Reflections...

Tonight after dinner we went for a walk around the lake near by. It was a pretty humid and warm night and it wasnt the most pleasant walk weather wise, but I did notice amidst the many fishermen and women, the waters were still enough when the ducks werent around, you could see the reflection of the mountains, clouds and trees off of it. I took my cell phone with me and was able to catch such amazing photos with it. It was like the beauty in what I was seeing with the naked eye was so amazing, even a crusty ol' dumb phone could capture the moment perfectly..

 



 



 



 





My great friend Beth posted a blog of pictures she captured of things reflecting off a lake not too long ago and seeing the reflections tonight made me think of her and miss her terribly. I'm glad I have technology to be able to show her how much she means to me through photos that are inspired by her, she's a great friend.

I didnt want to go walking after dinner tonight. I like being lazy after working all day, even though I sit on my butt all day long, it's horrible but I am trying to change that, as well as many other unhealthy things.Choices I make somethimes just arent healthy and I hate how it makes me feel, even though exercise of any kind is just as horrible to me, I always feel better after I do it. I'm glad we went on that walk, no matter how bad I didnt want to.

My 3rd grade teacher would be upset at the amount of run on sentences and randomness of this post, but I didnt want to say much anyway, I just wanted a reason to show Beth the pictures I took.. ha

Bubbles the cake..

 
Today I had an order for a 1/2 sheet Pina Colada cake. Someone at our church picnic tasted my infamous Pina Colada cupcake and wanted it made into a sheet cake for her 80 year old father and mother ( who has dementia and didnt think they did anything for her birthday, so we added her name too ;) )

I also made the chocolate chip cookie dough chocolate cupcakes but I didnt upload a picture and I'm too tired to now. They looked pretty too and it was all I could do to NOT get into them. But now I'm done and I can start the long weekend. I just have some chores around the house to do but other than the people coming to pick up the cake I'm going to go do some yoga, have a shower and chillax... Maybe by a pool even.


Happy Labor Day.

It's therapy..

Triple Chocolate Cherry Filled Almond Cupcakes..

 


With my first wedding coming up in a month, I have to decide which cupcakes to make. In making that decision, the only thing I could think of was to make some that I had found appealing. This was one of them.

The chocolate buttercream was my favorite part of this cupcake. Well, not true. I loved the almond cake, it was divine. Just something about that buttercream man oh man. I was thinking I hope heaven has buttercream like this avaliable at all times

Smashing Pumpkins...

This last week has been the hottest it's been all summer long. I'm not complaining, I hate the heat, but it's no wonder our pumpkin patch is just about ready for some little kids to come over and pick the pumpkins.. It's been like Spring all Summer long, now that its almost fall, the weather is SO hot and to think of kids out there in t shirts and shorts picking pumpkins seems strange. Goes with the times I guess.

Think "Bibbity, Bobbity, Boo"
That's what I sing when I go out there to look around.

 
All the vines are just amazing..

 
I cant believe how many there are in there.. and this is just the orange ones.
 

 

This is the one Great Pumpkin that we grew this year... Or so we thought..
 
This little yellow heffer is fighting for it's life to grow big like the other one on the vine. Others have tried, all have failed. This one looks like it might have a great shot.

 

I think it's so awesome that my husband was able to grow such a garden this year. We figured out with the snow storm we had, what side of the yard got more sun when the snow didnt melt for over a month in the area that he had planted the garden last year. It's amazing what a little more sunshine can do. Makes me smile.
(Armenian cucumber we picked today)
 

Seperated at the blog...

There is a sickness in the camp over at my other blog site and every single day I find it harder and harder to even log in let alone try to write anything there. I think that's why I find this place a safe haven. I dont know who reads it, there are no counters, no footprints, no crap stain comments. It's almost a sanctuary for my words compared to Sodom and Gomorrah over there. [tic]

I had asked one of the top cats who is also a Christian, how he dealt with people cursing our faith and our God on a millisecond basis and he I am convinced is half robot and has no heart and doesn't let that stuff get to him which made me ask him again " How is that even possible"? The things people say about our Lord and Savior are some of the most disgusting and vile things I have ever read anyone write in my lifetime. Perhaps I've been sheltered, I dont really think so but if that is the case I'm glad for it. It's almost impossible for me to understand how something so beautiful can be made into something so ugly, until it occurred to me as I drove home last night.


John 15:18-21

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you... If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you... because they do not know Him who sent Me."

and

Matthew 5:43-45

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you..."

I dont have it in me to fight back with those people. If nothing else, I feel sad for them, that they could hate and despise someone so honorable who paid the price for them who hate Him. I've come to understand that I was made to love them, to be an example of what a Christian isn't. In the meantime, while they are on this kick Jesus while he's down thing, I'm just going to have to keep my words few and not get sucked in out of anger.

Yesterday I heard a story about a guy who went to heaven and when he got there, he stood in an area where there were martyrs. People of the past who had died for their faith, and they were all sitting around talking about how they died.

"I was crucified upside down"...
"OH man, that's harsh. I was beheaded"...
"Yeah, I was cut in half"...

the guy sort of stood there, thinking about how he was persecuted for his faith. They turned to him and asked " So how were you martyred in your lifetime"? He raises his head and says " Oh I would get the worst emails! And then the comments on my blogs were just HORRIBLE, they would call me the worst names ever".


Seriously?

You've got a friend...

I have always wanted to have picture frames with pictures of me and my girlfriends. It sounds silly but that is something I've always wished I'd had but didnt.. Well, until now. 

Most of my closest friends I have met via my blog sites and forums. Most of them live 3000+ miles away and the hardest part about that is being able to talk constantly about them, but not being able to see them and then make photographic memories.

I use to beat myself up about it and I would feel like such a loser because I didnt have photographic evidence that my friends even existed. This picture is one of the things that I have longed for and can now be a reality thanks to my hubby for buying me a cool "Friends" frame and the ladies in the picture with me, who included me in their journey on Route 66. To them I'm grateful.. And to them I say "Viva La Fiesta"!!

Post Secret

 

Have you ever submitted a post card to Post Secret? I suppose it wouldnt be a secret anymore if you say that you had.