So I got a gift card for Christmas and it calls my name each and every day... Buy something, use me, you need that!! When you only have so much money to spend on something it's very easy to get caught up in wanting to buy the perfect thing. Should I use it on this or maybe that, oh wait I really need this! Is there really a perfect item out there that you could possibly spend it on. Even if you find the perfect thing, something will more than likely catch your eye as soon as you spend it. But what if we knew we only had so many hours or days left to live. How would we live them? Would we try to cram everything in that we possibly could? Would we just give up and cry and be sad for all that we won't be around to do? This goes back to the age old question
are you a glass half full kind of person or a glass half empty kind of person. I really don't know what kind of person I am. I try to be positive, but I do get lost in depression and a poor me mentality. If I knew it was my last day on earth, I would want to spend it with my son and my loved ones, eat anything I want, but I would also want to spend some time sitting in the sun watching the clouds go by and thanking God for all my blessings and praying over the ones I leave behind. But do we really want to know how many days we
have left? I don't. I know we are supposed to live everyday like it could be our
last but how many of us really do that? Most people think that they have the privilege
of growing old, but we just never know. I hope you all enjoy each day, enjoy the messes
you have to clean up because you have been blessed with a family. Enjoy the commute to work because you have been blessed with a job. Enjoy your friends and family because God loves you and wants you to spend time with people you love and that love you back.
I pray that you all have a great day and spend your life and gift cards to the fullest!
God Bless,
Mitzi
Friday, January 24, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
So do you Pinterest? I had surfed the Pinterest website for a year
before I finally decided to sign up and start pinning my favorites
to boards. I was reviewing my pins last night and thought wow,
I have some pretty neat stuff pinned on here! I should pay more
attention to what I pin! I am a quote lover and I have a lot of
wonderful quotes pinned. I love to craft and I have several neat
crafts pinned. I love the holidays and I have something pinned
for almost every holiday. BUT... what do you do with it all
after you pin it? It just sits there in cyber space, to be forgotten
about it... I think that is a lot like what we do in real life.
We are all about getting stuff, accumulating things and then it
just sits there. What do we do with it all? Why are we so
materialistic? I have recently moved and I know that we
have accumulated a lot of stuff. Stuff that I haven't even
unpacked yet, but I know that I need it, can't get rid
of it, to many memories to throw away.... What is it about
stuff that makes us feel so comfortable and yet so uncomfortable
with the thought of passing it on.
We all know that we can't take these things with us. Our stuff
is just weighing us down. How freeing it must be to just let it go....
Matthew 6:20 says Store up yourselves treasures in heaven, where
moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not
break in and steal.
I pray that we can all enjoy the things we are blessed with, but that
we don't let them take over our lives or keep us from seeing the
big picture and what's important. Stuff is just that, stuff......
God Bless,
Mitzi
before I finally decided to sign up and start pinning my favorites
to boards. I was reviewing my pins last night and thought wow,
I have some pretty neat stuff pinned on here! I should pay more
attention to what I pin! I am a quote lover and I have a lot of
wonderful quotes pinned. I love to craft and I have several neat
crafts pinned. I love the holidays and I have something pinned
for almost every holiday. BUT... what do you do with it all
after you pin it? It just sits there in cyber space, to be forgotten
about it... I think that is a lot like what we do in real life.
We are all about getting stuff, accumulating things and then it
just sits there. What do we do with it all? Why are we so
materialistic? I have recently moved and I know that we
have accumulated a lot of stuff. Stuff that I haven't even
unpacked yet, but I know that I need it, can't get rid
of it, to many memories to throw away.... What is it about
stuff that makes us feel so comfortable and yet so uncomfortable
with the thought of passing it on.
We all know that we can't take these things with us. Our stuff
is just weighing us down. How freeing it must be to just let it go....
Matthew 6:20 says Store up yourselves treasures in heaven, where
moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not
break in and steal.
I pray that we can all enjoy the things we are blessed with, but that
we don't let them take over our lives or keep us from seeing the
big picture and what's important. Stuff is just that, stuff......
God Bless,
Mitzi
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A Great Day
Today has been one of those days that was pretty much perfect. We
had the day off from school so my son and I just hung out all
morning. He asked me to sew his glove (that's only a month old) while
I was getting the thread ready he decided he could do it. So off he went
to sew all by himself. I was in shock. I was so proud that he was trying
something new. Then he decided to go try out the sewing machine my mother
in law gave us. I'm still a little afraid of it, but he went full steam ahead
and did a good job with it. After lunch we went off to do
a little shopping and then off to the dentist. We laughed and joked
and talked about things. It was such a great day! Any day I can spend with
my son is a great day in my book :)! I know that God has entrusted me with
this special gift of raising my son and I only hope that I am pleasing him.
God Bless,
Mitzi
had the day off from school so my son and I just hung out all
morning. He asked me to sew his glove (that's only a month old) while
I was getting the thread ready he decided he could do it. So off he went
to sew all by himself. I was in shock. I was so proud that he was trying
something new. Then he decided to go try out the sewing machine my mother
in law gave us. I'm still a little afraid of it, but he went full steam ahead
and did a good job with it. After lunch we went off to do
a little shopping and then off to the dentist. We laughed and joked
and talked about things. It was such a great day! Any day I can spend with
my son is a great day in my book :)! I know that God has entrusted me with
this special gift of raising my son and I only hope that I am pleasing him.
God Bless,
Mitzi
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Disappointment
Well in my attempt to eat healthy, I have managed to eat everything
that has caused my arthritis to flare up :(.. Sometimes the more I try
to do good and improve myself, the more it just backfires. I know that is the
devil working on me, but sometimes it's easier to just give up and
try again later.... That's not the best answer I know, but I have learned to
do what I need to do in my own time frame. I was really excited about
going to the hospital gym to work out, but when I went to check it out
I was immediately intimidated. There were people in there working out
and one guy kept trying to talk to me.. I felt very awkward and out of
place. SO needless to say I gave up and I haven't been back. Yes I feel
like a big loser, but sometimes things just don't work out. I'm ok with that.
Yes, I'm ok to walk away from things that make me uncomfortable, things
that take me out of my comfort zone. No it's probably not the best thing
to do, but that's the story of my life. I'm facing a lot of disappointment
in my life lately. Some Disappointment that I have brought on myself. I'm waiting
on that day that I will say enough is enough and I will know what to
do to change. I plug away day after day doing the same thing, hoping
that one day something will be different. I have so many plans for
my life, but I have no idea how to execute them. I feel like I'm
stuck in a rut that's why it's so easy to just walk away from things,
because I'm expecting one day that things will be different!
I know this is no way to waste your life, because God wants
so much more for us. God doesn't want us to endure life he
wants us to enjoy life. When you have an autoimmune
disease like me, you look at life differently. There are limits
on your life. You see your own mortality and it's not fun. You
know that there are things you want to do, but you can't
physically do them. You know that in several days you want
or need to do something, so therefore you have to take it easy
so your body is rested up to do the things you want/need to do.
You have to plan ahead, you have to say no sometimes...
Saying no makes you feel like your making excuses. You feel
like people think you are lying. So as the new year is
upon us, I am actually excited for what lies ahead. I feel like
there are big things waiting in the wings for me. I feel like
my big break is coming.... I just have to believe and be
ready to actually step out of my comfort zone when the time
is right. My favorite Bible Verse is Jeremiah 29-11, For I know
the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
I think it just pretty well sums everything up! God will
take care of us.
God Bless,
Mitzi
that has caused my arthritis to flare up :(.. Sometimes the more I try
to do good and improve myself, the more it just backfires. I know that is the
devil working on me, but sometimes it's easier to just give up and
try again later.... That's not the best answer I know, but I have learned to
do what I need to do in my own time frame. I was really excited about
going to the hospital gym to work out, but when I went to check it out
I was immediately intimidated. There were people in there working out
and one guy kept trying to talk to me.. I felt very awkward and out of
place. SO needless to say I gave up and I haven't been back. Yes I feel
like a big loser, but sometimes things just don't work out. I'm ok with that.
Yes, I'm ok to walk away from things that make me uncomfortable, things
that take me out of my comfort zone. No it's probably not the best thing
to do, but that's the story of my life. I'm facing a lot of disappointment
in my life lately. Some Disappointment that I have brought on myself. I'm waiting
on that day that I will say enough is enough and I will know what to
do to change. I plug away day after day doing the same thing, hoping
that one day something will be different. I have so many plans for
my life, but I have no idea how to execute them. I feel like I'm
stuck in a rut that's why it's so easy to just walk away from things,
because I'm expecting one day that things will be different!
I know this is no way to waste your life, because God wants
so much more for us. God doesn't want us to endure life he
wants us to enjoy life. When you have an autoimmune
disease like me, you look at life differently. There are limits
on your life. You see your own mortality and it's not fun. You
know that there are things you want to do, but you can't
physically do them. You know that in several days you want
or need to do something, so therefore you have to take it easy
so your body is rested up to do the things you want/need to do.
You have to plan ahead, you have to say no sometimes...
Saying no makes you feel like your making excuses. You feel
like people think you are lying. So as the new year is
upon us, I am actually excited for what lies ahead. I feel like
there are big things waiting in the wings for me. I feel like
my big break is coming.... I just have to believe and be
ready to actually step out of my comfort zone when the time
is right. My favorite Bible Verse is Jeremiah 29-11, For I know
the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
I think it just pretty well sums everything up! God will
take care of us.
God Bless,
Mitzi
Monday, January 6, 2014
Joy
I once heard Joel Osteen say don't let anyone ever steal your
joy. I have repeated that many times to my son and to other
people, but I really don't abide by it myself! Maybe that's why
I chose JOY to be my word for the year. I try to be a happy
person, but I also keep everything bottled up inside of me
and let things fester..... Fester is not a pleasant word is it?
I let little things bother me that I have no control over, I don't
know why. It's not that I think I'm right all the time, but
sometimes it's just that this is how it is and if someone
doesn't follow those rules then I think they are wrong.
When my son was in 2nd grade and it was his turn to be
bathroom monitor, he would come home pretty much
everyday and tell me how he told on some of the boys
in the bathroom. I always remember telling him, people
don't like tattle tales and is it worth telling on your
friend because they didn't wash their hands? His answer
was always they didn't follow the rules. Now how do you
tell your son to not tell on his friends for not washing
their hands, when he knows what's right and wrong and
he has been told the rules and that when you don't
follow them there are consequences. Where do you draw
the line at being liked & having friends and being a rule
follower & possibly losing a friend? I tend to get most
upset when I'm around people and I see them as I like
to think of it as getting away with stuff! That is probably
my biggest Joy stealer! I want to get over this. I shouldn't
let other peoples actions take over my life like it does.
My hope this year is to be like a duck and let things roll
off my back! These people don't answer to me, why do
I make it any of my concern??!! My hope is to find
JOY this year, in everything :)!
I hope you have a JOY filled year!
Mitzi
joy. I have repeated that many times to my son and to other
people, but I really don't abide by it myself! Maybe that's why
I chose JOY to be my word for the year. I try to be a happy
person, but I also keep everything bottled up inside of me
and let things fester..... Fester is not a pleasant word is it?
I let little things bother me that I have no control over, I don't
know why. It's not that I think I'm right all the time, but
sometimes it's just that this is how it is and if someone
doesn't follow those rules then I think they are wrong.
When my son was in 2nd grade and it was his turn to be
bathroom monitor, he would come home pretty much
everyday and tell me how he told on some of the boys
in the bathroom. I always remember telling him, people
don't like tattle tales and is it worth telling on your
friend because they didn't wash their hands? His answer
was always they didn't follow the rules. Now how do you
tell your son to not tell on his friends for not washing
their hands, when he knows what's right and wrong and
he has been told the rules and that when you don't
follow them there are consequences. Where do you draw
the line at being liked & having friends and being a rule
follower & possibly losing a friend? I tend to get most
upset when I'm around people and I see them as I like
to think of it as getting away with stuff! That is probably
my biggest Joy stealer! I want to get over this. I shouldn't
let other peoples actions take over my life like it does.
My hope this year is to be like a duck and let things roll
off my back! These people don't answer to me, why do
I make it any of my concern??!! My hope is to find
JOY this year, in everything :)!
I hope you have a JOY filled year!
Mitzi
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