Refreshed And Ready To LIVE!

Ok, by my last post--you can tell I was pretty much in a funk! Well, the funk is gone! It is a New Year, New Day and a New Life for me. Well, not really a new life but I am pumped and ready to LIVE life!!

For those of you who have been wondering about The Brown Box--it is going to stay open. I think I was just listening to the news to much and feeling some burnout! But I am refreshed and ready to keep living the dream! The store had a great Christmas and am truly thankful that it did. I have a lot of creative ideas up my sleeve for that crazy place so hopefully in 2009 The Brown Box will take on a life of its own!

The Brown's had a super Christmas. The boys got what they wanted and they really loved having both sets of their grandparents here. It turned out to be a wonderful day!

Wyatt giving Papa his OSU Crocs!

The boys with MeMe! (Yes that is something on Wyatt's face--he got some face paint for hunting and had to put it on right then.)

The boys giving daddy their presents they picked out for them!

The Gingerbread Sleigh! (The boys always make some sort of gingerbread something with Nana--this year it was a sleigh.)

The "Elves" at work!

Winston is working hard on the gingerbread sleigh!

This is Pa playing bowling on the Wii!

Hope Everyone Has A Blessed Year In 2009!!!

Mandisa and Peppermint Rock!

Ok, I am so outta my funk! I just got back this evening from the Women Of Faith Conference and can I just say that there is nothing better then worshiping God. Like Beth Moore says, "Their is no high like the MOST HIGH!!!" I so needed a weekend of girlfriends and God--I can now tackle this holiday season with gusto! The best part of the conference was rocking out with Mandisa! That girl can sing and oh is she such a beautiful woman inside and out. On Friday night she sang Shackles--which makes me dance like you wouldn't believe. That song just gets me pumped up and I love it! The boys and I listen to it a lot, in the car, on the way to school--and when my boys start singing the chorus I just about lose it! (In a good way) Look at these words Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance I just wanna praise you, I just wanna praise you -- You broke the chains now I can lift my hands And I'm gonna praise you I'm gonna praise you!!!!

These words can rock your world if you let them--there is just something about letting Him break those chains and allowing yourself to be free and full of His mighty grace!!! I hope my boys will always remember that--and just sing this AWESOME song!!!!


Also this weekend I was able to do a little Christmas Shopping--which makes me happy! I bought some William Sanoma peppermint hand soap, lotion, counter cleaner, and dish soap--it made me smile! I think I am going to start getting the Christmas decorations out tomorrow! Here is what my purchase looked like--how could I turn it down?





I know the pic is little but you get my drift--it smells so wonderful--I am ready to do some dishes now!

Do I Have To?

Tonight I am just tired and I don't really want to be thankful! Isn't that strange? I just want to go to bed--so today I am grateful that I can be kind of grumpy. I am glad that I don't always have to be chipper and perky--don't those kind of people get on your nerves? (How can anyone be happy all the time? Really?) Well, tonight they would get on mine--so with that being said I am going to bed! Good Night!