breathing in the New Year:)

BREATHE
                          Calm
                                            Blue
                                                                       PROZAC

                                                                                                        breathe....



OK, so I made up the prozac part.:)  However, now that the Holiday Madness has ended and the decorations have been whisked away(almosT), I feel the calming and serene effects of my favorite "mantra" {{{grin}}} And THAT is a whole nother post!

Grammy, Goose, and Mommy went to Animal Kingdom @ WDW this week. Courtesy of a family friend with tickets to be used up b4 the New Year! YeaAAA!
Although,  Disney is in our backyard, it was the first time for Goose, well, actually the first time to Animal Kingdom for all three of us.


First Animal Sighting (Ducks)



Uncle Bubba's Tree aka The Tree Of Life



Time Out with the Turtles:)



Searching for Nemo!

No pics of me in the wheelchair rental, and NO, I'm not adding them to a later post! I might show off the blister on my thumb, IF you ask nicely:) For those of you who don't know the Tree of Life is the center of  Animal Kingdom. It is HUGE!! And my lil' bro helped build it(and various other things in the AK). My Goose has christened it Uncle Bubba's Tree. After we got home she had Q&A with him about how he "builded it" :) So inquisitive for an almost 4 year old!

I have GREAT plans for the New Year:
Finsh my list of 10,000 sewing projects
Keep the house Spotless
Be a perfect role model for Goose
Blog Every Day with extreme wit and awesome tutorials

Most Importantly

Cling to My Savior and bring Him Glory!!
( This is the only one I have ANY hope of accomplishing:)
How about You?? What are your plans for this New Year??
Happy Sunday:)

manic musings :)

So much has happened in the few days I'm still trying to catch my breath! We had a wonderful celebration of my favorite April Fool!

My gramma turned 93 on April 1st!

The debt I owe her is immeasurable. She has always been a strong Christian influence to me. Her unconditional love for us is a vast treasure.  When I was young,  her ability to create things amazed me. It still does. Not only did she create things but she used her gifts to serve the Lord!  I am so thankful that my Goose has had the opportunity to know her. I can only hope to  teach Goose even a small portion of what Gramma has taught me! 

And then......

My focus turned to an even more important celebration!

To Remember.....

That though I am nothing,

He gave HIS last breath,

So that

I could become

EVERYTHING.

His body,

His blood,

His torment,

and

PAIN.

So

 I could have

HIS

RIGHTEOUSNESS

and

FORGIVENESS

LOVE

LIFE

and

FOREVER

to

gaze upon His face.

And to

let my soul

SING

what words

cannot express.

THANK YOU

JESUS!

 

My lil goose, who managed to pick up 113 plastic eggs full of candy and prizes. I did have to keep reminding her to pick UP the eggs and PUT them in the basket.:) And of course, Mommy had to open up all of the 113 eggs to dump out the candy and prizes. Did I mention that there were ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN eggs???

YES, we have enough candy to last until Halloween, Thank you very much! :)

That was Saturday.

Sunday dropped in (a LITTLE early, if you ask me) and I got, excuse me, The Easter Bunny arrived , oh around 6am. :(   Fortunately, Goose didn't get UP until I woke her!  Just after the Easter Bunny, I mean Mommy  had her shower and 8 cups of coffee:)  We had just enough time for her to open up everything and ohhh and ahhhh b4 I whisked her off to the church service:) (read NOT enought time to EAT the candy:)

Then afterwards we came  home to a pleasant wait for Daddy to arrive and pick her up for a 3 day jaunt. Are getting this??? THREE days with just me and  buckets of candy. How much candy does a 3 year old need realllly????
umm...Not much...I hope!

I have managed to do a little browsing around the blogs I love to read. Check out the buttons below! Talk about inspiration!!  I have also started on "pillowcase" shirt of my very own. I'll share shortly.  (After I have it all figured out, that is:)
Hope this is the start of a WONDERFUL week for all of us
basking in the gloriousnes of His grace!!
Denise