Tulip Girl

In order to make a house a home, Momma Bear needs to make sure is right or else no matter how pretty the curtains are or the food is, well, things just are not gonna go good. So I've been working on memorizing Romans 12. It isn't like I'm doing it all at once. Its one verse a week. Easy right? Well, memorizing is easy if you don't apply it to scripture which pisses Satan off not to mention changes how you see things. When how you see things changes, how you do things based on how you see things changes. How people are responding to how you do things based on how you see things is disrupted. So basically, scripture memorization is like going to the physical therapist. It can be pretty uncomfortable in the beginning but eventually you start seeing the rewards. No pain no gain. If its worth having, its worth working for and you get what you pay for. So if I want a joy filled spirit, a peace filled home, what not and so on, then well, I push up my sleeves and dig in. Speaki...

Ok. I love my new blog look and don't plan on making any changes. I thought I might. I'm not. Those two birds are just super cute. Update on the Romans Project: "We are given gifts according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesy, let him do so in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve, if it is teaching let him teach. If it is encouragement, let him encourage. If a persons gift is giving then let him do so generously and if a person's gift is leadership than let him govern diligently. If his gift is mercy then let him do so cheerfully." I sort of mixed translations but that hopefully is accurate. So I'm 8 verses down, and 13 to go. Next week, "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." I have been spending a few weeks comment free to sort of help me with my Romans 12 Project, you know to keep my focus in the right place. I am thankful to say I am now returning normal comment activity back to ac...

Hospitality is not just how you welcome somebody once they make it past your front door. Today I spent one of the most relaxing few hours of my summer with a mom friend and her triplet seven year old boys and rambunctious labradoodle . I wondered, as I felt the tension ease between my shoulder blades, what was it that made this so. I had a friend in high school whose home was a mish mash of garage sale finds; rugs to cover worn carpet, blankets to cover a taddy sofa, books upon piles of books on every available surface. Still another friend who cooks the most tantalizing meals while another friend is the master decorater . Each of these homes, are so welcoming and loving. Yet, it isn't the food, it isn't the decorations. It must be the people. Which is why I believe hospitality is something you can take on the road with you. Welcoming another into anything is hospitality. Its like when you hear the phrase, "An inhospitable environment." So if someone joins ...

Phew! That was a difficult night. At one point my head pounded and my stomach did summer saults . My pillow turned out not to be an asset so once I switched things started getting a little better. I slept most of the night on the couch. Hey, if the migraine was going to keep me awake, I might as will let Hubby sleep. Miss Wiggles slept in yesterday and today so that is a huge blessing. Teething does it every time...that and a later bedtime. So what happens when a Sanguine parents? Yesterday, I looked out the back door and thought the hanging plant could use some water so Miss Wiggles and I went outside to water it (in our pj's no less, don't worry mine was out door appropriate). Well, the weather was so nice we decided to water the vegetable garden as well, then I saw a patch of grass that looked dry so we watered the back yard. We played on a tree stump, then we sat on the porch drinking juice. Then I figured the plants out front needed water so off we went. Basically two hou...

I have a migraine. It started two hours before bedtime which means excedrine two hours before bedtime. It didn't take away my migraine but I do find myself wide wide wide awake at two hours after my normal bedtime. Awesome and not in a good way. So I'm going to give you a random post because well, you read the last paragraph right? I joke about living at Wal-Mart. I got at least twice a week around lunch time. I'm seriously glad I went yesterday and not today because had I gone today I would have been there during the hostage situation. I guy went wielding his knife all over the store before he took his ex-girlfriend hostage at the Vision Center. I have no commentary on it but to say thank you Jesus I wasn't there and thank you Jesus again that the girl is going to be ok. On a lighter note, the weather was awesome today we were outside for quite a while this morning. I'll tell you more about that later. For now, I need to get off the computer as my stomach is start...

Seriously, isn't she a little ray of sunshine? I've been a bit gloomy lately. I love to be outside but what with the heat and humidity being what it has been (108 on Sunday not counting the humidity) well, my inner sanguine has been a bit lifeless. This morning Miss Wiggles and I headed out to water a plant on the back deck and next thing you know, we watered the hanging plant, the vegetable garden, the grass, all the plants on the front porch, and of course ourselves. We walked up and down the street collecting pine cones in the little baby stroller and splashing water in the water table. Seriously, we only went out to water the hanging plant. We weren't even out of our pj's yet. The weather was just so nice we couldn't resist. My inner sanguine is very happy. Nap time was soon to follow and I was able to get some work done. I love hanging out with Miss Wiggles. I've not liked it that lately I've been eager for nap time so it was good for the both of us to ...

Well here you go! Late Wednesday night, my blog informed me that my background would disapear on Friday. So, for the last four days I've been working on finding a new look for my blog. I really liked my green stripe but change happens and I've really liked the fresh look of blogs with white backgrounds and just fancy headers. There are a few things I want to change but for now I'm thinking this is just fine. As a side note Hubby doesn't think the header goes with my blog title. I'll be working on getting that straight as well. We will see. I've also changed my blog title if you haven't noticed. I was thinking as I went about my bloggey makeover how I continue searching for tulips when I have perfectly beautiful hyacinth right here (say what? Its all explained underneath the header). I take my humbled self to the foot of the cross, not perfect but humbled. I thought it applicable or apra poe but I'm not sure I wrote that right. Thank you Shabby Blogs for ...