What is your favorite smell or smells at Christmas time?

I have many…but that will be a later post.

Trying to post more…try to keep up.  ha.

Happy Tuesday.

Jerry Ann

Well, be patient with me but…
I have decided to separate the recipes from this blog, and try wordpress.com at the same time.  The transition has not been easy for me, and I thought I was more aware of web techno-garbo stuff.

So…. here is the link:

http://jerryannscookingadventures.wordpress.com

Please come and visit.  I will be posting recipes soon from this week, but in the meantime have transferred all of the recipes from this site.  

Thanks!

Okay…
It’s gone.  Wherever I have placed that receipt has sucked it away to nowhere land.  It is gone.  Just gone.  I am not letting go of it.  I can not be that disorganized! Really?  Am I that much of a control person to think that I can’t make mistakes.
And this…
of course I read ahead…even in my daily devotionals…

“There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known.” Luke 12:2

Okay – Lord, I really don’t want to wait until tomorrow….do I have to wait until tomorrow before it is made known.  Now I know that this verse doesn’t actually apply to my craziness at this exact moment, but it does reassure me.

I am reassured.
“I call on YOU in the day of my distress, for YOU will answer me”. Psalm 86:7
That is today’s verse.  hmmmm

My mind might be lost…but I am reassured.
He is always found.
=)
Blessings.

I believe that I am an organized person, the majority of the time anyway.  I have been unable to find a receipt…a simple receipt.  I have two to three places for them.  I have searched, and searched.  Still nothing.  I have a terrible habit of placing something in a “special” place for safety!  Or have shredded it.  Ugh…I am to the point of tears…frustrated…old, feeling very old. 

I have lost my mind.  Let me know if you find it. 

Have you ever just got into a funk (a down mood) and really never feel that you can get out?

I feel that way.  Nothing is really wrong, just don’t feel well.  And, it isn’t just in body, but in emotions as well. It is really difficult to explain.  I don’t think there really is an answer to it either.  Which really bothers me.  I want to “will” it to be better.  Me to be better. 

My body feels better than it used to, although sometimes it doesn’t sound that way.  Fatigue is really getting me, and sometimes I feel that I can’t get enough sleep.

Last night was extremely difficult to get to sleep.  Too many things rushing through my mind, and no way of stopping any of them.

http://thefunniesetc.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/a-womans-mind-explained-in-one-easy-diagram/

This link shows, what I believe to be true… a constant going of the mind. At least my mind.  =)

Friends are wonderful, they take away thoughts at the moment and let you concentrate on just being there for them.  Family is better, but can also add to the mind wandering.

Out of sink.  Truly.
Prayers are welcome.

I love fall, but not in Florida. The trees don’t turn. Weather really never gets cool, and if it does, it doesn’t stay that way.

But, I bring a little of in. Gourds. They show the colors of fall.

My bowl of Fall.

Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of those who do wrong:
for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

Trust in the Lord and do good:
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:1-4 NIV

Really? Do not fret? Do you worry? I worry. I tell myself I don’t worry. I believe that God is in control, and that so long as I continue my walk with Him, everything will be fine. But I bring it back in and try to control it.

Desires in my heart. Really? My desires are to be healthy and debt free. Really? I need to refrain from anger and turn from wrath (Psalm 37:8).

Wait for the Lord and keep His way (Psalm 37:34). Wait.

Don’t fret.
Trust and do good.
Wait.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

But really? That’s it? There should be more in getting the desires of my heart. But where is my heart? Is it where He thinks it should be?
Where is your heart?

Are you fretting?
Are you trusting and doing good?

Waiting, trusting. Amen.

Birthdays are nice, aren’t they?

At least they are to me. August 22 is the date, Saturday was the day.

I was able to spend it with family and friends (at least for a little bit). Carmen had to work during the day, and I wasn’t feeling great. Shana was in town, and we need to go over to Pensacola to get her computer back to her. So, at least I got to visit with her. She got me this wonderful box of birthday goodies…and I forgot to wear the one thing I was supposed to have on a pink and sliver plastic crown (that lights up).

This year was a little sad for me.

For some reason, I have been missing my Mom more this time around my birthday than other times lately. She always made chocolate cake. Duncan Hines box mix, and chocolate icing, but she made it. She also used to write with some color iced tube “happy birthday, Jerry Ann” somewhere on the cake, and it was never even.

School always started around my birthday. I used to have swimming parties when I was younger. I love to have friends around and give me lots of attention. Growing up we didn’t have a lot, and since it was around the school year starting, my presents always seemed to be the clothes and shoes I got for school. But, I always had my cake, and sometimes even flowers.

But, this year, I just wanted my Mom, and maybe her chocolate cake.

Kiss your Mom, tell her you love her.

Thursday is a good day. It’s after Wednesday, and one day away from Friday.

It is a day that I get to have a date (most of the time) with my hubby. The kids are on tap to go to their father’s on Thursday. Carmen is working, but Stephen will still go and get some time in with Paul.

But, for me…it is 2 hours of quiet. Two hours of just drop on the couch time.

Two hours to go to dinner or just spend some time with the hubby.

Thursday.

It’s a good day.

Enjoy your Thursday.

Ree – is amazing.
I have been following her blog since I have discovered blogging.

So…she does these smartypants quizzes…and it is a riot trying to figure them out. I actually completed one tonight – with David’s help! ha.

It was fun…
Check her out.

Thepioneerwoman.com

Enjoy!