Zizzie Happenings

Flying to Seattle today to meet up with the rest of my family.  It's cruise time!  I'm sad Mike wasn't able to experience this cruise with me.  I'm sure it's going to be an amazing cruise! I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and share them when I return.

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.' One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.  He asked her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him. Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.' This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painf...

 Kathy had the day off work because of the holiday so we decided to make some cards. While we were in the craft room stamping away I had a brilliant idea to do a little challenge between me and Kathy.  We make a card with the same stamp set and then put it up for a vote to see who likes which one better.  We were talking on Skype with my 9 year old niece and she wanted to join in on the challenge.... so here are all of our finished cards.  Leave a comment with your vote for each challenge.  We will pick a random winner from those who participate and they will receive some of our cards as the prize. This stamp set is called Fun Pun.    Which do you like better A1 or A2? A1 A2 This challenge is between Kathy and Rachel.   Which birthday card do you like best...B1 or B2? B1 B2 This stamp set is called Birds of Prey.  It's a really old Stampin' Up set but I really like it. Do you like C1 or C2 best? C1 C2 One l...

It was a craft filled week for me.  I even got Kathy to spend more time crafting this week. I borrowed a sewing machine from a friend and Kathy helped me with some cards I wanted to sew ribbon on.... pictures of the finished card will be posted next week. This isn't the greatest picture but I had to share this beautiful card Kathy made for our Pastor's wife whose birthday was Saturday.  Kathy and I watched these precious kiddos so their parents could go on a date and watch The Avengers movie.  We had fun and they got a little break to spend time together.  I finally made it to the Hobby Lobby that just opened up by our house.  I even drove myself.  Now that I know where it is, and how to get there, I am very thankful I don't normally have a car at home to use on a daily basis or visiting Hobby Lobby would become a problem for me :-)  After physical therapy Paul wanted to stop by our local library... I noticed these signs and I th...

We had another celebration for Kathy's birthday.  This time some sweet friends from church planned it.  We had a fabulous meal at Top of the World  and we ended it with this delicious dessert! We delivered this container of goodies to a family from church.  The mother/wife was going in for surgery and we wanted to help out with meals and snacks so she wouldn't have to worry.  Made some graduation cards and also learned about Instagram which allows me to play around with the color of my picture.  I am having lots of fun with it and you will probably notice a change because I am going to try to use Instagram for my blog pictures from now on.  I just love how it makes the colors pop!  Two more trips to physical therapy for Paul.  He is doing really well.  The doctor says he on track with his progress.  I went for a walk and it was so beautiful outside...I really enjoyed it... the sky was so clear and the air was crisp....

One week from today we will be flying to Seattle to enjoy a family cruise to Alaska....I can't wait!!

Today Mike and I would have celebrated 10 years of marriage.  I am so thankful for all the wonderful memories I have of our 8 married years.  Mike was a loving, loyal, creative, romantic man, as well as detailed, thorough and dedicated. I was going through Mike's external hard drive and I found this list.  He had kept track of what we did on each of our anniversaries.  For our 5 year anniversary he planned a trip to Niagara Falls and as soon as we got back from that trip he started planning for our 10 year anniversary.  He had decided that every 5 years he would surprise me with a trip somewhere.  Mike was always thinking, calculating or planning something.  This note that was on his iPhone always makes me smile but also makes me miss him more.  He actually took the time to calculate how many days we had been married, taking into consideration leap years.  It's little things like these that remind me of how uniquely special Mike w...

I received a request for a nurse themed greeting card.  Since I don't have any nurse type stamps I wasn't sure what I was going to do.  I ended up looking through clip art and got an idea...this was the result.  This is a picture of me driving... I decided to take a picture because this doesn't happen often.  I have driven more this week than I have in the last (almost) 2 years of living in Vegas.  Paul has physical therapy twice a week and someone has to drive him. I was sitting in the waiting room while Paul was in physical therapy when someone went in and left the door open so I snapped a picture.  To celebrate Kathy's birthday Paul took us out to her favorite restaurant... Roy's . They even printed Happy Birthday to Kathy on the menu... how cool is that?  Happy 38th Birthday Kathy.... We love you!  We came home and played Hand and Foot.  This was Paul's first adventure out (besides doctors visits) and it was p...

The Legacy of Your Heart 2 Timothy 2:15 ~ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Becoming a Woman After God's Own Heart Key #1 ~ Obey God's commands Your greatest impact will come as you "serve your generation by the will of God"--which means choosing to do things God's way, not your own way. Obedience is not always easy.  In fact, it's usually very difficult. There is a battle going on in your heart between doing what you should do and doing what you want to do. Key #2 ~ Walk in the Spirit Galatians 5:16 ~ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  Looking to God for His help and obeying this one command will do away with the works of the flesh, which destroy lives, marriages, families, and homes (verses 19-21) As you ask for help from God and walk with Him according to His ways, you reap instead "the ...

6 large eggs 4 large egg whites 1/2 cup water 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 2 cups fresh spinach, baby leaves, coarsely chopped 1 cup canned artichoke hearts, without oil, cut into chunks 1 cup crumbled feta cheese 1/2 cup roasted red pepper (packed in water), chopped 1/2 cup uncooked scallions, sliced 1/4 cup low fat cream cheese, at room temperature Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Coat muffins pans with cooking spray.  In a medium bowl, beat eggs, egg whites, water, salt and pepper until blended.  Stir in spinach, artichoke hearts, feta, roasted peppers, scallions and cream cheese; mix well. Spoon about 1/4 cup egg mixture into each prepared muffin hole.  Bake until just set, about 18 to 22 minutes.  Cool in pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes.  Loosen edges of frittatas with a rubber spatula, sliding spatula underneath frittatas to loosen bottoms and lift frittatas out of pans; serve.  Yields 1 frittata per serving. Freeze extras for las...

 The week started off with Paul having knee surgery.  Thank you for your prayers, his surgery went well and he is on his way to recovering.  He came home and Kathy got him settled in downstairs in my room since walking up stairs to get to his room was totally out of the question.  We are very thankful that we have this room on the first floor.  I don't know what we would have done otherwise. Kathy took off work to take care of Paul his first week of recovery.  This gave us some time for stamping.  We had fun creating cards.  On a side note - for the month of May you can get 20% off on my Zizziecards by using coupon code MAY2012. Kathy made these delicious frittatas... I will share the recipe tomorrow.  Paul has had lots of visitors.  Our church family was so kind to organize meals for us for the week.   It was a huge blessing!  Paul's first physical therapy since the surgery.  He did really well but ...