YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY-

THE BEST BIRTHDAY BLESSING EVER!

Last year I decided that I had done enough of the celebrations of various kinds for my birthday and wanted to do something very different.  I wanted to celebrate what God had given me in my life and celebrate the special gifts and talents that God had brought together to create who I am.  

The opportunity for a BLESSED BIRTHDAY came to me when I found out about a program called

"CHRISTMAS IN ACTION" 

aka 

"CIA" 

CIA is a non profit organization that was founded with the specific intent of helping senior citizens in our local area whose homes are in need of repairs.  

Well this just spoke to my heart.  I signed up and was given contact information for an elderly lady who house needed painted on the ceilings and walls of the kitchen, living room and hallway.  

Happy Birthday to Me!

So with excitement I began my invitation list on my Facebook page.  I invited friends and family to come help me with this project.  We had a house full of people.  So many that eventually we decided to take shifts to paint.

  



It took all day.  My dearest friend Christy Dement was so wonderful.  She stayed the entire day and even helped me clean up when we were done.  

Thank You SISTER!!

My body was so exhausted at the end of the day.  Afterward I went home and just laid on the couch.  It felt so good to relax.  I had such a great feeling of pride in honoring what God had given me through using my skills and my blessed health and physical ability to serve others in HIS kingdom.  A feeling of elation came over me and I know that no birthday will ever be the same.  

You see God blessed me with abundance, joy, peace, happiness and continues to do so.  I hope I have another opportunity on my birthday to serve others within our community and honor my maker for who HE made me to be. 

Thank you to all who served along side of me to make this such a blessing-Christy Dement, Brian, Jenna and Jonathan Tacket, Mary Cordoba Silva and her daughter Angel, My daughters Caitlin and Annelise, Skylier Davis and my brother in law Ty Buchanan.    

You are Wonderful and I love you all!

 If you are interested in getting involved with Christmas In Action you can contact Lisa Hancock at 331-2227 or check them out on their 

Facebook page

 http://www.facebook.com/christmasinaction

Website with more information

 http://www.christmasinaction.net/about/

Stop and Smell the Roses

A Beautiful Backyard

I love looking out the window to our backyard. It's a little peek at heaven.

Slip covers ....something old ....something new.....

Well I finally got around to doing something that has taken me a couple of years to get motivated.  The lines on these footstools were so lovely I could not resist the purchase but I hated the gold velvet color.  

I thought about painting them with fabric paint but for some reason that just was not a good fit for us and our household.  Then about upholstering them but that still left me with the WHAT IF...  WHAT IF I SPILL SOMETHING ON THEM.... so I decided slipcovers were the way to go. 

 

These were pretty simple to make.  I just reverse pinned the top and then sewed ruffles from the bottoms of old linen curtains I had around the house.  

Slipcovers are the way to go in this household-I can wash them if they get dirty-(which they will with this crew).  

So what do you think gold or white?  I like the white of course.

If you need additional information here is a link to Dear Lillie with details how to make a slip cover.

http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-we-made-our-slipcover-for-our.html