January 2011...

It's cold in the Heartland, snow on the ground BUT we had sunshine today! 
I don't care how cold it gets if the sun shines with the dipping thermometer.  We have days and days and sometimes weeks with no sun, it bums me out.  I can stay in when it's sunny but I have a difficult time staying indoors when it's overcast.  I get really antsy.  Do you?
Can you believe another year has gone by?  I don't know where 2010 went and here we are in 2011!  What's up with that?  I remember my father saying, "the older you get the faster it goes (speaking of time)."  Of course I didn't believe him but I can tell you now, I'm a believer!
Sweet Man is on the road somewhere in the hills of Virginia tonight as I post. 
I'm on my way to the sitting room to watch one of the movies one of my Arizona girls sent us and wrap up in the new quilt throw my Canadian girl made me.
I want to wish any and all who peruse this blog a wonderful and prosperous New Year with lots of happiness and joy thrown in.  

The Lost Is Found

Hello. . .it's me NanC. No, I didn't pass on to the big blog in the sky, I just haven't had much to say.
Let's play catch up. . .
Sweet Man has been on the road a lot so we don't see much of each other but we do burn up the phone lines.

We've had a cold winter and quite a bit of snow but we've managed.

My electric garage door isn't working and that has been an awful inconvenience but no hubby around to fix it so I just put up with it.

Still no completed upstairs bathroom. Again, no hubby around to fix it. I don't think about how much that guy does around here until something goes haywire and requires his attention. I wish I were mechanical!! (Sweet Man is a whizbang at mechanical)

I've been catching up on one of my favorite authors, J.A. Jance. I'm listening to her Ali Reynolds series right now. This series takes place around the Sedona area of Arizona. Her Sheriff Joanna Brady series takes place in Bisbee. I like to read stories about where I've lived. Ever read Jance's books?

Not much else of interest has taken place so will sign off for now. Have a lovely day wherever in the world you are.

It's 2009!

How can that be? Do you remember the big hoopla when 2000 was approaching and how everything was in an uproar? Would the banks work, would the pc clocks turn over, would prices go beyond the moon? Here we are nearly a decade past it and we're all still living, breathing, and paying taxes.

Why do we get in such a dither I asked myself. We surely shouldn't if we know the Gospel and how it works. We have a prophet to guide and direct us, scriptures to guide and direct us and the Spirit to assure us. What do we have to fear? I think nothing IF we are living the gospel to the very best of our ability and making good choices. Those good choices must be led by pondering, prayer and listening for confirmation or negation of the Holy Ghost. I don't even entertain the thought that I 'know' Heavenly Father's plan for the universe. He's in charge of the big stuff, I'm only in charge of me through His good graces.

That last sentence has had me pondering for days about what I would like to accomplish this coming year. A brand new year with no mistakes in it, a clean slate. In my opinion, and this is the gospel according to Nanc so don't quote it, principle of the gospel is R-E-P-E-N-T-A-N-C-E. We get to wipe our slate clean ALL the time when using this principle correctly and OFTEN. I'm so thankful for my brother and Savior Jesus Christ and how He has made this possible for you and me. I don't exactly understand how it works I just know it does and I'm grateful for it. It would be extremely foolish not to take advantage of this magnificent gift.

With that in mind, my number one goal this year is coming even closer to my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ through diligent study of the scriptures, temple attendance, prayer and repentance.

I'm a weak vessel and I'm the first one to admit it. I probably will have days I won't have this goal upper most in my mind and that's ok, I'm human. What I do know for a certainty is there is a new day tomorrow and it is fresh and clean with no mistakes in it and I can begin again. I don't want anyone to think we can continually put off what we should be doing today because eventually our tomorrows will run out here on earth.

I would like to invite you to take this journey with me, to come closer to our Heavenly Father and our brother Jesus Christ, to get to know them personally and feel their love, compassion, and charity for us. I bear testimony to you that if you will do this your life will open like a flower. It will be sweeter, happier and more joyful.

WARNING: If you take this journey it does not mean you will not be tempted, tried or have problems BUT I can assure you that you will be better able to overcome the obstacles in your path and if you endure it well you will be blessed beyond measure.

I wish you a happy, prosperous, and sweet New Year wherever in the world you are