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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Wednesday's Walk/The Medecine of Laughter, Part 2


"Learn to laugh at yourself and your mistakes." ~ Anyonymous

Ever heard someone say, "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you!?" Yeah, right, is what I am thinking most of the time someone says that! "And I was born in a barn" is what I want to say!

Well, if I can just embarass myself a couple of more times really well, then I will have enough embarassing moments to write about that I believe it might very well make a New York Times best seller list! Seriously! Most of them, you would not even believe if I COULD write about them on this blog (I will spare you most of them, because once was enough! I don't want to re-embarass myself to the world!)

This one moment, however, I must share...for your laughing pleasure (and, yes, to embarass myself), but as the quote above reminds us: it's good to laugh at yourself and your mistakes! Mistake, it certainly was, though not a purposeful one!

Years ago I began seeing a chiropractor for neck problems causing extreme headaches! A guy that I had gone to school with, Gary, had become a chiropractor, so I decided to make see him. I had been going to several months and the Christmas season came along. Every Christmas for years, my parents hosted a "Holiday Open House" for our dearest of friends, and my sisters and I would spend days cooking for this event! Everything from country ham and biscuits (I can smell the countr ham now!) to chocolate peanut butter squares, to wedding cookies, to cheese dip and sausage balls....suffice it to say it was a real feast and usually about 75-100 people came annually.

One year I prepared a plate of goodies to take to Steve's office the next day to give he and his sister (his assistant) a little Christmas Gift. That morning, I picked the foil covered plate up and stuck a bow on it. When I arrived for my appointment, I handed his sister the plate and wished them a "Merry Christmas". She thanked me; I went back for my adjustment, Steve spoke, and after the visit, he wished me a Merry Christmas and sent me on my way. I was a bit hurt that neither he nor his sister thanked me for the goody plate!


"Share your embarrassing experiences with others. What was totally devastating at the time can be hilarious after the fact" ~ Anonymous

When I returned home that afternoon, my Mom mentioned that I had forgotten to take the plate of goodies to Steve. I told her that I did NOT forget; I took them. She reiterated that the plate was still on the kitchen counter. I reiterated yet again that I had, indeed, taken the plate and given to them. She insisted that it was still on the kitchen counter. So....not wanting to argue further, I went to the kichen, saw the plate she was referring to, took the foil off, and....lo and behold, there truly was the plate of goodies meant for Steve! You can imagine what was going through my mind at that time!

Mom and I began to banter back and forth about what I must have taken to Steve! We knew there was only 1 plate of goodies; yet I had taken a foil covered plate, sitting right where I had placed his plate the night before, to him...we were baffled!

Time passes that day; about an hour later I hear my Mother laughing hysterically, as she shouted from the other room, "Lisa, I figured out what was on the plate you took to Steve's office!" As I approached her, tears were about to fall from her eyes, she was laughing so hard! "You took the plate of ham fat scraps Dad had put together to give the dogs today!" I was shocked and horrified; yet couldnt' help but laughing hysterically myself!

After I calmed down a bit, I called their office. When his sister answered, I identified myself; then asked, "Why in the world did you all not say somthing about that plate of supposed goodies I brought you! I'm so embarassed and so sorry!" She chuckled and said, "Well, Steve just got a new dog (like I would have known that, so we just thought perhaps you brought that for his dog!" Uh-huh, I bet she did!

I apologized profusely and assured her that my younger sister was going into town that afternoon and would bring the correct plate by to them...which she did and I NEVER went back to Steve again. I found mysef another chiropractor (and it only got worse from there, but that's for another post! No, wait....I WON'T post about it; just know that there is something about going to a chiropractor that brings out the worst in me...or maybe the best, as I seem to be able to give them all a laugh about something!)


So, there you go! Now I KNOW you are laughing out loud! Oh, 'scuse me! LOL! Forgive me for not using the correct internet shorthand!

Blessings on your day and your week, and may it be full of fun and laughter!

"Don't be afraid to do something silly once in a while. Let the child, the clown escape from within and have some fun." ~ Anonymous

I would love to hear an embarrassing moment you have had to laugh at yourself....

Monday, March 30, 2009

I need your "animal" help!

Below are some photos of my non-human "babies" ~ Molly, the cat; Zack, the young black lab mix; and George, the old man black lab/chow mix. Please let me know which # photo you like best, so I can submit it to the website .

Thanks and blessings to you,

Lolli


1. Miss Molly chillin' in the sunshine



2. Zacky-Boy, my little hunter, who feels it is his job in life to bring to my porch every single animal he either kills or finds dead. He's always so proud of himself, and just wants us to be proud of him! YUCKY!



3. "Now, Mama, how can you refuse that face?!"



4. George, the elder of the crew, who just is tired of being on the camera! He's saying, "Leaf me alone, would ya'?"



5. "Do I look pitiful yet?"



6. Zacky-boy's eye!



7. "Too pooped to pop!"

Now, what's your vote?

Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Medecine of Laughter!

Yesterday in Nashville, TN. it was in the 70’s; this morning it was in the 30’s! What’s up with that?!?!?!? I started laughing when trying to decide what to wear to church. We were greeters, and frequently greet at the main door leading outside (of course this Sunday I was greeting inside!) So, rather than the planned wardrobe for today of jeans and flip flops, it became jeans, tights, full shoes and a long warm coat! I had to just laugh…..


On the way home I began thinking about laughter, and how it does the body and the soul good! Remember the saying “laughter is the best medicine?” Even Abraham laughed when the Lord told him that he, at age 100, and Sarah, at age 90, would bear a son (Gen. 17:17). Sarah continues the laughter in Gen. 18: 12-13. I’d laugh, too, if the Lord told me I would be having a child at 53! In fact, laughter may not be all I would do!


So for the next few days I will blog about laughter! I need a good dose of a safe, all-natural, free, good-for-the-body-and-soul medicine that’s contagious! Contagious? Medecine? That’s an interesting thought! Perhaps you could use an extra dose, too. So I hope you will sit back, relax, and enjoy the laughter….
Most of what I share on this blog vignette that is not from my own little mind I found at humor-laughter.com. I must give credit where credit is due!


“Please Lord, if you can't make me skinny - make my friends fat!” (a bumper sticker)


Seems only fair to me, does it to you? I can look at food and gain weight. In fact, if I’m in the vicinity of food, I can feel my body increasing in size! LOL!


A study was done by Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana, on laughter and smiles, and below are some facts they found (interspersed with some things I have added to hopefully bring a smile to your face):
• 13 muscles are used to smile, but 47 are required for frowning.
• You have to smile nearly a quarter of a million times to make one wrinkle.
• Cortisol helps suppress your immune system. Levels or Cortisol can be lowered by laughing. Therefore, laughter can help prevent disease.
• Related to exercise: you can benefit from laughing 100 times a day as much as you can from 10 minutes of rowing.



“Whenever I get the urge to exercise, I lie down until it goes away”. (another bumper sticker)


My Mom used to say to my sisters and me: “Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone”. Being alone has it’s benefits at times, and can be a good thing, but God created us for fellowship with others. Which do you think friends would rather share with us~ laughter or tears? Yes, true friends will share both with us…but laughter is known to relax muscles, reduce stress, pain, depression and tension. So laughter can be a distraction to what is making us sad, and give relief, if only temporary, from the stress of the moment! Milton Berle said “Laughter is an instant vacation!”


A man: God, how much is a million dollars to you?
God: It is but a penny.
A man: God, how long is a million years to you?
God: It is but a second.
A man: God, could you please give me a penny?
God: Sure, just a second.



Now, I know you are laughing! That’s funny, I don’t care whatcha say! (Larry the Cable Guy)


Now for some more laughter/smiling facts: (humor-laughter.com)
• 15 minutes of laughter equals the benefit of 2 hours sleep.
• One good belly laugh burns off 3 1/2 calories.
• Laughing for 15 seconds adds 2 days to your life span.
• The Chinese laugh more than any other culture in the world. They work hard, they play hard and the laugh hard!



A young lad was visiting a church for the first time, checking all the announcements and posters along the walls. When he came to a group of pictures of men in uniform, he asked a nearby usher, "Who are all those men in the pictures?" The usher replied, "Why, those are our boys who died in the service." Dumbfounded, the youngster asked, "Was that the morning service or evening service?" (from angelfire.com)


Grandma Sent a Letter to Her Friends
Honk if you love Jesus
Dearest Ones:



The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.



I was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from a thrilling choir practice followed by a powerful prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.



I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.



It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus; because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.
I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was sitting there, the nice man behind started honking like crazy, and he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of God, GO! GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for the Lord..
Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.
I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there, because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.
I saw another man waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was an Hawaiian good luck sign or something.



Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.


My grandson burst out laughing; why even he was enjoying this religious experience.



A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.



I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.



So I waved to all my sisters and brothers, smiled at them all, and drove on through the intersection.



I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window, and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!


Well, that’s enough laughter and information about laughter for today! I just know you are doubled over from laughing, and I don’t want to make you sick in the process. Enjoy the moment, and we will resume tomorrow.
Meanwhile, anything funny you’d like to share with us? If so, please do so in the comment area and let us laugh with you!


Blessings for a fabulous week ahead,


“Lolli” aka “Lisa”

Friday, March 27, 2009

Thank-you for the sweet award I received....


This is the Lemonade Award,... and I was recently given it by my friend @ Truthful Tidbits ...for having an "Attitude of Gratitude". I am humbled by her recognition. She also is an inspiration to me. Please go to her site and be blessed by her attitude of gratefulness! http://truthfultidbits.blogspot.com/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I thank you so much for awarding my blog. I am pleased that you have found it worthwhile and pleasing to God.


Linda wrote this on her blog:

Lisa "Lolli"http://lollipopandpearls.blogspot.com/Artistic and multi -faceted wife, mother, and grandma. Serves her family, her church, her fellow bloggers and her God with zeal. She has a loving and joyful heart, and a zest for life. Always bringing a smile with her comments.
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I, too, want to pass on this award to some fellow bloggers, and they are listed below:

Gwen @ http://www.oatsvallteam.blogspot.com/
Gwen and her husband, Scott, are personal friends of ours, who have already adopted 2 precious angels from China and are trying to adopt from Ethiopia now. You will love their story and her site. Please go and visit.

Melissa @ http://untilthejasperwalls.blogspot.com/
Melissa, too, is a good friend, whom I love and admire so much. She and her husband, Joe, have 3 precious boys, one with Downs Syndrome, who is facing open heart surgery this coming Tuesday. Please pray for them and stop by and say hello! You will love her sweet spirit and her passion and zeal.

Traci @ http://ourunveiledfaces.blogspot.com/
Traci, another precious friend and co-laborer on the mission field with me, has a beautiful family and a heart for children in Africa. She and Jim have 2 biological children; they adopted little Levi from Ethiopia a little over a year ago, and have asked God to open the door for more children. Guess what! They received their referral for 4 more siblings, and are in the process of raising the necessary funds to bring them home. A lovely, gentle, passionate, truly Godly woman, after God's own heart.

Katie @ http://www.amazima.org/blog.html
This is a site you will want to spend a lot of time on. Katie is an amazing 20-year old, who graduated high school, went to Uganda to check out an American orphanage; came back home to go to college, and the Lord would not leave her alone. As prophesied by a pastor while she was there, she returned to Africa to teach a Kindergarten class; and is now the legal "Mom" to 10 or 12 African children, serving their full time. Her story is absolutely AMAZING! She was in our home a few months back, and I am looking so forward to the day the Lord allows me to go visit her in Uganda.

Jenn @ http://www.jgoodenough319.blogspot.com/
Jenn is an amazing lady and friend, who serves full time on the mission field in the Dominican Republic, where we go each summer and serve. This beautiful lady has the joy of the Lord oozing from every pore of her being. She loves life, and she loves people....her ministry is powerful, and she is a person others want to be with.

Christi @ http://christysmissionsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/where-will-i-be-in-10-years.html
I just found Christi's site, and long to spend more time on it. I also have a passion and love for the Haitian people, so I know I will enjoy her blog.

Pam @ http://www.thebagladysart.blogspot.com/Pam is a creative soul, whose artwork I love! I enjoy seeing her mix media, and be totally free and creative with her style. It inspires me to get out of my "tight" comfort zone and become more free in my artistic expression.

Lynette @ http://www.lynnettekraft.blogspot.com/All I can really say in this short paragraph is that this is an absolutely incredibly spiritual lady, who has been through more than most of us will have to endure in life; yet, she has relied on her Lord to carry her through. She has chosen not to be bitter; rather to be better because of it. She has written a beautiful and moving book about her life and is working on another. She's probably the most humble Christian I have ever known (even though I only know her through blog land). You MUST spend some time on her blog!

Garry and Brenda @ http://web.mac.com/gbkean/Garry_%26_Brenda_Kean/Blog/Blog.html
Our precious friends who are full-time missionaries in Kenya. This amazing couple and their beautiful girls love the people of Kenya. Both Garry and Brenda have amazing voices (Garry just put out a new CD, which you can purchase from their site); Brenda has created a sewing ministry for the women in the area slums to help them earn a living to support their families; and they recently started a church, with Garry pastoring. Please visit their site and keep them in your prayers, as they serve in some unstable, unsafe places in Africa.


Again, I am honored and privileged to have received this award from Linda and am honored to pass it on to others whom I love and respect.

Lolli

Clean up....


It's the weekend, and that means it's time for me to clean up my house! UGH! Like Maxine, I'd rather sweep my house with my eyes. It's not so much the sweeping as it is the cleaning out the junk, throwing stuff away that's unnecessary, scrubbing the bathrooms, watering indoor plants, etc. etc. etc. Bottom line: I don't like cleaning! PERIOD! If I had the extra money I would SO hire someone to clean my house at least once every two weeks if not once a week.

Thinking about that today reminded me of some clean up that needs to be done inside my soul, as well. Many negative things have occurred recently: sickness among friends and family; dissension amount immediate family members; my car is broken down after 250,000 miles and is not fixable, meaning we get a new used car, which means money we don't have; we lost a young friend to suicide, to name a few. The enemy of my soul delights when these things happen and wants to keep adding to and piling on more negativity. BUT GOD....(you know, my 2 favorite words in the Bible) has given me all authority OVER Satan. I have the ability to extinguish those flaming arrows before they even get to me, with the Lord's help of course. Yet, I often cave in and don't exercise that authority that He's given me! What is my problem?! "My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus' blood and righteousness!...On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand!" I know the words, I claim the words...now I need to act on those words, and stand on the rock of Jesus Christ, as I purge things and people from my life who are not healthy for me...that don't build me up, rather tear me down...and ask the Lord to "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." (Ps. 51:10)

So, to cleaning I must go! Have a fabulous and blessed weekend.

And, BTW, if you did not see the teaser on "Nightline" last night of the debate over whether or not Satan is real, check out this link and you can watch the full interview in 5-minute increments.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Out of the mouths of babes...



When Janna, our eldest (now 27 years old) was about 9, she was watching me wash the car. I was standing on a step ladder, washing the top of the car, when she came outside and said, “Mama I want to help”. So, I gave her a bucket and a sponge and asked her to wash one of the tires. She sat on the driveway and washed, and washed, and washed….and washed…washed…that one tire. She was scrubbing the rubber part like there was no tomorrow! I told her that she need not worry about the rubber part; that once I moved the car it would dirty again anyway. As I was walking past her to the other side of the car, she mumbled something that wasn’t quite clear to me. However, since she was in a Christian elementary school, I kind of thought she may be saying something Scriptural. So I asked her to repeat it. She said, very simply, “Momma, the Bible says, “Do everything as unto the Lord”! I stopped in my tracks, dumbfounded, yet so humbled and moved to the point of tears….my young daughter had not only learned the Scripture, she understood what it meant, and was applying it to a real-life situation. I leaned down, hugged her tightly and kissed her on top of her head. She said, “Momma, why are you crying about that?” Then I spent the next few minutes telling her how proud I was of her for learning God’s Word and applying it to her life~ and how she had taught me such a profound lesson in that moment!

A few years later, in middle school, she wanted to try out for the school softball team. Tryouts were going to be over a 3-day period. The day tryouts started, she was home with a very bad case of the flu. I called the coach that afternoon and explained that she wanted to be there was quite ill, and would likely not be there the following day either. She assured me that was fine, that she could try out on the 3rd day. The 3rd and final day comes and she is still home with a fever, but begging to go so she could try out for softball. I explained that she could not go with a fever, but assured I would contact the coach again. They were going to have the names of the players listed on one of the school doors the following Monday morning (this was on a Friday). When I explained her situation to the coach, she promised that they would NOT post the list on Monday, and that they 2 coaches would work with her alone on Monday, allowing her to try out for the team. Can you guess what happened? Monday morning they had the list of the team members posted on the door! A done deal! I was unaware of this until she got in my car that afternoon after school and she told me. I was furious! I was hurt for my child! I felt offended and lied to! I went straight home and called the athletic director at the school and gave him a mouthful! My daughter was so upset with me, as she did not want me to make a big deal out of it. When I hung up from speaking with him, the coach called me and apologized. She then stated that they only had a certain number of uniforms and no funds to purchase any more and they felt comfortable with the team they had chosen; however, they would allow Janna to try out the following day. “What are you thinking?” I asked. “You’ve chosen your team! Do you really think I will let her come and try out for the 2 of you so you can turn around and tell her yourselves that she did not make the team…that you only have a certain number of uniforms…blah, blah, blah? No, absolutely not!” I hung up the telephone shaking, tears streaming down my face, and sweet, precious Janna looked at me and said, “Mom, it’s OK. Evidently God did not want me to play on the school team. He must have something better in mind for me!” Oh my goodness! Here we go again, with my daughter reminding ME what the Scripture said, and calming me down~rather than vice versa! Again, I am stopped still in my tracks, again humbled, and in awe of how God would us my child to teach me, the adult and supposedly her role model, how to live like Jesus would live! And, once again, I hugged her, told her of how proud I was of her, and thanked her for giving me the gift of admonishment to take God’s Word to heart.

In mentioning to my daughter today what I was blogging about, she said, “Well, Mom, you can take it a step further”. She told me that one of the neighbor girls, who is much older than our 3 ½-year old granddaughter, had mistreated her last week and hit her on the head with something. Then, she didn’t even follow up by saying she was sorry. Janna and Mike were both frustrated about it, and simply told Carleigh that she would not be able to play with the neighbor girl anymore. Carleigh, our granddaughter, said, ‘Well, Mom, just because she was mean to me doesn’t mean we cannot be friends. Sometimes I am mean to people, but they can still be my friend.” My daughter said that she, too, was humbled and recognized the truth being spoken to her from her young child.

Out of the mouths of babes we can learn a lot….if we but close our mouths, open our ears, and let our heart be filled!

What a mighty and precious God we serve!

Monday, March 23, 2009

The Ultimate Blog Party!

Thanks for visiting my site, and I hope you will join in the fun this week at “The Ultimate Blog Party” (see link on right side bar). You can get all the details at “5 minutes for Mom”

My name is Lisa and I am the wife of Rodney. We live in Franklin, TN., a quaint town just south of Nashville (we are a “suburb” of Nashville, I suppose). We live in a wooded area on an acre of my parent’s 7 acres of land, where they built a home in 1974. My Mom and one sister still live there; my father passed away 8 years ago. My other sister lives with her 4 children about a mile away, so we are very blessed to have family in close proximity. We are close to the city, yet still in the country, with deer rambling here and there, turkeys strutting around the yard frequently, and lots of other critters, as well. We have 2 dogs, 3 cats and one Balled Python named “Princess” (she belongs to our son.) Rodney is Engineering Manager at A.O. Smith Water Products in Ashland City, TN., and enjoys riding his motorcycle 45-minutes one way to work each day. This June we will have been married 27-years; our relationship has gone through highs and lows, ups and downs, good times and bad. Yet, day-by-day we have made the decision to do what we can to nurture our relationship in honor of the Lord, ourselves, our children and now our grandchildren.


We are extremely proud parents of 2 daughters: Janna, who is married to Mike, and is the mother of our 2 granddaughters; Britney, who is a NICU RN at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville; and Benjamin, who is a freshman at Christ Presbyterian Academy. We have 2 gorgeous granddaughters, Carleigh, age 3 ½ and Macie, age 4 ½ months, who bring us so much joy! They live exactly 10 miles from us, so we are incredibly blessed to be able to spend time with them often. Our family has also been blessed to be treated to a family vacation with my family every year since I was born (with the exception of the year my father died, and that year was just to difficult to consider it). Below is a family photo just before Macie was born in West Palm Beach, FL. Then photos of our grandchildren. BTW~ I am “Lolli” and Rodney is “Pop”, so together we are “Lollipop”; and my children and my grandchildren are my priceless pearls; thus the blog name “Lollipopandpearls”!






I am a daughter of the King, a child of God; that is first and foremost. I love to attend Bible studies and teach studies, as well. I am currently teaching Beth Moore’s “Esther” and am teaching a study that I am writing as I go on “Acts”. I co-lead a women’s group in a study of Max Lucado’s “He Chose the Nails”, which is an absolutely incredible study. I am a member at Cross Point Community Church, where for the past 7 summers my family and I have gone on an annual mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Our church sponsors a Haitian pastor in the Dominican, Moises, who is trying to bridge the gap of hatred between the 2 countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who share the island of Hispanola. We are building him a church and feeding center and hope to have it complete by this summer! Through this experience we have come to love the people of the DR like family. In fact, we have a Dominican “son” and “daughter”, both of whom have married in the past year or so. It started out as a sponsorship when we first met them in the DR; then turned into a true feeling of family, with them calling me “Mom” (even though both of their biological Moms are still living). Vivianna married a dentist in Arizona and they recently had a baby boy named Luke (see photo below). Because her Mom could not leave the DR for her wedding, I was honored and privileged to serve as “Mother of the bride” in their wedding; Britney (aka her sister, my daughter) was one of her bridesmaids. Our “son”, Amaury, married within the past year to Catherine, one of the FT missionaries through GO Ministries (www.go-ministries.org). Their picture is also below with us on our trip last summer.






I love to water ski, snow ski, read, write, play the piano, sing, scrapbook, doing anything artsy, and am a watercolorist. I have included a couple of my paintings below. I enjoy having the creative outlet; just cannot seem to find enough time to use it. I also love to travel, and have privileged to travel to several other countries, and many places within the US. I hope to return to Ghost Ranch, NM in September with my watercolor teacher, gail Mcdaniel for her last hurrah teaching workshops there. I have been 3 other times, and absolutely cannot get enough of God’s beautiful creation out there. If you ever get a chance to go to this part of the country where the famous watercolorist, Georgia O’Keefe, lived and painted, please do so! You will not regret it.






So, that’s me in a nutshell…a BIG nutshell. Thanks, again, for stopping by, and please join in the fun of “The Ultimate Blog Party”.

And, oh by the way, I love to win things, though I rarely do. So my top picks for prizes are listed below in order; beyond those I would be happy to win anything!
#17~Fire polished Czech Bead Bracelet by Jenna's Jewels
#21~$50 Target gift card from Agoosa
#1~$100 gift certificate to "A Horse to Love" provided by 5 Minutes for Mom
#2~Bracelet from Sidney Andrews
#19~$50 Target Gift Certificate by Shoot Me Now
#USC21~ Free Fotomural from Fotomural.com

Blessings on your week,

Lisa (aka “Lolli”)