A Fine Mental Institution...

Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sunk to the bottom & stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.

When the medical director became aware of Mary's heroic act he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, "Mary, I have good news & bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I think you've regained your senses. The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead."

Mary replied "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry."

♪♪ Jesus will outshine them all ♪

♪♪ Oh, what glory awaits me in heaven's bright city,

When I get there such sights I'll behold!

A million scenes of rare beauty will demand that I view them,

Still Jesus will outshine them all! ♪♪

Mansions will glisten on the hills of glory.

Happy reunions on streets of gold.

Angels are singing glad praises forever

But Jesus will outshine them all.

♪♪ The sparkling river is flowing, happy faces all glowing

Land of splendor where night never falls;

The golden glass gives reflection to that city's perfection,

Still Jesus will outshine them all. ♪♪

Mansions will glisten on the hills of glory.

Happy reunions on streets of gold.

Angels are singing glad praises forever

But Jesus will outshine them all.

An answer to prayer...

God answered my prayer ~ $75 but the delivery brings the price up!

♪♪ Did you ever talk to God above?...

Find the answer in His word it's true

You'll be strong because He walks with you
By His faithfulness He'll change you too
God answers prayers ♪♪

Okay, Ann ~ I'm now ready for your visit! ;)

Nuts...

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old, pecan treejust inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.

One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me,' said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, 'One for you, one for me. One for you,one for me. He knew just what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off.

Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along 'Come here quick,' said the boy, 'you won't believe what I heard! Satan and God are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls.'

The man said, 'Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk.'

When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.

Standing by the fence they heard,'One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.'

The old man whispered, 'Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth Let's see if we can see God.'

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of God.

At last they heard, 'One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done.'

They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on the bike.

Finally...

Well, I got out my sewing machine and decided to finally get to putting something together for the windows...

that was 3 days ago.

And yeah, I got one done ~ see?

Here's how I'm feeling after 3 days ~ did I mention, I'm NOT a seamstress?

Yes, is a huge struggle for me. I don't use pins, patterns, etc. I usually try to buy something with lines and use them as a guide!

But this looks good ~ just don't let an accomplished seamstress look too close...

~eek~

Here they are!

There is a 3rd window but I'm not that happy with it, yet; the topper seems a bit large for the size of the window.

I'll show that one another day!

;)

My Aunt Hey

My memories of my Aunt Hey (Helen)...

She kept my brother and I when my mom went in the hospital to have a baby, Lisa, I think ~ back then a person stayed in hospital for about a week.

Anyway, I couldn't remember the name Helen. When I wanted something, I said "hey, can I have a drink?" She'd say, "you can't have anything til you remember my name!"

~eek~

I thought I'd starve that week.

She made cookies sometime midweek and I said with the most excitement I could muster up...

"Hey, let's have some cookies?"

Nope, she didn't fall for it...

~ugh~

Everyone in my family laugh about that and my kids will no doubt, tell their kids...

~wink~

Praise God Anyway...

I got to start the practical nurse program but by the end of the week, I had to drop out due to finances. I was a bit upset but then after a few reminders about praising the Lord from the book of Psalms, I'm gonna praise Him anyway.

I'll try again next year and hopefully, then I'll be able to secure a student loan.

;)

Ps 115:18 ~ But I (we) will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

Kasha Playin' Dress Up...

Kasha still has a year to go before graduation but Sonya was gracious enough to allow Kash to try on her dress and take pics.

Kasha says they had a great time.

Kasha has always loved dresses that were big and twirly

this is right up her alley

We had planned to run around town with her friends when the time came; get hair done, nails and go to all the shops to try on gowns...

but then...

We moved away... :(

Saucy princess ~ this is one of my favorites...

My Jumpin' Dog...

Maisy is a crazy dog who loves balloons; she actually thinks they're alive!

~wink~

Dog vs Skunk...

At 11 pm on Tuesday night, Maisy went out with Lance on the porch and spotted what she thought was a kitty!

Not so...

Skunk ~ 1

Maisy ~ 0

I'm resting...

In God's saving grace that my sin is forgiven & forgotten, forever!

Did you know that the east is as far from west as you can always get? Think about this ~ as long as you go east, you never go west until you change direction; not so with north and south! ;)

Ps 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

♪♪ Passion for Thee ♪♪

♪♪ Kasha playing "a passion for thee" with Bro Ben Everson. She loves to play with others and her family loves to listen! ♪♪

♥