HAPPY PINK SATURDAY! A DAY TO CELEBRATE!

"I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Happy Pink Saturday! I am so pleased to tell you that the first thing the doctor told me when I woke up from surgery was "You have no cancer, Mrs Cook!" That was followed by, "No mass, no polyp, nothing! I don't know what happened, but you are just fine. You can go home." A five hour surgery took less than an hour. God is so good! Thank you all for praying for me. I will be forever grateful. You can know that God heard you!

After sleeping my day away at home yesterday. I just had to get up an post for Pink Saturday. Pink is the color of love. I am feeling very loved today. Here is a small sample of the pink on the rod iron shelf I have in the living room.

Tonight I go see "Mary Poppins". I had purchased these tickets months ago and was not sure I would be able to use them tonight. Here I am, ready to spend the evening with my two daughters and my Princess Maya. So much to be grateful for, my heart is full.

You are the best! Have a great PS and a fun Super bowl Sunday! Hugs, Martha

WHITE WEDNESDAY AND I JUST DID NOT HAVE TIME!

Hi Ladies: It is White Wednesday and I blew it. I hate to miss days like this. I am so sorry. I have been a little busy. By the way, The thing I was so worried about, that was going to happen Tuesday, came out fine. I feel that I even got a miracle. I do promise to tell you about it one day. Just not ready for all the emotions right now. Thank you for praying for me, God answered. You are the best. Now all I have to do is get though tomorrow's fast and the "drink". I feel like God has told me there would be no more "mass" so, I just going to believe Him. Surgery scheduled 7:00 am Friday morning.

Today, I had lunch with my friend Sharon who just had eye surgery. She is doing very well and it was a great time together. On the way home from her house, I passed my favorite Thrift Store. I only go to that store when I am in Burbank, visiting her. So, I just had to stop. It would have been a sin not to, don't you think? Anyway, as luck would have it, I found a few things. Did I ever tell you I collect green depression glass? I also collect the cranberry depression glass, which is harder to find. I know I have told you I collect tea cups. Well, I love to give high tea parties. You can't have high tea without the small silver butter knives! I was lucky enough to have found some of those as well, to add to my growing collection. Then, there was the Vaseline Glass roaster, I found. It was a lot of excitement for my little heart, but I some how managed. (LOL) I took some pictures of my treasures and some, of the new look for February around my little home!

On the way home from the thrift store, I stopped at a friend's house for about 10 minutes. She has breast cancer and just needed hugs. So, since hugs are free and fun, she got one. Last but not least, I went to church to decorate for February. Like my home, the church gets a monthly make over. I love doing that! So, I am a little tried, and need to rest for Wednesday night service.

Many of you have written and told me you are going though hard times right now. I want to just remind you that, God's mercies are new every morning. So, if you are having a bad day today, tomorrow will be better, He promised. Blessings and hugs to all. Martha

AND THE WINNER IS . . .

We have a winner! I am ready to announce the winner of the Rachel Ashwell book. Before I do, I want to thank you for being so faithful to my blog and for the friendships we have. What a great way to start a year! The winner of the give away is Jules. Her blog is http://shabby-jules.blogspot.com/. She is a sweet, happy lady you just have to go visit. So, Jules. email me with your address. Noah was glad to do the hard work of picking our winner, but first he had vacuum the rug and sweep the kitchen. He does this everytime he visits. Apparently, Grandma's house just is not clean enough for the boy!

I hope you ladies had a great weekend. I was busy helping my neighbor next door move. She lost her home, her husband left her and she was all alone in this move. It was so sad, she had to get her things out quickly so everything just was thrown in boxes and stuck in the truck. I arrived at 10:30 am, when I realized that no one was there to help. She was so upset, she was cleaning her toilets. It was heart breaking. I called a couple of men from our church, got her some help. At that point all she had was me, with bad knees and she was moving to an up stairs apartment. It was an emotional weekend to experience as she and her children had to deal with the hard realities of life.

As you have guessed by now, Noah and I are together today. He is napping for me right now. I wanted to visit with you before the rest of my day goes by. I took some pictures I hope you will enjoy. Still working on the Tea Cup Tuesday event, I will keep you posted!

I have a rough week before me, that big surgery about that weird mass they found and do not know what it is will happen Friday. Please pray for Thursday, I have to fast, yuck, and drink the drink! I also have a hard personal day on Tuesday, I would like prayer for. I am a little afraid of both events, but I know that God is with me and will help me though. If my neighbor can do what she is doing, my thing should be easy in comparison. Blessings and hugs to all! Martha