Dawns Sunday Share 12-6-09

Hi Stampers :

Happy Sunday  friends!

 This past  Tuesday Jessie celebrated her 17th Birthday  and   to celebrate  her BIG  day I took her  balloons  up  to her at school  BUT...  I think she kinda  knew that  her mom would do that ( cause I do  that every year  for her ) .

This year though I  knew  I would  throw  her  for a loop  cause I  bought  one of those  markers  for writting on  windows  YUP!!  you  got it  I wrote Happy 17th Birthday  on  the car  so when she  came out of school she had a  surprise waiting  for her  :) 

  Gotta love it  when  you  get a chance  to  surprise a teenage .. the  funny thing was she  thought  her friends  did it .. I guess she  knew her mom  isn't  one  for  throwing her a curve  it's usually her Dad  that does that kinda  stuff ..  

What a Sight  that  was I am sure, seeing her  drive  down the road  with a back seat full of balloons and   Happy Birthday written on the car ( side windows & back ) .. If I  had it  to do all over again I would have  wrote HONK it's my Birthday  But  it was a last minute  thing  and  didn't  think of it at the time ..Even though  she did say  there were  still a few Honk's on her  way home that day LOL !

What else  has been going on ?

This past Thursday  My Mom and I went  to see Glenn Beck's  The Christmas Story~A return to Redemption.

 It was Amazing .. He will have an encore presentation on Dec 10th If you get a chance  to go  here  is his link to get tickets  .. better  yet read the  book  too .. 

Then last night Jessie and I  went  with a bunch of  friends from church  to see  Apologetix. WOWZIE  it was  sooo FABULOUS  .

 Click HERE to view their website .They are sooo AWESOME the way  they take  today's  modern music  and make it into a Christian song with a message.

We picked up  another CD of theirs last night,  We got "Future Tense" LOVE IT!!  There is a song on there  called Iraq & Iran  sang  to Jack & Diane sooo awesome !   

Have any of  you  read this book called Christmas Jars ?

 Click HERE for the link .Please take a moment  and  read the stories of the Christmas Jar Miracles  over there . You may want  to get your klneex as well :)

Click HERE  for a quick over view what Christmas Jars  really is .

 I have heard  so much  about this book  ..  and  the  funny  thing is  my Family  always  collects our change.  At one  time  about  6 years  ago  we had a 5 gallon water jug filled ,which we cashed in  for a family  Vacation to Flordia  anyway  the  book " Christmas Jars" is  about  doing this  BUT  the twist  on it  is on Christmas Eve  you  take  your  Christmas Jar  and  very quitely  go to someones  house

(you may know  them personally  Or may be a  stranger  to  you  but know of  their  situation )   and  you  just leave  the  Christmas  jar on  their  door step  for Christmas morning ( NO message  who it is  from~ It would be like a Secret Santa ) .. Ring the doorbell and RUN ... 

How  AWSOME is that !!

You may not know the rest of the  story  after you  drop  your Christmas jar off  to  a family BUT one thing is  for sure  you  will be soo Blessed to know  you  helped bring a smile to someone at Christmas time .

  I know it  may be  to late to get a  Christmas Jar  going  for this year But  why not start  one for Next year ..  what an AWESOME Christmas  tradition  to start with your Family . We have already started  on our Christmas  Jar

Update on Hubby : He will be home for Christmas this year for 2 weeks  PLUS He is  also on the  1st step of getting his application  in for working with the State  dept over at the  Embassy in  Baghdad . He has been trying to get this Embassy  job over  the last 3 years  and  well now  He has finally been in contact with  a few people  via email  and things are rolling .. Nothing  confirmed  as of yet  But  at least  it's a step forward .  

   Here is my Sunday Share  video ... I had a few  of my Stampin friends share  this video with me  so I thought  I would share  it  with you . Thank you   so much  for  sending me  the video  girls :) 

Thank you  for  stopping in today. My  post was a little longer  today So I understand if  your  head is spinning :)  

 

 Until later .. Happy Stampin!

Comments

[Jeannie]

Lots of great stuff to share today Dawn! Your daughter is such a cutie like her Mom!!! Fingers crossed for your husband and I'm THRILLED he'll be home for Christmas!

[Kristi-Anna]

Thanks for posting that about Christmas jars. I didn't look at the site yet, but I will. My husband has been out of work for 13 months+ now. It's been hard. We have had our share of "Jars" dropped at our house. Some we know who the giver is, and several we did not. It's been our church, our family, our friends, and annonymous folks who know we need the help.

My huasbnad has a very promising job interview tomorrow morning at 10 - if you think to pray, we'd LOVE it!! I am feeling very confident and peaceful that this is the job God has for him for right now.

Now that you have pointed me in the direction of this jars site, I will start a jar for next Christmas!! I can't wait to be the one helping and not getting helped! It's a blessing to receive,and it will be so much more a blessing to give!! :)

Thank you for sharing your creative and spiritual side with us :)

God bless you and your family this year!

[Sheila Edwards]

Today you made me smile and it feels good! The video is wonderful and it brings everything home. Every word in it is truth! It is God's birthday and it is Christmas! I always say Merry Christmas even if someone else says Happy Holidays! Thanks again!

Happy 17th birthday to Jesse too! Sounds like she had a great day..

Will be praying for the family out of work for 13 mo and hoping that tomorrow's interview lands him the position. God is great and prayer does wonderful things for us.

So happy to hear your husband will be home for Christmas with the family. Keep us posted on his Embassy job application.

Have a great day! You made mine and it is still early!

Sheila

[Gail S.]

Dawn - I always love coming to your site and seeing what you have to show us. Not only do you show us wonderfully creative cards and goodies but you show us inspiration, words to live by, videos and more. I especially love your Sunday posts as I have many times gotten so much out of them. I went to the Christmas Jar site and yes, I shed a few tears. I also ordered the book and the 2nd book as well. I have never heard of this but what an awesome thing to do. Many are struggling out there what a great way to help. I too will say a prayer for the above family that the husband gets that job :).
Happy Birthday Jesse! What an exciting year.
Thanks Dawn for all you do.
{{{{Gail S.}}}}} All the way from Nebraska

[Dale]

Thanks for sharing this awesome video Dawn. I am putting it on mny Facebook page.

[Candy M]

Oh, oh, oh! We <3 ApologetiX!! We have been blessed enough to have hosted them twice in our small town - the last time just a few weeks ago. We've had personal dealings with the guys in the band and they are just wonderful Christian guys. I am so thrilled whenever someone "discovers" them for the first time. :) So glad you enjoyed their concert!