Blessings from God!!!

Duuuuuude you guys I'm sooooo SIKED!!! Straight up, this evening, GOD JUST TOTALLY BLESSED ME!!!Okaaaaayyyy sooo there was this SUPERRRR waaaaaay cuuuuute jean skirt I really wanted on the Apostolic Clothing sight that I really wanted!!!!

This skirt!!!

I still really like this skirt tho, sooooo ya know if anyone out there wants to buy it for me...I'LL TAKE IT!!! Get me a 2x!!! OR if you sew skirts and wanna hook me with a cheaper deal...email me!!! Maryfranceswriting@gmail.com

Okaaaaay soooo this skirt is like $85!!! I like wanted it soooo bad... buuuuut I have soooo much going on with this summer coming, weddings I have to attend out of state, i'm a bridesmaid in Anali's wedding, plus I'm going to Heritage...YEAH, I'm thinking right now this ADORABLE JEAN SKIRT is really not a wise financial decision to make!!!! Right?!?!

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Weeeeeeeelllll today I just randomly went to this ghetto lil consignment shop to try and consign all my reject clothes that all the other consignment shops wouldn't take...So as the lady is going through the clothes I'm just browsing thinking I won't really see anything...

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Weeeeellll all of the sudden I'm finding all these superrrr long, super modest skirts...

Annnnnnnd BAM!!!! There sits THE CUTEST JEAN SKIRT I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!

It's super long! Super modest!!! Super feminine!!! Annnnnd MY SIZE!!!!!

Sooooo I close my eyes, hold my breath and THEN look at the price tag...OMW its EVEN IN MY PRICE RANGE!!! Guess how much people??? $4.00!!!!!! YES!!! I just said FOUR DOLLARS!!! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!! I was soooo ecstatic I was like testifying to the owner of the consignment shop about it as I paid!!!!!!! I was all like THIS IS SUCH A BLESSING!!! Then I was telling her the WHOLE shebang story!!! Lol  Btw, YES I know These sneakers don't look good with it tho!!!

Annnnnnnd LIIIIIIIKE I pretty much have NOT shut up about this skirt since I got it!!! I'm like HEEEEEY LOOK AAT MY SKIRT!!! Then I'm like guess how much I paid??? Tonight in class Alyssa and I were whispering about it cuz she was saying it was really cute! And I'm whispering, guess how much I paid for it??? And we're in the back and Prince who is sitting on the front row doesn't even look back he just whispers, $4 dollars!!! AHAHAHA!!! It was superrrr funny!!!

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SHOPPING ADVICE!!!

Anywayz, this skirt reminded me of something that Elder Sis. Abbott taught us girls growing up! She said if you really want something, don't just go out and buy it! Write a list of things that you really want/need and THEN PRAY ABOUT IT!!! She said because God can bless you with a really good deal or even get it to you for FREE, if you'll just wait and pray!!! I've been doing that and its SOOOO TRUE!!! Sooooo yeah, that's my advice for the day peeps!!! If you want something, ASK GOD FOR A GOOD DEAL and then WAIT for him to bless you!!! (That's what I'm doing for my husband...I'm getting THE BEST DEAL God has for me...IN JESUS NAME!!! Just wait people...its COMING!!!;)

Annnnnnd I'm purrrring here in case you couldn't tell!!!!! Mj was hysterical for this photo shoot!!! Then we both looked at this picture and pretty much were laughing soooo hard we couldn't even breath!!! Lol

♥Mary Frances :)

MJ back in the day!!!

The other day I was remembering this HILARIOUS moment with MJ from when she was probably like 7ish or so years old!!!

Sooo at this time, the big diet craze that we were all doing was Weight Watchers, like me, my sis and quite a few people at church were doing weight watchers...soooo of course we're ALWAYS talking about it!!! 

WEEEEEELLLLL  this one day,  I am at the store with my neice MJ. As we are cruisin around with our cart, MJ VERY KINDLY, looks over at this lady who is a little chunky but NOT huge, then she says to me loud and clear for ALL the world to hear, "OH Mary!" She says in total excitement, "WE SHOULD TELL THAT LADY ABOUT WEIGHT WATCHERS!!!!" I just stood there...FROZEN in place...mouth hangin open...like OMW!!! What do you say? What do you do???

AAAAUUUUGGGHHH!

I'm like, OMW MARY JO!!!

I think maybe WE SHOULD GO BUY SOME DUCT TAPE....

FOR YOUR MOUTH!!!

(Of course, after the 10-second shock wore off, I was HYSTERICAL!;)

♥Mary Frances :)

Earlisms #2!!!

As I told you all HERE that I was going to start posting EARLISMS!!! All the funny things that Bro. Earl says, the elderly, hard-of-hearing man that I type the preaching messages for. Yesterdays comment has GOT to be my favorite thus far!!! You'll understand AS SOON as you read it, WHY its my favorite!!! Now let me remind you all that he can hardly hear sooooo EVERYTHING Bro. Earl says is VERY LOUD!!!

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Sooooo we had an Easter morning breakfast at our church before the service yesterday. Well my brother Abie was helping him get his food. So after he had gotten him his plate he asked him what he wanted to drink, Coffee or orange juice? So Bro. Earl says, Coffee. So then Abe says, do you want sugar or creamer in your coffee? So he says, NO, I'll just take it BLACK!!! I like it BLACK!!! Then he turns to my brother and says with a chuckle in a very loud Bro. Earl way, because...

I LIKE BLACK PEOPLE!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!

Me too Brotha!!! ME TOO!!!! *Side note- about 85% of our visitors yesterday were black, which only made it even AWESOMERRRR!!!!  Duuuuuuude!!!  SERIOUSLEY, he ain't chocolate buuuuut me and Bro. Earl are like, sooooooooooooo KINDRED SPIRITS!!! It was definitely a God thing that the two of us were put together!! I SOOO LOVE THIS MAN! ♥♥♥

♥Mary Frances :)

Thank you God!!!

Today when my sis got home from work my sis told me that my car, which was sitting in the driveway had a flat tire!!! I was like, WHAT??? How bad??? She's like, bad enough that there is NO WAY you can drive it anywhere!!! In my head I was thinking, yeah right, its probably just kinda low and needs air. Buuuuut when I went to check it out, it turns out that my sister was RIGHT!!! My tire was completely FLAT and part of it had even busted open!!! I looked at that tire and was really BUMMED!!! I went inside the house all mopey, I had just had THE OTHER front tire blow out this past Wednesday, NOW the other one was out!!!

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 then all of the sudden I realized that I should be thanking God instead of complaining!!! This morning, I had been driving my niece to school, WHICH THERE WAS NONE, she had forgotten, anyway, I'm on the freeway driving, thinking what if my other tire blew out while I was driving on the freeway, front tires blowing are really dangerous because you can completely lose control of the car if you are driving fast, which you usually are going at least 70 on the freeway... soooo I'm soooooooo tired and I half-heartedly said, Oh GOD, just protect me!!!

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Annnnnd I realized as I was sitting on the couch that God had answered my half-hearted prayer!!! WHY that tire did NOT blow while I was driving, BUUUUT it did while it was just sitting in the driveway??? The only thing I can think of is GOD!!! He was protecting me because of my half-hearted prayer!!!!

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I'm soooo thankful that I have God that always hears my prayers even when they don't seem all that spiritual!!! I remember that in a relationship one time back in the day. I remember thinking this guy that I was with was SO THE ONE!!! And I remember praying another half-hearted prayer before I went to sleep one night, God IF for some reason this is NOT the one you want me to marry, let this NOT work out, I mean, I KNOW HE IS, buuuuut IF he isn't, STOP IT from happening...BUT I KNOW IT IS!!! Have you ever prayed one of those prayers before??? That's the ONLY time I specifically remember praying about this relationship...BUT I really did mean it annnnnnd I'm soooo thankful that in my half-hearted immaturity, God answered my request!!!

He IS my protector!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. I'm also thankful that JUST last Monday, my big sis added me to her AAA plan...I've ALREADY used it TWICE since then!!! That right there has saved me a boat load of money!!! Not only is God my protector, he is my PROVIDER and he is an ON TIME GOD!!! YES HE IS!!! PURRRRRR!!!!

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PPS. I also got to ride in the AAA tow truck that towed my car to Discount Tires!!! You guys seriously have NO IDEA how cool I felt riding all high!!! I was like, CHECK ME OUT!!!! I'm queen of the road...SOMEONE GET ME A TIARA!!!

Easter Sunday!!!

It was an AWESOME Sunday yesterday!!!! We had A LOT of visitors!!! Ten came on the church van, plus another one of the boys came with his family and then besides all the bus people there were a lot of other visitors!!! It was awesome to see so many people praying at the alter...that overwhelming feeling of NOT knowing WHO to pray with!!! Sorry no pics of that...it was hard enough tryin to figure out who to pray with I was NOT about to add a camera into the mix...LOL!!!

AIR HOCKEY!!!

Pretty, pretty girlies!!!

Awwwww Dee Dee!!!

LOVE THIS GIRL!!!

Easter Breakfast at LPC!!!!

Sis. Abbott did a BEAUTIFUL job setting it all up!!!

(You can hire her for the right price i'm sure!!! LOL;)

Me and my lil niecy Bethany!!!

MJ with her sister!!!

With her brother and sister!!!

Armani, playing with Pastor Abbott's shoe while he was talking to someone...

Next time I look I see his shoe string IN HER MOUTH!!!!

 BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sis. Abbott said, "Yummy are the feet of them that preach the gospel!"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Awwwwwwwwww!!!

Little Armani...My lil chocolate cupcake with sprinkles!!!

Dee Dee won this lil lamb in blessed seats...You shoulda seen her, she was SOOOO HAPPY to get it!!! She just opened her arms to it like, I was waiting for you!

 

No pushing, shoving, slapping, fighting, or TRAMPLING for the candy!!!

Me Ariana, Sis. Abbott's niece, she is such a sweet little girl!!!

Bro. Earl gave me an Easter gift!!!

 AWWWWWW!!!

My little LOVES!!! ♥

With Big T, the LPC BUS DRIVER!!! Woot! Woot!!!

Afterwards at my mom's for Easter dinner!!! Mj and her dolly matched...

please excuse the TV in the background, its my dad's!!!

I asked Juliana who her favorite aunt was and she said, Aunt Purrrrrrr!

 (She said Aunt and then made the purring noise!!!! AWWWWW!)

I was trying to get a pic of all the kids together...

 

THIS WAS THE RESULTS!!!

Joseph said, I'm posing Aunt Mary!!!! WOW!!! AHAHA!!!

A very crowded Easter dinner at Mom's with family and friends!!!

There's always room for ONE MORE at the Ginty's!!! :)

 

Zepoli's, Italian donuts, we made together for dessert!!!

Awesome Easter day!!!!

 I hope you all had a great day as well celebrating the resurrection of our Savior, JESUS!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

 

Happy Resurection Sunday!!!

Lets celebrate THIS SUNDAY....

That our JESUS IS ALIVE!!!!

Luke 24 King James Version (KJV)

24 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

² And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
³ And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
⁴ And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
⁵ And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
⁶ He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
⁷ Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
⁸ And they remembered his words,
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JESUS IS ALIVE!!!

♪My God's NOT DEAD He's surely ALIVE...♪♫ Living on the inside, ROARING LIKE A LION!!!♪♪

♥Mary Frances :)
P.S These images can be printed out for coloring pages for your children...OR FOR YOU!!! :)

What's different???

Do you remember as a child, you would see in a magazine two pictures that were ALMOST identical, but they really weren't. Within the pictures, there were some SLIGHT alterations and it was your job to sit there and look and look and LOOK, until  you found the differences.

And although this was an incredibley fun thing to do as a child, as a Christian, we shouldn't have to play this game. When people look at us, they shouldn't have to say, "What's different?" They shouldn't have compare us to this world like...hmmm...they seem exactley the same as everyone else...."What is it?" They shouldn't have to WONDER about us really living for God, they should ALREADY be able to tell. The way we act should be different, the way we talk should be DIFFERENT! Who we fellowship with should be different! The way we dress should be DIFFERENT! The way we treat people should be diffenrt!!! Everything in our life should be DIFFERENT! Sometimes we try SOOOOO hard to fit in with the world, but we shouldn't. Its sad seein a good, christian and not even knowing they are a Christian, because they are TRYING sooooooo hard NOT to be DIFFERNT.

Living for God is NOT like some kind of "WHERES WALDO" game...

God doesn't want us to be like Waldo and just 'blend in'!!!  God wants us to stand out in the middle of a crowd of ungodly people. We don't need to try and make it hard for the world to see that we are a Christian. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:17, "Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye seperate, saith the Lord..."

"If you want to make a difference,

 you've GOT TO BE DIFFERENT!!!"

♥Mary Frances :)

Soooo your good at math huh?!!!!

I got a GOOOOD Math question for you all!!! Lets see if any of you all can figure this question....WITHOUT a calculator!!! ;P Okaaaaaay...soooo you have 113 fish swimming around in a bowl. 2 die because it is TOO crowded in the fishbowl! (Very sad! TOTAL animal cruelty!!! :,(   so you get the bowl and try to scoop the dead ones out...BUT there are sooo many... so you think that you can just pour the two dead ones out into the toilet...BUT you accidentally pour out ALL of the fishies into the toilet!!! Ewwwww!!! Soooo of course there is like NO WAAAAAAAAY your going to fish them all out and back in the bowl...so instead you just FLUSH the toilet and hope they all have a nice life in their new home!!! However, 3 fish don't end up flushing, 12 get stuck in a pipe, 23 drown on their way out, 17 drown in the sewer, 38 swim up to the top of the tank ... the rest make it to freedom back in the ocean, but one more drowns and 8 more get eaten by a shark! (REALLY SAD AND SCARY!!!) HOWEVER, Nemo DOES find his dad and they all live happily ever after!!! Okaaaaay now heres the BIG question...AND DO NOT use your calculator to answer this...Thats TOTALLY cheatin!!! Okaaaaaay...Soooooooo ALL TOGETHER...

HOW MANY FISH ACTUALLY DROWNED????

THINK ABOUT IT!!!

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Do it in your head!!!

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DO NOT GET A CALCULATOR!!!

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Its NOT that hard!!!

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If you can't do it in your head...I WILL give you permission to use one..

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Just take it ONE step at a time!!!

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Right it out like you would for an algebraic problem!!!

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Remember the formula???

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Y=mx+b

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Remember that formula now?

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From waaaaaaay back in elemantrey school???

(Okaaaay it was ACTUALLY college for me!!!)

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You ready for the answer now???

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You think  YOUR RIGHT???

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Weeeeeelllllll....lets see!!!!!

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How many fish ACTUALLY drowned???

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ACTUALLY...

NONE!!!

Stop trying to be such a SMARTY PANTS!!!?

Fish CAN'T DROWN!!!

DUH!!!! :)

P.S. Nemo REALLY did find his dad!!! Read the book!!! ;)

P.P.S I had to use a calculator!!! :D?

♥Mary Frances :)

Why I like computers!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

What MOST girls dream of ...

MOST GIRLS....

 Dream of going to beautiful, romantic places.

 

They dream of Paris France or London England.

They dream of beautiful sunsets in Maui,

sipping smoothies by the beach.

They dream of  shoppin in La and Vegas.

They dream of Carriage rides through Central Park.

They dream of tropical cruises,

relaxing and enjoying being pampered.

They dream of the Bahamas,

Jamaica and Spain!

They dream of  eating gelato in Italy...

They dream of gondola rides through Venice...

They dream of walks by the beach,

 mid-night strolls, and star gazing.

 (With a chaperone of course!;)

They dream of Symphonies,

Orchestras and amaZing Broadway shows

That's what MOST girls dream about...

I am NOT like MOST GIRLS!!!!!!!!

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I WANNA GO HERE!!!

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The largest Wal-Mart
Supercenter in the U.S!!!

CAN I get a WOOT! WOOT! From my amen corner?!?!!?

I SOOOOOOO wanna go!!!

*Sigh! A girl can ALWAYS dream! ;)

Located in Albany NY

Check it out here HERE

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. I ACTUALLY, wouldn't mind do ANY of the things I listed above!!! I love anything that involves exploring, adventure and GOOOD FOOD!!! My favorite thing to see on trips is natural, scenic, beauty...just God's amazing handiwork!!! The best part of our trip to Maui was when we did the road to Hana and then we drove around the WHOLE entire island off the beaten path exploring the beauty, finding old churches,ranches, farms, food stands flowers, waterfalls, streams, it would start drizzling rain and their were rainbows continuously, It was AWAESOME!!! I LOVE doing stuff like that ... EXCEPT for the symphony and Orchestra thing, I'm sooooo FOR REALZ about that!!! I've been to those things and THEY ARE SOOOOO BORING!!! I can't take those kinds of things!!! *I DIE at them!!! NO JOKE!!!