Only In OK and other Monday Musings

I hope everyone had a blessed weekend! Here at home we had a couple of the most BEAUTIFUL and Sunny days EVER!! We actually tied a record for a High temperature of 76 in the Month of January. The last time that happened was back in 1947! But as we all know here in Oklahoma, if you are enjoying the weather, hang on just a bit because it is likely to change!! :) and Change it did! We woke up on Sunday to freezing temps once again and they are calling for a Severe Winter Storm. Snow is predicted to be anywhere from 6 to 12 inches!! HOLY SMOKES! and to make it worse they are calling for Ice beforehand! Ok, this just doesn't make this momma happy! One news station even said Blizzard like conditions are possible! SAY WHAT?????

My DH left on his business trip already and will be gone the whole week. Have I mentioned how much I hate it when he is gone :) LOL but I hate it even worse when we have a severe snow storm! He is off golfing and wearing shorts and we are here F.R.E.E.Z.I.N.G ~ Just sayin ;)~


Guess what?!!?! I learned how to make corn bags this weekend! I have NEVER....I repeat NEVER sewn anything! Not a button, not a hem, Nada Zip Zilch!!! But I made about 20 of these corn bags!!! :) HA! I know that so many of you are very talented at the sewing machine and are cracking up at me but it's ok!! I can handle it! Here are a few that I made :)





This weekend was an excellent message at church on Fear! I felt the Lord prompting me to spend time with the kids afterwards and talk to them about their fears. Once they shared their fears, we laid them at the Foot of the Cross and spoke Gods Word over them! It was such a powerful and wonderful time! Truly, God did NOT give us a Spirit of Fear but of Power, Love and a Sound Mind! 2 Tim 1:7


Here are some pics of my Sweet Grandbabies and their Papa! (my honey)


Isn't he soo handsome!


Rylee loves her bruverrr!! :)


Happy Monday! How was your weekend? I pray you have a blessed week my friends ♥

TGIF ♥

I like laughing. It's my Favorite :) Kim enjoys it too and THAT is why she hosts Friday Funnies so go ahead....join in on the laughter!

Being Blonde, I get alot of "Blonde Jokes" and I LOVED these that my friend sent me in my email this week. Hope you all do too


During a recent password audit by Microsoft & Google,
it was found that a blonde was using the following password:

"MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyAustin"

When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.......


"Dear, If you are going to stuff your bra with kleenex, you need to take them out of the box first!"



Happy Friday my Friends! Love you all ♥

The WORD on Thanks

Thanks ♥


1 Thessalonians 5:18
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus

1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 107:21
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind.


Psalm 100:4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.


Psalm 95:2
Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song.


Psalm 7:17
I will give thanks to the LORD because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.


1 Chronicles 29:13
Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 16:34
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.

Revelation 11:17
saying: “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who Is and who Was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

Isn't it AWESOME when Gods Word gives us such confirmation! We have sooo much to be Thankful for!!!

Thank you LORD!

JOY ♥

I am so excited about this weeks JOY post! If you ever want to jump in and spread your own JOY please do! Just visit Angel here



I am overflowing with JOY because:

This past weekend my Niece Bailey was baptized! She accepted Christ this past summer while attending church camp and was just beside herself so excited to be baptized!


Joanne has had some wonderful and encouraging test results and is starting the process of waking up! God is sooo good isn't HE!


My honey came home from round 1 of the Business trips he has to take. The next one will take him away for a week but we are just so thankful for his job.

The new series we are doing @ Church has been soooo good! It's called QUIT....Quit complaining was this weeks lesson and WOW it is so amazing when you really set your mind to speaking positively. Allowing the Holy Spirit to awaken you to this has been really good! There truly is Life and Death in your tongue!

I am LOVING my IPAD. My most recent love comes from using the Kindle app. I can read any E-books on my IPAD and it is sooo awesome. In Color and they are arranged in Alphabetical order. Soooo Awesome for sure!


My grandbabies will be coming over in the next couple of days and I cannot wait to see them! Since Krista had a C-section she has been staying home and recovering but is doing much better and is ready to get out and about! Sooo.... to Noni and Papa's house they go ♥ PURE JOY :)

Today I will be going to the dentist to get a filling done. While this isn't a joyful thing I guess I can say I AM thankful they found it before it went any further and could have been a root canal right ;) LOL

Yesterday I shared about all the new Fonts we have to choose from....it is too much fun! I just might change it everyday :)

What about you? What is bringing you JOY this week??

Blogger Buzz: The Quick Brown Fox

Good Morning my Friends! I just HAD to share this cool new thing that Blogger has done for us! Do you like to have fun and change up your blog "font" or "colors" sometimes???? I do!! I read this article on how we can change our Font ANY TIME WE WANT TO! Isn't that awesome!

Below is the link to how you can do this! It is so super easy and there are tons of choices. Have Fun choosing and play around with it as much as you want. It won't change anything at all UNTIL you select "Apply to BLog" in the upper right hand corner.

Blogger Buzz: The Quick Brown Fox: "A couple of months back we introduced Web Fonts to Blogger in Draft. Today we’re excited to not only launch Web Fonts to ALL Blogger users,..."

Praying for Joanne

Typically I would share about my weekend here but you know, alot of my time was spent praying for Joanne, a fellow blogger.

Joanne from The Simple Wife

woke up, spent time doing what mothers do, shared a post on her blog and jumped on her treadmill. Then she suffered a major stroke and was found by her daughter. Joanne has been in the hospital ever since. Her husband Toben has been keeping everyone up to date on her progress, on their faith, their needs, their emotions and so much more.

I know when my Dad was sick I found this bloggy world to be an amazing place filled with believers and amazing prayer warriors. I found a whole new family that I praise God for everyday! The love and support was such a gift so I pray you can do the same for this family!

Please join in praying for Joanne and visit her blog and let them know you are praying for their family!

Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I'll be there. Matthew 18:20

Have a blessed Monday

Are we looking to God?

Oswald Chambers book "My Utmost for His Highest" is just so amazing and anointed!! Todays reading spoke to me. As I spent time visiting my daughter in the hospital while she gave birth to our new grandson, I experienced so many emotions. Joy and Thankfulness at the sight of my precious grandson, praising the Lord that he was healthy, and yet, just down the way were rooms full of children who are so sick. Waiting areas were full of those sitting and waiting while their loved ones are in surgery and worse, there are those who have received devastating news that their loved one is gone and they are faced with saying good-bye. At one point my son and I walked down to get something cold to drink and we passed a young woman who was praying and hurriedly walking to the chapel to have one on one time with the Lord. It was clear her heart was heavy and she needed a miracle.

Sadly, we do reach out to God more when in the midst of a trial than when life is smooth sailing. But, doesn't the Word tell us to count our trials pure Joy?

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:1-3

May we keep our eyes on Christ no matter what. blessings. trials. or just in a normal day. But I think Oswald Chambers explains it far better than I in the devotional below:



Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved . . . .” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. “Look to Me . . . .”
Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians’ lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation— it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, “Look to Me and you are saved,” not “You will be saved someday.” We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, “Look to Me, and be saved . . . .” Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God.
Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. “Look to Me . . . .” Salvation is yours the moment you look.

To join in with Spiritual Sundays go here
Also, There are many who are facing trials, those who are a part of the Spiritual Sunday family. To offer up prayers for them and see who needs prayer go here

TGIF ♥

We have had quite the week! While Krista is staying in the hospital, Rylee came to stay with us! We had our first real snow of the season. They closed schools yesterday and today! WOOHOO for SNOW DAYS :)

I could literally fill this page with Rylee-isms. She keeps us in stitches for sure! But THIS was just tooo good to let it go by without a picture!





She came into the living room with this coffee cup asking for coffee....(hot chocolate) and handed me the cup. When I asked her what in the world she had on????? She very clearly and oh so innocently looked right at me and said .......

"My jacket!!"


Oh dear heavens ~ what a kid! ♥

Happy Friday ~ Love to you all

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Joy, Thankfulness you name it I got it ♥

Our Sweet Grandson made his debut around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, weighing in @ 7lbs. 8 oz. We all anxiously awaited to see if he would be a blonde headed boy or red headed. Red it is! :) Krista delivered him by c-section and we were able to wait in her room which was NEXT DOOR to where they took Bentley during the first few minutes he was born. Oh MY .... He was not a happy boy! LOL You know, hearing your grandbaby for the very first time is just the most precious sound ever!! Here are the pics from this Blessed Day in which the Lord gave us this sweet baby boy to love and teach in the way he should go.


Bentley Daniel


soo precious


How I love this sweet boy already!




My DH.... aka PAPA ♥


Me...aka NONI ♥ holding back the tears! So amazed @ Gods blessings


Uncle Jantzen ♥


Aunt Jenna ♥



Rylee seeing her brother for the first time :) We asked her if she wanted to take him to her house? She said "no" LOLOL


The Happy Family ♥


My precious grandchildren....Rylee & Bentley



Thank you Lord for blessing us with this Healthy Baby Boy! Thank you for the plans you have for Bentley!

Thank all of you for your Love and Prayers!

Gettin Your Groove On

Yesterday the kids were out of school which is always a happy event around our house! My daughter and I went to have lunch with my Mom at one of our favorite restaurants and then shopped a little bit before we picked our my granddaughter Rylee for the night. I splurged and got an IC Mocha @ Panera .... this isn't exactly on my menu plan nor is it LOW in calories! Having missed my morning work out I told my daughter that I HAD to do something when we got home so that all those calories didn't pack on more weight!

One of the gifts I got for Christmas was a new WII game called Just Dance 2. Let me tell you guys...this game is SO.MUCH.FUN!
Jenna had some friends over and they joined in and of course Rylee had to dance too :) Not only did we have a blast but wow, did I get a work out!! I was sweating something awful LOL and we did it for a full hour before we even knew it! Time just flies by!

This is a game that you just mind find me doing on my own :)~

Do you have a WII, or a PS3 Move, or an Xbox Kinnect? What is your favorite game? Have you ever danced to this Game?? What were your thoughts ??

Have a blessed Tuesday my friends! Love you all!!

Mondays Musings

I have looked forward to this weekend for quite some time and we all know I am thrilled about the week ahead!! This past weekend was jam packed full of activity....

My Son had his cooking class. On the Menu:
Homemade pasta with Pesto Sauce
Polenta which was really good!

Wouldn't you know....I forgot my camera! :( I hate that! **sigh**


Saturday evening we had a game night with our friends. 16 years ago when Jenna was 2 she went to a Mothers Day out class. There were 6 little girls and all of us Moms got to know one another. As the years passed we were all in the same "care group" at our church. While some of us have changed churches and no longer attend with one another our friendship has remained. Why?
Because the Lord is at the heart of our friendships. There truly is a bond there that only God has given. I know that no matter what I could count on any of these friends ~ That is such a gift!!




We laughed and laughed while we played the game Loaded Questions:

LOADED QUESTIONS:


The object: Ask a question. Listen to all the answers and see if you can determine who gave which answer. Not as easy as it sounds! Some people might not be honest in their answering ....just to throw you off ;) Here is Kris hiding his answer from everyone! He was our Chef for the evening....He made Ribs and Pulled Pork that was absolutely TO.DIE.FOR!



STACEY


We all got together to celebrate Janet's birthday :) Happy Birthday Janet


Joe and Janet, Tammy & Stacey, and Brian and I....Not pictured: Connie & Kris ~ Our hosts for the evening


My Ornery Man....Love Him so much! Keeps us all in stitches for sure ♥



Sunday was Awesome @ Church.... Pastor Craig Groeschel started a new series: "I Quit!" Don't you just love it when the Lord weaves the same message no matter what it is you are doing? Remember I told you about the Winter Health Challenge? What is one of the KEY things Danny Cahill (Season 8 Biggest Loser Winner) spoke on? LOSE YOUR QUIT and Find your Why! Craig shared that we have to Quit making excuses when the Lord calls us to do something and to connect the Why spiritually to what God is calling you to do!!!

Today the kids are out of school and we get to have lunch with my Mom and then Pick up Rylee to spend the night. Only TWO MORE DAYS til my 2nd Grandbaby is here!! Can you hear me squealing ???? LOL I am sooo excited!

What about you? Did you have a good weekend? I pray you did! Love you all and may you have a Blessed Monday ♥

Spiritual Sundays

I just LOVE my Billy Graham Devotional and thought todays reading was Perfect for Spiritual Sundays. To join in or read other Spiritual Sunday posts go here Charlotte and Ginger host this and they are two of the most wonderful godly women! I love them and know you will too!



JOY
For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10


What is joy?
Some of us think that joy is a state of perpetual happiness, a bubbling personality, a person who is always smiling and laughing. These can be expressions of joy, but true joy is something far deeper than that.
Joy is produced in our hearts when we know that God loves us, when we have a close relationship with HIM through reading HIS Word, praying, and desiring to honor HIM in all that we do, and by serving others.
Joy does not mean that we are never sad, that we never cry. Instead, joy is a quiet confidence, a state of peace in the heart of the believer. Sometimes it manifests itself in an impromptu song while riding alone in a car. Sometimes one is so overwhelmed by the love of God that tears of gratitude form in the eyes. At other times, it is a wonderful feeling of peace in the midst of war and turmoil.
Paul said, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed, but not is despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9) Paul had joy. So did Jesus, even under the shadow of the cross.
Life happiness, joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.
It is easy to tell who the joyful people are.
They are the ones whom others like to be around.

Our Father and our God, thank YOU for the Holy Spirit who lives in us. Thank YOU for the peace and joy HE brings us. YOU are the laughter of our Heart, O God. YOU are the joy and celebration of every day. You are the One who deserves to be praise. Thank YOU for the gift of Your Son, who makes our joy everlasting. Amen

TGIF ♥

I am an UGG Freak...gotta have em and I wear them pretty much every single day in the winter! It has been extremely cold this week. Down in the single digits!! BRRRR. I seriously don't know what I would do without them! I saw this on FB this past week and just had to laugh.(and share it with you all) This is definitely NOT a vaccine for me ;) nor is it one I would recommend for anyone! Just ask Lori Sabin....she knows that UGGS are the only way to go...right Lori!!

Hope you have a day filled with laughter and joy! Join Kim for more laughs.....Enjoy




Love you all

Offering Up Thanks

Thankful for.....

A trip that was cancelled due to weather and airline cancellations(3times) and a boss who said "Stay home, thankyou for your earnest attempt to get here!"

Having a Husband to hold and kiss when He should have been miles and miles away

A schedule change that now has given me time in the morning with my daughter ♥

YouVersion that supplies countless reading plans to read Gods Word on my Iphone, IPad or Computer

My Grandaughter asking me to sing "I Love you a Bushel and a peck"

Watching the deer each night just outside my back door graze on the corn that we put out for them

The big Snow Flakes that fall so peacefully

Fridays with my Mom ~ no matter what we do~ I am so blessed & so thankful for my Momma ♥

Time spent with long-time friends, playing games, laughing, fellowshipping and knowing there is a bond there that is God-given

A Winter Health Challenge that will help me physically and spiritually

The staff at my Physical Therapy: Amy whose smile and sweet heart welcomes me each time I walk through the door and Jamie who works me hard so that I will get to where I need to be in due time

and finally but most importantly....

The Love and Mercy bestowed upon me from the Lord for I am so undeserving

Winter Health Challenge

I am so blessed to live where I do. It is a small town that has grown considerably in the last 10 years but it still has the small town feel. We have excellent schools and the community is just amazing. My Husband has lived here since he was in Kindergarten! There was only 1 elementary when he was in school and now there are Eight Elementaries!! WOW Anyway...Focus Loren ;) Focus

I heard about this thing called the Winter health challenge and have decided to join in! We met last week for the first time! Our Family doesn't watch much TV but one show we do not miss is BIGGEST Loser Well, the speaker last Thursday evening was Season 8 winner Danny Cahill. He lives in a town about 15 minutes from us and was invited to be the guest speaker. Also on the Season 8 was Sean Algier. Sean works at the Church that is Hosting the Winter Health Challenge. So Sean and Danny have remained friends and let me tell ya, these two are funny!! Danny shared some great tips and was full of encouragement.

Some of the hi-lites that Danny shared were:

Lose your Quit! - what have you given up on? Why are you ok with quitting? Say good-bye to quitting and Press On!
Lose your Regrets! - Don't live your life regretting the past...learn from the mistakes and move on! Stop looking back!
Lose your Lies! - Do you believe the lies the enemy tells you? The Lies you tell yourself? The lies others tell you? STOP IT! Listen to what and who God says you are!
Find your Why!!- Why do you want to accomplish the goal you have set ?? When you find your "why" set it before you to remind yourself of the goal...your inspiration to continue on !!

I am really excited to do this Winter Challenge! My friend Stephanie from StephTmomof3 is my accountability partner! In doing the health challenge we are given opportunities to go work out at many of the gyms for FREE. I NEVER realized how many work out facilities we have but goodness gracious it is ALOT! I can't wait to see which one we like. My husband is doing this as well so I can't wait to go work out together! WOOHOO

WHO KNOWS.....Maybe I can look as good as Danny does once he lost all his weight? LOL

Mondays Musings

Well Winter has arrived and BOY is it COLD It started snowing around 2:30 and just flurried all afternoon yesterday. We didn't get any accumulation but there is more on the way today so we shall see :)


I put a roast and some potatoes and carrots in my crockpot today! Can you say YUM!! The wood is piled up and ready to make a warm fire in the fireplace this evening and Papa will be picking up our Rylee to come spend the night!! CANNOT WAIT ♥

Church was awesome! God is doing some UH MA ZING things @ LifeChurch.tv! I am sooo excited to watch it all come to fruition!

My Honey will be traveling for business this week....If you don't mind, can you say a prayer for safe travel please!! Thank you all so much!

Went to my grandsons baby shower this weekend! Now we just need for him to arrive :) NINE days and counting....NO, I am NOT excited at all ;) LOL

Here are just a few pics of the shower

Krista with Bentley's cake :)


My Mom, Krista, Rylee, and Jenna....Oh how I love them all soo much!


My Mom and Rylee watching it snow :)


My Mom making a bib for Baby Bentley...such a cute idea


Jenna and Rylee


My Beautiful Mom and my Sweet Rylee ♥


Some of his gifts waiting to be used!!



How was your weekend? Hope it was blessed!! Love you all xoxo

Spiritual Sundays ~ Revealing Truth

Charlotte and Ginger are two wonderful and godly women. They host Spiritual Sundays each and every week and if you would like to join in, I know you will be blessed by doing so.

I have heard it said a few times in my 44 years that when we are doing something we shouldn't, sometimes, we are blind to those actions and how it affects our lives, and the lives of those around us. Now, don't get me wrong, there are those times when we know EXACTLY what we are doing and continue anyways. But those times when we are Blinded and then the truth is revealed......WOW!! We are shocked at how in the world we had acted that way for so long and never knew it!

I have a VERY outgoing personality. VERY! Over this past year, I became just the opposite. I withdrew. I allowed some hurts and offenses to build and keep me in a place of isolation. As my husband put it....My Spirit was eroding. He was right. It was. There is no need in sharing the why's of the situation, but what I feel the Lord wants me to share is this:

There were times I would feel the Lords prompting but I didn't know what specifically to do. I didn't have a clear Word until one day recently, I was having a conversation with the Lord. I spoke to HIM saying "It seems as ......" As I began sharing my thoughts on my situation and I spoke those words, my Spirit resonated immediately. I knew I had gotten to the root of my issue. I began asking Jesus to help me as well as taking Spiritual authority over the situation. The spirit of isolation had to go. The spirit of resentment had to go. The Spirit of fear had to go. Not only did these need to go, but I had to ask the Lord to replace them with HIS Spirit of Forgiveness, Boldness, Peace and Love.

The Freedom that comes when the Lord moves on our behalf ~ The Joy is truly UNSPEAKABLE.

I know the enemy wanted nothing more than for me to stay in my place of isolation. It grieves me that I stayed there as long as i did. Oh, but for the grace of God. Truly, His mercies are new every day and HE washes my sins as far as the East is from the West! I am soo thankful that HE loves me enough NOT to leave me alone. To continue to speak, to nudge me until my ears were finally opened to the truth and my heart was receptive as well! Praise be to God!

What about you? Do you feel the Lord nudging you? Are you struggling with a situation? If so, SEEK HIM. WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
HE will show you. He will reveal the root and allow it to be exposed so that healing can come and restoration can too.


For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms Ephesians 6:12

1 Coritnthians 3:16-18
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit


For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7

TGIF ♥

I LOVE Fridays Don't you?? My Friend Kim hosts Friday Funnies and while I love Fridays they are always better if you can laugh!!

I asked my kids to help me with my Funny this week and Jenna chose this Lowe's Commercial !! Hope you enjoy it!



Happy Friday my Friends!

JOY ♥

It is the 1st Count it all JOY post of the year!! YAY! I hope you can join in and share some JOY too! Join Angel here

I shared with you all yesterday about my Bible Reading plan. I am reading two plans right now. One of which is the 21 Day fast plan since our church is doing a 21 day fast. The reading was Psalm 119 and the FIRST two verses were about JOY!! Isn't that just too cool! I love it!


Joyful are people of integrity,
who follow the instructions of the Lord.
Joyful are those who obey his laws
and search for him with all their hearts


I am sooo happy to be able to have Rylee back here with us now that I can lift her and do what a two year old needs to do :) LOL Sooo she spends Monday nights with us and then I have her all day Tuesday and usually Krista will come over after she gets off work and have dinner with us! She is going to have our new baby grandson (Bentley) in 14 MORE days!! JOY JOY JOY!


Oh the Silly Faces of Rylee :) Love her soo much ♥ Fills this Noni's Heart with JOY





I won a giveaway @ Beth's blog and received my Starbucks card! Beth also sent some adorable Christmas tea towels and such a sweet note! Thank you Beth for bringing JOY to my day!!

Have a Jesus JOY-filled day my friends :)