So I was thinkin'...

So as I was sittin' in my new room at the old homestead, and I thought this is the life !! The one I never had as a teenager !! I was on my own at 17 and had been working pretty much full time from 15 on. I first worked to buy my brother and I new school clothes and then to pay for dental work I needed. And then I was on to supporting myself, so I moved out. My rent back then was $10.00 a month !! It was a shack in Hanford but I painted it and fixed it up my way (including the black foyer with stars on the ceiling)!! So I must say I made a lot of bad decisions in those years but I also made a few good ones... and those are the ones that lead me here. What exactly I would call this time of my life I'm not sure? But I have been truly blessed to be able to move home and spend some time with my dear mother and to be able to take a break from always being the grown up... well ok not !! But I am enjoying my time with the Old Peeps !! hehe

Why I don't...

I haven't shopped at Wal-Mart for about 6 years (or some where around there) and this is why: They donate money to the national gay and lesbian chamber of commerce, an organization that is trying to defeat the marriage amendment. So all the standing on the corner and holding signs to support Prop. 8 would be nullified by me spending money that would then be donated to this organization. Because of this I have not shopped there. I truly believe when I stand before my Father to be judged of my deeds I will be held accountable for how I spent the money He blessed me with. Something I am already going to have to answer for, because I'm lousy with money!!!

So I try to save money by shopping elsewhere, Target mostly but I tried Kmart recently to see if they had deals any where closed to the ones other people say they are getting at Wal-Mart??? But these pictures show what I found there... So Target will be getting my money from now on !!! hehehe







My niece's response to the pictures was, "Unlike Wal-Mart, K-Mart rolls forward" !! Priceless !!!

Hermana Scott yesterday

I must thank Sister Gill for her complete love and devotion to my sweet daughter !! she is there to take care of my Hermana thru thick and thin !! She has really needed her lately as Satan has been pulling at our families very core !! But while he may have won this battle he has not won the war !! it is there in the Hermana's beautiful smile !! Thank you Father in Heaven for all good in the world !!!

I'm thankful for Love...

I see love all around and have been on the receiving end of truly Christlike love from family, friends and strangers in my lifetime !! How grateful I am more people than not want a world filled with love!!

I'm grateful for technology...

Because I live today and my daughter is serving the Lord today, I can get pictures of her the same day !! This was Hermana Scott on Thanksgiving day!! It was their "P" day so they went hiking, and this is a picture afterward !! And in 22 days I get to talk to her on the telephone !! So different from the days when missionaries left their families for years and had only letters to stay in touch... and those Sisters definitely earned their place in Heaven being patient and trusting in the Lord to return their husbands to them safely !! Thank you Father for the technology of today!!

I'm thankful for my eyes and my ability to see...

Theses are things I have enjoyed looking at they all make me smile !!! Yes I know Tom is in there twice, that's on purpose, he's so dang handsome !! hahaha

I'm thankful for laughter !!!

This picture makes me laugh !! The line that came with this cartoon is, "I've been doing it wrong all these years" !!!

If you know me you know I love to laugh, and most of my friends think I'm funny. But I know too much laughter and at the wrong time is not a good thing either !! But I'm thankful for laughter as it has been my anti-depression drug from early childhood, when I discovered I could make people laugh, much to my mother's chagrin !! She was always trying to reign me in, honestly she did try !! So here's to laughter and the endorphins it produces !! May you find something funny in your trials today !!!