Feb 7     For patience.  

        Dear God I  need patience,   Patience with traffic, with people and with situation I can not control.    Help me relax in your Love and just take life as it comes and not hurry it out.


Feb 8  For the Northwest

Dear Lord      How magnificent is your nature in the Northwest.   How glorious are the colors of each season.   Your Hands have made all of this for me.   The blue sky, sunshine, clouds, the growth of the trees and plants.   You are awesome.

Feb 9

For a friend

Dear God   I pray for Rachael and Nate as they are trying to adopt a child.   You know their needs.  Both the money and support that is required from them.  They are both working so hard to help this child.   Their own children are also praying and helping to bring a child home.  Lord you can do anything.   Help them be strong and encourage them and be with them through this adventure.   Help them not have stress.   Leave them with peace and never let them waver from the goal you have for them.

Feb 6

Lord today I pray for my coworkers.   Be there for them.  They all have lives outside of work and with so many unspoken needs.   Help me not to be judgmental, or put them down.    Help me accept everyone as one who knows you are needs to know you.   Let your light shine thru me at work.   Let me demonstrate your love in my actions, and words.

So I thought of something to do this month and hopefully it will continue forever.  

I started praying for one thing, person, situation a day for the next 28 days.   Yes I started on the first but debated about posting it.  Then thought maybe others will be encouraged.

Feb 1   Prayer for myself.   Yes I know why me but I need God's help in seeing this thru.

        Dear God,   I just want to spend sometime with you today.   I am amazed how you have worked in my life and continue to.  Please help me to be more like you.  Help me show your love in all I do.   Help me to minister to those who need it.   Help me to forgive others.  I thank you for all you have provided for me.   I thank you for your Son and spirit.  I ask for your forgiveness.


Feb 2  Thankful for His Son.

         Dear God,   How can I thank you for the gift of Your Son.  Thank you for the example you gave for us.  Oh, to be like Jesus is a work in progress.   Help me show Jesus in my life.

Feb 3  Church

     Dear God.  Oh how I love hymns and the sermon.   How important is the church in my life.  To worship and serve you.  To see the older generation and the younger blend together.   To learn from the sermon as well as from others.  To have the faith of the senior ladies.  All things I am so grateful for.  

Feb 4 Family

Dear God.  Thank you for my family.    God you know what each of us need.  I pray for my family for health and for their needs both ones they talk about and the unspoken one.  

Feb 5  Friends
     
     Dear God.   Thank you for all my friends,    I am amazed on my friends.   You have people walk into my life at all times.  Thank you for the close friends.   I pray for there health and needs.   You know all the needs.   I pray for the  families of my friends.  


Well that the start   TO BE CONTINUED.

So many people will be having new goals for the new year, but I decide to plan to do 13 activities this year.  Just because it will be 2013.  

So here are my thirteen activities

1.  Visit Leavenworth Washington.   Not just to spend a hour or so but the whole day exploring the town

2.  Pedicure,   I have never had one.   I don't like my toes and so I have stayed away. This year I will get one done.

3.  Travel to Seattle Washington just to wander and take pictures a few time during the year.

4.  Ride the San Juan Ferry and visit Friday Harbor.

5.  Hike the Lime Kiln trail out of Granite Falls

6.  Visit the Big Four Ice Caves.   Again live here and never been.

7.  Hurricane Ridge.   What to go on a clear day.

8.  Ride the Seattle Great Wheel.   I would love to ride during the day as well as at night.

9.  Visit Butchart Gardens in Canada in the Spring and Winter..  My goal is to visit each season.

10.  Visit Mount St. Helens

11.  Go to Multnomah Falls

12.  See the Fremont Troll.

13.  Go up in a Hot air balloon.  I have the tickets just waiting for the day.

November

November is one of my favorite and saddest months of the year.

It is my favorite for my Dad and I would go to the Auto show in the Kingdome.   Hearing the ads this year just made me think of Dad.

1984   In the Kingdome walking among the new cars.   I was 20 years old and working my first real job.   My dad and I were just spending a Friday evening out.

Entering the Kingdome you see all the shiny cars, trucks and neon signs from all the dealerships.   We start walking.  Open car doors,  looking inside at all the 1985 new cars when my eyes landed on a 1985 Plymouth Voyager gray with blue interior.  I spend over an hour looking at everything about this car.    Mind you I was not out to buy but  dream yes.  

Why would a 20 year old female want a 7 passenger minivan?    I just did.  

We looked some more and came back to the minivan.   This time I left my name with the dealer and we went home.

The phone rang early Saturday morning.   The dealership,   The minivan was advertised in auto section of the Seattle Times and if I came down to the dealership I could test drive the minivan from the Kingdome.  My dad and I left for North Seattle.     I drove the minivan,   I drooled over the minivan and dad said to me " you can use the dodge dart for trade in, and I will cosign a loan."

I was in awe, I was going in debt, I was getting a brand new minivan.  

I had my brother's both say "Why did you get a minivan??"    My minivan carried youth group, moved many people, went on a trip to Colorado without me, and on many road trips.   Oh I miss my minivan.

I had it 11 years when it got totaled in an accident.

My dad use to like to go to the auto show and home shows.  Of course to tag along has given me some great memories.

As for the sad November is the month that my dad died.   In 1995 He went home to heaven to join my mom.  

Thank you Dad for the awesome memories.

It has been quite awhilte since I have been writing.    Spring and Summer flew by so fast.  What ever happened to as you get older things slow down?    My life has not.  Until last week.  I get to that later.


Not to much this spring happened.  I have taken some sewing classes and learned alot.  

Summer had a couple of camping trips and my birthday and a wedding on the first day of fall.

 A quiet lake,  Loved sitting there in the morning with my friends and just watch the fog roll by and lift.

 The geese running for the food.   So entertaining to watch.

 The brave or not so smart swimmers in the lake.   Brrr  it looked cold, but they swan and the went to the dock and jumped in.  

The Cascade mountain range.  



The next camp was our church family camp.    This one is so much fun.  I get to camp with my friends in a small tent city.   

 Setting up a tent, one of many.

 Fort Ebey State Park has twisted trees.  From years of being beaten by the winds of the Straight of Juan de Fuca

Brothers looking down the cliff 

 The sun setting the first night

 Looking down the cliffs.   It is so amazing the power of the water and the beauty of the area  God has made the Northwest a masterpiece of art.

 We hiked down the path to the beach.

 Some swam.  Others looked out for whales and other sea creatures.

 The whole Westminster Family campers and visitors.  2012

The Family.

After Family Camp we all helped get Hannah and Aaron ready for their wedding.

It was a beautiful night.   

So after all that my life has slowed down almost to a stop.   I had surgery last week.   A total hysterectomy, down by   Robotic da Vinci (laproscopic) hysterectomy! At Overlake Hospital. This was the first major surgery I have had.  I have day surgeries and oral surgery but staying over night in the hospital scared me the most.  I can never thank Jeanne for taking me to the hospital, staying overnight and then opening her home for me to recover at. Thank you so Much Timothy and Jeanne,   Gladys and Joe, Daphne and Eva, Esther, Hannah and Aaron. and Peter.  

I have to stop my self and remember that I had surgery.   I feel so much better over all. no more constant pain.   With only 5 , inch long incisions it is so easy to want to do more that my body is ready to do.  So to say my life has slowed downed.  

I guess I will have to accept it and enjoy because it will get to flying away from me soon.   I will be wanting down time.

Thank you all who have prayed and visited  and texted and called.

updates

So I have not written anything lately so here is some updates.

I finally got my tattoo.  I have wanted one for 20 some years.   I know I said I wanted a Winnie the Pooh but got my favorite verse in a banner on a cross.

My Tattoo upside down.

Celebrated the Fourth of July in Everett.   Started with breakfast with Esther. Then on to the parade.

 For the evening went to Snohomish and celebrated with my friends aka family.   All the good food and watching the games.   Found this flower just hanging around.

Sunset and fire works.

The 6th Lucky lounging in the sunshine.

Flowing Lake.   Came here for a picnic with friends.   Just to tire the kids and enjoy the sunshine.

So  onto the rest of the weekend.