A bittersweet reminder for the holiday season

Hat tip to Dot for sharing a link to the All Things Heart & Home blog.  There are a number of very cool craft ideas over there.

But crafts are not the inspiration for this post.  With Thanksgiving just around the corner in the U. S. of A., and all of the busy, craziness that we have brought to Christmas, I think it’s appropriate to share an admonition from Robin @ All Things Heart & Home:

Don’t miss them … sacred days.

Thanks, Robin, for the reminder of how life and its quirks are a gift.

Thanksgiving 2009 – 6 Days until Thanksgiving!

Today I am thankful …

for the bad things that happened which God worked out for our good. For example, if The Mister hadn’t been fired from his job and then had a heart attack, he might not have had all of this free time to take the boys hunting or spend time with them in other ways. We’ve had plenty of times that were nail biters in all of this, but no amount of financial security can equal the influence of a father in the life of his sons.  Thank You, God, for blessing my men in this way.

Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Deer Kisses

Time crunch

I would like to thank my children for all of their help around here this morning.  We had a two hour delay in starting our day, but they jumped in and did what I needed them to do.  We should’ve left for a family function five minutes ago, but there was a slight wardrobe malfunction – wrong pants on hanger, right pants on floor, mad dash to find something that will work in this unseasonably warm weather. Other than that, together we managed to accomplish:

3 haircuts, 4 showers, 1 cake baked, 1 batch of brownies baked, 1 cake’s worth of frosting made, 1 van emptied, van windows smudge-attacked (no window cleaner so I had them do what they could do with dry cloths), and van washed.  If we don’t get anything else done today (though we have several must-dos), we’ve done quite a bit.

Thanks, Men!

Chihuahua dog haha

by Guest bloGGer Gabe

Locally known resident, Konrad Smitty Werbenjaegermanjenson laying asleep. Hears a weird sound.

"Could you be quiet? I'm trying to sleep."

So he decides to turn into Chihuahua Dog

As the result of the sound, this is what he does about it.

Tune in soon for more adventures of Chuhuahua Dog!