Thinking Ahead This Year….
Posted on July 08, 2011I have visions of sugar plumbs dancing in my head already this year…lol
I know it’s early, but when you are on a tight budget you have to spread your spending out as much as you can! And believe you me, we are on a TIGHT budget!!
So, I am already checking into getting something like invitationbox.com christmas photo cards to send out instead of regular Christmas cards. A nice family photo is a nice gift for family you don’t often gt to see because of busy schedules!! A little family letter giving the highlights of your year and a nice photo is just the thing to give your loved ones, I think…
Just an idea…
One down…
Posted on June 30, 2011I survived my first week cooking at camp…. 
It was a great week.
I always have so much fun. Some times I get a little stressed and it’s hard to handle, but for the most part it’s great. Gotta learn to be flexible in the camp kitchen. Activities have to be planned around the weather and meals around activities and….see a pattern?? I am learning to be flexible!
Found out we had two kids come to Christ this week and one got assurance of his salvation. That is what it’s all about folks. That is why we we do what we do, because young people have tender hearts want to learn about God.
Let us pray that these great kids will seek God’s will for their lives and that they will grow in the Lord and serve Him in every way possible.
B.u.S.y.
Posted on June 27, 2011No, I have not fallen off the planet…
No, I haven’t taken up drinking to the point that I cannot type…
Yes, I can still from complete sentences If I really want to…
But, I am really busy right now and I will be for the foreseeable future, as we have camps in for the next few weeks…
I am here, and I am trying to keep caught up on what’s going on with each and everyone of you through my reader, thought I may not leave many comments for lack of time, but I am here, I am reading!!
I will be posting here and there (hopefully) as I am able and I will be checking out your stuff as I am able….take care…see you soon!!!
Camp Season…
Posted on June 24, 2011Well camp season is now in full swing. Our first Jr. Camp (8-12 year old campers) came and went this week. I didn’t cook for that camp, but I did go up and help a little bit. Not much, but a little. I mostly sat around a visited with friends.
They had lots of help, though. They had two adult couples in charge of the kitchen and then like 3 or 4 other adults helping, plus some kids that were in and out helping with dishes and wiping tables and sweeping.
The next few camps I will be cooking for and I will be the only adult in charge of the kitchen. This coming week I will have my daughter for sure in the kitchen helping me, but I’m not sure how many others I will have. I have been trying to recruit some helpers. The following week, I will have a lot of help. The next camp I will also have lots of help with.
It’s gonna be a great summer, I can just feel it. I cannot tell you the joy I get from serving God here at Fort Faith Baptist Camp. I never knew I could be so happy. I guess that comes from being smack dab in the middle of God’s will for your life!! Praise God!!
Anyone wanna come out and help me in the kitchen next week?? You are more than welcome!!! Can’t come everyday?? Can’t come all day?? Just come out when you can for as long as you can, any help would be greatly appreciated!! I’ll probably be in the kitchen getting things started between 10:00-10:30 AM Monday morning…come join the fun!!!
She’s not my “little” girl anymore….
Posted on June 15, 2011Well, we recently went through a rough spot, you might call it, with our daughter, but she seems to be coming around now. She’s 14…need I say more?? Probably not…
She has always been a good child and always wanted to please her dad and I, but lately, she has wanted to do her own thing and didn’t really care what we had to say about it. It was really kind of exasperating. She felt like we were being unfair and refused to see our point of view about a situation.
My husband prayed with her and had her do some praying and extra bible reading and I really think she is coming around now. I am thankful that she does have a tender heart and that she has a heart for God and want to do right.
Although My husband and I are far from perfect parents, we have raised our daughter right and she knows what she is supposed to be doing and not supposed to be doing and I just have to trust that if we lovingly but firmly guide her back when she begins to stray that God will keep her where she needs to be. So far so good, I will continue to pray for her and guide her the best I can and leave the rest up to God…
The Good Stuff…
Posted on June 08, 2011I think I have only ever had three different car insurances in my life, but they all offered different things for different prices. But one thing none of them offered was any kind of roadside assistance club. You know, like the famous car insurance company with the three capital letters that are all the same?? LOL
Why is it that you have to pay through the nose to get the good stuff. I will never understand that. You spend your whole life paying premiums and how often does the average person actually use their insurance??
My husband and I have been in a couple minor accidents each and a couple major accidents each. So we know the importance of insurance and we are thankful for it. But, that being said, it is expensive for what you get for the average person!!!
I think that you should get some of your money back after so long if you don’t have to use any of the money you have paid in for a claim on anything, or get lower rates or something!!
Okay, I’m done….
At a loss…
Posted on June 06, 2011For those of you who know me, you know this is something odd…that I would not know what to say…
It’s not so much that I don’t know what to say, so mush as I don’t want to say too much or say the wrong thing.
Just know that there is a lot going on with me right now. I need some prayer, please. Some of what is going on is not going on “with” me, and doesn’t even really directly affect me, but it shakes me to the core that the devil is attacking so “close to home”.
And the other stuff I’m going through is going on “with” me, but I am in prayer about it and I am seeking God’s guidance and His will in this situation, which is always hard because as a human being, I rely too much on my feelings and emotions…Of course, I never want to do anything that will cause anyone pain, especially my family and myself.
Please friends, keep your loved ones close to you, tell them and show them you love them every chance you get. Be slow to anger and quick to forgive, for we are not promised a tomorrow to try again!!!
Aging Myself, Again
Posted on May 24, 2011Anyone remember when those nose strips came out??? You know the ones that were claimed to get rid of blackheads on noses??
I haven’t seen a commercial for them in a while. I wonder if that’s because they were a flop, or if the fad has just died down.
They were pretty popular there for a while. Anyone ever use them?? Did they work for you??
I bought them a couple times but don’t really remember them working all that well…
I really need to get well so I don’t have so much time to sit around and think so much!! LOL
Blessings…
Posted on May 19, 2011I do realize that doing dishes isn’t normally considered a blessing, but I also realize that being able to do dishes is…
As most of you know, I have been “under the weather”, so to speak for a couple of months now. It all started with slip and fall in the tub and kinda went south from there, unfortunately.
At one point doctor’s were saying there seemed to be evidence of an old stroke or possibly seizure activity according to some results of a CT scan. Well, that ended up not being the case , Praise The Lord! But they did determine that I have a cyst (app. 1″ x 1″) on my brain. It does not appear to be causing any problems, so they are going to leave it be.
But now we are left to wonder what the problem actually is…
I continue to have major migraines (which isn’t a new thing) and passing out occasionally (which is new since the slip and fall). We are told that IF the passing out is from the concussion I go when I fell, it will stop on it’s own eventually.
If it’s not from that then we will have to figure out what it is from and try to treat it accordingly. The Dr. didn’t really say how long we should wait, so I’m not sure what to do there, but I will be checking with my regular soon to see.
At one point, my regular Dr. was going to have me do a cardiac monitor and I think that’s probably my next step.
So back to my original thoughts…I have been having good days and bad (seems mostly bad lately, unfortunately) and some days it’s a struggle just to be up and out of bed. And, some days I can get simple things done like cleaning toilets, folding laundry and doing dishes. Today started out rough with a migraine, but has gotten better so, as I was washing dishes today, I looked up and saw this out my window…
…and thought “What a blessing to be here and be able to do my dishes today”.
Spring is my favorite time of year, to me, it represents a rebirth of things and a new start…which we can all use now and then…
Home…
Posted on May 18, 2011For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, it takes a lot more than having the biggest, bestest, most high tech house on the block to make a house a home. It takes a lot more than fancy shower curtains and pretty nick knacks too!!
Some people just don’t get it. It doesn’t matter if you have all the latest home furnishings and high tech gadgets like the ones you see on Home Makeover and other shows on TV, but if you don’t have love and security, you’ve got nothing!!!
You can have the biggest house on the block with the fanciest things in it and if you don’t have love and commitment and trust, you may as well have a cardboard box. When will people learn this important fact?
“Things” are not evil or bad in and of themselves, but when we place the importance on these that we should have on our relationships with our families and with God, we are setting ourselves up for major disappointment!!
Just had to get that off my chest…
My Sister…
Posted on May 15, 2011I love my sister dearly…I think she tolerates me. She gets frustrated because I think she needs to get out more and not spend so much time alone. I try to keep in contact with her as much as I can, but hey, life gets busy for all of us.
Well, not so much for her, she doesn’t have a job. She collects social security disability. I probably could , too, if I really wanted to. I don’t do well in a traditional job situation. I’m not sure why, I don’t really have a problem working for someone, as far as being under someone else’s authority, I just have a problem with stressing out about being accountable to someone else and doing a good enough job.
I have never held a job for more than 6 months. One that I had to do outside my home, anyway. The work I do here at camp doesn’t really count as an “outside” job. Not as in outdoors, but out of the home. It’s more like working at home to me…since I live here on the property and it’s not a traditional work environment, though it is a little fast paced sometimes and it does stress me now and again…
But, since I can work here at camp with little to no problem and the hubby and I do get some support and God has been faithful to provide, I don’t see a reason to even apply for disability.
What do you think? What would you do?
Randomness…
Posted on May 12, 2011**I am not receiving any compensation for this post**
I have a couple different recipes that call for canned chicken. I must say, I am not a fan of canned chicken. So much so that I went to cooking chicken breast tenders, letting them cool and cutting them up all just to make chicken salad. Sad, I know…
So, the other day I’m in the store and I’m thinking, if I could only find a canned chicken that I liked, it would make my life SO.MUCH.EASIER.
So, I pick up a couple cans of Tyson Brand canned chicken. The label says “Premium White Chicken”, so it’s gotta be good, right??
IT IS DELICIOUS!!! I kid you not, it’s so yummy, I can’t stop eating it!!!
So, if you are as frustrated as I was with canned chicken, be frustrated no more!!! Pick yourself up some Tyson brand canned chicken and you won’t be disappointed!
You’re Welcome!!
