Thankful for Pink

 
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Is there a better color to be thankful for than PINK?!  I think not!
Happy Pink Saturday to Beverly and all those wonderful pink ladies!

Blessings,

Christmas goodies

Do you remember the other day when I told you about the snack with almond bark?  Well, looky at what I found.  I am SO trying this!  I thought I'd share.  I can't tell you how it tastes other than to say that those on Pinterest think it is the bomb!
It is called Christmas White Trash
 
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Blessings,

What not to do

 
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I have been wanting some more icicles for our Christmas tree.  I love those beautiful long crystal pieces that glisten as they reflect the Christmas lights.  Well, being the spendthrift that my husband wants me to be, I thought this sounded like a great idea.  Do you know what these are made from?  Plastic water bottles.  Yep!  We have a few of those around our house.  I thought it was a great idea and the picture looks great!  Apparently, you have to do these a few thousand times for it to turn out like these.  This is my personal what not to do...I am not telling you not to.  By all means, please try it and tell me how many times I can expect to do these before they come out looking good. sigh!  Sometimes I am just craft challenged.


Blessings,

I am thankful for creative people

This year I am busy teaching 5th and 6th graders and I try to incorporate some craft ideas.  Being one who believes in using what you have (especially when there is minimal budget), I like to go green.  I have been having the students save toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls.  God love one of my 5th grade students.  His grandmother works at a nursing home and I bet that three days a week he brought me bags of rolls.
Here is the project that we just finished.  Can you say, "Glad to be done with that project?"  Whew!  I've never been so tired of seeing paper cones!  I went to our local library sale and they had a table full of old books that they were throwing away.  That's a hoarder's creative person's dream!  I got a box full of books with aged papers and I was busy using an Xacto knife to cut out the pages.  I taught the students how to make cones and the 5th grade class went to town! (You've heard of the show, "What Not to Wear"?  Well, I should do a blog of what not to do and I would say don't do this one with 50 some students. Can you say "stressed"? I do love those students though and they came up with some very creative ideas!)

 Here is where I found this project.
Blessings,

i am thankful for Chocolate

I am thankful for chocolate!  Yes, I really am!  I admit it!  Where would we be without chocolate?  It is an aphrodisiac or so I've heard. . .  .It is a mood lifter, a girlfriend get togetherer, the best dessert EVER.
I thought I'd share a couple of recipes that have chocolate in them.  These went over really well at some get togethers.  So, if you are looking for a way for people to say, "You are the best cook EVER", then you might want to try one of these.

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and one that you can use at fall time.  I'd swap out the candy corns for some festive red and green candies

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Enjoy!
Blessings,

Friday Fun

Get your pink on and get going! It's Black Friday!
 

I have to be honest and tell you that I am one of those sickos, slightly out of it, "what were you thinking type people" because I truly love Black Friday!  I don't go to fight the crowd so I can be among the first to get the deal.  I just go for the experience.  I love the music, going shopping with someone you enjoy being with (my daughter), eating lunch, looking at all the eye candy, driving through Starbucks to get a skinny latte before heading home. Today, I am thankful for being able to just enjoy being!  Wherever you are today, I hope you enjoy just being too!
Blessings,

Compassion

 I have to be honest and tell you that at the time, I have not always been so thankful for the storms I have gone through.  But, I can tell you now that I am thankful for them because it has helped me to be more compassionate toward others and goodness knows, we can all use a little compassion.  So, today I am thankful for how I grew through the storm, how God has used it to allow me the exquisite honor of walking alongside of others when they walk through their storms, and for the gift of compassion that others have shown to me.
And you?

Blessings,

Hope

I am so thankful for hope.
But as for me, I will always have hope. Psalm 71:14

There's always hope.  Sometimes it is tucked away, but it is there if we just look for it.

Blessings,

Grace

Dear God,
It's me. . . again. . . 
I am so thankful for grace. . . God's grace.

 

What are you thankful for today?

Blessings,

Thankful for changes

 

I don't know about you, but I am really looking forward to what God is changing me into!  It must really be spectacular because I've been using a lot of that time and pressure. 
As Andy Griffith used to say, OOOooeey!  It must gonna  be a doozy!

Blessings,

Thankful for those amazing friends, strangers...

 

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I am thankful for the people who made such a difference in my life.
Blessings,

Thankful for distractions

 
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I knew there was a good reason to be messy creatively cluttered.  Today I am thankful for all the cool stuff I find.  Do you do that?

Blessings,

Day 13: Imperfection

Today, I am very thankful...


 Imperfection is art, the universe, the smile, the laughter, the stories that come from the awkward moment.  I am rejoicing today in being imperfectly beautiful!  And you?

Blessings,

Thank you

 

 
Today I am thankful for those who have gone before us and served our country to keep us safe.  And, then I thought of the heroes that live next door to us, or down the street or work with us and how they have made where I live a better place.  Yes, today I am thankful.
Blessings,

Family

So much for us to be thankful for.  When I say that I am thankful for my family, I really, really mean it!  I have wonderful children and a good husband.  I have wonderful daughters and son-in-law, and I have precious grandchildren.  They make my heart swell!  Oh, I almost forgot - and my dogs!!!!  I love my dogs! =0)

                                         My daughter-in-law, daughter, and two granddaughters

                                                                    Son and his wife

                                                                         son-in-law

                                                          my two sons and daughter

 

                                                    My son (by marriage) and daughter-in-law

 My daughter and son (by marriage) and their dad

 

My adorable grandson 

                                                                    Where it all began...
Thank you for indulging me...

Blessings,