Life Before Blogging...(remember that?)

Thinking...Pondering....Weighing....Measuring...Considering...Praying...
Questioning...Contemplating...Taking Personal Inventory on My Life....
My Days...My Time....My Investment of Self....

Troubleshooting...

Refining....

Margins....

Priorities...

Goals....

Visions....

What Is Good?...... What is Better..... And Truthfully Speaking to myself....

WHAT IS BEST?

Taking a Break from this Blog ...Trying to Pull away from my Computer all-together...

Considering my PRE-Blogging Life and days as they measure up to my present days...

Hoping and Thinking BEST thoughts for all who have popped in to visit me...and prayed with me...

This is a long time struggle....as I have been taking mini-breaks to do battle with it.

If I have been praying for you or your family...I will continue....rest assured.

God bless YOU!!!

Happy Birthday KAM !!!!!

My Youngest...SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD!!! Unbelievable....

Love Him To Pieces....My guy that ALWAYS ALWAYS rolls with the punches...He is a treasure....

Can NOT imagine life without him...He gives much JOY....God's blessings on you my third son...fourth child....YOU ARE a wonderful man in the making.....

HUGS from da mama who loves you...and yeah...I bought you an EXTRA LARGE box of Captain Crunch.... :-) :-)

Changes...Part II

This little 1985 Toyota truck is gone....no longer a part of our lives, but still woven into many memories and moments of our marriage and family... It had over 250,000 miles on it and was on it's last leg...Kurt had plans to get it running again, and then Iowa called....We knew it would not get rebuilt before moving, so we gave her up. A man named Sam bought her while Kurt was here and towed her away...
Kurt and I drove to the Toyota dealership in 1985 and bought her NEW! He was so proud of his little truck. I bounced to the hospital in labor with Katie, my first, in that little truck cab. That loyal faithful little truck carried more tons of dirt, stone, gravel, sand, rip-rap border rock, plants, mulch, furniture, pallets, steel, scrap metal, appliances...you name it... What a deal it was, and what a great vehicle. Truly glad Jonny had taken this picture recently with his new camera....Goodbye little special truck....



And THESE beautiful roses from my number one best friend forever....now have changed to these...


Hubby approved for standing in a LOOOOONG DMV line to turn in his truck license plate! xoxo

**NEVER fear...I still have the remnants of such a wonderful love token that filled my heart up with overflowing love for that man..


And a SNEAK PEAK of something I have been working on...The first room to get ready for Marketable Viewing...previously Jonny's small room. He switched to Justin's VERY big room with all the weight equipment in it and pushed Justin's bedroom furniture in here.. quick quick sneaky peak of before....




shriek!

And a couple of quick sneaky peaks of the after .....in the evolution processes... ***this room is totally made over courtesy of freebies, family hand-me-downs and thrift store finds. Yes!





A full reveal coming when completed...


And One more I need to bring closure to.... Remember this one that happened the week of Christmas??? and appeared in my blog...


One very glum 16 year old son....


Now changed to THIS....




AND four new tires to boot!~ All of it THANKS to a very big-hearted extremely generous Big Brother Marine who loves his little brother....rah.....

More changes coming....a BIG one concerning my middle son!!!

Hugs to all. Thanks so much for stopping by and peeking in to my little corner of the world...hopefully soon to change locations....Missing my main squeeze TOOOO much.
Iowa is starting to sound better every day....

God bless you. Thanks so much for prayers for our Military Heros.

Waiting....Praying....Trusting the One who Holds time...

WAITING...


PRAYING...


for ALL of them...



Trusting the ONE who holds time and the precious lives in HIS hand...






Thanks to all stopping by today...God bless you and keep you and your loved ones....

Time Marches on....Change is Inevitable... PT. 1

Life is NOT Static.....Changes happen.

Thank Goodness for the Grace of God that gives strength and courage to face the change, adapt...and overcome...or sometimes...just endure.

L-I-F-E and it's circumstances...the times of your life, are overseen by the watchful eye of the one who created all that exists...God ALWAYS is in control...even when we are NOT...

This...is a wonderful thought to recline in.



The days spent with my wonderful hubby flew...FLEW! He returned to work and his living quarters in Iowa last Sunday. I am M-I-S-S-I-N-G him.....again...already...always...



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And bloggy sisters...these boots left American soil again....yesterday. My Marine hero and his battalion left for Libya...and I will say once more...





I will be hugging my pillow once again until his big strong body gets back for me to wrap my arms around and hug HARD! God keep them safe!!!!



Yesterday, this big guy dude (Marine's little brother) umm...not?...and I carried out the big favor Marine guy asked of us. We drove all the way out to Jacksonville and back to get Justin's beloved truck...

to keep it safely tucked away here in the driveway until his battalion returns...10 hours of driving....LONG day...Thank you Jonny...we love our Marine. NO...we did NOT get to see Justin...they had already left...


The truck is here...The Marine is NOT...Woobie...don't look at me that way...he had to go and do what he does...I know you are looking for him....Hang on buddy...


God bless our fighting men and women...God bless the USA...God bless the USMC heroes...
SEMPER FI.

Come Home Safe.........



God bless you all...each and every one...who drop in, Have an outstanding weekend, as my Marine would say...RAH! **Please pray for our troops.....thank you from one Marine Mom.

The Winds of Change....

March 1, 2011

Do you see it????

Where....? Over There!..... It's coming.....

Do you smell it????

What...? In the Air....Changes....

Hanging in.....

Getting Focused.....

Happy Changes

Sad Changes

Hard Changes

But....I say it again....BUT!....Change is good. It makes us step out of the comfortable, the settled, the accepted, the resigned, the lazy...unstretching...unchallenging...days.

CHANGE....

It's coming. The March Winds are blowing it in, and Time is marching...**(and other things are marching too)...BUT...I can not speak of it.........yet...


Life is not static. When the winds of change come in, one can either stand against it and be unwilling...unflexing...unmoving... and be blown to smithereens, or they can let go, grab on to the rope of faith and go with the wind. God is always working. Sometimes we are not made to feel it, other times we are literally uprooted by it.

Hang On!



Are you feeling the Winds of Change where you are? Are you ready to fly?

an e-journal entry.....simply. What would I pen on the page for today?.....

A LONG day ahead of me.

My bumper sticker I would print up and slap on the back of my van today...

Never underestimate the strength, courage, and endurance of a woman who raised 3 boys and one being a Marine.....

If you see it, you are behind me. :-) Blessings!