Fun Friday - "Is . . ."

A good Friday is = lunch with a friend at a tasty lunch place, trying new food and enjoying fortune cookies.


A FUN FRIDAY is = lunch with a friend at a tasty lunch place, trying new food and enjoying "Twin" fortune cookies.

I have never seen two cookies in one wrapper before...very fun! I think this means you get to choose the good fortune and throw the other one away!

Hope your Friday is as much fun as mine :)

Every Morning

His mercies are new. And I am so thankful!


Some mornings I wake up with the world on my shoulders. Do you know the feeling? As soon as you wake up, your mind is flooded with the list of things that must get done in that day and the burden even makes you stand a little lower. Certainly it doesn’t feel like there is energy to make it to lunch, let alone the activities after dinner.


I had a morning like that this week. I had slept fairly well the night before but upon waking, the burdens of the day woke with me and lodged themselves in my mind.


On my drive to work I remember listening to a discussion about worship. I can’t remember anything from the talk except for this phrase: “His mercies are new every morning.” As I mediated on it in my mind and heart, I turned my thoughts from not being able to handle the agenda for the day to the fact that God gives His strength to handle the day. I don’t have to do it alone. Immediately I felt the stress trickle away like water in a sieve, while at the same time joy and thankfulness replaced the anxiety. His mercies are new, and today, right now, they are new. Not recycled from yesterday, or only what is left over after last night, they are new: in full and with strength and power. That is good news. And I stood taller and lived better because of that truth.


What are you facing today that has you slumping, or unable to get out of bed? Are you carrying around extra emotional weight because it seems you are alone or that if you don’t worry about it, who will? Take a moment to remember that God’s strength is able, and when Christ is in You, His strength is available to you: new and fresh. Every morning.

"The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;

his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness."

Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

Fun Friday - Mad Gab Style

Happy Friday!

Try your hand (and your mouth) at these Mad Gab phrases. If there is someone in the room with you, race them to figure out the actual sentence, saying or phrase.Ready, Go!  (Answers Below)

1. Ash Hugh Witch

2. The airs nope lace lie comb

3. Fork odd soul of Dee whirled 

4. Know but he nose that rubble ivy sheen

5. Toot hay east huff hearse they off their heist off hurl if.

Answers

1. As You Wish

2. There's no place like home 

3. For God so loved the world

4. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen

5. Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Fun Friday - (It's Already Here AGAIN. Yess!!)

Friday is fun because . . .

1. You can plan to sleep in

2. Extra time for friends and family

3. It’s a good splurge day (although this would count more if I were more diligent throughout the week about NOT splurging)

4. Everything is funny, even if it's not

5. Many times, it’s also payday!

6. Anyone can say “Friday” like the Outback Steakhouse commercial voice –

“ ‘Appy Froiday!” (I'm not kidding; try it!)

7. Cookie Friday – in my office building, property management bakes Otis Spunkmeyer cookies to share with everyone at 2pm. Love it. But you have to be quick…2:30 might be too late!

All around, Friday is just a good day. Even if you talk to yourself at work (which of course, I never do), it's okay because it's Friday.

Tired? It's ok. It's Friday!

Forgot to pay a bill? It's okay. Banks are open, it's Friday!

Really need a night out, just because? It's Friday!

Want to go home and nesstle in comfy clothes on the couch? It's Ok.

IT'S FRIDAY!

Hope your Friday is wonderful and blessed. Have any plans?



Fun Friday - Caption Contest

Happy Friday! Looking forward to finding and enjoying lots of different things on Fun Fridays. Maybe pictures or quotes, movie or book reviews, puzzles or trivia. Who knows, but it will be fun.

Today, I got excited about this photo and realized it could be interpreted many ways. My thought was "It's Friday!" but I'd love to hear your creative thoughts. Leave a comment and let me know what caption you would give this picture :)

Ready, Go!

"Your Caption Here"

She's Crafty - Christmas Mailbox Leftovers

Happy first Thursday of the New Year :) I hope you had a great celebration with family and friends over Christmas and New Years. We had a great time with family and several days off work. Always a good combination and a refreshing way to enter a new season.

Many of you know that one of my favorite things in every day is checking the mailbox. Not hotmail or gmail, but the actual REAL mailbox. For as long as I can remember I have looked forward to checking the mail, and anticipate each day the possibility of getting something personal from someone I care about. In college, I would check the mailbox twice a day, just in case I missed something  the first time through (which did happen on occasion. Those were good days.) Now that school is over and the most I receive in a given week is basket fulls of trash, coupon books and bills, I still look forward to checking it every day: just in case.

Needless to say, after Thanksgiving passes and the Christmas season begins, the mailbox becomes like "the cherry on top", or coffee and a great dessert. Chances that there will be a personal note increase 85% after December 1st. *sigh* I love it.

But once Christmas is over, and January rolls around, the question becomes, "What to do with all the great pictures of friends and family that came with those Christmas greetings?"

This year, I decided to make something useful to decorate my home with, and put them to good use. It's a quick, easy, scrapbook like craft that doesn't require much outside of what a basic craft supply closet might have (or a quick trip to Michaels).

Picture Collage

Supplies: Scrapbook paper, Glue stick, hot glue gun, light weight cardboard, cardstock, Photos, Scissors, hole punch, embellishments (ribbon, buttons, stamps, etc.)

 Step 1 - Collect the pictures you'd like to save

 Step 2 - Choose the scrapbook paper for your collage

 Step 3 - Glue the photos on the paper leaving room to frame the photos with the paper. Then cut them out. (Hint: I used a light glue stick that will allow for the removal of the photos from the paper at a later time if I wish to save them. Also, by having the paper on the back of each photo, the photos are protected from the tape in step 5).

 Step 4 - Prepare some accent pieces. I used stamps, paper, ribbon and sticky buttons

             

                             

 Step 5 - Arrange the photos in any shape you'd like. I chose to keep my collage with square edges, but circles, wreaths, or random placement would also be cute. I then simply used tape to join the backs of the photos together.

 Step 6 - In order to add extra support to the collage since I am not going to frame this one, I cut and used double sided tape to glue card stock on the back side of the taped collage.

Step 7 - Hanging: I had a 12 inch circular piece of cardboard (from the cake decorating aisle at Michaels) in which I punched a small hole for hanging. (Another option would be the cardboard from a new calendar, or cardstock, staples and a ribbon). You can also use a box cutter to slit a horizontal line from the side of the hole to allow for adjusting if the collage is not weighted evenly. Then glue to the center of the back of the collage. 

 Step 8 - Lastly, lightly hammer a stick pin into the wall and hang! Cute, fun, easy, and no mess if you change your mind and no longer want it on the wall or if you decide it looks better in another room!

 That should keep me until the mail next Christmas!