Life

I've just been plain worn out lately. There are a couple of things in my life that just wears me out and at the moment there really isn't anything I can do about it, except stand my ground.

I know some people that are in the process of adopting a 2 year old orphan from China. They are in need of some major $$ to complete the process and actually travel to China to bring their new daughter home. God has been faithful  beyond belief from the beginning and will continue to be so until they get her home....and every day in their lives thereafter. Please join me in praying for continued swiftness to the process. That the money needed will come in soon and continued blessings will flow through it all.

They are cutting down trees across the street from me. It's taken three days so far. You know how noisy that process is? Three days of it starting at seven each morning. I complain not. It will be different without those trees that have been there since I was born. Less shade.

I baked a strawberry cake yesterday, from scratch. Complete with real strawberries, pink frosting, ( not from a can ) and decorated it with real sliced strawberries. And then I ate it. Well, not all of it! :-) I should have taken a picture of it before I cut it. Next time!

Events

It was an eventful week. Actually I don't remember much about it except for Thursday and the fun ambulance ride I took to the hospital. Chaching! I woke up with a really bad cold and could just tell it was messing with the asthma, so I called an ambulance. I know how I sometimes get and I didn't want to let it get to that point. I went to one of my favorite local diners the other night for some good old walleye, and I carried in my Beth Moore Bible study book. I sat, I ordered, and the lady in the booth facing me said, "I notice you have a Beth Moore book".....we never stopped talking. Her and her husband used to have a prison ministry and he used to take his keyboard around different places to minister in music. We talked about a lot of stuff. I have had so many conversations about things in general just because of a Beth Moore study book, or my Bible. I love interesting things like that in life.

The Other Night

A few short years ago my very best friend and I had a parting of ways due to something she did that she shouldn't have. However because I chose to forgive her, we still talk. And the other night we actually got together for the third time. We just meet for a meal and conversation. Granted the conversation is usually just small talk but that's ok. Each time it gets easier. They say it is easy to forgive, but hard to forget. I find that very true. But the more I think about it, what she did back then becomes less serious to me now. I'm almost to the point of laughing about it. Almost, not quite.

Good News

It pays to be confident! I acquired two new business clients this morning. I had a well respected local doctor tell me they trusted me because I show such confidence in the fact that I smile a lot. Thanks! But I always thought smiling made people wonder what you were up to. ;-) I do know that it is contagious.

A picture

I thought I would post a picture of the place I go to for my inspiration. I especially love this picture because there is no snow on the ground!! CJ's Cafe, downtown Pekin. I took the picture on a Sunday so it was closed and the awning was not out, but this is where I go when I write, read, visit, surf the net, do my research, work on my Bible study and have coffee...and breakfast and lunch :-) 

A Poem

Ode To A Blizzard
By Jennifer Thomas ( C )

You came, you saw, you dumped


A ton of snow on us


You wreaked havoc with traveling


You caused the electricity to malfunction


But worst of all you kept me in my house for twenty four long hours


Though there was plenty to occupy my time


I sat and tried not to rhyme


But I just had to give in and do so one final time


Thank you blizzard of 2011 for causing me to write more than I usually would


And bake, and clean and all sorts of things in between


You can melt any time now, I’m ready for spring!

Question for you

We are anticipating, I say that lightly, up to 22 inches of snow over the next 24 hours. The stores have been extra busy with people stocking up.

Have you ever been snowed in? If so, what did you do to keep busy?

I plan on baking some of my favorite cookies, reading, writing, and taking a nap. Not necessarily in that order.