Friday Foto Friends

A lady went to the Pastor of her church and said... I won't be attending Church anymore..

He said, may I ask why??

She said, I see people on their cell phones texting and typing during the service, some are gossiping, some just ain't living right, some are sleeping, some are staring at me, they are all just hypocrites...

The Pastor got silent, and then he said, OK... But can I ask you to do something for me before you make your final decision?

She said, sure, what's that?

He said, take a glass of water and walk around the Church 2 times and don't let any water fall out the glass.

She said, yes I can do that! And went and got the glass of water.

She came back and said it's done. Proudly.

He asked her these questions:

1. Did you see anybody on their phone?

2. Did you see anybody gossiping?

3. Was anybody living wrong? 

4. Did you see anyone sleeping? 

She said, I didn't see anything because I was so focused on this glass, so the water wouldn't fall.

He told her, when you come to Church , you should be just that focused on God , so that YOU don't fall.

THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID "FOLLOW ME,"!!!

He did not say follow Christians.

Don't let your relationship with God be determined by how others relate with God. Let it be determined by how focused you are with God.

Please pass this on. 

Amen!

Happy birthday Alexis Caroline

Our little miracle granddaughter turns 13 today. Starting out at just 1 pound and about 12 or 13 ounces, she has been our little miracle. At two months early, she grew quickly and healthy. But just two months later, she came home right around the time she was originally due to be born. She was so itty bitty.

Papaw holding her at our house for the first time. They have shared a special bond. He used to set and comb out her long hair after I would wash it when she stayed all night. She would look through his Food Network magazine while he did. Whenever she was over, she would climb up in his lap and snuggle and watch TV for an hour or two.

I will warn you this may be picture overload in this post because she is just so stinking cute I couldn't decide which ones to post.

I loved this picture. That is her real hair. Love the curls. This was the year we went to Disney Princesses on Ice. I spent more time watching her excitement than I did watching the ice show.

Of all the pictures I have ever taken of her at my house, this has always been my favorite. It just captures that little happy girl that is full of love and joy. 

Watching TV with Barbie. 

How can you just not fall in love with that sweet smile. 

She has always been so loving. Even today, we share a bazillion hugs when we are together.

And those big beautiful blue eyes!

She is the one that loves to sing and perform. She is in every school Christmas program and one of the main characters every year in her church Christmas play. I love to watch her. She is quite a good actress. She puts personality plus into the part and learns her lines perfectly. 

She's our cheerleader and I love the way she looks in her cheer uniform. 

We go to Applebee's for her birthday every year. Just me and her. She has some kind of chicken and mashed potatoes. She loves her potatoes anywhere we go. But we really love to share the brownie and ice cream.

No matter how old she gets that smile always melts my heart.

She is a true light of my life and we have so much fun together. I love you Alexis Caroline and hope you have an amazing day. Happy birthday, sweetheart. 

Mamma-Mia!

We are forever finding reasons to eat at work. We have dessert day, taco day, hot dog day. We even had grilled cheese day and my favorite was milkshake day. I have never had problems deciding what to bring for any of our impromptu covered dish days. Till now. Tomorrow we are doing an Italian feast. I am clueless. The things I thought of are already spoken for. And since I am normally the one who does a dessert, I am at a total loss. Add to that the fact that I work the afternoon/evening shift today and will have little time to prepare anything. 

So I am reaching out to my friends. What do you recommend (and it doesn't need to be a dessert)? Something simple and easy yet delicious. Any ideas?

Fall is in the air...

Thanks to Irma we are experiencing cool temps and lots of rain and wind. I went to Michael's this weekend and picked up the stuff below for less than $5.00.

So this morning, I fixed my little flower vase and got out the fall place mat and owl salt & pepper shakers to do my kitchen table. I am happy with it. 

I also bought some fabric to make me a new no-sew runner for my dining room table. But I haven't had a chance to make it yet. Maybe tomorrow.

They decorated for fall at Dixie Stampede over the weekend so that go me in the mood to start getting my fall stuff out at home. This is just some of the Dixie decor. I love this area.

I stopped at the Corelle outlet at Red Roof Mall in Pigeon Forge. They are getting their fall and Halloween containers in. This one has football items on it. 

My favorite is the skeleton band. I have got to get me this one. They are getting ready to go on sale so I'm waiting to get it.

This one with the monsters is cute too. I will probably get both the Halloween ones.

Hope everybody has a great day.

Remembering.....

Every year on September 11th, we recall that horrible tragedy in our country. When did we go from that nation that came together and stood strong to people who want to tear down monuments and split and divide the nation. These words really hit me when I saw this. 

Happy birthday to my son-in-law

I want to wish a Happy Birthday to my son-in-law, Michael. He's a wonderful husband and Daddy. So blessed to call him my son-in-law. 

Happy Birthday, Michael.

A nice surprise...

My front porch was starting to get a little worn down. It needed some of the wood replaced and a set of steps added as an attachment instead of the temp stairs that were by it. I came home the other day and their was lumber beside my porch. Next day, I came home and I had new porch railings and brand new steps. I was thrilled. So this morning, I enjoyed sitting outside with my morning Pepsi waiting for the sunrise and enjoying my little mums started to bloom. 

They are going to come back this week and stain everything to match, but I am loving sitting on the new porch. I would have gotten a picture of the sunrise, but it did get a little cold so I ended up going back in the house. Enjoy your weekend!