What's for supper?

My husband is one of the best cooks I know. He loves it and he is very good at it. He would fix me anything, anytime. All I have to do is tell him what I want. Ah...therein lies the problem.

Me: What's for supper?

Hubby: What ever you want?

Me: What have we got?

Hubby: I could make some spaghetti.

Me: Mmmm. Spaghetti sounds good. Let's have that

Now at that point, I consider the decision made and the conversation closed. But he loves to continue giving me choices....

Hubby: Or we've got some leftover mashed potatoes. I could do potato cakes and chicken.

Me: No, the spaghetti sounds good.

Hubby: I could fry some potatoes and we could have baked beans and wieners and fried potatoes.

Me: No, the spaghetti sounds good.

Hubby: Don't forget you bought biscuits and bacon yesterday. We could have breakfast for supper.

Me: No, spagh......wait a minute. Would you make gravy?

Hubby: Yes, if you that's what you want.

Okay, now. Back up the truck. Have I not been saying all along "Spaghetti" sounds good? So spaghetti was apparently what I wanted so why do we always continue to have the conversation about what to have. It just makes me more indecisive. After 30 years of marriage, he should know not to give me too many choices. I finally decided on the spaghetti. It was delicious and the right decision.

Blessed....

I saw a cute T-shirt design that said "To blessed to stress". It really touched my heart. I try so hard not to let stress come into my life, but it isn't easy. We need to keep a positive attitude about things and not let them get to us. I have so many things to be thankful for and the Lord has really blessed me.

I have been known to have a "Pollyanna" attitude and I don't worry about things that maybe I SHOULD worry about. But God is my fortress and my strength. Why should we struggle and take things upon ourselves when it is so easy to let go and let God.

I am the worlds worst for thinking I need to do it by myself. But whenever I try it on my own, it doesn't work. So instead of giving up, I give it to God. Is it easy? No. Do I do it all the time? No.

I am ashamed to say that I think I can fix it alone and then after struggling with it and letting Him have it, everything just falls into place.

So if I know, He can do it and I know He will provide a way and I know how blessed I am, I have to ask myself why....why do I want to do it by myself. I'm not sure. That is something I struggle with daily and one of my many failings. But God did not make us perfect. He doesn't expect us to have all the answers or make all the right decisions. We just need to spend more time on our knees. We need to be like the saints of old and fall down on our face and pour our hearts out to Him. 

He is still in control and He still wants to bless us, if we only let Him.

I need your opinion.....

Our local fire department is a volunteer fire department in need of new turn-out gear and a new tanker truck. They are holding a fundraiser in March. It is a spaghetti dinner and basket auction. Different groups and individuals are showing their support by donating auction "baskets". When I was first approached about this a month ago, I immediately knew what I wanted to do. But last night, I had a dream that I did something totally different. Now, I am torn. I have three ideas and would like your opinion on which you think would bring the best price at an auction.

Idea #1 - Movie Night Basket

I would purchase some all time classics or recent releases on DVD. I would fill the basket with 4 or 5 movies, microwave popcorn, movie size candy and several bottles of soft drinks.

Idea #2 - Travel Basket

I would use a 31 Organizing Tote (like the one above without a monogram) to fill it with travel related items to use in the car. My idea was to put a travel pillow, fleece travel blanket, a couple of travel mugs in the pockets, Germ-X, tissues, small first aid kit, etc. Things you would want to have handy in the car while you travel.

Item #3 - Craft Basket

A basket with yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles, a few patterns, a few quarter rounds of material. Just basic craft supplies that any crafter would enjoy.

Please let me know your thoughts on which basket would bring the most at the auction.

Thought this was cute...

Two of my grandchildren, Shelby and Caleb spent the night Friday. Shelby is my camera ham. If you pick up a camera anywhere in her vicinity, there is a CHEESE and smile that just pops up in front of you. I walked in the living room and Caleb was intensely playing Construction City and I didn't see Shelby. My cell phone was laying there so I picked it up to snap a quick picture of him while my little ham wasn't in the room. This is what I got.

But I absolutely cracked up when the click sounded and THIS popped up from the chair with a CHEESE. 

I had no idea she was in the chair behind her bubby watching him play. Just made me smile so I had to share it.

Have a happy day!

It's going to be a great weekend....

The sun is peeping through the clouds. The weatherman says it should reach mid-60's today (but my optimistic personality believes it will get higher). Cinnamon rolls are baking in the oven and a huge glass of ice cold whole milk is calling my name from the fridge.

I'm going to head out to a big children's consignment sale this morning, with a list of sizes for all 5 grandchildren. We are having lunch at Texas Roadhouse, which means unlimited rolls. Do I need the bread? Not so much. Do I crave the bread? Oh, yeah.

Some more shopping at Five Oaks Factory Outlet mall in the afternoon then home for a relaxing evening with hubby.

A light supper and an hour with Hawaii 5-0 on my On Demand because I missed it Monday night and haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

Tomorrow is Sunday School and Church and more sign ups for the church directory portraits.

I love my life!  Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend!

Breaks are a blessing...

I took a much needed break yesterday and feel so refreshed this morning. Sometimes we find ourselves staying so busy, we forget to take time for ourselves. It's my own fault because I can't seem to "shut down" at the end of the day. I think I need to check my emails one more time. The worst thing about own your own business and working from home is your forget that you CAN close up shop at the end of the day. I have a tendency to worry that my clients may need me so I've gotten into a bad habit of checking my emails three or four times after my work day ends. As a result, I was suffering a mild case of burnout yesterday.

I sat down to do my blog yesterday morning and I was brain dead. But we took a two day trip to Nashville yesterday morning and will head back home later this evening. It has been so relaxing and wonderful. We did a little shopping in the afternoon and then came back to the hotel. After ordering pizza delivery and eating, hubby found us a good movie to watch and we settled in to relax. I did some plastic canvas crafting on my sisters box while we watched TV. Then we found another good movie and had a snack of chips and a candy bar.

Have to pick up some truck tags this morning then doing a little more shopping and heading home. There are a couple of antique stores along the way that I want to stop in. There is one is Sweetwater, TN that I got an antique secretary in one time for $25.00. I want to check it out and see what they've got in stock.

All in all, it was very restful trip and I'm going to go ahead and take part of the day off tomorrow as well. What's the sense of being the boss if you don't play hooky once in awhile.

A challenging morning...

This is how my brain feels this morning. And I'm not going to challenge it. So I'm taking a couple of days down time. I will be back tomorrow or Friday. Hope everyone has a blessed day!!!