Todays Quotes...

Today in Sacrament Meeting one of the talks was given by a recent returned missionary. He told us the CPR of our souls. I was especially interested because lately I've felt like my soul has been aching. I felt like I needed to go to Church today but couldn't stay for all the meetings because of previously mentioned daughter with a broken knee that I'm being care-giver for. But I felt like I needed to go to Sacrament Meeting at least. So when the speaker started talking about CPR I sat up and took notice. (Maybe partly because our oldest son was a Paramedic.)

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The CPR of our soul is simply: Church going; Prayer; and Reading the scriptures. If we do those things it will put us in a better frame of mind and help us in our daily lives. Breathe new life into us, save us, etc.

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Now I think that was very interesting because yesterday I got a letter from an old friend that we met when we lived in Spain. She gave me this timely quote:

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When you are going through something hard and wonder where God is:

Remember the teacher is always quiet during the test!

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I hope these quotes will touch your soul as they have mine.

Have a great day/week ~Joyce

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Cookie - I Want a cookie...

Okay- my oldest daughter broke her leg & I'm "babysitting" her - or maybe its "ladysitting" since she's a grown woman. Anyway we've been craving some chocolate chip cookies with pecans in them. But alas, no-one gave us any - and I couldn't just go off and leave her unattended while I went of in search of some. So we've been sitting around bemoaning our plight of no cookies. I even sat down and sent a text to another of my daughters that we needed some chocolate chip cookies with peacans... but she was busy at the moment and wouldn't drop everything, make us cookies, then drive across town to deliver them. What's up with that?

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So anyway, I sat down to check my e-mail and discovered a friend in Oregon had sent me this video clip - totally not knowing the cookie plight we were in here! :O)

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(Also said daughter did make us the craved for cookies... they are so yummy!) Hope you enjoy the video as much as we did. I'll send you the cookie recipe tomorrow...

~ Joyce

You Know You're Getting Old When...

My oldest daughter and I were sitting here laughing the other day about some of the happenings in my life and I came up with this list...
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The #10 reason You know you're getting old is when...
Someone gives you a compliment and it embarrasses you!
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#9 - You know you're getting old when...
You try to play a trick on your family, it backfires and the trick is on you!
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#8 - You know you're getting old when...
You bite your own tongue so hard that it takes 4 & 1/2 days to heal and be able to eat again without pain! Ouch...
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#7 - You know you're getting old when...
You can remember the days when if you said you were hot, it meant the temperature and if you said you were gay, it meant you were happy. (A closet was a place you hung your clothes.)
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#6 - You know you're getting old when...
You can no longer play "Chubby" with the kids... because you are!
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#5 - You know you're getting old when...
You get scared at night and the howling you hear is the sound of the wind, NOT a coyote ready to pounce on you!
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#4 - You know you're getting old when...
You get your toe stuck in your vacuum cleaner & don't know how you did it.
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#3 - You know you're getting old when...
You go to town and notice people pointing at you and giggling - only to look down and see that you have on two completely different shoes!
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#2 - You know you're getting old when...
You can't find your glasses - then when you stand up they fall off your fanny!
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AND the #1 reason you know you're getting old is when...
You wake up in the morning and your Breathe-Right-Nose-Strip is stuck across your eyebrow! Whaaa???
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:O) Have a great day ~ Joyce
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Thoughts...

I've been reading some pretty thought provoking e-mail & blogs. This is a new year with new goals and thoughts of things we want to accomplish this new year... what am I going to be when I grow up? Will anyone notice that I've been here or left a mark in this life? I hope so... I think we all want to think that we may be of worth in this experience we call life.
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My parents, my grandparents, greats all the way down the line (or up the line however you look at it) have been stalwart strong people of God, they have left the mark, they have paved the way for many who followed even beyond family members.
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My father's mother was a poet, a writer of stories. My sister and I have inherited that ability from her; a son, daughters, & granddaughters are writers of poetry also... is this what my mark is supposed to be or is there something more, something that I haven't fully thought out or researched?
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Personally I think there is more. Here I am in my 60's and I'm still trying to figure it all out. In essence, trying to figure out who and what I am. Oh I do know... but, you know what I mean? Really?
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Our Savior is a light unto the world, He certainly can help us with these questions. He loves us and WILL help shape our lives, I'm so thankful for this knowledge passed down from generations. Yes, He loves you and I - He truly CARES for us and about us... we can become the best that we can be.
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May each New Day be a blessing unto each of us - may we follow the promptings given us, even in our daily lives as we struggle through, trying to find our mark or strengthen it unto the world.
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Just a few thoughts ~ Joyce

So What's Up With That?

Okay so the other day I was complaining that it was taking way longer to take down Christmas than it was to put it up. I'm learning that you should NEVER complain about something... anything for that matter! :O)

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So while I was taking down and putting away, I had to vacuum too... in doing that I ended up moving furniture around... What's this - Spring Cleaning in January?

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Then my husband wasn't doing anything so he decided to paint the kitchen. I told him I wasn't ready to tackle that yet, even though I had already bought the paint, I wanted to finish putting my home back in order first.

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Well said he - I won't have to help him paint. That's all good and well and actually super fantastic if that were really the only aspect to consider here. Not so, all the antiques/trinkets I have hung on the area above the cupboards and the plants I have sitting up above one, have to be removed and cleaned before they can be replaced up there after the paint goes on. So needless to say my living room, dining room, and family room have all gone on hold while I help take care of kitchen stuff... But true to his word I haven't picked up a paint brush... :O)

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I'm realizing that they have such a thing called Spring Cleaning in Spring for a reason. Also I'm learning that its way better to actually DO the spring cleaning more than a couple times a year - so when you have an impromptu cleaning spree like this one, it just might be a wee bit easier!

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I mean really, Deep Spring Cleaning in January? - What's Up With That??? ~ Joyce

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My Mind Went Blank...

I forgot to add... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope you all have a great 2012.

January 1st 2012- Quote:

"To Everything there is a Season and a time

to every Pourpose under the Heaven."

Ahh Ha...

Okay computer problem solved...

Best way to solve computer problem...

Ask Santa for a new lap-top. :OD

~ Joyce