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So… I will (finally) be going to the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival this year. It slipped my mind in 2014, and I had another event to attend in 2013, so even though I wanted to attend I could not.

Early this week, I remembered that it was coming up and logging on to their Facebook page, I saw it was this weekend. Here’s where it gets interesting. I thought about it for several hours, reminded myself to tell the BF, that although I did not want to change our plans, I would, because of this annual event.

Well guess what? I did not get a chance to ask him.  One of the first things, my BF, asked when he called was , “Opal, Do you want to go the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival?” “I know how much you love your fiber crafts and I think it would be a fun even for us to do.” I never told him about the event; however, I was touched that he would ask me that and more importantly, not minding attending the event with my daughter and me. He went on to tell me he saw an advertisement about the event, when he was coming home from work. The fairgrounds is about five minutes away from where he lives.

Of course, I’m thrilled that he remembered how much I love fiber crafts and am impressed that he actually wants to attend such an event with a fiberholic like myself. I’ll be good, and I’ll have a reminder (my daughter) who I’m sure will let me know when she’s ready to leave.

I’ll be sure to post some pictures of what I purchase.

You know, I think we should respect our earth every single day. God has created an amazing world, it seems only fitting that we should be respectful of it, right?

Wow, and here I thought I wrote my last post a few days ago. It’s been a week? My, my, my the time is a flying by. Well, it’s going to keep on whistling by me for a while.

My daughter is in the school musical, which means late days practicing and I’ve been even more active with my workouts and going out a bit more, so when the dust settles in my neck of the woods, I’m spending time with my daughter and just relaxing.

Here’s hoping I get a chance to post more very soon. I have a ton of pictures to upload; food related and Bella, our new puppy.

In other news…

Earlier today I stumbled upon the website, Minimalist Beauty. It really caught my eye since the writers approach to health and wellness is very similar to my own. She has some great articles about hyperpgimentation, so I’ll be curious to see what she has done. I must say, that I am so glad that my hyperpigmentation issues are quickly becoming a distant memory.

According to Meyers Briggs, my personality type is INTJ. Over the years, I’ve taken the test a few times and, based on my answers, it always list me as INTJ. I didn’t take the test to determine who I am. I’ve been me for 44 years, if I have not figured it out by now, something is really wrong, don’t you think.

INTJ’s are supposedly one of the rarest personality types out there. making about 2% of the population. Women who have this personality are even more rare, supposedly less than .08%? Imagine that. It does make me wonder how they come by these numbers? I’m guessing it’s based on who takes the test and then, you have to hope they’re being honest, right?

It wasn’t until recently that I actually read what my personality type is and my goodness did I have a good laugh, since it’s definitely me.

A few days ago, I stumbled upon this blog post about how to handle an INTJ. Yes… I can identify with a lot of the things listed.

I can also relate to the above list. My major pet peeves are excuses and lying. Please, just accept the responsibility and stop making excuses for your actions! I know I’m in for a pile of junk, when a person gives me a long-winded explanation for something they did wrong.

Acknowledge you were wrong (I do) and work on improving.  If I know a person well, I’ll call them out on that brand of nonsense. Thankfully, I don’t know too many people that make excuses. They accept their actions, make the appropriate corrections and move forward.

Wow, where has the time gone? It seems like January just flew on by. There is so much that has been happening.

Let’s see… it looks like we’ll be welcoming another furbaby into our home. A dog! We should have the dog within the next week or so. It’s a dog that wasn’t wanted. If I had my pick, I would have chosen a Siberian husky.

Of course, I’ve been spending lots of time with my daughter and then there’ s a friend that has been going though a lot lately. I’ve known them since junior year in high school. They’re hurting I’m making myself available. Between bonding, work and just being there for someone in pain, it does not leave time for much else. My plate and cup are running over. 😉 Even though I haven’t been posting too much on here and my hand crafted site, I have been taking plenty of pictures. I just need to find to upload and post.

As if I didn’t have enough websites, I started another that focuses solely on natural healing. That site, won’t be updated a lot, and I will most likely post under a pseudonym.  That’s nothing new, since I already do that with a few places where I’m paid to write;  online and print publications.

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah 26:3
King James Version (KJV)

I normally refer to the New American Standard Bible, but I must admit, that I love how this reads out much better than NASB’s version, which I’ve included below.

3 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,
Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Despite the turmoil that is surrounding me at the moment, I must admit that I am at peace. Of course, that brings to mind the above passage… and I have to admit that it is so true.

So yes… through everything that is happening, my stress is low, and I am actually happy. Being a Christian, and an active follower of Christ, I know that has everything to do with the close relationship that I have with my heavenly father. If you don’t have that connection, what I might have just written, might come off as a bit off the rails, but trust me it isn’t. But you to can have that connection, all you have to do is believe and accept Christ into your own heart.

9 [a]that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
Romans 10:9
New American Standard Bible (NASB)

I wasn’t expecting to write this type of post, but I felt led to do so and I’m simply following that command.