tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55308533226277181262024-02-08T00:02:54.959-05:00An Altered LifeLynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-55674452077417385482012-05-13T16:09:00.001-04:002012-05-13T16:09:12.364-04:00Happy Mother's Day!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
A tribute to my Mom...</div>
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Happy Mother's Day to you, Mom.</div>
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Thank you for exposing me to the Classics at an early age.</div>
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For wearing pigtails and saddle oxfords and jeans.</div>
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For making "air" dinners</div>
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For taking me shopping to buy my first "peasant" dress</div>
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For instilling in me the love of books</div>
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For teaching me how to cook.</div>
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For letting me choose my baby sister's middle name (Yvonne-not Marie!)</div>
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For your hilarious wit and humor.</div>
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For working so hard at a job you hated so my siblings and I could have a good life</div>
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For driving me to college orientation (and I KNOW how much you hated driving)</div>
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For Hough Bakery birthday cakes</div>
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and Leggs hosiery in my Christmas stocking every year</div>
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For buying my first Poloroid camera.</div>
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For sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies and chocolate chips too</div>
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For lunches at the Silver Grille</div>
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For loving me even when I was unlovable</div>
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and forgiving my foolishness</div>
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For thanking me for calling you - even though you don't need to.</div>
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For hanging out with my kids</div>
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and for your laughter.</div>
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Time and space will not permit me to list all the things I Love about you.</div>
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So I'll have to sum it up in these 3 simple words; </div>
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Happy Mother's Day!!!</div>
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<br />Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-24652857267757725022011-06-20T22:04:00.001-04:002011-06-26T19:13:51.904-04:00City Fresh Haul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few weeks ago, my daughters and I signed up for "produce shares" from the Coventry City Fresh program. To join, you sign up for either a "single" share or a "family" share a week in advance. Our first shares have been family shares. The produce is from local farms and is picked and gathered the morning of the share distribution and members pick up their "share" Tuesdays from 5-7 pm. You can then decide if you want to pay for the next week's share or you can skip a week if you like. We've picked up shares for 2 weeks now and each time there was someone on site making a recipe from one of the items for us to sample. The link to Coventry City Fresh's blog is <a href="http://coventrycityfresh.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcome-to-coventry-city-fresh.html">http://coventrycityfresh.blogspot.com/2011/06/welcome-to-coventry-city-fresh.html</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The items included:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/2 Pint Apple Butter</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">8 oz Maple Syrup</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 lbs Corn Meal</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Quart and 1 Pint Strawberries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 Pint Huckleberry Jam</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Bunch Green Onions</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 Heads Lettuce</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Bunch Bokchoy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Bunch Garlic Scapes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Bunch Mint </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The variety allows you to enjoy some old favorites, as well as try some new things. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Bon Appetit!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"></div>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-25926655657445832662011-06-14T21:36:00.003-04:002011-06-25T16:13:51.025-04:00My Birthday Weekend<div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 12 was my birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, I'm not one to make a big deal about my birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- It's not that I don't like birthdays and I've always thought </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my birthday fell at the absolute BEST time of the year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">School was ending</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer was just around the corner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People were graduating</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">going on vacation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting married</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was almost exactly </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">smack-dab </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the middle between Christmases!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, you can imagine my surprise when a co-worker baked a cake for me on Friday </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and my co-workers all signed a card for me and shared my cake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday, Tiana and I went to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Parade the Circle on Wade Park Oval.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(PTC is an artistic, funky, creative parade and is a lot of fun!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday evening, my family took me out to dinner at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"High Thai'd" (formerly Mint Cafe) on Coventry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a wonderful time and the Thai food was superb!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(even my father in law really liked his entree - even though he </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is not a culinary adventurer like my daughters and I!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the apartment to continue our celebration with a birthday cake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some fun time with my grandson, Julius.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All this, and my birthday wasn't even until the next day!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday, I was amazed that so many people at church knew it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was my birthday, then I realized... Oh Yeah...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Facebook!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After church, my daughters "kidnapped" me to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lucky's Cafe in the Tremont area.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The brunch there was sooooo delicious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The restaurant was featured on a TV show, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drive Ins, Diners and Dives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It may seem like a hole in the wall </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a less than "posh" neighborhood,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but let me tell you! It had some of the best fare I'd ever tasted! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While at the restaurant, my daughters presented me with a birthday present..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a beautiful Asian fan!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had the best Birthday ever!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thanks Tiana and Cara!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-44920339884043308112011-06-10T21:49:00.000-04:002011-06-15T22:16:30.596-04:00My Remains of the Day Journal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently took an online course taught by Mary Ann Moss, on how to make a Remains of the Day Journal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided (a few months ago, actually)to create a "Remains of the Day" or "ROD" journal to highlight my life during the next year. I entitled it "53" as that will be my age. I made the cover out of scraps of fabric, lace and other fun things. I am still working on the inside "signatures" and will begin sewing them in as I finish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take the other day for example;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My son (the one in S Carolina) called to tell me what my 4 year old grandson Alex was up to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He told me he'd heard the following conversation between Alex and my daughter in law, Erica..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex: "Mommy, can you show me how to cut out a circle?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Erica: "Sure, buddy. Whatcha makin'?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex: " I want to make a DVD."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Erica: "Oh, great! What is your movie going to be about?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex: "I'm not making a movie, I'm making a DVD!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...later that evening, after Alex was in bed, Mike and Erica decide to watch a DVD together, only to find the DVD player wouldn't work because...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"someone" had stuffed circular pieces of paper in the DVD player!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-21316188110817473042011-05-31T23:18:00.002-04:002011-05-31T23:20:26.995-04:00Happy Memorial Day!Yesterday was the first truly "hot" day in Cleveland. <br />
We went from winter ...<br />
... to Monsoon ..<br />
... to Summer<br />
(as a co-worker put it - Spring was rained out this year!)<br />
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My daughters and I attended the University Heights Memorial Day Parade.<br />
Soldiers, bagpipes, drill teams, politicians and classic cars! <br />
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Fun fun.!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, headed home for some BAR B Que!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope your Memorial Day was memorable!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many thanks for those who have given their lives in service to our nation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My painting of Jesus Nailed to the Cross</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I began by decoupaging strips of telephone book papers to the canvas with matte medium, <br />
until I had covered the entire canvas. <br />
The telephone pages represent that Jesus died for everyone,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once I had covered the canvas with telephone book pages, I gessoed (an acrylic paint primer) over all of it, wiping off some of the gesso so the words could show through. I also added and gessoed some of the "ugly" words in black on the bottom of the canvas, that describe man's sinful nature.<br />
There is a great abyss that separates man from God.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added (and gessoed) words describing the attributes of Jesus, in red, to the top of the canvas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">next, using acrylic paint, I rough-painted the form of Jesus.<br />
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Christ is the mediator between God and man. Only He can stand in the gap.<br />
He took upon Himself ALL of the sins which man had committed in the past...<br />
...were committing as He hung on the cross...<br />
and ALL of the sins we would commit in the future,<br />
All the sins of all the Adams, the Jezibels, the Gingus Khans, the Hitlers, the nice old ladies across the street,<br />
all the murders, stealing, lying, disrespecting, prideful lusting, the forsaking and denial of God...<br />
Every transgression of every human being past present future,<br />
Only Christ is the spotless, perfect sacrafice.<br />
Our sins are covered by the blood of His sacrafice.<br />
Amen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added more detail</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saturday (which turned out to be a gorgeous day!) we decided to go to the 2nd Annual Cleveland Asian Festival downtown. We were immediately greeted by the aroma of ethnic foods being cooked over at the food venue. We made our way over to one of the performance-stage tents to see what type of dance was being performed. We were ecstatic to hear a song from one of our favorite Indian movies "Lagaan", so there we stood at the edge of the venue singing - fairly poorly - the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Comically RANDOM!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we left the festival and were walking back to our car, we had to cross a bridge over a freeway overpass. We paused to watch the cars and trucks racing below. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we each began to wave at the drivers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearly all of the drivers waved back at us! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was fabulously RANDOM!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to continue our Asian Adventure by picking up some Take Out from Tree Country Bistro</div><div class="section" id="img" style="z-index: 20;"><img alt="Tree Country Bistro" class="profileImage" src="http://places3.assets.gotime.com/5524b1d6d0fde77805d19bc308fe587733c0346d_l.jpg" width="284" /> on Coventry. It serves Japanese, Thai and Korean food. It was de-lish-shosh!! (although a bit pricey)</div><div class="section" style="z-index: 20;"></div><div class="section" style="z-index: 20;">We ended up parking on the roof of the parking garage and decided to amuse ourselves by watching the crowds below, undetected. We had a blast being RANDOM!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I love Cleveland. <br />
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But sometimes I can get downright fed up with the long periods of foul weather.<br />
It has been raining, about to rain or just finished raining for the better part of 2 weeks now. My sinuses, my aching arthritic joints and by overall attitude has suffered as a result.<br />
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Gloomy, gloomy.<br />
Sixteen shades of gray day in and day out.<br />
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Some years we skip spring altogether and go from 50's and cold drizzle right into 90's and humidity.<br />
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Well, this morning as I got my aching bones up and ready for the busy day ahead, the weatherman warned of heavy fog and periods of rain and thunderstorms - (again!!) throughout the day. I emerged from my apartment expecting to see the gray pallette again, and was pleasantly surprised to see - ah - sunshine! <br />
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As I rode the bus downtown, I realized the sun was shining - yet people had their umbrellas up and vehicles on the road had their windshield wipers going. It was sunny, yet the rain was downpouring!<br />
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Well, that could only mean one thing. There's got to be a RAINBOW somewhere!!!<br />
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I strained to see the sky over the top of the buildings in search for my rainbow. Finally, as I disembarked from the bus and turned the corner through one of the quads on Public Square, I saw it...<br />
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A beautiful big rainbow, stretching over the square and out towards the lake!!!<br />
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"Thank you Jesus!!!" I said out loud (yes, I don't care who hears me AND I've been known to stop perfect strangers on the street to have them look at some of God's masterpieces... rainbows, full moons, and all!)<br />
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I knew I had to get a picture, but all I had was my cell phone. I'm not very techno savvy, but hey, go for it, I thought to myself. Unfortunately my bus was just pulling up. I struck up a conversation with the bus driver about the rainbow, on my short ride to my office - all the while trying to strain to see if I could see any remnant of it. As I got off the bus, I saw the rainbow behind City Hall, only this time it was beginning to diminish into the lake. I snapped this photo of it:<br />
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Take this evening for example.<br />
I was sitting on the Healthline bus, listening to my MP3 player and reading the latest edition of Somerset Studios. The bus was stopped at a light just before an underpass. As I glanced up, I saw a train engine coming over the over-pass, which was enough to make me smile, right there. ( I love trains!) But, what REALLY made me smile was the long line of bright green with yellow trim John Deere harvesters that followed behind it. A virtual farm equiptment parade!<br />
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So much has happened in the past 4 months that I feel were blog-worthy, but I am still trying to develop the discipline to maintain blogging... so bear with me!<br />
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Last week I was asked if I'd like to contribute an art piece for an Easter project for my church. Several artistic members of the congregation were each asked to portray an aspect of the Easter account from scripture. <br />
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My assignment: Jesus is nailed to the Cross. Luke 23:33-38. <br />
"33 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”[a]<br />
And they divided His garments and cast lots. 35 And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.” <br />
36 The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine, 37 and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself.” <br />
38 And an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:[b]<br />
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THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."<br />
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As I sat in prayer and meditation during the week I asked God to enable me to glorify Him by creating an artistic expression which would help the viewer reflect on Jesus' sacrafice and love for us.<br />
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As I searched the internet for ideas, I came across a website (one I'd placed in my favorites probably a year or so ago) It is called "Create By Faith" <a href="http://createbyfaith.ning.com/">http://createbyfaith.ning.com/</a><br />
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The following video has inspired me to forge ahead with boldness in merging my faith with my art.<br />
Hope you too are inspired by it; <br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16501697?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16501697">Makoto Fujimura - The Art of "The Four Holy Gospels"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/crosswaymedia">Crossway</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-34466100557795854272010-12-09T22:42:00.000-05:002010-12-10T23:04:56.714-05:0030 Days of Thankfulness; Days 6 & 7<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">DAY #6</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>"God thunders marvelously with His voice;</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>He does great things which we cannot comprehend.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>He seals the hand of every man,</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>That all men may know His work."</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em>~Job 37:5-7</em></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJU4EbzTVqItbHCt4yyT9YVKu7Fl4NEE83AfoOIw3voUF5zKvit6_JEtAKGk5FQ_oogYC5cdNMcTGqzcegGvyxv_pMxy4sGMVYEl5E2Pwe2a7aLd8zLlPLZV1OBNTgqq8TY8yHF1EF_Xx6/s1600/DSCF7429+%2528640x480%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJU4EbzTVqItbHCt4yyT9YVKu7Fl4NEE83AfoOIw3voUF5zKvit6_JEtAKGk5FQ_oogYC5cdNMcTGqzcegGvyxv_pMxy4sGMVYEl5E2Pwe2a7aLd8zLlPLZV1OBNTgqq8TY8yHF1EF_Xx6/s320/DSCF7429+%2528640x480%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="color: #38761d;">Cara took this picture outside our apartment</span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #38761d;">Lake effect dumped a foot or more of snow on Cleveland, making it an adventure getting home. Traffic was gridlocked and many commuters sat in standstill traffic for hours trying to make it home. Most of the agencies in the Federal Building (except mine) began sending workers home at 1pm. As I looked out the window at the MESS on the roads, I knew I didn't want to be a part of THAT, so I was happy to stay in and work. By 5:30 the snow had not let up and the traffic was still standing. Long story short - I made my way to Tower City where I picked up a couple of calendars at Borders and hopped onto the Rapid Transit. I ended up only arriving home about an hour or so later than I normally would have. </span><br />
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I am thankful for the snow!<br />
Yes, I know - people in Cleveland seem to hate snow - and they certainly don't seem to know how to drive in it (I've always wondered why they didn't pull up roots and move somewhere south!)<br />
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If you don't have to drive in or shovel snow, you can find it to be most beautiful. As my bus headed up the tree-lined hill, I couldn't help but smile at how beautiful all of the trees were with their snow-laden branches.<br />
The real challenge was navigating the snow on foot. I had to walk in the street until I came to the front of my building. I reached out for the fire hydrant and climbed through a foot and a half of snow to the unshovelled steps, trying to feel where each step began and ended through the deep deep carpet of snow.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">And then, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">at last...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The door opens </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Cara laughs at my snowy appearance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">as the warmth of the apartment hits my frozen face</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">and I am finally...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">HOME!</span></div><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">DAY #7</span></span><br />
I am thankful for my big clunky boots and my long, heavy coat!<br />
And my nice warm apartment.<br />
And a cup of hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.<br />
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">She is not afraid of snow for her household, </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">For all her household is clothed with scarlet. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">~Proverbs 31:21</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">~thank you Lord!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></span></em>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-10300817012580319942010-12-07T23:55:00.001-05:002010-12-08T00:00:51.256-05:0030 Days of Thankfulness Day #5<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">DAY #5</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Then our mouth was filled with laughter,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And our tongue with singing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Then they said among the nations, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">“The LORD has done great things for them.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">~Psalm 126:2 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm thankful for 2 crazy daughters who make me laugh..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Last night, Cara and I decorated the Christmas tree. Christmas tree decorating isn't complete without turning on the traditional Christmas Carols - Nat King Cole, 13 versions of O Holy night and some Chipmunks mixed in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Not last night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Cara had her own "playlist" of let's say, NON-conventional Christmas songs. "Santa Claus is Thumbing to Town" by Reliant K, Family Force Five's rap-version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas", a Scream-O version of Jingle Bell Rock by Thousand Foot Crutch and my favorite, Pumpkin Jack singing "Making Christmas" from the movie "Nightmare Before Christmas". We had a ball rockin' out while putting the ornaments on the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">And we ended the evening with a cup of hot chocolate. With marshmallows!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #990000;">We will rejoice and be glad in it. "</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #990000;">~ Psalm 118:24</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Day #4</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">TGIM</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">That's right - TGIM - Thank God It's Monday!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">Why wait 'til Friday to thank Him?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Each day is a gift from Him. And if Monday for you means up early and off to work for the start of a new week, you have an extra measure of thanks to give - because you are one of the 88% or so US citizens who HAVE a job to go to!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">I do thank the Lord for the job I have. I remember 10 years ago, I had been working temporary jobs for a couple of years and had finally landed an entry level mail room job in the government. The pay was sooo looooww, I cried when I saw my first paycheck after deductions. How was I going to send my daughter to college when my gross salary for one year was less than her tuition and room and board? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">But the Lord provided a way. Not only did Tiana attend and graduate from college, but so did her brother and sister right after her. </span><br />
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Soon after I began my entry level job (with benefits!), I landed a job with another branch of the government that was more suited to my skill level and I was able to more than double my income in a very short time. It all started when I missed my bus one day and was late for work. On the later bus, I met a fellow bus patron who I hadn't seen for a few years and we chatted. She told me she had applied for this job and they were still taking applications. In fact, that day was the deadline to apply for the civil service test. She just "happened" to have a copy of the flyer with her. I jotted down the phone number and the rest is history. I sincerely love my job, even with the challenges (read - frustrations and stress) that come with it. If I hadn't missed my bus that day 9 years ago, I wouldn't be where I am now. Tell me MY God doesn't work things out for the better to those who trust in Him! <br />
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When people are curious as to why I love my job, I tell them it beats the unemployment line, and at least I work for the U.S. Government and don't have to be paid to carry a gun and have people shooting at me in a foreign land! Most of all, it was, and continues to be, a gift from God!<br />
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TGIM!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">(Lord, help me to appreciate the Mondays as well as the Fridays, Sundays and all the days in between!)</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #990000;">Be thankful to Him, and bless His name."</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #990000;">~Psalm 100:4 </span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">DAY #3</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I am thankful for the freedom of Worship</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I had a wonderful worship and praise time at church today. From the brisk walk to church, to the sweet prayer time and diving into God's Word with my Sunday School class, the Children's Choir, the Praise Team, Pastor's message and generally being in the presence of my church family as we worshiped Jesus Christ as LORD gives me much cause to be thankful for that freedom.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">An international publication - "Voice of the Martyrs" cited there were more Christians persecuted for their faith in the 20th Century than the past 2000 years combined since Christ walked the earth. On a Sunday such as this, there are many, many Christians who are forced to worship Jesus in secret. Being "discovered" with even the possession of a Bible can, and does, result in everything from ostracization from family, bodily harm, arrest and imprisonment, loss of job, home and even loss of life. Fellow believers meet "underground" in Iraq, Iran, China, Indonesia, Turkey, India, and many, many other places.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I am very thankful for the freedom of religion this country affords, that I can own many Bibles and attend church and speak the name of Christ without fear. </span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Lord, help me to appreciate the freedoms I've been given and the opportunities to worship all Your works and Your name. That I am allowed to approach Your throne at any time and You are alway available to me. Never let me take that for granted. Also, keep a burden on my heart to pray for fellow believers around the world who make up the "Church" -universal who are being persecuted. </span></em><br />
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And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. <br />
~Colossians 3:15<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The well-know theologian Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714) was robbed on his way home one night and he wrote the following in his journal as to why he was thankful in that situation:<br />
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He wrote he was thankful because...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"1) This was the 1st time I had been robbed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2) My money was taken but not my life!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3) The robber took all of my money - and it wasn't much.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4) I was the one being robbed, and not the one doing the robbing."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I am in the habit each morning when I get up, I jump out of my bed and raise my arms and say, </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Good Morning, Lord!!"</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I will add</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"Thank you, Lord!!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: small;">as I remember all of His goodness. The fact that He allowed me to wake up another day is enough reason to give thanks. </span><br />
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I have another reason to give thanks in particular. I have had acute Rheumatoid Arthritis for the past 20 plus years. I had to use a cane for 18 years and was told at the age of 32 that I'd be wheelchair bound by 40. (I have a 32 year old son - so I've far surpassed that milestone ;-) ) As RA treatments became more and more advanced around the turn of century, I was able to function fairly normally, but mornings, especially during extreme seasonal changes as we have in Cleveland, were extremely painful. Some days I literally could not get out of bed for the pain. <br />
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But, God went even further. 3 years ago I had a knee replacement and within a few months I was able to walk fairly normal and put away my cane! Praise the Lord! Thank you Jesus!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #990000;">"Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, 'I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.' I</span><span style="color: #990000;">mmediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. " ~Luke 5:23-25</span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"></span> <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Not a day goes by that I don't catch myself walking (sometimes even jogging) here and there, and I think to myself "how amazing is THAT!"<br />
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Yes, I tend to live a little more thankfully than most, but I could never thank the Lord enough for what He has done in my life.<br />
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</span>Lord, help me to live a life with such a sense of thankfulness, like that of Matthew Henry.<br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></span>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-3689909447882661292010-12-03T23:27:00.002-05:002010-12-04T11:20:45.201-05:0030 Days of Thankfulness Day#1<span style="color: #990000;">"in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DAY #1</span><br />
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I've decided to live a thankful life. <br />
Now, I generally live thankfully. There are many things - so many things in my life that I have to be thankful for. I am thankful for friends - whether I know them in person, or if they are my cyber-friends. Relyn and Sharon both expressed their concern for me when I didn't blog for months. It's nice to be missed!<br />
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I am thankful for the change in seasons in Cleveland. Yesterday was the first day I felt I needed to wear boots and my "big" coat. It didn't really snow then, but today we had a little more snow that covered the grassy areas. I don't know why it is, but snow - at this time of year - makes me smile. I was on Public Square at 6:45 am this morning taking pictures of the Christmas lights as the snow came down. I was thankful for the new gloves I bought yesterday that have the fingers cut off of them and a retractable "flap" so I can do things with my hands (like snap pictures in the snow) and keep them warm at the same time.<br />
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What better time to reflect on things to be thankful for then the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's. You are welcomed to join me on this adventurous journey!<br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-86857991215000906552010-05-19T23:40:00.000-04:002010-05-19T23:40:45.615-04:00My Portable Junque Journal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last month, I began an "altered" notebook to record my thoughts, ideas, art info and other items of interest, that I could carry around with me everywhere I went. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over the past few weeks I've been altering pages and adding to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I learned the "technical" name is "Junque Journal". </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few of the pages I have completed:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-47039850080919867972010-05-04T21:32:00.006-04:002010-05-05T21:06:45.740-04:003 Things That Made Me Happy Today!!!<div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yes, I am Proud to be a Clevelander!</div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Earlier today, as I was surfing YouTube during my lunch break, I ran across a video about doing art on the run by an artist from Chicago. As I watched the video, I suddenly recognized clues to the fact that he was in Cleveland while he drew! </div></div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I was elated! Yay! That's my city... </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Terminal Tower (AKA Tower City) - </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Westside Market - RTA- </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Public Square </div></div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yay!!!</div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div align="center">Then, after work I went to Curves to work out. Afterward I had 45 minutes to kill before my bus came, so I had to make a decision..</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Starbucks..... or</div><div align="center">Whole Foods?</div><div align="center">I chose Whole Foods (because it was closer) </div><div align="center">and walk into a cooking demostration with delicious bean salad, hummas and vegetarian wraps!<br />
Yum! Healthy - tasty - and free!<br />
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<div align="center">Ahhh ... Flash Mobs....</div><div align="center">I think flash mobs are great! </div><div align="center">(despite what my daughters' say ;-))</div><div align="center">...And it's a special treat when it takes place in the land of the Buckeyes - Ohio State U</div><div align="center">All and all a great day!!!</div><div align="center"><><</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-47793884428116171252010-04-21T23:30:00.000-04:002010-04-21T23:30:52.505-04:0050 Things I Like About Spring...<div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">You may ask,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">"Why are you writing about Spring </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">a month after the fact.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Well, in Cleveland,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">March 21 is sort of a "pre-spring"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">or </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Springtime Eve</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">By April 21, we're pretty much out of the woods when it comes to Blizzards and such..</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">so here goes...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Heavy coats to the rear of the closet - light jackets to the front!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">open windows for fresh air</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">strawberries are in season</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpxR7bCvipalVd3Xbb5Xtf0ujQqHY1GiUHKy0JGovhvjwD1D2udP46Ol3E5zQ3-qGlJ-29vs-uoDUiO9KRCFoyZiC8ux3z3cTvjDaWBolPLdBXxG3AYCs4Fes1fzK6c_326SIQGd5ODmd/s1600/DSCF5260+(480x640).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpxR7bCvipalVd3Xbb5Xtf0ujQqHY1GiUHKy0JGovhvjwD1D2udP46Ol3E5zQ3-qGlJ-29vs-uoDUiO9KRCFoyZiC8ux3z3cTvjDaWBolPLdBXxG3AYCs4Fes1fzK6c_326SIQGd5ODmd/s320/DSCF5260+(480x640).jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week, spent an afternoon at one of my favorite places - JoAnn's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In their clearance isle, I found a notebook regularly $2.00 marked down 75% to 50cents!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The notebook is 4"x6" and is the perfect size to stash in my bag. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orange/pink with black tectured "felt"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and NO LINES!! YAY!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I divided the notebook into 6 sections; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ideas for Art Journal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ideas for Art Projects</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ideas for my Blog ;-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miscellaneous Ideas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Supplies (needed and craved!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and finally, Health and Exercse - which I'm seriously thinking about keeping a separate notebook for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajh7o3aiygchCH3Zbs_r9nuv1Xou1un6tq2CNPBjLZTZfFBsAvjTQk3NDudWs4FzmscFNWpVFnlterOqqzfv9SLwG3CO_NgeBepz3by16QuWWwkuCkoMT7yyp4x56XBaATtzH-_eDYZgL/s1600/032+(480x640).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajh7o3aiygchCH3Zbs_r9nuv1Xou1un6tq2CNPBjLZTZfFBsAvjTQk3NDudWs4FzmscFNWpVFnlterOqqzfv9SLwG3CO_NgeBepz3by16QuWWwkuCkoMT7yyp4x56XBaATtzH-_eDYZgL/s320/032+(480x640).jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(my first entries under Miscellaneous Art Projects)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRaeCrsfFdQg6B8uQ0tBUzgZcCkormeLyOx248z-dyT-0rzOF8VwwtHUhQ1rpYqQWWsGlObHAo50dlNIrEAGMwKL4uH55yFRscmuv3xDANDAb6vdg96kwwM0UXvUVDjQo4COFViO6RVat/s1600/034+(640x480).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRaeCrsfFdQg6B8uQ0tBUzgZcCkormeLyOx248z-dyT-0rzOF8VwwtHUhQ1rpYqQWWsGlObHAo50dlNIrEAGMwKL4uH55yFRscmuv3xDANDAb6vdg96kwwM0UXvUVDjQo4COFViO6RVat/s320/034+(640x480).jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I "repurposed" some used index tabs I had at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll post my progress on this project!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">And the heavens are the work of Your hands."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">"But God made the earth by his power; </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">he founded the world by his wisdom </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">and stretched out the heavens by his understanding."</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">~Jeremiah 10:12</span><br />
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God is so big... He created ALL this and MORE!!!<br />
Yet...<br />
He loved you and me so much ...<br />
He sent His only Son to die<br />
for our sins on the cross...<br />
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Here's to contemplating the Universe..<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">~ John14:27 </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The last week or so has been very challenging. A week ago Saturday, I worked, leaving me with no weekend. This time of year is extremely hectic and it is very possible to become overwhelmed. On top of that, I had an atc swap that was overdue so I was up way too late Tuesday and Wednesday as I scrambled to create "quality" pieces for the artists as promised. </span><br />
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Thursday, (April Fool's day) as I was sitting in an extremely boring meeting, a sudden feeling swept over me - a feeling that something definitely wasn't ok. My left hand went numb, and then my left arm and my palms were wet with persperation. I thought to myself, "am I having a heart attack or a stroke?" I had a co-worker walk me to the nurse's office, where I discovered my blood pressure had climbed extremely high. Long story short - 911 was called and when they paramedics arrived my blood pressure had risen another 40 points! Off to the hospital I went, ambulence sirens wailing and all!<br />
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As I lay there in the ambulence - by now I was feeling a tightening in my chest - the thought occurred to me that I could see the Lord face to face - even this very day. A strange thing happened. I had such a peace come over me. I was ready - if it were His will. I'd always thought that when faced with death, I would have a laundry list of things I'd regret never doing - travelling - watching my grandson grow up- seeing my new grandchild etc etc. But no, at the end of the day (literally!) those things didn't concern me. I was ready to leave this earth to spend eternity with Jesus. And I knew He would take good care of my children in my absence, even through their mourning.<br />
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Well, I was kept overnight for observation and a barage of tests. I went home the next day with a "clean bill of health" and a renewed motivation to begin living a healthier lifestyle Praise God!!!<br />
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I returned home on Good Friday to meditate on my Savior who cares for me and died for my sins and defeated death 3 days later by arising in victory!!! <br />
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Happy Easter!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Lynnelisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468411958091058091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5530853322627718126.post-56819179141710856322010-03-24T23:28:00.001-04:002010-03-24T23:30:47.389-04:00Missing in Activity<div style="text-align: center;">It's been a while since I've posted - so much so, it's seem to some I've been MIA. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In the past month, we've hosted Felicia, one of the Gospel singers from Cedarville University, for a weekend as the "One Voice" Gospel Choir sang at our church for a concert in February.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I signed up for an on-line Art Journalling class through ArtTrader.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the front and back covers I made for my journal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ and considering this is the peak time of the year for me at work.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's no wonder I've been MIA (Missing in Activity)!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/386/0C1315A2A0EEBBF540B1A18F776DBEC1.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div><br />
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