H is for Happy

I like to be happy! It is a good feeling! I feel happy when I help someone! I like to make people smile and so lately I have really been on a happy kick!

I am sleep deprived! This is why! Having this incredibly animated kitten named 'Tiger" is happiness! Is he chillin or what? It is after eight o'clock at night and this fellow is napping! You can't pinch him and make him wake up! He is young and needs plenty of rest so he can terrorize us while we attempt to sleep! He is a cross between a newborn and a screaming toddler!

I am happy because I was raised with two sisters and two brothers! This is my sister Mary! She was happy here because my son Jeremy graduated from college and they posed for this photo!  She has had a tough spell health wise and I am not happy when she is not feeling 100 percent! So I am always looking for ways to make my sister happy!

Habakkuk 3:18
"Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation."

Even the bible has happiness! This is a beautiful verse and I love this google image with the sweet daisy! Did you know  daisies symbolize friendship? That makes me feel happy too!

Even our country was founded on the basic principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

I hope you will visit Ms. Jenny and see what the other letter H participates are up to! Help yourself to some fun, a little happiness, helpful hints, haiku and everything else in between!

Love is....

I am laughing out loud! At our age you can get hot flashes and cold sweats and even chills! But my hubby and I have a really good relationship and I wanted to share this precious comic.

Stop by and say hello to Marydon and share your favorite Love is... with us today.

Prayers please for Mary's sweet friend Tanza  and her mom Donna who lost their brother/son. Life is filled with many difficulties. We always have each other to lean on and we most importantly have God's support. He will hold us up even when we are down!

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

 

Please visit Charlotte and all the wonderful encouraging hearts at Spiritual Sunday.

Some days I feel overwhelmed wanting to do more and I miss visiting so many of you but I love knowing you here and your presence on my blog makes me smile. Thank you each and every one who visits me. I know there are lots of other exciting things you can do and yet you take time to visit me! It really means a lot to me! Thank you!

 

Today is National Chocolate Day. These yummy truffles are from Mouse's Chocolate in Ouray, Colorado. Now to choose just one.....

Pink Saturday

Hannah has her pretty pink nails while I opted for neon orange! It was a birthday manicure for her and I tagged along! Today is her party so lots to do! Next week I will have a photo of her pretty pink birthday cake! I can always count on Hannah for pinkness! Now join Beverly and the pinkies for a perfect weekend of pinkness!

I would have been tickled pink to see this fireworks display! Aw.....pinkness! Sigh!

"G" is for My Girls!

I thought I would do a post about my girls! Here are two of them, Hannah and Rebekah. They are very close.

There is Noelle in the middle! My goodness how time flies!

I love all the photos we have of each other. These girls are precious. They are all so smart and successful. Noelle in her workplace, Rebekah just graduating from college and Hannah studying hard to graduate college.

 Noelle loves her tatoos. Rebekah is a book worm.

Noelle says these are mean girls! LOL! My hubby always said when they were younger he pities the poor boys trying to pull a fast one on these two! They were up to something this time. I am not revealing the poor innocent guys  they were whispering about!

Noelle and her best buddy Christina  with Rebekah on Hannah's twenty first birthday! Cameron is stalking them! He is best buds with our son Jeremy!

My big girl Noelle took tender loving care of her late "Gram" along with my beautiful sister Mary! I hope she will care for me like this one day too!

This photo will always remind me of Noelle. As a child she was her own person and still is today. She would do this rather than follow the crowd! She gave me this Mother's Day card a few years ago! Her first dance teacher always called her "Nicole". She would tell me, "Nicole does not listen to me" I told her, "Perhaps you should remember my daughter is Noelle not Nicole!" We changed dance schools and Noelle loved Sarah Shaw!

Hannah and Jayden 2012. She teaches preschool and says that is the very best birth control for single girls today! She makes this face a lot after work! Hannah was born at home twenty two years ago today. She loves to tell her birth story. She was a big baby too, eight lbs.! I know we came out of that "surprise" delivery! By the absolute grace of God Himself! What an experience.

You would find Rebekah here. This is Belle's library from the Beauty and the Beast. You can always give this  girl a gift card to a book store. She will love you forever. As a toddler she climbed into our old tree at our old home and said she had a conversation with God! Her story of visiting with him still rings in my mind! My late sister told me she had a gift and the girl has a beautiful heart. She will always pitch in to help mom and dad when she can.

Rebekah loves her cousin Kate! Although Kate is a married mom of two, these two are good buddies. You always love your cousins!

We are a fabulous foursome my girls and I! Three of us live together and one lives down the street! we love each other and enjoy our company together.

Noelle and I are married. In fact, I am proud my girl will celebrate 13 years of marriage this August! Rebekah and Hannah are single. I will remind them of this quote today. They are princesses!

These three girls are part of my heart. I love my sons and my hubby too but girls are great to gab with. You can go to a tea party with them or get your nails and hair done! They can laugh and cry with you too!

Always be happy and always put God first in your life. I remind my girls of this. You are beautiful, so flaunt your smile!

My girls on Mother's Day 2013!

I hope you will visit Ms. Jenny and all the "G" posts!

Happy Fourth of July! Please a have safe and happy day and always remember why we are free!

Birthday Wishes and Prayers

Our daughter Hannah (pink) is 22 today! Her sisters always share these special times with her. Noelle in the back and Rebekah on Hannah's right (your right). Happy birthday to my sweet baby girl who was born at home 22 years ago today! What an experience that was!

Prayers for my sis Mary today! She is finally going to have her heart procedure.Her she is with our son Jeremy!

Philipians  4:13

I hope your day is beautiful and filled with much love! Thank you for sharing with me today!

Love is.../Blue Monday

We live in such troubled times and although we all deserve some private time to collect ourselves , today so many have their "me" time and reject their marriage time. I am not trying to anger anyone or make light of singles but those that are married need to make a stronger commitment. Marriage is so much more than a fancy wedding, all the gifts, the honeymoon. It is a lifetime of trying to maintain a balance. Like making a budget or making sure you have enough money in the bank to cover your expenses we all need to take more time to keep our marriages as the center of our lives. Today I watched my husband with his brother and I thought I am so blessed. He does so much for everyone without complaining. His me time is spent figuring the budget, cooking for the week, doing all sorts of home maintenance. He is a good solid husband and father. This Love is...makes me smile and I hope you visit Marydon and share your favorite Love is...today.

The fourth of July is coming this week! It is a good time to reflect on our country and what it was founded on. I love this vintage image and the blue sky setting the background for the stars and stripes with a red, white and blue theme!

This beautiful blue painting is from zephyrstudioaustin.com and I found it on google images. The blue zinnia makes a pretty conversation piece for your morning cuppa.

I hope you will visit Sally and all the blues! Have a blue ti  ful Monday!

"F" is for Feline

After losing my favorite, friendly feline Boots, I did not think I would love again. But his untimely passing fifteen months ago made me wish I could have a sweet kitten. My friend and co worker Jessica has a cousin who had a beautiful cat ,who gave birth to precious kittens, two of them! They are gorgeous and she thinks, as far as she can tell, they are girls! So I am going to begin my journey in owning a new kitten! A frisky, bundle of pure feline joy! I am going to cherish this kitten like a first time parent! It will be fun gathering new things to share with this fun little bundle of new kitten love!

Will I forget about Rose? Absolutely not! Will I ignore Smokey, Stella, Bandit and Roxanne! Forget it! Never! Those silly pups and the matriarch feline will always hold a special place in my heart! Here is the new kitten, who, by the way, is a boy! Laughing Out Loud! We were tossing out names and we liked "Peaches" and "Tigerlily"! Well, the vet flipped this boy over and said. he is a male! HaHaHa! Since we decided on Tigerlily we shorted it to "Tiger" so he would be a male kitty with a matching name!

Felines are fiercely independent creatures. They feign dramatic behavior in order to show you who is the boss!

Funny how pets can steal our hearts. They move in without much of a thought and begin a lifetime journey of keeping us from being faint of heart. The will not fail in their quest to maintain us as their captive! Their new hideout! A cool hammock with dual scratching posts! Rose is still unsure if she likes it!

They become our faithful friends.   They will never flee from our presence because once they hook you, you fall for them hook, line and sinker so they become fresh faces in our lives and take the words funny, frisky and  fast to new levels! Rose is finicky about people! She wanted to read a magazine!

The one difference I enjoy about felines  is the fact that they are so independent. Dogs are quite faithful and demand much attention. Cats prefer faking their fabulous fraudulent lifestyle, pretending not to have a care in the world but secretly hoping you will treasure  them until the end of time. Spoiled rotten felines! Rose acts as if this tunnel is no fun at all although we have caught her taking a peek inside! Little Tiger runs like mad through it and makes it sound like a crinkle noise! Drives poor Rose batty!

They will never be false friends with you and although a feline can be quite flippant, they adore you and forever love you. They may demand the finer things in life from you but your freedom will be theirs. Their fancy attitude melts your heart and you will not see any flaws and faults in their behavior. Felines are often fussy. They dine on specific foods and you will never worry about having your own ego fed! Jeremy nearly bought this fancy purple kitty hideaway! Good thing, Tiger would probably prefer blue or red! He is not much of an Elton John fan like Roxanne, who loves to dance to the song "Tiny Dancer"!

Perhaps I used too many "F" words here! Hopefully I made you smile and you learned a little bit about funny, fabulous felines! Master Tiger is not a fan of the kennel. Jessica said he cried all the way from Fort Lupton, about thirty minutes from here! When I took him to the vet he bite the bars and climbing like a maniac kitten yelping as if we were chopping his head off! He and Roxanne are very dramatic pals!

Now visit Ms. Jenny and find more fun and fulfillment with all the wonderful F's showcased there! I don't always get to visit and comment but your visits here mean the world to me. Extra prayer for my sister Mary as she is waiting to heal so she can have her surgery. It has been a long, hard road for her. I have had my mind on her and have not written here much or visited a lot. I love all of you very much! Thanks for sticking by me, friends!