Southern Living At HOME

My name is Amanda Cline and I am a Consultant with Southern Living At HOME. 

Our mission is: To create a feeling of welcome, comfort and beauty in homes all across America, while fostering the Spirit of Generosity in the lives of our Consultants and their families.

My Website:  www.southernlivingathome.com/amandacline. 

I invite you to view my site and consider Hosting a Southern Living At HOME party!  We offer parties in homes where you can have a great excuse for having friends over for some fun, food and fellowship.  You may also host a catalog party where you may distribute catalogs to friends and family and also direct them to the website.

There are awesome rewards for Hosting a Party! You may qualify to recieve items at Half Price and FREE items!  Each month we feature Specials for Customers and Hostesses.  There are great opportunities for you to decorate your home while staying on a budget.

Hosting a Southern Living At HOME Party allows you to:

~ Reconnect with friends, reinvent your style, and refresh your spirit!

I am having a DRAWING for a PRIZE that will be randomly selected on Sunday, MARCH 7th. 
The way to enter into the DRAWING....

~Post the above on your blog one day this week
~Comment on this post that you did so and include your email address or the best way for me to contact you
~You may also email me at arcline2003@comcast.net if you feel more comfortable doing so.

The PRIZE in question is the beautiful Cottage Garden Collection Platter shown below.  I will ship it to the WINNER on March 8th, following the DRAWING.

Thanks so much for your participation!

He has been More Faithful

I just wanted to take the time to publically praise the Lord for his great faithfulness in our lives. He has always proven faithful to us, but recently we have noticed it more.  It seems when you are yearning for something, yet trusting in Him, He graciously reminds you of His faithfulness despite what you think you need/want.  He has protected our hearts in these months as we have been waiting on Him for what lies ahead.  He has promised us that He will continue to be faithful and bring to pass blessings.  We can rest in the fact that though we don't know when, we know who to look to through it all.

I am reminded of a song from a band we followed in high school and college...Skillet. Below are the lyrics to a song one of my best buds, Laura, and I would sing to the top of our lungs while driving around Memphis.  It has come to mind so many times!

"More Faithful"

All the things my feet thought to be firm

Are falling with urgency

Tearing back my false sense of security

Some say things change, nothing stays the same

But the sweetness in my ears

Safe in your arms speak the words I love to hear

You have been more faithful than the morning sun

You have been more faithful than knowing the night will come

You have been more faithful than the changing of seasons

All things I thought that I used to know

Are falling down again

Our disillusionment is how we grow

Some say things change, nothing stays the same

In a world of inconsistency

When everything's a lie,

What can cause my heart to believe

You have been more faithful than the morning sun

You have been more faithful than knowing the night will come

You have been more faithful than the changing of seasons

You have been more faithful than the morning sun

You have been more faithful than knowing the night will come

You have been more faithful than the morning sun

You have been more faithful than knowing the night will come

You have been more faithful than the changing of seasons

 

I want to leave you with a passage that has comforted me so much in the past few months. I have a portion of it taped to my mirror in my bathroom....

 

"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.  For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.  Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

Hebrews 4:14-16

 

 

The Vest

The other night I was perusing my sister's closet in search of a dress for a particular event and happened upon an interesting vest.  I asked her why she hadn't been wearing it and she just said, "ah, I don't know".  I asked if I could borrow it.  It was not something I would buy and, if you know me very well, not an item you would think I would pick out.  I guess because it was something different I decided to take it and wear it one day.  As soon as I got home (wearing it, of course), I asked Bear what he thought of it and he immediately says, with disgust, "that is ugly!".  I thought that was funny.  I decided to wear it the next day to work.  Below you can see the picture I had him take of me that day.

The morning I put it on to go to work, Bear says, "You are really going to wear that to work?" I said, "Yes!".  So on my way to work, I get almost there and a couple of thoughts pop into my head...one, "Oh my! I can't believe I really wore this thing!"  Then the second, "You know, this is really a test of self confidence for a girl." I am not one to every really want to "stand out" or whatever.  I know some of you may think, "what is the big deal with the vest?"  Well, I wanted to share with you some of the funny comments/looks I got throughout the day....

~"Oh, don't you look fancy today."

~strange looks from patients

~"Let me see your vest"

~"That looks warm!"

~Two sales reps enter the office, one says, "That looks stylish." The other (a gentleman) says, "Looks kind of like the neighborhood cat." "Meow!" (really, he made the sound!) And I don't know these people personally!. :)

~"Amanda, look at your pants!!" (The "fur" had shed on my brown pants and they were partially white. :)

~Finally towards the end of the day, the Fedex girl comes to pick up packages and says, "I like your vest!" and my office manager and I just crack up laughing.

Needless to say, it was quite the conversation piece for a usual hum-drum work day.  I told Michelle about all the "compliments" I got from it and she said, "You keep the vest." :)