1 Little Spider

I need your opinions....

What do you think of my spider?  He wasn't that hard to make and it's super, super cheap to make a ton of them.  Is he cute enough for more friends?

What do you think?  I am open to suggestions!

Painted Pumpkins

After seeing all of the fall decorating going on in blogland I got the bug and got some of my stuff out.  Today I wanted to show you the pumpkins that I painted last year.  I love them!

I bought these pumpkins at WalMart last year.  I think they are the $5 Better Homes and Garden pumpkins.  I used craft paint to paint them.  I used antique white, black and copper.  I free handed the black leaves on the white pumpkin.

I love polka dots!

I even made monogrammed pumpkins for the kids before I even knew monograms were cool!

Dining Room sideboard and shelves....Taylor really wanted to help!

Close up of my apothecary jars, look they are all filled!  I found the white tennis table balls at the Dollar Store and plan to make some knock off PB numbered balls.

  There are so many cute ideas floating around that I can't wait to borrow copy them!  I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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How I Have Lived my Life

Day 3 of the Purpose Drive Life asks "What drives your life?"  It gave the 5 major examples of what drives people lives.  Guilt, Resentment/Anger, Fear, Materialism and Approval.

I have lived my life through Fear and Approval.

The fear of the unknown, the fear of change and the fear of failure.

I have also lived my life wanting others approval.  I have done what's expected of me so that I would never disappoint anyone.  I am an appeaser, which is not good because a lot of times I am angry as I am doing whatever is asked or expected of me.  My Mom always told me "if you can't do it with a happy heart don't do it at all."  Guess what?  I didn't take her advice very often!

I am not complaining about my life at all.  But I don't take chances, I don't take risks because I am afraid!  I am trying to change my outlook on life, I am trying to take more chances and I am trying to say no if I really am not happy about doing something.

What drives your life?  How have you been living?

Days 2-5

Hi!!  Did anyone miss me?

{crickets.....}

:)  Life has been a little crazy and I have been MIA, but I am back for the night.  I am trying to keep up on my 40ish day journey, but I don't know how on track I am, but I am plugging away so that has to count for something!

I am on day 8 but in the interest of keeping you from poking yourself in the eye I thought I would recap days 2 through 5! 

Day 2:  You are not an accident!!!!  Children may be unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God.  God never does anything accidentally and he never makes mistakes!  He has a reason for everything he creates, while there are illegitimate parents, there are no illegitimate children.

Day 3:  What drives your life?  There are 5 major ways people live their life....   *guilt - we are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it

*resentment/anger - living life through anger and resentment, "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do."

*fear - self-imposed prison, that keeps your from becoming what God intends you to be

*materialism - Possessions only provide temporary happiness

*approval - allowing others expectations to control your life

Day 4:  Made to last forever!  Your relationship to  God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity.  The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears like worries, fear, sadness.  There is more to life than just the here and now!

Day 5:  Life is a test, life is a trust, and life is a temporary assignment!  We are always being tested.  God constantly watches our responses to people, problems, success, conflict, illness and disappointment.  Just remember....Sometimes God intentionally draws back and we don't sense his closeness.  That does not mean he isn't there!!!  "God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart."

I hope everyone has a blessed night!  Just remember that whatever we are going through God is always there, he is always with us!  He will never give us more than we can handle even if it doesn't feel that way sometimes and he is always walking by our sides!

Taylor is 2!!!

My baby is 2!!  I can't believe it!  It seems like she was just a newborn a couple of months ago!  We celebrated her 2nd birthday yesterday and had an amazing time with family and friends!

Welcome to our Watermelon Birthday!!

Birthday signs for the post thingies!

Dining Room Shot

Tissue Paper Pom Poms!

Shelf Close Up

Cardboard Canvas!

Watermelon Invites, Spray Painted Cans, Watermelon Straws!

Lime/Jello Watermelons!

Hours of fun!

Birthday Girl!!!

Happy Birthday TayTay!!  Mommy loves you!

A 40ish Day Journey

**I am not here to offend anyone one or "push" my religion on you, I have decided to share my journey because this is my blog, please feel free to read, feel free not to, feel free to join me if you like!**

 

As I get older my desire to learn more about my relationship with God has grown.  I have always believed in God, I have had my doubts in him, because I am only human, but my belief in him has always been strong.  My problem?  I am not very educated when it comes to the true purpose of life and what God is really about.  I know that he is always there, always looking after me and has a purpose for my life.  A purpose that I have doubted, cried about, screamed about and wondered why is God doing this to me?

A couple of months ago I was talking with a friend about the purpose of life and she gave me a book and said that it was a must read!  I finally started the book today.  Have you heard of or read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren?  The book is designed to be a 40 day read, because God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. I never knew that, like Noah was transformed by 40 days of rain (knew that), Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness and the disciples were transformed by 40 days with Jesus after his resurrection.

So today marked the start of my 40 day journey, which I will say 40ish because I am only human!  After reading Day 1, which is a whopping 4 pages, I have started my journey, my quest to find the purpose of my life, which coincidentally has nothing to do with me at all!

Today's Point to Ponder:  "It's not about me."

Verse to Remember:  "Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him."  Colossians 1:16b

So today I know that I was born by God's purpose and for his purpose, I exist only because God wills me to exist.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Sunday!

 

A Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway!  We have a winner of the Monogrammed Frame!

Jen from Larsen Loves and Craft-O-Maniac!

Congratulations Jen!  I will send you an email!  I hope everyone has a great weekend!