Zizzie Happenings

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Hope you will join me in spending some time meditating on the many blessings and provisions God has given.

Family Christian Stores is having a prebuy offer - buy the Fireproof DVD now for $19.99 (retail $24.99) and receive the Fireproof Soundtrack, a $13.99 value and Love & Respect DVD Seminar, a $5 value, for FREE! We don't really live near a Family Christian Store so I went online to look around and I found out that this prebuy offer is actually good in stores AND online (but only while supplies last). When I shop online I always go to ebates.com to see if I can get any money back while making my purchase but no luck. However, yesterday I learned about InboxDollars and I signed up for InboxDollars to read emails, do surveys and get paid. They ALSO offer money back when buying online so I looked and sure enough they give 3% back for Family Christian Store purchases. All I had to do is log into my InboxDollars account, search for Family Christian Stores, click on the link and make my order. I was alittle nervous because sometimes shopping online you have to pay big bucks for s...

I went into my closet to get one thing and decided I just couldn't take it any more. So I pulled everything out, made a pile of clothes to sell at a garage sale, organized my shoes, neatly stacked my towels and went through all my boxes of Creative Memories stuff to decide what to sell, what to use and what to give away. Here are my before and after pictures. I am hoping little by little to get every area of my house organized. Before After P.S. This past week I've been reading The Homespun Heart - Making your Home a Haven and I guess it really inspired me.

Have you ever read any books by Cathy Marie Hake ? If you haven't and you love to read, I would suggest starting with Letter Perfect. My sister Kathy started reading her books and then let me borrow some and I must say I think she is my favorite. (author that is, although Kathy is my favorite sister but she is my one and one sister) I have always had a hard time reading so I never enjoyed it until recently. Although I am a slow reader I can get these books done in 2 or 3 days. Someone like my Mom or sister could read them in a day. I have already read Letter Perfect, Bittersweet and Whirlwind, looking forward to reading Fancy Pants and Forevermore next. Here is a little section from Letter Perfect that I thought was great and I wanted to share it with all those single young ladies out there who are longing to find a good Christian man. "Marriage is like bread." Mrs. O'Sullivan walked over to a crock and pinched out a wad of starter to make her loaf. "You can have...

Although it's really early to be decorating for Christmas, I just can't help myself. I love Christmas time. I love the weather, the family time, the food, the music, the smell and most of all I love the reminder of Jesus' birth. God loved me so much that He sent His one and only sinless Son to become man so He could die on the cross for my sins. I am very thankful for His sacrifice! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

My sister Kathy is blogging daily what she is thankful for. I thought this was a GREAT idea. God tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that we should give thanks in EVERY thing. It is so easy to focus on the negative but that isn't what we are suppose to be doing. We take so many things for granted. Our lives are so full of blessings from God and yet we don't take the time to thank Him. This morning as I woke up I realized how blessed I am to be healthy. I don't have to take any medication. My body isn't in physical pain all day long. I can breathe without any discomfort or machines. I can see and hear the world around me. Leave a comment and share what you are thankful for today. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.