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The reason I didn’t post on time is because of a health thing… that only happens once a month for women, but has been causing problems the last couple years for me.

So I went to sleep and completely forgot.

Sorry!

I am blessed and thankful to God for my blessings.

I’ve been praying and asking for help financially and not only did I get a raise this year, but I was also promoted.

That means I’ve been able to do some pretty cool things this year. Including donating to Helene survivors.

In addition to the pads from Sam’s, I also found some fantastic throws and blankets at Ollie’s. Not what I went out for, but certainly a much needed item with the temps going down now.

A good chunk of what I donated I already had. I’d started filling backpacks with things like socks, underwear, toothbrushes, etc… and planned to donate to a local shelter.

However, I kept forgetting to email the church and ask them for help. (I had really been wanting to donate to domestic abuse shelters, both for men and women, but for obvious reasons that kind of information isn’t readily available on Google.)

The Minnie Mouse suitcase I filled up last year and then couldn’t find the info I needed to donate it. Guess there’s a reason that didn’t happen.

I had to crop the picture because there were people in it that I hadn’t asked permission to post. They were volunteers helping a Plato’s Closet sort the donations.

The owner and a manager collected from 4 different sites and had partnered with Morgan Steel and Cooper Moving to get the donations to North Carolina.

An absolutely ENORMOUS thank you to Collierville Plato’s Closet!

If y’all haven’t yet, volunteers are still taking donations and a lot are active on social media letting people know what’s still needed.

This, and the Wyoming fires, shouldn’t be swept under the rug just because time passes and there’s celebrity drama.

Please don’t forget that it’s regular people who have made the most difference in this circumstances. Helping each other is a command from God for a reason.

Thank you and I’ll see y’all next week!

Check this out!

Last month a local animal shelter I volunteer with posted that they needed more dog toys and asked if anyone had old ones they’d be willing to donate.

Y’all know me.(or do you?🤔)

I took the opportunity to check out the dollar store and they had some really good stuff!

This is about $100 worth of dog toys. There are some ball two-packs underneath and some squeaky toys too, don’t worry!

The pill bottles you see are all empty (labels taken off ofc) and ready to go. Some animal shelters take these as donations to help with medications for fosters and such.

Which is a great idea if you ask me! I initially was only using RX bottles and then I realized that regular Tylenol bottles would work too so I expanded!

I am still doing Toys for Tots (never gonna stop!), but I’ve had some fantastic ideas lately and it looks like my philanthropic endeavors will be expanding.

Considering how much I enjoy doing stuff like this I’m pretty sure this is my Gift.

If you didn’t know, Paul talked about Gifts that God gives us. Some people have the gift of leading, some prophesying, and some giving (there are more btw).

That was a very cool thing to find out.

Till next week!

I guess it’s more Bible-ish then study, but I just finished 2 Thessalonians and I have to wonder if Paul actually knew when the second coming would be.

Maybe not the exact date, if only because of the change in how we do our years, but he knew the signs that would precede Christ’s coming again.

The signs, however, are somewhat vague and could actually apply to several moments and people throughout history since then. My study Bible mentioned Tom Davies, a British writer, suggested the TV was the ‘lawlessness one’ since it advocated for violence so easily.

An interesting take if you don’t believe the ‘lawlessness one’ is a person instead of a thing. Except for the fact that Paul actually says ‘man of lawlessness’ so I’m not sure why the writer would think an inanimate object was what Paul was talking about.

Unless there are different translations or the understanding of the language has changed since then. It doesn’t give a date for Tom Davies, though I’m sure I could look it up.

Anyways, I’ve said it once and twice and a few more times! Reading my Bible as an adult is fascinating!

Till next time my peeps!

Exciting crafty things! I bought one of those crystal art kits (it was on sale for $5) because it was a unicorn…and cheap.

I mentioned it was $5 right?

Anyways, I’d seen those around since covid when it became popular, but had too many crafty things at home to do so never bought one.

Y’all.

It’s a cross-stitch in another form.

SO mindless, with repetitive movements and different colors to work one at a time.

Loved it!

My back hurt a little until I stopped slouching, but that’s my bad.

Here are the pics! (I actually got them this time!)

It’s a little hard to see, but I’m working on the second color here. The leftover from the first color is in the tiny bottle (I’ve since bought a different crystal keeper) and the color I was working on is in the little lasagna pan.

They escape too easily and I found that a slightly larger container made it easier to grab them with the applicator. It also made it easier to shake them right side up.

After taking a supper break, I ended up finishing this in about 3hrs. Give or take.

I was really happy when I finished because it was so mindless I just let myself zone out. Cleansing the mental pallet, as it were.

I don’t know about other kits, but this particular crystal one has a built in stand on the back you just pull out and slot into place.

This is now sitting on top of a bookshelf. Once I get my new bookshelves and things get reorganized for space, I’ll make sure to place it in a shelf with a unicorn book.

I actually don’t think I have any at the moment.

Thankfully!

Sherrilyn (Kenyon) McQueen has a new series coming out that does in fact have unicorns as main characters so I’ll be good!

Ta for now!!

Obviously I forgot to make a post for today. Some family things came up. Everyone is okay, but it made for a prioritization of my memory bank and apparently the post was one of the things to get knocked down the list.

Sorry!

Okay, now it’s getting a little hard to keep track of people.

Specifically the disciples.

Many of them were given new names by Jesus (I believe it was to signify their change) and obviously that’s cool, but I’m in Acts now.

I knew about Saul being renamed (he’s just a tad famous), but then there’s Peter who used to be called Simon and he also goes by Simon Peter…

I’m having to go back a few sentences or chapters to keep track of them at the moment.

Making for an interesting read though!

See ya next week!

More of a small rant I suppose.

I’m in the book of Luke now and so I’ve got a good bit of reading under my belt.

What’s interesting and a little sad (might not be the right word I’m looking for) is that the Israelites for a time literally had God living among them. Moses himself talked to God.

A lot!

Throughout their entire history the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews had a direct line to God.

And they still took it for granted.

Jesus literally grew up with them. Talked to them. Attended weddings (the wine at the end was delicious I hear 😉).

And they didn’t believe.

He made blind people see. Paralyzed people healthy. Made the lame walk.

IN FRONT OF WITNESSES!!

And they still didn’t believe He was the Messiah.

I think the sad part is that even if Jesus came down today and did the same thing, there would still be Christians that didn’t believe.

They’d argue scripture with Him. They’d try to trick Him with questions. And, ultimately, they’d try to get Him killed.

I’m sure you’re thinking (especially since this is the US of A) that they’d just try to get Him put in jail instead.

I disagree based solely on the fact that people in this day have no problem wishing a complete stranger would die. It’s not just on social media either, you know you’ve seen videos of people walking past someone with a sign they don’t like and yelling that they wish they’d just die and stop bothering other people.

The words and situation may be different, but I’m not wrong.

Hindsight is 20/20 and Christians today no doubt have trouble understanding how God’s chosen people could not only ignore, but crucify Jesus.

Wouldn’t we have acted differently? If only Jesus came in physical form again, we would certainly believe Him and never let anything bad happen to Him like the Jews did right?

Nope.

Jesus would still die for us though.

Reading the Bible as an adult is fascinating and I am thoroughly enjoying myself! Not sure how studying the Bible actually works cause it seems pretty straightforward so far (with a few exceptions), but I am certainly learning!

Until next week!

My mama and I have gotten to season 9 which is when the Ori show up.

We aren’t too many episodes in when I start seeing the similarities between them and the Alterans.

Both have no actual regard for humans.

Both see humans as inferior, but useful on occasion.

Both use technology to gain cooperation in a manner that’s harmful (the Ori for belief and Alterans for experimentation).

I’m just saying y’all.

Having a great time though!

I hadn’t intended to do a big crafty thing today but things happened and this was actually the easiest craft to do.

Got this puppet holder from work when a new one came in, but it was several inches too big and I would have kept stubbing my toes. You can see the two sides that aren’t cut and the two I did before remembering I was supposed to take pics.

The hardest part was making a scored line the saw could nest in. Aggravating!

Once the teeth were completely beneath the top it got way easier! Not a lot of effort was needed at all!

I decided to time myself because it don’t feel very long but apparently it took me about half an hour for each side! 2 hrs to cut this down isn’t half bad!

Completely cut!

Rough edges will not do!

So nice and sanded.

Finished product!

Getting into my closet isn’t the easiest due to my rearranging and I’d been hanging my work shirts on my bedroom door knob for months to make it easier.

I didn’t like that because it looked tacky and felt wrong somehow.

Don’t ask me how.

Anyways, when this was going to be thrown away my boss said I could have it(so long as I took it that night!).

It didn’t occur to me until the next day that I could have dismantled it and put it in my car…

I put the seats down and shoved it in instead.

I like it! I may have to do some glow in the dark painting, but not now.

Ciao!