Too Cold To Do Anything, BUT that's Ok!!

         

Hello!!!!

     I am so with GRATITUDE for living in the South!! I couldn't take these brutal cold temps like the Northerners do. Y'all can have it!! I love to look at snow pictures but not the cold. I'm also grateful for our heaters and blankets and the deer chili that we will have for lunch.  I'm also thankful for the deer that our grandson, Lyrik killed. It was his first!! So proud of him!!! I'm also thankful for cardinals!! They're my favorite bird!! 

  I think there are some days, such as today,  that it's just too cold to do anything!! I even feel like my brain is in a frozen state.

      Flylady, a.k.a. Marla Cilley, has a daily habit for each month of the year. The habit for January is SHINE YOUR SINK. I don't have but a few dirty dishes in the sink, so I'll wait to wash then with lunch dishes,  then shine my sink. I need to bleach my sink soon, but just a regular cleaning will work for now. 

        I also make up our bed every morning. That is one of my personal habits. That will have to wait too because my precious granddaughter is laying in it right now.  They didn't have school today because of the winter weather. She got up real early this morning so she's napping right now. I cleaned up our house yesterday so I can be lazy without feeling guilty.  Ha!! 

        What are you doing on this extremely cold day? I hope you'll enjoy God's beauty and praise Him, for HE is so wonderful!! 

     Have a blessed day,

      Vickie

My Focus Word For 2024 Is!!!

 My Focus Word For 2024 Is.....

                            GRATITUDE.                        "This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24. KJV

        I believe the Lord wants me to focus on the word and attitude of GRATITUDE this year. I'm such a complainer and I think that displeases God. I want to be the person God created me to be and I hope you do too. I don't want to be a complainer. I want to be joyful at all times. 

        I get very agitated and ungrateful when cleaning and organizing our house and yard. I also feel overwhelmed.  Actually, I'm very thankful (gratitude) for our house and home, just not at the condition it's in. That's my fault, not God's.The Lord has touched my heart a lot lately about my attitudes. Of course, many times I haven't acted like it. Sorry, Jesus. I'm a work in progress! I want to clean our house for you,  Lord, and noone else. I use the Flylady system. She's awesome!! If you've never heard of her or tried to use her method, you need to!!! Here's her website....http://flylady.net/      

       I plan to blog about Gratitude and House/Home Cleaning and Organizing this year. I will post at least twice a week.  I will share ideas that I've learned and used. I also use other sources too. I need all the help I can get!! Ha! If you , my readers, would like to share ideas, and/or want me to blog about anything in particular,  such as Removing Stains From Clothing or Organizing The Kitchen, please DO SO!  I want to help others  through my blog, but I very seldom get comments. I don't know if I'm helping, if I don't hear from you!!! 

     I'm extremely grateful for my Mama, Sylvia Carpenter,  for teaching me how to take care of my home, when I was growing up. Mama, you probably didn't think I was listening, watching, or paying attention, but I was!! I did the same for my children. Again,  THANKYOU, Mama!!   But I realize some people didn't have that , growing up,  and I want to help you. If you were fortunate to have that though, feel free to share. We can all learn from each other!! 

     Well, one of Flylady's first chores are , SHINE YOUR SINK!! I can't do that with dirty dishes, so I'm about to get dressed and get busy with that!! Yeah, these freezing mornings slow me down. Ugh

      Oh yeah, before I close, I want to add that I'm planning to start creating a Gratitude Journal.  Crafting is one of my passions so I'll be crafty and thankful at the same time! Can't beat that! Ha!!

     Have a blessed day and Happy Cleaning!! Also,  get prepared for our upcoming winter storm Monday-Tuesday!

Love y'all!!!

Vickie Berryhill 

God Is My Strength

 

Goodmorning and Happy New Year, 4 days late!! I hope your year has started out great!  Mine has been very hectic but God is my strength, so I WILL persevere!! Some days I feel like I'm drowning. But, thankfully God is my lifeguard. So, even though I may feel like I'm drowning,  God won't let me, because I'm HIS child. Satan is at play with my family and I, during this time, which it appears that he is at play with our whole country. Have faith!! God's grace, strength, and so much more is what keeps me going. I admit that sometimes I just want to throw in the towel, but I'm not!  I'm not going to tell what our storm or giant is. God knows and He is bigger than our storm! If the guilty ones read this post, just know that God is working on YOU daily, that many are praying for you, and that even though we hate what you've done, and may still be doing, we are all still hurting and praying for you. 

      I've had many heartaches through the years, but what we're going through now, is the worst. I feel like my heart has been shattered in pieces. I'm constantly having to let go of anger in my heart towards certain people.  But I'm praying for the ones responsible and for the pain the rest of us are carrying around. The guilty just don't realize or care, that their actions affect the whole family and close friends. I'm also so thankful for your help, encouragement and prayers!! God sends you our way daily!! Well, I'm gonna close for now because I have tons of work to do, as I'm sure you do too. Keep the FAITH too!! 

I'm So Thankful!!

  

                       

  God is so great!!!! I have so much that I thank God for everyday, and not just on Thanksgiving Day. The most important thing I'm thankful for is my salvation, through Jesus!! If I started naming off everything here, I'd be here a long time. Ha!  But I will name a few...my Bible and relationship with Jesus,  my family, friends,  church family, and my health. God is helping me reach my weight loss goal so I can be even healthier.  I'm feeling great!! Yes, I've had some emotional bumps in the road lately, but God got us though it and still guiding.  I'm starting to make me a Gratitude Journal so I can be artsy and thankful even more. I love each of you, my readers, and hope that you are thankful as well. 

Wrath Is Messing Me Up

               

      Goodmorning, Friends and Family!! This week started out rough, but God is in control! The easy part is trusting Him but the hard part is being patient for His timing.  The constant situation has made me very angry (wrath) and messing me up. It's making me veer off course alittle from my eating habits the last 2 days. Thankfully, it's not a lot, but I'm getting back On track today. I've worked too hard to let anger (Satan) continue to do this. 

       I'm not going to say what's causing my anger because it's private. I just pray it stops NOW!  If the guilty ones read this, JUST KNOW THIS.....your actions are highly affecting the ones you love and I'm sick and tired of it!! I'm praying for you and trying my best to let go of my anger, but I'm having a hard time. Please pray for me. Satan sure loves preying on me but I'm in God's Army, not his.  

       If you'd like to leave a comment here,  please do so. I need encouragement as well as prayers. I hope ya'll have a blessed week.

Love,

Vickie 

Making Progress!!

   I finally got started on my Fallcleaning house project. My husband and I tackled our bathroom first because the floor desperately needed repaired and new tile. I'm so in love with our new tile!!

  So after our very talented son, Joshua, fixed the floor and laid the new tile, I got busy dejunking, deepcleaning,, and organizing the bathroom.  I haven't found the window curtains I want, but I'm still looking.  I'm very pleased with our bathroom now!! That's why I haven't posted recently.  Been too busy!! Family helped but God led us!! 

      This week, I've been visiting family.  I needed a rest from housework but gonna head home today and get started on living room and dejunking the house. I'm on a roll!! Ha! 

       My Intermittent Fasting is still going great! I've lost 17.5 pounds so far so halfway to my goal!! But that's not the best part..... I'm wearing Small size clothes now!!! I'm elated!!!! Again, God is still leading me!!  

        Hope y'all have a blessed day and weekend!  

Love y'all!!!

God Fights Our Battles

                               

                 God Fights Our Battles

     The Lord has been inspiring me what to write for this week's post. So here goes.....Someone I know dearly has been having battles torment them and their family a lot. I'm not gonna give names in respect to their privacy.  They have seen a lot of bad times. There's been depression and lots of anger to hit. Satan has been having a party at their place. It's time they let God fight this battle.  I'm sure they would say they have been.  But have they really? I know personally,  that if I don't give my battles,  and I mean 100% of my battles, to the Lord, I don't do well either.  I pray they will!!!!

                       

          The picture above is a stick that I found on my driveway as I was out walking this week. When I saw it, I thought of David's slingshot,  that he used to defeat Goliath. Well, he may have had the weapon in his hand BUT God was with David and fought his battle for him. David trusted God completely.  God will fight your battles too, my family and friends! 

      When I started trying to lose weight recently,  my battle started but I gave it to God. Because of that,  I've lost 12 pounds and still losing. Thankyou, God!!!. My house Fall Cleaning is my present Goliath (battle). But I'm now trusting God completely to fight this battle.  I'm very embarrassed at  my house condition. This is gonna change NOW!!  I've been working at it for years but not trusting God with it completely.  I DO NOW!!  I'm also gonna get organized too.  I'm using Marla Cilley's, aka Flylady,  housecleaning method.  She's really good. Go check her out...  http://www.flylady.net.    

      So, what's your battle? Give it to God now!! You'll be glad and peaceful if you do!! 

  Have a blessed day!!

Vickie