WHAT A BARGAIN

I need to blog today and don’t know what to blog about. People write about things that happen to them so I am going to write about what happened to me yesterday.

I was so excited I just had to write and tell you about it. Not a real big thing mind you but to me it was neat. I went over to bring a friend some cards I had made for her and her friend and to mail and letter and check my mail. I realized as I got there that the post office was closed today. Anyway, I visited them for a short while and then I was about to leave when I noticed this huge garage sale going on downtown. So I went to browse. I only had 3 dollars on me.

Anyway, I saw a play pen there that folds up and was in fairly good condition so I asked them to hold it for me as I went to the bank machine to get out more money. Then I went back and started shopping some more. This is a list of what I got.

Playpen Marked for $5.00
Starfrit Gourmet Decorating Kit 2.00
3 bags wooden pieces 1.50
(it includes 6 hearts, 2 cats and a rectangle. All cut out, sanded & ready to paint.)
A cross stitch baby picture that is nearly all completed. Came with threads and embroidery hoop.
Tupperware Jello Mold .25
A baby sleeper
Bag of platex bottles 1.00
(5 bottles, 2 boxes liners, teething ring, funnel, bottle covers and screw on caps)
A small wooden craft type crate.
Large metal dump truck .10
(it is really rusted and needs painting but I thought I might like to try it)
25 children's books in various shapes and sizes,
A Farm Mega block set
(comes with a cow, chicken, farmer, tractor and a number of other pieces.)
3 large picture frames 1.00
Ceramic snow man .10
Bag of plastic multi coloured eggs .25
(13 {different sizes} in bag.)
Cat shaped soap pump 1.00
Toys:
4 plastic furbies that do various things
A frog shaped teething ring
2 dalmation dogs
An elmo little toy
Small ball that changes faces
A standing man with moveable parts.
A donald duck, Winnie the pooh, Pooh Rabbit, Pooh Egor, A ganz Egor and a Ty baby elephant.
All like new.

Alot of the things didn't have prices on them but I figured they wouldn't be too expensive as the prices were really marked good.

Anyway, I put everything into the playpen as I shopped and then told the lady I was ready to cash out. She looked in the playpen and said "How about $6.00 for everything?" I said "Are you serious?" She said "Quick, pay me before I change my mind or anyone else hears what I gave it to you for." So I did. I couldn't believe my good fortune.

I was just praising and thanking God on the way Home. Wow, what a deal. I would have paid $6.00 just for the playpen alone. I think the books were marked something like .25 each on the box where I got them.

On my way home I noticed there was a garage sale down my street so I decided to check it out. I ended up buying a teddy bear sleeping bag. She was asking $5.00 for it. (It has a big teddy bear head and arms and is all made of fur) I thought it was a clothes hamper that hung on the wall but the lady told me it was a sleeping bag. Great for kids. I also got a halloween costume. It is an orange ape costume and the original price tag was still on the hanger. It sold for $20.86 originally and looks like it has never been worn. She was asking $4.00 for that. I also got 3 packages of napkins and 2 packages of paper plates for a baby shower all for $2.00. As my oldest daughter is going to be having a baby shower for my youngest daughter at the end of the month, I thought she could use them. And finally I got a plant waterer thingy. It lets you know when the plant needs watering. So for all that she only charged me $10.00. That wasn't too bad. I ended up getting $1.50 off of all that.

I was so happy with all my purchases. Lots of gifts for the grand kids. Some I will put away and give as Christmas or birthday presents in the future. Some I will just have here for them to play with. (Maybe all of them yet, will have to see.)

Anyway, the playpen will double as a bed when they come over when I have to babysit them. I used to use a playpen when I babysat my nephew years ago. It is also good for them to play in if you have to leave the room for something.

So that is my news to the moment. Just had to tell someone as I was so excited.

Hope you have a bargain filled day.

TRYING IMAGES

I am trying out this new image thingy on the blog site.

This is the beach area near where I live. The water is much higher this year.
I have lived here 5 years now and I have never gone swimming. Can you believe it? I love swimming but I guess I am more of a pool person.


This is a picture I painted recently. I would really value your opinions on it. Be brutally honest please.

I am just a beginner painter. I learned from watching Bob Ross on t.v.

Have a great day.

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

Why haven’t you given you life to Jesus yet? What is the problem? Do you not realize what you are missing out on? He offers the greatest gift EVER and you haven’t acted on it yet. May I ask why?

I really don’t understand. You know you are a sinner. We all know we are sinners, so that can’t be it. We all know that Jesus died on a cross for all of mankind. That is a fact of History. Ask anyone. They all know that. So if that isn’t the problem, then what is? What could possibly stop you from accepting the GREATEST GIFT ever offered?

Is it that you don’t believe that Jesus was God come in the flesh? Come on now, really! What more proof do you need? Read about His life and the things He did. Any SERIOUS person can see it plain as day if they really want to know the TRUTH.

The only reason I can think of is that you enjoy your life and the things you are doing. You think that following Jesus means you have to give up all of that. Am I right? Or maybe you think you aren’t GOOD enough. Could that be it? Well, believe me, none of us is GOOD ENOUGH.

Hey, I am a sinner just like you are. Probably worse in some ways. BUT, I have the greatest friend that anyone could ever have and He loves me just the way I am. Really. JUST THE WAY I AM.

When I asked Jesus to come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour - I came to him JUST AS I WAS - with all my faults and sins. You know what? He accepted me - JUST AS I WAS - and he forgave my sins and I started out fresh and new.

Sure I still sin. The difference is, now I can go to him without fear and ask His forgiveness and I have a guarantee that he will forgive me.

Jesus came that we might have LIFE and have it more ABUNDANTLY. He came to set us free from the bondages of sin and all the sick stuff in the world. He came to give us HOPE. This world is sorely lacking in HOPE but Jesus gives it to us freely and abundantly.

My relationship with Jesus isn’t about what he does or doesn’t do for others. Our relationship is between Him and me and that is all that matters. Do I like some of the stuff happening in the world today? NO, for sure not. Why does God allow it? That’s his business - not mine. It’s His world and He can do what he likes when he likes. My business is just loving Him and being a good friend to Him and praying for others.

It really isn’t hard to be His friend. He makes it so easy and it is the greatest thing you could ever imagine. Imagine, the God that created the universe, talking to you, leading and guiding you, and caring about every little detail of your life. Wow. It is so amazingly beautiful to experience. Why haven’t you given it a try?

You know what? Even if there isn’t a heaven at the end of all of this life, and I just end up as nothing, I would not be sorry I gave my life to Jesus. Because of it, I have been a much happier person. I have had peace and hope in my heart. I have had a terrific friend to talk to and lead me. I have never felt totally alone or abandoned. I’ve read the greatest story ever, filled with love, romance, adventure, and stuff that fantasies are made of. I’ve laughed and cried and been comforted. I’ve shared my deepest darkest secrets and have been forgiven and accepted.

My Dear Friend Jesus,

Please help everyone reading this to understand the great love you have for them. Help them to see that you only want to help them have a much better life - no matter how good they think the life they now have is. Help them to realize you are not the Ogre the world makes you out to be. Help them to see the TRUTH for what it really is. Give them a hungering heart to read the greatest story ever told. Please open their eyes and heart to receive you as their greatest friend, lover and Saviour of their souls. Thank you Jesus.

Please have a Jesus friendly day.

RAIN IS GETTING TO ME

The thunder roared
The lightning flashed
I think I should be shaking
The rain comes down
For days on end
My legs they are an aching

Water, water everywhere
More rain coming
Getting higher and higher
No wood to find
That’s even dry
To try to light a fire.

Will it dry
Or will it flood
This thought fills me with woe
If the lake
Should fill it’s banks
And over run
Where am I to go?

God told Noah
Build an Ark
The rain it is a coming
Many people
Mocked the man
But ended up ‘a running’.

But to the rainbow
We do look
For we have His Vow
Never to destroy
With rain again
The end will not be now.

But soon my friends
He’ll come again
With Angels and with Glory
The trump will sound
And we will rise
It is the greatest story.

So take heart dear ones
Encourage one another
God sent a Saviour, Jesus
His love is always here
And we have his promise
That He will never leave us.

A LITTLE THIS, A LITTLE THAT

Here I sit broken hearted
To write a blog, I can’t get started
Should I write about my day
If I do, what do I say

What I need’s a simple plan
That applies to any man
Then I’d write the things I thought
And the battles I have fought

Could I be more boring
Oh my mind is soaring
As you can see I’m not a poet
And I’m sure by now you know it.

Oh Well. I needed some way of starting to say a lot of nothing. I need to write today and haven’t a clue what to write. Daily activities are very boring and uninteresting to the masses. I’d love to be funny and charming like Darlene is but woe is me, I am just a plain Jane when it comes to writing.

I was reading the Two Fat Chicks site and they nearly have me hooked into dieting. It seems to be the thing to do as I am gaining and gaining. I need motivation. They are so pretty and they have accomplished so much already. Make sure to check out their site. They are really funny and encouraging.

You go girls! Keep up the good work.

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This week I am getting some money in and I will be able to pay off my mortgage. It will be the first time in my long life that I will be mortgage free. Yipeeee! I think I may have a mortgage burning party. Who wants to come?

Maybe I’ll hold off on the mortgage burning party and invite everyone over for a home ‘make over’ party instead. My house needs a lot of TLC inside and out. I need my walls washed and then painted and the old carpet I have in here ripped out and new flooring put in. I have very old verticle blinds that I want to get rid of and replace with curtains. I need shelves built everywhere but especially in the room I have planned to use as my craft/sewing room.

I’d love to be able to just go away for awhile and come back to everything being done for me like they do on Extreme Makeover. Wouldn’t that be nice? Anyone want to surprise a nice little old lady?

I had so many people say "If there is anything I can do for you, just give me a call." when my husband passed. Do you think I should take them up on their offer? Hee Hee. I’m sure it was just meant as a way of showing they cared - but - it would be so nice if I could turn to aaaallllll those people now.

I am the type of person that finds it really hard to ask for help from anyone. I would rather try to do it myself or if I could afford it, to hire someone. If I can’t do it or can’t afford it - I just leave it and learn to live with it.

Why is it so hard for us to ask others for help? Some would say it is pride but I don’t really think so. Not all the time anyway. I just don’t like to bother anyone else with my problems. I figure they have enough of their own to worry about.

I’d love to go back to the barter system. You do this for me and I’ll do that for you. Problem is, I don’t have a lot of things I could do for others. I am a Jane of all trades, master at none. I am into crafts and computing so what can I offer someone in the way of trade? What can I offer a carpet installer for example? A craft I made? Some printing on the puter??? Most people have their own computers now.

Speaking of crafts, here is a picture of a little angel I invented.

She lights up when you plug her in. I have fun coming up with new ideas all the time. Right now I am working on a picture album scrapbook that I want to get together and post on Ebay and see if I can sell it. I am printing up scrapbook pages and cutting out all kinds of clip art to include. Then I am going to cover a binder. May post a picture of it when I am done.

Well that is about all my thoughts for today.

Ummmm, could you do me a favour? Could you have a nice day?