Here I am.....

yeah, i know, you have missed me.  well i am back know, from a recent trip around the world.  been everywhere, done everything....my how blogger has changed!  so many more options!  one day maybe i will sit and check them out and even learn to use them. but until then, its just me and the key board.

christmas has come and gone.  so has my birthday.  pushing 60 now you can say.  you know, i used to didn't have issues with my friends that are older than I am...i envied them.  finally made it to 59, retired, livin' the vida loca....BUT....most of them are turning 65 this year.  That is scary.  real scary.  reality scary.  and then i have a friend that turned 50 but she looks like she's 35.  that is scary.  so really what is age?  and it obviously doesn't matter when you speak in terms of numbers.

the winter has come and gone but this weekend it seems to have come again.  only it didn't drop the first snow in 8 years like they said it would.  we did get rain and it did get cold.  cancelled christmas w/ the other side of the family that was to have been celebrated because of the anticipated road conditions.....geez.  the roads are dry the winds are mild, there is no ice, no snow....de nada.  aint right that we must rely on the weather men for these faulty predictions.  fire them all!  send them to wisconsin.  and celebrate christmas in march....

hows the banger, you ask?  she's still the butterscotch terrier of my life and she says hi.  and she wants you to throw her monkey for her, please.

ugh...time to go running...not literally but there are things to do people to see if you know what i mean...

the birfday dawg

see her.  she knows she's my present.  :))  she laid down there all by herself.

Love

First Corinthians 13

Christmas Version

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows,

strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls,

but do not show love to my family,

I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies,

preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime:

but do not show love to my family,

I'm just another cook.

If I work at a soup kitchen

carol in the nursing home

and give all that I have to charity;

but do not show love to my family,

it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes,

attend a myriad of holiday parties

and sing in the choir's cantata

but do not focus on Christ,

I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the spouse.

Love is kind, though harried and tired.

Love doesn't envy another's home

that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way,

but is thankful they are there to be in the way.

Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return ;

but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things,

believes all things,

hopes all things

endures all things.

Love never fails.

Video games will break,

pearl necklaces will be lost,

golf clubs will rust;

But giving the gift of love will endure.

Author unknown

Three Days ago......

our daughter got married.  it was a wonderful time, a proud moment.  and now we have a son.  that was some long labor ~  a lovely couple indeed.  


Many blessings to you!  Remain faithful to each other, faithful to Him.


~mom~

Isn't she lovely.

unbelievable exists ~ ~

1. I just got in from shopping @ walmart superstore. [my favorite, ya know] on a sunday afternoon after church. there was virtually no one in the store. the parking lot had lots of open spots....lots! unbelievable.

2. I am making my 2nd thanksgiving day turkey. yes, the 2nd. this is what happens when you take two birds out of the freezer to thaw, thinking you would have enough guests to qualify as feeding an army, however, the troops did not land...at our launch site, anyways.... unbelievable.

3. The spa is drained, cleaned, and re-filled. couple more hours....it will be time to git nekid. unbelievable.

and 4. 13 days. unbelievable.

please take the poll a the right

if you don't like any, what would you rather? list it in your reply. my personal favorite...Freak Out...but i am not the father nor the daughter :)

14 days and counting......