think about it thursday....GRATITUDE!

i've been thinking a lot lately about

GRATITUDE....

i don't have everything i WANT,

but i do have everything i NEED!

for example...

as my bloggers know,

my car got smashed a while back

and i, of course, would love a new one.

but finances have, at least

temporarily, put that on hold.

but it runs GREAT, it's still totally

driveable, and i'm SURE there

are thousands of people without

transportation that would love to have it!

therefore,

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY CAR!!!

our faucet is broken and

we need to replace it with a whole new one.

it's kinda a pain to do dishes this way

and keep it sanitary while

getting water out.

but i'm also sure there are

thousands of people who don't have

ANY running water in their homes,

if they even have a home that is,

who would be totally fine with it

JUST THE WAY IT IS!

therefore,

I AM GRATEFUL FOR RUNNING

WATER IN MY HOME FROM MY

BROKEN FAUCET!!!

our toilet needs the mechanism

(look how i used that word to imply

that i know what's wrong with it, LOLOL!)

replaced and our handyman

hasn't gotten to it yet.

but i am SURE, once again,

that there are thousands of people

who don't have a toity in their

homes and live in shacks,

or even on the streets

with little children right now

who would be just FINE with it

just the way it is!!

therefore,

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY TOITY!

sooooooooo,

the next time you're looking at

something thinking

'i wish i had a NEW ONE,

i wish i had a BETTER ONE'

or something like that,

just remember that there's someone

out there who wishes they had one at ALL!

wordless wedneday......no GREATER love on earth!

NOT ME MONDAY.....

it's that time again....

i DID NOT leave the house

this morning to actually buy a

new refridgerator

cause ours is leaking and on the fritz

and NOT take any measurements

just like a silly girl!

wasn't me, i'm as prepared

as a boyscout!

i DID NOT actually ration out

a limited amount of no-bake cookies

to give my friend after being

stuck with a butt-load

after our picnic getting rained

out saturday,

and having ate them for 2 days now,

just cause i couldn't bare

the idea of them being gone!!!

wasn't me,

my 25th class reunion

is in ten days and i'm watching

what i eat!

and finally,

i am NOT at all excited

or enthrauled with another

sappy season finale of

'the bachelorette'

again!

i, of course, am

savy enough to realize

they're all pretty much

the same and so far they're

batting average for longevity

is pathetic!!!

HAPPY MONDAY ALL!!!

sunday citar.....the force!

"The force is what gives a Jedi his power.

It's an energy field created by all living things.

It surrounds us and penetrates us.

It binds the galaxy together."

Obi Wan Kenobi (aka Alec Guinness)

sounds a lot like LOVE to me!

wordless wednesday......life's a beach!

not me monday......

i DID NOT take all day to put the

laundry away....

nope, i'm a go-getter at housework!

i DID NOT continuously get

caught up in old reruns of

america's next top model

all day that i've already

seen dozens of times...

i have much better things

to do than watch reality tv!

(laughin my way thru this one,

i'm a reality junkie, sue me!)

i DID NOT chose a healthy, low-cal

frozen dinner to eat and then add

cottage cheese and a banana

to my meal cause i was

still hungry...

i'm a dainty little eater!

(insert chuckle here as well!)

and finally,

i DID NOT make a run at

7pm at night to the grocery store

cause my adorable son

wanted what he calls

'pieces of bread'....

i'm too hard-hearted

to fall for that one!

sunday citar......FESTIVALS!!!

it all began with a parade....

with characters...

our neighbors with their karate troop...

and lots of loud fire trucks and engines...

and don't forget the ponies...

then top it off with lots of bouncing!!!

"LIFE IS A FESTIVAL ONLY TO THE WISE."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Think about it Thursday.....Love Languages!

i recently heard a GREAT message

by one of my favorite people....

Joyce Meyer!

she was telling how if we REALLY

love someone, we strive to love them

in the way THEY need to be loved....

another words,

"their LOVE LANGUAGE."

for asher,

it's applause and encouragement!

such as when he's having

fun at the park...

or the work he does....

or the things he makes...



for my mom,
it's as simple as making her a
plate of her favorite food...
french toast!


i encourage you today to just
SLOW DOWN
for a minute or two,
and take a close look at those
around you that you love,
and think about what
THEIR love language is
and what really speaks to them!

whatever happened to "not me mondays?"

a few of my blogger friends used

to post

'not me mondays,'

and i always loved them.....

so here's my version...

i DID NOT sit on my keester sipping

coffee til 11am when i had so much to do....

nope, it wasn't me!

i DID NOT set an open ziplock baggie

of marinating tomatoes on the

counter only to have it spill all

over my floor...

that DEFINATELY wasn't me,

i'm not that dense!

i DID NOT take my son

to his favorite park and get

so involved that i forgot

to feed him lunch....

that SURELY wasn't me,

i'm a good mamma!

and finally...

i DID NOT accidentally take a mans

spot in line to pump gas at a busy

gas station only to have him actually

get out of his car, come right up to me,

call me a liar and ignorant, while i

threatened to call the police if he

didn't leave me alone,

all while he claimed to be a police officer,

and end up crying in the grocery

store parking lot over it a

few minutes later...

that COULDN'T have been me,

i'm a toughie!

sunday citar.....CHILLAXIN!!!

after almost three full days of

cooking 4, primping 4,

decorating 4, and attending

parties and celebrations,

all i wanted to do today was

RELAX & CHILLAX

with my baby boy!

"The time to relax is when you

don't have time to do it."

Sydney J. Harris

FUN, FUN Friday!

if you're a fan of no-bake cookies like i am,

this is probably one of the best recipes

ever for them!!!

it's my cousins and people

have raved and begged for these for years!

even if you've had or made them before,

try this recipe!

it's the proportions that make it so great!

MOIST NO-BAKE COOKIES


Combine in large pan:

2 cps. Sugar
½ cp. Hershey’s cocoa
½ cp. Whole Milk (tastes the best but you can use any kind)
¼ cp. Salted Butter (again, tastes best but margarine works too)

Bring to a boil SLOWLY! This is the key to having them moist and set well, should take about 15-20 minutes to get the full boil.

Then boil 2 minutes.

Take off of heat and add:

2/3 cp. Peanut Butter (chunky or smooth, whichever you prefer)
2 cps. Quick oats
1 tsp. Pure Vanilla (can also use imitation)

Mix well. Then scoop out onto wax paper about 3-4 inch size piles. Allow to cool and set.

Tip: I mix the peanut butter and oats together while waiting for the boil mix so that they mix faster and more evenly when the time comes. The mixture sets quickly so you need to move fast!

wordless wednesday....

nuf said....

sunday citar.....

"Dare to wear the foolish clown face."

Frank Sinatra

don't be afraid to just let it all go

and be silly once in a while....

it deactivates the aging process!

THINK ABOUT IT THURSDAY....

we all take memorable pictures of the events in our lives.....

sometimes it's an intimate setting,

and sometimes it's out in public.

so have you ever stopped to wonder how

many STRANGERS you've taken pics of....

or better yet,

how many STRANGERS

pictures YOU'VE been in before???

like this precious little guy

crying over his birthday cake

we don't know...

or the lady on the right

looking right at the camera...

or this lady,
hurrying on her way
instead of watching the show...


or the nice lady behind us
smiling with excitement
over the fun of riding the elephant...


or this cute little man
enjoying a train ride....

THINK ABOUT IT!