Spring is here!  Yippee!  I love Spring.  I love the cool fresh air.  I love to go out and walk around my gardens and see new life sprouting.  It's so awesome to see the new growth.  It's a time when weeds aren't yet a problem giving me time to concentrate on the old growth of the plants I've neglected all winter.  Spring is a time of rejuvenation.  It's a great time to plant flowers and vegetable seedlings.  It's a great time to visit the local...

When I take a few quiet moments to look around I can't help but see God's fingerprints all over this world we live in.  From time to time I express that thought to those around me.  Today I came across a quote that spoke to me along this line.  I guess this is where the rubber meets the road when it comes to faith eh?    "All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen." — Ralph Waldo Emerson , poet

We seem to live in a world of increasing panic and sensationalism.  It's a tool of the media to herd us into a mode of fear and panic in order to get the masses to do whatever it is they want.  Fear and despair is the name of the game and it seems especially so with this current administration.  Have you noticed?  The latest, of course, is the Swine Flu Pandemic.  I can just see new vaccines cropping up that we will be forced upon the public or our kids won't be able ...

Let's talk about ME and MY family shall we?      What did I do this weekend?   Lots of stuff.  It was a good weekend.  First I went to an Extraordinary Women's Conference in Orlando and had a great time with my friend Jody.  We got there really early at 5pm on Friday.  The doors weren't supposed to open until 6 but we just walked in, picked up our packets and headed into the big arena.  To our surprise we were the first ones there...

  OK, this is sort of dumb.....but I'm just sitting here, taking a lunch break, checking my email and really enjoying my sandwich.  So I got to thinking of asking the JUsers what their favorite sandwich is.  Who knows maybe I'll come up with a new favorite.  I'm not especially a big sandwich eater.  Usually I'll opt for soup, leftover pasta or salad for lunch but on occasion I like to have a sandwich.  Today I'm eating a fresh tomato and cheese with ma...