Welcome to this New Year! It will be a year of opportunity, of life enriching experiences, of lots and lots of love and filled with hope. Praise the Lord for all that he gave us in the past and it will be so exciting to go through another year with him. I look forward to all the life changing he will be doing in each of our lives. This morning He reminded me of not carrying our own burdens, but to take his yoke upon us--- which is light. Thank you holy spirit for reminding me that this journey through widowhood is not to be walked alone. It is to be shared with him and with others. I believe it may be one of the greatest blessings he has given me. Now, don't get me wrong here. I love my children and loved my husband dearly, but this is truly the first time I am all on my own. During the past year I ran kicking and screaming and basically hating every day - but this past week my children had a wonderful opportunity to go west to visit my siblings and their families in the Calgary, Canmore, Banff area. So I didn't have anywhere I needed to be. I didn't have anyone I needed to talk to and truly TV and radio are boring. With me being isolated in this way, God certainly used this time to talk to me. I watched and learned from Charles Stanley, Joyce Meyer, James Robison, and a few Canadian chaps. I immersed myself in the word and was rewarded with much that I had temporarily forgotten. I say temporarily, because I believe that each time we read or here the word, that it is retain somewhere in our being and at just the right time God brings it out. At the time of reading or hearing we may say well that didn't teach me anything, but be patient cause it will mean something down the line.
We had a good Christmas! Christmas Eve was held at my new abode, and then my charming daughter-in-law N. sponsored Christmas Day. From the minute my door opened, it was like a train ride. The three grandkids and one "pretend" grandchild all came roaring through the door, dropping boots, coats etc and running into the first room of my house (the guest bedroom). They start out by jumping on the bed. It is an old bed, so I don't mind. From there it is onto my bedroom where I have the "giant" bed and so they must try that one out. From there it is a quick tour of the living area to see if there really are presents and snacks, then onto downstairs where the toys are. After checking the basement out it is onto playing hide-and-seek which takes them a while, after all they have to be patient with those little people. Then it is a big game of tag at which time the head upstairs for snacks. This whole episode takes roughly half an hour then it's when can we OPEN THE PRESENTS Grandmom!!! It was a good time in spite of the madcap adventures it was peaceful. For dinner Christmas Eve we chose to do something different so we had cheese fondue. I|t was enjoyed by all until the pot blew up. I am a great fan of PC (President`s Choice) appliances. I always find them to be of good quality, so I am sure that it was the operators and not the pot itself. * Note to self, next time have a couple of people in charge. I was disappointed that this year there were no later church services. In my new town, two churches had 4:00 service, one was 5:30 and one church did not have any service. I know it was because of the churches having regular services the next morning, but I still missed them.
On to creativity. With none, or next to none being done last year, this year I hope to feel more like doing something. So with that in mind I will be hooking up with Sue over at Blackberry Creek Home <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=MaryJean&postid=1_1_2012&meme=6982'></script> for her UFO Challenge 2012. She said she got 12 projects finished to my 3. I really hope to do better this year. I think that the main reason, was that my Glenn was my biggest fan and supporter of my creativity and it just did not seem right to work on anything. Hopefully my blogging will be much more regular also.
Enjoy this first day of this wonderful New Year.
Blessings
Jean
We had a good Christmas! Christmas Eve was held at my new abode, and then my charming daughter-in-law N. sponsored Christmas Day. From the minute my door opened, it was like a train ride. The three grandkids and one "pretend" grandchild all came roaring through the door, dropping boots, coats etc and running into the first room of my house (the guest bedroom). They start out by jumping on the bed. It is an old bed, so I don't mind. From there it is onto my bedroom where I have the "giant" bed and so they must try that one out. From there it is a quick tour of the living area to see if there really are presents and snacks, then onto downstairs where the toys are. After checking the basement out it is onto playing hide-and-seek which takes them a while, after all they have to be patient with those little people. Then it is a big game of tag at which time the head upstairs for snacks. This whole episode takes roughly half an hour then it's when can we OPEN THE PRESENTS Grandmom!!! It was a good time in spite of the madcap adventures it was peaceful. For dinner Christmas Eve we chose to do something different so we had cheese fondue. I|t was enjoyed by all until the pot blew up. I am a great fan of PC (President`s Choice) appliances. I always find them to be of good quality, so I am sure that it was the operators and not the pot itself. * Note to self, next time have a couple of people in charge. I was disappointed that this year there were no later church services. In my new town, two churches had 4:00 service, one was 5:30 and one church did not have any service. I know it was because of the churches having regular services the next morning, but I still missed them.
On to creativity. With none, or next to none being done last year, this year I hope to feel more like doing something. So with that in mind I will be hooking up with Sue over at Blackberry Creek Home <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=MaryJean&postid=1_1_2012&meme=6982'></script> for her UFO Challenge 2012. She said she got 12 projects finished to my 3. I really hope to do better this year. I think that the main reason, was that my Glenn was my biggest fan and supporter of my creativity and it just did not seem right to work on anything. Hopefully my blogging will be much more regular also.
Enjoy this first day of this wonderful New Year.
Blessings
Jean
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Happy New Year, Jean. Glad you've decided to stick with the UFO Bust this year.
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