Blessings.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Spring
Just a few shots around the 'farm'...
Pretty roses.
Orange blossoms & happy bees.
Birdhouse Gourd birdhouses :)
Animals enjoying the sunshine.
How is spring shaping up in your neck of the woods?
Blessings.
Pretty roses.
Orange blossoms & happy bees.
Birdhouse Gourd birdhouses :)
Animals enjoying the sunshine.
How is spring shaping up in your neck of the woods?
Blessings.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Field Trip!
Being that we do ~in fact~ live in California, guess what? We went to see a mission! ;)
Mission San Francisco Solano is the last & northern most of the 21 Missions built.
And guess what?
It's only 2 1/2 hours away so we piggy backed a field trip onto a work trip & we road tripped to Petaluma :)
Our first stop was the beach (cha!)
Happy sigh.
So pretty there.
Hey look! It's me!
There were, unfortunately, 2 problems with the beach that day. #1 - no dogs allowed. Major bummer :(
& #2 - the wind was ice cold & blowing like a freight train. It was picking up the sand & throwing at you so hard it was stinging!
So we didn't stay long at the beach. Sigh.
Next stop was the Petaluma Adobe which was general Vallejo's Ranch Headquarters.
No Pat no! Don't sit on that! (who can name that quote? C'mon. You know you know it!)
After the Adobe we went to the Mission which has such a pretty chapel. No where near as pretty as the chapel in Mission San Miguel which is my all time, very most favorite, chock full of childhood memories, mission but still very pretty :)
My husband made a special friend at the barracks. I'm pretty sure they are Facebook buddies now...
It was a good trip. We had lots of fun & learned lots of cool history. Had the best burger ever at Burger's & Vine in Sonoma (Seriously. Go there. Eat. Be happy.)
Sometimes living in California can be awesome.
Blessings.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Happy Resurrection Day!
Happy Resurrection Day from my family to yours :)
(for those of you with OCD tendencies don't look at my necklace)
We've had a great day so far. We got up at 5 (yawn) & had an amazing sunrise service. The music was wonderful.
Afterwards our whole church went to IHOP for breakfast.
Then everybody went home, dressed up & came back for regular service.
The little boys & I made Resurrection Rolls when we got home.
Have you ever made those?
So simple. And so fun & such a great lesson.
It makes a wonderful Sunday School or Junior Church lesson.
The marshmallow represents Jesus's body. We dip it in the 'anointing oil' (butter) & 'burial spices'(cinnamon sugar) & wrap it in the 'linen cloths' (crescent roll).
Then it goes into the 'tomb' (oven)
and after 3 days & 3 nights (or 10 minutes)
You remove them, let them cool a few minutes and...
Hallelujah!!! He is risen! The tomb is empty!
Blessings.
Passover Seder
I'm a little late but wanted to share some pictures of our Seder.
This year it fit right in with our current study of Exodus.
And celebrating the Biblical feasts is such a great way to bring the Bible to life for your family.
Instead of it being just some boring, dry story you read to them, it becomes real, and full of meaning.
Finding & purging out the leaven.
Burning it.
Blowing of the Shofar.
Blessing the unleavened bread.
Our Seder plate.
Shalom everybody :)
Next year in Jerusalem.
Blessings.
This year it fit right in with our current study of Exodus.
And celebrating the Biblical feasts is such a great way to bring the Bible to life for your family.
Instead of it being just some boring, dry story you read to them, it becomes real, and full of meaning.
Finding & purging out the leaven.
Burning it.
Blowing of the Shofar.
Blessing the unleavened bread.
Our Seder plate.
Shalom everybody :)
Next year in Jerusalem.
Blessings.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Denial: not a river in Egypt
Someone brought up the "P" word the other day.
Pyramid.
At first it made me kind of mad. Because, you know, pyramids are illegal. But thanks for thinking so highly of me.
After a bit I just started to think about the irony & absolute hypocrisy that goes with this subject.
For some reason, the business that I am involved in, Plexus, strikes people as a 'pyramid' or right off the bat they start talking about how 'bad' Network Marketing is or the dreaded MLMs.
They will tell you right from the start they don't do business like that.
Really? So you have no Pampered Chef? Tupperware? Arbonne? Young Living or DoTerra?
Oh wait a minute...they are hemming hawing now.
Why yes, of course they have those products. And they have never had any sort of moral conviction about those companies.
But suddenly they don't support MLMs or they have a problem with Network Marketing.
If you have ever been involved with any sort of home based business or grass roots organization guess what? You were doing Network Marketing.
Because that is what you do when you don't want/can't afford to pay Walmart or Target to market your product for you.
You market it yourself. By word of mouth. By telling friends. By putting it on Facebook.
That is the smart way to get a business going.
When Donald Trump was asked recently what he would do if he had it to do all over again, his matter-of-fact, one-line reply was: "I would get into network marketing."
But the funniest thing to me is this: all these people who talk about "pyramid schemes" they have jobs right?
They have a boss, who has a boss, who has a manager, who has a supervisor, who reports to a Vice President, who reports to a President, who answers to a CEO who is the Top Dog over everybody & makes all the money.
Dang. That sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.
In my business, everybody has the same chance to get to be the Top Dog. In fact, my upline has surpassed
her upline several times over already.
So tell me, in today's world, if you start out pumping gas what are the odds you can make it to CEO?
pssst. I think you work in a pyramid...
Here's the real kicker though, I have the chance to talk with people & share an amazing product which can impact their health in so many positive ways I can't even list them all. I'm not trying to sell you anything.
And I am most definitely not trying to twist your arm into joining my 'pyramid'.
When someone really believes in something~ whether it is book or a supplement or a group or the best chocolate chip cookie recipe they ever made in their life~ they TELL people about it! They share because they are excited & want their friends to be excited too.
I'm not selling anything. But I am sharing.
If you want to improve your health ~ I can help with that!
If you want a chance to build a business around improving your health & helping others improve their health ~ I can help with that!
If you want to sit on your couch & never do anything to improve your health or your finances ~ I cannot help with that! But I can smile & wave as I pass on by.
Blessings.
Pyramid.
At first it made me kind of mad. Because, you know, pyramids are illegal. But thanks for thinking so highly of me.
After a bit I just started to think about the irony & absolute hypocrisy that goes with this subject.
For some reason, the business that I am involved in, Plexus, strikes people as a 'pyramid' or right off the bat they start talking about how 'bad' Network Marketing is or the dreaded MLMs.
They will tell you right from the start they don't do business like that.
Really? So you have no Pampered Chef? Tupperware? Arbonne? Young Living or DoTerra?
Oh wait a minute...they are hemming hawing now.
Why yes, of course they have those products. And they have never had any sort of moral conviction about those companies.
But suddenly they don't support MLMs or they have a problem with Network Marketing.
If you have ever been involved with any sort of home based business or grass roots organization guess what? You were doing Network Marketing.
Because that is what you do when you don't want/can't afford to pay Walmart or Target to market your product for you.
You market it yourself. By word of mouth. By telling friends. By putting it on Facebook.
That is the smart way to get a business going.
When Donald Trump was asked recently what he would do if he had it to do all over again, his matter-of-fact, one-line reply was: "I would get into network marketing."
But the funniest thing to me is this: all these people who talk about "pyramid schemes" they have jobs right?
They have a boss, who has a boss, who has a manager, who has a supervisor, who reports to a Vice President, who reports to a President, who answers to a CEO who is the Top Dog over everybody & makes all the money.
Dang. That sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.
In my business, everybody has the same chance to get to be the Top Dog. In fact, my upline has surpassed
her upline several times over already.
So tell me, in today's world, if you start out pumping gas what are the odds you can make it to CEO?
pssst. I think you work in a pyramid...
Here's the real kicker though, I have the chance to talk with people & share an amazing product which can impact their health in so many positive ways I can't even list them all. I'm not trying to sell you anything.
And I am most definitely not trying to twist your arm into joining my 'pyramid'.
When someone really believes in something~ whether it is book or a supplement or a group or the best chocolate chip cookie recipe they ever made in their life~ they TELL people about it! They share because they are excited & want their friends to be excited too.
I'm not selling anything. But I am sharing.
If you want to improve your health ~ I can help with that!
If you want a chance to build a business around improving your health & helping others improve their health ~ I can help with that!
If you want to sit on your couch & never do anything to improve your health or your finances ~ I cannot help with that! But I can smile & wave as I pass on by.
Blessings.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Praying for our kids...
Do you pray for your kids?
Of course you do, I mean what kind of silly question is that?
Everybody prays for their kids.
We pray for them to be healthy. We pray for them to be happy. We pray for them to be safe.
These are good things to pray for. Yes.
But what about other things? Things you may not be thinking about right now?
What about their future?
What about the people in their future?
First & foremost we should pray for their salvation. From the time they are a tiny baby, before they are even born, we should pray that they will be saved.
That their name is in the Lamb's Book of Life.
That they will love the Lord & love His word & carry it within their hearts always.
First & foremost.
Then we should pray for their spouse.
Say what?
Yes. Their spouse.
No need to wait until they are 'of age' Or they actually bring someone home.
Nope. The time to pray is now. Over their crib. Every night after their bedtime story. All thru their lives.
Pray for the person they will marry. Pray for their salvation & their health & their safety.
Pray for their love of the Lord & for everyone to remain pure until the day the Lord brings them together in marriage.
Pray for all of these things now.
Pray for their children. And their grandchildren. And their great-grandchildren.
Don't leave your family to chance.
Pray for them now. Pray for them always.
Be ahead of the game.
And how awesome to meet your child's bethrothed & be able to say "I have been praying for you your entire life."
Cover your family in prayer.
The family you know now, the family of your future, every single member.
We may not know who they are but the Lord does & He hears our prayers.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16
Blessings.
Of course you do, I mean what kind of silly question is that?
Everybody prays for their kids.
We pray for them to be healthy. We pray for them to be happy. We pray for them to be safe.
These are good things to pray for. Yes.
But what about other things? Things you may not be thinking about right now?
What about their future?
What about the people in their future?
First & foremost we should pray for their salvation. From the time they are a tiny baby, before they are even born, we should pray that they will be saved.
That their name is in the Lamb's Book of Life.
That they will love the Lord & love His word & carry it within their hearts always.
First & foremost.
Then we should pray for their spouse.
Say what?
Yes. Their spouse.
No need to wait until they are 'of age' Or they actually bring someone home.
Nope. The time to pray is now. Over their crib. Every night after their bedtime story. All thru their lives.
Pray for the person they will marry. Pray for their salvation & their health & their safety.
Pray for their love of the Lord & for everyone to remain pure until the day the Lord brings them together in marriage.
Pray for all of these things now.
Pray for their children. And their grandchildren. And their great-grandchildren.
Don't leave your family to chance.
Pray for them now. Pray for them always.
Be ahead of the game.
And how awesome to meet your child's bethrothed & be able to say "I have been praying for you your entire life."
Cover your family in prayer.
The family you know now, the family of your future, every single member.
We may not know who they are but the Lord does & He hears our prayers.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16
Blessings.
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