29 while 29...

Okay - So my list has started... Only had a couple suggestions, so I am needing a bunch more... But here is what I have so far.

1 - Use my cookbooks to try 29 new recipes.

2 - Visit “Carlo’s Bakery” in Hoboken, NJ and buy a cake or cookie from them.

3 - Go camping for the first time.

4 - Go to the Ohio state fair..

5 - Run a 10K or ½ marathon…and finish without stopping.

6 - Kiss my husband in the rain.

7 - Learn to play guitar.

8 - Learn to sew.

9 - Do 29 hours of volunteer work.

10 - Take a road trip with my best friend.

11 - Read more.

12 - Go to NYC/Washington DC with my husband.

As you can see - I am not quite there yet - so I need more help! They can be fun, random things too. I'm open to most suggestions!!

Just 17 more items to add to my list...Think we can do it?

Needing Suggestions...

I have come to the realization that I am about to be 29 years old (Yes, I knew it already, but just hear me out!)... I have just 2 months and 7 days and I am in my last year of my 20's. And while I have done a lot over the years, traveled and experienced so much over the years, I know there are still things that I want to do, and have not been able to do them yet. So, since I have graduated from college, I am now married, and we do not have any kids right now, I figured it is the best time to make a list of some things that I still want to do before I turn 30 years old.

Which is why I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of things I want to do before I turned 30...

...29 Things To Do While I Am 29...

But - I need help figuring out what all I should have on this list. I have a few things in mind that I want on the list but not sure I have 29 things yet. So since I have just over 2 months to make this list, I thought getting some input on what I should have on the list would be a good thing. Now, they have to be decent, appropriate things - so if your suggestion isn't appropriate, please keep it to yourself. :-) But if you have a good suggestion, something that you have done and are glad you did or something you wish you would have done before you had kids or whatever - I'd gladly welcome the suggestions! And when I get the list finalized, I will post it - near my birthday so that you can all see it. Then, as things get marked off the list, I will tell all about them.

So I need 29 things to do in the 365 days that I am 29years old. Here's to making a fun list!!

:-)

Thinking

Sometimes we all need someone to talk to but we don't know who that person is... and it seems like there are times we cry out to everyone, but no one truly hears us or what we are saying. I know I am not the only one who has ever felt this way. It's sad that in a world as big as this one that we live in that something like this can happen. Especially when we have so many people in our lives.

You know, it's weird how many times we cry out and cry out and seem to ask for help but it's always overlooked. You get told "oh, you're having a bad day" or "It's okay, this will pass" or even "maybe God is trying to teach you something"... The funny thing is, what if you really feel like you need someone to talk to... someone who won't judge you or hold anything you say against you later??

Now, I know that not everyone feels this way, nor has everyone ever felt this way. But is it possible that maybe there are a few people out there who need someone.. Someone to talk to them or better yet, someone to listen to them.

I guess I have just been praying that I can be that someone for someone... And if that is something I am willing to do...makes me wonder who you can be that person for in your life. There are so many people who need someone to talk to them, just seems that there are many people who need someone to just listen to them and we should all be willing to be that listener for them.

Just my thoughts...

Prayer...

There are many times when we are praying for something (an answer, a miracle, a situation to be changed) and it seems like nothing is changing. Our human eyes are too human to see that God is making a way. We need to stop looking with our human eyes and start looking with our soul. God is hearing us.

We should never give up no matter what. Just when you feel discouraged, when you feel like all hope is lost or there is no way what you are praying for will ever happen, that is when you need to PRAY HARDER! God is there! He hears us. The devil wants us to think that our situation can never change. He wants us to think that what we are praying for is impossible. But we need to know what God promised us.

Look up Scriptures to back what you are praying for. God always gave us everything we need in His Word. It is there. I do not care if it takes 20 years for you to see your prayer answer - NEVER GIVE UP! Never doubt that prayer is working. Never let the devil have a single ounce of success.

How do we do this? By praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). We need to be in constant prayer. This does not mean that when we pray for a day and don't see the answer we want we give up. Or after a week. Or a month. It means that we are continually in conversation with God about our need/concern/want.

I have heard people say that they tried prayer and it didn't work for them. I just laugh! Tried prayer? Like it is a food our parents make us try as kids and if we don't like it we can have peanut butter and jelly instead! Prayer is not something we just TRY! It is a lifestyle. It is a way of life. It should be continual throughout every situation we are presented with.

Now - this does not mean that the devil will just leave you alone... On the contrary! It means he is going to try harder to not lose you. Yes, I said he thinks he has you..that you are his and not God's! But we need to ensure that we teach him a lesson that we are GOD'S CHILDREN! And we know the power of prayer. When the devil starts to bring up doubt in your mind - knock him down with a Scripture! When the devil starts to make you think that God isn't listening - quote a verse at him (1 John 5:14-15).

Know what your Bible says - and use it! Don't just carry it so people see that you have one. Don't just let it be a decoration on your coffee table so that its there when you need it... YOU NEED IT NOW!

Pray - pray - pray! That is what will make a difference in our lives.

God bless!!!

Ohio Weather

Oh my goodness is this weather crazy lately! I cannot believe that on Friday evening/Saturday morning it was freezing cold and we had so much snow that the roads were almost too bad to drive on. Then, today (Monday) there is nothing but wind and rain... the snow is all melted. Ugh!

Yet the thing that always gets me is that how there are always so many people complaining about the drastically different weather conditions. We live in Ohio and it is always like this! Haha But so many people are always complaining that the weather is so bad and they don't like it.

The only complaint I have is the fact that Draekon's fur seems to be confused as well... seems he's starting his spring shedding already! LoL But, it's no big deal. We will just continue to brush him and get all that extra fur off of him so that he is silky smooth and looking his best. Hopefully soon his fur will figure out what is going on and that it is still winter and he shouldn't be shedding this badly already!

Here's to the rest of winter... since it is Ohio, we never know what tomorrow's weather will look like!