Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I still dont have pictures up here for you to look at, but they are on my facebook account. Hope everyone is going to be having a face and Godly New Year. This whole "resolution" thing I am not so sure about. How many of us have actually ever kept a resolution? For the WHOLE year? I always believe that you should try to better yourself in many ways, but putting an actual label on it and only doing it one time a year feels very superficial to me. Thats no different than only being thankful for the blessing the Lord provides at Thanksgiving time.
There are certain things in my life that I am going to try to improve about myself. As a Christian, wife, and as a person in whole. I am going to try to not be angry at those who treat me bad, and I am going to try not to gossip about them if I DO get angry. I am going to be a better daughter to our Heavenly Father and trust in Him to supply my every need. To cry on His lap when I need to. To ask Him for a hug when I need one (thank you Katie). I am going to be the best wife I can to my husband and put my trust in him. And I am going to REALLY work on my health.
The fact that this is happening right at the beginning of the year doesnt really matter. These things have been heavy on my heart for quite some time now. Wednesday nights message was kind of the topper on the cake and I just decided to do what I know I should have been doing all along.
If you are into the whole New Years resolution thing, thats fine. Take that opportunity to examine yourself and see how you can better yourself for the Lord. In doing so, you will not just have a better spiritual life, but you will find that it will spill over into other aspects of your life, such as your marriage, your friendships, and even those pesky people that just seem to annoy you so...lol. Happy New Years everyone!!!! May God bless you and your family!

Sicky

I am pretty sick right now. Not sure what is going on with me but I am trying to get into see the doctor tomorrow. After I feel better, I will post pics from Christmas Eve and Day. Hope I feel better by Wednesday, it my birthday. With David being laid off we arent able to do anything, but it would just really stink if I was sick on my birthday! Talk to you all soon!

Merry CHRISTmas Everyone!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Hope yall are enjoying your holiday season with the people you love. For us, the holidays are usually spent with some good Godly church family. One thing that I have learned recently is that the closer I get to the Lord, the farther away I get from certain friends and family. It was a REALLY tough time I was going through debating on what to do about it. David's family lives here in Pa, but there are only a couple of the family members that, as Christians, we would wish to be around them. And I have a very special friend that we usually spend the holidays with, but she wants the things of this world and I dont. It is AMAZING that when you REFUSE to choose, God chooses for you!!!! Not always what our choice would have been, but the right one.
As you grow closer to the Lord, you may lose a few friends, and maybe even family along the way, but remember, CHRIST IS THE BEST FRIEND YOU COULD EVER HAVE. And if you are in a good Bible believing church, you wont have a better family than the one you have there. I love my family very much and wish I could be with them during this holiday season, but I couldnt find any better people to spend it with than my church family. Lets remember to keep Christ not just in Christmas, but in our hearts and lives as well. No matter what the cost! Merry Christmas bloggers!!!!! May God bless you are yours this Christmas Day!!!!

Building a gingerbread house...kinda

Okay...so the whole block went out of power tonight. JUST our block too! So we went to Walmart and they had gingerbread houses on sale for 5 dollars. So I decided to get one. It was a nice Christmas project and always a good time. Well this one was possessed or something. It wouldnt stay together and it took over an hour to finally get it right. Then.....it happened.....I let Sabria touch it! NEVER EVER EVER LET SABRIA TOUCH IT!!!! First the roof came off, and eventually the whole thing collapsed...after my blood pressure went down, it was pretty funny. Then Joshi got into it and that was that. But my power is on now, so I am going home. But here are the pics from it...IN ORDER BOTTOM TO TOP OF HOW IT HAPPENED!!!!ROFL

Christmas Sunday

Well we had an absolutely WONDERFUL day at church today. Last night and early this morning we got over 6 inches of snow here in PA, and usually that would cause us NOT to have church because we are all snowed in. So of course I was praying, as I am sure were others, that people would be able to find their way in safely to get to church. The roads seemed ok this morning, but I wasnt expecting to see too many people out today. By 11am, God's house was full!!! It was a real blessing to see that many people out. Some of who we hadnt seen for awhile.

We sang a few congregational Christmas songs, and then Bro. Perette (not sure if it is spelled correctly, I dont have my bulletin...lol) read Luke 2:1-20. His wife sang a special and then Katie and I sang a special. The picture is a little dark but you can still see us. Pastor gave a sermon on celebrating His name. And THEN he read the kids the story of the candy cane. They enjoyed it sooo much. And even though they wont admit it, I think the "big kids" enjoyed it too!

Everyone did a good job on lunch. We all had a nice time fellow shipping with each other. A lot of us stayed for quite awhile. We started a yatchee game, but became so silly, an hour later we hadnt even gotten half way done with it! lol I am so glad that we have such a nice church family. Most everyone seems to care for each other so much. We couldnt have had a better day.

P.S. Remember I am still trying to get the hang of this blogging thing....i couldnt get the pics to go where I want so they are kinda just....well...everywhere...lol

Day 12 - To My Daddy

Today is my daddy's birthday. He passed away back in 2001. There are always certain days and times that I think about him. There is certain things that remind me of him. A certain smell, sound, or even something as simple as a certain food. My daddy might not have been the best man at times, but when I think about him being gone from this world, and the things in my life that he has missed, it saddens me. My graduating high school, my wedding, and even the things to come such as his grandchildren. But then I try to remember that he is in the best place a person could be, and that is with our Heavenly Father.
Its humorous when you think about it, when i was a little girl, I thought that my daddy knew EVERYTHING. He was my Super Man! I use to brag to people at school that my dad could eat and drive at the same time! lol But then when I grew older and he tried to show me the ways of the world, I was convinced that he knew NOTHING! I think that's the philosophy of alot of kids, and if i knew then what I know now, I would have embraced that part of my life and got everything I could of out of it.
The Lord knew that I needed a father, that I couldnt do without one. So he sent me one. Michael Moyer. No one could ever replace my daddy, he will always be my daddy, but I couldnt ask for a better father than the one I have now.
I dont know how many people will be thinking of Keith Hicks today, but if you are reading this, please know that he once was a great man and the best father he KNEW HOW to be...a today is his birthday......Happy Birthday Daddy, I love you

OOOPS!!!

Oh, dear.....I messed up. I did not type anything for my blog challenge yesterday. Well I was at church all day and then when I got home a pretty serious situation occurred and distracted me. So I forgot all about it. I am still going to try to write in my blog as often as possible, but maybe next month I can try the challenge again.
I have to say I am disappointed. Not necessarily in myself because I think the problems we were having yesterday trumps my blog, but still disappointed.
We had a nice day at church yesterday. Poor Katie was sick do she couldnt be in Sunday School with me. A bunch of us went out for lunch, which is always nice fellowshipping with your loved ones. And then being the first of the month, we had our prayer meeting. Pastor always says that it is the most important service that we have and I agree with him. It seems like our prayer list keeps growing and growing. BUT, I have noticed that the section for answered prayer has been growing as well. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Our Christmas service is going to be in 2 weeks and I cant wait to see how the Lord will bring our church family together at such a special time of the year.
Oh, and I did take some pics of the FIRST SNOW FALL IN PA, but I left the camera in the van so maybe it will be on here tomorrow.

Day 5 - Prayer needed

It has come to my attention that there is a big struggle going on around me. Usually I am so caught up in my own dilemmas that I probably wouldnt notice it, but alot is going on. I have several friends, each with a different problem, whom really needs prayer right now. For privacy matters, I will not name them, but God knows who we are praying for. One friend is really having some marriage problems. Its hard to live for the Lord when your spouse doesnt want to. Pray for them. Others are having some health problems, others out of the will of God. Then another, well, I dont quite know what is going on with them. But I do know that they have a heavy heart and feel like there is no solution to a problem.
When the people you love get into situations like this, you want to help them soooo bad. And sometimes the only way to do that is to pray for them. So I ask everyone to join me in prayer for some really good people in a really bad situation. Thank you...:)

Day 4 - Yummy!!!!!

Well I am sure there are a few of you that are going through this same thing this week. David was told that he was going to receive holiday pay for thanksgiving and black Friday and only got regular pay for only thanksgiving. So his check was quite short this week. And being short, we are now short on everything else. So I had to be "creative" in our meals for the up coming week. The meal I made tonight was my own concoction, and I wasnt sure if it was going to be good or not, but it was absolutely delicious!!! So I am sharing it with you!
Now there are only a few of these ingredients that you absolutely HAVE TO have. The rest of them are changeable with other things. For instance, I had onions in mine, but not everyone like onions, so add something different.

Cindy's Poor Week Breakfast Casserole (For Dinner)

6 pieces of wheat bread, cubed 1/8 c. diced onion
5 eggs, beaten 1/2 c. diced potatoes
1 Tbs. mustard 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1 c. milk 1 c. shredded cheese
1/2 can of spam, diced salt and pepper to taste

I didnt put things in a certain order, I just dumped everything in a bowl and mixed. Heat oven to 375....pop it is a casserole dish, and bake for 25 minutes. Let it sit for a few minutes before serving. My husband loved it and so did I. The only things you HAVE TO have is the bread, eggs, and milk. Everything else you can replace with what you have or what you like. I thought it would be good with bacon, onions, and mozzarella cheese. Maybe next week!

Day 3 - Happy Birthday Rebbekah!

Today is my neice Rebbekah's birthday. She is now 7 years old. They are growing soooo fast! Her brother Matthew will be 5 this month as well. I was talking to them on the phone today and they are having a joined birthday party on Sunday. Matthew asked me if I would come to his birthday party and it just broke my heart to tell him no. He doesnt understand that Kansas and Pennsylvania are so far away from each other, but I wish I could be there with them. I have not seen Rebbekah since she was a baby, and I have NEVER gotten to meet Matthew. Hopefully soon one day David and I will get to go to Kansas so we can see my family. I miss them all soooo much!!!

Day 2 - Orange Cupcakes

Well, as you can see, I made orange cupcakes! They are really good too. Dont worry, I have only had 2 of them. One yesterday and one today. If you havent figured it out by now, orange is my favorite color. I think it is weird that orange is my favorite color, but besides the actual fruit, I hate the taste of orange. Huh, go figure!
It is day 2 of my blog and I am already having trouble thinking of things to put on here. I hope it isnt like this the ENTIRE month. There are some things I would like to get off of my chest, but I would like my blog to be positive, delightful, and full of fun and surprises. Nothing negative or depressing, or talking bad about others. Hopefully the more you get to know me, the more you will find out that I always want to have fun. Of course I know when the time to be responsible and serious is, but its not ALL the time.
Tonight I am making goulash with garlic bread. And for dessert, CUPCAKES, of course!!!! Since it is Wednesday, Katie will most likely be eating with us too. I spend most Wednesdays up at the church with Katie so I make supper for us when Bubbers gets here. I dont think I will get much done on the library today. Sunday starts our new quarter in Sunday school and we are busy with things to get that ready. Saturday I will post pictures of the new classroom. I dont remember if I have put pics of it up before, but we have a sky in our classroom and this quarter we are going to "make it snow"!!! Oh, I hope it turns out good. I cant wait to see how it comes out. Thats all for now. Tootles!!!

Blog Challenge - Day1

Well, we are starting a new month, and lately I have started trying to challenge myself at a bit more things. I challenged myself to name something I was thankful for everyday until Thanksgiving, and i did. After the new year, I am doing another thankful challenge. I think we should thank God for what he provides us with not just once a year, but year round. And my friend Katie just got through doing a month long blog challenge and I thought it was a good idea.
I have been wanting for a LONG time to start writing more in my blog. I have a little bit, but I thought maybe doing this challenge will help me get started. If i can do it for a whole month, then why stop there? So be patient with me. lol I am still new at this. Some days I will have absolutely NOTHING interesting to say, and other days I hope to be quite a blessing to you. Please feel free to leave comments, I have an open mind to opinions as long as it is moral and Godly. Even if I disagree with you, most likely I will still post them, thats just how I am. :)