It took me quite by surprise. He said, "Ms. Wooden, I love you so much."
Today is my Plan Day. An itinerant teacher is teaching my students.
My students stop by intermittently with hugs, questions, and comments as I sit at
my desk doing my lesson planning for the last couple of weeks of their
Pre-Kindergarten year. Then out of the blue a little boy came over to me and said it. "Ms. Wooden, I love you so much." And he gave me a BIG HUG.
WOW! Thank you, Reynaldo! OXOXOX
Mrs. Wooden
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Mom & Me, & Sister Makes 3...
MOM and Me.
I love my mom. I thank God to be blessed to be 56 years old and still have both my mom and dad.
This past week with mom was great! Just mom and me. We did what we do when we are together …play cards games at her kitchen table for hours, talked, counseled each other , and EAT!!!!!!!
This is the time I catch up on all that is going on with family. They live a couple hundred miles away from me. Mom gets to check me out from top to bottom, and I her. You know how moms do. (wink)
When mom knows I am coming she shops for my favorites. So needless to say, I ate like a fool!
From my favorite chicken to shrimp and catfish I was out of control! I felt so guilty the second day; I ate salad with my chicken for breakfast. LOL
Thank God this is just a 3 day visit. Any longer and I would not had been able to fit out the door. I even ate cheesecake and apple pie. What!!!!!!
O.K. I am coming to my senses now. I am drinking a Slim Fast.
I spent some time with my only sister this week as well. She lives in the same city as mom. She is younger and wiser than me. She has prayed a hedge of protection around my heart and mind for years when I was not an Intentional Christian.
I love her! We went POWER WIG SHOPPING!!! Oh, YEA!!!!!! My sister is the Christian that I watched stand fast to the word for many, many years before I realized that God is the way.
She demonstrated the Grace that God says we should. She loved me and accepted me, and prayed for my while I was yet a sinner not seeking God.
I admire her heart, her determination, her parenting, her WALK, and so much more.
And now I love and appreciate our conversations about the Love of Jesus!
Well it is almost time for me to start my 3 hour solo trip home savoring this visit and transition my mind to being back at home. Vacation over!
This has been a great short visit. A Nice way to spend Spring Break!
Love you, mom! Love you, sis!
Vick
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Senior Discounts???
Senior Citizens in Need!
O.K. how about I thought you couldn’t get those senior citizen discounts at restaurants until you were like 65 years old.
WRONG!!!!!! My bad math and misconception at work again!
I ordered off the 55+ side of the menu at Perkins …..DISCOUNT!
And it was not mashed food and prune juice either!
I’ve still got teeth! Thank you….. very much!
So now, I am all over these discounts…I just need to know where they are.
So I need your help…when you are out and about if you see restaurant discounts for us 50+ folks in Michigan would you post them to this blog post?
Thank ya!
Ms. Vickie
Thursday, March 31, 2011
No, I did not!
OMG! Thank you for your GRACE! You came through again!
In such a hurry to get the chicken in the oven, run to the store to get aluminum foil, stop by the post office to mail invites to my next Scentsy Hostess Appreciation Event, finish my business supply order, and chat with my husband who was watching me on the hamster wheel before I had to leave for bible study in an hour... I did IT! OMG!!!!! I did IT!!!! The unspeakable!!!! Unthinkable!!! IT!!!!!! You know like walking out of the restroom with toilet paper on your shoe!!!! Ahhh! But that was not IT! (That was last week at church. LOL)
No this was the BIGGIE of all BIGGIES. And the sad thing is that I spoke this into my life!
The bible says, As a men speaketh so is he. ...... So why have I joked about
The BIG ONE so many times even though I had never done IT, and never wanted to do IT?
Why did I let those HORRIFYING WORDS flow out of my mouth, and Laughed!!!
Well, IT came to pass......!!!!! I got the chicken in the oven, finished my business supply order, grabbed my coat and mail, told my hubby I'd be back in a minute, and ran out the door.
I jumped in the car and decided to go to the post office first. As I got one block from the Post Office I looked in my rear view mirror. OMG!!!
Where is my WIG??????
OMG!!!!!!!!!! In the recesses of my mind I see it back at home next to my laptop! Ahhh!
Thank God I had a hoodie under my coat! Talk about a belly laugh!!! When is the last time you had one by the way? Have one on me!
Anyway, the people in the Post Office probably wondered why I was standing in line chuckling to myself. OH Yeah, I went on to the Post Office. LOL
But, I was laughing so hard when I came out that I forgot to go the the store. My husband and I laughed a good while when I got home. Thank God for GRACE and a Hoodie!
Lesson learned this side of 50: Do not entertain thoughts about things I do not want to come to pass. Sister Joyce Meyers says, Just think about something else!
This is something I can/will apply to every thought that is not of good report...every thought that does not line up with what God says about me and what He wants for me.
You can too. Just think about something else. No worries! Think about something else.
Love ya
Thank you for taking the time to laugh with me and at me. It does a body good!
In such a hurry to get the chicken in the oven, run to the store to get aluminum foil, stop by the post office to mail invites to my next Scentsy Hostess Appreciation Event, finish my business supply order, and chat with my husband who was watching me on the hamster wheel before I had to leave for bible study in an hour... I did IT! OMG!!!!! I did IT!!!! The unspeakable!!!! Unthinkable!!! IT!!!!!! You know like walking out of the restroom with toilet paper on your shoe!!!! Ahhh! But that was not IT! (That was last week at church. LOL)
No this was the BIGGIE of all BIGGIES. And the sad thing is that I spoke this into my life!
The bible says, As a men speaketh so is he. ...... So why have I joked about
The BIG ONE so many times even though I had never done IT, and never wanted to do IT?
Why did I let those HORRIFYING WORDS flow out of my mouth, and Laughed!!!
Well, IT came to pass......!!!!! I got the chicken in the oven, finished my business supply order, grabbed my coat and mail, told my hubby I'd be back in a minute, and ran out the door.
I jumped in the car and decided to go to the post office first. As I got one block from the Post Office I looked in my rear view mirror. OMG!!!
Where is my WIG??????
OMG!!!!!!!!!! In the recesses of my mind I see it back at home next to my laptop! Ahhh!
Thank God I had a hoodie under my coat! Talk about a belly laugh!!! When is the last time you had one by the way? Have one on me!
Anyway, the people in the Post Office probably wondered why I was standing in line chuckling to myself. OH Yeah, I went on to the Post Office. LOL
But, I was laughing so hard when I came out that I forgot to go the the store. My husband and I laughed a good while when I got home. Thank God for GRACE and a Hoodie!
Lesson learned this side of 50: Do not entertain thoughts about things I do not want to come to pass. Sister Joyce Meyers says, Just think about something else!
This is something I can/will apply to every thought that is not of good report...every thought that does not line up with what God says about me and what He wants for me.
You can too. Just think about something else. No worries! Think about something else.
Love ya
Thank you for taking the time to laugh with me and at me. It does a body good!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Mind Matters over 50.
You know, I just love Joyce Meyers. She points out that our daily Battlefield is the Mind.
Joyce says, we are in control of our thoughts and we have to be watchful about what we allow ourselves to think moment to moment.
Last week as I pondered this notion I realized that over the past 50+ years I have gone through some terrible situations with loved ones getting hurt, getting turned down for opportunities, or loans, etc,... having people laugh at me, and more .....ALL IN MY MIND!
Why do we let our mind take us to the worst possible scenarios????......Why go to those thoughts that make us have hot flashes, blood pressure go up, heart pounded fast and more? WHY????
Then come to find out that our family is fine. We get the opportunity. We get the loan. And no one laughed at us!
Why on earth did I entertain in my mind the worst possible scenario.
(I know I am the only one who does this.)
Why couldn't I flip that and think the greatest possible scenario?
Because I did not choose to think deliberately.
I will think deliberately now. I control my thoughts. I know that God has good plans for my life.
(See Isaiah 55:8,9), so in order to walk with Him and experience His good plan for me, I must learn to think as He thinks(see Romans 12:2).
It is impossible to change my lives unless and until we change our thoughts.
I must Be vigilant on this side of fifty! I'll have more peace than ever before.
How about you? Want His peace? Let's say what He says about us and what we are to have in our lives.
Vickie
Joyce says, we are in control of our thoughts and we have to be watchful about what we allow ourselves to think moment to moment.
Last week as I pondered this notion I realized that over the past 50+ years I have gone through some terrible situations with loved ones getting hurt, getting turned down for opportunities, or loans, etc,... having people laugh at me, and more .....ALL IN MY MIND!
Why do we let our mind take us to the worst possible scenarios????......Why go to those thoughts that make us have hot flashes, blood pressure go up, heart pounded fast and more? WHY????
Then come to find out that our family is fine. We get the opportunity. We get the loan. And no one laughed at us!
Why on earth did I entertain in my mind the worst possible scenario.
(I know I am the only one who does this.)
Why couldn't I flip that and think the greatest possible scenario?
Because I did not choose to think deliberately.
I will think deliberately now. I control my thoughts. I know that God has good plans for my life.
(See Isaiah 55:8,9), so in order to walk with Him and experience His good plan for me, I must learn to think as He thinks(see Romans 12:2).
It is impossible to change my lives unless and until we change our thoughts.
I must Be vigilant on this side of fifty! I'll have more peace than ever before.
How about you? Want His peace? Let's say what He says about us and what we are to have in our lives.
Vickie
Monday, March 28, 2011
Lordy, Lordy, you want to be Forty!
Oh Lordy, to be Forty! How Nifty to be Fifty!
I remember when I was a kid. I use to see the elderly ladies being helped across the street by the boy scouts.
I thought those ladies were like, FORTY years old! And I mumbled to myself, "I don't want to be that old." OMG!!!!!!
When I was 39 you better believe I had long conversations with the Lord about my bad math, and thoughtless request. (Grace)
I realized that those ladies must have been around 150 years old at least. LOL
So, I asked the Lord to resend my request. (Mercy, please!) You can imagine my delight the day after my 40th birthday that He let me live! Thank you, God!
It is funny. The older I get, the older... OLD is. I am not old. And I love being in my 50's. I wonder how old I look to my sons? Probably decrepit! LOL Maybe that is why they look at me funny when I bust a move... you know...dance like no body's looking.
Hummm I think I still got it on this side of fifty! Thank you, God.
Vickie
I remember when I was a kid. I use to see the elderly ladies being helped across the street by the boy scouts.
I thought those ladies were like, FORTY years old! And I mumbled to myself, "I don't want to be that old." OMG!!!!!!
When I was 39 you better believe I had long conversations with the Lord about my bad math, and thoughtless request. (Grace)
I realized that those ladies must have been around 150 years old at least. LOL
So, I asked the Lord to resend my request. (Mercy, please!) You can imagine my delight the day after my 40th birthday that He let me live! Thank you, God!
It is funny. The older I get, the older... OLD is. I am not old. And I love being in my 50's. I wonder how old I look to my sons? Probably decrepit! LOL Maybe that is why they look at me funny when I bust a move... you know...dance like no body's looking.
Hummm I think I still got it on this side of fifty! Thank you, God.
Vickie
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