~~~~~~~~~~Screw Up, BIG TIME~~~~~~~~

Well, I had Surgery Thursday and as I was trying to "Make my own button" I lost everyone's button I had on here. I am so discusted I am leaving the computer for now. For the people I told you your button was here... It was and will be again, but for now I think I better leave this alone before I don't even have a blog anymore...

~~~~~~Matthew Wins~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~SURGERY~~~~~~~~~

I lived through my surgery, everything went fine. I am sore today but that is because this time he had to cut me. I will be fine in a few days.
Thanks for all the prayers!

~I am very Blessed~

~~~~~Thank you Lord~~~~~

This picture of Jesus has several different items in his face.

Can you find them?

I just wanted to say that I have been stressing on finances lately with

putting CJ in private school and having him tutored.

I have been telling myself that God would not have sent me to

that school if it was not the right thing to do.

It has helped CJ so much, I can see him coming out of his shell.

Anyway, back to stressing and the work of the Lord!

I found out yesterday that there is 3 paychecks in July.

I counted them before but somehow I miscalculated.

Thank you Lord!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~God's Cake~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?' Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, 'Absolutely Mom, I love your cake.' 'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers. 'Yuck' says her daughter. 'How about a couple raw eggs?' 'Gross, Mom!' 'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?' 'Mom, those are all yucky!' To which the mother replies: 'Yes , all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! ' God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful! God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.

~~~~~Letter from Grandma~~~

Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:

Dear Grand-daughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.

So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.

I found that lots of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!' 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.

I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing.

Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!! A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma

~~~~~~HAPPY FRIDAY~~~~~~

I thought it would never get here.

I did all my pre-op yesterday for my surgery

on the 25th, and I tell you, I can't wait to have

rest! (I hope) I know I have to go to the

Transformer II movie but other than that,

REST!!!

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Who Is Your Real Friend?

Put your dog and your spouse in the trunk of the car for an hour. When you open the trunk, which one is really happy to see you?

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Birthday Giveaway : Hoover Platinum Collection

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This is Me!

My Face Lift

I won a header for my blog from http://clippergirlssavingspot.blogspot.com/(Barbara) Thank you so much! I love it.

And I want to thank Ragan at http://www.bloggerboutique.com/ who did it. Again, I love it. It is so me. Thank you both!

Charlene

All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

Thanks to Kim Rogers for this information. I can't wait to try some of these ideas!

The US Postal service sent out a message to all Letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.

1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the lose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.
22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe lovebugs off easily with the wet Bounce.

Still alive...

I just wanted everyone to know I am still alive, just haven't had time to work on my blog!

God please help me get through this month. I have to go out for surgery the 25th and I have so much to do. One thing I am thankful for is that I work for Medicaid at Social Services, it doesn't look like my job will go anywhere. I will have 15 years here on the 8th and 17 total in September.