Living In Grace

Please Pray *Updated

Updated: Casey was pounding on the door about 11:30 last night. Cold, wet, excited to be home. It was fortunate, as we got another 5-6 inches of snow overnight. We are not sure where he was, but he was on the end of our bed all night. Never even moved. And, he wouldn't go out this morning. Without one of us to chaperone. Thank you everyone! It's dark here now, and we had quite a snow storm.

The problem is Casey the Wonder Pup, our 6 month old Golden Retriver, ran off this afternoon and hasn't come back yet. He has never done this- but the deer and the turkeys are out, so I'm sure he ran after something wild and feathered.

We live in a hilly area covered in pines , with huge gulleys around us. We ran Search and Rescue until dark, to no avail.

The kids are distraught and honestly, I don't think he will survive the night in this cold.

Please pray he comes home, or someone takes him in.

Please Pray *Updated

Updated: Casey was pounding on the door about 11:30 last night. Cold, wet, excited to be home. It was fortunate, as we got another 5-6 inches of snow overnight. We are not sure where he was, but he was on the end of our bed all night. Never even moved. And, he wouldn't go out this morning. Without one of us to chaperone. Thank you everyone! It's dark here now, and we had quite a snow storm.

The problem is Casey the Wonder Pup, our 6 month old Golden Retriver, ran off this afternoon and hasn't come back yet. He has never done this- but the deer and the turkeys are out, so I'm sure he ran after something wild and feathered.

We live in a hilly area covered in pines , with huge gulleys around us. We ran Search and Rescue until dark, to no avail.

The kids are distraught and honestly, I don't think he will survive the night in this cold.

Please pray he comes home, or someone takes him in.

Those Mice … Those Men!

Those Best Laid Plans ...... As things would have it- stuff happens. And happened. And ... happened again.Part I is done. In the can. Finito!

Part II is still sitting undone.

Part III is still sitting undone.

And, to top it off, I just realized
I hit the "100 post" mark ... so that is undone as well.

And life happened.

Sigh ....

So, we interrupt this wonderful programming for ... L.I.F.E.

We hope to resume our regularly schedule programming next week.

If L.I.F.E cooperates.

ha!

Those Mice … Those Men!

Those Best Laid Plans ...... As things would have it- stuff happens. And happened. And ... happened again.Part I is done. In the can. Finito!

Part II is still sitting undone.

Part III is still sitting undone.

And, to top it off, I just realized
I hit the "100 post" mark ... so that is undone as well.

And life happened.

Sigh ....

So, we interrupt this wonderful programming for ... L.I.F.E.

We hope to resume our regularly schedule programming next week.

If L.I.F.E cooperates.

ha!

Whatcha Mean- only 48 hours left ?!

Photo courtesy of suite101.comIn honor of the upcoming celebrations, and the fact that I am miles behind on preparations- oh yeah and it's pouring buckets o'snow out there and the kids are dying tohave an all-out snow war fight- I'm wishing you all the best, most blessed Christmas.

May God bless each of you and those around you in miraculous ways.

For unto us is born this day, a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Btw, due to popular demand - "Part 2" will be up and posted Tuesday
- so bop on over and catch up on
"This is My Story- Part 1"
and then come on back Tuesday for ...
some more of the story!

Whatcha Mean- only 48 hours left ?!

Photo courtesy of suite101.comIn honor of the upcoming celebrations, and the fact that I am miles behind on preparations- oh yeah and it's pouring buckets o'snow out there and the kids are dying tohave an all-out snow war fight- I'm wishing you all the best, most blessed Christmas.

May God bless each of you and those around you in miraculous ways.

For unto us is born this day, a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Btw, due to popular demand - "Part 2" will be up and posted Tuesday
- so bop on over and catch up on
"This is My Story- Part 1"
and then come on back Tuesday for ...
some more of the story!

Thursday 13

Thirteen Random Thoughts from Our Corner of the World 1. God is awesome. Yeah- big news, I know. But, every once in awhile, He needs to remind us. 2. Food is good. Now that I am hoping going "on the list" soon, I need to buckle down and get in shape. So, I'm enjoying the yummy yummy bad food all I can until January 3. Diet buddies welcome! Just leave a comment below :) 3. Speaking of food, I learned that you don't eat the fire wings with chapped lips. Never.Not.A.Good.Idea. 4. Fire wings, however, are great for teaching dog not to beg.... moving on 5. My daughter is a master-Christmas-decorator-in-the-making. She took over all the decor plans for this year, and did an amazing job. Considering I was never allowed to touch the tree- past putting it together and getting the lights on until I was married and had my own tree -it's a step in breaking-the-cycle that our family truly needed. (note- I still had to get the tree up and the lights on. That may never end.) 6. BooMama's Tour O' Christmas was a huge success - and if you haven't been through it all, click here and have a big jug of coffee ready. Some amazing stuff out there. And I'm stillllllll looking. 7. Addison is eating Cheerios. May not seem like a huge thing, but it will be once you go here and read her story! 8. I'm finally getting caught up on my favorite Blogs. I only have, hmmm, 300+ left to read. I feel soooo behind on everyone's lives right now. 9. I finally took the plunge and went over to the new Blogger. So far, so good. And, I can comment on those blogs that were in beta I couldn't beforehand. So, warning! Danger, Will Robinson! I'm coming, I'm commenting and I'm on my way to your blog! 10. Jonathan and Kati are both homeschooling now, so life got busy after my "retirement" from work the first of November. It's a hoot, and we are having fun. Yes, I do believe I used the words teenagers and fun in the same paragraph. Wow. 11. I'm attempting to make a "Paula Deen" Christmas this year. Everyone revolted and wanted ham- so no Prime Rib for me :( I have never cooked a ham, in my life). So, I dug up the Paula Deen website and figured- heck! Might as well make an entire dinner from scratch- not one recipe I have ever made before. 12. This may be the year the family kicks me to the curb. Referring to #11. I adamantly bought no "backup food". It's all in and all out. Should be fun. And may solidify the prime rib back to the menu next year- hehe. 13. I want to wish you all the very best, most wonderful and blessed Christmas ever this year. May the joy of this season surround each of you and yours throughout the coming year. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Thursday 13

Thirteen Random Thoughts from Our Corner of the World 1. God is awesome. Yeah- big news, I know. But, every once in awhile, He needs to remind us. 2. Food is good. Now that I am hoping going "on the list" soon, I need to buckle down and get in shape. So, I'm enjoying the yummy yummy bad food all I can until January 3. Diet buddies welcome! Just leave a comment below :) 3. Speaking of food, I learned that you don't eat the fire wings with chapped lips. Never.Not.A.Good.Idea. 4. Fire wings, however, are great for teaching dog not to beg.... moving on 5. My daughter is a master-Christmas-decorator-in-the-making. She took over all the decor plans for this year, and did an amazing job. Considering I was never allowed to touch the tree- past putting it together and getting the lights on until I was married and had my own tree -it's a step in breaking-the-cycle that our family truly needed. (note- I still had to get the tree up and the lights on. That may never end.) 6. BooMama's Tour O' Christmas was a huge success - and if you haven't been through it all, click here and have a big jug of coffee ready. Some amazing stuff out there. And I'm stillllllll looking. 7. Addison is eating Cheerios. May not seem like a huge thing, but it will be once you go here and read her story! 8. I'm finally getting caught up on my favorite Blogs. I only have, hmmm, 300+ left to read. I feel soooo behind on everyone's lives right now. 9. I finally took the plunge and went over to the new Blogger. So far, so good. And, I can comment on those blogs that were in beta I couldn't beforehand. So, warning! Danger, Will Robinson! I'm coming, I'm commenting and I'm on my way to your blog! 10. Jonathan and Kati are both homeschooling now, so life got busy after my "retirement" from work the first of November. It's a hoot, and we are having fun. Yes, I do believe I used the words teenagers and fun in the same paragraph. Wow. 11. I'm attempting to make a "Paula Deen" Christmas this year. Everyone revolted and wanted ham- so no Prime Rib for me :( I have never cooked a ham, in my life). So, I dug up the Paula Deen website and figured- heck! Might as well make an entire dinner from scratch- not one recipe I have ever made before. 12. This may be the year the family kicks me to the curb. Referring to #11. I adamantly bought no "backup food". It's all in and all out. Should be fun. And may solidify the prime rib back to the menu next year- hehe. 13. I want to wish you all the very best, most wonderful and blessed Christmas ever this year. May the joy of this season surround each of you and yours throughout the coming year. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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All those wasted, wasted years of piano lessons …

In catching up on my fav blogs today, I saw this at ChiliHeads. It's hysterical ...

Now, come on y'all- go on over with me.

I need to watch it.

Again.

and again.

and again.

All those wasted, wasted years of piano lessons …

In catching up on my fav blogs today, I saw this at ChiliHeads. It's hysterical ...

Now, come on y'all- go on over with me.

I need to watch it.

Again.

and again.

and again.