Barbara has won the Readers Digest. Random.org picked my winner for me and gave me #16. Barbara please respond in the next 48 hours or I will need to pick someone else.

I love Bloggy giveaway time, this year I was so busy I did not get to try for many of the 1050 giveaways out there. It was disappointing to me as I love to sit and look over all of them and try for things for my family and me.

I do have lots of fun in the giving though!

Hope you all enjoyed the giveaway.

Yay! It is giveaway time again!  I get to giveaway something and you try to get it! If you want more tries, go check out the list at BloggyGiveaway.

What am I giving? A subscription to Readers Digest for 1 year.

Why am I giving this? Because I like to read it in the bathroom and I thought maybe you would too!

How do you win? Leave me a comment and tell me why you want it.

Easy Enough?

I will pick a winner on Sunday the 3rd.  Only US mailing addresses please.

It is WFMW at Rocks in my Dryer.

I do not know about you, but I have many things around my home that need work. Some I can do, some I can’t and some I think I can’t when I really can.

I watch a few shows on HGTV and DIY that show me that there are things I can do with a very limited budget. I like design remix as well as some others. They show you how to take something and remake it into something else, and for little to no money. Just rearranging helps so much as well.

I saw something on the Design Remix with using a glaze and paint mixed and doing a wall with it. I thought it looked great, but could not even get the glaze at the time, or so I thought. I went to a yard sale, got a bucket of glaze, a sponging tool, some paint and other items for under $2 and did my headboard!

I watch these shows and get ideas when I can and them I have something to go by when I want to do something. My new project is taking some old windows, crackle painting them and then using for picture frames above my fireplace. Paint is oops paint from Lowes and crackle was the same, windows were from a friend who is moving and knew I was looking for them. Cost for three large windows, $7 plus what ever it will take me to frame the pictures in the opening. Believe me, it will not be much!

Try watching when you can and get ideas. You can remix the remix ideas and come up with your own as well!

Works for me!

I can’t believe it has been 10 days since I last posted. Well, I guess I can believe it, but it sure has zipped by.

How do you handle life zipping by? Feel like you are missing something? Wondering where all the days went?

For me, I look back at the last year and wonder where it went. It seems like there have been many stress situations, trials, disappointments, hurts and struggles.

However, there has also been joys amid the pain, Answers to prayer among the trials and love amidst the hurts.

I am one that seems to be able to laugh at myself, find humor in situations and be bawling my eyes out at things one minute and then finding a humorous side and laughing through my tears. I think God blessed me with that ability.

I also have a husband whose favorite saying is “It’ll be all right”.  Sometimes I would get upset with him, but yet that saying brings a reminder that it WILL be all right.

Why will it be all right?

• I am a child of God and He loves me and answers prayer
• He has promised that “all things work together for good to those that love God and are called according to His purpose..” Romans 8:28
• I am trusting MY God to handle MY life

I quoted Romans 8:28 and want to say something about it. So often people quote the first part and forget the last. If we are not a child of God, not born again, we can’t hold God to the first part of that verse. It is because we are His that things will work for God. If we are not His, they are not working for good.

So, while trials and struggles come and go in this life, we need to trust our Savior and let Him handle.

I learned long ago that my dependency is on God. Not my husband’s job or my ability to make money. Not my church. Not my husband. Not my car or home. Only God. He provides, supplies and opens doors never thought possible.

How have I made it thought this year, and all the years before? God.

I have not always trusted Him, and still get fearful, angry, revengeful at times, but usually I get turned around and put my trust where it belongs.

Now, you have problems?Trials? Hurts?

• Trust Him!
• Remember He will work it out
• Cry
• Laugh, Laugh, Laugh through it all
• Remember: It’ll be all right!

Sometimes I seem to be missing a lot lately. Someone read my blog this week and told me I sure let it all hang out, well, I am me and yes, I sometimes do.

Today will be one of those posts. In fact, I am going to put the same post on my other blog also, as the same reason for lack of posting has been there as here.

And, what are those reasons?  LIFE.

1. I moved from blogspot to my own .com’s several months ago. I have been fighting with things ever since. Templates look nice until I instal them and then they act strange. What works for one blog will not work on the other. This one the feedburner sign up can’t be seen and no matter what I can’t seem to tweak it right.   My other blog has had template problems too. I have one now because it works, but not because I like it. Discouragement.
2. Another reason I have been slow at posting is a bit of stress. Well, more than a bit. We have been struggling with his job situation for some time. The church, also where he works, has been going into apostasy. As with everyone, the gas prices are getting to us and we have had a number of “disasters” here at the house.
3. Hubby found another job but at a big difference in pay. We prayed and struggled over that decision knowing we were already struggling financially, yet we felt that God was telling us to get out and make the move. We did and he started today. This leaves us needing to make up the income.
4. Both of us have had physical problems
5. I just turned 60 and and thought it was the end of the world.
6. My 19 month old granddaughter is taking way more of my time than she used to!

I find myself wondering how people keep up with their blogs everyday and still keep up with everything else. How do others handle themes not working right, lack of time, stress and still be creative? Am I weird?

I want so much for my blogs to be of use to others, help others and be there if and when I am needed. I have plans, but can’t seem to find the right groove.

I will be back on track, and there will be  groove, hang in there with me.  I miss writing and miss the commenting on other blogs too.

Thanks for being there.