My CornerStone Trio

There are all kinds of opportunities for missions.   I have several friends who go on short-term mission trips to places like Honduras, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Brazil to name a few…   If flying is an obstacle then there are plenty of mission opportunities right in your back yard!

For example,  if you see a widow or single mother who need their yard cut,  or maybe a deck that needs rebuilding, you would be amazed at what joy these simple tasks can bring.

Maybe there are homeless shelters or soup kitchens in your town that would love to have another helper.   Perhaps you could be a mentor to a troubled teen or provide someone a ride to a support group for alcoholics or drug rehab.

I guess what it boils down to is this, if you have a heart to help there are so many people in need and you don’t have to look to hard and you could be a tremendous blessing in someones life.

Make a difference today, one person at a time….

Here it is. That time of year that you turn on the A/C and pull out that dreadful bathing suit.

Well, it is dreadful if you were on a diet and didn’t quite meet your goals. Which is my case.

I started out doing so well too. I started back in January with a goal of losing 30 pounds by the summer. Well, by March, I had already lost 17 pounds. So I am thinking that I am doing great, right?

Well, I was. I was eating healthy, drinking lots of water, exercising, and I was even taking one of the top 10 rated diet pills out there. Like I said, I was doing really good.

Then, I got married. And, well, my diet went down the tubes. Not only did my diet go away, all the weight I had lost, came flooding back in a hurry. AGGHH!

So now my goal of being in that dreadful bathing suit by the summer is just not going to happen this year.

My remedy for this problem, shorts and t-shirt!

Hello fellow meme’ers out there. It is that time again, where my brain is in limbo and I need a break from work. So, if you need the same break, check out Luna Nina’s page for your weekly meme, every week.

The rules are…there are no rules. You just say  (or type) the first thing that pops in your mind. It is that simple. So, here it is.

I say … and you think … ?

1. Nudity ::the statue David
2. Domestic :: disturbance
3. Burp :: gas
4. Baby :: powder, clothes, diapers, bottles
5. Dateline :: NBC
6. Retract :: statement
7. Suppose :: you need a San Jose motorcycle accident attorney
8. Surreal :: world
9. Infidelity :: high
10. Token :: Putt Putt golf and games

You can get a copy of this over at Luna Nina’s website. Remember, the first rule…HAVE FUN!!!

Don’t you just hate it when you know that you need to fix something around the house, but you put it off so long that it finally comes to a point to where you can’t put it off any longer.

I am there. The time has come to where I can’t put it off anymore. I am talking about fixing my bathroom floor.

The house that I moved into over a year ago, had a bathroom floor that wasn’t exactly level. I had another bathroom to use so it was no big deal.

Well, now that there are more of us here, we need that extra bathroom.

So I went to Home Depot to check out their stuff and prices. As I was walking down the different aisles, I heard a lady asking about a zero radius sinks. I was wondering what that was as I have never heard of one. Apparently, they are like the new thing (or new to me) and they are supposed to be really good.

I guess when we build our house, we will have to look into getting one for us.

But for now, we are stuck with our own home improvement project. Getting our bathroom  fixed so we will not all be sharing one.

I have a friend that lives in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Her grandson’s other grandmother has been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. Her name is Mars.

We are asking everyone that we know to put her on the prayer list, either personal and/or at church.

She was in the hospital but she is now back home. She has been taking chemo and radiation and the treatment seems to be working right now. Praise the lord for that.

WE know that there is power in prayer. My mom passed away last year from lung cancer and so I know first hand how difficult this is to go through. Pray for the family also.

Thank you for keeping Mars and their family in your thoughts and prayers. May God bless you and your family.

Here is this week’s meme. If you don’t know what a meme is, you can go to Luna Nina and get all the information that you want on a meme. She provides meme’s for us every week.

Remember there are no rules and there are no right or wrong answers. All you do is say (or type) the first thing that comes into your mind. It is just a simple brain exercise to get the juices flowing.

Have fun with it and you can always link back here to let othes see your answers.

I say … and you think … ?

1. Nursery :: rhymes (like Mother Goose)
2. Side effect :: from meds
3. Heart to heart :: a talk between parent and child
4. Try :: to install that porcelain tile
5. Hog :: wild (as in going ‘hog wild’)
6. Symptom :: to diagnosis something
7. Collide :: Our High School Youth group at church
8. Fury ::’Hell hath no fury like a woman’s wrath’
9. Incorporated :: businesses
10. Summer :: hot, beach, sand, sun, vacation

There it is. Like I said, just an easy way to give the brain a break. Have fun with it. See ya next time!

What a weekend this was. Instead of going to the lake, having a picnic, or cooking out, I was in bed sick yesterday with a 24 hour bug.

My 12 year old was up half the night on Saturday night. She was throwing up and I was cleaning up. What fun!

Then, Sunday morning, my husband wakes up with an upset stomach. He was in and out of the bathroom for the entire day.

I felt fine. I kept him and my 12 year old secluded from me and my 22 month old daughter. We certainly didn’t want to get the yucky’s. So the baby and I hung out together all day and I waited on hubby and daughter, taking care of them.

My older daughter started feeling better around lunch but my hubby was still feeling pretty bad.

I got the girls to bed and decided to let my hubby out of the room and into the living room to watch some TV and hang out with him. BIG MISTAKE!!!

As we were sitting there on the couch watching TV, my stomach started feeling funny. Then I started getting the cold sweats. I thought to myself, oh boy, I hope I am not getting this mess.

Well, no luck. I got it. I was up all night long with it. It started around midnight and it kept going until 5am. Needless to say, I was in bed all day on Memorial Day.

you know when you are sick, you have no appetite at all. Talk about the best/worse fat burner out there. Get a really nasty stomach bug and you won’t want to eat anything.

WE are all feeling better now and I am glad. our stomachs are back to normal and everyone is eating normally too.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Thank you to our soldiers and their families for all the sacrafices that they make for us and our country in the name of freedom. God bless you.