May First and Second

 

I got the above book at Big Lots, the last time hubby and I went… It’s a sequel to Dracula, written by Bram Stoker’s great grandnephew… I had heard about it before and then while browsing through the books at Big Lots, I found it for $3.00…

Maple squeezing into a little box… She likes her boxes…

Another good day at work yesterday, not that I got everything done as I ran out of day, but I’m getting things done… I’ve also been bringing paper work home with me, so I feel organized going into work and not having to take time at work shuffling papers around… I was off today but I go in late tomorrow so I’ll get my paper work caught up in the morning before I go in…

The last tea rose, as hubby has replaced this bush with a low growing one… The English tea rose was like an octopus with it’s branches growing so long and then hanging all over the ground…

A huge Daddy Long Leg Spider Web… I counted at least six spiders that I saw…

Hubby and I went to the grocery store today… These were so cute and yummy… At least the one I had tonight was… I had the pink one called Jamaican Me Happy…

I have been eating too much lately… I ate a whole bag of jelly beans last night while we were watching our shows… and we have been staying up too late… and not going for walks… and spending too much time on laptops and phones…

Today I did some home paperwork and checked on email and Facebook… Amazing how fast time goes on a day off… I was up at 6am, hubby got the boys to school, I did the paperwork and laptop, had breakfast, talked with hubby and then it was noon…

Before going to the grocery store, hubby and I stopped at Big Lots again as I wanted to get these garden fences for Halloween for the cemetery… and it was a good thing as they only had two sets left…

I also got a garden post…

to hang this lantern on to give some light when giving out the treats to the trick or treaters… I’m searching for a more ancient looking lantern for son2 as he may be a reaper this Halloween… Not too early to start getting ready for our Halloween set up in the yard as there is only 182 days til Halloween…

A rose from when I was trimming the roses the other day…

Son3 had just a bit of homework tonight and hubby picked up son2… I made pasta with meatballs and sausages with garlic bread and garlic sticks; turkey burgers, corn on the cob, and leftovers of hot dogs and potato salad… I am hoping to have it last through the weekend, if the boys don’t eat it all before then…

I also did the dishes, washed the counters, vacuumed and washed the rugs… One of these days I may get to the bathrooms…

We’ve been watching our shows: Arrow, Chicago Fire, Supernatural…

Now it’s ten o clock already and time for bed…

Son2’s new phone cover, a panda bear… I got a purple one and hubby got a case for his… Son3 has son2’s old phone that still gets Wifi so he is able to play games on it and go on the internet…

Joyce Meyer Ministries

Today marks the 61st observance of the National Day of Prayer. Join Joyce in praying for our nation and it's leaders.

The more we die to selfishness, the more we live in the Spirit. Which life are you going to keep happy?

Make a decision to be the person God wants you to be!

Despite life's distressing circumstances, you can be confident in the Lord, the lifter of your head: http://jmm.co/KR4gMw

Pray first; act second.

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

you can let yourself be happier.

Happiness is a choice, although often it might seem otherwise. And it starts small. Today do something that makes you feel happy, and tell your friends about it.

 

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Tomorrow night

 

Clear 64°

 

Happy Journaling…

April Twenty Eighth, Twenty Ninth and Thirtieth

 

 

I’ve been sitting here watching TV and not writing… Watching How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly and Brain Games…

Today was a day off…

I worked all weekend closing… So not much time to write… But got lots done at work and had a good weekend at work…

I can’t handle my mood swings either…

Hubby made chicken with cream of chicken soup for the weekend for dinner with mashed potatoes and stuffing… I tease him because he always forgets the vegetables…

Tonight I made hot dogs, popcorn chicken, baked beans, potato salad and broccoli-carrots-cauliflower veggie mix…

Son2 went to his friends on Sunday for laser tag and swimming for a friend’ birthday… and then to a BBQ last night for same friend’s birthday…

He was tired getting up for school this morning…

Son3 is having state testing this week and next… still has homework though… His class just finished reading the book, Where the Red Fern Grows… today they watched the movie…

Hubby’s still filling out job applications… lots of hang-ups on the phone but no job calls…

Today I filled out all the cards for May, ordered more cards from Current, cleaned up my desk, trimmed all the roses and did laundry plus put it away and spent time with hubby…

We still have been playing with our phones… I like that I can listen to KLOVE on the phone… Hubby likes his Webster Dictionary App… I also like that I can check email and Facebook on it… Texting and answering it are the hard parts, lol…

Back to work tomorrow…

Time to get the boys heading to bed, so I can go to bed…

Hubby and I have our shows to watch: Bones, Castle, Hawaii Five O…

According to Family Feud, the top answer for number of hours that it takes to clean the house from top to bottom is three hours… so obviously I have no excuse of why my house isn’t clean… no cleaning done today though… I’m just not organized lately… I’m getting more organized at work though, so maybe home will follow… or better hubby will get a job and be out from under foot a few hours each week…

I’m thirsty… Time for water and my jammies…

 

Joyce Meyer Ministries

Don’t let bad habits discourage you! I can promise you that you and God together are an unbeatable team!

You can never be free through avoidance and running away from things. Don't let fear control your life.

No matter what is going on in your life, obeying God is the answer.

God has promised that He will never leave you or forsake you. No matter what you go through in life, you don't have to go through it alone.

The pathway to freedom and enjoying your life may be hard at times, but pressing toward freedom is easier than staying burdened.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” -2 Corinthians 5:17

Some people are more afraid of doing something wrong than they are enthusiastic to do what is right. –Joyce

God loves you. You were created by the hand of God on purpose, and He has a wonderful plan for your life.

 

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

when you are feeling anxious, remember to breathe.

Allow yourself to breathe in and out slowly. Allow your breath to bring you to a place of calmness. Allow yourself to be calm like the eye in the center of the storm.

 

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Happy Journaling…

April Twenty Fifth-Twenty Seventh

 

 

Rush, Rush, Rush…

Work, Work, Work…

I need two days just to clean the house…

A day to organize my thoughts and regroup…

A day just to relax…

And a day just to write in my blog…

I need a vacation…

The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of work, boys, dinner, homework, setting up new phones, checking on the laptop, and sitting in a mindless daze in front of the TV…

Thursday was a stressful, frustrating day at work…

And then yesterday was a fine day at work…

I did spend two hours yesterday morning before work going through all my work paper piles so I felt more organized when I got to work…

There is just too much to do in a day, and I keep forgetting things as I get distracted, and then there are meetings, and manager duties, and ads to set, and signing, and floor sets, and stocking, and price changes, and scans, and counts, and paperwork, and new receipts, and customers, and every other little thing that comes my way… Plus we are having inventory next month so I am helping the new shoe lead…

But… each week I do have one good day where I see things getting just a little better… it’s just the other four days that are so frustrating… I just keep reminding myself it’s only been three and a half months…

Of course it’s not just work, it’s also at home…

Just doing one thing and it eats up so much time…

I’ve been working on this entry for half an hour already…

And I hardly wrote that much…

Hubby is making breakfast and I should be helping him…

We did watch two episodes of Joyce Meyer to start our day…

I did work late last night so it was midnight before we went to sleep…

My brain is in such a fog from the Gabapentin and not getting enough sleep lately…

I close again tonight…

We did discover that hubby will not be getting a call back from Graybar even though he called them because they have reposted the job opening again… so I guess no one that was interviewed got the job…

He has been super excited since we got the phones though and has had positive thinking on some of the jobs he applied at this week…

I am feeling overloaded with all this technology at the moment and still have not gotten on a routine of reading blogs…

Even son2 upgraded his phone to the one I got and received his yesterday…

Hubby and the boys are hopefully planting all the plants we bought the other day this weekend…

Hopefully I’ll have a moment to walk among the roses before I go to work as it will be dark by time I get home…

I have one big project planned for my day at work today and direction of several projects for the associates today…

Hopefully it will be a good day…

Hopefully I will at least get organized at home and do a bit every day instead of saving it all for my day off and then getting nothing done and getting down on myself…

It’s all just to remind me that I am not in control…

God Is…

Joyce Meyer Ministries

Five minutes of communication can save a year’s worth of turmoil and misunderstanding. –Joyce

The habits that are the most difficult to make are probably the ones that will be the most beneficial to you when you have had victory. If a door is difficult to open, don’t walk away, just push a little harder.

Say good-bye to the things that are stealing your peace and joy and get on with God’s plan for your life! -Joyce, "Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits"

God’s Word is our spiritual food and without it we cannot grow and become strong in Him. -Joyce, "Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits"

Remember, whatever you need, prayer opens the door for God to work.

"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." -Colossians 3:2

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. " -Proverbs 4:23

Nothing will make sense if you're not centered on God first.

Today can be effortless as you depend on God’s grace to do what He has called you to do.

Decide to be a blessing to everyone you meet today. Forgive anyone who has hurt you, and leave unresolved circumstances in God’s hands.

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

you are to let grace flow freely from your heart.

Think back over the last few days, - how many times have you felt appreciation towards another? How many times have you thought about another: 'what a lovely smile', or 'she is so nice', or 'such a kind man', or any of a myriad of other appreciative thoughts. Did you express them? Did you come up to her and say: 'you are so nice'? And why not? Why did you stop divine grace from flowing freely from your heart? Do you want to change the world to the better? This is it, this is how you start.

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

be gentle with yourself.

When you ask God to forgive you for past mistakes and transgressions, don’t forget to forgive yourself.

Today

 

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Tonight

 

Clear 62°

Tomorrow

 

Sunny 95°

Happy Journaling…

April Twenty Fourth

 

Once again the day has run away from me…

Tonight’s distraction was hubby and I were playing with our new phones…

So much to learn and so many buttons and apps to push…

I’ve downloaded Facebook and Blogger and Pinterest and Feedly…

Next I need to put in phone numbers… I do have hubby and the boys and we practiced calling each other and texting…

Now it’s time for bed and I still have to do some paper work I brought home from work or maybe I won’t…

Time to get the boys in bed, they have school tomorrow…

Happy Journaling…

April Twenty Second

 

I got all my scans and counts done at work yesterday but then not exactly done, done…

I’m always a day and an hour behind at work…

We have inventory in a month and starting to get ready for that…

I’ll be taking inventory in my new department and then helping in shoes too…

Hubby had spent the day, actually five hours on the phone with the tech guy from U verse as the main computer was getting no internet that is plugged into the unit… the wifi was working just fine… so after finding some issues with the computer and cleaning it up, restoring to an earlier date and then completely erasing the whole computer, the issue was still not resolved… so a tech was scheduled to come out today between 12 and 4… I did not want to spend my day off waiting for the tech guy, so I asked hubby if we bought the router to plug in to the USB port then we could just use the wifi and then we could remove the plug from the unit and not have to bother with the tech guy coming…

For dinner we had leftovers and soups and whatnot…

We finished watching season two of Game of Thrones…

This morning hubby got the boys off to school and college…

He went to his interview and was back in just a half hour as the store is just up the street…

It was of course for entry level starting with cart retrieval and odds and ends about the store including cleaning the restrooms… Everyone starts this way at most grocery stores and have to work their way up the chain… he did say that you could be in the position for years waiting your turn to move up… however even though it’s minimum wage you do get at least twenty hours a week and more during the busy times… They’ll be making a decision by next week…

Since hubby was on the phone all day yesterday don’t know if Graybar tried to return his call from Friday, of course they did not call today, although we have gotten quite a few hang-ups today…

Hubby and I went to Walmart to get the router and a few groceries…

The internet came right up using the router for the wifi, however with the computer being wiped clean it’s going to take another five hours just to update everything…

I was up at 6am and still only got one or two things done around the house… It must be me, I can’t seem to get anything done at work or at home…

I have so much I want to do and write about…

I was a bit grumpy with hubby when he came back from his interview… especially since he was only gone 45 minutes… I told him until he got a job that he needed to find a hobby or sign up for a class so he was out of the house for at least four hours once a week so I could have a bit of alone time in the house so I can get some things done without all these boys under foot… including hubby…

Son3 got his homework done quick so he could play with his friend while hubby was picking up son2…

I put the laundry away…

We had lasagna and bread sticks for dinner…

And now we are watching season three of Game of Thrones…

The UPS man just came and brought the new phones… hubby and son2 will take them in to get them activated tomorrow…

 

Joyce Meyer Ministries

God forgives our sins and remembers them no more, so you can stop remembering what God has forgotten! –Joyce

When we fill our thoughts with right things, the wrong ones have no room to enter. #Habits

All things are possible with God! No matter what your bad habit is, God is able and willing to set you free.

Change is a process—it comes little by little.

If you don’t want to eat something, don’t keep it in your house. -Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits Live Webcast

You can never change a habit if you don’t believe you can change it. -

Trying is not the answer. Believing is what determines our living.

Don't be afraid of life. Jesus came that we may have life and have it to the full!

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

divine messages come to you all the time.

They come through dreams, through snatches of songs, through things that you read which resonate with you, through synchronistic conversations, and most of all, in the quiet recesses of your heart. You may not have encounters with burning bushes, but that doesn’t mean God isn’t talking to you!

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

you haven’t opened all your gifts yet.

Your life can be deeper than the ocean, larger than the sky and richer than all the minerals in the earth. You have so much potential. Do everything you dream of. Keep discovering yourself.

Tonight

 

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Sunny 90°

Tomorrow night

 

Clear 57°

Happy Journaling…

April Twenty First

 

This morning we had leftover strawberry pancakes, scrambled eggs and spam…

Got the boys moving and we went to OSH to check on arbors for the rambling rose that is almost blocking the side gate to get into the backyard… they didn’t have any but the boys did get some cactus and new pots…

Then we went to the nursery and son3 wanted some marigolds… so we planted them in a pot for the table so the snails wouldn’t get them…

And we got these bushes for the front side of the house… we’ve been seeing them all over the neighborhood so figured they would survive in our yard…

And I got some more gerberas for the front yard…

Then we couldn’t resist this rose bush…

And then realized when we got home that no wonder we liked it, it’s just like the ones we already have…

And the spot we were going to put it was too small so I’m thinking I’m going to pull out this English tea rose as it doesn’t grow like I want it to… it’s branches grow about five feet and then just lay all over the ground… and we will put the new rose here as this spot needs some color…

Hubby and son2 working in the yard…

Backyard after son2 mowed it yesterday…

Back side yard… the very last rose bush on the left has a bird nest in it…

Closer view of the bird nest… no eggs in it though… although yesterday the mother bird was having a fit on the roof as I was working too close to the nest…

I’ve been debating back and forth on whether to get me a cell phone… hubby and I had cell phones about ten years ago but hubby barely used it so it didn’t make sense for us to have them if he didn’t answer when I called him… then son1 and son2 had cell phones so if we needed to get them we could call from the house phone or vice versa… when hubby had the temporary UPS job a bit back he would borrow son2’s phone while he was out and about soliciting copies for UPS…

Until recently we’ve been paying for son2’s phone so I didn’t want to add the expense of another phone with hubby not working… and I’ve always given hubby a hard time about us paying for cell phones to use for work… however being a manager and current times it would be better for work if I had a cell phone… and hubby was telling me yesterday that he has passed up lots of job applications that require cell phones and or laptops…

So today before we went shopping I ordered hubby and I phones from Cricket… we like Cricket for the monthly fee and no contracts so we can cancel at anytime…

Son2 is going to upgrade his phone to the one I got, hubby has a simpler phone, and put his account in his name and then we will cancel the account we have for him now and just have hubby and my new account…

And then we’ll see how it goes paying wise with hubby not working and if we use them as much as we should… and maybe hubby will get a job where he needs to use his phone…

We also got Slurpee's today… they were out of banana and orange so son2 and I had to get cherry coke… hubby got pina colada and son3 mixed everything together…

I made teriyaki pork with bell peppers, squash and zucchini over rice for dinner…

I didn’t get hardly any of what I wanted done this weekend… once again my house is not clean… but we did get out and about and spent time with the boys…

Back to work tomorrow…

 

Joyce Meyer Ministries

When fear knocks on your door send faith to answer, and no one will be there.

The promises of God are for everybody, including you! (Isaiah 40:29-31)

Decide to change your thinking today by renewing your mind with God's Word.

 

Today, Linda, we believe God wants you to know that ...

each day is an adventure for you to discover.

Face each day without fear or expectation. Experience to the fullest whatever comes your way. It is as God meant it to be.

 

Tonight

 

Clear 59°

Tomorrow

 

Sunny 92°

Tomorrow night

 

Clear 61°

Happy Journaling…