My Christmas Wish List

1. new measuring spoons (preferably purple with pink coming a close second
2. a new bedside lamp. My is one of those touch lamps but it doesn't work. Have to use power switch to turn on and off. Very annoying. Oh by the way purple would be a good colour for it.
3. a floor lamp for when I'm doing my cross stitch
4. a Serendipity Bible. Has great studies for every verse in the Bible. I am currently borrowing Pastor Dav's
5. a cheese slicer. I hate cutting cheese with a knife
6. a purple bedspread.
7. My laptop back wahhhhhh!
8. a new pair a masseur sandals. My pair is sooooo worn out.
9. a purple slice in my hair. I have a blonde slice with the rest dyed black and I want a change
10. a PDA. I am so bad at being organised. I would love one.
11. a flylady calendar. I have searched and searched for something similar and cheaper to no avail.

Thankful Thursday.

I am thankful for

1. coloured pens. I love many different coloured pen you can get nowadays. It makes writing so much more fun
2. My son. It's his 10th birthday today. I am so thankful that we are close and he still loves his kisses and cuddles.
3. Story time. O love to read stories to my kids at bedtime and then we sing a song together and say prayers.
4. Red frogs. My son is a frog fanatic so I bought red frogs and snuck a few in his lunch box today as a surprise.
5. Nathan Tasker. I was listening to one of his CD's today. I love his music
6. Rum balls at Christmas. Although this year we can't have the Rum because we don't drink any more. I'll have to find rum flavouring.
7. Refrigerators. It has been a hot day today and I've been drinking heaps of cold water.
8. Education. I am so thankful that my children are able to get a good education. It's great that I can study too.
9. My hubby's massages. I had a monster headahce yesterday and my shoulder was in a big knot. It's so much better today and the massage he gave me last night.
10. Always and ever I am thankful that God so loved me that he sent his one and only son Jesus so that I may have freedom from the price of sin.

Is Christmas too commercialised

Christmas is around the corner....is it too commercialized or just fine the way it is?

I have complained for a long time about how commercialised Christmas has become. I mean this year the shops started selling Christmas stuff in September. Then yesterday I was listening to our local Christian radio station and they were talking about this very thing. The lady was saying that we can use this to our/God's advantage. The fact that people are thinking and talking about Christmas for a lot more of the year than they used to give us as Christian more opportunities to witness to them. This made so much sense to me. We can choose to whinge about the commercialism of Christmas but we really can't do much to stop it. So why not turn it around to our advantage both as a witnessing tool and also as a reminder to ourselves of the greatest gift we could possibly get. The gift God sent. Jesus Christ.

A ramble turning into my baby step revelations.

Don't really know what to say today. Just felt the need to blog so I guess I'll just ramble. I'm usually pretty good at thatjand who know where it might lead. I've had a pretty dull day. Houseworky stuff mainly. Did my house blessing. Second week in a row. Yeah me. Also did my next day on the fly lady's 31 babysteps. I'm up to day 10 but I think I've been doing it for about 15 days. I miss days a bit. But at least I'm not quitting. I did a mini purge of stuff in my bedroom. Put some old jewellery, a couple of small teddies and some bits and pieces in a bag to get rid of. I'm trying to slowly let go of those things I don't love or use any more. It's hard because I think I'm a closet horder. It's getting easier though. Baby steps. Actually baby steps is a big things that God has been teaching me for the past year. I have a very bad habits of rushing into things, taking on too much too fast and expecting to be able to do it all now. This has only ever led me to stress and depression. It's so hard to be a perfectionist. Over time I have found myself to be more and more inclined to get overwelmed easily. I think this I why I've found it so hard to accept God's guidance in my life. It seemed as if what he wanted my to do was way out of my reach. There was no way I could see myself living up to the standard I thought God expected of me. I realise now that it's my own expectations that I feared I couldn't reach. I thought God was asking too much of me and what if I failed God. I couldn't imagine anything worse. But then God told me two things very clearly. No 1 was he doesn't need me to do anything he wanted me to though. And no 2 was that it was okay to take baby steps...actually I need to take baby steps. That's what God want me to do. Just keep heading down to path he's laid out for me and don't worry about what's around the corner. Just keep taking those steps.
Well time for me to go. I want to ring my brother in hospital and see how he is going. Ta Ta

Colour choice

Today I decided that I have to choose a favourite colour. (sidetrack - I really need to remember to give my emails a title) Sorry what was I saying...yes thats it. Colour...Well whenever I'm asked what my favourite colour is I'm always indecisive. I like most colours (not that yucky vomit yellow, But no one sane likes that colour anyway...sorry to all the insane people out there) Jason thinks my favourite colour must be blue because I used to always tend to buy blue clothes..It's not though really. It's a cool colour and all but it's not quite me. DD loves blue I asked her why but she doesn't know. DS loves green. He's a frog freak so that explains the colour choice. Jason is definately a black fan...hmmm...does that mean he's dark and mysterious..I think not...at least not to me. Well anyway I like pink, I never used to though..I was such a tomboy growing up. My poor Mum tried to get me to be girly...sorry Mum. I remember her buying me this really pretty pastel pink top as a teenager. It was the latest fashion too and the first thing I did was get the receipt and exchange it for two black tops..again sorry Mum. It took me having a daughter of my own before I finallu embraced my girly side. I love all things girly now. I still have trouble sitting like a lady. My legs always seem to end up on the chair with my butt. It's just a habit and way more comfortable too.
Anyway back to my choice of favourite colour...Can you guess? Yes it's purple..I think purple is great. It's a soothing colour and I like all the different shades. Probably the only problem with purple is that lavendar is purple and I'm allergic to lavendar. Minor problem though. So the decision is made. Next time I get asked what my favourite colour is I will say purple...I hope no one ever asks me to pick a particular shade....arghhhh!

Thursday morning in OZ

Hi all,
It's Thursday morning in the land of Oz. Not feeling the best this morning. I thought I might have been coming down with something last night. Guess what! I was right. I think I have a cold. My throat is flemmy and sore and swollen. Everthing tastes yuck...even chocolate...BOO HOO. I ache all over and have a dull headache. I'm still tired even though I slept heavy last night thanks to pain killers and muscle relaxants. Finding it hard to concentrate which is definately not good. I wanted to get one of my assignments completed today. My mood is pretty good despite feeling sick. That's a plus. It's not real hot either well at least not yet. I think it will be a little cooler today because it's overcast. Actually it poured down about 4.45am. This must sound wierd to all of you in a US of A. Especially in the places where it's freezing cold and snowing. I would love to see snow. I dream of one day having a white christmas. That would be cool...LOL... literally...hehehe. I hate having a hot Christmas day and here that is pretty much standard. Anyway I've rambled on enough now. Praying everyone has a great day. Have a super fantastic thankgiving USA peoples.
Luv and Hugs
God Bless
Jo