Hassle Free!!!

My new portable DVD player....thanks hhgregg for keeping your promise!!!

I mentioned in an earlier blog about my portable DVD player that I purchased from hhgregg dying on me. Their return policy is not the best in the world...only 14 days. I did have my player for less than a month when it went out. I called and explained my situation. Kathy at Customer Service assured me that I could return and receive store credit only. That was fine with me. I went straight to the store when we arrived home. I met with Kathy, who remembered me. Then Dan, the manager, came over to introduce himself. He apologized over and over about the DVD player breaking. He was concerned that this was my first purchase from the store, and it had left a bad taste in my mouth. I assured him that since they waived their return policy and were being so nice, that hhgregg would be somewhere I would continue to shop. I found another portable DVD player for only about $11 more than they one that broke. They promised me a hassle free return on the phone, and they were true to their word. Everyone was so nice to us as we looked over our choices. I would highly recommend this store...by the way, it is located in Mayfaire in Wilmington. After the return was finished, we found ourselves at Atlanta Bread eating soup and sandwich. Then we couldn't resist a cup of coffee. We sat there for an hour drinking coffee and talking. It was such a nice way to spend the evening. Mark and I talking without being interrupted. It was nice to just sit back and relax after riding all afternoon. Anyway, I had a hassle free time.

Full Week!!

Well, things have been busy this week to say the least. We go to Moore County on Tueday morning and by that afternoon, my dad has been put in the hospital. My sister in law calls to tell us that my mother inlaw rehab time is up. Something about insurance. Which I don't believe,(I think since we were going to move her from there they would no longer fight for her therapy) but that is another story. We stayed Wednesday to help get things ready to move Mark's mom on Thursday to the new assisted living place. Mark and Gerald moved her furniture over while Gail and I did the business end. Then around 6 pm we left for Wilmington. Got home late and got up by 5 am the next morning. Was at the hospital before 10 am just incase they took daddy early...the didn't. Didn't go into surgery until about 3:30. Surgery went well. Only one tumor with shallow roots. Possibly no treatments, but the biopsy will determine that. A few complications after the surgery, but they let him come home on Friday with far too many instructions and mentioning way too much about getting to the ER as fast as you could for me to feel comfortable. So far this AM I haven't heard from them, so I am assuming all is well. Lots of love and support has been shown to mom and dad during this time. Mark and I have received lots of emails of people tells us that they are praying for him. I have received 100's of text asking about daddy and keeping up with his progress. It has been a full week, but I was so happy with the news from his surgery. Praying that he feels better and like his old self soon.

So Loved!!!

Sometimes in life the emotion of loneliness creeps into our life. I have experienced this more than once during my life. When you are a preacher's wife, people don't flock around to be your real friend. I have never understood this...I am not God and I don't judge you. People always say or do what they think that I would approve of, but I am human. I am not perfect and say and do things that don't please God...it is called being human. I have said all this to say that this week I have felt so much love. Since learning that Dad has cancer my friends have showed an out pouring of love and support. I have friends that love and care about me. Old friends and new friends. The response has been over whelming. Calls, cards, emails and text. I love technology. Spent most of the ride home yesterday chatting with an old friend. Known Barbara since the 4th grade. She has a calming effect on me, and helped me take my mind off things. Came home last night with hardly any gas in our tank (we heat & cook with gas). Called the gas company to leave my name, but their emergency service answered. In a few minutes a man called and reassured me that I had enough gas until today, and he was adding me to the list. Guess what? The gas employee was my friend Julie's husband. I got to talk to Jules. Haven't got to talk to her in a while. It was like God was putting my old friends in my path when I needed them the most. Reassuring me that Dad is going to be fine and they were praying. Oh my what a feeling to feel the love from friends and family.

Define!!

A juicy ribeye steak

A helping hand

Rocking chair conversations

A country breakfast

Great work ethic

Follower of Christ.

Family

Neighbor

Loving

Trustworthy

Caring

There are so many other things that help define my daddy and the things that he loves and cherish. He is a lover of westerns and the great old shows of TV. He loves a great steak and never misses breakfast. He unconditionally loves his family. Works hard to provide for us. Great neighbor and friend. I have always loved our rocking chair porch conversations. Today another word has tried to define my daddy. The word "cancer" entered our vocabulary today where my dad is concerned. I refuse to allow that word to even be associated with my daddy. My daddy is full of life and this is just a small set back that he will beat. You see, my daddy has always been my hero and heroes are not defeated; they defeat other things. They come out of situations victorious, and that is what my daddy will do...he will be a victor. God gave me peace and assurance of this tonight. You may not believe, but I do. I have the faith of a healing coming to my daddy. "On the authority of the Living Word I rise up and take my stand. I'm a blood bought child of Living God who is the Great I am. I'm heir to all that heaven owns and no principalities can ever take away my royal crown given on His Authority". He promises never to leave or forsake us...I believe this. The God of the mountain is the God in the valley. God is the same. He never changes nor does He break a promise. I love you daddy, but more importantly God loves you; and you are His. Grace Grace God's Grace!!!

A Little Savings!!!

While on our way back to Wilmington, I stopped into a Food Lion to pick up a few things we needed. I found a $5.50 off coupon on my entire order in my wallet. Surprise!! Surprise!!! I found more coupons in my wallet for things that I was going to purchase. It was like winning the lottery for me. My bill was $42.86, but I paid $15.36 for everything. That is good for me...a novice at the coupon game.

I am returning my portable DVD player today. The picture is either so dark you can't the person on screen, or they look like a negative picture. I bought this at hhgregg's in December. Their return policy stinks...14 days to return an appliance or electronic...give me a break. Anyway, I called and explained and Dan, the manager, is going to let me exchange. No money back, but I will take an exchange. I will let you know if they give me any hassle on this one.

Hot Lips!!!

I went today to have a make over with a make up artist from Bobbi Brown. I absolutely loved what she did to me. I especially loved this serum that helps with wrinkles and sun damage. I love anything that will help with the sun damage part. Marie was my artist that transformed me to glamorous today...hahahaha!!! I had actually been doing something wrong (shocker)according to Marie. I had been using dark eye shadow, which according to her, shows off my dark circles under my eyes (I have these thanks to low iron). I should use an ivory or pale pink. Who knew???

Belks was over wrought with ladies getting a make over today and lots of great tips. I learned a lot about my skin type and the fact that I have been doing some things right over the years...moisturizing. She paid me a supreme compliment and asked me to wipe off my lipstick. I replied that I wasn't wearing lipstick. She told me that my lips were a beautiful natural rose color (my head did swell for a moment), and she only used clear gloss. I did win a pretty lip contest at Belk's in Hendersonville in 1991. They gave you a sample tube of lipstick and you then kissed a heart and put your name and number on the back. I WON!!! Some nice prizes...makeup and a gift card.

The tall lady with the pony tail is Marie...my consultant. She was very nice and informative. The best part...there was no pressure to buy the product. They just informed me that I could go to the website and buy the things that she used on me. I did buy the brow shadow that she used. I over tweezed one time, and they didn't grow back. YIKES!!! I have thought about doing the threading method, but I am not sure. I welcome comments if you have experienced doing the threading method. I am a wimp when it comes to pain. I have to take a Tylenol when getting my brows waxed. I know that is so pathetic for a grown lady in her mid 30's. I like to know the pain scale before I commit to do anything. Check out their products on their website. www.bobbibrown.com

There was just a frenzy of activity as all the ladies of SP and Pinehurst got made over. Naturally I went over to the clothes section and picked up a few new tops. I was looking for something flashy for my performances, but I just went for funky today. It was a great day of pampering for me...so I just sashayed out of their with my hot natural lips feeling pretty. LOL

Holding Up My End!!!

I have been trying to hold up my end of the resolution list I made. I hate to fail the same month that I made it. So far not too bad on some of them. I am doing pretty good at sending cards. I just think that it is the grandiest thing to get some "nice" mail for no apparent reason. I have also sent a lot of packages out lately as well lately. Today I found myself scanning old pictures at Walgreens. The photo clerk was swamped, so I helped several of her customers use the machine and find some things they needed. My reward was she gave me a discount on my disk. It really pays to be nice. I am going Thursday for a make over....I can't wait. I need some help with my eye make up...I am not happy with what I do right now. I just have so many problems. LOL Checked out about 9 books for the library today, and bought more things for my nieces Valentine's bags. I am trying to get all old magazines together to donate to the library. I have organized and cleaned out some this week. Well, nothing that grand to talk about, just rambling a little bit.

Blessings!!!

Yesterday was such a blessing for both Mark and I. We got to go back to Mark's home church for him to preach. He answered the call to preach at Victory Community Baptist Church on March 4, 1990. He was licensed and ordained by the church, plus preached his first sermon there. It was like a homecoming of sorts. The last time Mark did any service at the church was in the spring of 2001, when he helped conduct Rev. Max A. Gilmore's funeral. Mr. Gilmore was a mentor and friend to us as we started out in the pastorate. He always had gentle words of guidance and wisdom for things that we were facing. He was always there when we needed someone to help us pray about something that concerned us in our ministry. Yesterday, the people of Victory made us feel so welcomed and loved. It was a though we had stepped back in time and had never left there. Mark and I were members from '95 to '98 when we lived in Moore County before being called to WV to pastor. What a great 2 services we had. The choir sang "The King is Coming"....one of my favorites. The fellowship was just great. We really enjoyed ourselves.

Victory Community Baptist Church

This is a beautiful stain glass that hangs behind the baptistery. One of the prettiest I have ever seen. First Baptist Southern Pines donated this stain glass when they tore down their old church. What a wonderful gift they gave.

Rev. Max A. Gilmore. A great mentor and friend...a father in the ministry. He always lovingly referred to Mark as his Timothy. He was such a Godly example and a wonderful pastor. He has truly been missed over the last 9 years. There have been times that we wanted to call and get his advice on things. We are thankful for the time that we had and for crossing of paths on this journey called life.

Racing!!!

The past few days have found me racing around trying to get things done. Not life shattering things, but nice things. I have mailed out several care packages to people. Just some little pick me ups to let people know that you are thinking of them. I have sent out dozens of cards to people this week. I am trying to do better on acting on my good intentions.

I fixed 2 of my nieces their Valentine bags since I was going to see them this weekend. I have 4 more to fix. I love doing the bags up for the girls. It is always fun finding cute things to put in their bags. I also went and bought my niece, Jessica a few baby outfits. I couldn't resist. I got something that could go for boy or girl since she doesn't know yet what she is having. Watch out when she does find out. I know I will go crazy. I love buying baby things.

We spent Saturday afternoon helping my sister inlaws father celebrate his 80th birthday. We had a very nice time. We took my father inlaw and he really enjoyed himself. It is hard to know how he will react to things with the dementia, but he seems to do well. He has gone to a stage of not talking that much...believe me he has always been a talker. It seems odd that he doesn't talk as much. This disease robs you of so much little by little.

We are planning on going to see a friend of Mark's new baby Monday. Mark and Mark Black have been friends forever, and he and his wife just had a baby boy. They invited us to some by and see him. We are happy for them. We have just had baby news all around us.

Thanks to my dad, Uncle Harold and Brad (my cousin), our water problem in Pender Co got fixed. I am thankful that daddy takes of my things down there, because I have my hands full here.

Well, I am looking forward to a great church service today, and hopes everyone has a great Sunday.

Our Tree is Growing!!!

I found out today that our Garner Family Tree is growing. Our niece Jessica and her husband Adam are having a baby. July 23rd to be exact. We are so happy!!! Jessica is our youngest niece. She was only 10 when Mark and I got married. She use to be full of giggles. So sweet!!! She is a very remarkable woman. She has been married for 7 years this past November 23rd and just finished her 4 year degree along with working full time. We are very proud of her. We can't wait to hear what she is having. We don't care, but let me remind you that we have 4 nieces and 6 great nieces....NO BOYS in the Garner family. No pressure there Jess!!! hahaha!! I love these pics of her, you can thank Grammy for some and yourself for some....I have been in the 80th birthday book.

This was a tree that Mark and I had made for our family about 14 years ago. I still have several apples to add. I need to buy some more as our family has grown.

Right now I need to add 5 more apples, plus our future little niece/nephew. Remember to keep the name short...not a lot of room on the apple. hahaha!!

The mommy to be in her more natural state.

When I grow up, I want to be a mommy!! And I will make my child wear all the frilly dresses and have big bangs like their mommy.

Jessica before the big bangs. She was adorable.

Our baby is growing up!!

Her high school graduation.

I believe this might be her Senior picture...she has come a long way from the little girl with the big bangs.

Jessica gets all dolled on us after she gets married.

Jessica and Adam with Grammy and Peepa.

Congratulations Adam and Jessica

It's Raining It's Pouring!!!

Well, today didn't start slow that is for sure. I found myself playing catch up with Ebay. After being gone a week, I had several orders to fill. Then I had to bring bills up here to pay and try to get mine and my father inlaws bills to mail out. I found myself at the post office very early. Then it was to the library to drop off books and renew some books. I went and got breakfast for us all, and while gone Mark and his dad had to call a plumber...no water. Came home and got more packages to mail out and made a grocery list. Went through all the coupons to see what I needed to use on this trip. While I was gone the plumber was called back to the house. First time it was a fuse, this time the pump was under water and all the water had to be pumped out. Joy!! Joy!! Finally got supper ready and we ate. The one bright spot was an old friend called me tonight. I enjoyed talking to her so much. While talking to her, I got a message that that they thought our water line in Pender County was busted...and it was. My daddy had to go over and wade through all the water and cut it off at the meter. Like I have said before, "When it rains, it pours." But never fear, Jesus is still in control....so I won't worry this time.

A Mixture!!

If you have been an avid reader of my blog, you know that I was sick for a week with the yuckies. I slept most of the time, but I had to do something to fill my time. I love to put puzzles together. I spent alot of the week putting some puzzles together. I thought I would show everyone how I waste my time. LOL But it makes me relax. Mark says that it would drive him crazy to sit down and work a puzzle, but for some strange reason it has a calming effect on me. I am better, and we finally made it back to Moore County. Looking forward to a great week. Enjoy the mixture of pictures.

This one reminds me of the birds in our backyard minus the snow. We never get any snow to amount too anything. So far this year it has dodged us:(

For some crazy reason, I thought this one would be easy to do. Boy was I wrong!!!

I loved this one. I hated to tear it apart to put it back in the box. They have a whole series of teapot puzzles. I might have to go and get me another one.

Lilly's birthday present. Some great bacon. She loves bacon, and can't be fooled by the begging strips for dogs. She likes the real thing.

Lilly on her 10th birthday!!! Isn't she cute???

I bought her the little crown to wear, and she bit me when I put it on her. I still thought she looked cute.

Boring!!!

Well, if you have been reading my blog, then you know that I have a pretty boring life. Nothing too grand happened today. We went to church, and we only have 2 Sundays left at Bethlehem. Been trying to get all my stuff together to go to Moore County. I need to take lots more clothes and shoes. We went to eat Mexican today after church. We went to the one in Wallace beside the new Walmart. It is so delicious. I have still not been feeling like my old self, so I tire easily after just going out for a few minutes. We came home and I just crashed. I slept all afternoon. After a quick supper, we have been watching Hunter. I loved that show. We bought the first season on DVD. I love cop and detective shows. I would love to have Matlock, but those are around $40 a season. Too high for me. Well, enough rambling for now. Maybe things will be more exciting this week.

Pajamas!!!

Today turned into a pajama day. I think I over did it yesterday in my little outing. Today I have stayed in a tried to organize a few things. I don't know if I really accomplish anything. Sometimes I think that I just make a bigger mess. I did spend part of the day putting a puzzle together. I love putting them together. It relaxes me. I did find the energy to cook supper. Not that exciting around here right now, but sometimes it is nice that things aren't so hectic and exciting. Maybe next week will be more interesting.

Freedom

Today I finally felt well enough to go out. It was my first trip out of the house since Sunday. Mark and I went to Best Buy, where they put a permanent screen protector on my blackberry. Then we went to Hibachi Bistro to eat lunch. It was so delicious. Now we are at my parents house playing the Wii. They have skill ball and darts now. I love to play skill ball. That was one game that I always played when we went to the beach.

Today is Lilly's birthday. She is 10 years old today. I will have to post her pictures later. She is getting some bacon (her favorite) for her birthday. Happy Birthday to the BooBoo, Bosway, Fred and all the other silly names that we call her.

Time's A Wasting!!

After being sick the past three days, I felt better today. Better not great. I am feeling better enough to be bored. I don't feel like sleeping all day like I have most days, so I have looked for ways to fill my time. I started by looking through all my cooking magazines. It is amazing how many different ways you can fix chicken. There are also about 100 different recipes on hot wings that I have come across today as well. I loved looking and reading all the soup recipes. I just love soup and I am always looking for new recipes. I prefer the ones that freeze well. I have a butternut squash soup recipe that I want to try, but I don't have a butternut squash lying around...I do have an acorn squash though. I was thinking about roasting it. Anyway, I found one recipe that I want to try. It involves shrimp...one of our favorites, and around here not hard to find. Here is the recipe:

Lemon Pasta w/ Roasted Shrimp

2 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt & Black Pepper
1 lb Angel Hair Pasta
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Zest & Juice of 2 Lemons

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place shrimp on a sheet pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of salt & pepper. Toss well, spread them in one layer and roast for 6 to 8 minutes, just until they are pink and cooked through.

Meanwhile, drizzle some olive oil in a large pot of boiling salted water, add the angel hair pasta and cook until al dente, about 3 minutes. Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking liquid. Quickly toss the pasta with the melted butter, 1/4 cup olive oil, the lemon zest, lemon juice, 2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper and about 1/2 cup of the reserved cooking liquid. Add the shrimp and serve hot.

Sounds like something I am going to give a try. I will have to let you know how it taste.

3rd Day!!!

This is the 3rd day that the yuckies have stayed with me. I am kind of tired of them. I hate feeling bad. I see things that I want to do or that needs to be done, but no energy to do them. I have gotten my tree and some decorations in a tote. Everything was down, but I just didn't have a tote to put everything in. It has been really cold here, but thankfully no rain has fallen lately. They say something about snow tomorrow, but I will believe it when I see it. Nothing that exciting really to blog about, but I am bored. I did check out about 8 library books before we left, so I have had plenty of reading material. I did get to read Nicholas Sparks latest book "The Last Song" last night. Not bad, just predictable as usual. That man loves to kill someone off in a book. I still think "Dear John" is my favorite,although "The Rescuer" was great also. Those 2 need to a movie. I am making out a grocery list for Mark now. I love it when he does the shopping...he buys things that I wouldn't buy, but really wanted to. Well, the yuckies are winning again, so I will say goodbye.

Day 2 of the Yuckies!!!

I am still in Pender County due to the yuckies. I just can't seem to shake this little bug. I became great friends with my toilet today. Couldn't keep anything down this morning. My daddy went to get me some ginger ale and soup. I didn't want Mark to go and leave me all alone. I don't like to be left alone when I am so sick. Still not feeling the best, but I have been able to keep food down. Yuckies, Yuckies go away.

Yuckies!!!

I got up this morning not feeling well. By the time breakfast was done, I knew I was sick. My temp was 101.2 and I felt so bad. It was back to bed for me where I have stayed all day. I just took my temp again and now it is 100.6. Mark has been so good to me all day, and I have drank enough ginger ale to fill a cow. I am reading now and hoping to feel better by morning so we can get back to Moore County. I guess my body was just worn down. I always get sick when I run around and don't get much rest. I will be getting more rest now.

So Long, Farewell, Goodbye!!

Today Mark resigned as interim of the church we have been serving for 16 months. We are resigning to make the move to Moore County all the time. It was a sad time, as we have grown to love them in the time we have been there. They have loved us and been so good to us. It is always hard to say goodbye to congregations that you have grown to love. You never get use to it. This is our 5th time saying goodbye to a congregation, and it is not an easy task. They are great folks at that church. We will miss the good folks of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Delayed Christmas!!

Our Garner Family Christmas got delayed until January 1st due to snow fall earlier in December. We had to have it out at the rehab where Mark's mom is recovering from a broken hip. It was a joyous time and a sad time. Mark's mom won't be coming home after rehab this time. She will be going to assisted living. It felt a little awkward having Christmas there instead of their great room or the sun room, where all 22 of us Garner's find ourselves gathered every Christmas holiday. No big spread of food laid out by Grammy or lots of fruit and candy that Peepa had bought. There was no festive Christmas tree and none of Grammy's handmade Christmas items decorating the house. But once our family arrived and all the little babies and kids got there the awkwardness was forgotten, and the true spirit of Christmas filled the room. Little children still squealed with delight over their goodies and we all still got to spend time with each other. One heart breaking tradition was broken this year...Mark's dad didn't give out the presents. This was the first time in Mark's 50 years that his dad didn't call out the names on brightly wrapped gifts and bags. I got that honor this year....and I did feel honored as Jim (Mark's dad) asked me to do this. He has dementia, and he realizes his limitations. I felt honored, but also sad that he was relinquishing his title of "Santa" to the family to me. Along with Jessica and Anna (two of our nieces), we handed out our presents to each other. What great time we had opening and watching others open the gifts they received. The little ones were such a joy to watch, as they brought out every single item out of their bags. Mark and I fixed each great niece a huge bag of goodies. I loved watching them examine each thing that we had carefully picked out for them. They are all such a joy and delight. We have a wonderful family that just seems to take over for each other when we get tired and weary and everyone just rolls with the changes of life.

Mark's parents, Jim & Nell Garner with their great granddaughter Makynlee. Nell is still at rehab recovering, but she has a great outlook, and never complains.

Makynlee with her daddy Timmy.

This is a baby doll. No really it is our great niece Madelyn. She is so sweet. I could just eat her up. Isn't she the cutest thing you have ever seen.

Jim...my father in law and my buddy. We stay with Jim during the week, and he is so funny despite his dementia. It is sad at times how much the disease robs him of some things in life, but I hope is that Mark and I are giving him a fuller life with us staying with him. I just love him to death. Peepa is in his official Christmas attire. Green sweater vest and red socks (I should have gotten a picture of them) This was my 18th Christmas in the family and this has been his outfit long before I got in the family. Everyone expects him to be dressed this way.

This is Anna (our niece) and her family. Mitchell, Mikaylyn and Autumn. I wanted to have a picture on this blog of all our great nieces. Mark and I have so much fun buying for them through out the year. Mitchell is our hunter and I give him deer reports of what I see in the back yard around the pond. I don't know why he hunts in the woods. He could just sit on the porch and see more action than he sees in the woods. LOL

Uncle Mark holding Baby Madelyn or has her daddy calls her "mini me", because she looks just like her daddy. She is the sweetest baby ever....always smiling.

This is my Sweet Cheeks, Kate. She is such a doll baby. She pulled out a book from her bag, and before I knew it...we had read it 2 times. In all the things in her bag....the "suckas" as she calls them were her best thing. She loves suckers and I just kept buying them and putting them in her bag of goodies.

Anna helps me pass out all the gifts. She is such a good helper.

Our niece Courtney...doesn't she look beautiful. She is just too sweet. We just love her so much. She is so much fun to be around, and she loves to cook. We got her lots of cookie cutters and a decorating bag with tips. Plus a couple of cookbooks. One was Rachel Ray's Kids Cookbook.

Our niece Jessica put together a family cookbook for all of us. She gathered family recipes from all of us to compile this book. It is something that I will treasure always. I can't believe she found the time to do the cookbook for us. She is married, works full time and just graduated with her 4 year degree in Business.....along with other concentrations attached to the degree (in other words, she is really smart). I love you Jessica and thank you for doing things that helps us treasure our family. Our family is unique to say the least, and not in a bad way...in a GOOD way. WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER!!!

Resolutions!!!

I usually never make New Year Resolutions because I usually break them before the ink is dry on the paper that they are written on. This year I decided to take a different approach to my resolution list. They are all things I can do. That is better than committing yourself to lose 75 lbs or exercise daily. Trust me those are 2 things that I will not be doing this year. I hate to exercise, ask my doctor. Well, don't ask him because in 8 years he hasn't gotten the concept that I don't exercise. I know that he doesn't get this because every appointment he asks if I have been exercising and every appointment I say NO. So here is a list of things that I am committed to do in 2010.

1. To be an encourager to others, not a discourager


2. To love more openly


3. To send more cards to hurting people, and just because cards


4. To act on my good intentions


5. To smile and speak to more people that I meet in the world


6. To look for ways to show random acts of kindness


7. To laugh not only with my mouth, but with my eyes....that is soul depth laughter


8. To be a better listener


9. To be a super friend to my friends


10. To pray more for people, and not just for myself


11. To be helpful in situations that need my help


12. To always see the positive instead of the negative


13. To be happy in all situations


14. To cherish the times with family and friends


15. To never take for granted the little things in life


16. To let people know how important they are to me


17. To show Christ in my actions and words....let my every breath show Christ


18. To complete one dream of mine this year....I have thousands of them


19. To shed all bitterness from my life


20. To be "ME" and no one else

This are a few things that I have thought about over the last month or so. Nothing big in this list, but I hoping that this list will help change me and the people I meet for the better. Happy New Year. May 2010 be a banner year for you.