Last Day of School!

  Today is the last day of school for children in Fayetteville!  Summer vacation begins and soon many children will be off to camp and other adventures these next two months.  Sometimes it feels as if summer never gets here and before you know it, it's already Christmas.  Today we are getting a break from the heat that has been beating down the last few days.  

    I am looking forward to some new adventures and maybe even finishing up some projects before school starts all over again!

HOPE

On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, at 5:41pm.

   It is hard to put life in perspective, but it is important to always treasure life more than things.  I visited this store last summer.  I had never been to a JOANN store and went with a friend.  On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado struck the town of Joplin, Missouri.  It was a Sunday at 5:41 pm.
  I was able to drive through the town on May 30, 2011, on our way back home from spending time at a high school reunion for my husband.
  It is hard to express with words the devastation and loss that this tornado caused to this town.  The only way I can even relate to the devastation is only having been to this store last summer and remembering what the store actually looked like before this happened.  This picture was taken as we were driving through the town.
  I did not get a photograph of the front of the high school sign, but it was temporarily named HOPE high school.  It wasn't till a week later that I realized the high school is actually named Joplin high school.  The "OP" were the only letters in Joplin that were not taken in the tornado.  Someone had used duct tape add the letters "H" and "E".  It will take a long time for this town to recover, but the town of Joplin, Missouri has a lot of "HOPE".
  Please keep the town of Joplin, Missouri in your prayers.

Fresh Starts

Dusting, reorganizing, cleaning...nobody likes to do it, but it has to be done!  Sometimes, we find out that what we have is enough in this life, but we overlook the beauty of it.  These two shelves were consumed with this and that just put upon the shelf.  I completely forgot about the fabulous background that was covered up.

Don't overlook the great things right in front of you that can totally brighten up your day such as this really fun fabric!

Happy New Year!

   I finally finished the scarf in my spare time.   Just in time for my daughter's birthday. It looks fabulous on her!  It will definitely keep her warm in this cold winter.
  I hope everyone has a very 'Happy New Year' this new 2011!  So let's hear it for getting fit, getting good grades, and having a healthy new year!  Looking forward to another year and finishing a lot of projects this next year!
  Happy New Year!!!

Anniversary

       So what to get for your best friend of 16 years that you have shared what is actually 5844 days together?  Mugs.  Yes, that's right.  James and I exchanged mugs.  Mine is Linus and his is Charlie Brown.  Just gotta love it!
       We had dinner and a movie.  In translation, we ate dinner at home and rented the Blu-Ray movie THE EXPENDABLES.  Actually, wasn't really that bad, except a lot of violence.  I would probably rate it a 3 out of 5 stars.
        Our next anniversary will actually be on the day of the week that we were married on, Sunday.  Our wedding was actually the church service.  I am truly grateful for being blessed with having such a wonderful husband who not only loves me, but also loves the Lord!  Thank you Lord for 16 wonderful years of wedded bliss and looking forward to many more wonderful years to come!

Unraveled

I recently had to redo this scarf that was halfway finished.  How many times in life do we wish we had an opportunity to redo something?  This scarf was easier to just undo the whole of what had been completed than try to figure out how to fix what had been pulled or snagged.  Jesus is my overall inspiration for doing everything well.  It may take me awhile to do the job, but I get it done eventually.

Matthew 25:21 (New International Version, ©2010)

   ²¹ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

December

December is a great way to not only wrap up the year, but it always starts another fabulous year with my husband!  December 4 marks 16 wonderful years with my wonderful, fabulous husband, James!  It truly has been a really wonderful 16 years!  I will just be thrilled to finally to be done going to school one year so I am not up to my neck studying for finals and writing papers.  So far, I have one "A" and two more courses to finish up this month.  I am so looking forward to making some crafts and just finally able to enjoy a good book.  Happy December 2010 everyone!