I love this time of year, its the new year…the new school year. A chance to start fresh, have better handwriting, and make new friends. I am doing that even as a grown woman. The kids were prayed for at church last night and I was so relieved, had an overwhelming sense of peace and wellness. Thank you crcc, I love the spirit in you.

Iloved sunday night at my church. I loved that jesus lives and travels on our praise. Do you realize that sound never ends ? That means that when you sing beautifully or yell hoarsley, or even moan with your insides that goes on and on and on….into the atmosphere. Changing it.
So on sunday night when jesus showed up wearing a healing and a smile(I stole that) and a lady fell to the floor in his prescence, I was encouraged, happy, enlightened and generally satisfied.
The disciples were not tidy people, they were wild. Wild at heart, wild in spirit. Bring it on. I want the man, the manifest man.

            I woke up, got dressed and drove to Glam. On the way there, I prayed. I asked the Lord to help me be transparent so that people would see him on the inside of me. As the day wore on, I realized that HE has given me a circle of influence, the young girls that work for me are in that circle. Its not JUST the customers, its the employees !! I get it. I grow to love these young women more every day, it is amazing to me. I thought that this would be the hardest part. (teenage girls, not my strong suit) BUT, and this is a biggie people, BUT, the LORD is restoring my heart for the generation behind me, HE is mending where I have been broken, and he is using these EXTRAORDINARY young women to do it. It feels good.

 I promised myself when I started this blog, that I would have NO BUFFER. That’s hard for my family at times, but this is mine and its my creative outlet, so tune out ….if you can.

                When I met my husband, he was already married, and I was a lost girl. Little did I know that ABBA would REDEEM me and SAVE him. He is a RESTORER in the biggest kind of way. He can take sin that turns your stomach and wash it white as snow….trust me, I know. 

        I have never been more in love with my husband or my LORD. They both keep showing me more and loving me more. Amazing. Amazing love, redeeming love. Abba redeems and restores every broken thing. He washes over me like waves of spirit, he won’t give up or in, until I sing. Until I bring my offering….my heart. MY HEART, MY HEART…..

        I wanted to post about my husband, but the Lord has taken us from as low as you can go , and he has wrapped himself around this marriage, like a vine, I can’t write about the Butcher without writing about how JESUS redeemed it. Redeeed us. I can’t stop saying the word REDEEMED tonight. Hmmm.

why can’t kids just get along ?

why do I still have the urge to have a tantrum at age 35 ?

why do I have to miss Annie’s birthday ?

why are my friends talking about missing the Brevard trip ?

why is there a worm on facebook ?

Is the i-phone better than my blackberry ?

Why do I have a cold in the middle of summer ?

Why cant I go to bed early ?

why does the butcher love me ?

why did God redeem our marriage ?

why is our dog so afraid of thunderstorms ?

 Just a few questions that are going through my mind, right now.

ps. I am trying not to blog about GLAM. even though, I cant think of anything else…..

               GLAM CLOTHING CO. Is up and running. The grand opening is over. We DID it. Still can’t quite believe it.

                       I haven’t cleaned my house, or petted my dog in a week. Have missed 3 bed times in a row with my kids, but in the big picture, I hope they will be proud of me. Proud that I am not afraid of trying something new and possibly failing, proud that I fight very hard against the voice of my flesh that tells me I can’t do it.

                  We could not have gotten Glam off the ground with out  prayers and HELP ! So, thanks to all who have done one or the other. And thanks to those of you who have done both.

                  And thanks to the Butcher for running errands, getting groceries, putting gas in my car, taking the dog to the groomer(even though you forgot to pick her up), handling the kids, making me drink water, and reminding me to eat. Its been  a tough couple of weeks. I love you. Thanks for believing that I could pull this off.

       If you would like to see a slide show from the preview party you can go to fototales.com and click on clients and then use glam as the password. My friend Regan did the photos and I think they are awesome !

 Today is Sidney’s birthday. I wasn’t actually there when Sid was born, and that has caused us some complications over the years. Thats ok. You only have one life to live, we are not going to get bogged down in the details. Here are some things I want you to know about Sidney….

1. She LOVES to sleep.
2. She has PERFECT handwriting.
3. She is a GREAT singer.
4. Her eyes are BEAUTIFUL.
5. She is an artist.
6. She is great on the computer.
7. Her fashion sense is right on !
8. She is a hard worker.
9. She looks just like her Daddy.
10. I want to hug her more.
11. I love her, I pray for her, and the memories I have of her make me laugh and cry.

First of all, I did not get my hairs done. I am sad about this. The Lady made me wait 45 minutes, and while, I try to be understanding, I simply COULD NOT waste that much time this week.

                Last week, I made a new friend, her name is Regan, so this is a shout out to her ! I love being a 35 year old woman who can enjoy making new friends ! There is joy in that, and joy is strength. THAT is what I need considering I am on the tail end of two 14 hour days and pretty much delirious.

          Other things that I want to talk about, but can’t tonight(due to the afore mentioned exhaustion)

1. The pastor and staff of men from our church came and prayed for GLAM, and for our families. I will talk about this in great detail later !
2. One of my Best friends,( I like to call her frankencense, she calls me Gold, we are funny that way), was very sick, but is on the mend. The relief and joy of prayers answered were overwhelming to me.  I plan on writing a blog about what she means to me and how she changed the way I live my life. coming soon.
3. Lastly……I was on the news tonight !! So exciting Of course, I don’t like how I look or sound on camera, but thats a blog for another day. We have been  BLESSED beyond measure ! This whole news story was straight from our Father’s hand.
4. I woke the kids up with muffins in bed this morning. I hope that makes up for the fact that I haven’t seen them in 2 days….It’s gonna be worth it all. Eyes on the prize…..Proverbs 31 wife….
5. oh yeah, lets not forget, the toilet overflowed and I dropped my keyes in while trying to plunge it, while Nikki died laughing. It was a funny diversion, if the devil thought it would bother us….he was wrong.

   FYI….opening a business is waaay harder than I thought it would be. That being said, here are a few other things that are harder than I thought they would be……

1. being a good parent, keyword…good.
2. making a cheesecake
3. living 90 miles away from the 2 women that changed my spiritual life.
4. HAVING a spiritual life.
5. being a boss.
6. being a wife.
7. letting go of a child that is growing up.
8. training a dog.
9. blogging every day.
10. loving my neighbor.
11. line dancing.

I mean really ! Whose with me ? Thanks, this was a nice diversion. I am exhausted and delirious. Glam opens in 5 days !!

         Our homes are our land, so to speak. If I don’t like the atmosphere in my home, I have to realize that I have the power to change it. My children think that I am too strict, but I don’t agree. Its like a delicate dance, give and take…I have not perfected it. But I can work on it everyday, and so….here goes. Shall we dance ?