A Penny For Your Thoughts

 So our world right now is crazy weird to be honest.  We are still quarantined to a degree, I am still working from home.  Most things are still closed or operating under restricted guidelines.  I was finally able to see my Doctor and have an out patient surgery scheduled for later this week that will hopefully resolve some health issues I have been dealing with for a long time.  More on that another time....  Now, our country is dealing with riots and racial unrest.  I know that as a white woman in a small rural community I am not dealing with it like others nation wide but the effects are still far reaching.  I still feel the hurt and pain of a world that is turning on itself.  I am seeing uncertainty and fear manifesting in my own life because of what the country is experiencing and what potentially it could begin to experience as the consequences of what is currently happening.  A fallen economy, no safety, people and families i...

So what is your life like right now? We live in one of the states that has issued a soft shut down.  We are allowed to go to the grocery store, doctor, gas stations, and anything essential. Only professions deemed "essential" are going to work but other professions such as mine are encouraged to work from home or in some cases, not at all.  Actually, you are not really given a choice about that. My girls are not in school.  We are doing school work from home but I don't feel I can really call it homeschooling.  They are old enough that they are just doing the assignments on their own and I am just the enforcer.   One of the gals is due with a baby in the next week.  This Grams doesn't get to be at the hospital due to the restrictions and now not even the parking lot because of shut down.  I know God is in control and the kids will do fine on their own but me and the other Grandmother just want to be able to support them.  U...

I hope everyone has had an amazing week.  I have had a super busy one, a little stressful, but I made it to Friday! This is what is going on here.... Listening.... to the sound of myself typing (no background noise right now, that is uncommon) Loving.... that the fall colors decided to show up this week.  Now it feels like Fall to me. Thinking.... about buying a new pair of tall boots but trying to decide if I want black or brown.  Not buying both. Wanting.... to feel caught up with life.  I know this will never happen, but I need to get semi caught up, my stress level is through the roof. Needing... a maid, a lawn person, a handy man, a life coach, lol Planning.... on making some potato soup this weekend. I LOVE potato soup and tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, so it will taste even better.  Here is to wishing everyone a great weekend and a great upcoming week!

Today is Tuesday and you know what that means..... Yeah, me either.  I don't know why but I have always sang that line on Tuesday mornings.  I don't know if it really comes from a song but for some reason it comes to my mind on Tuesdays.  If you know the answer to that crazy question, comment below. Today it is  60 degrees and feels cold after the past week of over 100 degrees.  Even I got too hot.  That is usually not possible for this cold blooded gal.   Work today consists of paperwork, home visits, and then we have our first cheer practice for the upcoming year.  I have recruited a previous cheerleader to help since we only have one returning girl and an all new squad to teach cheers to.  As busy as cheer season is, because it is a 6-7 month commitment, I do love it and get excited when it begins.   So, I had fallen off the cooking bandwagon, pretty much for a year (maybe more if honest),  and have jus...

Happy Friday! How is it that every time I say I am ready to start blogging again, it seems to be a year before the next entry..... Life, that is how that happens.  I am on a crazy hamster wheel right now and a spare minute tends to get allotted to social media or a nap.  Could I carve out more time to blog? Maybe, probably, but I am not going to feel guilty about it. What I do feel guilty about is how I keep saying I am going to get my life out of crazy mode and somehow stay in it.  That is why I have been doing some self discovery.  Who is Penny, what are her passions, what are her goals, and also what are her values?  I often think I know the answer to these questions but then something happens and I realize that they are not as black and white as I originally thought.  There is almost always a back story to everything.   Anyway.... this is how life looks right now. Currently.... Listening to Lucy's phone (a game ...

So to say our life is in a season of change would be a gross understatement. Who are we?  Parents, grandparents, middle aged? Yes... all of those and so much more. What defines us? What we do, what we believe, who we hang with? Yes... but what else? I Don’t Know!   Everyday I feel we peel a new layer off as a family, a couple, and as individuals. I say We because this post is more than just about me, it is about My People too.  My husband and I no longer look like who we started out as 19 years ago. Physically, mentally, or spiritually.   My family no longer looks like our nuclear shell.  Husbands, fiancés, children.  What have we learned? How has life shaped us? How has God refined us? This blog is taking a turn, I hope you follow along to hear about who we are, where we were, where we are going.  What we believe,’what are our goals, what God is showing us.  It is through Bible Study,  prayer, and experience that I have come to a place where...

I am going to offend some, will probably be misunderstood as being self-righteous, and a host of other things that emotions will stir within. However, my intent is to make people think, especially Christians.  My intent is also to use a scared straight approach.... so let us begin. What is Grace? I believe Grace is given and received by those who acknowledge and believe we are humans who make stupid mistakes, feel regret, desire to do better, desire to BE better. I mess up All The Time. When I do, I know it. The Holy Spirit convicts me. I feel bad, I feel guilty, I feel shame.   God sent Jesus so that I don’t have to stay there in those emotions. Jesus gave me a get out of jail free card to let that go, move on, do better. He knows I am human, I can be deceived by the world and by my own desires. I am not God. That in a nutshell is Grace. I am also convicted to fear God. I have not been given a Get into Heaven Free card.  While my entry is not based on works, it ...