Agatha Christie says....

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."

"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. "

"One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late. "

"There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."



Dame Agatha Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections (especially those featuring Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple), and her successful West End plays.

I think this is my problem, too....

Today I'll try .....

to count my blessings and not my woes. Try to remember my life dreams and have faith they will happen, one of these days. Try not to think about how old I am or how fat. Try not to dwell on my past shortcomings but, be thankful they are forgiven by God ..if by no one else. Try to be a better person even if no one notices. I want God to be proud of me....even if HE is the only one.

yuk, yuk, yuk...

For years I have been telling my husband that he is the stiffest person I have ever known. He has no flexibility at all. This was proven today...a co-worker saw Perry leaned over a big truck he was working on..he asked Perry if he was planking....LOL

Remember this...

'How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear;
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.'
by John Henry Newton

John Henry Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an English sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of slavery. He was the author of many hymns, including "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken."

Can't sleep? ...

Do you know what an agnostic dyslexic insomniac does?


He stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog!


This silly joke is very funny to me.

here i sit at almost three am..

and do not feel sleep is coming anytime soon. I can't stand this. I have prayed for everyone and everything I can think of so my mind should be at peace.  I trust God heard me..I really do but,  I feel so uneasy. I told Perry the other night I feel like something big is about to happen and it is not going to be good. I am not scared. I don't feel fearful but I feel off balance. Please Lord. I want to sleep at night and be refreshed in the mornings.

This is from Wikipedia

Types of insomnia
Insomnia can be classified as transient, acute, or chronic.

1. Transient insomnia lasts for less than a week. It can be caused by another disorder, by changes in the sleep environment, by the timing of sleep, severe depression, or by stress. Its consequences - sleepiness and impaired psychomotor performance - are similar to those of sleep deprivation.
2. Acute insomnia is the inability to consistently sleep well for a period of less than a month.
3. Chronic insomnia lasts for longer than a month. It can be caused by another disorder, or it can be a primary disorder. Its effects can vary according to its causes. They might include muscular fatigue, hallucinations, and/or mental fatigue. Some people that live with this disorder see things as if they are happening in slow motion, wherein moving objects seem to blend together. Can cause double vision

I THINK i HAVE ALL THREE ROLLED INTO ONE....

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Sonnet #43, From the Portuguese--- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I love this poem...most of it fits. Perry, I do love you with all my heart.

Christmas 2009

remembering 9/11...

I remember 9/11. It is one of those events that everyone will recall on that day all that was going on in their lives..even the mundane. I was watching everthing unfold on tv that morning. I got a call from a young Life Group member. He was our baby member (under 40) in the group. He was scared to death. We prayed on the phone. The Lord spoke, because it was as if I heard the words coming out of my mouth but I was not saying them. That ever happen to you? As soon as I hung up the phone all I could think about was I wanted my grands out of school and with me. CNN had all these "qualified" types giving their view of what may be next but all I heard was schools may be the chosen target. I called Joy. She told me to pick up Lauren but Nick was ok. I went to Townley and got Lauren. She did not know what on earth was going on. Nick called me from school scared to death. I called Joy again but she said No, Nick is ok. He called me again. I called Joy back and insisted she let me pick up Nick. She gave in. See the kids at middle school knew what had happened and everyone was talking about it. The grands and I prayed for everyone involved in the rescue that was going on..we prayed for our safety, our country. The kids just kept suggesting those that may need prayers. We finally settled in to our usual routines. No more talking about the horrors  going on in our country. I don't know about you but I always felt like my country was safe. The talk of wars concerned other countries..not mine. That day I realized we are all vulnerable to the wickedness in the minds of men. I was raised to add our country to my daily prayers. Sometimes I did, sometimes I may have forgotten. These days.....I remember.

God bless the people who were involved in the process on a personal level...Lord, please bless the surviving families of lost ones..I guess I should say innocent murder victims. Please help us heal and remember our only safety is in YOU. Please GOD BLESS AMERICA. In Jesus Name ..amen and amen.

Also, this is my friend Wanda Hodges birthday. I have lost track of Wanda. She moved to Arkansas years ago. She taught me so much. God sure blessed our little Tuesday morning prayer cell. Wanda, Gladys Price and myself sent out many greeting cards and prayers during those years. Ladies, I miss you both so much.

This is dedicated to my hard working husband ....

Psalm 25...

Psalm 25

(TNIV)
Of David.
¹ In you, LORD my God,
I put my trust.
² I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.
⁴ Show me your ways, LORD,
teach me your paths.
⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
⁶ Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, LORD, are good.
⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
¹¹ For the sake of your name, LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
¹² Who, then, are those who fear the LORD?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
¹³ They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
¹⁸ Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.
¹⁹ See how numerous are my enemies
and how fiercely they hate me!
²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope, LORD,^[b] is in you.
²² Redeem Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!


Today these scriptures speak to me. I do want forgiveness for the sins of my youth and my old age. I throw myself on my LORD...please take care of me. I don't have the same kind of enemies David had but I often feel unsafe and unloved. Lord, my faith, my life, is in YOU.

Labor day???

Isn't it odd that labor day is a day most people don't labor...just saying.


The First Labor Day...

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date.

So mark your calendar...

September 5, 2011

September 3, 2012

September 2, 2013

September 1, 2014

A Great Diet Tip....

A great way to lose weight is to eat while you are naked and standing in front of a mirror. Restaurants will almost always throw you out before you can eat too much.

I have sound!.....

Perry's friend Anthony came over today at noon and fixed the sound on my computer. I had enjoyed listening to my tunes while on the computer. I appreciate his help very much. We do not know what causes this or how long the fix will last. Perry thinks we may need to go to external speakers. One more expense. Oh well.

I would appreciate your prayers. I am in a very dark place these days. I hope that the weather cooling off will help. Maybe if I plant some winter flowers? I miss my little helper. Lauren was my main flower planter. It would probably greatly improve the looks of our home to get all those empty pots filled. I hope we get to go wild with Christmas decorations this year. We have them in stock. I am even thinking of a display for Halloween and Thanksgiving. I have so many pretty holiday decorations. I hope they are not ruined from being stored.

This cracks me up....

I am anxious for heaven....

it says that the saints will beg Jesus to come. I am there. I think I suffer from the reality of the phrase..is this as good as it gets? I think the answer to that is yes.

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Awaiting the New Body

¹ For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. ² Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, ³ because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵ Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
⁶ Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷ We live by faith, not by sight. ⁸ We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹ So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive what is due them for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.