Isn’t she cute?!?! LOL Those are just a couple of the toys she got for Christmas that she LOVES...A Strawberry Shortcake brush & mirror set, and her Disney Princess microphone. She’s such a Diva!! LOL

So, it’s snowing!! I thought I wanted more snow, but now I’m not so sure!! LOL At least it’s not very much…only 1-3in are expected, so that’s not too bad. Yesterday it rained the live-long day, then turned to ice last night, then flurries shortly after that. Our eyebrow apt. & dinner ran longer than expected, so we missed all but the last ½ hour of !! Don’t worry, I DVR’d it!! LOL That’s what I plan on watching today!! And, don’t forget, it’s on again tonight!! Tonight, though, I’ll probably be at church, so I’ll have to DVR it again…LOVE DVR!!

We went to Applebee’s last night in K, and it was pretty slow service…and I don’t go there enough to really know what to get, anyway (or what I like there…) Anyways, I ended up getting the 3course thing..the steak one..and it was pretty good. The best was dessert…a BROWNIE...Oh, my goodness, it was wonderful...I had 18pts left for dinner, but I’m pretty sure the brownie put me over!! LOL It was very good, though.

Tonight I’m hoping to meet with a couple ladies at church early, so we can start planning the first Women’s Fellowship luncheon/mtg. whatever you wanna call it. I think there are a lot of different Women’s groups getting ready to start up, but this would be for EVERY woman, not just “if you’re interested in this study” kind of group. I’m VERY excited, because as far as I know, there’s never been something like this done, and so we’re breaking new ground!! There is so much potential for this to be a great church, even with all our human imperfections, it’s just gotta take a lot of work getting there…oh, yeah, and follow-through!! It’s gotta take a lot of follow-through!! I think it’ll go over pretty well, I don’t know, though. Please remember us in your prayers!! This idea was brought up a while ago, and was never brought to fruition because the main lady in the planning of it just got swamped with other things & opportunities in her life (she has a lay minister’s certificate, and was called to preach & pastoralship at a church on Linden…she prayed hard & heavy about this, and she’s really got an awesome testimony about how she felt ready to take on this task for the Lord. She had a very vivid spiritual dream, and another Godly woman in our church had a very vivid spiritual dream, also, that confirmed she was supposed to go…just very neat, I get Jesus bumps every time I think about their dreams, and how they go together!!)

So, anyways, we’ve decided to take it back up & go with it!! I think we’ll probably have to run it by the elders (just as a regular step…if we all started overstepping the elders, what would be their purpose?!?! LOL) Anyways, I don’t forsee a problem with it, I think we’ll get some hearty approval...

Which brings up another petition for prayer!! Please keep King in your prayers!! He’s now the Chair of the Stewardship committee (because the above mentioned Lady had to step down so she could focus on Pastoring). And, they are contemplating a few people to be on the Stewardship committee…one person has actually asked to be put on it, and King’s shackles immediately went up…remember the church secretary I told you about a few posts ago? The one that’s not easy to work with? She wants to be on it!! She has a history of self-appointing herself to “important” jobs, so just keep him & the rest of the Stewardship committee in your prayers…This could become a stressful thing for all of them…more stressful than looking at our money situation, already!!

I’d better go…this is getting long, and I don’t want to lose anyone!! LOL I’m such a chatty cathy lately!! LOL There’s just a lot going through my head right now!! All good, but all stuff I have to contemplate & think about, ya know?!?!

And, that makes my head hurt!! LOL

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!! (((((HUGS&PRAYERS)))))) for you all!!

So, here are the silly pictures for today :) The first is of the top of my TV cabinet-thing :) (and one of my favorite "Bear Collector" signs I got at a craft show...the 2nd is of one of my end tables, with my new salt box house with a lite in it...there's also an old-timey looking flag on top, too, but that got chopped off in my picture. Anyways, Mom got me that for Christmas this year, too :) I love my jar & my little candle that King's Mom got me for Christmas, too :) Then the last picture is of the other end table, and that's mostly bears & stuff :) Daisy got me the set of 3 bears with the wagon (the 2 bears inside the wagon & the one behind it). Blah, blah, blah, I know :) If we ever "upsize" again, I'd like to get a house with a "formal" living room, and a separate dining room...I'd move my bears into the family room, and could really go REALLY primitive in the "formal" room...Think Olde Farmstead!! LOL :) I love that store just because it's close & convenient...I know there are other stores around with the same stuff MUCH cheaper, but Farmstead just smells good, too!! LOL :) I know, I'm a dork, and you're thinking, "Alright, already, enough with the decorating stuff!!" LOL :)

I wanted to tell you all how powerful, even with just 2 ladies coming on Sunday nites, this small group study is!! It's awesome!! I really believe that it's a message the church (in the broad sense) should hear, and really try to live out. Just awesome. Anyways, there are money troubles at our church...we have a mortgage over $700,000, and we, as a church, are ALWAYS strapped for cash...and it's VERY hard to fund ministries & outreaches, as well as pay the bills & the mortgage. When the church first started, there were a lot of pledges, so they went ahead and built...well, a few years down the road, there was a split, and among them, some very big pledgers...plus, there was a lot of credit open at a lot of different hardware stores around, electric co., water, and it just made a bad situation worse...which brings us pretty current...I believe all of the credit is taken care of, but there's still this HUGE mortgage, and it's our stumbling block as a church...Anyways, we're also a tithing church, which means that we tithe to missionaries off of each offering, which I think is pretty neat...I've not heard of a lot of churches tithing...sure, giving & donating, but not a consistent tithe, and as part of the major beliefs of the church...Anyways, maybe it's more common than I think, but I hadn't ever heard of it!! :) LOL So, that brings me to this study...2 totally different groups have seen this series (well, or in the process), and have not only been spoken to about our personal lives, but the church has been brought up!! Almost in the same instances!! LOL :) It's a God thing, and only confirms that everyone is trying to get on the same page...In both groups, it's been brought up to do this study on Sunday morning for church, because there are a lot of people there on Sunday morning who aren't willing/available/responsive/whatever to anything BUT Sunday morning, ya know? I'm sure ya'll have/know people like that!! :) And, it's always the same people at the potlucks, Wed. nite, Awanas, business mtgs, so it's always like preaching to the choir...I think it's imperitive that this message gets out to the WHOLE church...and it will step on toes, I can guarantee it, but we need to pray & fast that people's hearts & minds are open to what the Spirit is trying to tell them, and not, "Well, I already tithe, this is dumb" and shut down through the rest of the message...

Okay, off soapbox...Please, just keep our church in your prayers!! There are so many possibilities, and so much potential for this to be a booming church!! Not just numbers, but spiritually, which is the most important thing, anyway :)

Boy, did I say I was off my soapbox?!?! LOL :)

Well, thanks for hanging with me, there, for all that!! LOL :) If you just skimmed, that's Ok, too :) I just needed to vent....Oh, I didn't even get around to what this is all about, anyways!! LOL :) I'm pretty sure you've figured out the tithing part, but one of the things I love that he says is, yes, tithing was in the "law," but Jesus never said to NOT follow the law...in fact, he always challenged the priests & disciples to go BEYOND the law, meaning, Jesus always takes the law the extra mile(s) whatever the case!! LOL :) "When someone says to me, 'Oh, but that 10% was under the old law, and we're living under Jesus,' I always reply, "Oh, then you give more?" (paraphrased quote from Robert Morris) I LOVE that!! :) I hope I'm not confusing everyone!! LOL :) Oh, just go get his book!! I think you can find it cheap on Amazon!! :) Because it's not just about money...it's about where our heart is...it is SO easy to overlook our finances as an area of our lives to give to the Lord, but He owns that, too :) Just an AWESOME series, and it's spoken to me on so many different levels...

Okay, seriously, I'm done!! LOL :) I can kinda be like my dad...when he's really excited about something, he can't stop talking about it...I guess I get it honest!! :)

King had the day off today, and we ended up taking Princess to see Dr. Matt :) I REALLY like him :) Anyways, she's still got a cough (it's been since before Christmas), so I called today, and they got us in. Everything looked/sounded clear, he said, but it's probably a sinus infection...she comes by that honest, too, from her daddy. King is awful about getting sinus infections..Anyways, we got an antibiotic perscription, so will give her that. Can you believe she's gonna be TWO in a couple of weeks? I'm torn on whether or not to have a big party for her, or to have a "meet at Marion's" party for her & her Daddy...I'm leaning towards a family party for Princess, and then a surprise "meeting" at Marion's for King's 30th!! :) That's the difficult thing about their birthday's being so close together!! LOL :) Oh, well :) Anyways, after Dr Matt's we went to Wendy's and had lunch, then took a long leisurely drive home (Princess fell asleep, btw)...It was SO PRETTY today!! :) And warm!! :) Hard to believe it's January :) King had to be a Blockhead tonight, too :)

I'd better go...I think King wants to go to sleep early tonight...It's been a good day :) I'm tired, even though I got to sleep in a bit today...I think it's TOM coming (time of month)...I can't seem to STOP EATING, either, so that's gotta be what it is!! LOL :)

TTFN :)

This is what in my little "nook" by the front door :) I have a "year 'round" tree, one of my favorite things, my Americana bench, berry wreaths, bells, there are hearts on the "year round" tree right now (for Valentine's day ;) ), and for Christmas I had a little stuffed moose w/ one of my Merry Christmas throw pillows...also, on the wall, you can see my "coat" hanger mirror (I wouldn't trust your coats on it, though!! LOL), and, wait, lemme see if I have a pic of what Jodi made me for Christmas...

Yep, there it is!! She painted that slate hanging on the wall!! She's VERRRY talented!! :)

Anyways, that's the "silly pictures of the day" :)

Tonight is Session #2 of The Blessed Life, and I'm excited!! :) We're ordering pizza (YUM), and I've got to bake some cookies (don't sweat it, they're break & bake, and the toaster oven does very well, surprisingly enough)...

Anyways, I'd better go and finish getting things ready...I'd like to dust!! I HATE dusting!! But, I've been trying to more, since I heard that most dust comes from our old skin cells...that kinda grossed me out!! LOL :)

Oh, and the Steelers won!! King's a happy Pennsylvanian!! LOL :) He's actually not a psycho fan, but WOW, is his mom!! LOL :)

Ya'll have a great evening!! :) I hope you all have tomorrow off!! :) Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!! :)

Hey, Journal Goddesses, that's the silly picture for today :) My bathroom :) That's my new shower curtain that I got for Christmas from my Mom :) I LOVE it!! :) If you can't tell, it's dark, dark burgandy and almost tea-stained colored white gingham (very primitive looking), and there's this neat grapevine & berry border down there...She also got me a bowl (with the same grapevine thing going on), and 2 towels that look like the shower curtain :) I LOVE IT!! :) I also got the switchplate that matches :) I'm eventually going to get the border up there, and I'm gonna try to find a picture/sign/something to hang on the wall... It looks SO different in there, and it makes it feel like more of a "room", if that makes sense...Oh, I also still need to get some bath rugs for the floor...I'm thinking brown (which may sound yucky, but I think it'll be the best to compliment everything else, because I've already tried finding that shade of red, and it ain't happenin'...

Anyways, PT was cancelled last night (WM's gout was back, and he couldn't stand), so after my hair apt I just came back home :) We had a REALLY nice dinner :) Pork chops w/bbq sauce in the crockpot, Baked potatoes from Wendy's, and some green giant veggies w/ sauce...YUM :) The pork just fell off the bones...VERY good...Hey, and did you know that pork is a LOT cheaper than beef? I had never really noticed that before, when I had thought I'd be buying both of them, and saw the prices side-by-side...Pork...the other white meat...hahaha, you knew I was gonna say that, didn't you?!?! LOL :)

Tonight King's a Blockhead, and Princess and I are doing the chicken patti & mac & cheese thing for supper...I'll probably throw chicken in there tomorrow :) I have to say, even though a little bit more pricier, it's SO MUCH EASIER cooking with the crockpot!! :) I love it :)

Princess is fighting a nappy nap right now...she's actually driving me crazy, because I know she's tired, but she's trying her darndest to stay awake...Just take a nap already!! LOL :)

Oh, have you all been watching "My Name is Earl" & "The Office"?!?! Those are the 2 funniest shows on TV right now!! They just crack me up!! Did anyone watch them last night? The Office was hillarious!! I think Dwight is so funny...I've worked with more than a few people like that!! LOL :) If you haven't ever watched them, I highly recommend them :) In fact, they're the only 2 sitcoms I like right now (okay, maybe except for King of Queens & Yes, Dear reruns)...Oh, and for drama my faves are 7th Heaven, Smallville, & Everwood...I'm addicted to the DVR, btw, because they're pretty much all on the same night (except 7th Heaven), so I have to do some taping...

Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh, Princess just started making "happy noises" again in her bed....why won't she go to sleep?!?!?!?!

Okay, I better go...praying for Journal Pro & Josy :) Have a great Friday :)

This is the Triple Chocolate Cake that's NOT been good for me this week!! LOL :) And, I believe it has cured Princess from her aversion to chocolate!! LOL :) She got caught with her hand in it too many times this week...I was working on here one day this week, and in she walks with more chocolate crumbs around her mouth, and I asked, "Hmmm, did you get into the chocolate cake?!?!" She says,

"Mmmmm, chocate cake yummy!!" LOL I couldn't stay mad!! LOL :) King was supposed to take the rest to work, but forgot, so we

had it around this week. Blah, blah, blah...

The pic of Princess was taken after we shared a peice, and then she took a swig of milk...I just think it's adorable!! LOL

Tonight I have a hair appointment :) It's starting to get kinda shaggy, not in a good way!! LOL :) So, that'll be good...Also, I have PT practice (YAY!!). I love PT practice :) It's a small group all in itself :) We have a great sharing time, and prayer time, and we go ahead and worship while we practice :) Good times :)

I'd better go...Princess is up, and I need to find out what she's doing!! LOL :) I left her in her room playing with Tigger (she just found this toy from Christmas, and we just took it out of the box last night!! LOL) Anyways, she's found it, and is playing with him :) While she was eating breakfast, she kept talking to him from across the room and asking him questions...TOO CUTE :)

TTFN :)