Brush It Off

I have learned so very much and received so many words from God through our wonderful church and our outstanding paster. Today was no different. The sermon was about brushing off the hurt that others cause you. It was very interesting to me to hear that we should deal with the hurt first and then and if God guides us, deal with the person. It also had to do with being kindhearted and compassionate. (Eph 4:31 & 32 - and by the way Eph 4:32 was the verse Tim Tebow showed a couple of weeks ago.) Alot of the time, I get more upset at the person and spend too much time "fussing" about them, when I should be dealing with the hurt or frustration they caused and letting God deal with the person. For some reason I think that many people have this same problem. So I'm really going to try this week to deal with the feelings and not the person.
Now on to some other things. Just an FYI Coldwater Creek and Talbots are having good sales right now on their websites and stores so don't miss out. You know that I can't pass up a good deal, I mean heck I don't buy anything unless it's on sale. And one other thing, I've been searching for a place to get my hair cut for quite a while. I have the greatest colorist on the planet but I'm cheap and after I get through paying for the color, I don't want to spend an extra $75 bucks for a cut. So I decided to take a chance and go to the Paul Mitchell school here in town (they've got them all over the place just look on their website) and to my surprise, I got a really nice haircut for just $10! And don't freak out thinking students are just cutting on your hair, they do the cutting but are closely supervised by instructors. If you're like me and hate going a smig cut off the ends and don't want to pay an arm and let try them!

Love & Blessings
Magnolia

Into the New Year!

I'm home now from the very cold state of Indiana.  Us southerners can not deal with cold like that for very long and 10 days was way enough for me.  When the temperature is in the single digits it's too cold to even function.  And to top off every thing it snowed on my drive home, not just for a little while but for about half the trip.  I've seen enough snow for now.  Other than the weather, the trip was nice.  The city of Indianapolis was actually really pretty (the downtown traffic circle and surrounding monuments that is).  I saw where the Colts play and also got to see an old Army installation that has been made into a national park (Fort Benjamin Harrison).  One of the best parts of the trip was going down Hwy 25/70 from Asheville to Knoxville.  That is one of the prettiest pieces of highway I have ever driven and would recommend it to anyone (especially since I-40 is closed).  I am definitely going back in the spring and/or fall.  Just about the whole road is right along the French Broad River and it is one of God"s masterpieces for sure.  And the best part of all, I got to spend some great time with my hubby.  That was of course the reason for the trip.   

Blessings for 2010

Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park