Busy Busy Busy...

I have been humming along busily these last few days getting my life and house in order along with a friends...


God is so awesome...He gives us gifts and talents as we need them in our lives to help ourselves and others .


Who knew I could be this person of organization ...LOL
bossy ..yes but helping others to organize their spaces...huh...

Like I said God is awesome!

Randomness....

Wow Scott and I sat talking about all this new year is going to bring...and not that we have a crystal ball or anything but facing some facts of life the boys are graduating and they will be 19 in Aug. I know those changes of them moving on are going to happen and it is not really catching me by surprise ...and some days I could help them pack their things frankly... but today ...tonight right now in the midst of Christmas memories and happiness and light ...it seems so hard to think on those things that are yet to come. 2009 IS going to bring big change in our lives in our family.

I lost 3.8 pounds in the last 10 days ...pretty amazing with the holidays then talking about changes and I so want to go stick my face in something sweet...so glad getting those temptations out of my sight out of my reach.

Christmas present's

Wow Christmas presents...presence.. It has been a wonderful Christmas- for all the chaos leading up to the feeling that I was running behind the not getting away with my sweetie to Brown County - over all it has been great.
Great memories with my kids great moments with family and now gearing up for a new year- a year for change--
changing ME which is funny because it seems like the last 6 years has been all about change.
God - Jesus so present in my life the changes He has wrought
(Wrought :1. Put together; created: a carefully wrought plan.
2. Shaped by hammering with tools 3. Made delicately or elaborately)
through counseling Bible Study and personal growth- amazing ..now it is time for the physical changes. This weight. I am tired . I carried the emotional weight for so many years and that is gone ..now it is time to shed the physical weight.
Can I do this? - oh no doubt with His presence in my life nothing is too hard or imposable.
2009 - number 9 is my favorite-- I declare 2009 to be my favorite year of all...what is yet to be is going to be terrific and wonderful -- oh it will be hard at times.. BUT this time next year I hope to be writing of the changes made in my physical body and hope that those changes match what has changed in my emotional mental body...

SO lets hear it for 2009!

Almost Christmas ....

I love Christmas ...it hasn't always been this way...

Christmas past where Christmas held such hope but produced little joy and lot's of dissappointment heartache and sadness. Split between 2 households never where I wanted to be -only where the courts dictated and parents decided.

Christmas present - Christmas mornings .....
I love being able to give others gifts that make them happy- I love my kids and want them to have great memories of Santa and surprises of opening boxes and finding just exactly what they wanted. Having stacks of presents to open .


yet now Knowing God as I do - seeing Jesus and what He has done in my life Should Christmas as it is now still be what I seem to have made it? Do my kids GET that this is about Jesus ? Not the presents not about Joy that mom and dad can give them but about the eternal Joy thru Jesus? Have I inadvertantly wreaked Christmas?

Something for me to ponder ....

Busy Dec.

wow got some of ...most of the shopping done I am thinking it seems so disorganized this year!!! LOL Of course I think I said that last year too!! How could it have been easier when the kids where so little and yet now they are mostly grown the shopping is so hard?? (this is said with a whine in my voice...LOL).
Jes went with me today that was fun..we had a great time.

Tonight was a true love waits ceremony for some of the teen girls at church. Jen is one of them it was very cool.



it has been such a crazy few months ..with Jens surgury and well just life in general with 2 18 yo boys...
I need to slow down ...slow WAYYYYYYYYYY down once again be still and know HE is God ....

facebook

my friend Shari got me to sign up for facebook and somehow the beast (facebook- not Shari!) got into my address book and emailed my world! YIKES now I got this boy scout man adding me to his facebook!! yikes yikes yikes!!! LOL

God is consistent and persistent

God is consistent and persistent! Why do I say this WElllll Of course God is consistent He never changes...so that is who He is and I like that about Him...He is persistent because He hasn't just taken His hands off me and walked away....WOW -He keeps getting my attention over and over about the things I am supposed to be doing. And it is with a heavy heart I must confess I have not been consistent or persistent in my tasks,
I am still trying to make this journey on my own without Him a lot of times and that is just stupid.
All the healing He has graced me with and I can even think I can do anything on my own without HIM...how stupid I am and God I am so sorry- And Lord I thank you for your persistent and consistent LOVE.

holiday pics....