Just a note to all you friends.  You know, the note that lets you know what's going on with me?  (It's also Food Friday with a recipe for Cilantro Grilled Corn--check it out!)


Full of gratefulness
The Lord has so lifted the weight off of my shoulders that I have been full of peace, gratefulness and calm.


Today is actually our anniversary, too!  He took the day off today, but we celebrated earlier, knowing we'd be in a remodeling mess today.  I'm grateful for 33 years together and for a wonderful husband--a gift from God.  In honor of that, please read this post on the Meaning of Wedding Traditions!


The wood floor installation was finished Tuesday.  Wednesday we were away most of the afternoon and evening with cousins in town.  I am getting my days all mixed up, but I guess it was Tuesday that besides painting and giving my son a haircut, I linked up with Raising Homemakers for the first time!  Check it out, and then hop on over there--last day today.


Remodeling Saga
Yesterday the carpeting partially went in and the installer/friend just arrived to finish the job--Praise the Lord!  We really love the way it all looks!


More Lessons Learned From Laying Flooring
Two thoughts that have come to mind as I've watched the meticulous work of our friend/installer, and watched my husband work so hard to prepare for the work to be done:

"Excellence is never an accident."

We must prepare our hearts to walk in God's ways.  It is never an accident that we walk a straight path and follow the Lord.  Intentionality.  Preparedness.  Prayer.  In order to put down a straight beautiful floor you need a firm and straight line to follow.  My husband always says, "Preparation is 90% of the job."  It's a reminder to me that in order to live a straight beautiful life you have to prepare your heart and lay a firm foundation of faith in Jesus Christ.  

Thankful Thursday: I Have A Blog Button!

Well, it is Thankful Thursday, and it took me all night and all day, but I think I fixed my RSS feed problem and (drum roll, please) I made a Blog Button!! (If it worked,) I feel a huge sense of accomplishment! But I must apologize, for you wonderful followers are going to get a bevy of backed up blog posts in your reader!  Yes, if you haven't checked in recently, and thought I'd gone on vacation, you're in for a surprise--I have been posting and it hasn't been updating for about a month, maybe 6 weeks. If you're new to my blog, get a cup of coffee, sit back and read a spell and Welcome!

So, all my new friends out there, and my followers, please go over to the sidebar and grab my button and subscribe to my feed, so all my work wasn't for nothing! I will be watching to see if that little number starts going up, for I know that a lot of you have tried to subscribe and quit in frustration, when it didn't work.  Again, I apologize!  So, please let me know how it goes! I am so excited.  Is it silly to be thankful over getting a technical problem solved, and getting a little button? Probably. But that's ok.  I don't think it's silly to be thankful for every little thing that God gives you in life, and today there is so much to be thankful for: life, health, sunshine, family, friends (bloggy and otherwise:), and most of all Salvation through my precious Lord Jesus Christ, who was willing, for the joy that was set before Him, to go to the cross, and die for me.  Praise the Lord--God the Father accepted His payment for my sins, and raised Him from the dead, and He is seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven! But what's more, I am seated with Him, and because the work was finished on the cross, and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world (satan), I have power over temptation and sin, and no fear of death, for when I die, I will immediately go to be with my Lord and Savior, where I will live forever with Him.  If that doesn't make you thankful, nothing will!

What are you thankful for? To participate and read other thankful posts, visit Laurie (Thanks, Laurie, for hosting this month!) at Women Taking A Stand!