IN OTHER WORDS

Like the proud mother who is thrilled to receive a wilted bouquet of dandelions from her child, so God celebrates our feeble expressions of gratitude." ~ Richard Foster

I don’t know about you but I loved dandelions. When my child would bring me a bouquet I was so please with it.

My children taught me so much about God and his love and now my grandchildren are reteaching me old lessons that I forgot. Children surely can teach the old about God and his love. Just watch the child and you will see what a loving father we have.

I see my grandson playing contentedly and I just love to watch him. I think of Father God looking down on me and just loving to watch me. I can see him chuckle at some of the things I try and fail at.

I see my grandson trying to communicate with me and he gets so frustrated trying to tell me what he wants. I try so hard to talk to Father God, but my words come out all scrambled and baby talkish. I get frustrated and he sees that.

Does he answer by what I ask? No....he sees what I really need and he fulfills that. I don’t have to worry about anything as he is there to help in any way.

I would do anything for my grandson and I know that God is there and will do anything for me. He is the best Father and he cares so very deeply for me. As I love my grandson - HOW MUCH MORE GOD LOVES ME.... It is truly amazing to think about.

If we can see God as the father figure - the GOOD FATHER FIGURE then we have it made. We know that he only has our best interests at heart.

We know that he gives gifts to his children just to watch their excitment. That was a hard one for me to learn. I love to give gifts to my children and grandchildren for no other reason than to watch their excitement. How much more God....

It is hard for us to imagine that the almighty God might just want to see us being amused. We tend to think we have to DO something to merit his love and attention but often times we can’t do ANYTHING except just be ourselves.

It is in being ourselves that we bring God much joy and contentment. Just being his child and letting him enjoy us. Just having fun with the Father and letting him take care of us. Bring him the wilted dandelions - he will love and cherish them and might even put them in a scrap book as he loves our expressions of love towards him.

Mar 10:15 Verily I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, he shall not enter it.

Have a child like day and know that God is watching you and enjoys your every move.

SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

Last March I posted some handy household hints that I received in an email. Well, it looks like you are going to get to see some more as I just got these in and think they are hillarious. Enjoy.

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

2. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

3. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

4. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.

5. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

6. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.

7. You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

Remember:
* Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
* Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.
* If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You get another chance.

And finally, be really nice to your family and friends;
you never know when you might need them to empty your bedpan.

OVER THE SUMMER UPDATES

Summer is almost over and it is time to get back to blogging again. Sorry to all the people who kept checking my blog only to find I haven't been blogging much.

I have had a busy summer. I went to the city by myself twice and am getting the hang of driving in by myself. It is still a little scarey but eventually I will get used to it.

Finally had a huge garage sale and cleaned out the garage completely. Now I can park my car in the garage for the winter.

I have been busy babysitting Alex a lot. He is such a great kid to babysit. Never a problem. Always seems so content and happy.

I also finally set up my front room with all my crafts for sale. I had an open house on the day of the garage sale to let people know that I would be having this regularly till everything sells. Still have a lot to do to set it all up and get it all priced. Also I have to hand out flyers to advertise and let people know where I am.

I have decided to move back to the city in spring some time. I will be selling my house to my daughter and son in law and will look to move into an apartment for 55plus. Hopefully in the city I will have more people to visit with and things to do to occupy my time. Winters out here can be quite depressing if you are living alone.

I am also hoping that I can use some of the money from the house sale to go on a trip or two just to get away and see some of the country. I have always wanted to do that so now would be my chance.

Not a lot of other news happening this way for now. Will keep you posted.

Have a great day.

"ONCE IN A WHILE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK AND VISIT YOURSELF." Audrey Giorgi

"Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself ." Audrey Giorgi

So here I am at 54 years old - finally visiting myself.

It is a shame that it took the death of my husband a year ago to finally get me to visit myself, but here I am.

So what do I find out about myself?

First, I find that I CAN SURVIVE the loss of a loved one - with God’s help.
Sure is good to have him around in crisis situations.
Don’t know what I would do without him.

Visiting myself has been a weird trip.

I never knew things about me like I am learning now.

I guess as you go on in life you just let things happen and figure it will be that way forever.
You don’t really stop to think why you do certain things.
You take life for granted.

Then being married puts a whole new spin on who you are.
For years I have been this married women with two grown children.
Suddenly I find I am a single woman again.

So who is this single woman?
I haven’t seen her in years and years.
She is so new to me.
I don’t really know if I like her or not yet.
She kind of scares me as I am not used to her and don’t know what she might do next.

I was comfortable with the married Dallas.
She seemed to know everything she was doing and just did it.
This new single woman though is something else.
She is up, she is down, she is confused at times, she is depressed at times, just never know how she might be from one moment to the other.
At times, visiting her can be so much fun and at other times, you just want to get out of there as soon as possible.

I guess it is like everything else though, the more you get to know a person, the better friends you become.
So I guess I will keep visiting this person for awhile longer till I really get to know her really well.
Who knows, I might just become best friends with her yet.

So, when was the last time you visited yourself?
Don’t wait till it is too late.
Have a good day.

WEIRD THINGS I DO

I am back.

It is so weird looking back now.

Now I can see it all much clearer.

I was really in a state there for a week or two or three. Didn't realize how much till now that I am feeling better.

It is weird.

You can be in a state (for lack of a better word to describe it) and not even know you are in one till you look back on it. You know something doesn't seem quite right, but you don't know how bad it is till much later. Anyway, I think I am o.k. now.


So what can I write about.

My space bar sticks on my keypadandevery once in awhile Ihave to go backand putspaces in everywhere. Ishould just leave it all once so you can see what Imean. It canbe quite timeconsuming to correct all the mistakes.

O.k. I decided to leave that last paragraph as is so you can see. Wow, this one seems to be getting worse but I will correct it for you reading pleasure.

So what does one do when one's house is clean and no dreams to look forward to?

I need something to motivate me into doing things again. I am not saying that in a depressing way just a questioning way. Don't want you thinking I am in the dumps or anything like that. Just speaking whatever comes to mind.

So.... I was talking on the phone with my daughter and we started discussing some weird things we do.

I'd like to take a survey of people and find out what kinds of weird things they do.

I tried looking on the net to see if I could find any kinds of listings on it and I couldn't. Maybe I am not using the right terminology for it.

Anyway, here are a few we discussed.

When you eat your smarties (M & M’s) do you eat the red ones last?

I sort mine into piles of different colours and then try to make even piles. Then I will eat one of each colour to make sure the piles stay even. Then sometimes I will get rid of one whole colour. And yes, the red are usually the last to go.

I will also do this with Jelly Beans or any type of candy where there is a lot of colours. In that case I don't usually eat the red ones last but it varies from candy to candy.

When I eat potato chips, I will sort them out into piles of various sizes. All large together, all medium together, folded together, etc. I usually start by eating the crumbs and little ones first and save the large ones for last. The extra dark or crispy I eat right away.

I also tend to eat all the broken sunflower/pumpkin seeds first and the largest first. Then go on to the rest.

I have a tendency to count things all the time. Doesn't matter where I am, I find myself counting things. It happens without me even knowing it. I just catch myself doing it a lot. I've counted the number of signs in a farmers field. I've counted the number of cars that pass on the highway. Do you know cars seem to come in packs of six most of the time. Don't know why that is. When I find seven in a row, I think I have accomplished something.

I also have a tendency to buy things in twos when I go grocery shopping. It is rare that I pick up one of something. Mind you things like ketchup and mustard I usually only pick up one of each. But soups are usually in two's or fours - even numbers.

If I pay for something I will usually pay with a bill even though I may have the correct amount of change. I like having a lot of change. It is like extra money to me.

Another strange thing I noticed when I went to the doctors office the other day. People tend to leave an empty seat between them and the other person - unless they are a couple. I guess we all want our own space.

People have a lot of weird eating habits but I want to find out all kinds of weird things people do. What is it that causes us to do these things? Is it part of our character traits or something else?

I have to have a spoon in a cup when I drink coffee.

Also I have certain eating utensils I will chose over other ones.

I also shake my cans at the end of a drink to make sure it is empty. If I hear sound, I will drink till there is no sound.

Now are all these things JUST ME or do others have their own weird habits and strange things?

Come on fess up.

Tell me yours.

Right now I am very fascinated with this. It must be the latest kick I am on. Hee Hee.

Must do something to keep away the boredoms. Those little rascals creep up on you when you least expect them. Hee Hee.

Well, I guess that is it for today. Will keep sending any more weirdo things I come up with.

Now you know just how REALLY WEIRD I am. Hee Hee. But I guess you already knew that before.

So, with that, I will bid you a great day. (A great WEIRD day)