more tuesday night randoms...

hmm it seems tuesday nights seem to be my night for blogging.

here's your tuesday night randoms...

This post encouraged me tonight.  The author of the blog is a woman who i admire as a strong, caring and passionate person. Thank you friend for all that you have spoken into my life and shared. You are a treasure, and the world is more beautiful with you in it.

These look good so i'm going to make them. ENJOY LIFE.. GO MAKE SOME COOKIES AND EAT THEM. The whole package if you want.

The vocal styles of adele, john mayer, colbie caillat, the mamas and papas, louis armstrong,  jack johnson and norah jones and ministering to my soul tonight. yep... all of them.

I asked Matt tonight if we could just run away. Leave it all behind, find some land in ____________ and disappear. I'm not going to tell you where, just in case we do something crazy like that one day... :) 
He didn't think it would be a good thing to do. I said that it would be good.. it just wouldn't be wise at this point in time . He tends to think more about providing.. i tend to think about adventure. (not even mentioning the whole family stuff and abandoning them.. we won't go there)
I've always had a wandering soul... longing for exploration and change. My mom doesn't understand that in me. She always thought i would be the one who would live at home and basically be a momma's girl the rest of my life. Nope... i went to school in another country ( though really canada really isn't that far, but to her it was crazy! surprised she let me go)..... I married a man who's goal was to fly somewhere in some remote place.... and all sorts of things. I want to experience the world. I was put here in this life, in this world at this time and i want to see it. I want to feel it and i want to experience it. I am learning how to live my life fully in each moment right now, right here... but i want to see and experience and know first hand. One day.. for now i'll be content with my mountains and my slice of the ocean.

I think that heaven will be more earthy.. more natural beauty. Of course blazzinly beyond what we have here... but still.. LOOK AT WHAT GOD CREATED!!! How can heaven not have oceans and mountains and groves... and seriously.. i think there is going to be some SCRUMPTIOUS food in heaven. really really GOOD FOOD! LOTS and lots of food. maybe i should have eaten dinner... whoops... to busy taking care of the 5 guys in my house ranging from 6 months to 28 years old.

I should really be in bed... i have 4 little boys who will be up early tomorrow and i am NOT a morning person.

And before i go a poem i heard and wanted to share...

And God Said, "No"by Claudia Minden Weisz

I asked God to take away my pride,
And God said, "No."

He said it is not for Him to take away,
but for me to give up.


I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."

He said her spirit is whole,
Her body is only temporary.


I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."

He said that patience is a by-product of tribulation,
it isn't granted, it's earned.


I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."


He said He gives blessings,
Happiness is up to me.


I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."

He said, "Suffering draws you apart from worldly
cares and brings you closer to Me."


I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."


He said I must grow on my own,
but He will prune me to make me fruitful.


I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."

He gave me His only Son who died for me,
and I will be in Heaven someday because I believe.


I asked God to help me love others,
as much as He loves me.

And God said,
"Ah, finally you have the idea."

Goodnight friends, and random strangers who happen on this blog. Enjoy your journey today because tomorrow brings a whole new set of challenges, choices and situations. May you find hope and love through it all.