A New Day

I just want to say PRAISE THE LORD!!!! I am saying this because I have been going through some things in the past few days that the enemy has tried to use to take me down and control me. But it is not working, thanks to God, my husband, and a few friends. We have a choice everyday when we wake up if this is going to be a good day or a bad one. I believe that God would have us to choose the good one. We need to remember that no matter what is said about us or what is done to us that God is always right beside us, guiding us through every valley and up every mountain as long as we take the time to listen.

I am currently reading two books; "The Love Dare" and "Facing Your Giants". While I was reading last night in the "Love Dare", one of the first things that it says is to be patient. Now how hard is that? For me, quite hard, I am not a patient person at all. In fact these are the three paragraphs that spoke to me last night:



If your spouse offends you, do you quickly retaliate, or do you stay under control? Do you find that anger is your emotional default when treated unfairly? If so, you are spreading poison rather than medicine.

Anger is usually caused when the strong desire for something is mixed with disappointment or grief. You don't get what you want and you start heating up inside. It is often an emotional reaction that flows out of our own selfishness, foolishness, or evil motives.

Patience, however, makes us wise. It doesn't rush to judgement but listens to what the other person is saying. Patience stands in the doorway where anger is clawing to burst in, but waits to see the whole picture before passing judgement.



Now let that soak in for a moment. Patience makes us wise. That's one way of putting it, but it got my attention. When we look at the bible God tells us so much about being patient, so why don't we get it? That's probably what He is thinking too. Sometimes we let our anger get the best of us and then we make a mess of things, when if we would just sit back and listen and be patient things would be a lot better off and we might get along a little better in the world. How many times have we all had someone trying to explain things to us or explain why they feel the way they do and instead of listening we burst in with our own comments or we go straight to the defense? I know that have stuck my feet in my mouth and chewed on them only to decide how awful the taste was one too many times. So I am asking God to give me His patience and His ability to listen to others and most of all self-control over any situation that arises.

Thank you, God for this new day that you give us and thank you for the choice that you give us every day.



Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

New Fish

If you have read my profile you will see that we now have 4 fish instead of two. The reason being that we have had to have another fish funeral Sun. night for Morgan's fish Rojo, which has been sick for sometime and Sun. God took it home. For those of you who are laughing, I know that it is funny having a fish funeral, but when you have a little whose is upset because her fish has died and she misses it, just remind yourself how we feel when someone close to us dies. Even though we know that God has healed them in His way we still hurt and so do the little ones. Rojo was something that Morgan was close to and she lost him, so of course he had to be replaced. Well Michael has outdone himself again, by bringing another fish home plus a new fish tank. Not just any ordinary fish tank would do and not any color of fish would do, he brought home a Mermaid fish tank and just the color of fish she wanted, blue. Well the new fish is now named Nemo2 because we have already had a Nemo whose has since passed and gone to fish heaven also. So now what do we do with the old fish tank? Well, we put it in the bathroom which is decorated with an aquatic theme anyway and we got two goldfish, which the kids have named Cinderella and Little Daddy. Can you guess who named which fish? So there you have it our newest additions to our pet family.

Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.

Very Blessed

We've all the heard the old saying, "You can tell how blessed you are by the number of friends you have". That being said I have now realized just how blessed I truly am. Monday was my birthday and I thanked God for all that I have in my life; my husband, children, family, and friends. Last Friday night was a dream come true for me. I had my first girls night out and they all helped me to celebrate my birthday. We went to a movie and dinner afterward, which I had to wear a crown and a button that said it was my birthday. We had a ball! God is putting all sorts of women in my life and they are quickly becoming my friends. This is something which I have never had. I never trusted any female person that came into my life because of being hurt by them in school, now it seems that they are becoming something that I can't imagine my life without. I know that we all take things for granted from time to time, but maybe we all need to take time to tell our friends just how special they are to us. True friends are the ones that you can tell them that they are getting on your last nerve and they don't get mad. I have learned that when you allow God to work on you from the inside out it tends to make you a better person all the way around. I guess my mamaw was right when she always told me "pretty is as pretty does", she was definitely in touch with God on that one. I know that it is hard to open to things that have hurt you in the past, but God knows what they are and He can help you get over those hurts, it's just a matter of laying it at his feet. Give Him the bags and let Him tote them not you, you will realize what a weight has been lifted off you. I am so glad that I have my girlfriends (I've always wanted to say that) and I am so thankful of what they mean to me and that I allowed myself to be opened up and used by God. I have posted of picture of Friday night, keep in mind that it was taken with a cell phone and no I don't have the one made with the crown on my head. Thank you girls (you know who you all are) for coming into my life.

Baby Gift-Altered Paint Can

I know that by now you are asking why is her blog called Blessed and Scrappin' when we have never seen anything scrapbooking. Well, here it is; an altered paint can that I made for one of my cousins who is having a baby. The baby's due date just happens to be on my birthday, while I do believe that everyone should have their own birthday, I would love to share mine with her.

Anyway, here is my creation. I used some flowers that I already had that were pink, blue, and brown, with a rhinestone in the middle of the flower. I used Twinkle Type lettering in pink for

the baby's initials on the top. I used some pink and white gingham ribbon around the top and brown ribbon with flowers on it around the bottom. My butterflies were made on the Cricut using the Walk in My Garden cartridge. My paper was brown cardstock at the top and the bottom was Making Memories Animal Cracker paper. I adhered and sealed everything with Modge Podge. I then filled it with baby wash, a onesie, Desitin, and hand sanitizer. I hope that she will like it.

I hope that you all are having a blessed day. And remember that God loves you just like you are.

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Psalm 97:1

I am Alive!

I know that it has been a while since I posted, but I have been very busy and tired. I don't know exactly what has caused my tiredness. It started when I came back from Cropical Paradise and I think that it has taken me this long to get over it, which has been about 2 weeks ago. By the way we all had a ball at Cropical Paradise, but lost a lot of sleep. This was the first time that I had been to a scrapbooking retreat out of town and now we are checking out others that are not that far to go to. Anyway, I have been busy with getting our Mission Crop together at church (a fund raiser for our foreign mission team), our women's ministry (which I am part of a group that is putting things together for women), and getting together our monthly crop at the church. If anyone wants to come to either just let me know. On top of that I carried our newest addition; our dog, Gracie, to be spayed last week. So things around here have been very busy, but I am making myself take the time to post. Sorry, I will try not to be so long the next time that I post.

Michael has one more class left in school and he will be finished. YEAH!!!! He will graduate in Dec., thank goodness. Now I think he has his sights set on bigger fish, like maybe a master's, we will see. I think he needs a break first, he has worked so hard on this and had many a late nights. Speaking of school, the kids have started back to preschool. They are having such a good time, but I am realizing that this is Morgan's last year at preschool then we start regular school and this is something I don't know if I am ready for. I think she could care less, but I am not ready to see my oldest baby go through those big doors yet. Oh well, I have one more year, so I will make the best of it.

Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

The New Dog At Our House

In the last post I told you about a flea problem from a dog that has wandered up. Well we have tried to see if this dog belongs to anyone and no one is claiming her so we have decided to keep her. She is really good with the kids and they have named her Gracie. Gracie has been with us now for about 6 weeks and has not been a problem except for the fleas (which we hope are under control) and chewing everything in sight. The kids are learning not leave their plastic toys out in the yard because Gracie will chew, chew, chew. I don't think she likes staying in the backyard but I am afraid to let her out in the yard all the time for fear of her getting run over and then we would all be very upset, especially Morgan and Joseph. They love playing with her and she is very gentle with them. She even plays fetch, she sits, and she keeps guard on the two youngsters. We are truly blessed, why I don't know but I guess God wanted us to have her for some reason. You can tell how gentle she is with the kids by the picture below. They were playing as though they were mommy and daddy and they were going to the store with Gracie in tow.

Now for one of our other babies, MoJo. I hope that you can tell by the picture how big he has gotten and he is only 6 1/2 months old. He is our big baby. The kids are still getting used to him because he loves to jump. We've had another Saint in the past but he did not jump, so I am not used to this either. They are such lovable dogs, but this one does have a mind of his own. When I take him out for a walk somedays he does really well and others he tends to be stubborn and stop to sit in the middle of the road, which is very frustrating. Hopefully with time he will get better.

We have been pretty busy with the garden but that is now ending, thank goodness. Now don't get me wrong, it doesn't feel right if we don't have a garden then work ourselves to death putting it up. We did that one year and it just wasn't right. I just have to keep my eye on the prize and that is the wonderful food that we will have this winter, YUM! Now it is time to plant greens to put in the freezer and I love greens.

We had our monthly crop at the Vineyard Church this past Sat. and we had a blast! We had about 15 people to show up and some old friends came to crop, some that have been missed greatly, so we were all glad to see them. Teresa and Wanda hadn't been there in several months, so it was good to see them again. Kim, her daughter Casey, and Pam F. came and I hadn't got to crop with them since the scrapbook store in town closed. I accused them of getting mad and pouting, but they know I love them and I am so glad they came. There were also some new faces; Dianne O. has been to our Mission Crop but not our monthly one. Donna G. also came with Dianne and this was her first time there and I was thrilled to see them come. I love our monthly crops. I don't usually get a lot done; I am usually to busy running my mouth, but then again that is half the fun. I love going around talking to everyone and seeing what everyone is doing. It is so much fun and interesting to see what they are all doing and see the talent that God has given them. It makes you realize how special we all are in His eyes, without Him we would not have the ability or funds to do any of this.

Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

The Fair is Here!

Joseph and Brenlee
Joseph, Morgan, & Brenlee
Morgan & Brenlee
Catherine, Brenlee, Joseph, Morgan, & Caitlyn

Hello everyone,

Sorry that I have not posted in so long but we have been busy with our garden and with other things that I will explain later. Remember my post His bounty is good, well it has turned out to be GREAT! Thank you, God for bountiful blessings. We now have peas, green beans, okra, and pickles. Our corn will be ready soon and the okra and cucumbers are still coming. So here we go!

Last night we took the kids to the county fair and boy did they have a good time! Joseph wasn't going to ride anything until we met up with their cousin, Brenlee. Then Joseph changed his mind and wanted to ride what the girls were riding, I guess the macho thing starts early. They had a blast and so did we watching them. Their facial expressions on some of the rides was priceless. We stayed out late and Morgan still didn't want to come home and Brenlee didn't want to leave either, in fact the only one ready to go was Joseph. He was tired beyond belief, but didn't go to sleep on the way home like we thought. I guess he was too wound up. He and Morgan talked non-stop all the way home. Thank you, Lord for those little conversations that I get to hear.

Today I have been getting my house back together from having it sprayed for fleas from a dog that has wondered up and getting ready for a monthly crop as well as a mission team fund raising crop. We have actually had this dog for about a month but didn't notice any fleas until last weekend. We have been fighting this battle all week when we gave up and called the exterminator and they came out yesterday to spray inside and out, so maybe they are gone.

As for the crops, the monthly one pretty much takes care of itself. Thank you Lord for e-mail. But the fund raising crop for our foreign mission team at church is another story. If you ask anyone who is around me; I am tied up in knots until it is over, then I sleep for about a week. This one has been much harder, though. I am not having very good luck with my vendors this time. This has usually not been a problem but this time it is. I don't know if it is due to another crop going on the same day in another town or what. I know that everything will work out the way God wants it to; I just have to have faith and reassurance sometimes. What can I say, I am human. There is an excitement in the air throughout all of this and I can't wait to see what God is going to do next! Thank you God for Psalms, which helps get me up when I am down.

Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

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Judy at Piece of Mind

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Sorry everyone that it has taken me so long to figure this out, but with lots of help from Beth O. and JoAnna G. I finally have it.