Today's treat

..........an ice cream from Dairy Queen. Maybe that will be dinner!

I'm also going to join the University Fitness Center at UAH this afternoon with my new friend Mary. I look forward to doing the water exercises there and perhaps I will get brave and try another class or two.

Today and yesterday's birthday gifts

Today's birthday gift is a mocha joe at Burger king. I LOVE those things.

Yesterday's gift was Bath & Body works Blushing Cherry Blossom Body spray and shower gel. It smells pretty good. I think I still like the regular cherry blossom better but this one smells good too.

I'm off to work - late as usual.

Because He is my Creator

Ten Things God Never says
1. Oops!
2. What have I done?
3. How did I let that happen?
4. I made a mistake.
5. It was an accident.
6. I don't know what to do.
7. I'm afraid of what will happen now.
8. I can do better than this.
9. What do you think I should do?
10. Why didn't I think of that?

The reason it is important to know these things that God never says is because it means He never says them about YOU either.

God loves His creation just as a mother loves the child that is growing in her womb - sight unseen. She is already completely in love with that tiny person before he or she is ever born.
Your Creator loved you before you were born too. You were wanted. You were not an accident. You didn't evolve from a monkey. God gave you life, and you are a part of His plan. He created you and you are valued, precious, and priceless to Him. He loves you because He made you and He knows who He made you to be.
You are unique. There is no one like you. There never was and never will be. And God has a purpose for you that is unique as well. He has big plans for your life. God never makes mistakes. Therefore you are not one.

We also need to praise God for other people. Waking up every day and thanking Him for other people? They may not be our first thought, but they are His. When we praise God for other people, it helps us to gain His heart for them. He loves them. All of them. Each person that God created has a unique calling and purpose that is important to Him.

God loves all His creation. He surely doesn't love all that has happened to it, but He knows the way He created it to be. He sees its potential. He knows its purpose. He wants you to see that too. The same is true for you. You are His creation and He loves you. He may not love all that has happened to you or all that you have done, but He loves you and He knows the way He created you to be. He sees your potential, and He knows your purpose. And what He can create in your life now is without limits.

All of this came out of the first chapter of "The Prayer that Changes Everything" by Stormie Omartian.

Today's birthday gift

Today's birthday gift was a package of Dove Raspberry Caramel Dark Chocolate promises. They are pretty good. I have never had them before and actually prefer the milk chocolate to dark chocolate but I thought the raspberry caramel with it might be good. I also had some homemade banana pudding today. I actually made it for my company but we didn't eat any of it so it will mostly be thrown out I guess.

Gift#2

I can't believe it is August 2nd already! July seemed to fly by. Today's birthday gift is "The Prayer that Changes Everything - The hidden power of praising God" by Stormie Omartian. The intro to the book is "What is the prayer that changes everything"

Then The book is broken into two parts. The first part is Fifteen reasons to praise God now and the second part is Fifteen times when praise is crucial. The fifteen reasons to praise God now are:
1. Because He is my Creator
2. Because He is my Heavenly Father
3. Because He loves me
4. Because He laid down His life for me
5. Because He has forgiven me
6. Because He has given me his Holy Spirit
7. Because He gave me his Word
8. Because He is a Good God
9. Because He is Holy
10. Because He is All-Powerful
11. Because He is with me
12. Because He has a purpose for my life
13. Because He redeems all things
14. Because He is the light of the world
15. Because He Is.

This looks like a really good book. I don't think I will read more than one chapter at a time to give it time to digest.

It's like Christmas!

I have been cleaning up in the scrapbook room today because I have company coming this weekend and someone will need to sleep in there. I found a box of sizzix stuff I had ordered and never opened. No telling how long ago that was but there were about 10 things in there! So, I opened the box and put them away. Maybe I can actually use them in the semi near future. Back to the scrapbook room and my cleaning. I should have started cleaning much earlier this week. I am such a procrastinator. I guess I will be up awhile tonight. :)

The birthday fun begins.......

For my first birthday present to myself today, I took Kenna and she and I got our toes done at Lovely Nails. We both got the spa pedicure treatment and if you can't tell those are little fish painted on our nails. I will definitely go back to this place again. Afterwards we went to Starbucks for an iced caramel frappacino and a piece of banana nut coffee cake. I must admit I have never gotten anything at Starbucks before so that was a nice treat.