How did you spend your Mother’s Day? I had nursery duty at church today, which was actually pretty fun this time. The kids were so much fun. We let them color some construction paper and attached a poem to it with a packet of flower seeds and had them give this to their moms. They were so touched. I am not to bummed that I missed the service as our Pastor’s wife did the message, and it was what she preached on at our Ladies Retreat this weekend. We then went out for lunch at Rio Grand. I had a yummy steak and some tilapia, I had some left over so we got our doggie bag. The waitress came back and said there was a mishap and my plate got knocked off the counter, so they were going to make up another steak (I had about half of mine left), I told her that wasn’t necessary, so she said I could have a free dessert to go. The manager then came over and said that our bill would be adjusted, she took of $10! WoW!! My meal was only $15, so I got a great meal for $5 and free dessert to boot!!

The weekend retreat was amazing! It was a great bonding time for all the women! I feel so much closer to all the women now. On the way back to our cabin one of the gals and I saw a someone in our cabin and we both said at the same time, “Oh someone beat us back to the room”. We got there to find the door locked, so when we opened it up, Sherry said “Hey, who beat us back?” No one answered us, we kinda looked at each other with that look of concern. We said hello again and still no answer. I checked the back door, but that was locked, so they didn’t go out that way. She had a pocket knife in her purse, and I grabbed the iron, and we searched the cabin, to find no one, thankfully. So we deemed them our guardian angels. Everyone teased us as they thought we were a little crazy, but her and I both know what we saw.

We had a time of rest and renewal in the Lord, my time of “washing my hands” (symbolic of being washed in the blood of the Lamb) was an amazing experience, Pastor Judy prayed over me, and just confirmed all I had heard from God prior to me going up there for prayer. The scripture I pulled out of my “treasure box” confirmed everything yet again: “My heart has been sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and my body washed with pure water” Hebrews 10:22.

All through out the night I kept hearing “Be Still”, as this has been my theme scripture for the last few months. Just “be still and know He is God”. I was thinking about this, and started humming the song “Still” by Hillsong, and the next think I knew this song started playing, right before I went up for prayer. It was a God thing for sure.

We just celebrated Mother’s Day, so what’s next? Father’s Day. What are you going to get your hubby for Father’s Day? A new watch maybe, some brands to choose from Rolex, Patek Philippe, Timex, Mont Blanc, Swatch, Fossil, TAG Heuer, Tissot, Omega, Breitling, Longines, Piaget, and more. Which will you choose for your man? I want to surprise him, as he is such a hard worker, and provides so much for us!!

Can you imagine the panic you would be in if somehow your cell phone got mysteriously locked? I had this happen to me and what a panic it was! How it got locked I will never know, but now I have an unlocked phone and hopefully it will remain that way! I had to go to the phone store to have disable the locking feature on my phone. I have now written down all my numbers so I am not in a panic ever again!

What’s your best acne treatment? Now that I have turned 40 I am starting to break out and I don’t like it one bit! I have never had to deal with acne while growing up, so why now? I have been using some of my hubby’s acne medicine, but its not helping. Christopher keeps telling me to try the Proactive. Not sure why, as it didn’t help him when he tried it. I am just hoping this is a small phase I have to go through.

Do you know how many places you can find auto insurance online quotes at? There are so many you can choose from. We have to find one that has the best rates for teen drivers. Trent will be taking driver’s training soon so we will need to call our insurance guy and get us all set up again for a teen driver. This scares me all over again.

The guys are getting ready to work out again and are looking into getting some bodybuilding supplements. I told them to just becareful as some of the things out there aren’t all that safe. This is mainly Christopher that wants to get the supplements. He wants to get in shape and start looking “buff” as he puts it for this summer so he will look good for laying on the beach.

These are from my hubby for Mother’s Day (of course the kitty had to get in the picture). He gave me a really sappy card too. Made me cry! I had to call him to thank him for these, as I have been gone for the last day and a half, and he and Trent are at the races until late tonight.

I was at my Ladies Retreat for church. What an amazing time I had! I will share later, as I am ready to go take a nice long soak in the tub, then off to bed!

Come feast with others over at Friday Feast
Appetizer

When someone smiles at you, do you smile back? Yes

Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix? We have carpet in all the rooms except the kitchen and bathroom, which are both those peel and stick tiles.

Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name. Jodi jokingly jabbed jets (at a) jaguar. (I know I added a few words… sorry)

Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption? yep, my aunt adopted a child from Korea.

Dessert
Name 2 blue things. The sky and my living room carpet.

Tonight I had a Pampered Chef party, which was actually one of my better home parties, sales wise!! I have decided to start selling again. In doing this, the 2 people who booked parties tonight are my first 2 shows. I need to find 2 other people who would be willing to open up their homes and have a party for me. My main reason for signing up to sell again, it to get the new products that come in the kit to replace some of the old stuff I already have! Their slicer is so much cooler than the old one I have, as are the measuring spoons and cups!! Some of the products that come in the kit I already have, so I am going to just use the new stuff as a cash and carry item.

Now if only I can keep this going and make some spending money!!

Do you rent a car when you go on vacation?  If we aren’t going far we don’t, but when we flew to Florida a few years ago we did. There are so many car rental places out there for you to choose from. One being advantage dot com.

They have daily rates of $19.99 for cars and $34.99 for SUV’s and trucks. If you fly “Sun Country Airlines” you can get a free day of car rental. They have a frequent rental program, where you earn points for every rental, and once you reach 600 points you get a free days rental.

So the next time you are in need of a car rental, check out advantage dot com.