Help Japan.

I know the news media has shifted on to other stories, leaving the ongoing tragedy in Japan behind.  I understand this story is old news and they need to move on to something else that is breaking for their headlines.

Mission to the World is still very involved in the recovery of Japan, with missionaries working together with locals to help feed and clothe people in the impacted areas.

This Link will take you to their website, where Roger and Abi Lowther of Grace City Church Tokyo have sent updates concerning their progress in delivering food, water and clothing to affected areas.

It's amazing. God's work is amazing. I hope you'll take a moment to read some of the blogs to learn more.  Roger has a Blogspot Blog Here.

Say a prayer for these brave missionaries and those helping in providing relief for those in need. These people are truly gifts from God that they were in the right place to help and show God's love to the people of Japan.  My heart breaks for those who have lost everything - forget material possessions, but their loved one's lives. Keeping them in my thoughts and prayers.

Raindrops.

So I guess without rain we wouldn't have raindrops, right?  I ventured outside after work yesterday in the misty rain and cold temperatures, hoping to find some decent pictures.  Wish I knew better what I was doing instead of just clickin' and prayin'. But I'm having fun.

Went to this very old graveyard close to my office.  Since I have this irrational fear of falling through a grave site, which becomes even worse when the ground is wet, I didn't make it far beyond the front gate. But that's ok, too.

We've gotten over 3" of rain in the past two days! I feel like we are floating away, but come August we'll be praying for this rain.  So I'm trying to have a positive outlook about it now and APPRECIATE it. *sigh* Trying.

Hello Thursday, I hope you bring some sunshine my way! :)  Only one more day until the weekend! Ya'll keep hanging on, it's almost here!

Just living is not enough - said the Butterfly

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
~Hans Christian Anderson

Amen little butterfly.  And I could use some of that sunshine today. Holy cow, it's raining to beat the band out there today with dark overcast skies and not a drop of sunshine.  It's cold and dreary, making me put back on close-toed shoes and leave my flip flops at home. *pout*

But rain makes the flowers grow so I can't be too pouty. Or at least, I can try to be less pouty about it and pretend like that thought makes it better. HAHA

Any happy thoughts to make me smile today? Feel free to share a few!

I did it! :)

I'm so proud of myself. I made a double layer carrot cake with cream cheese icing from scratch - all by myself! :)  Every once in a while I get the urge to try my hand at cooking or baking and you never know how it's going to turn out.  It's always an adventure.

But this time, it turned out WONDERFUL! It was very moist, very tasty and VERY CUTE!

I'm really bad to tweak recipes before I try them, based on the comments in the reviews. These reviewers didn't lead me astray and it turned out great.  :)  YAYAYAYAY! 

Want to see the recipe?  http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Carrot-Cake-III/Detail.aspx

I did make a few changes:

• 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar
• 3/4 cup of oil and 1/2 cup of applesauce
• added some nutmeg and allspice
• grated the carrots with the cheese grater side to reduce moisture in the cake.

So yummy. Yum yum yummy!

Muffin Monday

I was dragging pretty bad this morning. Monday mornings are always tough, but rainy Mondays after rainy weekends are especially difficult. Seems I'm not the only one who thinks so.

I finally haul myself out of bed. Drag myself to the doorway and flip on the light. Muffin wasn't thrilled with the overhead light being on and groggily blinked at me.

I find my way into the bathroom, turn on the water and slowly come to life under the spray of hot water.  Turn off the water, toss back the curtain .... and there is NO KITTEN GREETING ME ON THE BATHROOM RUG!  What? Where is she? No meows, no hops into the tub... No Muffin.

I finish the morning routine and go back into my bedroom, where I find this:

 Right where I left her.  Just before this picture, she gave me the biggest yawn, like I'm interrupting her precious sleep. She didn't move from that spot until she saw me heading for the front part of the house - aka - where her food is located. THEN she manged to get up and show some excitement! :)

I hope ya'll have a great week, despite the gloomy beginning.  Wrap up the end of March with a positive attitude and welcome April with a smile!

Weekend Wants

What could I possibly want this weekend?

How about a 2010 Camry Hubcap, since one of mine went missing.  Yes indeed. I was less than thrilled when a co-worker told me I had a missing hubcap. I HATE it. But, I also don't want to spend $85 at my local Toyota dealership to have it replaced. So I'm driving around looking like a dingbat and trying desperately to be ok with it.

Weekend Cat Blogging.

Muffin returns this weekend. 

Obviously she's had a stressful week and is sneaking in a Saturday Snooze...

Being a cat is a hard life. *sigh*

Enjoy your weekend and follow Muffin's lead - sneak in a nap! :)