Sunday, December 12, 2010
How are you doing?
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Church today
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Really just blown away
Anyway....my sisters love Vera. One of my sisters has quite a few pieces. My nieces love Vera....they have even more. But I just don't get it.
Well, I've had the opportunity to make some money on Ebay by selling some pre-owned and defective Vera. And some of it gets bid on within 10 minutes of me adding it to my listings.
These people LOVE their Vera. It's selling like Hot-Cakes. Good thing I have plenty to sell...and the extra moolah is really nice! But I'm still just really blown away that they love this stuff so much. I'm glad though.....and so are all the bill collectors!!! LOL
Thursday, November 11, 2010
I decided to quit
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality.
"God", I asked, "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
In the second year the fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
He asked me, "Did yo know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling,
NEVER, NEVER , NEVER GIVE UP!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Veterans Day
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Do you Big Puffy Heart anything?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
well, well, well...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
I just don't get it
Friday, September 24, 2010
Jack of all....master of none
Friday, September 17, 2010
fall
Oh boy. So not what I remember about fall.
Fall to me means, school starting and the Illinois State Fair. I remember going to the fair and for the first time after summer having to wear a jacket during the night. I remember the colors of the rides and how I had to wait sooooooo long before I was big enough to ride the "cool" rides. My two older sisters got go with friends while I had to wait and go with Mom and Dad.
I remember Dad working with his side of the family on those engines. The ones that just did the bang bang bang. I never did really understand the point of them but Dad's family really liked them and Grandpa had quite a few of them that he showed at the fair.
I remember Mom figuring out things for us to make and enter in the fair. We would crochet, or sew or bake and try to make it good enough to enter in the fair. I didn't ever win anything. Although I seem to remember my oldest sister won some ribbons. And I think my other sister did to for some drawings, but I'm not sure about that.
Mom used to sing at a tent that the church set up. We would go with her to hear her sing. That was pretty cool. I don't remember going to any of the professional concerts that they would have. But usually the lines to the rides were shorter while the concerts were on so that was the best time to ride the rides.
Then there was the saltwater taffy. We would wait all year to get a couple of boxes of that. The cart was always over by the train office. You could ride the train all the way around the outside of the fair grounds. We usually rode that one time each year. But the taffy....oh that was fun. I don't think I've had any of that since at least the 80's....hmmmm....may need to tap into some IL contacts to get me some next year.
Then there was livestock. I really enjoyed going through that barns and seeing the horses, the cows and the pigs. For some reason I could live on a farm and enjoy it. Especially the horses....although I think they like to wake up early. :o)
Anyway, I enjoy fall. I love the crisp air, the smells, the sights and the sounds. I would love to experience the fall of my childhood one more time. Maybe I'll have to take a road trip this year and find a place that has the atmosphere of IL.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Blast from the past
ok....so I'm here to make a confession! And here is the story of how the last couple of events have unfolded.
Back in the day, I lived in Chicago. I met a young man that I completely and utterly fell for, I was madly in love! I don't think he ever realized the extent to which my emotions ran so in case he ever were to read this I'll keep his name out of it to protect his innocence! I remember the moment at which I knew my heart was gone. We had met at a party for another person, but he and I spent the night talking and getting to know each other. The next day I hung out with him and a couple of his friends. We were in his car and I was in the back seat, he was talking to me and looking at me in the rear view mirror. I remember looking at him in the mirror and just knowing that I had lost my heart. Boy, even to this day that brings back some strong feelings. But alas, we were not meant to be.
We kept in contact for a while. Even after I left Chicago we emailed every once in a while but I lost contact with him after I married and moved to TN. I have often wondered where he ended up and what he was doing. Which brings us to modern days.
A young man from Italy walked into the store. He is gorgeous! I mean he could have been a model a movie star or anything else where women would stare at him all day. He was very nice looking. It reminded me of the fellow that I had fallen for so completely in Chicago. So I went the Google and looked for him. (now- here is part of the confession part) I have done this before with no results. I haven't found him, nor a friend of his that I wanted to reconnect with either. But this time....payola.
Of course it was through the wonderful Facebook that I found him. He is married now with children...sigh.....I'm glad he's happy....sigh....but, now I have to tell you the funny part!
I asked to be his friend and I sent a cute little note. From the looks of his Facebook page he doesn't go on it much. So I was thinking it would be a week or two or even months before I heard from him....if at all. So I was not prepared for what happened next.
I was reading The Count of Monte Cristo on my phone....I love that book! This is about the sixth time I've read and I still remember new things every time. Anyway, I heard the notification that I had an email. So I switched over to see what it was and it was a return note from HIM!!!!!!! (confession time!) I ducked and tossed the phone aside!!!!!!!!!! I was expecting any response to be days or weeks away! Not hours!
When I think back to my reaction I had to laugh!!! Here it is over 10 years since I've seen him or talked to him and still I react like a little school girl. It's amazing what our minds and hearts hang on to. And amazing how they affect us years and years later.
I'm glad that I've reconnected with him. He looks happy in his pictures and he's got a nice family and he's done well for himself. So thanks Facebook for all you do....thanks!
lianagrace
Monday, September 13, 2010
It's all over now
Now, there is much fear and trepidation in that moving on! whew....you should see what the dating world looks like out there!!!!!!!!!!!!! eeeeeekkkkk...... Seeing that it's been over 12 years since I've had to worry about a date I must say that it is scary out there.
I've heard that the place to meet people now is online. Well of course that just opens all kinds of questions for me as far as the safety and all that....but also how do you really get to know someone when they can hide behind a computer?
Anyway, I did decide to join a website for the fun of it and to get my toes wet. And I thought that I would be one of the emotional messed up ones! Ha! I might actually be more stable than most.....HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT HAPPEN!?!?!?!?
I'm telling you....don't be in a hurry to get out there to the dating world young ladies. It's not pretty. And if you got yourself a man....hang on! There isn't anything out there.
Ok, well it's not really that bad. I'm sure there are some really great guys that got the same bum deal I did and one of them is just waiting for me. So I'll keep watering that little sprout of hope and keep nurturing it so that it will grow. And one day it will be ready.
Until then you'll get to read all about the lovely adventures called dating. I know you can't wait!
lianagrace
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Hilton Head
So I was quite pleased when my wonderful sister asked me to accompany her family to Hilton Head for a week. I gladly went and enjoyed EVERY minute of it....well ok....there were a few moments when I had to sleep and didn't get to enjoy the sunshine that weren't as great as the rest of the time.
But I have to say that it was a very nice thing for my sister to ask me to come with her and I am very thankful for some long awaited R&R.
I have a fabulous tan and I am not looking forward to that fading! :o) But the memories will last forever!
My five-year old niece was a joy to be around and I had a great time with her as my roommate! She cracks me up...my sister has done a great job raising her and giving her the confidence that every young person needs to succeed in this life.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Who am I?
That You call me by name
I am counting the stars
On Your Blackened sky
You call them all by name,
You know them all by sight
In this sea of lights
I sense Your majesty
And I break at the though that One so great
Could care for me
Who am I, Jesus
That You could call me by name
What could I ever do
To be loved this way
Who am I, Jesus
in Your eyes, tell me who am I
I am counting the mountains
That I've laid at Your feet
And I'm reduced to tears when I think of how
You've moved them for me
In this storm of life
You've been my safe retreat
Through the wind and the fire You always were there
To carry me
No greater honor could I ever find
Than the privilege to love You for the rest of my life
By Margaret Becker
I am accepted....
Ephesian 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of Gods's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
I am complete in Christ.....
Colossians 2:9-10
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.
I am God's workmanship....
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
I am created in Christ for good works.....
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
I am chosen and ordained by Christ to bear fruit.....
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved....
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
I am a child of God who always triumphs in Christ and releases His fragrance in every place....
2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
Friday, August 13, 2010
The tangled web we weave
Psalm 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight Oh LORD my Rock and my Redeemer.
It's been driven home to me lately how important are the words we speak. And even the words that we don't speak. If we are to live in integrity and honor even the words that we don't speak can cause harm.
Recently I have acted in a way that was not honorable to the people in my life. I knew that if they found out what some of my actions were that they would be hurt and fell betrayed by me. And yet I continued in my actions. Of course I had my justifications for what I've done and how I convinced myself that I was blameless in all of it....in fact even as I write this I find myself going back over everything and finding myself blameless.
But if I am truly honest with myself I should have never done it. I should have put the others before myself and I should have given them the respect and honor due them.
So now, I'm in a tangled web of words and actions the I need to find a way out of. Lord, help me learn through this situation that I am to be more conscience of the words that are spoken and the words that are spoken through my actions. Help me to hold the people in my life as more important than I am and help me to use my words to show them that that is true.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Class Reunions
In some ways I wish I could have gone. In some ways I'm glad that I didn't. I don't like where I am in life and I don't want to have to admit that to people. But it would have been nice to see everyone from high school. Of course with Facebook I get to see the pictures that they post.
Maybe I'll get to go to the 30th reunion.....just don't hold your breath! LOL
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Friday, July 2, 2010
crafty and clever
I see and hear so many things that people say and do that show their creativity and cleverness. I wish I could find mine!!! LOL
I know it's in there somewhere and I'm searching to find it and bring it out....any hints on where to find it?
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
My new phone
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Mental Well-Being
Right now, my apartment is a mess! And I should be saying mess with a capital M-E-S-S! So it's a really good thing that my sister is coming to town. (More on that later!)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Is it all in the details?
So many times things just pop into my head and I'm not sure where they come from. (Now I know that the picture really has nothing to do with details per se....but when I found Christian on the front of the mag I couldn't resist!)
Ok, so things pop into my head from years ago....things that I would have thought long forgotten. Is this what it's going to be like when I'm 90 and I can't remember 5 minutes ago? Maybe that'll be a good thing...at least I've lived a somewhat colorful life.
Here are a couple of things that I want to remember when I'm 90 then:
My trip to England, Switzerland, Holland, Germany and France
Chicago
New York City
Grand Canyon
Los Vegas
Moody...ok well certain things about it! :o)
My nieces and nephews
I'll come up with some more, but this was short notice!! LOL
Friday, June 18, 2010
Keeping your eye on the goal
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Families
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
cats in my life
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Rain
Really like the rain.
Today it was sunny all day. Then when it was time to go home it started raining...really it was more of a down pour.
I tried to wait out the rain but somehow it kept coming and kept coming. I finally decided to go ahead and make a run for it to the car.
It was rather funny to me that there was a bunch of people waiting at the door for the rain to stop. But I took the plunge. I'm sure they enjoyed watching me make my way to the car! LOL
But again, I'm glad for rain and how it cleans up the grounds. I don't have to wash my car now.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Divorce
I remember so many things about divorce growing up. I remember the preacher teaching that divorce was wrong and that we should never, under any circumstances get divorced because that would make God angry.
I remember couples that got divorced and it was a gossip that they had "been divorced".
I remember finding out that my grandfather had been divorced before he married my grandmother! I felt like that was a deep dark hidden secret in our family. Imagine!
I remember having roommates after college. When we would move on to other roommates it felt like you were getting divorced. You had to decide who got what. I did end up with a really nice marble pastry board because a roommate didn't want to move with it across the country. And I got the ironing board because someone else didn't want it anymore. I did lose a few things that had wanted to keep. And it really was the ending of a very important relationship.
Then, my senior year in high school my own parents were divorced. That was a good thing though. I do know that my parent's divorce was biblical and it was better for everyone involved that happened.
But it got me thinking about divorce at that age, and I did a paper in college about what the Bible says about it. I studied (maybe for the first time!) and wrote what I felt was a very good paper. I went to a Christian college therefore everything was from a Biblical perspective.
My teacher was quite impressed as well. When we was handing out the papers he asked if I had read has thesis on divorce (I thought I was in trouble!). But I hadn't run across it in my research and therefore didn't read it. So I told him that I hadn't and he said that pretty much we had both come to the same conclusions on what the Bible says about divorce.
Ok....all of that to say, that the Bible does allow divorce in certain circumstances. And I feel that I have Biblical grounds to file for divorce. But I can't help but have regrets. I don't have any regrets over the roommates that I have moved on from over the years. But I have regrets over the husband that I am divorcing.
I know my own faults and know that I could have handled certain circumstances differently and can't help but wonder if things would have turned out differently if I had. I miss him and the part of him that I fell in love with, and that brings certain doubts and fears.
I also have a part of me that knows I'm doing the right thing and that God is in these details. Therefore I'm confident in my actions. But I can't help but be sad. I can't help but wonder...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Losing things
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Have I mentioned that my feet hurt?
I want to be somewhere different. I want to be doing something different. But, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. So therefore, my feet hurt.
I've tried many different shoes. I used to be able to wear big heels (not *high* heels....big heels) and be comfortable all day long on my feet. But now, I must wear comfy not pretty shoes.
So I'm on the look out for great comfy shoes.....but I don't want to give up cute either!!!! Am I hard to please or what!!! LOL
If you know of any great shoes that you can wear for long periods of time that won't kill your feet pass that information on to me! I need it!
Thanks again and I'll pass any information on to you that will help in your feet issues
lianagrace