God is Good!!!!

For Today:

Outside My Window: The sun is coming up, and it fits my "sunny" disposition this morning!!!

I am thinking: About the wonderful service we had at Church yesterday. The presence of the Lord was so great, and everything that was sung, preached, and acted out touched me in a special way!! I knew God was preparing me for something, and already He has helped me to reach out and serve others in a way I didn't think I was capable of. It just proves to me that we can do ANYTHING through Christ who strengthens us. I cannot do it on my own!!!!

I am thankful for: Bobby being out of the living room!!! His room isn't finished yet. In fact, only half of his floor is down, but we moved his bed back to the finished part. Sarah can roll through the living room again!! Now, we're getting ready for a HUGE yard sale this month, so it's about to get piled back up with stuff from Mom's house that I have to price. My yard sale stuff is already piled around the Fireplace, yikes!!! There's ALWAYS some junk pile around here!!!!!!

From the Kitchen: Brunswick Stew from the Hopewell Optimist Club, yummy!!!! And cornbread (grilled cheese for the kiddos!)

I am hoping: To be a blessing to someone as God shows me how he wants me to serve others. This causes me to step WAY out of my comfort zone, but I'm realizing that the more I serve others, the more He uses me, and I want sooo bad to be a giver in God's eyes and not just a taker!!!!!

I am reading: A book on Fasting by Elmer Towns, Love is a Decision with my hubby, The Bible and a few devotionals.

I am creating: A new plan for eating and exercising. Instead of Weight Watchers, I'm counting calories this time. So far so good. It seems easier, and once I reach my limit for the day, I'm done. That part is not fun, cause I COULD reach my limit by noon on most days, but I'm learning to pace myself and stop eating when I'm stressed or upset or happy or bored or confused or thirsty or have to use the bathroom or sleepy or .......you get the picture!!!!!!!!

I am praying: For God's direction as we fast this month to draw closer to Him as individuals and as a Church body. In addition to fasting meals on certain days, I've decided to fast the things I love most for a week at a time. This week I'm fasting Diet Pepsi, and ohhhhhh how it's going to kill me (dying to self, lol), but I can do this for God. Next week I'll fast Coffee, and the following week I'll fast Facebook. I haven't decided what the fourth week will be yet, as those are the 3 things I've felt I just can't live without!! I really don't think I'll fast Goodwill since I did that for 3 weeks already, but who knows what God has in store!!!

I am hearing: The dryer running, getting the wrinkles out of Bobby's jacket that's been balled up all weekend, and now he needs it for work. Thank God for water spritzer bottles and dryers to the rescue!!!!

One of my favorite things: My new bedroom! Below I'll show you pictures of before and after. Wow, what a difference! It's so light and pretty in there now. Not dark and gloomy, lol!

Around the house: If you ignore it, will it go away? Way too much to do, and not enough time. At least the Optimist Club cooked most of my dinner today so I don't have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week: I canceled Sarah's Doppler test for this morning. I didn't realize when I made it that we had Dentist appointments this afternoon, and I was afraid we wouldn't make it back in time. Now I have to reschedule that for another day this week. Joy joy joy, I just love appointments.......NOT. I don't think they're ever gonna end!!!! I still have yet to make my Drs. and hair appointments.

Marriage Enrichment: "A marriage may be made in heaven, but the maintenance must be done on earth."

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33

Here is the picture I am sharing:

My old bedspread, and I do mean old!!!!!

My beautiful new bedspread!!

New Picture and accessories.
The only thing missing is a new colored necklace for Manny, the
mannequin that wears my Mothers Wedding Dress!!!

Had to keep our baby pictures!!

Rob has a REAL quilt now, now a cheap fall-apart imposter, lol!!!

Love these, even if they are purple. Oops, didn't notice THAT at the store, lol!!

Another great find from Tuesday Morning!!

Have a great week everybody!
Do something nice for someone this week.
Be a blessing and you will be blessed!!!

Thankful Thursday

Good Morning! God is sooo good, and I'm feeling extra blessed this morning! A little unsettled in my spirit, but I'll get to that in a minute. I just want to thank God for all He has blessed me with, all He has provided, all He has done in my life. I'm just a happy girl, and it's because of God's love for me and His blessings!!!! Oh yea, and a husband who is the bomb and makes me feel special even on my worst days helps a bit too :-D

Now, on to that "unsettled" thing. I'm not sure what it is, and you've probably been there too. I think God is preparing me for "something", I just don't know what. It always seems to happen that way. I feel a tug at my heart, a need to pray extra hard, and then WHAM, something comes up that says "this is what I've been preparing you for"!!

There have been a couple of things I've been asking God to show me lately. The first is to show me what I need to sacrifice. Have you ever felt like God is telling you to sacrifice something so He can show you His power and love? I've been feeling that lately and am praying for God's direction. Actually, I'm praying that He would hit me over the head with it, cause I'm afraid I won't hear what He's telling me otherwise!

Secondly, I've been feeling that God is wanting me to be more hospitable. I just finished reading a book that I thought was made just for me: A Life That Says Welcome, Simple Ways to Open Your Heart & Home to Others. What a great book. It gave me some awesome examples of ways to show God's love to others. Little things mean a lot to people who are hurting or need a helping hand. And you can be hospitable without having people into your home, which is good, since nobody really wants to come over and sit on Bobby's bed in the living room anyway, lol!!!!! But eventually we'll get our house back in order, and we WILL have people over.

If nothing else, God is telling me to pray more, and getting my attention by putting this feeling inside me. Not a feeling of dread, but a feeling of anticipation, looking for something great to happen, and EXPECTING a blessing or miracle or whatever He is choosing to do in us or through us next. Ain't God good????

Okay, let's move on. The not so good feeling I've had lately is that of expansion. I feel like the air bags on the sides of my hips have been deployed and that is just NOT GOOD!!!! Too much junk food while being cooped up inside, and no exercise. That was one of my resolutions, more exercise, and you people have NOT held me accountable!!!! Yea, that's it, blame it on somebody else. I feel better now, lol!!!! TODAY, I will exercise and eat right, and try to remove these air bags from around my caboose!!!! I started my day off good, with a nice bowl of HAIRY oatmeal!! Yep, it was real good until I pulled that long nasty hair out of it. It was mine, but it still made me want to hurl. Made me want to throw it away and reach for the brownies instead, but I didn't!!! I forced it down, gagging most of the time. Score one point for me, yay!!!!!

I've been a little worried about this whole eBay thing too. BUT, I will reserve my judgement (somewhat) until the end of April, when I see just how all the changes will affect my business. I do know that for a lot of people, the changes are bad. Because of WHAT I sell, I don't think they'll be as bad for me, we shall see. People will always want to buy jeans at a discount, but a lot of people who sell little trinkets and non-neccesary items will be closing up shop from what I can tell. I just thank God that he led me in this direction in the beginning, because I had no intentions of selling jeans when I first started!!

Haha!!!

Now, on to last nights dinner. I told those of you on Facebook about the wonderful bread I made last night. I can't believe how easy it was, and how yummy!!!! Here's the recipe. Mine didn't quite look like that, but it was lalicious!!

I didn't have buttermilk, so I used 1 cup milk and 1 Tablespoon white vinegar. Let it sit 5 minutes before using.

Here's what it looks like when you first put it in the pan. I used a cast iron skillet.

When it was done. Mine wasn't as high as theirs, but still yummy!!

One of our family favorites: Goulash!!

What's wrong with this picture? First of all, no green except for the peppers in the goulash. Second, I didn't think this through very well in the planning stages. The corn casserole is made with cornbread mix, and then there is the biscuit bread. A carb lovers dream meal!!!!!

Ok, so here's a few tips if you do try this bread. First, it says to cook it on medium, which is #4 on my stove. It actually started to get too done on the bottom, so I took it off the heat and let it sit a minute, then flipped it over like it said, and cooked it on and off the heat the rest of the time. I'd sit it on the burner for a minute, then take it off. it cooked up perfectly that way. Next time I might try cooking it on an even lower temp.

Also, I used a well seasoned skillet, and coated the inside with plenty of oil. I was afraid it would stick, but it didn't stick at all thanks to the generous oiling!!

Next time I'll use buttermilk, but it was great without it.

This tasted like the fluffiest homemade biscuits ever (I've NEVER made any this good!) without all the work!! Awesome! I found this recipe recently in one of those papers that come with the Newspaper. Relish or Parade or something?????

Well, that's all for now. Got to go list some jeans, make a post office run, clean and do laundry, and hmmm, something else I'm sure I'm forgetting.......oh yea, EXERCISE!!!!

Have a great day everybody! Remember that happiness is a choice, so choose to smile and be happy today. It's contagious ya know!!!!

"The Lord your God...will exult over you by singing a happy song." Zephaniah 3:17

P.S. The purple words are brought to you today by Crystal's Happy Place, where purple rules!!!!!

Thankful Thursday!

What a week! I don't usually say this, but I'm glad it is almost over. I have so much to be thankful for, but this week I've let the little things really get me down, and I'm ready for a change of attitude and scenery. Looking foward to my cousin's daughter's wedding on Saturday. That will get us out of town and away from the chaos of this crazy house for a while!

They have given me a job to do at this wedding. Serve Punch. Jack says that because of my ability to serve some pretty crappy dinners, he would keep me away from the food, but he thinks he can trust me with punch. Oh boy, just wait till you see how I can screw up a bowl of punch, lol!!!! Don't say I didn't warn ya.....Just kidding Kim!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm honored to help and can't wait to see these two love birds tie the knot!!!!!! Will you be posting a Facebook status update from the alter? Just wondering, lol!!

I don't like to complain, especially because my hubby is working sooo hard to get this house finished, but I'm really feeling overwhelmed by all the EXTRA clutter and mess right now. Bobby's bedroom is in the living room along with all of the eBay stuff, and Sarah's doing good to be able to squeeze through a tiny path to make her way to the kitchen!! I know that this too shall pass, and I keep trying to remind myself of that. All I know is I NEVER want to undergo another BIG project in this house as long as I live. New paint and furniture will do me just fine from here on out, lol!!!! Ok, enough about that, I don't want to get all blahhh again, let's move on!!

Since the last time I blogged:

Bobby got his job back at Great Dane!!!! Yay, another glorious miracle from our Lord and Saviour! One whole year we prayed about that job, fussed about that job, and almost gave up on that job but God is faithful!!!!!! He got his insurance reinstated right away, and he's back with his bestest friend!!! Now if Brandon would just stop trying to convince Bobby to move in with him, we'd be all set!!!!! Doesn't that boy know just how close Bobby is to FINALLY having a GREAT big bedroom?????? I don't think he's going anywhere for a while, lol!!!!!!

Sarah got final clearance from her last doctor, the plastic surgeon. He said NO MORE SURGERY! Thank you thank you thank you Lord!!!! He also said we should go to him for pressure sores and not mess around with PCP's who have no idea how to treat them in most cases. Thank you Lord again. That was what we were talking about on the way to her appointment. Wondering who we were supposed to go to now, not wanting to go to the PCP, and never even thinking it would be him!!!!!

Rob and I have starting attending the Lifetime Covenant Marriage classes at Church. They are AWESOME!!! Mark and Catherine do a great job! So far we've played with Playdough, watched Barney and Andy Griffith, and wrote our mates a love letter!!!! Oh what fun!! Here's a plug: If you want a FUN and life changing experience with your mate, head on over to the Enon Church of God on Sundays at 5:00. It's open to anyone, and it's very casual, laid back, fun and informative!!!!

Jeez Rebel, I coulda went all day without smelling that!!!! You made me lose my train of thought............anyhoo

Bobby's room is looking amazing, and I'm so thankful that Rob has been able to take lots of time off this week to work on it! The drywall is up, the old carpet is up, new doors are in, now we just have to pick out his wood floor, which we haven't been able to agree on yet!! We also don't agree on room color. I want taupe cause I think it would look awesome with all his camo bedding, but he wants white, and alas it is HIS room Crystal, so put your big girl panties on and deal with it!!!!!

As far as my resolutions go, oh don't even go there!!!! Stress eating has been my friend this week. Yes, I know exercise is a great stress reliever, but trying to find my gazelle in all the clutter is even more stressful, so..........I really need to work on getting the clutter out. The bad thing is Mom and I are cleaning out and storing things up for a yard sale in the spring. That means more clutter until the sale, grrrrrr!!!!!!! It never seems to end. Why do I keep going back to this? I guess this is my ugly cross to bear this week!!!!

Let me make a conscious effort to think about what I'm thankful for this week:

My family, who puts up with me through the mood swings.

My wonderful hubby who holds me at night until he's sure I'm okay, cause he says he can't sleep until I am. I love you baby!!!

My mother, who makes life easier by going above and beyond what she's paid to do at my house!! Where would I be without you?????

My Church family, just being in God's house lifts me up! I have a wonderful Church and thank God for the way He's moving among His people!!

My eBay job, even though stressful the last couple of weeks, sales have been steady and great!

That everybody is back to work which gives me some alone time during the day. I sure did miss that, and it's nice to have it back, even if I'm still just working while they're gone!!!

That Bobby came back to Church Sunday!!! For the longest time there was not much there for kids his age, but that's starting to change, and I'm thankful he honored God for answering his prayer about the job by coming back!!!

Oh my, look at the time! Gotta run take Sarah to work now. I have sooo much more to be thankful for, but I'll stop for now!

Take time today to count your blessings! It really does help to bring you out of the blues when you think about all you have been blessed with instead of what you don't have for a change! And don't forget to pray for the people of Haiti, and help out if you can! God called us to service for others ya know :-)

Love and Joy to you!!!!!!

Crystal :-)

Happy Birthday Baby!!

Here's what I'm most thankful for today: Celebrating my husbands Birthday!

That may sound a little strange, but let me explain. As you know by now, we've been doing devotionals for several months that have changed our lives. Here's one big change: Rob's birthday has always been very stressful for me. For all these years, he never let us really celebrate his birthday. He would celebrate with us on our birthdays, but he thought it was a waste of time and money, and would actually get mad if we tried to do anything for him. He didn't even want a present, and would huff and puff if we got him one. (But we did it anyway, lol!) Oh yea, he did always let us get him a cake, cause my man loves him some Birthday Cake!!!!

Since doing the devotions, he's realized that celebrating his birthday is just as much for us as it is for him. It gives us a chance to show him how much we love and appreciate him, and when he takes that away from us, it hurts.

Well, when we did a devotion on that and talked about it recently, he told me he didn't realize the effect his actions had on us, and that he would be happy to let us celebrate his birthday. And boy was he!!! What a difference! I put balloons on the mailbox and a banner on the door. We bought him some things he's been wanting but wouldn't buy himself. We took him out to dinner. He had a blast!!!! He thanked us for making his birthday so special. HE REALLY ENJOYED IT!!

This little Chocolate Mousse Torte from Ukrops was great!!! It had a Raspberry filling in the middle, what a great little surprise!!

Rob eating cake on his favorite Snoopy plate
Yea, it's a Christmas plate, but I put all his desserts on it cause Snoop Dog makes him happy!!!!!

Ummm, that tastes great!!!!

God is so good. This is just one of the changes God has made in both of us. Here's another that we find hilarious: We used to complain about each other's snoring. We recently realized that now when we hear the other snoring, we are happy that our spouse is getting a good rest. Isn't that funny? We actually LIKE to hear each other snore!!! How corny is that?

Here's something I found in "God's Little Instruction Book" that I love:

"A marriage may be made in heaven, but the maintenance must be done on earth."

After almost 28 years, we are still working on the maintenance! And we'll never stop because God blesses us more and more every day!!

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33

I Love you baby, you're my knight in shining armour!!

Thankful Thursdays

Just a few things I'm thankful for today:

I was able to get my tomatoes and peppers planted in the rain yesterday.

Our "big" credit card bill came and it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be with all the remodeling stuff on there, yay! Gotta pay it off every month you know :)

We finally got the van window replaced after 9 days and two appointments (we think a lawn mower was the culprit in this broken windshield)

Bobby is up bright and early and actually wants to talk to me. Of course it's about his truck, but hey, he's talking!!!

Sunday is Mother's Day, so I'm so thankful Rob and I still have our Mothers with us and that they are such a blessing to our family!!

I'm thankful for the love and support of my husband, children, and parents and I am sad for those who don't have a close relationship with their families. My prayer is that families could forgive and forget and move on because life on this earth is short.

The fun we had at the racetrack Friday before we went to the river, and the great pictures I got of the show "Trackside on Speed" being taped.

Rob in front of the Jumbotron.
Of course they cut to a commerical when I snapped the picture!

By the way, here's a great picture of my cousin's son Lee Dodson at his first Sprint Cup trip to Victory Lane! Great job Lee!!Talledega '09
That's Lee over Brad Keselowski's left shoulder
Where are you in this pic, Lee?

He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.
Ephesians 3:20

A New Beginning!

If you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that you Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25


This was a recent devotion for couples that Rob and I read. We've been going through a season of change in our relationship, and God has blessed us beyond measure!!


Few people know the struggles we had early on in our marriage. I was so young. Graduated from High School one month, and married the next. I recently read Denise Jackson's book "It's All About Him", written about her husband, country singer Alan Jackson, and her journey to find a closer relationship with God. I could have written a lot of that book myself!! I saw myself in so much of her: married so young, letting Rob make all the decisions because I had no idea what I was doing, afraid of failure, trying to make myself into what he wanted me to be to make him happy.


I had this dream of Rob being my Knight in shining armor, taking me away to live in my very own castle that he had provided for us to live happily ever after in. My dream mirrored the way I saw my parents marriage, as happy and loving. Meanwhile, Rob had his own ideas of what marriage was like based on what he saw growing up. We never talked about our differences, and I never even thought to consider that he saw things so much different than me, but we both harbored hurt and resentment for the way things were going in our lives.


We also stopped going to Church, which was the biggest mistake we ever made. We now know that God put us together for a reason, and He meant for us to stay together forever. But those first years neither of us thought we would make it, much less be as blessed as we are today!


We eventually got back in Church, gave our lives back to the Lord, and God healed some of the hurts we had faced, and changed both of us. We went on to become very happy in our marriage and deeply in love with each other, something we never thought would happen in those early years.


Through the devotions that we have recently started for couples, we have started talking about past hurts and disappointments and really trying to understand why we did the things we did. It has been the best thing we have ever done. We've had a great marriage for many years now, and I couldn't have thought it would be any better, but these devotions have brought us so much closer, and helped us to realize that we want only the very best for each other, and never want to cause each other such pain again.


It hasn't been easy to talk about past hurts, and we've cried and laughed and scratched our heads at the things we've learned. We've learned things about each other we never knew. We've talked about feelings we never knew the other had (or at least didn't want to know back then). We've vowed to be there for each other no matter what, because we serve an awesome God who cares about our every need, and he knows we need each other more now than ever!! God has shown us through His Word how important it is to lift each other up, hold each other in high esteem, pray for each other and with each other, and keep our eyes focused on Him. He's given us a renewed faith, and scripture confirmation of His plan for our lives, and we want to serve Him with our whole beings.


One thing that had always been a huge source of contention with us was that I am the eternal optimist, while Rob has always been the eternal pessimist. I see the glass half full, he sees the glass half empty. I look for the good, he looks for the bad. We now know that it has a lot to do with how we were raised, and we work to help each other see the middle ground. If it were up to me, we'd have no worries, no money, and life would be an unorganized mess!! If it were up to Rob, we'd never do anything for fear it wouldn't turn out right, we'd never spend a penny for fear of being broke, and life would be soooooo boring!!


Rob says the best thing to happen to us in a long time was buying the trailer at our campground,
and the next best thing was taking Sarah back and forth to school when she was in Staunton.


Both of those things gave us much needed time together as a couple. For years and years Rob worked as much overtime as he could, allowing me to stay home and take care of our precious babies. When he wasn't working at work, he was working on a project at home. We never spent any quality time together without the kids. We went on one trip that I can remember without Sarah & Bobby, and that was a quick weekend at the beach.


Driving back and forth to Staunton, we had our little coffee and doughnut "dates", and driving back and forth to the River gives us time to talk and reconnect and share our dreams and plans with each other. It's been so great!!


We have also come to see the need for continuous planned "together" time. We sometimes get so busy, but we know that we need to take a break from the rat race and recharge together. It's been so fun to plan our "dates". We feel like little high school kids again, and take great joy in embarrassing Sarah and Bobby by holding hands and stealing kisses every chance we get. We consider it "payback" for doing it to us!!!!!


Some couples are really good at this "together" time, but for us, it's been a long time coming, and a great blessing. We have always been together and supportive of each other as a family, but God has shown us how great the "together" time can be for us apart from everybody else. The only problem right now is that we only want to be together, and have a hard time going our separate ways. I guess that's a great problem to have, and we're not complaining!!!!


If you have never done couples devotionals, I'd like to recommend it! The book that has changed our lives is called "The One Year Devotions for Couples" by David & Teresa Ferguson.
It seems like it was written just for us, and you may feel the same way. If you want to see your spouse as God sees them, and connect with them on a level you never thought possible, this is the book for you. I'm sure it will change your life for the better!!


I know this post is long, but I wanted to give you a little understanding as to why I haven't posted much in the recent past, and give God glory for working miracles in our lives. He is the one true and constant hope we have, and the reason we have the freedom to forgive!!


Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you,...forgiving one another just as God in Christ also forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-32

Today is Sunday, and I just want to Praise
the Lord for the blessings in my life.  Is that
alright?  (That's my new Pastor's favorite
saying, Is that alright, haha)

Due to some tension between some of the
posters on the Spina Bifida Website, I
thought  this devotion came at the
perfect time for me, and maybe you
would enjoy it!

My favorite devotion from last week:

The Bible is loaded with instructions on how
Christians should respond to each other.
These "one another" statements form the framework
for the body of Christ:

Love one another (John 13:34)

Be devoted to one another (Romans 12:10)

Live in harmony with one another. (Romans 12:16)

Accept one another (Romans 15:7)

Agree with one another (1 Corinthians 1:10)
(Or agree to disagree)  :)

Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)

Be kind and compassionate to one another
(Ephesians 4:32)

Submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21)

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances
you may have against one another. (Colossians 3:13)

Encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Offer hospitality to one another (1 Peter 4:9)

We've kind of talked about these things on
the Spina Bifida blog, just not in the
"Christian" context.  We are all here to
help each other, not judge or criticize.
But just because your view and my view
are not the same, doesn't mean we are
being mean to each other.  Everybody is
entitled to give their opinion, and we take
the good and leave the rest.

We should love one another and support one
another, and accept that everybody is
different, and we wouldn't all want to be
exactly the same anyway, how boring that
would be :) We are in a unique minority
of people who nobody else can
completely relate to, so we all need each
other.

If you feel like you're being attacked for
your opinions, please don't give up
and leave.  Talk it out.  Everybody should
feel welcome and valued in this group,
and your input IS important to me, and
I'm sure to everyone else.

I personally don't get offended when
someone disagrees with me.  I understand
that not everybody is going to see things
the way I do,  and that's okay.  I have learned
so much from this group!!

I'm not saying that there are never people
here who are impossible to work with, but
I haven't seen any since I've been here.
We can work out our differences and keep
on going, because I dare to say that any of
us are on here just to pass the time.  We
genuinely want to help and be helped, right?

I hope everybody has a wonderful day!!

Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Praise Him with timbrel and dancing...Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150: 1-2,6

I Love My Church. We are struggling right now. But this has been my Church for exactly 30 years now. We've seen highs and lows as every Church has, and I have always tried to stay away controversy because I do NOT like confrontation, and will run from it if possible!!

I love our Praise and Worship Team! I think they are talented, annointed people used by God to help bring us into His presence. All that being said, I just have to say this:

If you are SO unhappy that you have to loudly complain about the music IN THE MIDDLE OF Praise and Worship, when you should be PRAISING AND WORSHIPING and threaten to leave because of it (SO LOUD that the people on the other side of the Church can hear you), maybe that would indeed be the best thing for you to do!!!!!!

I'm just sayen........



My God Reigns!!

Have a blessed Sunday Everyone!

(No, my Church people don't read my blog. Like I said, NO confrontation)

Was That You, God?

I’m not sure if it was a divine message from God, or a subtle message from my son, but I GOT THE MESSAGE!!

Yes I admit it’s been a while since I’ve cleaned my toilet. The main bathroom stays clean cause Mom cleans it after she gets Sarah out of the shower several times a week, but the little porcelain throne in my room sometimes gets a wee bit neglected. When I was following FlyLady, my pooper got swooshed every morning, but Robert made fun of my relationship with THA FLY, so I gave her and all of her routines up!!

Mind you, it doesn’t have black things growing in it or around it, or that little orange ring that’s visited me in the past, it’s just a bit stanky.

So, imagine my surprise when I go to take my shower this morning, and there, on my little porcelain pot lid, is a SCRATCH & SNIFF sticker!!!!!!!

What up with that? I know I’ve been praying for God to show me what he wants me to do, but I meant like real, important, life-changing things. Surely he wouldn’t tell me to clean the toilet?

But I’m trying to be a good little Bible reading, always praying, do what I’m called to do Christian, so I’m gonna get down on my knees, with a song in my heart, and SCRUB that little sucker till she shines!!!!

But what I’m really hoping is that Bobby just removed the sticker from his new bottle of soap and tossed it over the shower door, and it ACCIDENTLY landed on the toilet, cause surely God’s not called me to be a JANITOR?

Right?