HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I want to wish you all a very Happy and prosperous New Year. Be safe and celebrate wisely. I love you all!

Becky Kelley - Where's the Line to See Jesus - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

What a beautiful song for this Christmas season to share with my readers.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

Kohl's and Products They Sell

The other week I went shopping at Kohl's becasue I had a 30% off card, so I purchased an egg crate for my queen mattress. The one I had on my bed was probably over 5 years old. It was getting a little worn. I purchased that one at Boscov's. Well, let me tell you, the one at Kohl's had a sticker price of $89.00. Well, to my surprise when I put it on my bed, it is definitely not worth the full price of $89.00, it was not even worth the sale price I paid for it at $26.99, my receipt says I saved $63.00 on this item. Let me tell you, what a rip off, the egg crate is so thin and too small for my mattress. My old one (from Boscov's) was definitely worth the sale price I paid for it and it probably was the same price of this cheap one. What a BIG disappointment this was. I thought I was saving money and in return I will probably have to spend more money, because I don't believe this egg crate will hold up as long as my old one.

This is why I don't shop to make a bargain, because most times it is really not a bargain, afterall. I'm telling you all this to be aware of cheap things being sold for Black Friday shoppers and you all thinking you are getting a really good bargain, but are you really? Sometimes, things are only worth what they are on sale for and nothing more. So I'm very disappointed in Kohl's and their sales.

Happy ThanksGiving and Please Be Thankful of God's Blessing Upon You

.......I am thankful for my Loving Father above, my family, my friends and all my blessing that my good Lord brought me. I'm thankful for having a roof over my head. I'm thankful for having food to eat. I'm thankful to be able to worship to God and be open about it. I'm thankful Chuck has a job and is still able to work and that I have babysitting jobs coming in. I'm thankful for the servicemen that keep our country safe and free from harm.

May you all have a very Blessed Thanksgiving and make sure you are thankful for all the Blessings that God has given you, whether it is a job, a new baby, another day of living, or our freedom. Remember God when you say your prayer of thanksgiving, because without God where would we all be.

Best Fast Food Snacks For Under 200 Calories After A Good Workout

I am amazed that some of these fast food places provide a good snack for when you are hungry after a good workout. Good on calories and provide a lot of protein, which is important, because the body needs protein to burn the fat.

So, there is no excuse to eat unhealthy when you go to a fast food restaurant, after checking out this helpful hint.

I Voted, Have You?

Well, I went out to cast my vote, whether it is the right choice or not, who knows. Now, at least all the ads, phone calls, and people knocking on my door will all stop, hooray! I just want this country to turn around and get people jobs, get us (meaning me & hubby) healthcare and the other millions of people that don't have it.

I want the construction & remodeling to increase, so my son has work to supply for his family and for my hubby, so he can sell more paint to supply for us. I want people to be able to afford to by a new car to keep my oldest son working to make them beautiful for them. So all in all I want all us American people to be able to work here in America to keep America vibrant again.

Something has to change because it isn't working the way it's going. One party blames the other party. Why can't they all just work together.

NOVEMBER 2ND, Couldn't Come Faster

I absolutely can't wait until tomorrow is over. Are you all being harassed or annoyed by annoying phone calls, people knocking on your doors, or watching these campaign ads on TV. Who can we trust? Because all the candidates all make promises that they just don't keep or just can't keep once in office. So, this year I'm really looking forward to it all ending after November 2ND.

So everyone needs to get out and vote, whether you think you are making the right decision or not on who should be in office to fight for "US" the American people. It is all coming to a close. YIPPEE!!!!

Believe me, if it were up to me, I would love to be able to vote independent, but I was told that I could switch after this election, but then I wouldn't be able to vote in the primaries in May, only in the main election. I really don't think that is fair at all. I really think we all should be able to vote for whomever we want, whether if they are Republican or Democratic, for both primary and main elections. That is how I feel and I really think it is only fair for us American people.

Soda Pop Cake

I was told about this mixture tonight a my choir practice. I have never heard of this, until I just read it on the Internet. When I was a Weight Watcher attendee we were told to make our cakes with applesauce, instead of adding the oil, to make them less fattening. Now, this is really quite amazing to me to know you can add one 12 oz. can of any flavor diet soda to a cake mix and nothing else, except the box cake mix. It just blows my mind. I'm definitely going to try this.

Elvis Presley Take My Hand, Precious Lord

We are singing this song in choir on Sunday. I just absolutely love this song. Oh how I love Elvis Presley, so it is a double hitter.

Do you Own A Bible?

As I have been doing my Blog today, I chose to blog about things pertaining to God. So, if my blog offends you today, I'm really sorry, but my Lord my God is my guidance and my assurance that he will look after me and not forsake me. So, while I was cleaning and dusting, I came upon my bookcase and saw all the Bibles I own. I own fifteen different versions of the Bible. The one I use the most is the New International Version because it is large print. Some date back to the 1970's when I got them for presents from becoming a member to, Bethel Memorial Baptist Church, and one I bought when my kids started going to Beaula Bible Fellowship Church, to the current Church I joined in 2003, Olivet United Presbyterian Church. This church is my calling to where I love to serve my Lord Jesus Christ. Since, my joining this congregation I have grown much closer to God. We may be a smaller congregation and we may be a struggling church in these hard times, but we are a mighty. I really think that everyone needs God and the only way you can grow is to go to church. I have tried many years ago to stay out of church because I wasn't happy with something (not God) and realized that the only way you can grow is to be taught, like going to school. School teaches us to learn about different things, just like church teaches us about Jesus, his disciples, The Ten Commandments, Bible stories and our father, God.

So, everyone should have at least own one Bible in their home or library.

The Ten Commandments

1) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,... Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.

3) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

4) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

5) Honour the father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

6) Thou shalt not kill.

7) Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8) Thou shalt not steal.

9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Exodus 20:3-17

We all need to live by these rules that our loving Lord our God has put before us. We all need to go back to the way it used to be, where we went to church every Sunday, prayed before every meal, and lived for his holiness and NOT for worldly possessions and desires.

ENOUGH, Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity

We are doing a Bible study at my church on living below and beyond your means. What does it mean to be content?

Except from Enough: We live in a time of excessive materialism. Many people today are on a treadmill of consumerism, and that treadmill just keeps going faster and faster. But the day will come when either we are going to break down or the treadmill is going to break down, because we cannot continue to go faster and faster in our passion to consume.

[Americans] are extremely eager in the pursuit of immediate pleasures and are always discontented with the position that they occupy....They think about nothing but ways of changing their lot and bettering it. For people in this frame of mind every new way of getting wealth more quickly, every machine which lessons work, every means of diminishing the cost of production, every invention which makes pleasures easier or greater, seems the most magnificent accomplishment of the human mind......One usually finds that the love of money is either the chief or secondary motive at the bottom of the likeness to all their passions and soon makes them wearisome to contemplate.

Here are some excerpts from the author Reverend Adam Hamilton: This is from our first week of the study: "God has a plan for your life, and part of [this plan] is that you are fruitful, that you have a chance to do his kingdom work, and that you live into his will for your life. But our spiritual lives remain immature and unfruitful as long as we're pursuing the American Dream as the culture tells us to."

This is from our second week of the study: "To be a Christian is to follow Jesus Christ and to seek to do his will in our lives. It is to say, 'Here I am, all of me! I'm yours. Put me to work, help me to serve, use me to accomplish your work' Now, if this is our life purpose, then our money and possessions should be devoted to helping us fulfill this calling...We are blessed to be a blessing.

This is from our third week of the study: "Contentment is found in our relationship with God and our relationship with others. This is why Jesus said the two most important things we must do are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, " and to "love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37). If you keep your focus on these two things, we will find satisfaction for our souls and lasting contentment."

The first week we were given a window cling-on that reads, SIX KEY FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES to Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity

1) Pay your tithe and offering first. (2 Corinthians 9:6-7)

2) Create a budget and track your expenses. (Proverbs 27:23-24)

3) Simplify your lifestyle (live below your means). (Matthew 6:19-33)

4) Establish an emergency fund. (1 Timothy 6:9-12)

5) Pay off your credit cards, use cash/debit cards for purchases, and use credit wisely. (Proverbs 22:7)

6) Practice long-term savings and investing habits. (Luke 14:28)

We were all given a small key tag prayer to put on our key chain, so when you are thinking you really need this or need that, or want this or want that, you read this tag and it is suppose to help in making that right decision; "Lord, help me to be grateful for what I have, to remember that I don't need most of what I want, and that joy is found in simplicity and generosity". On the reversed side it reads "Contentment."

So many of us feel we must keep up with the "Jones" and where does it get you? No where, only in more debt than you were before. Some people feel they need a BIGGER house (with more to a take care of), FANCY car (that is only used for special occasions), the latest FASHION (only to wear it once and then it sits in the closet to be donated to a rummage sale later), all because they aren't happy or contented in their life. They keep searching and searching for things to make them happy and all they have to do is "LOOK TO THE LORD" and he will supply all your needs and wants as he sees fit.

The book, "Enough" is an easy read to help us in these stressful times. Here are the title of the chapters; Introduction: Faith in the Midst of Financial Crisis, Chapter 1, WHEN DREAMS BECOME A NIGHTMARE, Chapter 2, WISDOM and FINANCE, Chapter 3, CULTIVATING CONTENTMENT, Chapter 4, DEFINED by GENEROSITY, Epilogue: OVERCOMING FEAR, And Finally, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS

What a Beautiful Day Today

Today, while the weather was so beautiful, I took fair advantage with a bike ride on the bike trail from Stockertown to Pen Argyl. My riding partner, John Pelcheck, and I (it was his first time on this trail) put our bikes in the back of his Pilot and drove to Stockertown. I told him this trail is one of my favorites (from riding with my church group), that he has to at least do this trail once before we can't ride for the winter. He love this trail and we both thought it was a good workout for our legs and butt. It was a total of 12.8 miles, that is to and from.

This trail is very fun, because it is level, but it goes on a slight incline going towards Pen Argly. We traveled on a smooth terrain, then little pebbly terrain, then at the end it was a very rocky terrain, that we were bouncing all over the place. On the way back we were sure traveling a good speed of 18 mph and that sure felt good. John left me in the dust. But I had to turn around because I found a red plastic casing on the ground, and I thought maybe, it belonged to John's bike, so needless do I say, I lost John. When I finally reached John, I showed him what I found and sure enough, it was his. He was so thankful I stopped and picked it up. Even though I had to turn around and not catch up to him, it was a very worth while stop. It was part of his blinker light behind his seat, for when he is riding in the dark.

After we were done riding, boy our butts and legs hurt us both. We laughed as we were getting in the Pilot, because neither one of us could lift our legs to get in. It was so funny, you would have thought this was our first ride this year. He commented that this trail was GREAT, because even though it was level it still was a slight incline that really worked the legs and buttocks. He wore his padded cycling shorts and was still hurting. He said the pads didn't help where he really needed the padding, LOL. Me, I wore my new, size smaller, workout pants from my churches rummage sale. It just feels so awesome to know, between the biking and going to the Fitness Club of Easton how I'm tightening up my body. I may not be able to tighten up all my flabby loose skin, but at least it is lessening.

So, kuddos to me. I am finally feeling very proud of ME, again.

Happy Birthday, Timothy!

Here is Timmy at Easter decorating the eggs with his siblings. Today he is five years old. Wow, they sure grow up fast.

Think of Starting a Diet, $2.00 is All You Need

Back in my Weight Watchers days we had to keep a journal to keep track of what we are putting in our mouths and let me tell you, it works. I did experiments with my eating habits with writing it down to not writing it down and trying to remember because I forgot to write it down. So, I know full well, that a journal is wonderful in getting the weight to come off much faster than you can believe.

So, when I start to fall off track of my new eating regimen I will go back to journaling.

What Exercise To Choose To Burn More Calories

My friend from church and I have been biking together this summer, when I'm not baby-sitting. I have noticed that I am losing more inches than weight, because I have too much loose skin from me having weighloss surgery, that it is weighing me down. So, the scale still reads the same in weight, but I can see the difference in my clothes. Last summer, my friend, Cyndee, and I went biking a lot, instead of going to the gym we belong to. I really enjoy riding my bike. I really think that was my favorite toy as a kid. I would ride my bike all over Palmer Township. I like that more than walking.

Going to the gym has really helped me with toning up all this loose skin and without the help of my friend, Cyndee, I wouldn't be where I am with my success. Cyndee and I have very busy lives of lately, so I made the decision that when her and I can't go together, I push myself to go. Afterwards, I feel so good about going. I know I can do this. This is the gym we belong to http://www.eastonfitnessclub.com/

I like to thank, Cyndee, for all her help and love for me to get healthy again.

Dare to change your life here is a wonderful website, http://www.livestrong.com/

Waking Up Is Hard To Do

Got this from my sister-in-law, Jan, what a cute video. I hope you all enjoy.

Click on the title to see the video.

Today, Marks Our 37th Wedding Annivesary

Happy Anniversary, Chuck. I hope we have many more anniversaries together. It is really hard to believe that it has been that many years, where did the time go. I Love You soooooooo much.

My Letter to the Editor in today's Express-Times Newspaper

Wilson should have lowered flag for Karp

I was employed by the Borough of Wilson as a school crossing guard and as a meter maid for 27 years, until 2008. This past week the borough lost one of its employees, police department secretary Wanda Karp.

I and many others are very distraught that the flag at headquarters wasn’t flown at half-staff in honor of her years and dedication. You’d think she would have gotten this respect for being such a loyal, well-liked employee. I guess she wasn’t important enough to some people at the top.

Shame on them. I worked with Wanda for many years. She was well-known to all the departments as former Chief Richard Nace’s and the officers’ right-hand person in the office. When the ex-chief would say to her, hold off all calls to me, she did that so well.

She was good at protecting her fellow officers and being there for the other borough employees if they needed her assistance.

Why didn’t they give her that respect with the flag?

SUSAN JARRELL
Wilson Borough

The Sabbath and it's meaning

At Tom's house on Saturday there was a discussion about when the Sabbath day is. I didn't get involved in the discussion, but I took it all in and asked Chuck and my Pastor about it on Sunday at church.

My Pastor told me that the Sabbath is Saturday, but as Christians we changed it to Sunday. He said that God created the heavens and Earth in six day and rested on the seventh day. The days of the week start on a Sunday and end on the Sabbath, which is Saturday.

Here are references that I found in my book I have called

"Where To Find It In The Bible"

SABBATH

Origin of the Sabbath, Genesis 2:3, Historic observance, Exodus 12:23-30, Sabbath Day mandate, Exodus 20:08, Animal's day of rest, Exodus 23:12, Sabbath business, Nehemiah 13:16-21, Joyful Sabbath worship, Isaiah 58-13 (cev), Sabbath gate, Ezekiel 46:1, Full meaning of Sabbath, Hebrews 4:8-10

Sunday

No Sunday sales, Nehemiah 10:31; 13:16-17

Sabbath observance, Isaiah 58:13-14; Matthew 12:1-13
Day of Resurrection, Matthew 28:1 (GNB); Luke 24:1; John 20:1
Sabbath preparation, Mark 15:42

I hope this was a help if anyone else was a little confused on what day is the Sabbath day.

When I asked Chuck what day is was he said the same thing that my Pastor said and I was totally surprised that he knew it. Chuck knows a lot about the Bible from going to church for 21 years while growing up. I just wish my mind would hold all that I read in the Bible and suck it in. But it doesn't, I read and reread and it still doesn't stay.