Giving

I've been spending alot of time in my new heavenly chair just thinking things over. It really feels great. Since the chairs are a chocolate brown leather, I've been running all over the stores on my lunch hour and weekends acquiring chocolate colored items to match. I'm calling this chapter in my life "Chocolate Changes." My mom is calling it "Hershey Haven." I guess I'm making Chocolate Changes in order to have a Hershey Haven. Nonetheless, I'm very happy indeed!

Shrimp and Shells for dinner tonight. I added in some sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, green onions, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, hot paprika and tossed all of the above with olive oil mayonnaise. I also was able to share our dinner with Dolores and our mutual friend, Terrie, who came over to pick up one of our old recliners.

Terrie is a phenomonal painter. She hand-paints Christmas ornaments and sells them for $4. I ordered 24 of them so she brought them along with her tonight. They are absolutely gorgeous. She paints dark pink roses on gold ornaments and also paints pine branches and holly with berries on gold ornaments. If anyone is interested, let me know. She's also done snowmen scenes on blue ornaments.

Dolores's birthday is on Thanksgiving this year so I really want to make that day special for her. We're planning the menu together and so far it will prove to be spectacular. More on that subject later.

Food For Thought:

It feels so good to share. The Bible says giving and sharing is a sacrifice, but it just feels so good to me to be able to provide for my family and for anyone in need or just a friend who happens to be picking up an old recliner. It is very important to me to share - to give part of what I have, part of who I am, part of my time, talents and lots and lots of love. By doing this, over the years, it seems I keep finding more to give. I have truly been blessed.