Happiness

Hey Kids!  I'm still alive, in case you were worried. Obviously, I've been a little absent lately, but I have good reasons. 

In other news, over the past couple of years, I've been trying to make a list of 1000 things I'm thankful for.  Not surprisingly, I got the idea from the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp.  I started reading it, but never really finished it.

So, I'm going to give you my "excuses" for not blogging while adding to my list.  (Note: you can view bits and pieces of the list if you click on the "1000 gifts" tag over to the right, or click here.  Random numbering throughout posts indicate items on the list.)
 
156) Kelly, my big sister.
 

 

Thankfulness: The Team

Steve, Scott, and Licia all have plenty of mission trip experience and have gone on more trips than I can count (granted, I can only count to 5 before I lose track).  And they all said that our trip to Honduras was their best trip ever.  My previous mission trip experiences were so very different and I was at such such different stages in life with each one (high school and college) that it wouldn't even be comparing apples to apples, but this was probably my best trip as well.  As far as Tim is concerned... he doesn't really compare things, so he hasn't really weighed in on the subject.

This just in

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In a very rare moment that my brain was actually functioning this last week, I realized that I might not have lost the picture of me and Lisa!!!

The Sewing Project

Well, kids...the time has finally come.  I can show you my super-secret sewing project.

Ok, its not really super-secret.  Lots of people knew what I was working on, and in the post where I first mentioned it, I also posted this picture.

This & That

The measure of a good "this & that" post is the number of labels you can legitimately assign to it, right?  Let's see how good I am.

There's lots of stuff going on around here.  The most exciting is a secret project I am working on that I can't wait to finish and show you.  I'll give you a hint: it involves my sewing machine.  I'm super, super excited about it.  But don't get excited... its really not that exciting.  I get excited about little things.

Homemade Yogurt

I've never been much of a yogurt lover.  I have gone through phases were I enjoy it more than other times (like my senior year of high school where every day I would pack a strawberry Yoplait custard-style yogurt in my lunch, and  every day when I would scoop out the first spoonful perform the ritual turn-the-spoon-upside-down-and-say-to-my-lunch-buddies, "look! it sticks to the spoon!-- and then they would all react with obligatory awe and amazement), but I've never actually been crazy about it.

I'm REALLY thankful that...

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 "...no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ.  And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God." 2 Corinthians 1:20


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"...my God will meet all your need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

I'm thankful that...

91. my husband is not deployed
92. my husband is not in the military and I don't have to worry about him being deployed
93. my husband is not a cop
94. my husband is not a fireman

workday thankfullness

71. I don't have to write board reports
72. I don't have to supervise anybody
73. I have an office with windows
74. I have a newer computer with a nice monitor

a thankful nose

"But thanks be to God, who always lead us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.  For we are  to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.  To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?" 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

thoughtful things I'm thankful for

21.  My dad always remembers to leave the cheese off of one or two burgers for me.
22. Tim gave me the chapstick that he got for free from a vendor because he knew I would love it

Saturday Thankfulness

"Ingratitude, we find in scripture is one of those especially noxious sins to God, as He will reveal His wrath against those who choose not to give thanks to Him and to honor Him...If God had His list of noxious sins, that you as a believer, or me as a believer could be written up for if we chose to put up with one in our life, ingratitude would be on His list.  Its noxious."~Pastor Bob Kosbau