A New Idea....

I was surfing the web today and I came across the neatest blog I have seen in a while.  This lady buys miniature houses and then she puts them together and decorates them.  They are AWSOME to say the least.  I love small, quiant little spaces and when I first came to the blog,  I thought the pictures I was looking at were of HER kitchen.  Man, I thought to myself.."I would LOVE to live in a place like that".  Then I realized it was a minature house.  I got to thinking..just because it is a minature, doesn't mean you could not design my house with those ideas.  Then it came to me.. what a great thing to do with my daughter.  I am now searching for a Hobby Lobby 50% coupon.  It would be a great memory to have with her. I have posted the blog address below with some photos of that site.  I hope you enjoy perusing the site as much as I did.  There is a suprise around every corner. 

www.cynthiascottagedesign.blogspot.com

Busy Busy...

Christmas time.. a time that is suppose to be for relaxing and enjoying the company of your family and friends.  NOT.  I find that Christmas has become a huge money making event for the retain industry.  How sad that people are hurt, mauled, or sometimes even killed over material items.  Where are we as a people?? What happened to the true meaning of Christmas?? Where did we turn that corner and head the opposite direction??  Don't get me wrong ... I love Christmas.. I always have.  But this year I noticed that as I was doing my everyday shpping, the items around me reproduced.  The music over head changed to Christmas music.  Those little "gifts" like the hot cocoa sets and beard trimmers started showing up in October.  You know those things you don't even know exist until the Christmas season roles around.  With a big sigh, I vowed to NOT shop this year, but as Christmas day is getting closer, I feel the pressure.  HURRY!  Gotta finish that LAST MINUTE shopping... ugh.  I also noticed that people lose all sense of civility.  I was coming out of a store last week, and this lady literally ran me over just to get inside..... and it wasn't even Black Friday.  Something else that is difficult to understand, is the gift giving of "friends and family" whom you see maybe once a year....because you have to.  What's with that??  If I never buy another Christmas gift it will be ok with me...
The bottom line is..... Jesus is the Reason for the Season!
Sorry for my attitude, but honestly, we have lost that focus.