Time to get to Work….

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I have enjoyed looking through my Pinterest account. Pinterest has so many items to look at from being creative with crochet, looking at art, cars, and the list goes on………..

I have come across posts about how you can make money on Pinterest, taking notes, and telling myself I will follow through with what I have learned. 

Here is what I read  today and a note or two….

{} How to Make Money on Pinterest (with or without a blog) | Live Love Health & Wealth (livelovehealthwealth.com)   LIVE LOVE Health & Wealth

HOW TO MAKE MONEY ON PINTEREST (WITH OR WITHOUT A BLOG) APRIL 7TH, 2023 {}

{}How to Write SEO-Friendly Meta Descriptions In 2023 (backlinko.com) {}

I first learned about Canva through Journey With The Hintons.

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Journey With The Hintons@Officialjourneywiththehintons‧

Make & Sell Digital Products Online & Get Paid $5000 A Month (Sell Canva Templates) {}

It is time I STOP procrastinating and get to work.

LD*

Back to the Square

I knew I wanted to make a boy’s blanket and I wanted to do another new pattern. I can’t believe I actually went through five different patterns before I settled on the Granny Square Stitch. Although I have done this pattern countless times. I know there are countless ways of doing the same stitch and if it was a chance to learn something new? 

I crochet and I am opened to learning different ways, because there is “No one way” to actually do a crochet stitch. I enjoy learning something new (#5 – I believe it’s called a standing stitch).

#1: Waffle Stitch

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Lamplight Crochet Tutorial #27 Waffle Stitch Baby Blanket

#2: CATHERINE’S WHEEL

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HOW to CROCHET CATHERINE’S WHEEL – Crochet Stitch Pattern by Naztazia

You can learn how to Crochet the Catherine’s Wheel Stitch pattern in this DIY video tutorial. Hi I’m Donna Wolfe from Naztazia. This is a nice crochet stitch for beginner to advanced crocheters. The stitches are composed of two opposite shell clusters that form a circle, wheel, or round object. This stitch pattern works great in a blanket, a scarf, or a shawl. It would also look nice in a sweater or other fashion accessories.

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#3: Easy Breezy Mile A Minute Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern

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Easy Breezy Mile A Minute Crochet Baby Blanket Pattern | The Secret Yarnery

Do you love crochet, crochet tutorials, easy crochet patterns, and the occasional crochet along?  Whether you want to learn to crochet, looking for new crochet designs, crochet stitches, crochet ideas,  yarn & yarnspirations, or a step by step crochet tutorial, you have found the right place!  The Secret Yarnery is here to help you bring your creative aspirations into reality with motivation, inspiration, and easy diy tutorials.  Join us!  https://bit.ly/2opYkWB 

#4:  V Stitch Square

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Super easy crochet: V Stitch Square

Blossom Crochet   Super easy V Stitch square – can be used for small individual squares or one large continuous square of any size! Find me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/blossom_cro…

#5: The Super Stash Busting Granny Square Blanket!

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Blossom Crochet

Blossom Crochet: The Super Stash Busting Granny Square Blanket!

Granny Squares are a great stash busting project. – whether you choose to make lots of small ones or a huge one, this crochet tutorial will help you do it!

Time to get back to crocheting..

Bye IV Now, LD*

Not just Words…

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There are way too many words and thoughts going through my head. I started working on my book, but then I started thinking about the game I need to play in order to get points to get an amazon gift card. 

I did my math and without a coffee pot I have to have at least one 16 oz cup of ice coffee and I am only able to get maybe four cups out of one bottle. I need a coffee pot. I am just hoping it will be extra hot.

I am still looking for another job, but I am really wanting a homebase job. I need to try and get some kind of computer training.

I am NOT going to give up, because I am so over working where I am at with no chance for a better future and I am not going to get any younger. I NEED to start aiming for a better tomorrow while I can.

They say it’s never too late to start something new. I say, “If you don’t start, then you will never set your dream free, and I want to know I at least tried. I am not just writing down what I want, but how I am going to do it.

I want to encourage as many people as I can to write down their dreams and then write how to set those dreams free. “Dreams do come true, if you put in the work, ” that sounds like it came from a movie?

Someone once told me my idea was just a vision board, but in a book form. Another person said that’s just writing in a dairy.  I don’t care what you call your special book, I say if you can write down your dream and figure out how they become more than dreams. You can name your book anything you like, just don’t keep your dreams on paper, and be ready to set them free,

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A Time to be Creative

by Lisa Herring (Author)  Format: Paperback

In this composition notebook there are pages where you can write a quick note, a poem or two. There are also some blank lines where you can fill in with a short story or a special thought. Ever read a book and wish you could go back to it, because you remember the story, but not the author. Here is your chance to have a list of the books you liked, the movies you enjoyed watching, and the list goes on. Enjoy creating..

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A Time to Write: #15

by Lysa’ Dee (Author)  Format: Paperback

A notebook is more than pages stacked together in a pretty shell for taking notes, jotting down a quick thought, an idea for a story, or even a poem or two. “A Time to Write is a composition notebook where words may have a way to make you feel calm, create something new, or encourage you to set all your dreams free. Writing them down can be fun in this book, which has lines like any other book and a cute page to take notes.

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A Time to Write: # 7

by Lysa’ Dee (Author)  Format: Paperback

“A Time to Write,” is a composition notebook where words have a way to make you feel calm, create something new or encourage you to set all your dreams free. The lines of this composition notebook may not have any words now, but I am sure someone can change that. There are also a few pages that have a – to do list, and a debt tracker for bills or savings. Have fun with your words….

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Bye IV Now, LD*

P.S – Sorry, words are off I am a little too tired to fix, and I still don’t like computers…

Not Going Backwards..

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I found myself falling back into my slow steps, steps that will not help me keep my word, and that isn’t good. I came home with the thought I would work on my book after my coffee, but my favorite online game (Township) was opened before I remembered I was supposed to start working on a post. 

I am trying to recall the anime or cartoon show I saw on HBO where the daughter asked her father what the word, “procrastine” meant, and he was trying to explain what her mother had said about him. Then the little girl said she thought it meant being lazy.

{}https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/procrastinate

Procrastinate : to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring:

In my case I enjoy creating new stories from something I saw or finding an answer to a question or two. I am not going to lose who I am and the person I want to be. What’s the point of dreaming if it stays a dream? 

I am watching one of my favorite anime, My Neighbor Totoro and I am smiling. I am also thinking about my next trip to Charlotte Yarn. https://charlotteyarn.com/ where you can not only buy yarn, but they have classes, and where we come together to crochet or knit. I have an hour left, and I need to work on my book, and eat an early dinner.

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A Time to Be Creative… by Lisa Herring  Paperback 

Recording each project can be fun, adding each pattern’s names, and keeping up with everything needed to complete one project at a time from the cost to how long it took to complete your creative work.

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Red Heart Super Saver Super Yarn Craft Kit for Crochet & Knitting & Amigurumi Projects 

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Bye IV Now, LD*

Calm After the Anger….

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I am starting my prayer journal to be more calm and staying calm; like when your space is turning upside down. When you are calm, your mind is clear, and your heart rate has no signs of being stressed. You can accomplish almost anything if you have a calm mind.

I took out a small book, and before I could  write down one thought, that page was almost already full. Then I saw a bigger writing book across the room, but then I changed my mind.

I not only want to think out my thoughts, but get as much information about that thought as I can. Once again I find myself with questions I need answers too and realize I need to type out my thoughts and get the answers I want from my questions. What does Google say about the word calm: Calm describes a state of being free from disturbance.

CALM Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calm

Calm noun a period or condition of freedom from storms, high winds, or rough activity of water

Those are a few ideas from the Internet about the meaning of being calm. Now it’s time to go to the Word and learn what calm means.

https://bible.com/bible/114/1pe.5.8.NKJV   I Peter 5:8 NKJV Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
https://bible.com/bible/8/1pe.5.8.AMPC      1 Peter 5:8 AMPC  Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.
https://bible.com/bible/8/1th.5.6.AMPC      1 Thessalonians 5:6 AMPC  Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful, cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect).
https://bible.com/bible/8/pro.17.27.AMPC   Proverbs 17:27 AMPC   He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit. [James 1:19.]

**side note: In the middle of working on this post, I got a wave of anger, and that feeling had me biting my fingers so I wouldn’t do something I was going to regret. Once I was able to calm down, I was ready to come back to my first thought, but I decided to type out my real feelings. 

I went straight to Word and read through more than scriptures then I am posting, but these got read more than once. This next part was how I was able to calm down.

~Holding back tears of anger isn’t fun and the pain that is filling my head and tightening my throat is coming from my own anger. I am not liking this feeling, but it’s here.

https://bible.com/bible/8/jas.1.20.AMPC James 1:20  For man’s anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires].
https://bible.com/bible/8/eph.4.32.AMPC Ephesians 4:32  And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.
https://bible.com/bible/8/psa.37.8.AMPC Psalm 37:8    Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it tends only to evildoing.
https://bible.com/bible/8/pro.14.29.AMPC Proverbs 14:29  He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly. [Prov. 16:32; James 1:19.]

https://bible.com/bible/114/eph.4.31-32.NKJV  Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. [32] And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

I am thinking about how I haven’t worked on my book or even thought about it in weeks. It is time I get to work, because I am keeping my word. I am calm and thinking positive.

Bye IV Now, LD*

Praying in Detail……

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I starting think about my last post “A New Way to Study, https://3amthunderofwords.com/2026/05/31/a-new-way-to-study/ ” 

and thought of buying a few color ink pens and new prayer book,

because I realized I needed to be more detailed with each prayer. 

It’s like if you pray for money and a miracle happens you get some and it’s gone before you realized you had it. You know how to pay bills, treat yourself to a nice meal or two, but you have no idea how to keep the money coming in.

Then you pray for good health, but having good health for how long? There are so many ways to pray. I am a visual learner and I like to write out my thoughts. I have never gone too deep with my prayers, but I am about to change that. 

I got a pocket prayer book, I was writing short notes, a bible verse, and that’s good. I believe/excuse me I am going to go into as much detail and what each pray the how and why and then I am going to find a bible verse to go with that prayer.

I looked on amazon for my book and I found one actually close to it. I am also trying a new ice coffee and creamer. I am amazed it is after 1 pm and I haven’t had my coffee. I guess that is the reason why I am starting to get a headache. A little coffee goes a long way and brings a happy smile to go with it.

I believe sometimes we are so busy trying to survive and some go from paycheck to paycheck that we don’t take the time to write out our thoughts in detail. 

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Bye IV Now, LD*

A New Way to Study

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I used to watch short stories on youtube and my son said I shouldn’t be watching or listening to these stories. I can actually see myself in some of them and think what would happen if I could rewrite my story and make people who think they know everything about who they believe I am. 

**side note: Here are a few of what I call positive stories (not all I see myself in them, don’t think I saved those, but a few I liked) and thought I would rewatch again one day.

1.   https://youtu.be/qY0CBmXD16s?si=VBSO6vBPywGwckK_

2.  https://youtu.be/FxnJxDjheUU?si=RPdEjszuDwDHiQLR

Then I started rethinking about how I am praying. I have been looking at my purple and white journal, where I started taking notes as I study the bible, and realized I am not praying correctly or enough.

I was about to turn youtube off when I noticed a video that caught my attention and these are truly positive words to listen to. 

  1. https://youtu.be/8hEtcvv6xP0?si=JZmcgY4jecMqplXM
  2. https://youtu.be/rxvWWbN2yGw?si=tidF7Py9Qh0uUkzp

After looking/listening to a few of these made me remember something I read and have been taught by my late pastor and know about the power of words. I wish I could remember off hand where in the bible it says this, but its not hard to look it up.

{} https://bible.com/bible/114/col.4.6.NKJV   Colossians 4:6 NKJV

[6] Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.{}

{} https://bible.com/bible/114/mat.12.36.NKJV    Matthew 12:36 NKJV

[36] But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.{} 

{} https://bible.com/bible/114/rom.10.17.NKJV  Romans 10:17 NKJV

[17] So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.{} 

{} https://bible.com/bible/114/2co.5.7.NKJV  II Corinthians 5:7 NKJV

[7] For we walk by faith, not by sight. {} 

{} https://bible.com/bible/114/jas.2.17.NKJV  James 2:17 NKJV

[17] Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.{} 

The words you say and believe are powerful, if your faith is strong. It’s not what you say, but how you say it? I know I have prayed for good health, a clear mind, and a better job. One would think that’s enough, but it isn’t even close enough. It isn’t what you pray for, but how you are praying. 

**side note : I was trying to calm my nerves as I  typed and was starting to get overwhelmed. The words in my head started to blur and when I had to bite my finger, because I wanted to scream. I clicked on this video and that helped calm me down. Then I heard something within this story, I had just written, and that’s why I am adding it here: https://youtu.be/trtH-QanexA?si=UjB-yF0F-ZQ9iN1j

I was/no I am going to start a new prayer book. This book will give detailed information about what I want, how I believe I will achieve those goals, and a bible verse to go along with each goal.  

**side note : I haven’t decided if I will post what my new book looks like, but this time I am writing for myself and not for anyone else. I did give an idea of what it will look like and if it will help someone else take a step to move forward, I am Happy……………

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The Action Bible: Heroes and Villains Hardcover–2/1/2022 by Sergio Cariello  (Illustrator),        The Action Bible (Author) 4.9 out of 5 stars  4.3 on Goodreads 

Part of: Action Bible #1 Best Sellerin Religion & Spirituality Graphic Novels    This extensive, full-color guide to Bible characters includes fascinating facts and figures about the Bible’s most curious but sometimes relatable people. Including all-new illustrations from graphic artist Sergio Cariello, The Action Bible Heroes and Villains.

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A Mother’s Prayers: for your thoughts. Paperback  8/21/ 2024 by Lysa Dee (Author)They say a mother’s love goes beyond their baby’s first breath of air. The second they know there is life within, they are praying for good health, long life, and an easy birth. Mothers are known to give encouraging words, a warm hug or two, and always seem to know how to bring a smile – when all you want to do is cry. This book is for a mother who wants to write down special prayers for the ones she loves.

** Hello, I just wanted to say there are a few affiliate links to my post. I am also going to keep my word and only post items I have some knowledge of or  like. I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no extra cost to you. Thank You. I appreciate your support. #affiliate links will take you to :  Amazon.com

Bye IV Now, LD*