August MFP Blog Hop- Oh Crab

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

   August Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Lesson Learned Featured August 14
Bring on the Sun Featured August 15
Tree Greetings Featured August 16
Oh Crab Featured August 17

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on August 18, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday August 17, 2012.

 

My first thought when I saw this set, was what a cute little crab. The next thing was a song that my mother in law told me that she always sang to her kids when they were having "A MOOD"
The theme song from Captain Kangaroo's Crabby Appleton.
 My name is Crabby Appleton,
I'm rotten to the core.
 I do a bad deed every day,
and sometimes three or four.
I can't stand fun for anyone,
I think good deeds are sappy,
I laugh with glee, it pleases me,
when everyone's unhappy.

 Have you ever just been in a crabby mood? I have noticed lately that my hormones are doing wacky things. One minute, I'll be happy and then the next, I'll be wanting to strangle someone, in a VERY CRABBY MOOD. A couple of weeks ago at church, I was sharing this with my dear friend Jean Shanks. I love having older friends, because they have been where I am going. She said, she thought that when my hormones got a little more regulated, that I would stop having such wild mood swings. I saw her this last Sunday after church. She was standing by the door with her walker, with a big smile on her face. If I had known that it would be the last time I would see her this side of heaven I would have run back inside to give her another hug, and tell her that I loved her. She passed away today. I am so sad for me, but so happy for her. Last year we sat a funeral of another dear friend of ours, and my friend Jean shared that she didn't know why she was still around. Her body had started giving out on her many years ago. She had so many stents put in her heart, she lost count. She had to have dialysis, and she was in so much pain, but you would never know it because, she always had a smile on her face and NEVER complained. What an example to me. Next time I am feeling crabby, I hope I will be able to put things in perspective and get cheerful again and not be a CRABBY  Appleton.

. This song by Chris Tomlin is how I imagine my friend Jean tonight...
"I will rise, when he calls my name.
NO MORE SORROW...NO MORE PAIN.
I will rise on eagles' wings, before my God, fall on my knees and rise."