The weather has been so nice the past few days and will be perfect for Easter Sunday. Tomorrow we are going to Disneyland. My son said that last year it was really slow on good Friday. Not sure what I am wearing to church yet but looking forward to the day. So many great memories of past Easters and there is a link on the left on those memories.
Two years ago I started Bibe journaling and I love it. I am right on track with my Bible through the year and I just started the book of Judges. I did a a Kay Arthur Bible study on Judges. I am finishing my Lent study and getting ready to do the 100 Days of Bible Promises by Shanna Noel of Illustrated Faith. I have been collecting things I wan to use for this to go along with what I have. Michael's now carries Illustrated Faith Bible journal items! I have got several things there with coupons. I got my pens on sale at Lifeway Christian Bookstore on sale. The study starts April 3 and there is a Facebook group that is doing this togther. My grands love what I do and they want a journaling Bible. Maybe for Christmas.
This week I started working out at Chuze Fitness that just opened up in my city. I do not need to lose weight, but I do need to build stamina and some muscle. I need to exercise and get healthy. My husband is doing this with me as well as my son and his wife and her mom. My daughter has been going to another place but may switch over. The place is really clean and the selling point for the guys is the movie room. It has a movie screen and you can use a treadmill or cycle while you watch the movie. I plan to go back on Saturday. Well I will leave you with these pictures. Happy Easter!

March 21, 2018
Todays Saying:Springback...

We had a nice time at Disneyland yesterday. My Fitbit said we walked 5 miles! Good thing since we ate a lot too! I was so tired last night and went to bed earlier than normal for me. So that it what I meant as springback. A big rain storm is coming in this evening. We need the rain, but not good for the areas that were on fire.

Happy to hear how well I Can Only Imagine is doing at the movies. I just love the song and have the CD that the song is on. We hope to see the movie about Paul that comes out this Friday too. Love the $5.00 senior prices too!

March 20, 2018
Todays Saying: Happy first day of Spring

Rain is coming in tonight for the rest of the week so we are going to enjoy our day at Disneyland. Hubby won't be renewing his pass until after the new year. We are saving for our Hawaii trip. I will be making some changes too with my spending. We won't be doing anything thing to the house this summer like we have in the past. So my front door will have to wait and well as the new paint. I am on track with my Bible reading and just about to finish Deuteronomy. Have a great week!

March 10, 2018
Todays Saying: Winter still with us.

Got this book at Hobby Lobby and read it in 2 days. It was very interesting and I am looking forward to seeing the movie. I am on track with my Bible reading and about to finish Numbers.
On Thursday I went to a taping of America's Got Talent. We were very close to the streets where the Rose Parade Floats travel.

Feb. 28, 2018
Todays Saying: Thank you Billy Graham!

I found this on Facebook and it made me smile. Not just because of all the people waiting to say thank you. It is because he has his Bible with him. I started a chronological study of the Bible through the year. I have read the Bible through a few times, but I am gaining so much insight this time. My grands asked why I like to read the Bible so much. I told them that God wants us to read the Bible. And what we learn from the Bible is the only thing we take with us when we go to Heaven. And I am sure the first person Billy got to see what Jesus!

I am enjoying my Bible jouornaling/illustrating. I am doing a few studies besides my daily reading. I don't journal much of the daily reading unless I really feel led to. I illustrate in many different ways. I use watecolor or scrap book and even use things I find on the net. Here is an example of a page I did while I reading Numbers. God gave the order of the tribes as they got ready to march to the promise land. Each banner has ther name of the tribe and the amount of people. The center shows the Levites and the Tabernacle. Visual items always make it easier to understand. When I was a Sunday school teacher, I made the Ark of the Covenant out of a long cardboard storage box. The kids took turns carrying it with the poles. They walked solemnly around the room. My friend made the 10 Commandments that went in to Ark along with Aaron's rod and manna. I used tapioca to represent the mana and I out it in a container I had sprayed God. I might to it again to teach my grandkids!

February 19, 2018
Todays Saying: Winter is back and cold for So. California. 55/31!
I was going to take down my winter houses but decided to keep them up.


Friday it was beautiful and we went to
Disneyland for a few hours.


February 12, 2018
Todays Saying: Rain is here! Winter houses still up.

Last Friday I went to the tobyMac HitsDeep Concert Tour. I had a great time. We went to dinner at TGIF first. It was a fun night and we all were wearing our LuLuRoe outfits. I enjoyed dressing up and have another dress picked out for Valentine's Day.

Danny Gokey from American Idol sand his song called Masterpiece. It is based on Ephesians 2:10. It is one of the vereses from the study on Love I am doing. He even sang it in Spanish! He sang so many good songs! Comeback, Tell Your Heart to Beat, Rise. I was good and did not bye the CD. I normall go crazy and buy things at concerts or conferences. But Since I have been buying LuLuRoe clothes, I have to make cut backs in other things.

Mandisa was great too and I have all her CD's except the newest. Toby and his group Diverse City were great. They song several songs but the one that stays is were he sings "I don't want to gain the world and lose my soul which is from the Bible, Mark 8:36.

February 2, 2018
Todays Saying: More warm weather.

80's all week and will continue until next week. We really need rain or we will be back to drought levels. Maybe I should not have put up that header above! At least it was clear so that we could see the super red blood moon eclipse. I took a picture around 2 am and then went to bed. Hubby woke me up so I could take the 2nd picture. Both are taken with my Cannon using the zoom.

This is one I got from the net. The Huntington Pier
is about 30 miles from here. Awesome!

Marina and Audrina showing Ariel their Luluroe Ariel leggings.

Isn't this cute?

I only made it to Disneyland once in January because I was sick.
I took this picture of the Paradise Pier sign on it's last day.
Disney is changing it to Pixar Pier with other changes that
reflect the changes to make it Pixar Pier. I do not like it!


Packed up my snowmen, and moved my cottages to the mantle.
I will change it over again next week for Valentine's.

January 24, 2018
Todays Saying: Winter???

We were at 80 yesterday and about 76 today. So. California can have some crazy weather but we don't get snow here. Since this new house is smaller, I can't decorate as much. So now that our Disney theme takes first place, our snowmen have to wait. I also changed the Nativity tree to snowmen/country theme.

Well I still have a cold which still lingers in my sinuses. My chest is pretty clear, but the nose is not. My hubby made me chicken soup last week and that was great.

This past weekend we went to the memorial service of a friend from church. We serve on the women's board togther and were involved in several teas. She had a really nice video montage and I was able to submit some pictures. I was really touched with the teas she had with her grand daugters I got this tea set for my grand daughters and I plan on having a real tea party with them.

I am still doing Bible journaling with the Illustrated Faith Facebook group. I am also doing a Bible through the year reading program with them. We are going in Chronological order. I have read the Bible through a couple of times. I love the insight I am getting this time.

January 14, 2018
Todays Saying: Happy Sunday and Happy Birthday Andrew!

Another week had flown bye! It is early Sunday morning and I thought I better get this post done. We had rain on Tuesday and 80 today. We took the grands to see the Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackmen and it was great. I loved the song titled This is Me. Our grands love musicals but there mom does not. So she was happy we took them. They got it from their dad. I love musicals. I remember my parents taking us to see Sound of Music and Fidder on the Roof. We hope to take them to see Wonder on Monday if I am feeling well. I have a cold but I should be better by then. I took a flu shot and I know so many are against it, but I hope to never get the flu again. I got it in 1968 and it was awful! I feel for the people that are getting it and people have died from it. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow to go to church. I watched a church service earlier today from a local church. They are doing a study ont he book of Revelation. After church we plan to go to lunch to celebrate my son Andrew's birthday. My firstborn will be 37. I have 3 babies in heaven all older than him that I will see in Heaven someday. Happy Sunday!

January 7, 2018
Todays Saying: Happy New Year!

I hope I can come here at least once a week. I remember a time I was here daily and enjoyed all my friends that also had blogs. But so many have left and I am one of a few that have a website. Though I have a blogger site, I don't use it much. I will when I close this site up.
I belong to a group on Facebook called Bible Journaling with Illustrated Faith. I will be going on 2 years and enjoy it. This year some of us are reading through the Bible chronologically. I pray I can finish and having others on this journey with me is encouraging.
I am almost through taking down Christmas. I just have the main tree which is Disney themed. I changed my mantle and yearly tree over to country Snowmen, more of a winter theme. Since there is no snow here, I can pretend!
We have the grands another week since they are out of school. We hope to see the Greatest Showman this week. So happy Coco won the Golden Globe for best animated movie which we also saw.
My daughter in law sells a clothing line called LuLuRoe. I enjoy wearing my clothes and will share some outfits here. They also sell a Disney line and you know I am a Disney fan. Have a blessed week!

Dec. 31, 2017
Todays Saying: Happy New Year!

I can't believe I have not posted in over a month. It has been a busy few months. The grands keep us pretty busy. I kept up with my Novemember Graditude journaling but did not finish December. But I am starting something new for 2018. I will be reading the Bible in a year chronologically. I will be doing it with many other women with the Illustrated Faith journaling group. My priority will be reading the Word and journaling as it permits. I also want to get back to blogging. Thanks to pictures and Facebook, I can update here if I want.
Every year I do the one word for the year and I was not going to do it. I really did not feel motivated. But my friend Judy sent me a book and it was a book on creative mindfulness. I do want to keep it Christ focused and will work on my page for it here at my blog. The other thing that was coming to me was really making an effort to let go of things. I went to Dayspring and they have this test to find a word and I got Simplify! So those two words are going to be my guiding base. Here is one of the verses based on it. Colossians 3:2English Standard Version (ESV)Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Another word that comes to my mind is purpose. Loving my family is my main purpose. Sharing God's love with them is a part of that. Looking forward to 2018!

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