Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Share one thing that really makes your day.
Having a good laugh.  Finding something to laugh at just makes the day seem brighter.

2. Lots of these kinds of lists out there, but one found here says the fifteen most colorful places on earth are:

Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy~Burano, Italy~Havana, Cuba~Rio de Janiero, Brazil~Chefchaouen, Morocco~Balat, Istanbul, Turkey~Menton, France~Jodhpur, India~La Baca, Buenos Aires, Argentina~Guanajuato, Mexico~Capetown, South Africa~Valparaiso, Chile~Wroclaw, Poland~San Francisco, California~and Pelourhino, Salvador, Brazil.

Of those listed which would you most like to see up close and in person? Of all the places you've seen or traveled in your own life, what would you say was one of the most colorful?

If I were to chose one to visit, it would be San Franciso, mainly because I think I'd prefer to stay in the United States.  
Probably one of the most colorful places I've been would be Disney World.  I know that's not high-brow stuff, but it is my happy place.  Below are a few pictures that show some of the color.

3."Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Jack Canfield In general, would you agree or disagree with that statement? Why?
I don't think so.  

4. Imagine you're stranded on a desert island and dessert appears...what do you hope it is? Do you ever struggle to remember which spelling is desert and which is dessert?
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and a big cold glass of milk.  I do have to stop and think before writing those two 

5. What song almost always makes you cry?
I'm really not much for crying so I can't think of anything.  But a song that can always make me a little emotional is "I Can Only Imagine.

 

6. January is National Soup Month. Everything from soup to nuts, in the soup, thick as pea soup, souped up...which saying most recently applies to your life in some way? Explain.
Maybe "from soup to nuts", because I have so many different things I want to get accomplished right now. 

7. Write a two word note to your younger self. What does it say?
Believe God!

8. Insert your own random thought here.
I finished another hat to add to my Etsy Shop last night.  Now I need to take a picture and get it added, although I'm working on a scarf in the same yarn, so I might wait and sell them as a set.  I love to complete projects.

Snowy Sunday

We have now had our first snow for this winter.  

It was beautiful too

I don't want to be a whiner or complainer, but I am so over it and ready for spring now. Although because of the snow we were able to spend most of the day at home. We went to Sunday School and morning service and it was good. We then left there and went through a drive-thru and picked up some lunch. Then it was home for the rest of the day. It was getting colder and we didn't want people out risking a fall on the ice, so we had no evening service.. 

Hubby and I spent the afternoon reading and napping and listening to Lucy barking. I think the ice on the roads made so much noise when cars drove by that it must have made her nervous.  She barked at every little sound she heard. lol This morning she seems really tired and not real interested in getting up. I think she wore herself out yesterday. 

Then last night while we watched some TV, I did a little coloring and a little knitting. All in all, it was a great day. So, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if we had another snow or two, if we could enjoy another day like today. 

New Things I Have Started

Photo from Internet

I bought this book for myself just before Christmas. In fact, I bought one for both girls too.  It's called Q & A a day and it's a five year journal. Each paged is divided into 5 parts and at the top there is a question. You answer the question in the first section and then go to the next page the next day and so on. Then the next year you do the same in the second spot. Below is a photo of the inside. 

Photo from Internet

I'm really enjoying the questions so far and I think it will be really fun next year to see what I wrote this year and to see how things have changed in a year.  I don't know if the girls are using theirs or not, but I'm having fun. 

Another fun thing I'm having fun with is something Rebecca at Knit by God's Hand has been doing and has talked about on her blog.  It's called a Sentence a Day. Each night before I go to bed I write down one sentence about my day. I've always wanted to keep a diary or journal but could never stick with it because I couldn't think of anything to say. So far a sentence seems pretty easy. 

I really think this will help me remember my year better. I've never had a good memory and it seems it's getting even worse as I get older. Rebecca posts hers at the end of each month on her blog and I really enjoy reading about her life. I don't know if I'll post mine or not, but I know I'll enjoy reading it myself. And who knows maybe my husband or kids will want to read it someday. 

Is there anything new you are doing this year?  Do tell.

Thankful Thursday

It's Thursday and time to be intentionally thankful. Here's what I'm thankful for this week:

-- Rebecca at Knit by God's Hand for hosting Thankful Thursday every week. 

-- I'm thankful that God is trying to teach me to pray more and to remember that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against satan and his evil forces. After battling a bit with God (because I didn't want to give up my anger because of pride) I finally gave in and a lot of my anger at certain people is starting to leave and I can have compassion on them because I know satan is blinding them to the truth. Now I ask God to open their eyes to see His truth. I'm starting to feel less frustrated and more encouraged. I'm praying I can keep with this and not fall back to old habits. 

-- the beautiful skies tonight after work. I took a couple pictures because it was so pretty.

It was so beautiful, I couldn't resist taking some pictures.

I loved the clouds here.

Even with all the electric lines, you can still see the beauty.

--  at church Sunday, hubby asked us to read these verses each day this week. They have been good to think about. When I read this and see how great God is...how can I not trust Him.

This is my list for this week. What are you thankful for? 

My Weekend

We had a nice 3 day weekend. Those are always my favorite kind (the 3 days, I mean).

Thursday after work, we picked my sister up and we all went to my brother's house for New Years Eve. There was family, good food, games, good conversations. It was just a really nice evening. We left around 10:30, to take my sister back home and then we were home by 11:50. I decided to sit up and watch the ball drop and he said he was going on to bed. But sweetie that he is, he came back in during the countdown so we could have a New Year's kiss. Love that man.  Here are 3 pictures from that evening.

The adults are playing some kind of word game and the kids are just playing.

There was even a jigsaw puzzle set up and some were working that.

This is where I spent most of my evening just sitting in the living room and enjoying conversations with different ones that came in and out.  We heard some really interesting and entertaining stories.

On New Year's Day, we relaxed around the house in the morning and then we went to Outback for lunch. We both had a really good salad, baked potato and rib eye steak. It'd been quite a while since I'd had a steak. Yummy!! After that we went to Walmart to pick up some necessities and then to visit my dad. He was not having a very good day. Some are good and some are not.

After that we went home and we watched "War Room" again. Such a good movie and a really good way to start out the new year. I'm all fired up to spend more time in God's Word and especially in prayer.

Saturday we relaxed again in the morning and in the late afternoon we went to Blaze Pizza and then I did some laundry and just spent the evening relaxing and knitting.

Sunday we had church and then went to lunch with hubby's parents and his brother and family. While we were there my cousin and his family came in and then my sister and her husband and my brother and his father-in-law. We ended up having almost a third of the restaurant. It was fun trying to talk and interact with everyone. Back to church that evening and now I'm back to work.

So that was my weekend in a nutshell. How was yours?