A Taste of Favor

Pollyanna.

Did you ever see that Disney movie? A young orphan girl, living with an aunt, adapting to life with a smile on her face. What I have always liked about this young girl was her ability to not only find the good in any given situation but to search for it in all situations.

As I have been pondering the idea of living under the Favor of God, I've come to realize that I have for a long time been IN God's favor. I'm just now in a season of me learning to recognize His favor that is already there and to ask for more. To search for His favor that I know must be there because He already said that it was. And what God says IS truth.

Anyway, all that to be able to share a neat little bit of favor God showed me yesterday. My mom and I had just returned from a nearby thrift store where I had been hoping to maybe find a few maternity clothes, cheap :) Now a dear friend had already loaned me some of hers, but I felt I needed a few more pieces since my due date isn't until the end of July and hers was last spring. No sooner did I get back from a disappointing excursion (meaning I didn't find anything!) When the same dear friend called with an offer.

Friend: "Are you busy? Could you get away from work?"

me: "yep - not too bad we're all caught up"

Friend: " Well, Kohl's is having 30%-40% off their maternity AND I have a 30% off in addition to that coupon"

Me: " I'm on my way!!!!!"


I mean, wow, clothes on sale AND an extra discount a friend was willing to share. As it turned out, they didn't have a large selection BUT I found several summer pieces for less than 5$each!!! (Thanks friend!!)

I mean really, capri maternity pants for 3-4$
A couple of summer maternity tops for 2-6$

It was unreal , it was great ..... it WAS God. The neat thing about all of this is just the small ways God takes care of me. He knows that in the spring and summer I work most Saturdays, so I can't really go to yard sales - so it was like God provided me with a January yard sale via Kohl's.

I know it is easy to see God in that bit of favor, but my prayer in the coming months is that I will search out His favor. That I will ask and keep asking for His favor in all areas of my life. And not just for me, but for my extened family, friends, customers, people I come in contact with - because Pollyanna changed a town by having a "Pollyanna view" of life. One that looks for and searches out the good in all situations, one that has a happy, joyfull heart. One that looks for the good in everyone, who sees light and life. All the things that God is.

I want to be like that.


Just call me Pollyanna.

My New Best Friend

So since about mid-December, I've been dealing with all day queasiness. *yuck* Thankfully nothing more than that on the morning sickness end of things, but distracting notheless.

I decided to give the B-Natel suckers a try...


and by golly they work!!! So even though I'm on the tail end of the morning sickness era, they are so handy to have in my purse, pocket or car.

It's my new friend that I never leave home without!

Bridal Show - Part 2

Our display at last week's Bridal show - it's a little hard to see, but our main center piece was 2, three foot tall vases with French tulips in them, stacked one on top of the other and crowned with an arrangement of white and cream tulips, amerylisis and exotic greenery. My husband had to place the top piece as it was a little beyond my reach on the ladder.

Beautiful bouquet of Cherry Brandy roses, green and red hypericum berries, pheasant feathers and a collar of skimma berries. Some of the roses had a clear crystal stone set in the center of the rose.

Bouquet with draping ivy, anemones, lisanthus and hydrangea.

For the nature lovers - a crescent cascade bouquet of all different kinds of greenery accented with berries and sticks!

All in all, both shows went well. It's a big investment, but it's a great time to let our creative minds run wild!

January = Bridal Shows

Ahhh, January, the month that retail workers look forward to - it means the freezy of Christmas has passed and those hard working floral designers can take a much needed rest, right?!

Nope. Not for this group. As you have probably noticed in earlier postings, we do a lot of weddings. And well, January is the month of BRIDAL SHOWCASES. Basically, it's the home and garden show of the wedding industry - only there's 3 or 4 of them right in a row!!! Last week we had our biggest one (well for us, as our workload is doubled because we decorate the runway as well as our 'booth') and this week we have another one.

Now Bridal shows aren't so bad, as we get to explore the depths of our creativity and do all those things that a florist dreams of doing. So in that respect it is a lot of fun.

So what's not fun about all of this??? Glad you asked. Bridal shows are always on Sundays. Which means 2 seven day work weeks in a row for me and a lot of time on my feet. And I miss church.

But like the holidays, i just tell myself, it's just a season and God will provide. And judging from last week, He did provide me with the energy I needed, no headaches (I always have raging headaches by the end of these shows - allergies :( ) and plenty of help to set up, take down and clean up.

Thank you Lord!!!



now, how far off is Valentine's Day?!!!!
(less than 5 weeks)