August 18, 2012-Saturday

August 18, 2012 – Saturday

5:30am

            It’s a good morning this morning! Been up since 3 am, when Brian finally got in the bed, cause he fell asleep in his chair. Me, I had been in the bed since 9:30, cause I’m an old woman, and I was sleepy.

            Been up cleaning the house this morning. Got my desk cleared of all the dang mail. Junk mail, bills, flyers, magazines had all been piled up on my desk for a while. It took a couple of hours but I finally cleared it off. Now I’ve just got to file.

            I finally found my sewing needles. I started to start cutting out material, took a look around, and realized I had a lot to do, and can’t sew in a mess, so I cleaned up first. It’s still not perfection, and I’ve got to do the floors at some point today. But I am in no hurry to do it.

            I have this wonderful apple pie candle that smells so good. It used to burn good, and now it’s not. Why?  How can I get it to burn good again? I’ve never cut the wick, but it’s still not very tall.  I am beginning to see why people use the scentsy candles for that very reason. But I love them, but they make me frustrated.

            I think I’m about to have a protein shake, cause I’m starting to feel  a little bit dizzy, and I don’t know why.

5:35pm

            Wow. I have some amazing people in my life. They think I’m amazing, but really, it’s the people around me, that inspire me so much, that are so amazing. Mrs. Dianne Donald is one of them. She really encouraged me today, with a simple comment that she enjoys reading my blog, and now I feel so uplifted, happy, joyful, and thankful. It just makes me want to worship the Lord, for there is no one better to praise than Him.

            My next step was a step of devotion, which I just took. Although I’m not entirely sure it has a specific, I think Jesus just led me to be devoted in all things. I am so thankful to grow each day, and continue my walk with Him, because He makes life very worth it, and He is worth all the effort.

            After I had my protein shake this morning, and pestered Mr. Sully a little while, I got to cutting out fabric and sewing. At about 8am, I got to missing Brian. I know he was in the very next room, but still, I had been up for 5 hours, and hadn’t talked to him, or even looked at him.

            Thankfully, he was stirring about in the bedroom, so I went ahead and woke him up, made some more coffee, and sat with him for a while, while he ate some cereal, and watched ESPN 1^st Take.

            Tebow has apparently posed for a Christ-like photo, that is causing some serious controversy.  He’s up there in New York, with all those Christian haters, and all I can say is Thank God I live in the SOUTH!

            I put on a load of clothes and called Granny. She had been up sewing too, and we discussed fabric for Mama’s quilt. I want to get her something fleece for the back, and Granny said flannel is also soft. I got out my Hancock Fabric flyer, and turns out it’s Fleece Open Sale for the next couple of weeks, and I have about 8 coupons I can use.

            I got online and got to looking, and found the perfect fabric. Since Mama likes pink, I’m going to do the front in pink flannel, and the back in LSU fleece. Brian wants the Dallas Cowboys fleece for his, and it’s all on SALE! I thank God, cause it always happens like that, when I need something, I find it on sale at that very time. There’s no one else that could have done that besides HIM.

            Like my couch. I’ve always wanted an old lady couch, and I needed that and some tables when we first moved in this house. We went to Haverty’s, and were looking at a sectional, but I took a look around, and found this couch, in a set with a coffee table and two end tables, all on sale, for 599 dollars. Mama thought I was crazy wanting this couch, but I fell in love with it, and begged Brian, and he finally agreed, and it couldn’t have fit in better with these brown walls.

            At about 10:30am, Mama called. Her and Daddy stayed at the deer camp last night, just to get away from the house/office.  She wanted me and Brian to go let the dogs out, and feed Mr. Duke, so Brian and I left and headed that way .

            We passed Faye’s Burger Barn on the way, and the sign said OPEN, so I thought it would be a good idea to get a hamburger and fries for lunch, so we called it in when we got to Mom & Dad’s.

            I also picked up my quilt that I started a while back, that just needs to be sewn together, cause I’m probably going to get done with Mom’s patches today, and I’m going to need something else to sew on.

            On the way back, the storm was approaching. We picked up our hamburgers and fries, probably 700 calories, and made it home just in time before the storm hit about 5 minutes after we got in the house.

            I took a nap and slept through it, til 2pm. I got up, made coffee, and got to sewing again. I’ve got 14 patches made, and have to make 24, so I have 10 left. I’m making Mom’s quilt bigger than I made Dad’s, so she can wrap up in it, cause his was a little bit small. He said he wants a kangaroo pocket in his to put his feet in, but he won’t let me take it from his house,  so I’m going to have to take my sewing machine over there one day, when I get him some fuzzy plush fabric.

            I called Mama after I woke up, to find out if any towers were down. She said that Delhi was down, and that they were fixin to head up that way, and fix it. I asked her if there was anything we could do, cause we could head to her house, and work from there if we needed to, but she said no, they were going to do everything in Delhi.

            So the Lord was merciful today, cause I think it was an easy fix, and only a couple of towers were down, and some of it was power.

            I looked outside, and our patio table was tipped over, and in 3 pieces. The glass is broken, but thankfully, we know some folks at a glass shop, Delhi Glass, and I planned on going up there Tuesday anyway, so I’ll just bring my table and get another glass put in it.  I know what happened, the umbrella caught the wind, and knocked the whole table over. Gonna have to remember to let that thing down next time. So the umbrella is broken too. But I think I can get a very interesting umbrella on sale somewhere, I’ll have to look around.

            Brian’s in the 3^rd quarter of his football game, and when he gets done, I’m going to try to walk for 30  minutes. At least 20, but I’m shooting for 30 today. I’ve talked to my Granny 4 or 5 times today, just keeping up with our sewing. I tried to call Mama a minute ago, but they must be busy working.

            I’m about to put some clothes on, and do my floors, if I can get Sully out of his bed.

8:09pm

            God is so alive and real in my life. As I was doing the floors tonight, I thought about Granny, and how we talk about the Sunday school lesson, and she said this weeks’ was on the first 2 chapters in Ruth. So I decided to sit down, and read them.

            They were on devotion. Ruth devoted herself to Naomi, and God blessed her for it.  He is so REAL, because just earlier today I felt my step today was devotion, as previously blogged earlier, and then here we are now, after the Sunday school lesson, talking about devotion.

            I took this to mean, that I’m supposed to devote myself to my parents, and their work. I’ve been talking about going back to school, here and there, but this solidified it for me, I’m staying with Maximum Access, and the Lord will bless us for it.

            And may the Lord deal with me every so severely if I try to do something else besides what my parents and husband are doing.

            Granny said Ruth sacrificed her life for Naomi, as I will sacrifice my own, college or whatever, for my parents.

            So the Lord my God answered my prayers about what devotion is about today, and he answered my prayers about what I should do with my life, all in one day.

            God is so good, and so REAL, and so ALIVE. I only wish for everyone to know Him as I do, and Love Him as I do, or better, because He deserves every ounce of Glory that any of us give him, and more. He deserves more than we could ever give.

            There are so many things that people worry about when seeking the Lord, and He understands them all, if we would only go to him honestly, telling him what they are, with a heart that wants those feelings to change. I know, because I do it everyday, when something not so satisfactory enters my mind, I tell the Lord. I fear Him yes, but I fear not telling Him more than I do telling Him, and being sorry.

            Not telling Him, can lead me down the wrong path, but telling Him, he renews and cleanses my mind, and keeps me on the right, blessed path, that He has created for me, that only can lead to blessings, and life. He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and The Life” and that He is.

            I just got finished eating left over tacos, and they were still pretty good, even though the meat wasn’t heated.  So today I’ve had protein shake (340) beef jerky (50) burger & fries (700) tacos (400) coffee (100) = 1600.

            And I haven’t walked yet, but I will here in just a minute. I had ran to Mama and Daddy’s to tell them about what the Lord revealed to me today, and to show Mama her patches.  She liked them, and likes the material I’ve picked out, that will put the whole thing together.

            Brian walked up front in the middle of his football game, and announced, so seriously, that it was exactly 2 weeks from today, that football starts. I asked who’s playing? He said. College. LSU !!!!! Of course, he’s excited about Georgia, but I know he’s secretly an enthusiastic LSU fan.

            He says he’s a Cowboys fan as well, but he keeps trying to steal all the Saints players. Maybe one day we’ll get him to admit defeat, and come to the light.

            I decided not to quilt Mama a Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt. I was going to, but when I got out the pattern, I quickly realized I would have to handstitch the whole entire thing, and I’m just not ready for a project like that, so she’s getting a 9 patch too.

            I’ve decided today is the Sabbath, and I’m not walking, and I don’t feel bad about it one bit.  I feel that today will give me a day of renewal, and not walking today will increase my drive to walk tomorrow. Just deciding to not walk today, I already feel my spirits increasing in determination , and will be rejuvenated for tomorrow morning.

            Saturday really is the Sabbath, and I really look at it that way, every Saturday, I rest. I look at Sunday as the beginning of the work week, and going to church on Sunday, as a labor of love, and a great way to get the week started off right.

            Today I had: protein shake (340), beef jerky (50), hamburger & fries (700) skinny cow ice cream sandwich (150) coffee (100, switched to powdered creamer) tacos (400), skinny cow ice cream sandwich (150) frozen vanilla greek yogurt (100) = 1990 for the day. I had a lot of ice cream today, and it was good, a low cal, so I’m very happy about it.