Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy birthday to me,

Happy birthday to me,

Happy birthday dear, Karen,

Happy birthday to ME!!!

Eeyore

Eeyore is an elderly, grey donkey, who lives by himself in a perhaps rather remote corner of the forest called Eeyore's Gloomy Place.

Eeyore is, to put it politely, a bit of a pessimist. He is consistently grumpy and gloomy throughout all of the stories, although just occasionally we see that he is capable of real joy too!

Eeyore can be relied on to think the worst in any situation. Although he is usually proved wrong, sometimes he is proved right. 

"A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference"

Eeyore

Tracking

Don't you just love the UPS and FEDEX tracking?  I discovered this about a year ago and just love ordering things online with tracking information.  I can click on the link in the email from whoever I purchased something from and know where my "stuff" is.


And today's excitement is .................................


My iphone4 has made it from Memphis to Dallas to Plano!


It is supposed to be delivered TODAY!  Thinking it just might be hard to concentrate at work today!


Do you order online?  Do you use the tracking info?  Do you just love it?

Deception!

Just why do bad things look so pretty?  This little dandelion looks so pretty out in the grassy lawn!  But looks can be deceptive!  It's a WEED!  Everyone knows how easily those weeds can spread! 

Clearing away the Clutter

 

When I beheld these trees with all the "junk" which had collected in the branches, God asked me to examine my life for unnecessary clutter.

So what clutter needs cleaning from your life?

Daffodils for Mama's Birthday

So today I want to pay tribute to a very special lady--

My Mother!

Today would have been her 84th birthday.  She celebrated 75 birthdays on earth and went to heaven a few days after that 75th birthday.

I learned so very much from her!  She was an extremely intelligent lady and had many, many talents.  She taught many lessons simply by the life she lived.  She believed in hard work, honesty, family, and faith in God.

She was a pretty good gardener and had a row of daffodils in her yard.  Quite frequently, they were just beginning to bloom when she had her birthday.  So as a child I would frequently pick her a bunch of "yellow flowers" for her birthday.  So yesterday, at the Arboretum, I "picked" a few pictures of daffodils.

Happy Birthday, Mama!

Went to the Garden today

 I ran away from home this afternoon;

I ran to my secret hide-away!

Shhhhh...don't tell

Needed to hear from God....

Wanna know what He told me?

The tulips are coming soon!

Gonna be pretty before long....

Out with the old  and in with the new....almost time.

Little buds are getting ready....

They want to show off their blooms

Ahhhh, Cherry Blossoms!

Bet I have lots of roses someday soon....

 I just can't wait any longer....I got to show my stuff!

  

ANTICIPATION

wait anxiously

EXPECTATIONS

a deep longing

HOPE

Romans 8:18-21 (The Message)

 That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.

 Our discussion included the ultimate anticipation---HEAVEN as well as short-term goals such as finishing my masters degree and getting my CPA license.  We talked about the importance of always having something to look forward to...it keeps us moving!

Can't wait for Dallas Blooms coming March 5!

I Absolutely LOVE this song!

Snow Pics!

Did I move to Alaska?

Or well maybe Alaska moved to Dallas?  Well, I'm ready for the cold weather to move on back to the north!  

We've had unusually cold weather this week here in the North Texas area.  Last weekend we had a few days in the 70's and now we've had several days with highs in the 20's.  

We got a thorough covering of ICE, not snow on Monday night/Tuesday morn. A friend's child was ice skating on the street. 

It hasn't melted yet.  

Then overnight our predicted light snow ended up being a few inches of fluffy snow.  

Now we don't have snow plows and salt solutions available to us and very few people have chains for their vehicles.  Our way of coping with winter weather is to close schools & businesses and basically just wait it out.  Our schools have now been closed 4 days this week. 

Driving conditions are just too dangerous for the buses to travel on the back roads.

I can't remember ever having schools closed for this long because of bad roads.  Our normal snow/ice storm lasts long enough to make a snowman and then it all melts away usually 1 day.  A big storm lasts 2 days! And we are on day 4 this time around.