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The Holidays

Well,  My Christmas shopping is DONE. It's been done since Black Friday! (I stayed out all night and most of Friday to finish it all.) Next on the agenda is to get my boy a haircut. It will be his fourth or fifth. (I've actually lost count because he's had so many already and he's only 15 months old.) I was thinking last night as I was trying to go to sleep about how blessed I truly was and how God has and is just so involved in the intricate details of my life. Have you ever thought about that? (If not, you should.) I mean, the tiniest little things, He's involved in. A text message at just the right time. A sunny day when you think you just can't take another cloudy one. Finding a cool new song that you can't help  but sing along to. A card in the mail. A kiss from my son Or even better my awesome husband! A good hair day. (Not just oh my hair looks nice today, but a my hair looks like I paid someone 200 dollars to fix it kind of good hair ...

The Great Divide

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. C. S. Lewis This is how I'm feeling  today. Ready to be done with it all. Ready to kiss this world good-bye. See ya later, alligator. I'm feeling my sin which is manifesting itself as FEAR. Man, is it ever a problem for me! Usually at night as I'm trying to drift off to sleep and then the cold hand grips my heart and threatens to squeeze the life out of it. My mind (which is always thinking ) begins doing double-time and I imagine in great detail any and every tragedy that could happen to me, including my own demise, which should bring relief, but then I just feel sad that John Owen has to live without his mother. RIDICULOUS! I've been feeling  a lot lately and not necessarily thinking  rationally. If I'm not careful and coat of blahness  will wrap its arms around me and I'll find my day ending with non-productivity and no...

Giveaway

Well, I have to tell you all about this AWESOME giveaway that I found. I'm an avid reader of House of Smiths blog (you all should too if you like to craft and decorate inexpensively). I found this other blog with awesome decorating ideas too! It's called Perfectly Imperfect. You should check it out. She's giving away some of House of Smiths' vinyl (a great deal). Who doesn't like free stuff, right?! Happy Christmas Decorating to everyone!