I heard a new song on KLOVE, and am so excited to have found it before they overplay it to its death. Love the words and how Laura sings it - this in my new #16 - Blessings by Laura Story

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
As long as we have faith to believe

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise

#14 - A New Season - Spring!

I love the thought that Spring is soon to arrive

finding this new flower blooming in the yard made my day

And #15 - Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with party at work - hence the face painting. I also participated in a group picture, prize walk and tried to get Bill to go play Bingo with me but he wasn't willing, so no bingo for me either. Well no Bingo today, we are making it a regular Friday night event. Fun times.

The question is
How have I never done this before???

I saw the idea on Leslie's blog and could not resist trying it out. The above picture is not colored icing but cake batter about to be made into the funniest cupcakes ever.

I have determined that regular sized cupcakes work best for this fun project, but I did try a batch of mini-cupcakes just because that is what I do. See them mid-baking above.

The finished cupcakes are so much fun! I kept busting them in half just to see what was inside! Also note that I am copying Leslie and she used "Neon" food coloring - how fun is that! And so I really did not want to go with the traditional red, blue, green and yellow...

What to do?

Follow the color blending chart! It worked fabulous and I now have multi-colored cupcakes in varieties of lime, pink, purple and turquoise. I liked the color so much I didn't want to cover it up with any frosting. Maybe next time, because I am certain there will be a next time.

So much fun!

Something New

I was given this map of Kenya as a gift for my high school graduation. I had this picture of a frame in my mind for years and never got it done. So for my birthday Dad and Mom got it framed for me! So I got something new - the pictures not great and we did end up moving it into the living room so it matches better with the wall color. So excited to finally have this up.