First OWH cards

leap'n lizards and believe

today is New Year's Eve eve

PRAYERS

i wish all an amazing 2010 year in the Lord.

may He grant you the desires of your heart

according to His riches in glory.

what a year this has proven to be.

PRAISE THE LORD

He is Great

and

able to do exceedingly abundantly above all things.

i believe.

Operation Write Home

i am working on cards to send to troops for OperationWriteHome.

i think this would be a worthy cause

and

i am sure there are many soldiers that would love to send a

card to their loved ones but are in parts of the world

where they are not able to take the time to shop for one.

they love the handmade ones so my time will be spent wisely

GIVING BACK.

and

the size envys i need were on sale at Staples -

a box 100 @ $5.00 so i bought 2 boxes.

but

i think i will go back and purchase the other 3 too.

Art Lottery PC

here is my art lottery pc. i chose 5 numbers and then sharon sent the techniques that represent each number. origami, couching, organic, large item and straight, thin line. this was so fun. i'm doing another one. can't resist the challenge.

hubby is away on a golf trip with his best bud, so i have plenty of time to do what i want. well, not exactly but i have a little more time with art endeavors. looking forward to the New Year.

Sunset

i took this pic from my balcony aboard the Caribbean Princess

at the end of the day leaving Barbados.

and

sad to say i broke my camera two days ago while uploading my pics to the computer.

i celebrate life today

grateful for early morning sunrise

being able to get up and see it.

a warm home

plenty of food to eat.

opportunities to help others

by making a few cards.

how will you celebrate your life today?

Happy Birthday Jesus

Merry Christmas to one and all,

every creature stirring

and

all people groups around the world.

John 10:10

remember Jesus' Words:

I have come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.

this morning i awoke before 6am aware there were no presents under the tree.

that really bothered me yesterday as hubby spoke - "go out and buy something to place under the tree if you want." Which i replied, "it would be buying just to be buying." and he ended it with, "yeah that's right." well that settled that.

instead i went to Hallmark and selected a special card for each of my family members to let them know how special they are to me each and every day.

The World looks different today.

Its full of hope and possibilities,

love and encouragement,

peace and goodwill to men.

You are my world.

Gift-giving

all the packages were underneath the tree.

In the San Juan Marriott was a gorgeous, extravagantly decorated Christmas tree.

i love the ginormous balls hanging from the branches and the beautiful white bows.

this year i hope and pray that every day i can give the gift of love away.

and

leave behind the negative, critical attitude.

i hope and pray that God would show me how to be more like Jesus in every way.

loving, kind, generous, encouraging, not a nay-sayer, joyful, selfless.

my gift to you would be

Jesus.

but

He gave himself along time ago to reconcile this world to the Creator of the Universe.

enjoy Christmas bc this is the time of year we celebrate Jesus' birthday.

3rd Day

the third day we experienced rain but along

with it was a beautiful rainbow in the sky. God's gift to us.

closeup of rainbow

i believe it was Antiqua.