've been presenting as a diabetic with the types of diseases I get, but my recent A1C test results prove I am not as my blood sugars fall in the normal range! Yay! Our son found a new job that is much, much closer to home. As we are down to one car at the moment, my husband was driving about 120 miles a day to get our son and himself to work Sunday through Friday. One of my girlfriends gave me a bag of fig pieces for Valentine's Day and I made some of my sugar-free cookies as a gift to thank her for sharing such a sweet gift with me. Our pastor had surgery on his back and his pocketbook and he are well! Another girl-friend got a clean bill of health from her doctor! Yay! Thank you Jesus! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>CARDS --</b> My sweet husband remembered to give me a Valentine's card. And a girlfriend gave me a Mary Engelbreit card and Marsha Baker sent me a heart ATC #126. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>GOOD WORDS -</b> Confess, Forgiven, Kind, Love, Prayer, Repent, Trust </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>ARMCHAIR BIKE TRACKER -</b> This is like the Metformin tracker. I did pretty good Monday through Fridays!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I DID IT! -</b> The highlights of this month included -- doodling all my Bible coloring sheets for church this month! And the printer worked after we purchased some ink for it! I wrote a biography on the Kewpie artist Rose O'Neill for my History Nut blog. I cleaned out the frig and dug out all the "<i>hairy homeschool science experiments</i>" that were hiding in the back! PU! 😆 I made three batches of healthy cookies and 1 of carob fudge for our craft party. And I doodled 31 images this month for Marsha Baker's 365 Day Doodle challenge (T-68). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MEMORIES - TRAILS --</b> My husband and I compiled a list all the historical trails we have been on. How many have you traveled on? When we homeschooled, we would take a field trip to find and read <b><a href="https://www.hmdb.org/" target="_blank">historical markers </a></b>as enrichment material. My husband and I joined the <b><a href="https://www.kcahta.org/" target="_blank">KCAHTA </a></b>last year to learn more about the Historic Trails in our area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Boone's Lick Trail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Butterfield Overland Mail Route </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">California Trail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lewis and Clark </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott, Kansas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pony Express Route </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Santa Fe Trail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trail of Tears </span></div>
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