Jenny's Heart

         MERRY CHRISTMAS!          Our Savior Is Born!

Happy Pink Saturday! The presents are wrapped, the tree is lit The turkey is cooking (that is an adventure all it's own) I want to share with y'all the most precious gift I own. In 2002 my dad found a relationship with God, he never knew he could have. He found that relationship by spending time with Him, while building 5 houses. One for each of us. They are 100% hand made, right down to the hand cut shingles on the roof. Personalized to fit us with our favorite colors and other little touches. Mine is Red. Always my favorite color. The living room.(Can you see little me in the fireplace?) The bedroom with a little me tucked into bed. And little Duncan keeping watch. All lit up, it looks very cozy doesn't it. ( Note the hand plastered walls and ceiling ) The Christmas tree all lit up. Someone asked me once what I would take from home if I had to leave fast. This house and my photos. It is my most cherished possession. This little Christmas house is filled to the brim...

Night before last was lovely. It was a night filled with friends and family...so do you think I took a load of pictures? ONE.... I took 1 and it is not a good photo either...lol sad little photo, no one is looking at the camera, red eye...oh well. I love and adore all the people in it :) I also wanted to share with you a gift I got from Angela  at Down To The Darling Details We both love gingerbread men/women and vintage so she made me the darling Tag and Ornament that are just perfect. She sent some candies from a sweet shop she likes, made me the sweetest Christmas card and enclosed this little Ornament book, to record your yearly traditions. I love that idea! Angela and I "met" earlier this year when we did Sandy's ( 521 Lake Street )Easter Tag Swap. We hit it off right away and are becoming the greatest of friends. We are so blessed that Sandy matched us up. I love Angela's faith and her spirit. Her letters always make me smile. Merry Christmas Angela, thank...

So are you ready for Santa? I am almost ready, I still have 1 more gift to get for my secret Santa, 1 for a friend and ... the dreaded...stocking stuffer's...lol! I tell ya, I don't know what it is this year with the stockings, usually I have a plan this year...NADA! Oh well something will come up! My mom is gonna kill me for posting this photo...lol This is my mom and her dad my papa. Probably 1965 or 1966. I have always loved this photo :) She would be 14 or 15 here. Tonight we are going to Beth and Steve's for dinner, and to celebrate Christmas with my cousin Leigh and her husband James. For dinner  it's homemade chow mien and egg rolls! YUM! When we were kids we could not afford to eat out too often so my mom made everything! Her chow mien is so good and none of us like it any way but hers. Keep my Leigh in your prayers she is having surgery on the 23rd, that is why we are celebrating with her tonight. I am sure I will be back with photos tomorrow :)

Happy Pink Saturday Y'all! I hope this day finds you well and happy. We are all meeting at Beverly's so grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage and lets have some fun. Christmas is right around the corner...yay :) Well almost yay, I have to be at work at 10pm Christmas night, so I won't get to enjoy much of it. (SIGH) oh well what can I do? Just deal :) Yesterday I got my Ornaments from Misty. I LOVE THEM!!! Didn't I tell ya she makes the CUTEST clay characters! Her Etsy shop is Misty's Clay Cuties. Thank You So Much Misty! I loved doing this ornament swap, my swap partners are the best! I also wanted to share one of my favorite Christmas decorations with you.  I love this little ornament tiered display. Top tier I love the happy snowman. Middle tier and my FAVORITE ornament Miss Sprinkle!  Dontcha just love her? She always makes me smile. Bottom tier, the rest of the gang :) I love the little petite fore and the Christmas tree cupcake. I always save...

Only 6 days until sign ups for Blogging Sisters Secret Sisters closes. Marcia told me about it and I ran right over there and joined up! You commit to 1 year of daily prayers, and lifting her up spiritually. Don't forget her special days birthday, anniversary, and holidays. Each month send a little note, card, gift, something to let her know she is loved and thought about, Blog about the love you are sent, and visit your sis's blog and comment. Keep Quiet about your identity for 1 year. Next December will be the big reveal :0 I am super excited about it and I can't wait to start writing and praying for my Secret Sister. MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hey Y'all, How are you today? Can you believe Christmas is almost here! I am almost done shopping, I am STILL stuck on the stocking stuffers though...grrrr :) Something will catch my eye. Last month I signed up for an Ornament swap at An Artful Adventure . Cassandra was so nice to host us and group us all together. Thank You Cassandra, I hope to swap with you again in the future. I had so much fun making these Ornaments. We had 3 swap partners mine were Jessica ,  who made the sweetest quilted ornaments. Stacey   who made the most creative rock candy ornaments, I LOVE them! Misty I haven't received Misty's yet, but she makes the CUTEST clay characters! They are so sweet and I can't wait to see what she sends. And I made 3 different ornaments, a shadow box, a felt marshmallow (toasted), and a snow man. 2 ladies got the styrofoam snowman ornies and 1 got a glass one I painted and forgot to take a photo of.

Merry Christmas! I say that every chance I get! It makes me sad that a lot of people don't anymore. Today I thought I would share a few more of my Christmas decorations. We have a small house, so I don't so as much as I have in the past, but it is cozy and homey and I love every bit. I got the snowman garland from a little shop in Pennsylvania years ago,I love it, it is one of my favorite things. My sister Beth made the wreath for me several years ago. I adore it, it took her so long to make. It is precious to me. This photo was obviously taken a couple of weeks ago :) My sister Joanne made this as a gift for me a few years ago. It makes me smile every day :) confession: I love changing the numbers every morning... there are 2 of these, one I bought at hallmark and the other my mom made. I mixed up the gloves just to keep it fun. On this one my mom made the red with white ric rac and the blue with red trim. and on this one my mom made the pink (you can't see it her...

I am OVERWHELMED with too much information! I would like to find a unique/special/new to us foodie gift for our Christmas stockings. (These are not all of the stockings, 6 of them were taken down while the fire was lit.) We do a name exchange and only but a gift for 1 adult and we buy for all the kids, but we still fill each others stockings and I like to do something yummy and different each year. One year was cocoa's, another was nuts, another was soup mixes. you get the idea. This year I want something special. HOWEVER in my Internet searches I have found too much. I can't decide. I can't even narrow it down. SHEESH. So what do you suggest? Please Help :)

Happy Holiday Pink Saturday. Thank You Beverly for hosting us again this week, please visit her and all the other pink ladies for loads of fun. Today I thought I would share a small and drastically un adorned Coca-Cola Town Square Christmas Village. I USUALLY have little lighted lamp posts, mirrors for ponds, snow and roads, ceramic people, cars and trucks,snow banks..... Well the electric does not work on the wall they are on so they can't be lit nor can the lamp posts etc...so I decided to go bare bones simple, I have a vintage table cloth that I KNOW does not look like the ground, but I like it and I adore all the little businesses :)  I would love to have the church that goes in the town square village, but I missed it years ago. One day maybe. My favorite one is the first one I got. Jenny's Sweet Shop! That is really the name, I did not paint it on! Lee gave it to me for Christmas in 1997 or 1998, and that started this little collection. Merry Christmas!

Well,  I thought I was done with blessing posts after November, boy howdy did God have other plans. My husband is a Mason, at Masonic Lodge #30 in Suffolk, Virginia Last night the Worshipful Master (the head guy) at his Lodge, came to the house to visit with Lee.  He is also a friend of ours and we have known him and his wife for many years. * on a side note they had a baby boy 2 weeks ago :) we love them all! Any how... The lodge "passed the hat" and blessed us with a monetary gift, which is a great blessing to us and will help us in so many ways! We will be able to pay a couple of bills and put food in the house. We were really trying to figure out how to make what we have work until payday and after payday to be honest. We are so thankful to them and to God... who had a plan all along.

30 days of blessings posted, 30 days of being reminded by God of what is important, 30 days of happiness. This is the last post of the month and what a way to end it. I was blessed to win a treat! Melissa at Overwhelmed By His Blessings  had a $25.00 Burger King gift card give away and I was the winner! Wow I could not believe it. It is such a blessing;  we get a lunch or dinner out, and for us that is a big deal, we rarely eat out anywhere, we hope to find a day we can take Colby and Shelby with us for a special day. Thank You so much Melissa! You made my day. This month I have been Overwhelmed by His Blessings too :)

I can't believe this month is almost gone! I have only one more day of blessings to post, when I started this I was just hoping I would remember to post everyday :) Well I have missed a few, but posted 2 the next day to keep on track.um mm yeah like today :) Everyday I have asked God to reveal to me what my blessing for today is and everyday this month He has led me to something or someone to be blessed by. Image from Google search I was prompted by God to do this, the 1st day of November I was sitting here trying to decide what to post and I asked God for wisdom. Blessings and gratitude are what He wanted me to post, so I did. It has been good for me. It has been calming and has revealed much to me this month. We often have the tendency to become downtrodden in our struggles and trials, but there are great blessings in those too as I hope I have revealed and learned this month. My blessing today as I reflect upon this last month is that I am happier than I was a month ago. I...

Today dear ones, I am blessed to have so many people to pray for! I was in my kitchen getting some popcorn out of the cabinet to make me a bowl, on the cabinet that holds the kernels of corn 2 red ribbons are tied to the handle, the ribbons are off a bag of popcorn Marcia sent to me with the gift card she sent when I was the winner of her White Christmas in July party. When I took the ribbons off the bag I tied them on the cabinet handle to remind me of Marcia. ..and it's cute and they match my kitchen :) Often when I touch them I say a prayer for her. I do that with all sorts of things I have been given, when I scrap with paper Aymee sent me I say a prayer for her, when I pull out an embellishment form an envelope or matchbox swap I think of Donna or Kim and say a prayer, when I see my little pompom chicks or my fall pixie, I pray for Elizabeth, when I see the rabbit on my desk I thank God for Angela, whenever I see the color Tiffany Blue Trisha is who I think of and pray for, w...

Today my friends, I have been blessed with the gift of time. I had time today to have breakfast with Lee, to take a nap and read a book, watch a football game, cook and enjoy supper with Lee, blog here and visit many others. A simple day. Filled with simple pleasures. Which I am blessed to enjoy and take comfort in. Thank You Lord for this day, I am blessed yet again by your grace. My mom made our stockings, mine was made so long ago I was just a kid,at least 25 years ago if not longer.  Lee's was made 15 years ago in "Cowboys" colors...I know sheesh, but that is what he wanted and that is what she made. We don't have a fireplace and the shelf we used to use broke, so we are using command strips on the grandfather clock. It works for us :) Merry Christmas

Hey Y'all Happy Pink Saturday to ya. Be sure to stop in and visit Beverly and all the other pinkies at Beverly's blog How Sweet The Sound I crashed yesterday! I never even got online, I came home from working "BLACK FRIDAY" and went right to bed. I slept 12 solid hours! Well I had been up for almost 48 hours so I am not surprised. SO my blessing for yesterday was that I was blessed to have a decent day at work. Black Friday is a rough day for everyone who works retail! I was running a register most of my shift and helping customers and my co-workers, I got cussed at only twice and only had about 15 people with really bad attitudes. Not too bad for the busiest shopping day of the year. So I was blessed, it was not too bad on me and at 8am when I got off I went to breakfast with my friend Julie and we had a nice relaxing time. For my blessing today I have to share with you the women in my life. My sisters. I am blessed to be the oldest of our clan. I am the bi...

     HAPPY THANKSGIVING! You are my blessing today! The fact that you are here reading this and maybe leaving a comment blesses me beyond words. Please know that I care about you and you bring me joy. Know that God loves you so much and I do too. You are wonderful! May your day of thanks be filled with good food, good fellowship and loads of love. Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for today? See you tomorrow.

I am Blessed to have had the last 2 days off, the next 2 are gonna be a killer! I was blessed with the time to enjoy myself at home and get a few errands done today here in town. I took some of the time I was off to put up my Christmas Tree :)                                         DON"T GROAN! I work retail and I am working all weekend, so this way I get to enjoy it. Here is a peek. The last two years we did not really celebrate Christmas, it has been too depressing. This year I want to, Lee really doesn't but I hope he changes his mind. When I stopped working on the tree this morning, I prayed and I felt so good. I hope Jesus likes my display of Celebration for his Birthday. I am not done with it, but had other things to get done so I stopped for today.  I cannot imagine I will ha...

Today is a cool rainy day here in Virginia, how is your day shaping up? My blessing for today is one of humility. It's a bit of a story so be ready to read :) It started with Pie. Disclaimer...teehee this photo of Amanda at Thanksgiving last year has nothing to do with my story today, I just think it's funny, she was 8 months pregnant and the only one cutting pie :) That is her mom Jamie leaning to the right. Even more funny or sad depending on how you look at it, is that there were 6 more pies on the counter! OK here is my blessing . I have on occasion gone to a church in my neighborhood. Rock Church of Franklin, Virginia. The atmosphere, worship and pastors are great. The last time I went the greeter asked me to fill out a visitor card and I did. During the announcements the pastor reminded everyone of their Say Hi with a Pie event, they take a pie to a person in our city, just say hi and visit a minute. Well sad as I am I was hoping and praying we would be a home they wo...

Hello Friends! Ok that is so not me...lol Hey Y'all :) I am so glad you are here. Please leave a comment so I can come and visit you, just say hey, you don't have to write anything else, it'll give me a link back to you. I am blessed today by blogland! First I have seen so much talent and creativity, I love it all! Second I have been in search of a Christmas background and it had to be free... I have found tons of them that are great! BUT none that just screamed ME ME PICK ME...teehee SO while cruising around blogland this morning I visited Susie at 1st Floor Flat  she had "Retro Man" and I just had to have him :) She has all sorts of Free backgrounds and extras. Here is another one I really liked. Thank You Susie! Her blog  has halloween background, but don't let that scare you away, she has goodies galore. So I am blessed by an act of kindness. She does not have to spend time making these and offering them for our use, but she does and that m...

20 days of blessings counted so far. 20 posts in a row, which is a lot for me, I am not an everyday poster, so this has been a new challenge for me. A good one though. Today I have 2 blessings. First I have a friend at work,  I love her a bunch. She is a blessing to me and I am thankful to have her in my life. She surprised me with a gift this morning. I have a really hard time with my hands in winter weather, they crack and split no matter how much lotion I use, she found a pair of Aloe infused gloves and gave them to me to try and help my poor hands. That was so kind and thoughtful of her. Thanks Julia, I am putting them on before I go to bed. Next, I am so glad we have TV preachers and TBN. Oh I know some of them are shall we say...extreme, but others...they are spot on, to me at least. This morning I was not able to make it to church, so I had the TV on and I had my pick of messages to choose from, so thank you Lord for calling some of these men to your ministry and...

I count among my many blessings all of my brother-in-laws. I have 5 all together. 3 are my sister's husband's and 2 are my husband's brother's. They are all good men whom I love dearly. I could call any of them and they would be there for me in a minute. Most all of them are Saved by God's grace and I take comfort in knowing we will spend eternity together.  The one's that aren't know all about Jesus, they have to come to him in their own time. We pray for them, well I pray for all of them all the time, but extra prayers for them. Steve is Beth's husband. He is holding Layden the day after he was born.  This is Jay, he is married to Joanne and the father of Colby and Shelby.  This photo was taken on the day of Laura's wedding, such a handsome pair :) This is Patrick, Laura's husband. This photo was last summer at mom and dad's house. This is Curtis and Angela Curtis is Lee's younger brother. I don't have a photo on my comp...

Counting my blessings again today. My blessing today and everyday are my parents. They are 2 of the greatest people on earth. They love us all so much, and they love each other. They have been married 42 years, are Christians,have had 6 children, and a successful business,are the prayer team leaders of their church, had hard times, good times and everything in between. They are great examples to us all and we all love them very much. I could go on for days about them; so let me just say... I am blessed CRAZY blessed to be their daughter. I LOVE YOU BOTH VERY, VERY MUCH.

Blessings Abound! God is so good to us, we are blessed beyond measure to be His children. Jesus loves us all so much. What happened today that is so special? Not a thing, it is just another ordinary day. Another day we struggle to make it through but; Another day I am thankful have with family and friends. I love that I can come here and "talk Jesus".  Some like it and some do not. Well that is OK, because God loves us all the same.  I am gonna praise the Lord at every chance I get :) One week until Thanksgiving, are you getting ready? What are you thankful for this year? So today I am blessed to have another day, a husband who loves me, a roof over my head, food in my belly, heat to keep the chill away, doctors to help my husband, a wonderful family, blog friends that I adore and a God who loves me and loves you more than we can imagine.

Counting my blessings has been so good for me. Thank You Lord for leading me everyday. Today He has led me to Angela.  My sister-in-love. She is married to Curtis, Lee's brother. The day I met her 4 years ago was the day we were leaving Arkansas (where they live) to go to Texas for Lee's Mother's burial. You could not have picked a harder time to meet. We clicked as soon as we met and have loved each other every minute since :) Let me tell you, I am BLESSED beyond measure to have her in my life. Her Faith amazes me. Her love is unconditional and her heart is as big as all outdoors. She gave me another niece and nephew. . In their family we have Blair, (Curtis' daughter)  Kameron,and Alana.(Angela's kiddos) (I am missing a photo of Blair on my computer)                                     ...