My New LOOK!!!

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Cheryl over at Red Pens and Diapers created the new header for me. I absolutely love it. Thanks Cheryl for making my blog look so wonderful. You are the bomb lol.

Happy Valentine's Day Hubby!!!

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Today is the day of LOVE!!! I have been with the only man that I have ever loved for about 18 years now. He is the only man that has ever held my heart in his hands. The only man that has made me feel like the only woman on earth. The only man that makes me feel beautiful even when I look my worst.

Honey, Thank you for making me realize how special I am. If for no other reason than I have to be something special to get a man like you! You have provided me with so many things over the years. Love, comfort, joy, and peace just to name a few. You also provided (or helped God provide) one of the best gifts ever - Anna!!! I feel so blessed when I look at the two of you. It warms my heart when I hear you laughing together or reading together or just talking. We may not have a lot of material stuff but we have the important stuff. We have each other.

I love you with all my heart and I was truly blessed the day you walked into my life.

Wordless Wednesday - My 2 True Loves!!!

LoveFest Part 1

The rest of the week I am going to have a LOVEFEST! I am going to start out with Anna's love. Anna and her Sweethearts! Love is in the air between these star crossed toddlers. The one on the right is this years young love. Anna and Brooks played hard for a few hours this morning at the park and had so much fun. They get together at least once a week and definitely see each other at church. The one on the left is last years baby love. He moved away and we still miss him and his family. They were so cute together. They would kiss on each other and hug on each other like they were truly and deeply in love. It was sweet. & of course innocent. Anna stayed with his Mommy when I was working and they were inseparable. We saw them at church every week as well. She is a lover not a fighter!

Oh I have a few meme's that have been sent to me so I will get to those ladies! Also, Cheryl is helping me fix a new and wonderful header for my blog. I am very excited about that! So come back to check me out later in the week. She is being super patient and helpful with it.

Manic Monday and Tackle it Tuesday

I was going nuts with the chaos in my house. I don't have a dirty house but I have a messy house. It has toys and clutter everywhere. I am taking charge! I think taking charge of my body is giving me strength to take charge in other areas of my life. I started in the kitchen today because it is the heart of the house. I worked all morning and with Anna's help I am very pleased with our results. I didn't take a before picture because honestly the spirit just moved me to get to work! I do have after shots though and let me just say there is a WORLD of difference!!! I still need to do the floors, clean out the fridge and the pantry lol but other than that it is GREAT lol. Boy I guess I didn't get as much done as I thought lol. Oh well look for yourself and tell me what you think.

The picture above is the biggest improvement. We have had the little rack you see in the corner forever and never put it together. So Anna and I put it together and put it to good use finally! We also tossed out things we didn't need or put away other things that were just lingering.
This was a vast improvement too. The window seal needed a definite scrubbing. I keep all of my important mementos in my kitchen window for some reason. You will see the unicorn my brother gave me, a few candle sticks and holders given to us at our wedding, a little tiny egg plant pitcher and beautiful flower vase given to us by my hubby's me-maw, a few little figurines given to me when I was a little girl one by my aunt and the other I can't remember where that one came from maybe my parents, the little candle holder with rocks in it is for my hubby and well Anna too now I guess (they both LOVE rocks) oh and don't forget the little wood bear in the corner. This little bear has traveled with me since I was a girl. My friend, Jody's Dad made it for me one year. I think it has a date on it let me see it says 1988 how about that lol. Oh yeah and don't look at the dishes in the sink!
Of course here is the best treasure ever! I can't take pictures without her wanting in on the shot.
Don't you love my flat top stove! The pictures behind it are pretty cool too. They were given to me by my mother in law and I thought they would look great back there. My sister in law, God bless her, cleaned them up for me a few weekends ago. They get pretty messy hanging up there!
Here is our dinosaur microwave! We have had that little thing since we got married and we are working on 12 years. It still works at least most of the time so we hang on to it lol.

PS. What do you think about my counter tops. Our builder told us not to go with these because we would hate them after being here a year. I think we have been here 8 years now and I still LOVE them. They are different and fun.

Love Lifted Me!

I love going to church. We have a variety of people that go there and they are all wonderful in their own way. Some are entertaining, some are just down right funny and others are loving and kind. Even though it is a pretty small church it lifts my spirits to go. There is laughter and teasing and a lot of joy. It is very much like a family! I am sure that there are numerous people there going through a hard time but they put it all aside for the day. I feel loved and needed when we are at church. Starting this First Place class I am getting to know even more people that I have only exchanged pleasantries with. It is very nice and very rewarding!

I don't know why I am sharing this. I guess I just wish that everyone had a place like that to go to when they need their spirits lifted or whatever.

Pictures from our park!

We took Anna to the park downtown today. While we were there I had to get some pictures of our trees and pretty flowers. Aren't they beautiful!?!