Watching Joyce this week.

Why are you quarreling? Is because of ...... No really there is only one thing that you quarreling about.

You want something and you are not getting it.
Period.
Connect the dots.
Are you really okay to settle for your feelings.

Emotions don't always tell the truth.
Emotions control you.
Someone else is not responsible for your happiness.

I think I need to go and find copies of both of these books.

Anybody with me???

Always remember that blaming does no good, and it does not help you enjoy freedom and wholeness. –Joyce

Our refusal to adapt doesn’t change the circumstances, but it does steal our peace and joy. -Joyce

“Living Beyond Your Feelings”


"Get 0ff Your Butt, Out of Your Rutt and On With Your Life".

A few more cards.

These are some cards I have cased. Sorry I don't know where most came from.

Aqua Flowers

Flowers


This one I call cat, and is from Michelles blog.

I might become a stamper someday. Really enjoying playing with stamps and ink.

UH???

Hows that working for you?

How much time?

How many minutes a week do you volunteer?

How many minutes a week do you give to taking care of the needs of people you know who are really in need?

How many minutes a week do you use to take care of things you need to do to maintain your belongings?

How many minutes a week do you waste posting stupid do good things on facebook, twitter and other social networks.

How many minutes a week do you waste on the internet?

Can you retrieve the lost minutes?

Prayers

Please pray for peace for Jenni and strength for her husband, John.

Very Productive Day

Yesterday I made 18 jars of jalapeno jam, 4 quarts of cream of tomato soup, started sauerkraut in a crock all while I had 3 toddlers running around.


I wonder if that makes up for skipping body pump?


I love fall because I can put up the fruits without suffering the heat, I also love fall foods and the color changes.
Trying to stay positive, I feel in my joints that this winter is going to be long and cold.

Advanced class cards

These are the cards we did in the Advance Brayer class.

The first card I call - Balloon.

The second card -Reflection

The third card - Bird

And as an added bonus, I won the last door prize which was Michelle's card front that she did during class.

Just saying!

A second, a minute, an hour must happen before it is.

If you walk around the track you don't get to count a lap until you have went all the way around once. That is lap one. If you want to walk 4 laps for one mile, it takes going around the track 4 times, not three.

You can't count a week until it has already happened. A week consists of 7 full days.

Even if you work everyday, you are not full time if those days only consisit of 3 or 4 hours. Full time is 40 hours, or 5 eight hour days, or any combination of 40 hours. Okay I do know that some jobs consist of full time at 28 hours, or 32 hours ect. But just because you work everyday does not make it a full time job.

Some items belong to others, not yours, leave them alone.

Please teach my grandchildren these rules because I certainly didn't teach my children.

Andy Andrews

Andy Andrews has a book out I haven 't seen. I read about it on Lisa Bearnsons blog.
Here is her post about it. I wish I knew how to put a link on this blog. I think maybe I should really learn how to blog.



The Noticer
It’s about a mysterious old man named “Jones” who notices things that other people miss. He also has the knack for showing up at just the right time in people’s lives and gives them the one thing we all need–perspective.
I’ve been marking the book up like crazy and here are some of my favorite “Jones” oberservations:

» “Remember, what you focus on increases.”
» “It’s time to stop letting your history control your destiny.”
» “People are either in a crisis, coming out of one, or headed for one.”
» “Worry is just imagination used in an unproductive way.”
» “Wisdom is the ability to see the future consequences of our choices.”
» “Many of life’s treasures remain hidden because we never search for them.”
» “If you are still here, then you have not completed your life’s purpose.”
» “We often judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions.”
» “If you want folks to believe in you, then it really helps if they like you.”
» “Life is a little like dessert. Keep your fork; the best is yet to come!”
» “In desperate times, much more than anything else, folks need perspective.”

I think maybe all of us need an "Andy" seminar.

Class I took.

I promised I would upload the cards from the class I took in Dayton. It was Michelle Zindorf brayering class. These cards are from the beginner class. I will upload the advance another day. If you ever get the opportunity to attend a class from Michelle don't walk Run. She is a terrific teacher and makes learning the techniques so easy.

Card one I call Winter:
















The second card we did I called Africa:





















The third card I call Tropical:

Brayered Cards

Many have asked how my brayer class with Michelle Zindorf was. It was terrific.
So quick and easy to do once you know the proper techniques. Well worth the time and cost. I am super busy this week but maybe I can upload the cards I made on Saturday. As a special treat, I did win a door prise also, one of Michelle's cards and its even autographed. It was a delightful day.

Joycisms

I love most of the Philisms I hear either from the Doc or quotes as his sayings, Now I am adding Joycisms to my repertoire. LOL


"Never say anything about another person that you would not want said about you, and remember that “we reap what we sow.” –Joyce


I read and hear so often about mean girls. When will we no longer allow any of our acquaintances to be mean to others. Either to their face or behind their backs.
Finding fault, berating, complaining or just plain not understanding isn't an excuse. It just plain doesn't change the outcome. If you can't find a way to help just stay out of it. Put you energies into some other positive thing, stop wasting your life making yourself miserable.
All the talk in the world will not change a thing without action.
If we can't as adults stop the mean girls or stop being mean girls how in the world can we protect our daughters and granddaughters.

Critical

If you have a critical spirit you can find the bad in anybody.


Can you find the good in anybody?

You don't have to feel nice to be nice. Control you feelings. Find your stability. Be dependable.

Reap God's blessings by becoming who he expects you to be.

It's your choice.

Where is your mindset?

Are you praying for joy and peace, and only finding strife.

Could it be you?

Are you borrowing trouble before it arrives or do you greet life with with joy?

If you are emotionally out of control, are you trying to control others because you are miserable?

You have the power to control you, to contol your emotions. Do not allow the enemy to win.

You can be joyful, you can choose your feelings!

Feelings, nothing more than feelings.

How do you manage your feelings?

Are you allowing your feelings to manage you?

Live beyond your feelings and learn what God has in store for you.

Joyce's message was amazing today.

1John 4:16

Where is summer?

Wow, September 1 already, I like fall, but love summer and summer is coming to an end, which gives us an opportunity to get back in the craft room for creativity.

And a great month to increase creativity is September, and National Stamping month.
Most of you should have received your items from CTMH by now, what a great special they were running. I received a lot of free items for hosting the gathering, come over and check them out.
If you didn't order you missed out. But all is not lost, you can still get part of what we recieved. With a $75. order you can get the Pair a Phrase stamp set free, and for $5.00 more the Septmeber SOTM.

Well the calendar is getting full, so wanted you to know a few things going on:
I am taking a class with Michelle Zindorf on September 10, can't wait, it is going to be so exciting.
I am thinking of taking Andre Deer's class on October 20,
I am making a concerted effort to learn to stamp, reading practicing, doing something everyday, to learn how to do this correctly and creativily.

Now for a big announcement. Guess what Ocober 1 is? World Card Making Day. So I will be hosting a crop at my house, on October 1, 9am to 11pm. I have room for 6 people.
Reserve your spot today. Admission is a salad. I will provide soup and dessert.
Please email or text is you will be attending.