This fused bowl is beautiful. It kinda looks the way I was feeling this morning when I got up. But, unlike the bow...which is absolutely beautiful...I wasn't feeling beautiful! :-] I didn't sleep very well last night. We had rain and snow in our area yesterday...and I was feeling it....all....over...my...body! Therefore, it was a long, restless, sleepless, and painful night!
This morning I was still hurting all over, but not the 'here we go again' kinda pain. It was more like the 'why were you trying to fight that 700 pound gorilla all by yourself last night' kinda pain. LOL I'm hoping that as the day wears on it'll ease up....We'll see!
In the meantime, I had a Bible-based meeting this morning, and it helped clear away some of the mental cobwebs. :-) Now, I'm in the mood to wanna show you a couple of things! :-) ...One being a new treasury that my black and white men's boutonniere, from my Wuglyees Etsy shop, was put in...
The treasury was curated by Janet Long of JanetLongArts. It's entitled ♥TY & PIF♥...
Such cute items are in it, including the bowl in the header photo....And this...my favorite of the treasury!...
Aren't those beads pretty?! :-) What beautiful creations could be made with those beauties!...I won't be making them though! I've got my hands full with the beads I already have! And I've been so involved with my boutonnieres, buttons and crocheting that I haven't even thought about doing anything with my beads!!...Can you say 'Mad Boutonniere-Making woman'?!!! ^_^
But what I was working on yesterday wasn't a boutonniere. It was a fingerless glove!...
I started it because I came across a pattern that I wrote up a while back, for a pair of custom ordered lacy fingerless gloves...
...I could almost see those gloves in my mind's eye, made out of this pretty golden hay colored soft yarn...
....and I just had to start making them!!!.....I HAD TO!! ^_^
So that's what's on my agenda today. Fingerless gloves, clearing of the mind, and tending to this old rickety body! :-)) UGH!...Just when I've gotten past the angst of my teenage stupidities,...the distractions and fantasies of my young adulthood,...the stark realities of every day living in my 30s,...and the drama of over-expectation in my 40s,....I mean, when I've finally gotten to the point in life where it all makes sense, and the ability to REALLY live my life with clarity and purpose!......my body puts up a 'Yield' sign...and my mind tries to follow it to a complete stop!!!!! Aargh!
It's not fair, I tell you!! LOL But at least I know it's not a permanent situation!...The Bible rightly says that 'faith is not a possession of all people', so I know that everybody doesn't believe what I'm about to say...and I can respect that...but I'm gonna say it anyway! LOL...."SOON...S-O-O-N!...God is gonna fix all this stuff and I'll be able to look forward to rain and busy schedules. I...Can't....WAIT!!!" ^_^ Oooooo! Where would I be without faith and something better to hope and look forward to?!!...Sooooo...this body and mind may not be in full working order right now...and stop laughing about it too! ^_^....but I do have faith....and I have it in abundance!!! :-)
Okay....Moving on! :-) ........Let me give a big whoop and holler about the 300 followers I have on the blog now!!! Welcome to each and every one of you!!! In honor of my thankfulness, next month's Giveaway will finally be that afghan blanket I've been talking about!!! :-) After I give away this month's book of poems it'll be ON!!!! LOL.........Have a good day, everybody! :-)
Before I Learned The Bible
Before I learned the Bible,
all my life was just a fog,
that consisted of 'Soap Operas'
and me eating like a hog!
Jeff would leave for work real early.
I would sleep til almost noon.
I would watch T.V. til four.
Every day the 'same old tune'.
Unhappy with my marriage,
with myself, and with my life,
was my constant state of being
as Jeff's nagging, cranky wife.
But then one day there came a knock-
The house was dark; The shades were drawn.
"Jehovah's Witnesses!" I said,
"But Ryan's Hope is coming on!"
It was a woman who was nice.
She started preaching at the door.
She showed me scriptures from the Bible
I had never seen before.
I got excited, and I read
everything she left for me.
I started studying the Bible.
I had finally found the key.
I couldn't help but share with Jeff
all the new truths I had found.
He now saw his cranky wife
wear a smile, and not be down.
The Bible helped our marriage too;
There was more time we spent together;
And as we worked to make a change,
there was more love for one another.
Next year it will be twenty!-
Twenty years of serving God.
Looking back at where we started
kind of feels a little odd.
Sleeping til noon, and eating food-
these things were what I called 'The Rival'
to my Really living life-
But that's before I learned the Bible.
I learned to love Jehovah God
more than the choices I had made;
And now I'm happy with my life-
I think it was a real good trade!
Before I learned the Bible,
all my life was just a fog,
that consisted of 'Soap Operas'
and me eating like a hog!
Jeff would leave for work real early.
I would sleep til almost noon.
I would watch T.V. til four.
Every day the 'same old tune'.
Unhappy with my marriage,
with myself, and with my life,
was my constant state of being
as Jeff's nagging, cranky wife.
But then one day there came a knock-
The house was dark; The shades were drawn.
"Jehovah's Witnesses!" I said,
"But Ryan's Hope is coming on!"
It was a woman who was nice.
She started preaching at the door.
She showed me scriptures from the Bible
I had never seen before.
I got excited, and I read
everything she left for me.
I started studying the Bible.
I had finally found the key.
I couldn't help but share with Jeff
all the new truths I had found.
He now saw his cranky wife
wear a smile, and not be down.
The Bible helped our marriage too;
There was more time we spent together;
And as we worked to make a change,
there was more love for one another.
Next year it will be twenty!-
Twenty years of serving God.
Looking back at where we started
kind of feels a little odd.
Sleeping til noon, and eating food-
these things were what I called 'The Rival'
to my Really living life-
But that's before I learned the Bible.
I learned to love Jehovah God
more than the choices I had made;
And now I'm happy with my life-
I think it was a real good trade!
