Monthly Archives: October 2010

Shopping Saturday

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Yeah, I know it’s actually Monday. But I want to share with you the treasures I found during my Saturday shopping trip. Plus it gives me a good excuse to re-live the shopping high and take my mind off of the fact that it’s Monday!

Well, all that shopping made everyone so tired, we definitely shopped till we dropped. Even Annie Dog partook in the dropping!

Anyhoo, Saturday I went shopping as I frequently do on weekends. Just ask my debit card. The poor thing has burn marks from being swiped so often! Well, this weekend was no different from any other, but  I ended up scoring some awesome treasures. First up, a pretty vase I found at Hobby Lobby:

I probably should have removed the stickers from the apples before shooting this picture, but I guess that’s just keepin’ it real!  Actually, I ended up with two of these pretty vases, and will probably use them as center pieces in an upcoming event. By the way this event I am referring to is my wedding. Calling it an event seems to be a lot less stress inducing than calling it a wedding! So, after the “event”, I can use these pretty vases for so many different uses. At Christmas time I can put some pretty glass balls in them, at Valentines Day something pretty pink and red, at Easter time some sweet looking wooden eggs. The possibilities are endless.

And then we went to Big Lots. That’s where I spent the most, but I found the coolest little treasures!

These little candles are about the size of a shot glass, from what I’ve heard. I don’t have any personal experience with a shot glass. But, these candles came a dozen to a pack for $7 bucks. You can’t beat that, less than a buck a pop! And here they are all lit up:

And here’s Annie giving me the evil eye for taking pictures of candles instead of her:

Then we have my Corelle Hearthstone plates. I loved them because they had a nice heavy weight to them and they were yellow! I just couldn’t pass them up, especially at $3  a plate! I picked up 4 of them, so,  for a grand total of $12 I now have some pretty plates to set out for my fall meals. Aren’t they the perfect color for it?! They are yellow on top and black on the bottom. The yellow keeps them cheery enough to use on a summer table too.

I usually do a lot of window shopping during my weekend treasure hunting trips, but this week I just couldn’t resist. Don’t you think these treasures were worthy of residing in  casa de yellow?

Constant Prayer

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Today’s daily God time comes from a devotional series I’ve been reading through, with writings from Ruth Harms Calkin, accompanied by a piece of great scripture. Or should I say, her writings accompany the scripture. If you haven’t heard of her, definitely check her out. She’s got some awesome insights into the awesomeness of our Lord. The piece I intend on sharing with you today is actually from October 5th, but it still applies even if it’s not on the right day.

The Reason

Lord, we both know

I come to You

Boldly

Persistently

Expectantly

Day after day

Need after need

As if everything

In my entire life

Depended upon it.

There’s a reason, Lord-

It does.

And the verse that was given as a reference is found in Pslams 146:5-6 (KJV):

“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help; whose hope is in the Lord his God. Which made Heaven and earth,  the sea and all that therein is; which keepth truth forever.”

How often do we pray? Do we pray consistently, constantly, as is mentioned in Romans 12:12 “Be constant in prayer…”. And do we pray as if everything in our entire life depended upon prayer? It’s definitely something to think about. Because prayer shouldn’t be something that we feel needs to be done, so we can just go down our list of requests and leave it at that without realizing that we are speaking to the Lord. To the Creator of the entire universe. So, prayer shouldn’t be something that we use as our personal “blessing wish list”, it should be a time spent with God. A time that we realize that our life really does depend on prayer, that nothing can be done unless we give it over to the Lord. It should be done, day after day, boldly, persistently, and expectantly. But we cannot forget why prayer is essential to that closer walk with Him, we are praying to speak with our Savior. How wonderful is that? That we can talk to our Savior, that He is waiting to hear from us?! That He wants us to ask for His hand in the situations we cannot handle, And to thank Him for the abundant blessings that are all around us.

Big News at the Yellow Casa…

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It’s finally happened folks, I received a gift from the sweetie that’s been a long time coming. No it wasn’t a drill, I got that for Christmas back in 2007, which by the way is one of my favorite presents. (Maybe someday I will learn how to use it.) But, I received  one of these!

Well, actually I recieved it in August, and it’s taken me this long to get the nerve up to mention it on internet land. But if you guessed it was an engagement ring, you were right! The sweets and I have finally decided to make it legal  after 7 (!) years!! Don’t bother asking what date we’ve set, because we’ve set and changed our date countless times already. But we are shooting for this November. Yes, we are aware that’s next month. But it shouldn’t be that hard to plan a wedding, right?? Anywho, aside from the aniexty and the constant nail biting, I am very excited about this next step. And I can’t wait to be a wife to the man I’ve loved for so long.

 

 

Today

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It is true, the Lord is with His children  every minute of every day, but it makes such a difference to spend that time in His presence. To drown out all the noise and listen to His still small voice. That is why I try to set aside that all important time with Him. It’s like a standing appointment with God, a time for me to “dish” with my Heavenly Father.

They say you should spend quiet time with Him first thing in the morning so that your day is started off on the right foot, in God’s presence. But that’s not feasible for me and my morning un-alertedness. Yes, I pray  as soon as I wake-up, or after I realize how late I am for work. But I don’t take the time to sit quietly and soak in His presence.  So, I try to set aside sometime in the evenings before I go to bed, and at least one point during the day to stop and just be with my Lord.

To keep myself accountable for this time with God, and to share the blessings found in His word, I would like to share what God has laid upon my heart for that day. It may be an entry from my current devotional, or it may be scripture that has really spoken to me  that day.

Don’t worry, this blog will still remain a happy place, where I can share my home improvement fumbles. But I find it so important to include the Lord in everything in my life.  Even if that means including Him in this silly little blog.

So to start us off with this new endevour, I’d like to share with you a verse that I use in my life daily, if not hourly and minutely and secondly (?). It is found in Matthew 6:34

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

This is something that I must remind myself of everyday. So often, I get lost in worry, and I end up in a vicious cycle of internal questions: What will I wear tomorrow? Will I get to work on time? Will I not hear my alarm and oversleep again? Will I have time to scrub the shower today? These questions, although important to me today, will they matter a year from now, or even 5 or 10 years from now? Probably not. But what will matter is how I used today, because today is really all we have. Tomorrow is not promised, yesterday has passed, but today is what God has given us.  We must use today as it was intended, as a testament to His love. As a way to show others who Jesus is, so that they might know that joy and peace. So, to be worried about the little things does not show the perfect peace that resides in my heart. Instead, I want to use my todays to serve and glorify the Almighty. How do you want to use your todays?

We all need more thyme…

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With my dirty house and uncompleted projects, not to mention my frazzled mind,  I thought it appropriate to share some time management tips I’ve found while lurking around the web. Maybe it will encourage me to actually implement them in my own life. Hopefully, then all the painting and cleaning and organizing will finally get done!

{Table and Home}

1. Keep a list. Yeah, this would be a good tip, only if I could keep track of my list. But funnily enough, those helpful little lists always end up being found at the bottom of my purse a month after the fact.Maybe I should clean out my purse more often. Or stop making lists and then sticking them in my purse!

{Margarets.com}

2. Evaluate how you spend your time. O.K., this is a big one for me. And I must make a confession here, I am a TV junkie! The first thing I do when coming in from work is turn the TV on. Of course after petting the dog, and getting a plate full of yumminess that the sweetie has concocted. If I were to omit the TV portion of my evening, that would free up a good 3 or 4 hours of time that could be spent making my casa the casa I know it could be. (Yes, I am militant about giving my house a pep talk.)

{BestBuy.com}

3. Plan your week. This could be helpful, at one point in my life I remember that Monday’s were always grocery shopping and laundry days. Now a days, Monday’s are come home plop on the couch and watch Monday night sitcoms.  No laundry gets done, which my overstuffed hamper can attest to, and our pantry is filled with food that the sweetie has deemed acceptable. Honestly, I haven’t found Ramen noodles acceptable healthy fair since I was a 21 year old college student. The ingredients for his yummy meals are usually purchased that evening. So, we never have food on hand to prepare a quick and healthy dinner. If I do not set aside an evening to do laundry then I at least need to re institute my Monday night trip to the grocery store.

There you have it, three good solid tips to a more timely life! That sounded like it should be in an obituary. Maybe, 3 time saving tips to allow you to get your house clean and still watch Monday night sitcoms!

You Little Devil You!

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Since I’ve been too lazy busy to add more harvest cheer around the casa, I’ve been doing some online fall decor shopping instead. While perusing through Target.com I came across these cute guys:

Nutcrackers for a holiday other than Christmas! How cute are these? I really like this little devil , he’s so tacky he’s cute.

I love these little skeletons, especially with Day of the Dead coming up.

And they even have turkey nutcrackers!! I wonder if they will be making them for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and Easter too.

Free Hugs

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Not much to share today. I’m way too tired, stressed, and lazy to prepare a thought provoking post. But I did come across one of my favorite childhood poems. And it’s just perfect for a manic Monday!

HUG O’WAR

FROM THE BOOK “WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS” (1974)

BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN

I will not play at tug o’war,

I’d rather play at hug o’war,

Where everyone hugs,

Instead of tugs,

Where everyone giggles,

And rolls on the rug,

Where everyone kisses,

And everyone grins,

And everyone cuddles,

And everyone wins.

Where even smelly little dogs get a hug, while the sweetie grins.