Dad’s Day

Spent some time with my two favorite dads today… celebrating them!  We are so very blessed to have them in our lives every single day taking great care of all of us.  Scott isn’t half bad either lol. JK all these great men pour into my kids and I love them for it🥰

Successful Repair

T’s surgery went as well as expected. He will get stitches out next week.

Big Night Out

We hit the town for a 4 hour concert last night!  We saw Loverboy, REO Speedwagon, and Styx all in one big rock concert. It was super fun hanging out with Tina and Chris, and Cindy and Dale all evening for lots of great music and fun. We all had a fantastic night! We may be getting old, but we still know how to have some fun lol.

Happiness is a Choice

 “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)

Fretting and fighting over the small stuff will always cause you to lose your happiness.

This is a hard habit to break because people are negative by nature and conditioned by culture.  Ever since Adam and Eve, we have been going around excusing and accusing. We excuse ourselves for the mistakes we make, and we also accuse everybody else for our mistakes.

We say, “If I just had a different spouse, then I’d be happy. If I had just never gotten married, then I’d be happy. If I just had children, then I’d be happy. If my children would leave home, then I would be happy.”

That’s “when and then” thinking. But you are as happy as you choose to be! You can’t blame anybody else for your unhappiness because happiness is a choice. You have to stop excusing and accusing; you have to stop fretting and fighting over the small stuff.

The Bible says, “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure” (Philippians 2:14-15 NIV).

Those may be some of the most difficult verses in the Bible. But the scariest verse in the Bible to me is Matthew 12:36, where Jesus says, “And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said” (NCV).  

That ought to send shivers up your spine. How many times have you complained, grumbled, or argued about something when you shouldn’t have been sweating the small stuff? The first law of life is this: Don’t sweat the small stuff.  Law number two is this: It’s almost all small stuff!

The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (NIV).

Study after study has shown that gratitude is the healthiest attitude.

What do you have to be thankful for? Remember, no matter what is going on in your life, God is always with you, God is always in you, and God is always for you.

That’s cause for gratitude, not grumbling.

Instead of Grumbling, Give Thanks

By Rick Warren — 06/17/2022

Betty’s Big Day

We made a little stop to wish Betty a Happy Birthday! Her first one without Frank so I’m sure it was bittersweet. Hope that slice of cake made it a little happier:)

More Plants

Managed a few more bushes, few bags of mulch, and even some pinestraw put out this am. Phew it was hot!

Party Night

We hit the big city of Woodstock for a night on the town. Started at Mexican, then took in a little improv comedy show, then toured some of the outside bars, ended the night at Waffle House… where apparently T and L are famous lol. So much fun with some of my favorite people:)