OK I need help!!!

Ok Ladies,

I've searched and searched and searched some more for a pattern for this bib I want to make....to no avail.

Now, I'm coming to you for help. Maybe you know the proper name for this bib, or have seen one, or maybe, just maybe you know how to draw up a pattern for one. At any rate, in this video clip she shows the bib and demonstrates how it works. I'd like to make one.

The links to her sites no longer work, the one I finally did find to her blog has no patterns, UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

If you can help me, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do!!!!

I've lost it...

My mojo that is.  I've lost my mojo for several things, baking, cooking, sewing, and if I go on and on, I just may depress someone.  I've no idea where it went nor when I lost it, but I do know it's gone.  For how long?  I do not know.  I miss it.  My get up and go has got up and gone.  I've lost it before but only for a few days.  This is dragging on a bit over a month now.

What do you do when you've lost your mojo?  Also my father's birthday would be next Friday and I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it.  I seriously don't know.  I do know I miss both my dad and my mom something fierce and I really just wish I could pick up the phone and call both of them.  sigh...

What's going on in your neck of the woods?

Something New Is Brewing!!!!

In just a couple of weeks, I will become a Scentsy Independent Consultant!!!!  I'm beyond excited.  I've done several direct sales things over the last 15 years and there has only been one other one that had me as excited about this one, that was Pampered Chef.  I completely enjoyed Pampered Chef, not because I enjoy cooking, but because I enjoy baking and I have this thing for kitchen gadgets.  I earned money and had loads of fun doing it.  For those that know me well, they know I have this delight in scented candles too.  I totally enjoy walking in my home to the sweet smell of a lovely scented candle.  I totally hate those plugin things you buy at the store.  Their scents can be a bit overwhelming to my nose, but a candle is just kinda mellow to me and I enjoy them.
One day when the Lord blesses me with my debt free home, I plan to have those lanterns you see in the sporting goods section (most people take them camping with them), mounted on my walls throughout the entire home.  There is just something about seeing the flicker of a candle in the home that makes it all cozy.  I won't need scented candles though, I'll have Scentsy warmers plugged in various places throughout the home with lovely scents wafting through the home.

OK, OK, in the meantime, I'm gonna be selling said lovely warmers and I can hardly wait.

Soooooooooooooooooooooo, if any of you are interested in hosting a Scentsy party or a Scentsy basket party (for those that don't live near me for me to get to your house), please, please, please, don't hesitate to let me know.  I'd be delighted to have you as a hostess and eager to help you earn some free stuff too!!!!

*If you click on the words Scentsy throughout my post, each will take you to a different area on the Scentsy site for you to check out.  Keep in mind that in about 2 weeks, I will have my very own site for you to click on!!!!

What a lovely Saturday

The sun is streaming through my windows, the warmth from it's rays is delightful.
I got to sleep in today.  It's not something I get to do often, so I take advantage of it when I can.  Instead of getting up at 4:30 AM, I blissfully slept in until 9 AM!!!!!!!

There are things I want to do today, but now that I've rested, I feel so refreshed and ready to get moving, from my bed to the bathroom and then to my sewing machine!!

I don't plan to leave my home today simply because I don't have to!  I love it.

Oh yea, I also noticed that I'm 14 posts away from hitting 300 blog posts.  I've got to quickly think of a cool giveaway for my 300th post.  Any ideas???

Have a beautiful Saturday in your neck of the woods.

It's going to be ok!

In the last 24-48 hours we've gotten prayer requests for a couple of little ones.  A 4 month old baby girl in Oklahoma and a baby boy in utero in DC (only 4 months gestation).

My heart has been heavy for them and I've thought of them and prayed for them often throughout the day.

During our family devotional time, we were having "circle" prayer as my son calls it.  When we each take a turn praying for what's on our hearts.  Tonight each of us prayed for these little babes.  We prayed for wisdom for the doctors, strength, comfort, and peace for the parents.  However, my son prayed something that made me stop in my tracks, not because I didn't know this, but because I (like us all) have a tendency to forget.  He said God You are in control, not the doctors or the machines.
For a moment in time, my breath caught in my throat.  He is so right.  God IS in control.  There is nothing going on in the earth that has caught Him by surprise.  There is nothing going on that He doesn't already know about and knows the outcome.  Be it a 4 month old baby Naomi in Oklahoma fighting for her life or the baby boy in DC whose parents are fighting to keep him within the womb a bit longer...God knew all this would take place and He knows what the end will be.

We know that there is NOTHING too hard for God, be it miraculous healing or paying a bill.  God is able!!!!!!!!

Adventure for today

We were all cozy and warm in the house.  The temperatures were falling outside and the wind was blowing fiercely from the north.  The sheep were put out on long tie-outs and allowed to graze in the open fields.

However, the male sheep decided to wrap his tie out around our water faucet and got all nice and tangled.  SNAP, and the water in the house is no more, but we had a geyser of water shooting forth outside.  UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My son just fixed a pipe last week that froze during the lovely winter weather we had.
We've gotten so used to pipes bursting, that we just keep all the supplies we will need on hand for the next time.

So we set about to fix this pipe as well.  Our hands were freezing and then they just went numb.  Our toes, well they were wet and frozen too.  Our shoes, pants, shirts, coats, all caked in mud.  The temp now read 32 degrees, but with the wind blowing, it felt well below 20 degrees.

What would normally have taken 30 min. to repair, took us 2 1/2 hours simply because of the temperatures.

The temps are supposed to drop a bit more tonight.  We're praying for no frozen pipes. They are all covered, but we've learned that means absolutely nothing at times.

All in all, we had a great day, working together and being together.  At any rate, when my son has a family, he'll be well skilled at repairing busted pipes; my girls will be too, but hopefully they will only be needed to advise if there husbands have no idea.  As for me, I've repaired enough water pipes to last me a life time and yet I'm sure there will be more!!!

Now, for a nice hot bath and facial....I'm really trying to get warm and feel my toes (which still seem to be frozen).

A Moment to Step Back

I want to say thank you to those that read my blog and pray for me.  I also want to say thank you for letting me be human and letting me be me.  I struggle with real life issues and I express them as openly as I can here on my blog.  Sometimes I whine, sometimes I get angry, sometimes I ask lots of questions, and sometimes I am totally confused.  However, when it's all said and done, I still love my Savior and I'm still a child of the King.

I'm so very thankful that I can go to my Daddy and ask those tough questions, even if I don't fully understand the answers now.  I'm thankful that even through my tantrums, He allows me to come.  Please don't ever doubt Whose I am.

I hope you will continue to allow me to be real and transparent.

I do struggle with depression issues, but over the years of being a Christian, I've seen first hand what the Father can and will do for His children.  I've struggled for weeks in darkness, to days, and now I'm thankful that the darkest of hours may last a day or two and depression in general only a few hours.  It's taken a lot to get to this point, but I'm thankful for the journey.  I am by no means a finished work of art, I will forever be a work in progress until I go to glory.

Please be kind in your comments and remember to speak the truth in love.  In fact LACE it with love.  We have enough to deal with in the world, let's remember to be honest and yet compassionate as well.  For those that have done just that, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!  I LOVE YOU ALL