ENDLESS GIFTS LIST

Sandrah Santaguida posted this link to a family website. It is amazing to me that the story of a person I never met can affect me so much. It is about a man who has brain cancer and tells his story but the truly amazing part is that the site is a list of gifts that God has given them. They are listing all the little things that God has given them every day. It is very touching and inspiring. Check it out at: http://www.eloefamily.com/endlessgiftslist.html.

Wedding Pictures!

I have to say that even though I love my daughters very much I am so tired of downloading wedding pictures, and then finding the ones out of hundreds I should post at facebook. My computer recently picked up a virus and the best way to fix it was to wipe it out. We had saved tons of photos on cds but they weren't categorized. I downloaded about 10 cds of various photos on my computer and then sorted them all out. After I was done with that I posted some on facebook. It brought back alot of memories but it was time consuming and boring. Glad that job is done. Now if you ever want me to find a particular picture it will only take me hours instead of day.

Bolens Bounty

BREAKFAST

Over the years I have tried many times to get my family to eat breakfast. I myself could never do it. Something about eatting as soon as I got out of bed made me sick to my stomach. My husband and I have been on a diet. Ok, well, a life style change. One thing that we had to do was eat a high protein breakfast. Every morning for the last 5 weeks I have gotten up and fixed us 2 or 3 eggs and some fruit. After a few weeks we could have fruit smoothies for breakfast. The first time I made them we went about our business and drank them as we got ready. The next day my husband asked for eggs. He liked the smoothie but every day he wanted eggs. It suddenly dawned on me that he wanted the fellowship we shared as we sat at the table and ate our eggs. What a blessing to share a few peaceful momments together before our busy days interferred. Thank-you God for that.

Tuesdays!

Tuesdays are one of my favorite days. I have so much fun going to Value Village looking for $.99 treasures. Sometimes I buy alot and sometimes I don't buy anything. Any time you can get a boutique candle for $.99 its a good deal. I have collected may items over the past year but one of my favorites is something my husband found. It is a woven vase ? I got it for $.99 and then went to the Dollar Tree and got some dried stuff to put in it. It turned out really great.

Decorating for the holidays!

I love to decorate for the holidays. Even when I worked full time I would still spend time decorating. One thing I do is go shopping after the holiday to get items cheap. A couple of years ago I got these Valentines Day plates for $1.00 each. I like to set our kitchen table because it is so center to our house and because it keeps us from piling stuff on it (an idea I got from Mrs. Vicky).

SuperBowl Sunday=)

For the first time in 14 years we attended a Super Bowl Party. This was possible because our new church doesn't have a Sunday night service yet. One of the couples from the church opened their home up and invited all of us to a Super Bowl Party. We had tons of food, a couple of Wii's, board games, and of course a big screen TV. I'm not much of a football fan but it was really fun watching with everyone cheering or moaning for their favorite team. It was also nice getting to know some of the members of the church better. During the half-time we all wore our 3-D glasses and watched the Intel sponsered commercial. What a blessing to have fun with friends.