Missy's Moments

Thinking of the cabin, the lake, peace, family time, warm sunshine, cabin games waiting for the rain to pass, bugs , water, fires. Always grateful when I swim in the memories of the lake.

  I opened my patio door this morning and looked just east and saw this: And then I glanced just up in front of me to the south and saw this: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23

I love my co-workers. They are friends that I happen to work with. Today I woke up with a headache- nothing more than the usual. I took something and headed off to work. By 9:15 I felt like someone was poking my right eye out. My co-workers friends found me a replacement for the afternoon and set me on my way home to crawl into bed and sleep it off. The gift of comfort was much needed and provided. The gift of trust- Sammy boy needed a ear and a shoulder and he trusted me to be both tonight. The gift of being appreciated- Eric isn't one to rant about food so when he does I know I've done something big. Not really it was just dinner but He sure made sure I knew how much he enjoyed it tonight. He knew his mama needed some love and words of affirmation are my love language :)

1. In my bag- that's kind of a loaded question depending on what female you ask. Once you become a mom there really is no end to the things one might find in a purse and/or diaper bag. I had to think a bit about a "gift" in my bag. There's lots of useful items in my bag. A wallet, glasses, cough drops, a manicure set compliments of my new dentist (if you want a referral let me know and you to can have a new manicure set for your purse). Kleenex- hopefully not used. Not to often to you actually see cash in my bag but on a good day there may be a couple of quarters. Really it's all a gift . I am blessed to have a wallet with access to money for needs and/or wants. I got to go to the dentist and have my teeth cleaned and taken care of in order to get that manicure set. Having cough drops and Kleenex where and when I need it is something I don't even have to think about. All my basics needs and them some are met and most of it fits in a little black 31 bag that I

I went the whole day not knowing what was on today's list.... oh the curiosity just about killed the cat! I paid special attention to just about everything as to not miss any potential gifts! Well the something I'm reading is actually a surprise gift. I heard somewhere that a new autobiography that was out was really a good read. Funny I have no idea where I heard it, I may have even seen something on the Today Show.... who knows..... I decided to go ahead and have it delivered to my kindle and instantly I was drawn into it. There hasn't hardly been a page that I haven't thought to myself "I could have written this". I'm just over 1/2 way done with it and I'm sure shortly I will not be able to say "I could have written this" because her son grows into the heart of every tween and teen girl in America and even though Sam sports a pretty handsome shirt and tie combo with his jeans and is playing Ode to Joy on his guitar pretty well he's n

I am tired tonight- I have a razor blade like feeling in my throat and it's been a long day but I find joy in thinking about these things so it will be short and sweet. 20-A old gift today would have to be my Father in Law. We went up to see him today. He is failing. It is hard to see him look so ill and not excited to beat me up in a game of cribbage. He has been with us a lot longer than doctors told us 20 months ago. Bob isn't a touchy feelings kind of guy but for quite some time I know when I see him he loves me and I know he knows I love him. Praying for his comfort tonight and thanking God for the gift of Bob in my life. 21-My new classroom arrangement. It's just working, clicking, movin and groovin. And that my friends makes for a good day when you're a little on the obsessive side when it comes to having an organized flow. :) 22. A gift that is blue- easy peezy. My blue snuggli blanket

Golly- I thought for sure this one was going to be an easy one. I overhear so many conversations in a day with all the cuteness I hang out with. I hear kids say the darnest things all. day. long . Not today Here is what stood out to me today. 17. Our Tues/Thur classes missed their birthday party for Jesus b/c of a snow day before break. This party must happen that's all there is to it. We also had a theme to get in this week and only 2.5 hours to  do it all in- so we had a little magnet birthday party (magnets was our theme). It went great- we had the kids make their gifts for mom and dad, we had cake and ice cream and sang happy birthday, wore birthday hats, played with a ton of magnet letters, books, blocks, even magnet painting AND we made a magnet craft. That's right people we rocked it. (I have the baggy  eyes to prove it) At the end of the 2.5 hours we hand out our present to the kids and then they are dismissed. It was a good start to the day and we still had ou

I pulled out of my driveway this morning with my Joy Dare  hunt in mind. My first thought was "oh it's cloudy and gloomy and COLD- it's going to be hard to find a gift outside today" I know I was starting off with a positive attitude from the get go huh? Well thankfully I thought I should try and I figured the outside gift would come at recess or leaving work. What gift was waiting for me outside...... (you know because I deserve one with my chipper mood at this point) And then. I turned the corner onto a seeming boring every day street and suddenly I was amazed at the way everything looked like it had been painted a beautiful clean white. The roof tops, the tree tops, and not just the tree tops but the whole tree, branches trunk and all. It all looked so beautiful. I wanted to stop and take a picture but I'm fairly certain I couldn't have captured what I was seeing. Silly me- not even five minutes into my Joy Dare and my outside gift was right th

1. "sorry mom I almost forgot I should offer to help" 2. "Missy is even more of a doer than I am...if you can believe that!" 3. The third thing today isn't a quote from anyone but rather a thought I had in the car. As we're driving home from dinner and the boys were picking at each other and bickering back and forth I thought to myself 'they may drive me crazy but I would miss that constant picking if it wasn't there", I thought about the mom who lost her 12 year old son last year and how he and his brother probably picked at one another and how much they would all give to hear that today. Even the bickering is a gift.

New Year's Day- ahhh why is it I feel like I can do just about anything New Year's Day and by 8am Jan. 2nd I'm ready to throw in the towel and resort back to my old ways?!? I'm not one for making resolutions- I think I used to be. Or I think I thought I used to be. I may have even blogged about it in the past. I'm sure I've come up with creative cute ways to trick myself into believing I haven't set any resolutions- for instance renaming them. In fact I think one year I even said my resolution was not to set any resolutions. Well as you can see with my 30 day photo challenge that is only on day 9, 60 days after I started it. Or my 1000 Gifts list that made it a whole whopping 7 days, or my diets that typically only last as long as it takes to get comfy again in my clothes to prevent shopping for bigger sizes or my morning quiet times that vary depending on the day and to-do list or the books I have started reading only to get distracted by another book t