tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561158604595149002024-03-19T03:48:52.893-05:00Shug...My Steps of FaithShughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-74572674659823830472024-03-17T13:31:00.001-05:002024-03-17T13:31:30.774-05:00Sunday Thinking<p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Happy St. Patricks Day!</span> π</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Tomorrow, I will be filling my hummingbird feeders. The little beauties should be arriving any day now. I am a little worried because we had to have two HUGE trees cut down in our backyard and my Mimosa tree had to be cut back. Our tiny visitors love the Mimosa tree and they often flew up into these two big trees!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNmO-PwvU2pj7wmO8NxpqWFPecKphyphenhyphenLexB0rz5_Ar1Eiz1mGAQk0AO07pYb7PCh_C97CBhdMJG312BXg2rt5blgcNDBGEmDvEXgBODJcKhBXPoh7ohXHKa99cd7Foix8Qjt3nOmGyCUyIsHkhrjK-K__FGhyr0TslSo7E5NL2b0Di9liNBaBxT38ezdrZ/s1284/IMG_6954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1284" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNmO-PwvU2pj7wmO8NxpqWFPecKphyphenhyphenLexB0rz5_Ar1Eiz1mGAQk0AO07pYb7PCh_C97CBhdMJG312BXg2rt5blgcNDBGEmDvEXgBODJcKhBXPoh7ohXHKa99cd7Foix8Qjt3nOmGyCUyIsHkhrjK-K__FGhyr0TslSo7E5NL2b0Di9liNBaBxT38ezdrZ/w588-h461/IMG_6954.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I was able to capture these this little fella last March while visiting our family in California. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vXmsOgJ4WTjemaNtZIWjgA4iPm95W2JMymCx6106JWkle9idqX5GlLSGdgtQ_4LpDQcPq5yIyFvR0gzb5eWHyaPglpdxUadeFfZf9zHWRmFvDRzVeGxyVWrKW0zV05RAqv1CG8knkOLkFTHo8Zz-cIVpSpcfIXtOmYlx3ttCrwRnpcM-ra9prv5V29Ke/s1284/IMG_6952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1284" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vXmsOgJ4WTjemaNtZIWjgA4iPm95W2JMymCx6106JWkle9idqX5GlLSGdgtQ_4LpDQcPq5yIyFvR0gzb5eWHyaPglpdxUadeFfZf9zHWRmFvDRzVeGxyVWrKW0zV05RAqv1CG8knkOLkFTHo8Zz-cIVpSpcfIXtOmYlx3ttCrwRnpcM-ra9prv5V29Ke/w612-h399/IMG_6952.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> πππππππ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErVmTWbEfDKh103NjxuKayu3_hKSh_tsmY8JtLfNy7iSsA-7XQXp1uRPP2ONReQIxMUjtqQSApqOGFU7M4NdSoG8n2RJ9vZqgSPL60nNv_apIFdShL0X32VVXQUWGY5Rgq9Yng5dBxYlRijG8tPQc1gCPL-W1t_tyGQiaSQ1FpGZJmq_qiNhyphenhyphen4mG4CvWJ/s1245/IMG_6971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1245" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErVmTWbEfDKh103NjxuKayu3_hKSh_tsmY8JtLfNy7iSsA-7XQXp1uRPP2ONReQIxMUjtqQSApqOGFU7M4NdSoG8n2RJ9vZqgSPL60nNv_apIFdShL0X32VVXQUWGY5Rgq9Yng5dBxYlRijG8tPQc1gCPL-W1t_tyGQiaSQ1FpGZJmq_qiNhyphenhyphen4mG4CvWJ/w584-h436/IMG_6971.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;">Beautiful Alaska.....I am ready to see you again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Life is a mountain peak, offering a broad perspective.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Reaching the peak of a mountain offers a panoramic view, providing clarity and a broader perspective. Similarly, pinnacle moments or reflections in life allow us to see the bigger picture, gaining insights into our journey!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug......π«</span></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-44073479221575965582024-03-15T12:44:00.003-05:002024-03-16T06:55:24.868-05:00Old Country Road<p> <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Peace and Quite, along with undeniable beauty is the true meaning of living in the Country!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">I truly am a country girl through and through. Flip flops are my best friends and the only thing that could be better than FF's, is to be barefooted. I love not having to wear shoes! Of course, I only do this around our home!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">I took the above picture about a week ago. I have traveled down this road many, many times and others just like it in our area. My thoughts raced back in time, to when my brothers, my sister, our cousins and I, would race down these same roads......the only difference was that they were dirt/sandy roads back then. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">We explored the ditches of these old roads and would swing on the huge grape vines that would hang from the trees. This was LIFE! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">We live in a small town, where we are surrounded by country roads, trees, water filled branches, tractors, farms, pigs, cows, horses, ponds, a big lake and all kinds of weird noises being made by the creatures in the woods. I wouldn't change anything about this kind of living. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRYzaW4xMw-1DSrnE_Cqtc0kE6a88hy6YthLVt8HuqlCDKW2naUbOj2vMQA1JXD1Z8Ipypxs1zzXJAj8wAEGZ5yPfYJO0gCIjX6vEDv7J_32QySYVr764JJ6tdogFQLkXA_uOmLkjKifglIdJJ0b9jfU8OjRjlMi_QQgCylP6_mtjKoB75RG94OPHHSv3/s4032/IMG_6815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRYzaW4xMw-1DSrnE_Cqtc0kE6a88hy6YthLVt8HuqlCDKW2naUbOj2vMQA1JXD1Z8Ipypxs1zzXJAj8wAEGZ5yPfYJO0gCIjX6vEDv7J_32QySYVr764JJ6tdogFQLkXA_uOmLkjKifglIdJJ0b9jfU8OjRjlMi_QQgCylP6_mtjKoB75RG94OPHHSv3/w438-h584/IMG_6815.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">The smell of fresh cut grass, hearing the birds sing, watching the squirrels run from tree to tree, seeing the lightning bugs at night, hearing the coyotes yell, and experiencing the pure beauty of Mother Nature, sure makes for a peaceful way to live. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqinaBESLVxmlLIHmrSgLq5IT9Vi4aE3JZGsEVOAfqvZmAdM0CEmy_4_HjnnCSJLZFgR4HhakcXpZ1cleQdzrFDJlSoB4Jfziwdkxyyb5V7atzYOpaUk7d5jYXRmYt43FHmYg1_pkSMqDb5ODluXzUbUHvf9b9qkTgTl34YcBOFi4qhqYoSbu0t2Hm6ir8/s4032/IMG_6818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqinaBESLVxmlLIHmrSgLq5IT9Vi4aE3JZGsEVOAfqvZmAdM0CEmy_4_HjnnCSJLZFgR4HhakcXpZ1cleQdzrFDJlSoB4Jfziwdkxyyb5V7atzYOpaUk7d5jYXRmYt43FHmYg1_pkSMqDb5ODluXzUbUHvf9b9qkTgTl34YcBOFi4qhqYoSbu0t2Hm6ir8/w430-h573/IMG_6818.jpg" width="430" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">We can pick our own blackberries, our own figs and grow our own produce all while taking in the sweet fragrance of honeysuckle, covering a fence line just a few feet away. And I can't forget about fishing!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">We all love to fish in the family lake!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT9TslK-IFso8TWmw-rYT4eDR09HZoQ4A6p1DnCdL99O0GPtvTRiLHk_hJasqHp00MwJOsw_LtmZlVDFUgLIwQHk3bZv23aDuBUewlVL2dQpAU4QNCnJTujYMzMW7a6zOp7rTkrCM3RbTa1jaACFTtbUyzUO8_2Gx9iEHeDoHxC6DR4E0iaqoJG6cRRvD/s1284/IMG_6930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1284" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT9TslK-IFso8TWmw-rYT4eDR09HZoQ4A6p1DnCdL99O0GPtvTRiLHk_hJasqHp00MwJOsw_LtmZlVDFUgLIwQHk3bZv23aDuBUewlVL2dQpAU4QNCnJTujYMzMW7a6zOp7rTkrCM3RbTa1jaACFTtbUyzUO8_2Gx9iEHeDoHxC6DR4E0iaqoJG6cRRvD/w576-h382/IMG_6930.jpg" width="576" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">There is absolutely no other life that can compare to simple country living. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9z0i4deUgbinKH4XCIo8fOR1UTvA4jGV1NjNOG_WAeHIZYjaPma4A8R_H5S7sQ8nrkSV8vXdN8OwOmpqAfJpyqJxBkutJFO3Qkpz9Mv3Pv-sVvr1cmn9rPwRf22IYStgKhSzAcHcGGVwPma9dH9V_AIQlJEfeF_VLlglooXvOoAVAvTcYY1unA0RFgLf/s2208/IMG_6924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1284" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9z0i4deUgbinKH4XCIo8fOR1UTvA4jGV1NjNOG_WAeHIZYjaPma4A8R_H5S7sQ8nrkSV8vXdN8OwOmpqAfJpyqJxBkutJFO3Qkpz9Mv3Pv-sVvr1cmn9rPwRf22IYStgKhSzAcHcGGVwPma9dH9V_AIQlJEfeF_VLlglooXvOoAVAvTcYY1unA0RFgLf/w395-h680/IMG_6924.jpg" width="395" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;">The best thing is passing all these old country things down to our kids and grandkids! They love it too!!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZRnxWDX0BGIht_u2PTmrfrIySMSDaUwotW68cKfzUZntKHdsspi3vMx53GxiI4nVeFuQF2aLcX6Vbh_X4kYB2HWdVEy8sVQoK5lMMykgZRG5XBMx49kHpc_WHS4vMhyvV-6guQ02CXXwap5Mgpevo7fSZdvBaRn3WiD7TD2YjdfutWMzS8fSqKDAFAZC/s1284/IMG_6931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1284" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZRnxWDX0BGIht_u2PTmrfrIySMSDaUwotW68cKfzUZntKHdsspi3vMx53GxiI4nVeFuQF2aLcX6Vbh_X4kYB2HWdVEy8sVQoK5lMMykgZRG5XBMx49kHpc_WHS4vMhyvV-6guQ02CXXwap5Mgpevo7fSZdvBaRn3WiD7TD2YjdfutWMzS8fSqKDAFAZC/w535-h349/IMG_6931.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Thankful for the Country Living that we have!</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Shug.....π</span></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-3750025568079584802024-03-14T12:33:00.002-05:002024-03-14T12:33:09.843-05:00<p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">The breathtaking Wisteria blooms are so delicate and the purple hues of the flowers are quite stunning. The wisteria is a symbol of Love and Longevity.</span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);">As I was out and about this morning, I couldn't help but notice all of the gorgeous Wisteria blooms flaunting their incredible beauty and saying...."Look at us...it is our season!"</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWbQ0Z82IvTzKU7OrABRpDorHuAKRCEveJRDwKUP4loTYBWMz2WiDa-bwTY4BpjeC8uu03YNPBRP23ezaWZPuzaG0AOmVgkWWw1-EyR9-7KxFgfbqS_upcN8LZf6lPG-t4b2RhYegd-eamqeDA8ihwHFScpstSPaNxavJt9ul9cswt0LhEcP7OtTBAMXj/s4032/IMG_6905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWbQ0Z82IvTzKU7OrABRpDorHuAKRCEveJRDwKUP4loTYBWMz2WiDa-bwTY4BpjeC8uu03YNPBRP23ezaWZPuzaG0AOmVgkWWw1-EyR9-7KxFgfbqS_upcN8LZf6lPG-t4b2RhYegd-eamqeDA8ihwHFScpstSPaNxavJt9ul9cswt0LhEcP7OtTBAMXj/w471-h628/IMG_6905.jpg" width="471" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;">It is almost as if they were in competition with the snow-white flowers of the Bridal Wreath Bush (spirea) as it flourishes in all of its beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixT3wrl6bGvRbugl1TCGFIhShyphenhyphenzNT8QmHzrFUIEdq_7fHNgbHHf_cLang3WD-OrWxlbkfgPYBMjACf283wOtb8YiEKQnZlX3LLIveMXaQVtyWlVWvu4rUpoo_BYAv1XPyanyXyGSNfyhibPmIq9_vx3gIsElfQU_A126HM9X2t8bnXx23hul3jrzk6lH-h/s4032/IMG_6907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixT3wrl6bGvRbugl1TCGFIhShyphenhyphenzNT8QmHzrFUIEdq_7fHNgbHHf_cLang3WD-OrWxlbkfgPYBMjACf283wOtb8YiEKQnZlX3LLIveMXaQVtyWlVWvu4rUpoo_BYAv1XPyanyXyGSNfyhibPmIq9_vx3gIsElfQU_A126HM9X2t8bnXx23hul3jrzk6lH-h/w508-h677/IMG_6907.jpg" width="508" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cormorant Garamond; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh sweet Spring......you are a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shug.....π</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(142, 124, 195);"><br /></span></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-73727013495646668472024-03-13T08:57:00.002-05:002024-03-13T08:59:08.146-05:00How I got my Name<p> <span style="color: #004cff; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">How I got my name......I thought many of you might be interested in knowing my story,....... how I got the name of S<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">hug,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">My parents gave me a name that I went by for 18 years. "Anita Lynn." I wasn't named after anyone in our family...My mother just happened to love the name Anita. Then, in the early 70's.....I became Anita Lynn Pollard when I married Sam. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">It wasn't until 1996 that my name really changed. Tyler, our oldest grandson gave me the name of "Sugar!" Then our second grandson, Tucker came along and he continued calling me Sugar until he entered Kindergarten and Tyler entered his 3rd year in elementary. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">I kept both of these boys each day, until each of them started school. Then, I became the Librarian at our local elementary school where they both attended. When my grandsons would come to the Library, they naturally called me Sugar, but I'm guessing they may have been teased a bit for calling me Sugar, so Shug was what they changed my name to. Then, their friends began calling me Shug. The next thing I know, all the kids at the school decided that I would be their Shug as well. (Isn't that so sweet?)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">So.....the principal and the teachers began calling me Shug. Before long, I was known to the parents of all those kiddos, as Shug. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">Almost all of the older people who knew me at one time as Anita, are no longer living, which means that now, Everyone in our Area only knows me as Shug. I would venture to say that most of them do not even know that I have the legal name of Anita. They only know SHUG!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">Now....I do have 4 other grandkids and 2 of them call me SUGAR, which is what I prefer, but...I've been Shug to the others for so long, that this is the name that has stuck on me. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">If you call me Sugar, that is fine. If anyone calls me Shug, that is fine as well. I am happy with both!! My friends call me Shug, my cousins call me Shug, my brothers call me Shug, even my doctor calls me Shug. Everyone calls me Shug!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">I have engraved charms with "Sugar" on them, but I also have charms with "Shug" on them. I have many drawings made by the grandkids written in the cutest handwriting saying: TO SUGAR. But I also have lots of artwork the kids gave me and they are written, TO SHUG. </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255); font-family: Quicksand; font-size: xx-large;">Does this make it somewhat legal? lol. ππππ</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">I had once thought about having my name legally changed, but since my mom and dad loved the name Anita Lynn, I decided to leave it as that. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);"> I once told Sam, that he just needs to make sure that the name (Sugar, Shug) is also engraved on my tombstone along with my legal name........otherwise, people may think he had a secret wife! ha! ha!</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">The name Anita means: Grace</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">The name Sugar means: Sweet natured person</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">The name Shug means: intelligence mind also slang for Sugar</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">All of these are neat!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255);">So, now you know why my name is Shug...aka Sugar!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255); color: #cc0000; font-family: Calligraffitti;">Enjoy all of the Blessings that this day brings!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 76, 255); color: #cc0000; font-family: Calligraffitti;">Shug.... π</span></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-16326367294480613282024-03-12T14:58:00.002-05:002024-03-12T14:58:21.505-05:00<p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">My daily dose of Sugar: Wake up Early and spend time with God. Take time to smell the Freshness of the Day! πΉπΉπΉ</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">I had a different post planned for today, but once I stepped outside this morning......I knew I had to share my thoughts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I woke up early this morning....(the time change has my body clock out of sync) and as I stepped onto the back porch, there was such a delightful freshness in the air. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">God's mercies are new every morning and I honestly could feel the restoration in my soul as I stood there, soaking up the newness of the beginning of the day. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There was a sweet calmness and a rush of peace that settled upon my spirit. No wonder the flowers and trees have no worries, for I could feel my own heart blooming with Peace! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I stood there, with my hands raised, praising God for giving me this time, to feel HIS </span></span><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: x-large;">presence. The sweet aroma of the morning air, filled my nasal senses and I knew that God's grace was spilling out all around me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: x-large;">There is a secret to contentment in life and it begins by seeking and finding, these sweet moments with God each day. Allow HIM to pour out HIS spirit upon you, and then, reach out to others to spread God's delightful fragrance of Unspeakable joy and love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: x-large;">Blessings sweet friends..</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text; font-size: x-large;">Shug π·</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Crimson Text;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-63159014297496041932024-03-11T13:16:00.001-05:002024-03-11T13:17:06.299-05:00Teaching Myself!<p> <span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><b>My Daily Dose of Sugar: π« </b>"</span><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Make today the day you learn something NEW!"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">It just might be a myth about people who are Right brained being creative.....I don't really know!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">However, if it is true, then I am definitely on the Right side of my brain. I love to create....decorate.....do art....arrange flowers....write.....make my own wreaths....and do anything that my mind can imagine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">There are two things that I have always wanted to do, but have never jumped out there and even tried. One is learning how to quilt. I am fascinated by quilt making and I absolutely love hand stitched quilts. My grandmother stitched some tops for quilts, but to my knowledge, never actually quilted them. Other than that, no one in my family explored quilting. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSZCL11VIqkDnJiyNQwXi_71s30su_Ew7S071wdJzbI3rpECPs8bS2583094FVcGnv3UPwYitfgFjq0ZmRAym0fGltFlGVRtLRin0GpM8Uj4LwgzVSQcGaM_5z9w_28C1kEdml6TDN41JPSzBNyY0Srb_amrzXz98rFCshyphenhyphenHTd_EeV6Enq64SWMsDNEEv/s1587/IMG_6847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1284" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSZCL11VIqkDnJiyNQwXi_71s30su_Ew7S071wdJzbI3rpECPs8bS2583094FVcGnv3UPwYitfgFjq0ZmRAym0fGltFlGVRtLRin0GpM8Uj4LwgzVSQcGaM_5z9w_28C1kEdml6TDN41JPSzBNyY0Srb_amrzXz98rFCshyphenhyphenHTd_EeV6Enq64SWMsDNEEv/w450-h556/IMG_6847.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I am going to learn to at least make a quilt top!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">For....a thing of beauty is a JOY forever!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">And then.......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I have always wanted to learn to crochet!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I have seen so many beautiful pieces that my blogging friends have made crocheting. I know I can learn this!! And guess what? There are all kinds of you tube videos that teach you how to crochet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0_z0HlL15-BNwxIbjGnlYcwOVW_U7LuP-3FsJjtD9nzueDrlw9NmXjpHTkICZtbu7xF-JYkjRFF3ffd4scvhL_gvfnSV3pipcHft-jd_1KpcUsIrViuZb1bpjhQG2lr2wJP2tJDTbsRxbkk9lonUiZ41Z3ZkeSJRUesiqmcND4OBs_TunORQOcYsHLA6/s3456/IMG_6848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3024" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz0_z0HlL15-BNwxIbjGnlYcwOVW_U7LuP-3FsJjtD9nzueDrlw9NmXjpHTkICZtbu7xF-JYkjRFF3ffd4scvhL_gvfnSV3pipcHft-jd_1KpcUsIrViuZb1bpjhQG2lr2wJP2tJDTbsRxbkk9lonUiZ41Z3ZkeSJRUesiqmcND4OBs_TunORQOcYsHLA6/w427-h488/IMG_6848.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I have a good ways to go, but I know I can do this! Can't promise that you will be seeing any crocheted sweaters coming soon, but surely I can make a simple blanket. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Right now.....I am working on my watercolor projects during the day, and learning to crochet at night. </span></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Live life to the fullest, one joyful moment at a time!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Shug.....β</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-1769552203626748502024-03-09T09:34:00.000-06:002024-03-09T09:34:07.849-06:00Old Antiques<p> <span style="color: red; font-family: Rock Salt; font-size: x-large;">I LOvE Antiques! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">One of my favorite things to do is shop for Antiques! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I guess you could say I have a "Vintage Love!"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Wow.....when I see old pieces of furniture, old stoneware jugs, depression glass, farming tools, or just about any kind of Treasures from the PAST, I just get Giddy!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">One thing in particular that I have always loved, is OLD Telephone Booths! I would love to have one, and it would be especially awesome to have one of the Antique "Wooden" phone booths. If I ever do find one, I can assure you I will be grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg8Df6d4NYNup-VTgYdM_mjvPfgU_2yNN08r8ZWGb6TYYcESb8cDqkbRpE3KcGwdb-VQBO6vROmCncTZoDZalA49Gb9z8ygPHdOe-UqeMTH9Or7wDk-rORfD2rcpwO9oq3XP8zArCihKVHsKUwVl2E6BsuFbwq0B5XC0NWHlXnBF11TQL3SF9vYpnhCR8/s4032/IMG_6673%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg8Df6d4NYNup-VTgYdM_mjvPfgU_2yNN08r8ZWGb6TYYcESb8cDqkbRpE3KcGwdb-VQBO6vROmCncTZoDZalA49Gb9z8ygPHdOe-UqeMTH9Or7wDk-rORfD2rcpwO9oq3XP8zArCihKVHsKUwVl2E6BsuFbwq0B5XC0NWHlXnBF11TQL3SF9vYpnhCR8/w430-h573/IMG_6673%202.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">This is as close as it gets though. I have this Telephone mirror attached to the wall just before we go into our bedroom. Geez...I think I have had it for at least 15 or so years, and I never tire of it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5lw5NsKDfnB0SwGXmYHYcKaK1DhLWp8nF4pwziruI_9OgMIoBP3j1M79SaJRNX_1bm0KO1iXO7-NjVTVfMXKPy7Es02vPBvdutKZW7LBDYsVIW-3AnMpsIb7_82sEGgF1UyNnnElGq1FeOy_0F_OSntpUgTTmorm9SZOkNcxLJfEFJhkdZpDrA4w2NQX/s4032/IMG_6672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5lw5NsKDfnB0SwGXmYHYcKaK1DhLWp8nF4pwziruI_9OgMIoBP3j1M79SaJRNX_1bm0KO1iXO7-NjVTVfMXKPy7Es02vPBvdutKZW7LBDYsVIW-3AnMpsIb7_82sEGgF1UyNnnElGq1FeOy_0F_OSntpUgTTmorm9SZOkNcxLJfEFJhkdZpDrA4w2NQX/w499-h665/IMG_6672.JPG" width="499" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I remember as a young girl......our little town had a phone booth near the baseball field where my brothers played. My friends and I would play in that old booth. None of us had 10 cents to make a call, and honestly, calling was not a big thing for kids back in those days. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Throughout the years, Sam and I have collected old dishes, peddle cars, Cruets, stone jugs, a typewriter, a cookie jar, furniture, and all kinds of vintage nik naks!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9JTMNoTWpi0J1IQ_bQf8WjRiQ2J6AqN-ehDBwHx-6ZdNQjZIXo7aDdyPRMKTSMA1dxmJ6ms5elDeUztP74rlk5PMT9ePicwp_GoFUjRLiQQ8WGgvtofcvPmq1oqnltuz0vcgGwIwTKO_zTMXA5U2zlqOIZb6KOq1pq5Si5fw1Ui5SkZT5S2lOWdamV84/s3087/IMG_6753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3087" data-original-width="2519" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9JTMNoTWpi0J1IQ_bQf8WjRiQ2J6AqN-ehDBwHx-6ZdNQjZIXo7aDdyPRMKTSMA1dxmJ6ms5elDeUztP74rlk5PMT9ePicwp_GoFUjRLiQQ8WGgvtofcvPmq1oqnltuz0vcgGwIwTKO_zTMXA5U2zlqOIZb6KOq1pq5Si5fw1Ui5SkZT5S2lOWdamV84/w379-h465/IMG_6753.jpg" width="379" /></a></div> <p></p><p> Cruet<br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">We have spent MANY hours with our friends shopping for antiques. When we all take trips together, I can assure you that there will be one, two or sometimes four or five stops at Antique shops. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Hope you all enjoy an awesome weekend. We woke up this morning to COOLER weather π¨ and the wind is blowing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Blessings!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug....π·π·π·π·π·</span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-5811615172940390762024-03-07T13:47:00.001-06:002024-03-07T13:47:35.898-06:00School Trip<p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Update on Mylee's School Trip....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Homemade Apple; font-size: x-large;">The First few days of Mission Work, helping Build a house down in </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Homemade Apple; font-size: x-large;">Costa Rica ........</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjvgG_1Ghv7VVU6YPuvoq-tiugADoPQ9PXGtQeRi08-wO6ENN0p3nsfOV3xiYah3Wkpeo1k9p_-JtUnuPZqaCu4632CFu7c2iDha6A7WUfVZEQ4unQIuoG115tZNs8lZvZVlV2dhtfrDIPl1m1yq37t3w5bEKjcZN7R4nEbz6OSwpwGJGzz3sUf8wjkej/s1832/IMG_6650%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="1284" height="649" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjvgG_1Ghv7VVU6YPuvoq-tiugADoPQ9PXGtQeRi08-wO6ENN0p3nsfOV3xiYah3Wkpeo1k9p_-JtUnuPZqaCu4632CFu7c2iDha6A7WUfVZEQ4unQIuoG115tZNs8lZvZVlV2dhtfrDIPl1m1yq37t3w5bEKjcZN7R4nEbz6OSwpwGJGzz3sUf8wjkej/w454-h649/IMG_6650%202.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">This girl is really being Blessed.....she called her mom to say that she has a whole new appreciation for her own life and now sees first</span><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"> h</span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">and what it is like for people in other Countries. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I am extremely thankful that she is having this experience and I know it will be something that she never forgets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);">"Life is full of blessings we take for granted. Yet, so often we dwell on what we don't have. Appreciate what you already have and be grateful."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);">Shug........π</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p> </p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-38653779189676901812024-03-06T11:28:00.003-06:002024-03-06T15:48:25.184-06:00Prayer to the Soul<p><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">"What wings are to a bird and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul." </span><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: medium;">Corrie Ten Boom</span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">God says: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God". Philippians 4: 6-7</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I never want to begin my day without prayer. Spending time with God and inviting Him into my life, seeking His direction in everything I do.........this is what helps me get through a day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Growing up, my family attended church each week, but prayer time was not a constant in our family. I was raised in the Methodist denomination and to be honest, it was attending church on Sunday and Sunday nights. And of course....Methodist always like to eat, so there were a lot of meals and plenty of fellowship. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Growing up, I was a very shy person and to pray out loud was something I would never do. Besides, I really had not been taught to pray. At home, we acknowledged thankfulness at our meals, but other prayers were always kept private. My family attended a very small church and it seems like I had the same Sunday School teacher every year when I was growing up. </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: xx-large;"> I don't ever recall her calling on one of us kids to pray in Sunday School. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"> Just after Sam and I got married, we were very involved in our church, and at that time, the Methodist church was deeply involved in a Christian youth movement. Our youth group was asked to go witness and share with another church about what God was doing in their lives and about the huge number of souls being saved. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Since this was going to be an overnight trip, Sam and I were asked to come along as assistant leaders. Little did I know that God was getting ready to test me in ways that would take me FAR out of my comfort zone. When we arrived at the church, I was informed that I would be teaching the women's Sunday school class the next morning. Let me tell you, I was so sick at my stomach and I felt as if the nausea bug was throwing a dance party in me! This shy girl did not know what to do! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">But God knew exactly what He was doing. I went into that classroom, I taught the class that morning and I can tell you, the entire lesson was as if my brain was in a huge Fog, thicker than pea soup. I had no clue as to what I was even saying. I did follow up with a prayer at the end, and I can tell you without a doubt that God was speaking those words through me. At the end of class, the ladies were so very appreciative of my teaching and told me how much they enjoyed my insight into the lesson. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"> It wasn't until Sam and I were older, that we changed Church denominations, mainly because we both were searching for a deeper relationship with God. This is where I truly learned what it meant to be intimate in my prayer life, and I then realized, that I was totally reaping the benefits of engaging in a personal relationship with God. I learned to bring every need before Him and I also learned to talk to God not only as my Lord and Savior, but also as my friend. I even learned that God is okay with my comedy, especially when I say, "God, it is me AGAIN."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I had the opportunity to teach our daughters about how important it is to Pray and to reach out to God, not only for needs, but to worship Him and give Him praise. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">The more I prayed, the more comfortable I became at being able to verbally pray out loud. What a huge difference this made in my life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I simply cannot imagine riding the roller coaster of life, without daily prayer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">If you are not spending time in prayer each day, then I would encourage you to do so. It will change your life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Life is short.....Pray every day.....and pray some more!</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);">Shug.....π«</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-57906963758851452402024-03-05T11:44:00.005-06:002024-03-05T11:44:56.459-06:00Feeling Lost<p> <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">It is that time of the year around here. SPRING BREAK. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ixSy8n6F6B-ikbm8jJTzBEkzCWuKjzsjOiBzLTCM1JNGrLqyHMVW2xWOYsQ8_MQccxwZ7WJ9NPkKMIIMNctDJtt-lGErSPs1u1RNWrV0hQUfqdOOuSs_w77fpyam6rKS8S37ibhBcb60uYcigLQyd94qEVJp-A0_qSvDDPhO8JRTKmk7bYSRhlIeJzHg/s1115/IMG_6515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1115" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ixSy8n6F6B-ikbm8jJTzBEkzCWuKjzsjOiBzLTCM1JNGrLqyHMVW2xWOYsQ8_MQccxwZ7WJ9NPkKMIIMNctDJtt-lGErSPs1u1RNWrV0hQUfqdOOuSs_w77fpyam6rKS8S37ibhBcb60uYcigLQyd94qEVJp-A0_qSvDDPhO8JRTKmk7bYSRhlIeJzHg/w526-h368/IMG_6515.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Our youngest Granddaughter (the only grandchild in school) attends a private school, and her mom (our youngest daughter) teaches at that same school. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Their school is out for two weeks!! πππ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">The first week......students get to choose specific mission trips that they want to go on. This year they could choose between France, the Amazon, Costa Rica, New York, California, and a few other closer places. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Our daughter is a sponsor on one the closer trips and is with about 50, seventh grade students. Woo!! π¬</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Our granddaughter chose Costa Rica!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">She will be there with the school for the first week and then she is staying an extra week with a friend and her parents. These students are helping build a home for a family there in Costa Rica. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I already feel a bit lost, but then, on Friday of this week, the rest of my crew is traveling to Lake Tahoe to go snow skiing for a week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><b>I guess I should have planned a trip for myself!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I plan to keep myself busy working in the yard...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄πͺ΄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">"Be happy not because everything is goo, but because you can see the good side everything."</span></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Shug.....π</span><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-3326108625722849352024-03-04T10:07:00.002-06:002024-03-04T10:08:27.492-06:00Shapes in Life<p> <span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">My header picture is just because I love art! ππππ</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">However, this photo does remind me of my life! Circles, lines, a few curves with a splash of bright colors and a sprinkle of shady colors here and there!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVf_DC19_ioSSo-5_OvPrFGuBVbfh7OPTOr3zNNVzjj_maKUNGLrIAKPG47Uy31z0HRY0UNnC1iXS7s6W1boZMxiL2kxvsByK73st5Ps2frRUUoZyXSdM9zDtrqxhdspmM2WK6Spv_Rsg20EEUgnDylYWsuLL5I9om6LLzHbHQZ0bRDmHGQmgzrJVhUTc/s491/IMG_6133%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="491" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVf_DC19_ioSSo-5_OvPrFGuBVbfh7OPTOr3zNNVzjj_maKUNGLrIAKPG47Uy31z0HRY0UNnC1iXS7s6W1boZMxiL2kxvsByK73st5Ps2frRUUoZyXSdM9zDtrqxhdspmM2WK6Spv_Rsg20EEUgnDylYWsuLL5I9om6LLzHbHQZ0bRDmHGQmgzrJVhUTc/w491-h416/IMG_6133%203.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"> One big geometric shape is a SPIRAL. In life, we spend a lot of time spiraling. Whether we are spiraling UP because we are filled with great things happening all around us, OR....spiraling down because of some set back in our daily living. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I would have to think that life would be very monotonous if we did not have the circles, the pot holes, the mountain shape triangles or even the deep gorges that we all experience.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">One simple twist or turn in the wrong direction can lead us AWAY from the direction God has planned for us. However, it is when we do experience the geometric shapes of life that we grow and we learn that there is no other way but God's way. There will be many U-turns and detours that might cause us to feel paralyzed, but when we seek God, He will meticulously guide us to the path we are to take. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Proverbs 3:5-6</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">We can trust God to help us through life's twists and turns. He will direct us if we will faithfully follow Him. If we, "Trust the Lord completely....He will make our paths straight."</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Don't be afraid to Make a U-turn when you feel the Holy Spirit tugging at your heart.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Shug....π</span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-65238956756787618592024-03-03T08:29:00.003-06:002024-03-03T08:29:20.663-06:00Hidden Gem<p> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">We saw a hidden gem last evening on our drive home!</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Yesterday, was a long day for Sam and I. We left the house around 7:30 Saturday morning, and drove over to Tucker and Emily's. (our grandson and granddaughter in love) They have a beautiful home located about an hour East of us. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">They drove us to a local restaurant where we enjoyed a wonderful Breakfast and some great conversation. After finishing breakfast, they drove us over to see the shop where Emily works. It is a Beautiful flower shop (right up my alley).....and I saw sooooo many baskets of plants that were absolutely gorgeous. Some of them were filled with hyacinths, variegated foliages and other types of blooming plant. The smell of the shop was amazing!! LOVED IT!!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">After we arrived back at their home, Tucker went to play golf, while Emily drove pops and I around town. We went to an Antique Show.....which was so neat, went to a sports shop and then....to a garden store! This was another stop that had the sweetest smelling flowers and plants. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3NY2HbsjuDrgRrBfO4NRIAvXMrU0CFIXnGqBtq9waleqgXrETQb-equoKyUZjrYgw_4C0KGymvogDz6U_ISiL6ZzHZQMZS2NJgfS43kz5DhuCAWhyqzqmerAIkOSWWO4hDRw7pfThooE5OEnBLuaJJnoq2gQZt5GkyFI6BCh96KDizY0BbIFJJVdN4tK/s1122/IMG_6461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1122" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3NY2HbsjuDrgRrBfO4NRIAvXMrU0CFIXnGqBtq9waleqgXrETQb-equoKyUZjrYgw_4C0KGymvogDz6U_ISiL6ZzHZQMZS2NJgfS43kz5DhuCAWhyqzqmerAIkOSWWO4hDRw7pfThooE5OEnBLuaJJnoq2gQZt5GkyFI6BCh96KDizY0BbIFJJVdN4tK/w457-h296/IMG_6461.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHylYFTtb17WN_T85JF8nK1T87Ca0PkPpGBC5tTAlULTUPUHGT5s3J_1KONPdLZ3eNBd-FQv57mYJXCMxLRIGXnj4cg8Rgyueaskha4aAYwheQESzZCdpfDSWplw9iHXutH4bX2mVQJtvH1Ctl6jTqLQY5i9HA5YVm5zqhqyqpcoxIvXXUjOLfbokJTQI7/s1085/IMG_6462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1085" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHylYFTtb17WN_T85JF8nK1T87Ca0PkPpGBC5tTAlULTUPUHGT5s3J_1KONPdLZ3eNBd-FQv57mYJXCMxLRIGXnj4cg8Rgyueaskha4aAYwheQESzZCdpfDSWplw9iHXutH4bX2mVQJtvH1Ctl6jTqLQY5i9HA5YVm5zqhqyqpcoxIvXXUjOLfbokJTQI7/w528-h383/IMG_6462.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFUceOTQtsdG5BSpf74lTGR72K4il5qwIzx81-6gOsps5MvJMA7UYU359vn9nNL3AywzH3iVOuQKMlRmtNzFrgGT-2-6Pc1r0mnxqZaheNVKOsvc2ozo76XpCWnUk0iZ7AQ8_cVOSCj-_vI_ESzu3vcKO9evHDsiqtaVBnK-aMLanMYpuF9lNPE7B_c3I/s896/IMG_6460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="896" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFUceOTQtsdG5BSpf74lTGR72K4il5qwIzx81-6gOsps5MvJMA7UYU359vn9nNL3AywzH3iVOuQKMlRmtNzFrgGT-2-6Pc1r0mnxqZaheNVKOsvc2ozo76XpCWnUk0iZ7AQ8_cVOSCj-_vI_ESzu3vcKO9evHDsiqtaVBnK-aMLanMYpuF9lNPE7B_c3I/w529-h397/IMG_6460.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxSEmz4RC4fOpjtnCeBuRU0_FRqtULLHR0h2RYJO6g0Hy2VmN-lqafOs1ZA2_zwP-iaYUwVMA50OCTFCP7In8kj_IyCZpzhLlKVmtjnsxHj6GreL0rW_akuTJoAHrvogkWmLPzOK5pYN-h_q-loFz66oATF2lYfBPy7D0TUykiBd2eBTdDugpGapUddOQ/s4032/IMG_6418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxSEmz4RC4fOpjtnCeBuRU0_FRqtULLHR0h2RYJO6g0Hy2VmN-lqafOs1ZA2_zwP-iaYUwVMA50OCTFCP7In8kj_IyCZpzhLlKVmtjnsxHj6GreL0rW_akuTJoAHrvogkWmLPzOK5pYN-h_q-loFz66oATF2lYfBPy7D0TUykiBd2eBTdDugpGapUddOQ/w458-h611/IMG_6418.JPG" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what I've been looking for to go in my new rock garden.</div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">We also stopped at a TEA shop and we all got Peach tea. Oh goodness....who doesn't love some Southern Peach tea? So good!</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Later, Sam and I met some of our High School friends for an early dinner!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpD_LKv7LXwAqj8s097M08Zzkvm1BPbXq-fccjDuYGSmv950XbsNfuEbphjFV0WZTpjDDNf7x2YyFPyY25_6y6JblLR1k14ivMt_E2JNSQrVnfDl9QNuH2LEdnE8CQvUWp-iVapLk3AHLkjY9EnMMAiAK6qnXSPzT2ymXJy3Mc5Ah5iq0tRuqERpz81rQ/s4032/IMG_6423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpD_LKv7LXwAqj8s097M08Zzkvm1BPbXq-fccjDuYGSmv950XbsNfuEbphjFV0WZTpjDDNf7x2YyFPyY25_6y6JblLR1k14ivMt_E2JNSQrVnfDl9QNuH2LEdnE8CQvUWp-iVapLk3AHLkjY9EnMMAiAK6qnXSPzT2ymXJy3Mc5Ah5iq0tRuqERpz81rQ/w445-h593/IMG_6423.JPG" width="445" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Love these friends and it is always great to meet up with them. We graduated in 1971 and have stayed close to each other throughout the years.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT3WgAFuA1VETdyUTqGLivZwiL8X8WjXD92e9HZj64J1-xTcRWekQQf0xpxcR05YdrOGqxWiupGuhE7c1LstBsb2sZlxzqM9Wt_ZOq7jn8zWzdgINON9PXbsuwEq8McIfVuYcYtdw5vudDca2miVQO_9Wy8e8-zM4wew25G3CkO_WKuMZiOg354az9mWx/s4032/IMG_6444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT3WgAFuA1VETdyUTqGLivZwiL8X8WjXD92e9HZj64J1-xTcRWekQQf0xpxcR05YdrOGqxWiupGuhE7c1LstBsb2sZlxzqM9Wt_ZOq7jn8zWzdgINON9PXbsuwEq8McIfVuYcYtdw5vudDca2miVQO_9Wy8e8-zM4wew25G3CkO_WKuMZiOg354az9mWx/w406-h541/IMG_6444.JPG" width="406" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">And then.....there was this hidden gem for us to view on our drive home!!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA_aF_MPeF14n0l-_QxhFJF14lw8O2_ijb_olzif8wvZlJ8ZZtkWLzB9ismgH5745aHez66awYNJ2rfI-XJx9RYm0BZYh2IMxHOoUnRY8z7rjqYNAgIwQ7c2ZZpH54tsd968qTfdpxKnD-JLRuChbxEQCoNaA-5gtMSPA9pI3pKRzz51TM0rjQZeTOAHT/s3196/IMG_6432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3196" data-original-width="3021" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA_aF_MPeF14n0l-_QxhFJF14lw8O2_ijb_olzif8wvZlJ8ZZtkWLzB9ismgH5745aHez66awYNJ2rfI-XJx9RYm0BZYh2IMxHOoUnRY8z7rjqYNAgIwQ7c2ZZpH54tsd968qTfdpxKnD-JLRuChbxEQCoNaA-5gtMSPA9pI3pKRzz51TM0rjQZeTOAHT/w559-h592/IMG_6432.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">March 2nd, 2024.....was a wonderful day and one that I am very thankful for...</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Enjoy your Sunday!!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Shug.....π</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-35947098574048921552024-03-01T10:38:00.002-06:002024-03-01T10:50:01.606-06:00Re-Fuel Yourself<p> <span style="font-family: Gloria Hallelujah; font-size: x-large;">We need to wake up each day, searching for a way to take care of ourselves!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Right now, just may be the very season, that the Lord is encouraging you to re-fuel your emotional health, as well as your <b>ME TIME</b>. It is important for us to stop and take a good look at our personal, internal validation. Is it still healthy and is it where it needs to be. Things like our emotions, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and the amount of down time we give ourselves, in order to enjoy life. Are our positive attributes still functioning, and are we spending enough time restoring and nurturing our spiritual health. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Matther 11:28-30</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">We live in a world that is so full of demands and many people carry extra weights upon their shoulders. Care givers for example....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Many times, life is so busy and so filled with responsibilities for maintaining a stable life. The cost of living is higher than it has ever been, we live in a "Hurry Up-Rushed" society, and Many folks are living from pay check to pay check. The twist and snares of life do not allow us the time to re-fuel our own needs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I know that for me, there are many days when I feel so high strung and wound up tighter than a 3 day clock. This is when I finally realize that I must take some time for myself....re-fuel....and look for ways to motivate my reconnection to taking care of myself. Get alone with God...He will restore you!! No need to feel confusion, or to feel as if we are operating in some kind of foreign territory where no one else has traveled before. Sure, you may feel as if you are in uncharted waters and you feel as if the depths of the sea are overtaking you....but rest assured that God has you in His hand. The 'enemy' of emotions may be pulling and tugging at you....but we Know the one who is the master of restoring our souls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">It is necessary that we all maintain self care.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwwjL3eyXwWjoLaQdTDA-6x_lyJVqqQ_LmJV29jL5MK7nc0lsrrbCECYh1FpAu3zIs5Ju2qe7hk6V4h3U44Qw2RPRn1wbkdkQWO7APm8FhmAhsT36PBASc0ga9QgqiIZqfdUlWkaYlKG983Y6zk28g4BXKHdBkgSw1_5MGJfkW45yV7-zx_zOAFQP3MpP/s1375/IMG_6375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1107" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwwjL3eyXwWjoLaQdTDA-6x_lyJVqqQ_LmJV29jL5MK7nc0lsrrbCECYh1FpAu3zIs5Ju2qe7hk6V4h3U44Qw2RPRn1wbkdkQWO7APm8FhmAhsT36PBASc0ga9QgqiIZqfdUlWkaYlKG983Y6zk28g4BXKHdBkgSw1_5MGJfkW45yV7-zx_zOAFQP3MpP/w422-h523/IMG_6375.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">You can't pour from an Empty cup. Take care of yourself first. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Shug....My daily dose of Sugar! π</span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-85252972775386700162024-02-28T11:42:00.004-06:002024-02-28T11:46:40.721-06:00Confessions<p> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Satisfy; font-size: x-large;">It is confession day! Confession from this "Razzle Dazzle Housewife!"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">It has been quite a while since I last had confession day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I recently watched a TV commercial where a mom had tied her Child's pacifier to some balloons. As she let go of air filled balloons, the pacifier came out of the Childs mouth and up it went to the sky! Gone forever!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfwMKCXV8LX0kBvTPMlL93N9Cgk3ckOWcfyiQ1GP8HFjUYdRo8vuwLhFZyeM5UhGgA5I6ahyFMVlWfPOLtlF6WChJ04AmXbskRhqDeDrrK9YniAvC_alVctD9dk2De7t8dKPZOhDSch_U1-IIPCqEU6hxz3sPDEVnZwiO0jg3zSK4fb4vdCbgsD95mReU/s1284/IMG_6255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1284" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfwMKCXV8LX0kBvTPMlL93N9Cgk3ckOWcfyiQ1GP8HFjUYdRo8vuwLhFZyeM5UhGgA5I6ahyFMVlWfPOLtlF6WChJ04AmXbskRhqDeDrrK9YniAvC_alVctD9dk2De7t8dKPZOhDSch_U1-IIPCqEU6hxz3sPDEVnZwiO0jg3zSK4fb4vdCbgsD95mReU/w546-h355/IMG_6255.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I am confessing that I need to do the same and let go of my quick reactions!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><i>Between You, Me, and the Fencepost....I sometimes forget to count to 10 before deciding that I am going to express my opinion.....Or NOT! <span style="color: red;">Stop...think....count....</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Most of the time it is my emotional feelings which triggers me to acknowledge small, annoying comments or actions from others. Is it really necessary for me to even respond?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">How would God want to me act? Wouldn't He want me to do my best to live in Peace with others? I believe that God would want me to pause, and wait for as long as it takes for me to respond in very direct and respectable manner, or not respond at all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">My latest story: I read a post on Facebook this past week, and the number one indicator for me should have been....consider the source. However, I knew exactly what this person was doing in trying to belittle another person on my friend list. I quickly expressed my thoughts and opinions, which was not favorable to the person who was making the post. I wasn't ugly or attacking, I just simply stated the truth. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I basically saw no reason for this to be an issue to be posted on Social media. About 30 minutes passed, and I went in and deleted my comment. Yay for me! NO!!....my big heart had intentions of letting it go, but....I later went back on FB and responded to it again. (in a way that I thought might be more pleasing, but yet still the truth) It was as if I was hyped on a Red Bull drink and could not let it go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I am thankful for the Holy Spirit and the guilt that I feel when I know I should stay away from conversations such as this. Guess what? I deleted my response again! This time, I deleted the entire conversation from my page. Thank you Holy Spirit!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"> Proverbs 14:29</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Do Not let your emotions control you.....let them go! Give the situation to God and LET GO!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug.....π</span></p><p><br /></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-70843064230959692062024-02-27T15:19:00.003-06:002024-02-27T15:20:56.160-06:00Rolling Prayer Closet<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Homemade Apple; font-size: x-large;">What I love about East Texas? I love our East Texas Pine trees!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUcwePAjx2OHIR17Db9bRDZWGoTJPgCVHdmUlg_jzDemn-I92b5nQrojzW4Klu7SNI5XmurczibDRdHKzWZmp2voCtA0VHGjTdXyNn4zY2gNowSx14YOv_Oa9N-Pd37YLmgDVtrirLaX7X3EorYOUbsceC7L0_9Vs7tLcxWotxUaNFroM-43OIIRv8s_Z/s1138/IMG_6232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1138" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUcwePAjx2OHIR17Db9bRDZWGoTJPgCVHdmUlg_jzDemn-I92b5nQrojzW4Klu7SNI5XmurczibDRdHKzWZmp2voCtA0VHGjTdXyNn4zY2gNowSx14YOv_Oa9N-Pd37YLmgDVtrirLaX7X3EorYOUbsceC7L0_9Vs7tLcxWotxUaNFroM-43OIIRv8s_Z/w524-h396/IMG_6232.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ππππππππππ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let me tell you, I love traveling down the roads of East Texas, and I LOVE praying when I am driving. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I feel the Blessings of life overflowing on me and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there are times when Jesus is in charge of the wheel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This makes me happier than a gopher in a fresh plowed field. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I think I do my Best praying in these moments of being alone, being able to see the masters hand in all things around me. Many times, I have Worship music playing on my radio, and many times I have a hand raised, giving Praise to God. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I like to think of my car as my private prayer closet, and I value the time when I can pray and sing as loud as I want to. I have truly had some of my most profound spiritual moments in my car. Often, I will have tears flowing down my cheeks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love talking to God whether it is praying precisely for a need, interceding for others, confessing my sins, or just spending time Praising HIM, Thanking Him, and loving him. God loves hearing the prayers of his children any time and in any place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At times, I experience humor and even laughter as I share my thoughts and feelings with the Lord. Can you imagine what the folks in the cars beside me think when they see me laughing out loud, or lifting my hands in praise? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I can tell you for sure, God and I have traveled many miles together in my rolling prayer closet and I am certain that I have experienced the real power of God's love. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Blessings Dear Friends,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug.....π«</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-21987132243617310482024-02-26T17:00:00.001-06:002024-02-26T17:00:04.318-06:00Just a Wishing<p> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I've just been a Wishing today! After running across this photo this morning..... My wish would be to be sitting on this beach with my three wonderful friends in the near future.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO-PxXpDeSpcuPrqLELxi8bnQBjM8262gRVFZd3D9D7tdyiLdnr3KhFvoCxWK-52L8PnKAAKtV2Gg0JF4Jzxt72ZAAeVPhDxiYgKeDtIco_jVFeN7JLLC_NvvgyTEpOcyBgn3lMz8aAOTdn7UQKRKKGBLTSN0B-AnRTtAQBlXC9tzbpSIzB5-cSiCts3e/s1000/estes-park-riverwalk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO-PxXpDeSpcuPrqLELxi8bnQBjM8262gRVFZd3D9D7tdyiLdnr3KhFvoCxWK-52L8PnKAAKtV2Gg0JF4Jzxt72ZAAeVPhDxiYgKeDtIco_jVFeN7JLLC_NvvgyTEpOcyBgn3lMz8aAOTdn7UQKRKKGBLTSN0B-AnRTtAQBlXC9tzbpSIzB5-cSiCts3e/w524-h393/estes-park-riverwalk.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I could sit there for hours listening to the sound of the river running. Of course, it is even better when you are sitting there, having great conversations with your besties. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">The four of us, plus Sam, traveled to Colorado, summer before last and I think we would all agree, that this trip was one that we would never forget. We were gone for 10 full days and we did SO MANY THINGS. We rode a train, stayed at the "Scariest" hotel in Colorado (which is known to have ghost,) we had picnics, climbed part of a waterfall, saw a bear, mountain goats, and traveled from the far north of Colorado down to the far South of the state, and back up to the North. We also visited Mesa Verde and hiked down the mountain to the cliff dwellings. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">God's beauty is everywhere in the State of Colorado! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">When you enjoy something so much, it is only natural, to Wish to have the experience again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I went to the dentist this morning just for a cleaning and check up....Oh my goodness...Dental work is so expensive!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Glad to have this done for at least the next 6 months. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Stay Positive. The things you Wish and Dream for, tend to come at the most unexpected time!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug......π«</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-60732002226573649782024-02-25T08:59:00.000-06:002024-02-25T08:59:05.668-06:00<p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><b>Daffodils are Blooming.....Birds are singing....and the squirrels are out and about. </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKF7ckuqnOsDrGjrqc7CdFot-KzQqSYyrNIIzrGdgWytJdpWnoYtiJHb5L_lh9x89CcpG_xHaEQXBMQ2j9QoNG6VVSgK4hT0iMUNDQirvtnhNL49eh_0zjLry_p0gBcJT0WNcNfOR459bHEFYH-h2F-EVCtvbw0It4GzSGjSThytXCkA50DKU228jQTVa-/s1152/IMG_6200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1152" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKF7ckuqnOsDrGjrqc7CdFot-KzQqSYyrNIIzrGdgWytJdpWnoYtiJHb5L_lh9x89CcpG_xHaEQXBMQ2j9QoNG6VVSgK4hT0iMUNDQirvtnhNL49eh_0zjLry_p0gBcJT0WNcNfOR459bHEFYH-h2F-EVCtvbw0It4GzSGjSThytXCkA50DKU228jQTVa-/w568-h376/IMG_6200.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I posted earlier about the daffodils that are springing up in my yard. I have even had some surprise beauties pop up in different areas. Not only do I have these yellow beauties in all their splendor, but I also have a many Bluebonnets coming up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">The bluebonnets are coming up wild. I never planted any seeds, so I guess the birds have given them to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfEXoXUF6ZC9-n4NqkkDenUtufqSY8zkeejpAowYK34UUnbOGARxrBIb8RJkOQRsGpDwSHNtZTVkfYo8FSwoz5mJhbNbrM-sQIkZd9-qSevREN6urujl5nFhwbVqXWbL5PN6sJnhqEHDx__lluDPC9VwMu8rjS0T5mSjuN3doe6_k0fjQtLxs8eL5Ad1f/s928/IMG_6201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="928" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfEXoXUF6ZC9-n4NqkkDenUtufqSY8zkeejpAowYK34UUnbOGARxrBIb8RJkOQRsGpDwSHNtZTVkfYo8FSwoz5mJhbNbrM-sQIkZd9-qSevREN6urujl5nFhwbVqXWbL5PN6sJnhqEHDx__lluDPC9VwMu8rjS0T5mSjuN3doe6_k0fjQtLxs8eL5Ad1f/s320/IMG_6201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">This is what the little bluebonnet plants look like before they bloom. I just happened to be walking out in the yard last year when I saw them. This year, I have about 20 plants coming up. Yay!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Sunday is the day when I prepare for the week ahead by exercising my faith. It's the day when I put all my troubles in God's hands and trust that everything will work out. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">On this lovely Sunday, embrace life, nourish your soul, and rest in God's peace!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug.......π</span></div><br /> <p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-16237672325032912562024-02-24T07:36:00.004-06:002024-02-24T07:36:39.414-06:00Bright Sunshiny Day<p> <span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise, and our day is looking very <b>BRIGHT.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Our temps are reported to reach into the upper 70's today! This excites me!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"> ππππππππ</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3pbLMchEwsmSnwEy_ybmtfaIGKK-3mPHyrLFBkw7G76qbtNUXzRCV_UpSkhai8aLX0OyybveTwZodtVh7i2ekltmreit2sTybWqz1Iw0KQVAb5L9wRiob4Dt1IvHqyEd1ANECb4-XBDVSqiJJPXTv7CM_VYqQqhqxn9NTFWhbhs-QC0lEVfmnk8yjZqz/s3419/IMG_6170.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="2484" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3pbLMchEwsmSnwEy_ybmtfaIGKK-3mPHyrLFBkw7G76qbtNUXzRCV_UpSkhai8aLX0OyybveTwZodtVh7i2ekltmreit2sTybWqz1Iw0KQVAb5L9wRiob4Dt1IvHqyEd1ANECb4-XBDVSqiJJPXTv7CM_VYqQqhqxn9NTFWhbhs-QC0lEVfmnk8yjZqz/w402-h554/IMG_6170.jpeg" width="402" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yellow is a color that I always add to my decor, especially during this time of the year. Yellow is an uplifting color that signifies optimism, happiness, joy and energy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Quicksand;">I have Sunshine in my Pocket......how about you?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand;">If no one has told you today: God loves you, and you are amazing!! Keep smiling, Keep doing good things and always put the 'Sun' into someone's day!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand;">Hugs, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Quicksand;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Shug....π</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Commissioner; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"> </span></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-41375874762731832542024-02-23T12:17:00.002-06:002024-02-23T13:44:19.135-06:00Use your Talents<p><span style="color: #783f04;"> <span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><b>I am amazed at the Talents that many people have!!</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Seriously.....look at the many artist, musicians, singers, comedians, writers, cake & cookie decorators, actors.....etc. </span></p><p><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">The List is Huge of Talented people categories. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Truth is, we all have talents but many times we choose not to identify with them. Some talents are hidden, just waiting for us to seek what God has given us. We all, do have, God given talents.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand;">It is, when we nurture our gift and share them with the world, that we create a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives. Not all talents are admired by others, such as that of a great care giver or the talent of being a teacher. Being able to care for others is definitely a talent. Although teaching is a profession, it requires a lot of talent to be a teacher. It is, the high paid artist, or a successful singer whose talents or sought after......these are the kind of talents that people long for. However, even the smallest talent can be a strong resource to help someone else and bring glory to God. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84aKI780yUPPhUAKoyUdqIKgVr0YpMgHP0FGxlFrc1lfCPOCzd-HfKgRFMVPJjNv_JxGzH1PF-_5k0Sun4gfsh8HJFgsrbO-RMfxz3ZRzCN6H2eaLf-9A_OAkHERjaW3CXFggssYhQVD28vc434sdqXoiHkt-lYLgIEl47MfdkT5L38wdWGpkSIJECMKx/s4032/IMG_6143.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84aKI780yUPPhUAKoyUdqIKgVr0YpMgHP0FGxlFrc1lfCPOCzd-HfKgRFMVPJjNv_JxGzH1PF-_5k0Sun4gfsh8HJFgsrbO-RMfxz3ZRzCN6H2eaLf-9A_OAkHERjaW3CXFggssYhQVD28vc434sdqXoiHkt-lYLgIEl47MfdkT5L38wdWGpkSIJECMKx/w363-h484/IMG_6143.JPG" width="363" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I decided to write about this topic on talents, I thought, "Hey...I am going to try my hand at drawing!" Mind you....I do NOT know how to draw. BUT...what if I had a hidden a talent that I knew nothing about, just because I never tried it? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WELL....as you can see, I still DO NOT have the talent of sketching. lol. π</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutXVxU_UUETvLX9bzmlTM2JFd8oKZxhKd2PhcIPiCGGXlamPtPAeXYui_0G_alOmAdiSoefAWC67xO_ir61wOy20RyxFpSgm_oLrPpsHdJswQV98-CAUgkru0dSAMwt8EKlJEUbGAuwC2hbxN0g55pCv_4dB7TVnOsCuof5_NePSzAU5jruwXAFl1oLyr/s2915/IMG_6051%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2915" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutXVxU_UUETvLX9bzmlTM2JFd8oKZxhKd2PhcIPiCGGXlamPtPAeXYui_0G_alOmAdiSoefAWC67xO_ir61wOy20RyxFpSgm_oLrPpsHdJswQV98-CAUgkru0dSAMwt8EKlJEUbGAuwC2hbxN0g55pCv_4dB7TVnOsCuof5_NePSzAU5jruwXAFl1oLyr/w532-h354/IMG_6051%202.jpg" width="532" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just look at this painted glass house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Absolutely stunning. So much detail and character. This is Talent!! I know that just the beauty of this house has brought much JOY to many people. Can you imagine the time and labor that went in to creating this?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What are your talents? What would be your dream talents? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My mom used to always say...."You can use your talents, or you can lose them."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calligraffitti;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Shug......π</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-56311369175302641702024-02-22T08:35:00.001-06:002024-02-22T08:37:40.410-06:00Leave It In HIS Hands<p><b><span style="color: #03a2fe;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Those who leave Everything in God's hands will eventually see God's hands in Everything!</span> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #03a2fe;"><br /></span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowXzdyIuHIoQ71qEOHt1jQY4y7pUR8R_yLYBF4AKBr0I2DRkJO2GzgdBbcnRH2VtRki4jYPZ4EWNRtVlv_3TcJ3v6q5bUR2l3sZ-BwQeH0lLcVjOzxU7GqgVp6hs_aWPNH5i0AaGM7huFlS63R8dYO0ycXZ-Kyr3Rl_jyyGP7vJ99h_s8RDiOQe_7O609/s1233/IMG_6111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1218" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowXzdyIuHIoQ71qEOHt1jQY4y7pUR8R_yLYBF4AKBr0I2DRkJO2GzgdBbcnRH2VtRki4jYPZ4EWNRtVlv_3TcJ3v6q5bUR2l3sZ-BwQeH0lLcVjOzxU7GqgVp6hs_aWPNH5i0AaGM7huFlS63R8dYO0ycXZ-Kyr3Rl_jyyGP7vJ99h_s8RDiOQe_7O609/w440-h446/IMG_6111.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Oh goodness.....I need to read this every single day, and then re-read it again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">What does it mean to leave everything in God's hands?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It means abandoning our own ways and trusting God. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Easy to say, but many times I find it difficult to <u><b><span style="color: #990000;">leave</span></b></u> everything in God's hands. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I immediately start thinking about what I CAN DO to rush things up, or what can I DO to make things go the way I want them to go. I do not want to steal these things back. I gave them to God and HE is in control. HIS way is better than any way I could possibly dream of. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Do you struggle with this? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Just because I put my everything in God's hands, does not mean that I can sit down with a cup of coffee and watch TV all day long. God expects me to be willing to do my part.....according to the steps that HE orders for me. I am to seek those steps!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I am to focus on the direction that these steps are leading me in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Just last week, I found myself concerned about a situation. I prayed and I prayed some more. I told God that I was giving the situation and all my worries to HIM. I found myself walking in Peace and I was so excited about the day moving forward. BUT THEN.....worries and thoughts began to attack my mind. Waiting was not an option and I thought I had the perfect solution. Once again....I tried to fix things myself, only to find out that my actions would only bring me more worry. What I thought I had given to God, I found myself trying to take it back and guess what? I failed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">My prayer then became, God forgive me for having doubt. Help me to put my wholehearted trust and faith in you. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">I am learning to trust the hands of the one whose handiwork declares HIS glory!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Shug π</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: #03a2fe; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-55181847448057763222024-02-21T10:32:00.001-06:002024-02-21T10:32:20.761-06:00Early Easter Decor<p> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">My Sweet neighbor has done it again!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(241, 194, 50);">She is Easter ready! Who knew that a Christmas tree could become a Valentine tree and could easily become an Easter tree?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(241, 194, 50);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShgti58BndRuZzmParVac13OU9cVpcqe9kRSQBWnGucgI1W3YcWAaZt6N_qnRYrefUEGFTaF8oAh3mQ_z5VR6y1xExkx8ZLJucvmZXrFbFbY0hGw5NoRxaUzHSiTkCduqdH9jluQV8Aplba1XxQ4iKNS-frg3k6FqLPG0zQ5NTMnJRCIgxaaxpD8OUlTK/s2410/IMG_6082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="1284" height="747" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShgti58BndRuZzmParVac13OU9cVpcqe9kRSQBWnGucgI1W3YcWAaZt6N_qnRYrefUEGFTaF8oAh3mQ_z5VR6y1xExkx8ZLJucvmZXrFbFbY0hGw5NoRxaUzHSiTkCduqdH9jluQV8Aplba1XxQ4iKNS-frg3k6FqLPG0zQ5NTMnJRCIgxaaxpD8OUlTK/w397-h747/IMG_6082.jpg" width="397" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I visited her last week and the tree was full of hearts. (I posted pictures of her Valentines tree a few weeks ago). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">This morning I went by to visit her and she has transformed the tree into all kinds of Easter Decorations.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtDrYlANVcY91lCQPlJUQSyWhPZwQiSwKoam_hH3me6lqPrFOTh9q9z8H-DTPevuEl9I7V6aMj9V24dcppCPE2hO3yeC8luge86CJkOuqAi9_sA4ThriYTYoSW_qcEAJ0EartCOx6jc5q_n38NC7nqbPYGZhrI0AKdpI1NfvKlFfmVFMFjSADOg4prQo9/s4032/IMG_6079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="633" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtDrYlANVcY91lCQPlJUQSyWhPZwQiSwKoam_hH3me6lqPrFOTh9q9z8H-DTPevuEl9I7V6aMj9V24dcppCPE2hO3yeC8luge86CJkOuqAi9_sA4ThriYTYoSW_qcEAJ0EartCOx6jc5q_n38NC7nqbPYGZhrI0AKdpI1NfvKlFfmVFMFjSADOg4prQo9/w475-h633/IMG_6079.jpg" width="475" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">This dear lady is 85 years old and she absolutely loves to decorate. Not just a bunny here, or a bunny there....She fully decorates the entire house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEVSPn52BSZ3yoOr44xGmANPKFPgoEC5YfVjx9d4qqEqwxkILESkjOdJ3rZ3N80yGRYbaq9ypdQcKrHUhwwnQssyTtgKgE_C3nLyeE7bWBvtVugaiN7FOr2XdqCdvXlSBKoWwtneU7wSS2cJAzwJsUCvc97Bdi5rFBm4TGzN1_uZqlpHC0dvwRVf-IEog/s4032/IMG_6080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEVSPn52BSZ3yoOr44xGmANPKFPgoEC5YfVjx9d4qqEqwxkILESkjOdJ3rZ3N80yGRYbaq9ypdQcKrHUhwwnQssyTtgKgE_C3nLyeE7bWBvtVugaiN7FOr2XdqCdvXlSBKoWwtneU7wSS2cJAzwJsUCvc97Bdi5rFBm4TGzN1_uZqlpHC0dvwRVf-IEog/w518-h691/IMG_6080.jpg" width="518" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLQqmMIzNOQk-LSkiYB0M2zy3yuJ6bXndefce0QF_gHEiFwUQl6LUVA2xSv13bEwITA0D9BKUs_H_ct6YwgOZAKvxWm8P8gS1dUS_IZZCap6mJTTha-xnTtkcKR9Z7L7zEEHNB-mRWv12RKuprCUuynoHB8jkh3he511_289ggScpkhp0G0FrBbzs7ASi/s4032/IMG_6074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLQqmMIzNOQk-LSkiYB0M2zy3yuJ6bXndefce0QF_gHEiFwUQl6LUVA2xSv13bEwITA0D9BKUs_H_ct6YwgOZAKvxWm8P8gS1dUS_IZZCap6mJTTha-xnTtkcKR9Z7L7zEEHNB-mRWv12RKuprCUuynoHB8jkh3he511_289ggScpkhp0G0FrBbzs7ASi/w484-h645/IMG_6074.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simply Adorable!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was telling me that she already has plans for the next theme. April Showers bring May Flowers. I can't wait to see what she does. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love this neighbor and Friend of mine?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I posted before, that she was my 5th grade teacher.....We go Way Back!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a Blessed Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shug π°</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(241, 194, 50);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(241, 194, 50);"><br /></span></span></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-55404776479949229012024-02-19T12:13:00.005-06:002024-02-22T18:58:19.238-06:00Getting the Fever<p><b> <span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It is True.....I have </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Spring </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">fever......π·</span></i></span></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><b><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I am tired of fighting gophers, moles and weeds, so I am going with </span><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">ROCKS!</span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTl_rZdvLb-Cguo8xy_CgP8UFqggbbfoo4xN9Rn0sLEyYcpKKBwTy5NFbA-LP9gJDSE-Z9hCIxv2JWwDH2EukGti9mfr1FN2m5g13eZv8MbshL_f8n489thirDee8AJ-xuSQJIabT7Z1fEQ7GJXbRRkqti_JF8JDVUTy97DX2zzqJIYUBOKg57WzJKSiK/s1146/IMG_5986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1146" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTl_rZdvLb-Cguo8xy_CgP8UFqggbbfoo4xN9Rn0sLEyYcpKKBwTy5NFbA-LP9gJDSE-Z9hCIxv2JWwDH2EukGti9mfr1FN2m5g13eZv8MbshL_f8n489thirDee8AJ-xuSQJIabT7Z1fEQ7GJXbRRkqti_JF8JDVUTy97DX2zzqJIYUBOKg57WzJKSiK/w508-h425/IMG_5986.jpg" width="508" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Last year, I put out all kinds of treatments to get rid of the gophers and moles and nothing worked. They would eat the roots off of all my flowers and Shrubs.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FognS4kAZMtaiQw9NCS-bRqRT77-Nm8FEO6M7FciipcEBpTAktph_jo6tP3cJyW0FSp_W8CwkHxZju3Pv-MAHkYa0dieTXEMlX5Nvz-KrugwbAkD8hdNnaVjfFQUmYfbEj0Mr8vW2iAlOlU0GaqBsOQWObAgH6T-_2-9sKRO3auz2DxE4DTfHf1nmpdJ/s1134/IMG_5988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1052" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FognS4kAZMtaiQw9NCS-bRqRT77-Nm8FEO6M7FciipcEBpTAktph_jo6tP3cJyW0FSp_W8CwkHxZju3Pv-MAHkYa0dieTXEMlX5Nvz-KrugwbAkD8hdNnaVjfFQUmYfbEj0Mr8vW2iAlOlU0GaqBsOQWObAgH6T-_2-9sKRO3auz2DxE4DTfHf1nmpdJ/w502-h541/IMG_5988.jpg" width="502" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Another big issue is the TEXAS heat. My water bills always doubles and sometimes triples during the Summer months....simply because I have to water so much.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGVcaLXk30C4ff7hEtzaIzkKM7YtKCam4hveEJf3xEN6Lt4U6Dy_ZFL0rPIZoR92Bu1DZOxDOlMTq6rZFUrhqmhVPFGIqAdi9KLESHd0yCObIsgw9k4lFgqRoV8KAi_B8VxS_Tl8OP1_yh9kr62nT9ZjGUO5UvikOvBlTcbMtw81vlrhirB9aSUuoHCrv/s1185/IMG_5993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1064" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGVcaLXk30C4ff7hEtzaIzkKM7YtKCam4hveEJf3xEN6Lt4U6Dy_ZFL0rPIZoR92Bu1DZOxDOlMTq6rZFUrhqmhVPFGIqAdi9KLESHd0yCObIsgw9k4lFgqRoV8KAi_B8VxS_Tl8OP1_yh9kr62nT9ZjGUO5UvikOvBlTcbMtw81vlrhirB9aSUuoHCrv/w488-h544/IMG_5993.jpg" width="488" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;">Rocks and succulents is how I am going this year. </div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">Should have done this a long time ago, but just kept thinking I could </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">Win</span><span style="color: #444444;"> and beat out the little creatures and the HOT Sun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Calligraffitti;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">My Spring fever may include a few flowers in pots around the pool, but as far as my flower beds, it's going to be Yucca plants, Rocks and maybe a few pieces of metal art. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calligraffitti;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;">ββββββββ</div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Gloria Hallelujah;">πLet's Get Going!!π</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Gloria Hallelujah;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: Calligraffitti;">πGod's got a good plan for good things!!π</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Gloria Hallelujah;">Shug....π</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #444444; font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-38926297765976546562024-02-18T19:26:00.003-06:002024-02-18T19:26:22.521-06:00Beautiful Sunday<p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Oh what a Beautiful Sunday it has been...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: x-large;">I drove into town this afternoon to meet my granddaughter and my youngest daughter for a little Sunday afternoon shopping.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: x-large;">I had about thirty minutes to kill before I would meet up with them, so I took a different route from my normal drive. I am so thankful that I did, because I came upon this sweet little chapel that I did not even know was there. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o90M3TbE2wrAG3ugcPt8YmgkOfwNf_2E3ge1NjNaSCibctAloX4Te27XWTzspf-EOC7nu8lgS_Oh8u31Zddh4BA-mX2xo5UunbIT9XIQPPfTX-WVjUbQil_CSoR2ujRnjhKCIXHw8vjtP9JpJMfLZMK0g6iW0KCuQjLI77R2mHcBkySI8ipPmVcSYfdJ/s923/IMG_5943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="632" height="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o90M3TbE2wrAG3ugcPt8YmgkOfwNf_2E3ge1NjNaSCibctAloX4Te27XWTzspf-EOC7nu8lgS_Oh8u31Zddh4BA-mX2xo5UunbIT9XIQPPfTX-WVjUbQil_CSoR2ujRnjhKCIXHw8vjtP9JpJMfLZMK0g6iW0KCuQjLI77R2mHcBkySI8ipPmVcSYfdJ/w575-h840/IMG_5943.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: x-large;">Such a quaint place......I'm thinking it must be a private chapel. I can only imagine this to be a place where there may be renewing of marriage vows, or perhaps a small family wedding. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJpMI0rwK_QT4WoOYw07M5CZnlumtmP1sXrqdd1fywijR5u4vYyTIsEy2hTR_qKDSFIyDapEeEO9WSdR5_ynk7vw2todYpIZS-dvUPFg75uXifbPOeO5e3UwxuV8JEwk-XYwUc0B5rQSSV8GQNK8ov43EHIUSX1sFT3xhOQEvJk2ccqqxfUuRgXEXQMmQ/s813/IMG_5944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="813" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJpMI0rwK_QT4WoOYw07M5CZnlumtmP1sXrqdd1fywijR5u4vYyTIsEy2hTR_qKDSFIyDapEeEO9WSdR5_ynk7vw2todYpIZS-dvUPFg75uXifbPOeO5e3UwxuV8JEwk-XYwUc0B5rQSSV8GQNK8ov43EHIUSX1sFT3xhOQEvJk2ccqqxfUuRgXEXQMmQ/w485-h408/IMG_5944.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">Beautiful front doors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wcFR81HmJwVJk0zon3q9fFYUnQKcQnnmy5lwnjYf1gpL_rcRJY6-ktdnMQk8iOnFsRTnktwbud140kCv_L3pvxcWUcxvZ4gZNIqSQxS8rhwHj6jZHx9uatJarVMrbS0azXdb0OGRz1hxLUlED_odeVm1Fc0-yqq2uDunXz4NzjCRbJotZWMkjFWFErPg/s1284/IMG_5946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1284" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wcFR81HmJwVJk0zon3q9fFYUnQKcQnnmy5lwnjYf1gpL_rcRJY6-ktdnMQk8iOnFsRTnktwbud140kCv_L3pvxcWUcxvZ4gZNIqSQxS8rhwHj6jZHx9uatJarVMrbS0azXdb0OGRz1hxLUlED_odeVm1Fc0-yqq2uDunXz4NzjCRbJotZWMkjFWFErPg/w568-h499/IMG_5946.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">I pulled over and stopped my car in order to snap this picture... What a perfect prayer chapel this must be. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">It truly Blessed my heart!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-large;">shug....π</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p> </p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-26665050679497183032024-02-17T12:36:00.003-06:002024-02-17T12:36:28.372-06:00Daffodils and Cold Weather<p> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b>My very first Daffodil of the season popped its head out this past Thursday. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f1c232; font-family: "Dancing Script"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VzehkHoRS_DZ2hncZNxq8ho_VgEfJppvG1mpqsKkrUvJkJBAfkZWGuATsEscGnxmdTtyHUB6uud1v4LAD96N_WBS5HUO4RNi6iqqwv3pxhb6rINoHZNdpq_bsVp4toY_pCuLcpehIjfROPGGbcS8UjJhRqIMxAMwMpKQvpIPzxIatBZCPOu6xZxcvVb3/s1793/IMG_5895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1284" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VzehkHoRS_DZ2hncZNxq8ho_VgEfJppvG1mpqsKkrUvJkJBAfkZWGuATsEscGnxmdTtyHUB6uud1v4LAD96N_WBS5HUO4RNi6iqqwv3pxhb6rINoHZNdpq_bsVp4toY_pCuLcpehIjfROPGGbcS8UjJhRqIMxAMwMpKQvpIPzxIatBZCPOu6xZxcvVb3/w410-h573/IMG_5895.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f1c232; font-family: "Dancing Script"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I get so excited when I see the daffodils beginning to bloom. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">However, this morning when we stepped outside, the temps had dropped way low over night. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Yesterday was the kind of day when it was very tempting to wear shorts and my flip flops. NOT Today! π¨</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The wind is blowing and we are in the low 40's....this makes the windchill factor cold.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4NhRjV6ID98MCaOLJ0HrWJ6C6168ULlAzZuCn99isiyhdxRCB_kQgClDw-UkWc3Cng60e6lbK-3pZLxDFFD0nq9lV615rwcAiohCaYmo7hsNndRlbGBPRdWzpKjP05SxiasJBqxisTXxwEb1obXAxEIdkPd7RxLtb2MEiD0yYNRc6h4KXFVUIj1YsReh/s2221/IMG_5891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="2221" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4NhRjV6ID98MCaOLJ0HrWJ6C6168ULlAzZuCn99isiyhdxRCB_kQgClDw-UkWc3Cng60e6lbK-3pZLxDFFD0nq9lV615rwcAiohCaYmo7hsNndRlbGBPRdWzpKjP05SxiasJBqxisTXxwEb1obXAxEIdkPd7RxLtb2MEiD0yYNRc6h4KXFVUIj1YsReh/w480-h428/IMG_5891.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">I love the depth of color in this little beauty. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Calligraffitti;"><b>Daffodils represent renewal, hope, and new beginnings. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Calligraffitti;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;"><b>Shug....π</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">How sweet the daffodil ~ its sunlight hue calls out, "Notice me. I am joy."</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "Dancing Script";"><br /></b></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856115860459514900.post-68167464578464287102024-02-16T09:41:00.006-06:002024-02-16T09:41:44.964-06:00Sunset on Valentines Evening<p> <span style="font-family: Satisfy; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138;">A true beauty.....this was our view as we were driving home from our </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Valentines </span><span style="color: #e69138;">dinner on the 14th.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmWMc_gtspqfBxQdOIoZHH5ASrBPIIadWiZjfJK0TiaGjrsSmBS-Zo8yTpqOqh-j7AmIlZKeUxa9zLBPqETpVI-y4x9EJVU_5uskd3-fhuP6vebEsIcvgsKjmkGW9KFsWKU00J6kTzOdTHfMUaphxCx6L4MF0nbvBf2TaO_Ja_zMq0PLAOaIP3x1QuIFw/s4032/IMG_5808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmWMc_gtspqfBxQdOIoZHH5ASrBPIIadWiZjfJK0TiaGjrsSmBS-Zo8yTpqOqh-j7AmIlZKeUxa9zLBPqETpVI-y4x9EJVU_5uskd3-fhuP6vebEsIcvgsKjmkGW9KFsWKU00J6kTzOdTHfMUaphxCx6L4MF0nbvBf2TaO_Ja_zMq0PLAOaIP3x1QuIFw/w580-h435/IMG_5808.JPG" width="580" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Gods Love was in the sky!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr61H2VcGdY3219V9J8JFQ4GyORUKwFqUMld9qrPtwhtXg1fYJEYdca-iJQOY_6Z8XjjzjqiLU5kxxj8abdPkrgujkRqwCd3ZXBdmPYQxXeFg-9ln-uPU0WbuqhMb9Fbw5keooBS4ajNhhuECEjPiAJhXZ-U4pSEasqpZ-dG5kTDXFTxz8EpoYkopJZDa6/s1582/IMG_5814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="1284" height="559" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr61H2VcGdY3219V9J8JFQ4GyORUKwFqUMld9qrPtwhtXg1fYJEYdca-iJQOY_6Z8XjjzjqiLU5kxxj8abdPkrgujkRqwCd3ZXBdmPYQxXeFg-9ln-uPU0WbuqhMb9Fbw5keooBS4ajNhhuECEjPiAJhXZ-U4pSEasqpZ-dG5kTDXFTxz8EpoYkopJZDa6/w454-h559/IMG_5814.jpg" width="454" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">We enjoyed our Valentines dinner, at one of our favorite restaurants ....."The Grove."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihS_Ua9H5-peo3iS6sNFs4B5-7WZKBZct0Rwt4SFlyv5YWhyphenhyphenTWXcOQKhk1RWcsNLy37lhwuPyDh_5qMbVnRsSN_cNkM-cku_xqNRFZB5YsrDvFlQyxR93CdRF4_XbpRHDi9cZXgPiKQbt2pWvD4YtMBX7vpeaeZNRBT08enGEXk8jYLMqbbhCquPtzxDfm/s2146/IMG_5794%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="2146" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihS_Ua9H5-peo3iS6sNFs4B5-7WZKBZct0Rwt4SFlyv5YWhyphenhyphenTWXcOQKhk1RWcsNLy37lhwuPyDh_5qMbVnRsSN_cNkM-cku_xqNRFZB5YsrDvFlQyxR93CdRF4_XbpRHDi9cZXgPiKQbt2pWvD4YtMBX7vpeaeZNRBT08enGEXk8jYLMqbbhCquPtzxDfm/w441-h347/IMG_5794%202.jpg" width="441" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">For starters....this Lobster Bisque Was Soooo Delicious!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEgV-8xu6w0ReV95nAE-OypCI_s3Tr5ZDkqaojcPDxnbpYWSNUUbPs0BWnt8LvgBuQiTCf24jTuESpoSbOLyCVRHDEq6xV3Rox17uF2E_tfIb9pJiG2KKXye9rJ1dihzO_9xgOlmyGTwHo4bml7lT_I7bvmsl3JgiGcscfhmJwwksg2zbQHlocYzqxhzr/s3470/IMG_5800%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3470" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEgV-8xu6w0ReV95nAE-OypCI_s3Tr5ZDkqaojcPDxnbpYWSNUUbPs0BWnt8LvgBuQiTCf24jTuESpoSbOLyCVRHDEq6xV3Rox17uF2E_tfIb9pJiG2KKXye9rJ1dihzO_9xgOlmyGTwHo4bml7lT_I7bvmsl3JgiGcscfhmJwwksg2zbQHlocYzqxhzr/w452-h394/IMG_5800%202.jpg" width="452" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">Salmon...rice....asparagus...and an awesome tasting sauce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">AND THEN....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39vJ2FzrJNhWT06RdPAzI4UEWRl8Ne2MGN7ppkk6c5LjLIObxuOigxxs1zcH9MRPtF3QsIRLetT2tXPqjKioZLLSHIx1vxhyphenhyphenUKHZeQ-4yigaX0gVKpZCVK9lfEq8bz7j3IJ4wopsc-9b92_4sdxWzhCT32rTKtRqYk_eU-5aGvxBsLKrI4MaRUQQRulBj/s4032/IMG_5805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="659" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39vJ2FzrJNhWT06RdPAzI4UEWRl8Ne2MGN7ppkk6c5LjLIObxuOigxxs1zcH9MRPtF3QsIRLetT2tXPqjKioZLLSHIx1vxhyphenhyphenUKHZeQ-4yigaX0gVKpZCVK9lfEq8bz7j3IJ4wopsc-9b92_4sdxWzhCT32rTKtRqYk_eU-5aGvxBsLKrI4MaRUQQRulBj/w494-h659/IMG_5805.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The BEST strawberry shortcake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Grove only serves this at Valentines....Thank goodness, because I would want to go and have this as my meal....at least once a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTKmIZVo3LeSJtva2Mf76IUQ7SFLdDOhGXOLGEkQ6EaOpWzWDnXKuMsTelgTbpAjJJ55cGTIQjoxj7a4lMg-YVbeHLUNLZOXgCoaiX9PQZ8S7uIwEnS3DxPgq6c2wexVvX0JJfc2wzyFqDuKdnmycIyxp8b-1meJPC2pCa84-XDInHkJHuROnq4H0aLaD/s1851/IMG_5837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="1284" height="763" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTKmIZVo3LeSJtva2Mf76IUQ7SFLdDOhGXOLGEkQ6EaOpWzWDnXKuMsTelgTbpAjJJ55cGTIQjoxj7a4lMg-YVbeHLUNLZOXgCoaiX9PQZ8S7uIwEnS3DxPgq6c2wexVvX0JJfc2wzyFqDuKdnmycIyxp8b-1meJPC2pCa84-XDInHkJHuROnq4H0aLaD/w529-h763/IMG_5837.jpg" width="529" /></a></div>I sure Love this man!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;">"The Best Love is the kind that awakens the soul, that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That's what I hope to give you forever."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Noah from the Notebook.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Shug.....π₯</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Hope you totally enjoy your weekend...</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Hugs and Blessings. <br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); color: #e69138; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Satisfy;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0); color: #e69138; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Shughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287830519297050445noreply@blogger.com1