Co co co-hosting

Yep! It's time for Feeling Beachie's Friday Fill-In again and I'm co-hosting this week! Be sure to check her out and email Hilary if you want to be a co-host!

This week's statements:

Don’t you love when you get to spend _____

I wish there was a ____ but I would settle for ____.

When I hear the word ____ I always think of ____

 My dream ___ is ____

My answers:

• Don't you love when you get to spend an afternoon reading?
• I wish there was a long weekend every week but I would settle for once a month.
• When I hear the word Stottlemeyer I always think of dissolving into giggles.
• My dream house is in Hawaii.

why being a mom is enough.

Yes. A million times yes. Go here. Read this. why being a mom is enough.

Hooks and books

I am making a real effort in this new year to spend more time engaging in my hobbies. I just put a bunch of ebooks on hold at the library. Of course I am certain they will all come available at the same time and I will not be able to get through them all... And when they become available I will (again) abandon the books I currently have in progress. No, I will read them this year, I mean it, I will! I will! Novels are just so much more fun than my stack of educational books that I know I NEED to read. Sigh. How did I ever make myself read textbooks? Oh, that's right, I stopped reading for pleasure altogether.

And crochet. My new hobby. I vow to set aside time for this, to learn more and try new things. It's kinda fun and relaxing. If only the kid and the cat would leave the yarn alone while I'm hooking...

Carnivores for Spring

It is time once again to join feelingbeachie.com for the Friday Fill In. Each week Hilary posts four statements with a blank to fill in on your own blog. This week Donetta at My Constant Thought co-hosted! 

Statements:

1. Is it really ______?

2. I am the opposite of ______.

3. Saying ____ is hard for me.

4. My favorite past time is ______ because it allows me to ______.

Answers:

1. Is it really only 9 degrees outside?

2. I am the opposite if a carnivore.

3. Saying curse words is hard for me?

4. My favorite past time is reading because it allows me to escape, for a lite while.

Uh oh

I think my resolution to get through the books I've already started before starting any new ones is in jeopardy...

I preordered this and forgot it would be arriving at my fingertips through the magic of cyberspace in January! Maybe I will revise my resolution and finishe ONE of the books I already started and then read this one...that's not cheating, right?

As this year draws to a close...

... Receive My Peace. This is still your deepest need, and I, your Prince of Peace, long to pour Myself into your neediness. My abundance and your emptiness are a perfect match. I designed you to have no sufficiency of your own. I created you as a jar of clay, set apart for sacred use. I want you to be filled with My very Being, permeated through and through with Peace.

Thank Me for My Presence, regardless of your feelings. Whisper My Name in loving tenderness. My Peace, which lives continually in your spirit, will gradually work its way through your entire being.

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

Freaky Friday

Friday fill-in time!

Every Friday, Hilary at Feelingbeachie.com posts four statements with blanks for you to fill in on your own blog. Join the fun!

Statements:

1. Every time I hear _____ I think of _____.

2. Sometimes I feel like I forgot how to _____ because I ______.

3. So if there was one New Year's resolution I could make it would be _____ because I know I can keep it.

4. If I could have any pet it would be a _____ and I would ____ with it.

Answers:

1. Every time I hear "We Three Kings" I think of dancing camels.

2. Sometimes I feel like I forget how to cook because I don't do it much anymore.

3. So if there was one New Year's resolution I could make it would be to read more because I know I can keep it!

4. If I could have any pet it would be a penguin and I would swim with it.

December 23

"I am King of kings and Lord of lords, dwelling in dazzlingly bright Light! I am also your Shepherd, Companion, and Friend- the One who never lets go of your hand. Worship Me in My holy Majesty; come close to Me, and rest in My Presence. You need Me both as God and as Man. Only My Incarnation on that first, long-ago Christmas could fulfill your neediness. Since I went to such extreme measures to save you from your sins, you can be assured that I will graciously give you all you need.

"Nurture well your trust in Me as Savior, Lord, and Friend. I have held back nothing in My provision for you. I have even deigned to live within you! Rejoice in all that I have done for you, and My Lighy will shine through you into the world."

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

Secret Santa, Part III

The final days of the 12 days of Christmas, Secret Santa style!

Day 9

Hope your Christmas is Merry and SPRITE!

Day 10

Snowman poop (white tic tacs)
Heard you've been naughty
So here's the scoop-
All you get for Christmas
Is Snowman POOP!

Day 11

Mistle-toes!

Day 12

The final gift.

A hodge podge of her favorites for the recipient. A mug with handmade cozy. Pens, pencils, markers, fun little erasers (she LOVES those things), paper clips and binder clips, little notebooks and sticky notes. And sour patch kids. Don't forget those! Everything you need for a good day at the office.

Thank you to Pinterest for all the ideas!

Secret Santa, Part II

The second installment of my elfish fun.

Day 5

A rein-beer (actually it was a diet coke, but still cute)

Day 6

Merry KISSMAS and CHAPPY New Year!

Day 7

We WASH you a Merry Christmas!

Day 8

Grinch Pills
Feeling kinda Grouchy?
Holiday spirit can't be found?
Just try these little Grinch Pills
They're the best medicine around.
Whether eating a whole handful
Or eating one or two,
These tasty little Pills
Take the Grinch right out of you!