Are you ready???

Honeslty what does that really mean? Ready for what the whole thing to be over? I have always been so deflated after Christmas, it is OVER, all the build up actually seems better than the day. And can you really be ready. Presents wrapped, food cooked, or did you throw a few gifts under the tree you found hidden in the closet when you went to get your good robe you are going to wear for the pictures, or if you forget, one of the 12 dishes you were going to make for Christmas dinner will it be that bad?

I don't hate Christmas, but really love the "Season" because it lasts longer. I have a mom that stress over all the "undone" things and then cannot enjoy any of it.

Please all my lovely friends don't stress it will all happen and it will be a memory of all that gathered and not really what was not done. Enjoy the moment and the time it will all be great, honestly letting go is hard especially for us women but how much nicer life is when you do.

So have the Happiest of Christmases and remember why we celebrate and it really puts all the hoopla in to perspective.

Merry Christmas

Hugs, Lisa

Please Join us in Hope

Today we are sharing Hope

We are raising money for a very sweet lady and trying to share as much Hope as we can find in Blogland♥

Colette♥

Kelee has a link for all to view the video of Colette’s room make over and she will receive $1 for all comments left on this link. Please stop by Guideposts and thank them for sponsoring this event! We hope they will do it for more people if we do.

My story is of my sweet little cousin Chase. At nine months old he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.

(The bruise on his head is from playing like a boy not his cancer ;)

How can you say to a baby’s family your child has the worst form of cancer in 7 different parts of his body? I know why I am not a doctor.

My cousin Christine has the best spirit and the whole family dug in and 11 months after diagnosis Chase was treatment free, he has stayed that way for 4 months now. Chase has continued to fight and is a happy child that climbs and runs and swims and enjoys all that life has to offer.

(Chase on his 2nd birthday with sister Olivia)

It is great to see God work so fast and how even those who should be too little to understand can know to live life to the fullest.

I have always had Hope even if all the loved ones didn’t make it all the way through the journey. They lived and had good lives and that is the Hope we are given daily.

I thank God every day for the day I had they are really all good no matter how I handled them, simply because I had the day.

Beverly and Sherrie are also hosting this party please stop by and support Colette!

So I hope you all have a Pretty Pink day and enjoy your day, it was given to you as a present♥

Hugs, Lisa

My name is Lisa and I am a…

 

SHOPAHOLIC!!

I have come to this conclusion. I have decided I will give up shopping for Lent. I really think it is a bad time of year for me too much holiday and sales but if it isn’t hard it isn’t worth doing.

I think I cheated!!!

I went to World Market, to see my Mom and take her to lunch, and the Easter is out and I had to have  a lot of stuff.

SOOOOO

I gathered it up and told my mom the Easter Bunny could bring it to me!!! If you have a World Market/Cost Plus close to you GO!!

I don’t have it and I didn’t pay for it…

I think I cheated!!!

Had to confess cannot take the guilt! Hope you are doing better than I am!

Hugs, Lisa

Opinions please and some help!

I want to make a button for my blog. I have an idea for my picture and need help making it with a code so I can let others take it if they want. If you know how or can point me to someone who does I'd be so greatful! You guys have such fun buttons and love the way they make my blog look!!

Next I changed the font colors on my blog. I like the look but if it is too hard to read PLEASE let me know. I really don't like having to try to read something that is too dark or too light or clashes with the background color. I went light but can pick darker. I am using a white background now so I have a lot of choice.

Thanks for being such great blog friends!

I don't like to make excuses for not visiting. I have been very busy at work and it is for a sad reason. My co-workers Grandparents were struck by a car in the cross walk on the way to church last week. Her grandfather is doing ok, but was not in good shape to begin with. Her Grandmother, his caregiver, however is not. She is in a level 1 trauma unit and the doctors have told the family they need to make decisions. As this is going on the grandmothers brother, not involved in the accident, has died.  My co-worker has been out for a week and her husband has been layed off since last summer. As you can see she and her family need all the prayers they can get.

Thank you!

Hugs, Lisa

Merry Christmas

I love Christmas traditions. The Advent wreath, an Advent Calendar, the lights, the Christmas tree with all the decorations I have been given over the years, the candle light service at church.

We will be off in a few hours to the service and then home to be together as a family. We will do something really wonderful like Christmas specials on tv, BUT we are together and because we have seen them all before the children can talk all they want to.

I wish all of you the Happiest of Christmases and a Blessed New Year!

Hugs, Lisa, Casey, Molly and Spunky!

Tuesday’s Treasures

I was out and about this weekend visiting family etc and went past one of our great thrift shops.

I had to go in.

I had purchased my yearly bunch of fall flowers from Trader Joes and had NOTHING to put them in! I only buy the cheep bunches from Trader Joes one I’m cheep, two they last forever, three I love flowers I just don’t see spending so much for them to die in a week or less, four the ones at TJ’s are just amazing!

I looked around the store. Start in front OH LOOK Christmas is 50% off!

There was NOTHING CLOSE TO GOOD! (sigh)

On down to the housewares. Well there were a few pieces, hum, some frames, nothing here.

NEXT ISLE

All the vases in the world!

You know the ones you get with flowers sent to you but you really don’t have room oh lets get rid of it ones!

Well I found a great one PERFECT SIZE for my flowers and $.50!

SCORE!

Then I looked. Oh candle holders. I have been looking for 2 years for a 5 candle Advent Wreath. They only have 4. The boxes of candles only have the 3 purple and the pink. OK I can get a white one no worries. But am I the only one who thinks it’s odd they don’t add in the Jesus candle to a wreath that leads up to the day of his birth? Anyway

I found some really great ones. And they were CHEEP!

The sliver one is Onida and matches the flatware pattern my mom had when she got married! $1! The glass one is iridescent and was a whopping $.25! The large glass one is a vintage one that is hard to find and I paid $5 for one last year that I made into a cakeplate. $2!!!! One of the first 2 will hold my Jesus candle when I set up my wreath this weekend!

AND

There was this super cute milkglass dish! $1! I needed more (hehe) to put on my desk (lol) for catching all those little things I needed to throw in.

What a great day. They made $5 and I have new treasures!

Hugs, Lisa

ps please ignore the pink and white Christmas balls in the apothecary jars. Christmas is sneaking in everywhere! hehe

Heirloom Party!

HI! It's Party Time!!

 

Please join http://www.blogger.com/%20http://emmacallsmemama.com for another great Heirloom Party!
Come on we love stuff and stuff with history is best!!

I am visiting with my greatgrandma Kistler today. I have quite a few of her items and actually I'm sure I have more than I'm showing but I got from my grandmother both of the greatmother's things so some I'm a little fuzzy as to who they belonged to.
These I know

Isn't this great actually used for years on the Turkey ranch in Longmont, Colorado.
I love it hanging in my bathroom. My Great-grand Father put a pump in her drysink in the kitchen so she could have running water in doors! They were very progressive. She even worked! She was a School Teacher. I followed in her footsteps in my first career go round!

I also have this plaque. I hang it to in the bathroom but so I can remember it to start my day every day.

And I have this

It is not an heirloom until I pass it on, but it is special it was my first Bible. I still like it because it is easy to find things in. Then I can go look up the whole thing elsewhere if I need too!

This is only inscription I have. I do think I may have a card in my baby book that she wrote but this is how I remember her handwriting. Arthritis had her hands but she still had such a way with writing. I feel very drawn to my family's handwritten items. They are as special as a picture to me.

I hope you have enjoyed this meeting with my Grandma. I wish I had a picture of her to share but I need to get them and then get them scanned in!

Hugs, Lisa

Happy Sunday!

I have so enjoyed visiting with so many of you with your Spiritual Sunday posts and some of you share your faith when you are moved to do so. So I thought I would share a few on my favorite new things that I look at every day that lift me up.



So my picture taking is really bad and I didn't end up with one of my other plaque. It is a beautiful vintage post card and it says:
Pray: There for I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24

These are some of my very favorites and I hope they will give you a lift today too!
Hugs, Lisa