Stress

A positive attitude...

There is a lot to be said about a positive attitude. And I'm positive I'm not in the mood to adult today. Sometimes life just stinks and I get moody no matter how much I try to stay positive. But I do love this bible verse and it does help when I get this way.

....for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. -Philippians 4:11

I am getting older. My bones creak and my body aches. My mind wanders and my hands and feet hurt at night. But I don't give up and I don't give in. I trust in God to get me through whatever comes my way. I need all the positive thoughts I can get today because I'm tired and aggravated.

M.I.A.

I have so much to update you on and so little time. My days are so full with work and VBS. But I wanted to stop by so you didn't think I would be M.I.A. all week. We have 2 of the 5 days of VBS under our belts and I am already exhausted. We normally have about 30 kids out of 3 classes that comes through our Pre-K craft. We allow for 48 just in case. 

Imagine my dismay Sunday night when I find out after the 3rd class that we have 25 more kids coming through. We were scrambling to get some things ready for their craft. Fortunately what we made was door knockers with star stickers. I had lots of stars and left over card stock and ribbon so we were able to cut out some more door knockers. So 55 on night one. What a blessing to have 55 kids ages 3 thru 5. 

Last night we had 60. But I went out yesterday morning and bought more craft supplies so now we have more than enough just in case we have more each night. I'm not sure of the whole total for Sunday, but we had 338 I believe it was last night, including the teachers and helpers in all ages.

I'm sure I'll have some pics to share later. But I'm too exhausted to go through them right now. And I have three more nights and Family Night to go. I really love VBS but I need the beach.

Sunday Songs

VBS STARTS TODAY!! And I am so excited. We have a fun theme this year. Every night we work on the songs so we can perform them on family night. This is the theme song. 

But I know the kids at church well enough to know this is the one they are going to fall in love with. It will be fun watching them do this one.

Just some thoughts....

I made myself this bag a few years back. But a friend saw it and begged me to sell it to her. She offered me a good price so I did. I planned to make another one but never got around to it. Well, a few weeks ago I found some fabric I loved so I bought it. I just have to go to Hobby Lobby this weekend and get the bag to make it. 

I am putting some turquoise and red in my office/craft room. I posted this a couple of years ago. I did find some turquoise pens and the stapler. Just gathering the rest of the stuff so I can do this.

Saw this on Pinterest one time and didn't know this milk glass piece existed. I keep looking for this in my shopping travels but haven't found it yet.

I had a Swedish Ivy plant a few years back but it got so big that I couldn't move it in the house during the winter so it died. I am going to see if I can find another smaller one for the house.

I am also looking for a plastic table cloth like I used to have. It looked lace but it was really soft plastic type material. It wiped clean so easy. But after a couple of years the "lace" part kept developing holes so I had to get rid of it.

I hate when something pops up in my Facebook memories now I am wanting a big skillet of hash browns. These were so good the last time I made them.

I had them with bacon sandwiches and it was too die for because the bacon that day turned out perfect!

I am on the search for the black snowflake Pyrex casserole bowl. A friend will make me the coaster once I find the bowl. If I can't get the black, but I get the blue snowflake, I will have her do blue and red instead of black and red.

Well, that's it for today. Have a happy Saturday.

Regrets..

At one point, I had way more Pyrex then I have now. I sold a lot, I traded some. I got rid of things I didn't really want to get rid of all because people would sweet talk me into trading or selling. Then the moved happened and I downsized. So I parted with things I wish I had kept that I thought I wouldn't have room for and it turns out I would have. This was the top shelf of my Baker's rack and I didn't think I would have room for the rack so I sold a some stuff. Among it was every single thing on this shelf. Now I want it all back. Probably will never find it all at good prices, but a girl can dream. 

These little 401 mixing bowls also went bye-bye, but they are easy to find at good prices so I will just rebuild my collection of these. I already have several of them.

But the one thing I regret the most was my snowflake casserole. I missed it at Christmas when I decorated the kitchen in snowflake.

Well, I found it all once and I'll find it again. On a good note, everything I sold I was able to sell for three to four times the amount I paid for it because I got everything either in trade or at a bargain and sold for what it goes for in antique stores. So it wasn't too bad.

Wish I had.....

I was cleaning some files on my computer and saw some pics of food I have made in the past and it made me hungry. Here are some that I am now craving (but not all at once) thanks to that file.

My homemade potato salad. I do the old fashioned mayo, mustard, egg and potato. Nothing fancy. I like my potatoes cut small and cooked until they are really soft. 

I had forgotten that I used to make brownies and stick a miniature Milky Way in each one in my brownie pan before I baked them. That was sheer caramel, chocolate heaven.

I have bacon gravy with biscuits, a side of bacon and a side of apple butter a lot. It is one of my favorite meals. 

This picture was when Allen brought home Buddy's Bar-B-Q soft serve ice cream after work for me. I smothered it with warm caramel sauce and Hershey's chocolate syrup. It's my favorite way to eat ice  cream.

Now I'm hungry. I'm going to go raid the fridge.