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I do not hold emotional attachments to things and times, they come and they go as if with a will of their own. With this new year  I do hope to encourage more and grow more . Regardless of what day or year it is,  I say good morning to my prayer time and reach for  the bible and then the "to do" lists and the address books and the phone numbers, knowing at the end of every number is a person  and a life that I am somehow connected to, even if it is only to pay a bill, but still a person who needs the same things I do.  Love, respect, hope, purpose, what gap can I fill today? I won't say good bye or hello to a calendar year, But I will greet every new day and all the opportunities it will offer, being thankful above all else that God has called me to walk in His marvelous light, with Him and with Steve.  Yes Happy New Year! The last Work Desk blog hop for the year finds me making "thank you" notes.  These I made for my Son, trying to make them not look to Momsy M

The last Monday of 2013, really the only thing of any note about this last Monday is that Steve has the day off and he is about to paint the kitchen! Yeay (this was just delayed)! We're going a few shades of lighter yellow.  My kitchen is tiny, we painted the cabinets an ivory color and the walls yellow about 3 years ago and we really like it but we are getting ready to reface the cabinets and go to a whiter white with them. So my pretty painted brick needed a little refreshing to!  I 'll post a picture when its done! With Christmas falling on a Wednesday last week I find I am totally off what day it was, today is no better, it feels like a Saturday to me.  It's kinda funny how the odd days off and not  normal church schedule has left my mental calendar in a fog!!  How about you?? I did get a few cards made last night for the Use It Up Challenge, actually I made nine cards and that didn't even seem to make a dent in the left over bin!  And because this seems to be a muc

With the new year just around the corner, are you looking at a new you?  I am !  Many make New Years resolutions, with good intentions,  I don't!  To me making a new year resolutions is like jumping off a cliff and hoping there is something soft to land on.  I don't like that philosophy, I tried it once when I was ten.  My thought was if I jump off the diving board in the deep end of the pool I will force myself to learn how to swim.  The life guard told me there was a better way to learn after he made sure I was breathing again. There are many season in our lives, some are longer than others, some are happier than others, but they all come and they all go.  This new Year I want to be a kinder person, I want to speak more life and healing into peoples lives and less judgment and criticism.  I also want to take better care of myself so that I can better care for others.   I posted 'there is nothing too hard for the Lord' from the verse in Genesis; in the NT testament the

The Christmas snow came today!  It is a nice quiet day here, recuperating from the Christmas fun! Our oldest son made his drive, safe and sound from  Seattle WA to Charleston SC over the weekend: 3,000 miles in 60 hours solo, in a sports car, through the Rockies and Plains through the storms. When Roy became a Marine 10 years ago, I became a Marine mom and a more prayerful woman, good thing! I'm thankful he is safe and sound doing crazy things state side, there is a little less stress!!  Our youngest is driving home from VT this afternoon, his first driving in snow.  I'm not sure why my hair isn't grayer!  I'm in the process of getting the house back under control and digging out in my craft room, I am still working on 3 last Christmas presents!!  I did make a few thank you notes to get in the mail this afternoon and I thought I'd share them. They are actually scrapes left over from Christmas cards I made for a shop, so these also qualify for 'my use it up'

May your life be Blessed by the Love that came to Redeem mankind from Sin and Darkness. May your Heart  Mind and Soul be filled with the Light of His Peace. May we give thanks on this special day that brought us into Love Divine.         Steve and I wish you a wonderful day! Ginny M    

Oh Boy, all I am going to say is my room looks like a bomb went off!!  Christmas gift Crafting!!! It Christmas eve, nothing wrapped here, gifts aren't finished, At least we found the stocking!!! We are even having a hop at Julia's tonight! Go here if you need some craft sanity!     Here's my desk and maybe Friday I'll show pictures of the finished gifts!         Back to baking and gift making!  Have a wonderful day!! Ginny M

Two days before Christmas and I am still making gifts, how about you? I made Zero cards for my Use It Up challenge this weekend, too busy! I can't show you the things I've made for this Christmas, no sneak peeks!!   I Did make a set of cards for an Oriental Stamps Arts Challenge (OSA) ,  that I can show you!!   This challenge is called the Black plus One color challenge.   Like the name you make one black plus what ever the month color is - this year was a little different, it was black plus shades of one color.  I signed up for the whole year-I think this is my favorite swap.  The black plus one swap forces you to  work the theme and produce something that is not totally drab!  Last year I had a theme for my cards and I did the same for this years.  Making the whole batch at once was a new idea for me.  Now the swap is done and photographed so all I have to do is wait to get notice of my partner for the month and off it will go!   I used Kromakote paper and inked the center fo

I know everyone is pretty straight out right now with Christmas around the Holiday!  Steve and I went Caroling with friends at a nursing home this morning, We had a good time, there were lots of residents there and we had about 24 singers, accordion, trumpet, 2 sax's, Steve played his Trombone, conga's and a tambourine.  For a production with no rehearsal it turned out great! I'm Christmas shopping and I finally got my tree up last night. For Crafting, my' Use It Up' bin looks like this : Lot of great pieces in there and a scrape book magazine, I need to come up with a mini album for 1/4/14. I've never done one before - Gulp!!   Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

I'm not getting much crafting done this week, I am getting a lot of things in the mail!  I make cards to send out, I love the card making process and the whole paper crafting  genre; but the point of  it all is to be a blessing and encourage someone.  Last summer I got to a point when I wondered if it really made any difference to anyone.  Actually because I was getting so little response from this "ministry" I wondered if it was a waste of time and resources.  I'm being real here, I was feeling discouraged.  Then  my birthday happened. I hate to admit it, but I had a little meltdown.  I received two birthday cards. Okay I know, this sounds like I am such a baby, but it gets worse....  I looked up in my book for the year and saw that I had mailed over 300 cards to people I knew and 100+ to people I didn't really know and this does not count my yahoo card swap group.   My feelings were so hurt (whaaaaa - whaaaa) that nobody remembered me.  I  hang my head here -I k