Blogging

Good morning world!  Have several different things to get finished today that I started yesterday.  It 9was just one of those days I could not finish anything, laundry, filing, housework, paperwork.....  So today will be the finish up day.  Even last night I had the boys clean up the kitchen so it would not be waiting for me this morning. 

I have been thinking about why I blog.  I know blogging has been around for years.  I started this one back in 2010, I think.  Just never kept it going.  It is a money making venture I suppose.  Not for this girl.  So why do I blog?  I think it is a therapeutic for me.  The other blog I had started was suppose to be a record of my spiritual journey.  I did not keep that one up either.  (See the pattern on not finishing things?)  Until recently, I did not really think about who or how many were reading this.  When I refer to "you", it has always been in a general sense, like a diary of sorts.  When I found these blogs again, I liked reading the past years.  This is my place to be happy and celebrate to sad or angry and vent.  The other day Patrick walked by as I was sitting here typing away.  He's gave me a quick hugs and said, "Here's my cute blogger." 

Yesterday was a very sad day in our communities around here.  It even made the national news.  Thursday night a man in the community of Tyrone found his mother dead (by natural causes) and was so distraught he went on a shooting spree.  Shot 8 people, then drove not too far away and shot himself.  One person lived. Children were made orphans.  One 8th grader was hiding in a bedroom.  One 15 year old heard gun shots and ran out of the house, barefoot and in her nightgown to a neighbor to have them call 911.  Patrick knew them as classmates from high school and customers.  Praying for the families and the community!

On a different note.  Yesterday, I made the decision to use only natural homemade cleansers and body products.  So what was I going to do with the multiple products I have under my sinks and on my vanity?  I asked that question on facebook.  Someone answered with give it to the local women's shelter.  There is a safe house in the process of being put together in a neighboring town for women who have been rescued from human trafficking.  I think I will box it all up and give it to them when they open. 

OH, and it is snowing!  Yes, again.  I love it!  It is so pretty and peaceful!  I am definitely going on a walk this morning.  We were not suppose to get snow until this afternoon.  They were off by a few hours. 

Be blessed and be a blessing.

Just some of my thoughts and actions,

Elizabeth