Sing It Loud - Sing It Proud!

oh happy day!

today and even yesterday were just super,

duper days! i laughed a lot. had fun with friends. the students were testing so the health room was very slow. i caught up on paperwork. worked on a new greeting card line i just designed and have sold quite a few.

i just feel filled with happiness.

i was riding in my car after work yesterday and having my

conversation with God.

the sun had just come out and i was saying

"thank you":

• for the beautiful weather
• for the huge smiles i kept having
• students that had come into my life
• new friends
• summer trying to peek in
• flowers popping everywhere
• health
• blogging buddies
• art
• music

I know I talk about happiness a lot. But I praise God in doing it. It's this burst I get - this pleasurable feel of gifts of feelings. I know it's His grace. So I turned the tunes up in my car and danced as much as was legal in my car... and kept the conversation going. I don't ever want to stop being grateful. I also hope it doesn't bore you. Just me being me.

to the tips of my toes happy

FINGERPRINT FRIDAY .... I'D Love for God to touch your life today through beauty and nature.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1

God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.

 ~Author Unknown

As a gardener, I'm among those who believe that much of the evidence of God's existence has been planted. ~Robert Brault

The kiss of the sun for pardon,

The song of the birds for mirth,

One is nearer God's heart in a garden

Than anywhere else on earth.

~Dorothy Frances Gurney, "Garden Thoughts"

Don't wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees.

~Anne Raver

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul. ~Linda Solegato
Do I love you because you're beautiful,

Or are you beautiful because I love you?

~Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cinderella

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius

I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~Author Unknown

Beauty... is the shadow of God on the universe. ~Gabriela Mistral

May your worries be small, your joys be simple, your load be light, your garden give you peace, you have comfort from those who love you, you remember to give back and you feel the grace of God in your life in some way daily. Jennifer

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Jeremiah 51:16

My Friday Fingerprints Happy Ending.... praise and thanks for fingerprints on my heart

Friday's Fingerprints on my heart...
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

                                                                             Albert Schweitzer

i was having a tough time yesterday

needed to feel Spring and hope

to hear words of encouragement

get a boost

look at your lovely blogs

you right there for me

you were right there for ME!

then i received an email from my union rep telling me we are all losing an hour a day on our jobs due to the economy - not more money - less money

i fret... my phone rings

my friend bev says - "i read the email trust in the LORD,

open your bible to Psalms 46:1,2"

i did - it said - i knew

"God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not fear, though the Earth be removed, and though mountains be carried into the midst of the sea."

Make Mine Moss - Garden That is!

I have a very mossy area in my yard and my friend Gretchen came up with one of her typically creative ideas....

a moss square garden - so I said "why the heck not?" "This will probably only take 10 minutes." or "This is a no brainer."

"You can find those at..." or "I think I saw them ..."

"I'll bring you some...", "Why haven't you...", " I see you haven't planted those..." Thankfully, she's always there for me when I need a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen or someone to make me laugh so hard I pee in my panties! That's what friends are for...P.S. she has a cool yard and gardens too.

Friday Praise

My Friday praise: new friends, old friends, trusted friends, treasured friends, remembering my sons first moments on Earth, thinking of clusters of roses in bloom and the glorious fragrance they emit, the look my dogs give me when I walk in the door, picking up a dozen fresh eggs from a neighbor and knowing how good they'll be in the am, the rain nourishing my gardens, a hug from a friend at the end of the day. Shaking my head to realize - the day was good to me - God's Grace.