Got this quote in an email from Dayspring…
No ocean can hold it back.
No river can overtake it.
No whirlwind can go faster.
No army can defeat it.
No law can stop it.
No distance can slow it.
No disease can cripple it.
No force on earth is more powerful or effective than the power of prayer.
By Lynn Carlson
So true….
And what a gift prayer is…being able to just talk to my Lord and Savior without texting, phoning, emailing, or meeting at a coffee shop.
This week is crazy…I have the last chapter of my accounting class homework…with the final being this weekend (I will download it on Friday and have to have it handed in by Tuesday at 10 pm). So……
I may pop in later this week but for the most part just taking a break!
The good news is that…the scrap stash give away packages will go out tomorrow. My big 4 year old, has a mommy day tomorrow and I will need his help carrying them in to the post office!
I was slow but sure…hope you all enjoy! 
I first used a stickles-like product about 5 years ago. I took a rubber stamping class that was offered by our adult center and the instructor introduced me to “stickles.” Very cool stuff…and back then I only knew about the clear, “diamond”…now days it comes in many colors. Stickles is basically a glue with glitter in it. It is very versitile…and I recently purchased a few colors at my local scrapbooking store. Now days Ranger Ink makes the real Stickles…and it runs about 2 bucks a bottle.
This video podcast gives great tips on how to use Stickles in many different ways. And here is the link to the lady who does the video podcast, I have enjoyed several of her video podcasts…have only had time to watch a handful so far.
This cute, cute tote made from a pillow case…looks super easy…and to hear me say that you must know that I don’t sew much at all! It was Martha’s craft of the day (since it is earth day)…loved it. Here is a link to the directions they give.
And as if these two things are at all related…
Saturday night, my hubby and I had over some fun friends and we watched UFC 83 . I was delighted that my all time favorite fighter, Rich Franklin, pulled out a win. I have no idea how he got out of that armbar…I have seen so few fighters sneak away from an armbar that was as “extended” like that one was. I have no idea if I am using the right terminology…LOL! But I was glad that Rich had his hand held up at the end denoting that he indeed won!
I like to watch Rich because he really tries to be a good role model…and gives thanks to God at the end of his fights. Gotta give credit where credit is due…and Rich continues to remember to do just that.
If you check out his site, you will see that he is super sweet on his wife…and his family. He also used to be a high school math teacherl…which I think is cool. Anyway…wonderful to have such a good, solid role model out there.
Here he is:
My mission continues to be putting in my spring plants. The past three years, I have tried to put in a few more perennials every year…learning what works and what doesn’t.
As I promised, some pics.
In the picture below, the white flowers are candytuft and the orange ones are wallflowers. Both of these are perennials I put in last year. Perfect for the spot…which is along the sidewalk on the way to my front door.
Oh, and there are some galardia from last year that will be blooming come summer.
Oh, and look at this faithful, cute mourning dove that has a nest in one of my front bushes. It is a big bush, no doubt…and she has a good view!
Mindware has this marble run out.
All three of my “boys” love it.
Here they are playing with it.
Great for creativity…as there are no directions!
The May/June issue.
Check out the cover (sorry tried to post a pic and failed).
I do like that star pattern paper by KI memories…may have to watch for that.
A link to the pattern paper. This stripe is cute too.
Just like the people at Simple knew that I was fascinated by stars lately.
Oh, and they have a free download for journaling cards here.
There is even a star journaling spot in the mix!
Hello…
Lately I have been into stars…I find so many sketches done with a big embellishment spots (and lots of scrapbookers place flowers in these spots)…even though I am not afraid to use flowers on my boys pages, I don’t do it often. And the older they get, the less their pages warrant a flower!
So…I have been looking at lots of other embellishments ideas. Keeping some cute stars around is helpful for me and is a fun embellishment for me to use.
So here are some cute things that are out there:
1. Pattern paper by Fancy Pants….
I usually go for brighter so not sure I will purchase it.
2. This transparency by My Mind’s Eye.
3. Stamps like these by Autumn Leaves:
4. Chipboard by Technique Tuesdays…I have this and use it as a template…have been too cheap to actually use a peice of it. Silly me. But after seeing the price of it again…I see why!
5. Die cuts – Am going to take a bunch of my bright cool pattern paper scraps to my local scrapbooking store and cut out some stars just to have in my stash. I think if I choose papers that I love with bright fun colors… I would use them pretty quickly.
Here is a LO somewhat recently…I cut up Junkitz pattern paper for the stars and used a rub on for the title.
I think that I might as well call it a Monday mission on a Tuesday or a Tuesday mission or something…
Never do I get it posted on Mondays. Monday are busy…work, catching up from the weekend.
My mission yesterday and today has been planting flowers and veggies.
We don’t have a space for a garden, so I use basically 3 of these for veggies.
They are Earth boxes and they work great…they water from a bottom reservoir which cuts down on my watering during those hot, hot summer days that we get. I think I have had mine for 3-4 years…still holding up great. I use the large tomato cages to give the tomatoes strength. I use them to plant my tomatoes and chili plants. I planted an Early Girl, a Husky cherry and three chili plants in 2 of them. I have the other one ready for 2 more tomato plants…I would like a yellow pear or two if I can find them I need to go tomorrow and see if I can find one.
I am slowly learning what plants like it here or there in my yard. I try to stick with perennials so that at some point I won’t have to spend as much money every year and it will cut down on my work.
Candytuft is a perennial that I am really enjoying.
Every one of the plants I put in last year came back and is currently blooming it’s little head off. They are the very first things to bloom…and they bloom for a long time. They are a very nice spring and early summer treat. Now to find some perennials that can add some color…to go along with them and my front bed will be pretty much complete. I have these wallflowers…
which are pretty and I wish I had a few more…I haven’t seen them for sale in our little town so I will have to keep them in mind if/when I ever find them somewhere else. They don’t add a ton of color however…so I need something more. Still searching…which is really kinda fun.
When you are looking for things that do well in your climate and soil…one of the best places to look is in your neighborhood. Walk around and pay attention to the side of street, shade trees, etc. that might play a part in how well, not well a plant is doing. That is the tricky part of my front bed, it is on the east side of the house…it gets great sun in the early morning but it has a big tree near it…so it all depends on how much shade that is giving it. We did some trimming this year so hopefully that will help some of my flowers that like more sun. Like this perennial that is so cute and didn’t bloom much last year due to the lack of sun I guess:
Those are Gaillardia pulchella or Indian Blanket…and they like a lot of sun….and they bloom all summer long. They are also a pretty hardy perennial. I will let you know if they do better this year…if not..I will move them to a very full sun spot in my yard. A spot I worked on today and put in these:
Coreopsis
and some lavender.
Anyway…that is what I am up to in the way of missions. Gotta run.
Sorry…none of the pics are working. I took some for ya…just have to download them. Will do another post with some of my pics…you can find plenty of pics and info…just search them on google.
Memorizing scriptures with our kids can be the greatest blessing. My oldest has been working on memorizing scriptures for is Kindergarten class. They have one scripture for each letter of the alphabet…he knows a good portion of them and we will be working on them this weekend so that kinda brought this to mind.
This past summer, my boys and I learned the 23rd Psalm. The boys were ages 5 and 3….they did wonderfully. I think the 3 year old learned it faster than I did!
I have memorized so many things over the years…could quote facts from many a biology text…but had never committed something as common as the 23rd Psalm to memory. So many beautiful and meaningful scriptures in the bible…that is a book that warrants memorization! As summer approaches, I am looking for scriptures for the 3 of us to learn…I think it will be a fun summer tradition. Last time we worked on it as a surprise for my hubby…I think it took us 3 days or so…it was easy, fun and a blessing.
The most wonderful thing is that once you have memorized the scripture, you always have God’s word with you. The lights are out and my youngest wants to “pray” using the 23rd Psalm. His sweet little voice and God’s powerful words…
“The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want…”
“…he restores my soul.”
“…I will fear no evil, for You are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me…”
“…surley goodness and love will follow me all the days of life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
I will leave you with this little girl saying the 23rd Psalm…you have probably seen it but in case you haven’t, you must. She is a cutie.
