Thankful Jar 2014

The above pictures are of my 2014 thankful jar that I
emptied tonight new years eve .
I unfolded each little note some on newspapers, receipts.
Whatever was handy for me to record my words of encouragement,  thankfulness, simple little things that brought a smile to me or someone.
 I wanted to share some of the little notes

January 7th our 25th anniversary we had made plans on where we would go, however winter brought us Snow and Ice with a cold low of -7 degrees .  Plans changed we stayed in where we were warm.

Feb. 6th   hearing my sister laugh at something I said  for the first time since losing her only son
If I can make her smile or laugh for one minute that is one less tear .  My heart breaks for her and Bill.

Several times this year I have been given clothes, shoes from Lisa,  Barkers and Missy for each gift  I am thankful and blessed.

May September and October I traveled to my home town to spend a few days with my family
we visited friends  and family .

Glad I got to visit with Marcia in May and September.  Her hugs and saying to me you just don't know how much I have missed you ....
Rip ...Marcia ....

Dec 17th.  I received a text from my co worker that brought me to tears ...good tears..
humbled to know God used me to uplift someone 2 days before as they shared with her today. Thank you Lord for allowing me to be uplifting to some one

Notes cards flowers gifts from my secret pal at church .

For reaching my first weight loss goal April 9

Many sweet words from my husband

Picnics of Vienna sausage and crackers

Lunches at the park just my husband and I

Walks at 8 am during warm months ...prayer walks ..I was praising God as I walked one morning not knowing anyone had saw my hands up .  This lady stops me as I meet her and said can I ask you were you Praising God back there and I said yes....she said you blessed me .... tears that God would allow me to bless someone ...we never know who we are uplifting by just raising our hands in Praise to God .

Try a thankful , blessings jar

Multitudes on Mondays~~Thankfulness~~ Contiunes

Multitudes on Monday 

For several years I have joined in this

it has sure gave me a more sincere appreciation 

for the little things that I would have other wise passed by 

I have found its in the little things that give us 

the most blessings

I stopped posting each week in April 2014 this would have been week 205
  below 6948 was were I left off
however I haven't stopped just that I record things I am thankful for  each night in my
devotional  

Trying to count the multitude of blessings is like standing on the shore trying to count each grain of sand

Endless........................................

Giving thanks To GOD

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For Monday a new beginning of a week, on this day I was blessed to have received clothes that just fit  from someone that didn't have a clue what I had asked for last year in my journal, I had listened to a podcast last June 22 2013 and Joyce Myers was talking about how GOD cared in the little things our wants and our needs and to make a list of both pray  ask GOD  and watch when they come ...I PRAISE GOD that

he cares about the little things .......

Tuesday ~~

So for today I  just had to share that I hadn't forgot to give thanks just not blogging each week 

maybe I will pick it back up

I am using a thankful jar also that I will take out New Years eve or Day and read all the things 

that I have been blessed with this year 2014

I will post those things so if I lose the little thankful pieces of paper I will have them here on 

blogger . 

Christmas Lights (oh what a feeling)

Each night during Christmas 

my husband knows the love for the lights being on when I come home from work.

I open the door and step inside to have 

the warmest, coziest feeling ever 

I sit and enjoy the lights , no Tv, No music 

just quiet time 

oh and the candles have our little house 

scented with the smell of Christmas 

                                        View from the outside porch and looking inside

                            Had to share the warm, cozy feeling I get with these little lights
                                                   oh so simple oh so wonderful
                                                           Home Sweet Home

Years Passed~~Kindness Recalled

My sister in law called  to share the good time they had today at
A little place called fluty Lick .
Fluty Lick is buried deep in the Ky mountains.

Each year at this time they have church on the
Cemetery and dinner on the grounds
I have many memories of going to this annual Church meeting
 Family and friends came in from many states and still do.

My  sister in law  wanted to share what one of the 8o years young man told
of the kindness of my dad
When this man got married he told my dad he didn't have a place to live
My dad being kind hearted and having a extra house he offered it to this man
at no charge until he could find some where to live .
 Dad said all I  ask is you take care of it like it was yours and keep
it clean . You will have  free gas and water in the house , the man recalled that cold winter
and how that house had kept them so warm that he would ccome in from the zero temperature and be sweating in just a few minutes . He lived there until he built him a house which was a lengthy time
My heart was warmed by the kindness remembered after all these years
as my dad has been gone almost 40 years

My dad had a big heart and was sure a giver
I suppose that's why Mother and Dad never let us goes without we always had what we needed most we wanted and more

Thoughts On my walk Today 8-16-14

Today as I was walking before work 

These thoughts came to my mind 

about life and our journey 

the road has many curves along the way 

                                                 Sometimes life is just like muddy water

                                       We have many bridges to cross along the way
                some times we think grass is always greener on the other side
                                                             but when we look
                                   at the whole picture Mine is just as  green or greener

                                        Then we have roads going to the left and right
                                               or we can take the path of hills and trees

Sharing

My thoughts as I walked this morning 

Summed up its my Journey 

no two directions are ever the same 

and I am never alone

Simple Pleasures

I sit for hours just watching 

these sweet little hummers 

What beauty surrounds us 

stop...enjoy...the beauty that around you 

Soak it up
Glenna

What's Wrong with this picture? ??

This picture paints a foggy cold morning 

For my three mile walk 

Being July 25th I think it 

Should be warm at 8 am 

Right ??

Simple Pleasure Friday

I love eating outside the food is more yummy.  Today's plain tuna and lettuce with crackers tasted so much better outside.

I may have only got to be out for 15 minutes

those 15 minutes I sure savored. 

Get out side soak you up some happiness with a little picnic


Glenna

The Gift of a Seiko Watch

Way back In the 70s my dad bought me this cute little Seiko watch.
it had been in my jewelry box for many many years.
After taking another watch to have a battery put in. I asked the jeweler if he could repair the watch I had so long. He said bring it in and I will fix it.  After years of not working my Seiko now works

Years ago

I am sure I saw it and probably Aggravated       my dad until he bought it for me or maybe it was a gift for valemtines birthday or Christmas I cant seem to remember. I would like to think that it was a gift versus me aggravating him to buy me something as I always did.


Thanks Dad for this gift that is working approximately  39 years later

Posting from my smart phone
Hoping this posts correctly

To the moon and back ? no

It was a rainy lunch date  yesterday (7-18-2014)  with my husband
I came out to find he had parked closer than when we went in
I open the door and say" I love you for parking closer"
His reply was do you know how much I love you
My reply was to the moon and back right ?
He replied no...... to the stars .....the stars cant be measured like the moon can ....
So sweet this husband God allowed me to have .


Stars and love ....

Love you to the stars CWR

Biblical Names of God

While doing my devotional each day  , trying to study the names

Of God each time 

I can not begin to tell you how it has blessed me


The Holy Spirit  ministered to me

try  boy do I mean "try" to pronounce these names I am sure I mess them up but God 

Knows my heart

Roadside Beauty

The first time I passed by here 28 years ago 

I thought this was a most beautiful place ever

some days  I passed there would be lots of cattle grazing 

I have wanted a picture of this area since I first 

saw it 

I finally had my husband stop and 

let me capture this beautiful place 

The sky seemed so blue this July 4th 

I hope all of you see the beauty in 

these pictures

As I have 

Simple Pleasure

There used to be a simple pleasure party that 

I linked up to each week I miss this little party 

reading every one's  pleasures

I decided I would party 

alone with my simple pleasures 

today's simple pleasure is 

none other than 

sitting in this white rocker 

on our porch 

love porch sitting I think its a country thing 

grab you a chair and enjoy 

some porch sittin...

                                         May you be blessed with simple things




(Posting from my phone)

Birds

Walking the other night as my co worker ran 

I see her running back toward me 

not knowing what was wrong 

She brings this little bird over that 

she had reached down from her run and picked up 

thinking the bird was hurt 

the little bird just sit there in her 

hand for a few minutes then it flew away 

This picture made me think 

of our GOD always  holds us in 

the palm of his hand 

sometimes we move out of his hand 

but knowing that GOD 

never leaves us 

even though we move 

                         Thank you Lord for sheltering and holding me in the palm of you hand

Heavenly Sunlight

Tuesday Morning as I was on the track early before work 

I just had to share these pictures with you 

the beams of sunlight filled the walking track 

reminding me of the song 

"Heavenly Sunlight"

Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
Flooding my soul with glory divine:
Hallelujah, I am rejoicing,
Singing His praises, Jesus is mine.

                                                      In the bright sunlight, ever rejoicing,
                                                     Pressing my way to mansions above;
                                                     Singing His praises gladly I’m walking,
                                                     Walking in sunlight, sunlight of love.

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This day of walking as each day 

I spend it in prayer and trying 

to listen to what the Lord has to say 

Thankful for the Heavenly Sunlight !!

Glenna 

Alien or ??

The sunshine was beautiful this morning 

as I arrived at work I thought I would 

capture this beautiful bright sunshine

after taking the pictures below I come in 

and look at them to see with one I would post

and if you look at each picture below 

from top to bottom 

you will see this blue dot 

and notice how it 

moves in each picture 

as though it is flying 

If anyone can 

let me know what the blue dot might 

be or if they have saw this in their pictures 

Gardening

I have tried many different things though the years with 

our poor soil to raise a vegetable garden 

this year I am trying flower pots and pallets.

A customer told me they had great success with  

their pallets

Hoping that our little pallet and flower pot garden 

bears many vegetables

  

                                           Stayed turned for updates on my garden

Multitudes on Monday Weeks 198- 204 Feb 17- March 30 2014

                         

Trying to count the multitude of blessings is like standing on the shore trying to count each grain of sand
Endless........................................

Giving thanks To GOD these many weeks

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I have not lost track on the thankfulness as though it appears from not posting,
I am thankful for each day that I have been given, for these weeks,
 six weeks of being blessed  with safety and protection, shelter, warmth, food
many things that sometimes I know I over look and forget to stop and say
Thank you Lord

March 15 2014 beauty n prayer

On this day after work , I went to our local Park to do my bible reading and prayer
I love walking the track, its my time to pray, cry and listen to GOD.
This day my knee was injured and I could not walk the track however I did stand on the track  and say I will be on here
shortly walking I pray that GOD continues to heal my knee so that I can walk the track


A few weeks forward April 12th to be exact I did walk the track I give GOD the Praise to his healing
touch .....as with each step I take I know he is healing my knee.....Thanks be to GOD

Lent 2014

This year for Lent I thought I would give up something that I used many times daily
something I love to visit and is so handy being on my phone ....Facebook.....
I signed off the night of Tuesday March 4th .
I have done well so far but yes Facebook must be missing me I have a email each night from
Facebook trying to get me to go look ...so far so good I have resisted the temptation
I am also giving up a food that I use a lot
So for Now I have done well ...I will post more after Easter
 

New Life

Tuesday of this week 

after work I had to walk down the street 

to the place that I knew 

would show new life if 

they were busting though the ground 

yes, the buds were forming 

I get so excited about the new life 

that spring brings 

                                      Even my day lilies were bursting though the ground


                                                      Don't you just get so excited about Spring time and
                                                                the new life coming forth ?

Birds

I have bird feeders out in the front yard 

I thought how nice it would be to watch the birds as 

We washed dishes 

my cell phone didn't does these birds that visited justice 

they were beautiful  stopping to 

look at me in the window as if to say 

thank you for the evening meal 

I say thank you little Birds for the enjoyment 

you bring to me 

Cards

                               A few weeks ago I received the little card to the left of the picture
its so nice to be remember by friends from my home state and just that someone thought about
me sure made this ole' Gal's day.
Nothing like getting cards and gifts for no reason from friends in my home state

Cement Pond

My Cement Pond 

Growing up I had this little cement pond 

not like the one on the Beverly Hillbillies as 

Ellie Mae enjoyed 

I am sure I enjoyed this little pond just 

as much as Ellie Mae 

Each spring my dad would paint the inside blue 

clean and fill it with water 

I would get so excited 

I could hardly wait  get my bathing suit on 

get in and just swim around or so I thought 

I was swimming more like just 

moving around along the sides 

as you can see in the picture below 

its not a big cement pond 

more like a Fish pond  and Bird  bath 

I sure spent many enjoyable days 

in this little pond ...

Multitudes on Mondays Week 187-197 (I think ) Dec 9-Feb 16

                         

Trying to count the multitude of blessings is like standing on the shore trying to count each grain of sand
Endless........................................

Giving thanks To GOD this week for

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these weeks have brought much thankfulness each day as I am blessed with each new day as it is a gift from GOD ,
for all the days I have been blessed with I thank GOD ....

Mornings at the Bird Cafe

 

                                                      Nothing I like better than watching the birds

                                  I have said many times we can learn a  lot from the birds
                                                    they sing no mater the weather
                                                I hear them sing on cold mornings,
                                                  mornings of rain or storms   they still sing
                            In Psalms it says let everything that hath breath to Praise the Lord
                                      I just bet they are singing Praises to our Lord

Valentines 2014

My Valentine always picks out the most beautiful cards for me 

the words and what he wrote brought tears to this gals 

heart 

forever will never be long enough long as its with you 

the ending to the most beautiful words on this card 

                                                   

                                 My one Red Rose means as much as if he had got 100 dozen
                                                        as it came from the heart
                                          its not the amount its the LOVE thats in the gift that counts


                                                                 I love you my Valentine
                                                           

Winter Blast !!!!

I woke this morning  nice and warm in our bed
then I look at the outdoor temperature of 4 degrees
My thoughts turn to 4 degrees ......I begin
to pray for those that are homeless that they would
find a warm shelter and nice hot meals to eat
Each one that reads this please pray for those
that are homeless and in need of warm food, clothes and shelter