it's a lovely life: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

He takes the time to talk to me....

Last week as I opening my bible up to do my morning scripture reading, I was trying to open to Psalms and my bible pages parted on Samuel 1. I thought to myself, "oh, Danny mentioned awhile ago he was reading Samuel". I did not give it another thought as I again turned the pages to Psalms. My hands fumbled and the pages again parted at Samuel 1 as if the pages were accustomed to being opened to that page. Now I was paying attention, so I read. The heading that grabbed my was Hannah's Prayer. I read it and thought, okay.... good prayer. I thought there must be something else. I remembered the story of Samuel a bit so I read before the prayer and remembered. Hannah was barren. She prayed to the Lord for a son. She promised the Lord if He did give her a son she would dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. Guess what? She had a son and named him Samuel. As soon as Samuel was old enough to be weened Hannah and her husband Elkanah brought Samuel to Shiloh to be raised by the priest Eli. I was happy to be reminded of this great story and went along with my day. About an hour later I was polishing the furniture in the hallway. We have a book shelf in the hall with all of our CD's on it. The bottom shelf has cookbooks, a couple of encyclopedia like books, and 2 old bibles. One is a King James that I never use, I think it was Chris'. The other is a smaller black bible that zipped up. Anyway they were dusty! As I was dusting the black zip up bible (I have never used this bible in my life, it was Chris' from childhood) I looked at the spine wondering what version it was. It simply stated "red letter bible". Well, that did not help much so I sat in the hallway and unzipped the bible to investigate. I was leafing through the pages when I noticed a bookmark in Samuel 1 ... Hannahs Prayer. Now friends, this was no ordinary bookmark. When my children had their pictures taken in elementary school they sent bookmarks with their school pictures on them with the package of pictures. The bookmark was Danny in 2nd grade.

I was so amazed and pleased and grateful that God takes time to talk to me. Me?!?! He does it all the time. Maybe not quite as obviously as this, but pretty close. I feel loved. Sooooo loved.
The Lord wants me to give all of my worries, cares, fears, everything about my son to Him.
Dear God, Danny is yours. He was all along anyway :)

II Chronicles 16:9; "For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His."

Friday, March 25, 2011

These are excellent!

Cracked Moon ..... Imperial Jasper Ring

Tree Rings .... Egyptian Jasper Necklace

♥♥♥

I added these to the shop yesterday I think .... or maybe the day before?

Soft Mossy Green Agate Sterling Branch Necklace

Mexican Jelly Opal Necklace

I have so much to blog about. Nothing new and exciting, just stuff. Hopefully next week :)

Thursday, March 24, 2011

big computer problems

The "thing" that allows my computer to boot to windows was corrupt so I had to restore my laptop to factory condition (original software). I lost everything because I do not save anything to an outside source. Chris brought home a flash drive yesterday so I won't do this again. It is going to take forever to get my computer back to where I want it. I have a full list of orders as well so I will probably be absent from my blog for a few more days. After this I hope to begin blogging again every other day or so. I hope.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

St Patty's Sale!!!!

Checkout as usually and type in coupon code LOVELYGREEN when prompted and you will automatically receive your discount!!

Monday, March 14, 2011

It's Monday.

It is an exciting day. The introductory dinner of the Alpha Course is always a treat. I am feeling a bit better, it is taking a good long time. Chris is all better. Will has been so sick, I brought him to the doctor today and he was prescribed an antibiotic. Hopefully this will be a week of recovering fully from this virus. I have a couple of new spring earrings in the shop. They are really pretty 10mm vintage Japanese milk glass with painted flowers. 10mm is a great size for a post earring. They are large enough to be noticed and easy to wear so that they may be worn days in a row without giving them a thought.

I am very excited that my shoulders are 100% better. I am hoping the pain does not come back when I stop taking the medication (tomorrow) that the doc gave me. If the pain does come back then I will need to have x rays and other diagnostic tests. I'm not a fan, so I'll hope that it's gone for good.

Friday, March 11, 2011

right now.....

Yup, still sick

but I AM WORKING!

It's been cloudy and raining for days. I peeped my head up from my work and looked out the window to see this (2 minutes ago)...

Have a terrific weekend :)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

i feel bad

I came down with a doozy of a cold on Sunday/Monday. Chris and Will were sick as well. Will had a fever for two days. He went back to school yesterday. Chris is able to work. I went to my doctor's appointment on Monday for my shoulders and was told that many folks are sick with this nasty cold. My doctor is not sure what is wrong with my shoulders so we are first to rule out, umm what is it called? I am drawing a blank. It's arthritis caused by something else. The joint pain is a symptom, not the problem. So anyway, he gave me Celebrex to take for 9 days. If the pain is not gone or comes back right after going off the Celebrex, I need to go in for another visit. I am hoping it will just go away.
I am working today as soon as I can will myself into the shower. I feel light headed and just plain gross.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Just Listed....

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69335273/ice-break-white-and-black-howlite-bar

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69334850/old-paper-cream-and-black-jasper-bar

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69335872/jelly-belly-bean-purple-quartz-drop

LuLu and the gorilla....

Apha is beginning again on March 14. I am excited as always to help on a new course. This course will be a bit different for me than previous courses. The difference is that my parents and little brother (he's 28) are attending this course. No big deal right? HUGE deal actually. You see my parents do not believe in God and my little brother does not bother with the subject as far as I know. I have invited my mom to courses in the past and she says no. I never invited my father, I was afraid. This came about out of nowhere. God is so good. I am not under any false pretenses that my parents are going to leave this course having given their lives to Christ, but this is a terrific first step (hence the name Alpha). Please pray for my mom (Debbie), dad (Bill) and brother (Craig).

I think the most painful thing about following Christ is knowing that not everyone is saved. It is especially painful if those who are not saved are in your family.

Danny is doing very well. He is having some extreme anxiety and is coping with it very well. He has actually put his nose in the bible this past week and read Mathew and is now reading Samuel1. He is doing this all on his own by his own (well, and perhaps some De-vine) volition.

I am so incredibly aware of the presence of God the past couple of weeks, it is truly awesome. I hope this never goes away and just grows stronger and stronger. I am sitting here is utter awe of Him.

Will is getting along just fine as far as I can tell. He has been snowboarding as much as possible. His school work is satisfactory and he is staying out of trouble.

My dear husband is doing very well. He has had steady work for a bit (that will be ending soon). Being a carpenter in this economy as well as here in NH where the winters are so cold and long is a challenge. Prayers for him and his business would be wonderful. I would love it if Lisa's Lovlies could take care of all of our financial responsibilities, but right now it can not. My business does very well for what it is but we have some healthy monthly bills......

Oh, also... ACCOUNTABILITY. I will be seeing my Doctor for my shoulders on Monday. I am hoping to resume my workouts after he give me the A-Okay. Hopefully that will be a part of my blog again soon!