Top o' the mornin' to ya'......

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone........

As promised, I am having a giveaway contest.

Up for grabs is this cute Stationary Set.
Okay, I couldn't get the photo to load right now.
I'll come back later and see if I can get the picture on here.
But for now.......

It includes a notebook, address book, memo pad and a bi-fold agenda. Plus it comes ina cute storage box that says Live* Laugh* Love all the way around with cutesy pootsy flowers and butterflies.

The luck of the Irish to ya'.

Have a great day.

Oh, contest ends at midnite 3/21/09. For one entry, leave a comment. Follow me for another entry and then come back and let me know that you are following. And for a total of five (5) more entries, blog about the contest. So, you could possibly get a total of seven entries.
Thanks and I hope you all have a blessed day.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!


Yesterday, I decided to put a sign on my mirror in my bathroom. I did this so that each morning I would be reminded that I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY. Anyway I printed the sign out and trimmed it nicely, and was so stinking proud of myself.............then the 7 year old comes in and pops my balloon BIG TIME!!!!


The sign looked like this




I CHOOSE TO

HAPPY !!!!

My daughter goes, mom I don't understand this note. I said, "What's not to understand?" Whatever else I choose to be happy.


Do you see the mistake? Yeah, a 7 year old caught and I didn't. It's not like I'm illiterate or anything. Score one for the kid.


I hope you guys have a blessed weekend.

The Spring Fling is over.............................and I had a ball.


That was so much fun. Thanks to Tiffany and Heather for all their hard work

and for being gracious enough to include all of us. It really was a great time.



Okay, now for the moment you have all been waiting for........

the winner of the Paula Deen Celebrates! cookbook

is: #70 as per random.org. And lucky number 70 is:

Laura Ingalls Gunn. I wish I was clever enough to know how to put her
post here, but I have tried and failed this morning. Guess cause it's so
stinking early, but whatever. Congratulations to her.
And congratulations to myself and to everyone that played or just visited
yesterday, we are all winners for the wonderful new friends that we made.
You guys have a great day. And thanks for stopping by. I hope you come back again real soon.

I have a surprise giveaway on the 17th so keep your eyes open.

Spring Fling Giveaway on SITS

Okay, I totally forgot about the Spring Fling over at the Secret is in the Sauce.

Here is my item for giveaway....

A Paula Deen Celebrates! Cookbook

Leave me a comment and I'll enter you in the drawing.

Good Luck and Best Dishes.......contest ends at midnight eastern time tonight.

In my devotion this morning, I saw God's answer to your prayers. (Thanks to all of you).

In an article by Jane Struck I totally related to her statement that for years I have been blinded by the belief that I'm not as worthy of God's love as other Christians are.
A lot of this has to do with past treatment by other "Christian" people.

I have finally had to admit to myself that I have an unhealthy addiction. Food. I am an overweight person and have felt or been made to feel less than loveable because of the way I look. Discriminated against even. And I have been harboring bitterness in my heart because of this. So, food had become my comfort and now my body shows it. (Some of my problem is a chronic health issue that I can do nothing about). But the part I can try to do something about, I didn't, because I just didn't believe it would make any difference. I, too, believed if I was nice enough, people would love me and see past the ugly exterior of my body. But, and this is unfortunate, not many people can see past it, not even some of my family. Which in turn, created a need for some comfort, which I seek in food. Not pretty, is it? But there it is. My truth revealed for all the world to see.

In her article, Jane writes that God loves me (John 3:16), rejoices over me (Zephaniah 3:17), died for me (Romans 5:8), and will never leave or forsake me. God loves me when I'm nice, and when I'm not. He loves me even when others don't or when I don't love myself.

She also writes that I may never be a beautiful, popular, recognizable, and successful woman in this world, but wordly labels, accolades, recognition, and accomplishment hold no sway over God's irrational love for me.

Like Jane, I have been beholden to the deception that others are more special than I am for way too long. Please pray that I will remember that we're all equals at the Cross.

Thanks for hanging in there for this wordy post. I hope that God will speak to you through Jane's article as he did to me.

Blessings to all.

I'm a little sad....okay, I'm a lot sad.
I can't really tell you why I'm sad. My heart is broken.
That's really all I can tell you.
Please say a prayer that God will help me understand
this trial and the hurtful thing that has been said.
And that I will become a better person and draw
closer to Him because of it and not grow bitter and
cold.
Thanks my bloggie buddies!!!
I love you one and all.

Hey everyone, Happy Friday. I hope that your week wasn't too terribly bad.

But the weekend is here, so party on Garth!!!

Hey, everyone needs to stop by TheRFamilyDiaries and congratulate her on her being chosen as a parent representative to the Fishful Thinking program.

If you go to the R family diaries link above, she has a link to Pepperidge Farm's Fishful Thinking program and it is awesome. We can all use some help getting our kids to be more positive, I think.

So take a minute and go check it out. Enter the CONTEST and get some great information.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.