Mondays in the Parallel Universe still Suck!!

This pretty much sums up my Monday's perfectly, since I work every weekend Saturday and Sunday at a fast pace, by the time I get home on Sunday nights, this chick is worn slap out, tired and head bobbing as she sits on the couch trying to catch up work that I might have missed. Savage Chickens is prefect to depict my mood right now at 2:22 am........Zzzzzzz, image a mommy head bobbing back and forth now, a mommy head who needs to close the computer and get her butt in bed.
 

 

I do hope to turn my Monday around into a more positive light that will shine for others, especially my children today.

Have a blessed day!

Work of the heart is always "paid in full"

Somethings in life are close to your heart, and my work with the non-profit group The Mommies Network is one of those things. I have met some amazing women that I am honored to call friends thru this network. Even though what I do for this non-profit involves long hours, selflessness and of course no monetary pay, I continue to work late into the night at my "no pay job" so my spouse calls it. But is it a "no pay" job?
Not in the least! I am rewarded daily with the knowledge that I have help another mother some how thru a rough time in her life, maybe she is an new mom, new to breast feeding, new to homeschooling, suffering from post postpartum depression or many other possible problems that need encouragement, that I can actually offer support because I have been there at some time in my life also.
Maybe I just made another mom laugh with a blog post, or funny comment posted in a forum or fb page. At the end of my crazy busy day, I go to bed knowing that I have been paid in full.

Please take the time to help support my work and vote for The Mommies Network in the following contest:
The Mommies Network is a finalist non-profit in Eleventy Group's 4Good contest. With a simple click to vote and another to share, you can help boost TMN's fundraising power. Better fundraising means technology upgrades, an expanding network, and more time for our volunteers to focus on what they do best: make mom-to-mom connections everyday.

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Help us Soar Higher and do more 4Good for you! Vote now! and tell every you know!

From this Mom I thank you for support myself!! 

Naked Trees~~ don't look Ethel!

Naked you say, yep, naked! Once full and voluptuous, overhanging grand branches of green leaves swaying in the southern breezes, now ............naked stark branches reach for the sky, screaming..........Don't look Ethel !

 This was the day..........the tree trimmers came to our house, after many

years of growth and more overgrowth, the enormous pin-oak trees

in our front yard needed a "hair-cut" if you will, and the larger than life, struck by lightening several times, walnut tree in the back yard just had to come down.

The fierce storms, winds and bitter cold winters we have had over many

years had left that poor walnut tree worn and broken. It's large limbs kept

crashing onto the house and would soon enough rip a hole thru the roof, into

our two daughter's shared room. 

But Hope does spring eternal and these trees will sprout new leaves again,

2 families got several loads of fire wood free for the winter

and I got a huge pile of mulch for the spring garden season.

My kiddos had fun counting the rings on those trees and climbing the big logs.

Silly girls had some fun~ that was the tree that almost fell right into

their bedroom after lightning hit it and several windy days

We had a log with pants(or shorts), sorta funny looking thing, with a

"big butt" my youngest said.

 

 And our surprise log~~

Call it what you will (we thought of a few)

Yin and Yang

Love and Laughter

2 hearts intertwined

tree amoebas

alien eyeballs stuck in a tree forever

Lightning strikes

Evil Twins

A pregnant tree (with alien babies of course)

What do you think?

 

 

My Anime Artist~~ creations in digital design

My artist loves Anime Art and digital art via her laptop with various programs and her Bamboo tablet, mostly self taught this 12 year old has a eye for Manga artistry.
Here are only a few of her hundreds of pictures drawn. She can spend hours at a time working on just one picture, until she gets it just the right way she wants it.

Follow her creations via iMakaChan on DevaintArt.com

What an Awesome Morning, He is Alive!!

Enjoy my favorite song

Phillips, Craig & Dean
Revelation Song
lyrics

Worthy is the, Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to him who sits on
Heaven's mercy seat

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and glory and power be
to You the only wise King

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power
Breath, and living water
Such a marvelous mystery
Yeah...

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of Kings
You are my everything
And I will adore You

Have a blessed day in the house of the Lord, Leslie

Our Hidden Talents need to shine...

God gives us all talents as gifts and wants us to use them, can you imagine if this young man and his friend hid their talents? This video blessed me immensely, as someone that has always rooted for the underdog. I shed tears of joy and happiness for Jonathan and Charlotte as I watched, secretly shouting Go Boy Go!!!
I myself have struggled for years with a weight problem and can not imagine the guts it took Jonathan to walk out on that stage, knowing what people were thinking about him. I applaud his courage and determination, as the friendship of Charlotte who stands by his side and sings like a nightingale and brings the operatic duo together so well.
A lesson for all us us underdogs to let all of our hidden talents shine, no matter how many Simon's there are out there in the world.

Wordless Funny~~ Caption Me