OK--SPORTS FANS--I'VE GOT A NEW POST--ON LIFE!!!!!

I've been thinking about THIS one for a LONG time, now & gonna kinda 'do' 3 together!!!!! Hope it's not too long & whoever reads this can UNDERSTAND it--ha!!!!!



I have been thinking about HOW FRAGILE our LIVES here on Earth ARE!!!!! Oh, yeah, some folks seem to be able to DRINK so much ALCOHOL & DO so many DRUGS that you WONDER how their livers & kidneys & brains & hearts are STILL WORKING--but, really our lives are LIKE a THIN FISHING LINE that is STRUNG through this World & at times, it SEEMS like it doesn't 'take' much AT ALL to BREAK/END them!!!!!!!!!



And, at best, the average age men die at is 72 and it's 79 for the women--that's STILL NOT LONG in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it????? Our lives ARE 'but a vapor' that 'appears for a little while & then, IT'S GONE'!!!!!!!!!!!!!



SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR LIVES--THE ONLY ONE WE GET HERE?????!!!!!!!!! And, I'm NOT talking about your 'job' or 'career'--I'm talking about WHAT ARE YOU DOING with the part OF YOU that's GOING TO LIVE FOREVER?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Have YOU figured out WHAT we're HERE FOR? If not, I'll give you some Bible verses to help you out, there:

Colossians 1:16--"ALL things were created BY GOD & FOR GOD" & Isaiah 43:7--"whom I created FOR MY GLORY"--that's it folks--SIMPLE, but NOT EASY--we were CREATED TO WORSHIP GOD/GIVE HIM 'ALL THE GLORY', because HE DESERVES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, is going to get it, whether we decide to do that or not!!!!!!!!

And, ALL the SAVED are GOING to DO JUST THAT ALL OF ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Okay, even IF you knew that ALREADY--JUST HOW are we SUPPOSED TO DO THAT????? I LOVE The Message's version of Romans 12:1--"Take your EVERYDAY, ORDINARY LIFE--your sleeping, eating, going-t0-work, and walking-around life--and, PLACE IT BEFORE GOD AS AN OFFERING." Every ONE of us CAN DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Okay, say you NEED HELP!!!!! Most of us do, at least at some times or another, in our lives. Just because SOMEONE SAYS they can HELP YOU--does that mean they WILL or CAN????? NOPE! It's NOT that simple!!!!!

LOTS of folks will TRY to HELP you, and MANY of them will TRY to 'lead you astray'/OFF THE RIGHT PATH & many others will have a 'good heart' & THINK they may help you, BUT, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"WHO CAN WE GO TO, BUT TO THE LORD"?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations call Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Neighbors are fun I love a_?em everyone We get along in sweet accord But when I pass the chilling hand of death Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord Life here is grand with friends I love so well Comfort I get from God's own Word But when my soul needs manna from above Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go to the Lord"



The word 'but' is left out, but that's HOW I REMEMBER this 'old hymn'--"WHERE COULD I GO, BUT TO THE LORD?" And, it's SO VERY TRUE--we all MAY have had parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, preachers, friends and even 'good' Christians friends and family--BUT, REALLY, WHO CAN WE GO TO who is ALWAYS THERE & ALWAYS WILLING & PREPARED TO HELP US--with JUST WHAT WE NEED????? NO ONE BUT OUR AWESOME & MERCIFUL GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I have just realized in the last month or so, that I am (finally) 'at' a PLACE in my life where I am 'TRULY CONTENT'--MORE THAN EVER in my life & it's a VERY GOOD 'place' TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO 'at peace' with my life--OH, I'M NOT PERFECT, YET--won't be UNTIL I REACH MY FINAL GOAL OF HEAVEN--but, I am so VERY HAPPY--surely 'you' don't have to be '55' to get there, like me--SO, I WISH YOU ALL will 'FIND THIS PLACE' in your lives & GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH LOVE, R0Ro/MamaRose

IT MATTERS 'WHO' SAYS SOMETHING!!!!!

I have been thinking about 'this one' for over a month or more & it's kinda short, but STILL VERY IMPORTANT, I think:

"IT MATTERS WHO SAYS SOMETHING"--I re-discovered this at Tony Gonzalez's Charity Dinner & Auction about 6 weeks ago. He & ALL the other CHIEFS players who were there were VERY NICE to all of us 'fans' & were making PICTURES with ALL OF US with NO FUSS!!!!!!!!

They just weren't giving out ANY autographs, which is no big deal to me--I'd MUCH RATHER have a PICTURE made WITH THEM!!!!!!!!! In fact, Donnie Edwards--MY FAVORITE PLAYER--made OUR picture HIMSELF--because his arms are PLENTY long enough!!!!!!!!! And, I got to VISIT with him for over 10 minutes TWO different times that night!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think he MIGHT even REMEMBER me, now!!!!!!!!! MEETING HIM MADE MY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LJ--Larry Johnson, our GREAT Running Back, was also there & I got a picture with him--I had met him before, but not had a picture made with him--he even had on a colorful tie & I told him his Mother WOULD BE PROUD of how he looked/was dressed!!!!! He's EXTRA SHY!!!!!!!!--I think, now, THAT'S WHY he doesn't talk with reporters most of the time!!!!!!!!!

Of course, I also had my picture made with Tony G & Wanda, from Larry's work--Tony is HER favorite player!!!!!!!!! Will Shields came in later, but wasn't quite as friendly that night--our Team was 0 - 2 at that time. THEN, as we were eating in the BIG Ball room, JARED ALLEN came in & I went back & had my picture made with him, ALSO--he's a GIANT & SO NICE!!!!!!!!!--AND SOBER, which is GREAT for him!!!!!!!!!--should HELP keep him OUT of 'trouble'!!!!!

Anyway, when we were all still standing out in the hallway & about halfway through ALL the picture taking, a smallish man came up to me & said: "They've asked that YOU don't make ANY MORE pictures"--well, since folks were STILL making pictures, I didn't pay ANY attention to him & made some more, just of Tony STANDING THERE, by himself--AND, the man CAME UP TO ME--no one else that I ever saw--and SAID THE SAME THING, AGAIN--THAT TIME I asked him: "JUST WHO ARE YOU?" And, he said he was WITH the Charity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, obviously, my POINT IS THIS: IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE HE HAD NO AUTHORITY OVER ANYONE/ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, I was not getting in ANYONE'S WAY--I never did figure out WHY he ONLY approached me with that statement!!!!!

BUT, AS WE ALSO ALL KNOW--IT TOTALLY MATTERS WHAT GOD SAID/SAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO, as I learned, AGAIN, that night--IT MATTER "WHO" is SAYING "WHAT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That small man was TRYING to assert his authority over me, but ONLY GOD HAS AUTHORITY OVER ME--AND ALL OF US, FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a VERY GOOD 'thing' to be REMINDED OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't been able to get this night/happening out of my mine, so I just HAD to pass it on!!!!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL, MamaRose

DEBORAH NORVILLE BEAT ME 'TO IT'!!!!!!!!!!

She's got a NEW BOOK just 'out' entitled 'THANK YOU POWER' that talks about HOW MUCH HAPPIER you will/can be WHEN you are MORE grateful/THANKFUL!!!!!!!!!

She did/does have a lot of 'Scientific' stuff/FACTS in there--that I didn't/wouldn't have access to, yet, but THE IDEA was the SAME as my LAST BLOG--we are/will be HAPPIER the more THANKFUL/GRATEFUL TO GOD we are for ALL OUR BLESSINGS!!!!!!!!!

How about that????!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was just on "Hannity & Colmes" (sp?)--Alan, anyway, saying that we ALL need to be MORE Thankful/Grateful for the 'LITTLE things' in our lives & I TOTALLY AGREE with her!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, if we're not TRYING to be AWARE of them, they'll just PASS US BY & we won't even RECOGNIZE/ACKNOWLEDGE them that they are/WERE EVEN IN OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I'm looking forward to buying & reading her book & gaining even MORE knowledge about it all!!!!!!!!! And, you just might WANT TO, TOO--that's WHY I wrote THIS blog!!!!!!!!

Last weekend most of our family met in Branson, MO, for a 'BD BASH WEEKEND' for ME--I'll be '55' on the 9th, next Tuesday, and my parents 'hosted' us ALL--9 adults & 3 children--at their Time Share there. We had a WONDERFUL TIME visiting & catching up & now, THIS WEEKEND, our youngest son, Matt & his GREAT Wife, AJ, and their FANTASTIC son, Adam, are coming HERE to visit & go to the Chiefs/Jacksonville Game on Sunday with us--So, I've got ANOTHER SUPER WEEKEND ahead of me & am ALREADY VERY THANKFUL & GRATEFUL for it/them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, GOD, for my GREAT LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, for ALL OUR HEALTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MamaRose

"THANK YOU, GOD" FOR CABO!!!!!

Well, I'm BACK--sorry for not blogging for so long--but, part of my reason is that we've been "OUT OF THE COUNTRY"--we spent a week with our best friends in Cabo San Lucas, MEXICO!!!
This was the closest COLOR I could pick that matched the water/Ocean/SEA OF CORTEX, there.

And, it was WONDERFUL--so far, MY ALL-TIME BEST VACATION--so, I would definitely recommend it to ANYONE!!! Larry thought things/food were too expensive, but the most expensive things were at the CostCo Store, there--go figure??!!!!! A flat of water was like $33!!!!

Besides the GORGEOUS SCENERY--our Condo/balcony was RIGHT ACROSS from the rocks that form the 'El Arco' that's the FAMOUS ARCH at the VERY end of the pennisula, there, and you CAN'T drive to it--you can ONLY get to it by boat or jet ski!!!

So, we got our closest to it on a SUNSET Dinner Cruise that was just FANTASTIC--with great food & entertainment--singing & dancing--2 different Mexican couples who were GREAT!!!!!
And, then we got CLOSE-UPs of the ARCH!!!!! SO VERY NEAT!!!!

Every day & LOTS of times DURING every day we were there I THANKED GOD for letting me be able to visit such a WONDERFUL CREATION of HIS & then, as folks waited on us & we took taxis to & from our GREAT HOTEL--Villa Del Palmar--I always THANKED those guys, so I found myself THANKING someone LOTS of times EVERY DAY & now that I'm back home.......

I've been thinking about that & WONDERING if in DOING THAT is PART of what made that vacation SO SUPER!!!!!!!!! Have you read the article on 'BEING GRATEFUL' in the most recent 'Reader's Digest'? It's titled--"How the New Science of THANK YOU Can CHANGE YOUR LIFE"--and, then on the front it's 'under' "The MOST IMPORTANT WORDS YOU'LL SAY TODAY"!!!!!

The BEST part of the article, I thought, was where it listed ALL the THINGS being GRATEFUL will do FOR YOU--You'll FEEL BETTER, be MORE OPTIMISTIC, be MORE ENERGETIC, be MORE DETERMINED, be MORE INTERESTED, be MORE JOYFUL, will exercise MORE & have FEWER ILLNESSES!!!!!!!!!

So, besides sin & EVIL being in our world, maybe the ones of us who are TRYING to be 'GOOD' SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER TO BE MORE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything we have/will have/have had COMES FROM OUR GOD--even the air we breathe!!!!!!!!!

So, my challenge to you, TODAY, is to consciously REMEMBER to be MORE THANKFUL EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!! It will MAKE YOUR LIFE HAPPIER--whether you're in CABO or not!!!!!!!!!

And, I would LOVE to hear back from you, after you've done this, to see just HOW it CHANGES YOUR LIFE--for the BETTER!!!!! MUCH LOVE, MamaRose

HOMEMADE QUISEDILLAS--YUM!!!

My hubby & I were eating out the other night & had some 'Quisedillas' (sorry if that's spelled wrong) & he said--'WE COULD DO THESE'--AT HOME!!! So, we tried, for the first time, the other night & they were GREAT!!!

He found some 'HOMEMADE' Flour Tortillas at our Grocery Store (which were a BIT harder to separate, but tasted MUCH BETTER than the 'regular' kind). He then cooked up 3 Chicken Breasts & cut them up; and, then we had 3 different shredded cheeses, of course; but he also layered some 'Sun-Dried Tomato Spread' from California on them; and then he added jalapenos to his & I put green olives on mine & cooked them in the oven--YUM! YUM!!

We forgot to put anything on the top of them & he says he would have liked some Olive Oil brushed on the tops of his & when I warmed my leftovers up, I put some butter & then more CHEESE on top of mine & they were EVEN BETTER than the ones you get in the Best Mexican Restaurants!!!!!!! And, they were BETTER the 2nd day, like Lasagne is.

Really EASY & pretty cheap & VERY nutritious & HOMEMADE--you can't get better than HOMEMADE, right??!!!!! I just HAD to pass this on--TRY THEM--THEY'RE REALLY GOOD!!!!! I would think even the YOUNGER kiddos would like them--put their favorite toppings in there.

A 'NEAT' NEW PRODUCT/PACKAGING!!!

I was looking for some more Dishwashing Detergent--for the sink/by hand--the other day & 'FOUND' some 'NEW' DAWN 'Siimple Pleasures' that has an BUILT-IN Air Freshener in the bottom of the bottle.

I bought the 'APPLE & PEAR' fragrance & I just LOVE IT!!!!! I didn't use to KEEP my dishwashing liquid UP/by my sink, BUT I DO NOW, because it makes OUR WHOLE KITCHEN SMELL SO FRESH, LIKE FRUIT!!! It's the GREEN one & STILL is 'hard' on GREASE!!!

I forget the other choices of fragrance, but I do remember there were choices, and I can tell you, the 'APPLE & PEAR' one is SUPER!!
Much Love!!!!!

ANOTHER 'GREAT' FIND...

I read recently about Eva Longoria (the 'Desperate Housewife' who is about to marry Tony Parker, from the SA Spurs, ON 7/7/07--neat, huh??!!!) that she never has ANY problem falling asleep because she cleans her face with a 'Facial Sauna' before going to bed.

So, I've been looking for ONE OF THOSE & finally FOUND ONE at 'Bed, Bath & Beyond' the other day--it's called: "Revlon's Ionic Hot and Cold FACIAL SAUNA/SPA" & IT WORKS--not only does it CLEAN YOUR FACE--all the dirt comes out & in a very SHORT amount of time, it makes your pores smaller, then; AND helps you fall asleep FASTER because you're MORE RELAXED!!!--VERY NEAT, huh???!!!!!

The cost is VERY reasonable--something like $30--I just HAD to pass this on, since I LOVE mine so much, ALREADY==ENJOY!