Saturday news...

Have I ever told you guys how much I love and appreciate you all? I glanced at my blog roll and noticed several new posts. It actually gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing I get to read your posts and catch up a little on your lives when I finish posting this! Thanks for being part of my life!

This post isn't news as much as it is a list of good intentions. LOL.

Item #1-singing
Yeah. I'm getting tired of opening my mouth at church to sing and nothing but a few squeaky notes come out. I've been a singer since high school in choir and at church. Singing solos for 30 years. Then I just slowly sang less and less. I'm not a sing-around-the-house type of person. Probably because of my introverted personality. I just don't emote openly without "good cause", lol. But I'm wanting to get my singing voice back, SO I need to make use of all of those YouTube Mixes of '60's and '70's Jesus music I've saved. Truthfully, I've been intending to do this for ages, but then I just forget about it. I'll keep trying!

Item #2-journals
These two journals have been badly neglected and I want to get back to putting things in them. This one (The Pink Journal) is about half full after four years. I try to only write "important" spiritual thoughts in there. It's for my kids, as the cover says, and I don't want it filled with what I had for dinner and negative thoughts. Just stuff to encourage them in their walk with the Lord.

The second one is Lisa's Scripture Journal. I started it about 6 years ago. It contains scriptures which I've illustrated with a little painting. I'd like to get back to filling it.

 Here are some pages from it. Some of you may have seen these in the past. I went through an "altered book" phase and this is the only one I did.

 The next two pages I did when my little step-great-grandson, Gabriel, died in childbirth. It was my little memorial for him.

Actually, those two things, singing and journaling, are the only good intentions I've been thinking about. Eating healthier is becoming more natural as I purge my house of no-no's. Walking would be another. I just hate exercising indoors. Come on spring!

I'm currently reading this for the Goodreads Challenge. I'm enjoying it a lot!

And I'm working on these ATC's for the Zentangled Cupcakes swap. Two of them are about halfway finished. I haven't zentangled in a while, so it's a nice change of pace. I'll take another photo when they're finished.  :)

I pray you all have a great weekend! I'm off to read blogs and maybe act on some of these good intentions.
God bless and shalom!