I’m staying in today.It feels great just to stay home, cook, and wash clothes. (Yes - I'm enjoying washing clothes...) It’s beautiful outside with the snow falling.It’s even more beautiful inside snuggled up on the couch with a blanket, sipping hot cocoa, and reading a book with no where to go!
Neil is working a jigsaw puzzle while watching a “Walton’s” DVD.
We are such exciting people!
I’m reading this series of books.
I read the first one when it first came out and never got around to reading the last two.I had to re-read the first one to remember the story. (That’s a sign that I’m not as young as I used to be….) I have one left in the series.Is it just me or do you hate to read the last book when you read a set of books?It’s like ending an old familiar friendship!
I’m fixing a beef roast with potatoes, onions, and carrots in the oven, white beans with ham, boiled cabbage, and cornbread for supper.There’s nothing like comfort food on a cold snowy day!
Life has been so busy on my end of the world lately!I haven’t posted in forever!With work, ice storm, wind storm, going to the doctor for my neck issues (long story for later), and jury duty, I don’t know which end is up most of the time!
Sunday we went to church with Alan, Susan, and Jennie.We had such a great day spending time together.After church, we did a little shopping.Susan and Alan’s grill was destroyed in the wind storm we had last week so they decided to look for a new one at Kmart.I couldn’t believe all of the outdoor stuff they already have out for Spring.
Jennie had to try out the little chairs in the garden section.
She is now 18 months old and never slows down!
Can you tell she loves chocolate?
I love her little black shoes and tights….
She always crosses her little ankles.
Justyn left on Monday for a trip to Charlotte, NC.He will be gone all week for training.This is the first time he has ever flown.He said that it went well and seemed like no time and he was there.
I know – he’s 28 and I need to “cut the apron strings”!
I did hide a few little "Mama" notes in his suitcase….
He will always be my little boy.....
All 230 pounds and 5 feet, 10 inches of him….
I took this picture Sunday night while I was helping Justyn pack.
I don’t think Max was excited about him going.
It’s like he knew he would be gone for awhile.
(Oh pooh - blogger is giving me font problems again!)
Hope you have a great Wednesday!We have a chance of snow flurries tonight, tomorrow, and Thursday.We will be fine - as long as we don’t get ice! Lesa
So far, we have not lost power totally. The lights have blinked and gone dim several times since last night. More ice and snow are expected tonight. Many in our area are without power. A family to the north of us had a house fire this morning. I feel so blessed! We may not get out again until spring but that's alright as long as we are safe and warm! Our driveway is blocked due to tree limbs. Every time they fall it sounds like a gunshot or an explosion. They started falling about 2:00a.m. and have been falling all day. Just about the time I dosed off this morning, the phone rang at 3:45a.m. We have an automated phone message system in our school district. They were calling to say that there would be no school today.... Anybody with half a brain would have known that there was not going to be school today! After the phone call, I was wide awake worrying about the weather. I hope if we get a call tonight it is at a more decent time! Hope you all are safe and warm! Lesa
We are smack dab in the middle of a line of ice. We could get anywhere from 1-3 inches of ice tonight. I stopped by the grocery on the way home to get a few things and that is all they had left - a few things! I had to make the ever dreaded trip to Wal-Mart. I could barely get in the parking lot at 4:00. I grabbed the few items I needed and scurried home like a squirrel going to bury my nuts for the winter.
Let's see..... I have: - bread - milk - batteries - ice cream - Cheetos - popcorn - 3 new books - Dr. Pepper What more do I need? Lesa
This picture is my brother enjoying his life to the fullest.
It’s who he was – enjoying his “refreshment”!
Three years ago today, I said goodbye to my only brother, Herby. It seems like only yesterday that my sister and I held his hands as he left this world for a much better place. His body was ready to go. At 48 years old, he was not. He loved life. His life choices may not have been the best but he lived his life to the fullest.
He was three years older than me and was the typical older brother. His main goal in life while we were growing up was to irritate my sister Susan and I in any possible way. There was never a dull moment when he was around. He could cheat at any game and never get caught. The only give away to his winning schemes was his smirky grin. When we played cards one time, he had a matching deck under the table so he could pull out the cards that he needed to win. He even had extra Monopoly pieces to place around the board when you looked away. I learned very early to never look away especially when I had something really good to eat!
He was the master mind of many devious plots when we were growing up.
One time, Dad brought home an old parachute from the army base where he worked. Herby and my cousin Mike, decided to attach the parachute to the cat (Felix - very appropriately named) and throw him off the roof of the house to see if the cat would fly in the air with the parachute. Mom was in the bedroom as the cat passed by the window. Luckily, the cat landed on his feet in the middle of the mound of parachute. They didn’t mean to hurt him they said. They were just testing the parachute. Next thing I knew, the parachute was tied to the back their dirt bikes while they rode down the gravel road. Oh - the fun we had entertaining ourselves!
I’ll never forget the time he hid under Susan’s bed one night waiting for her to get in. She was probably five or six at the time. Being eleven years older, he barely fit under her bed. He waited until she turned out the light and got snuggled down in her bed for night. As she laid there he held up her talking Bozo the Clown doll beside the bed making him dance like a puppet. “That’s a rootin’ tootin’ trick!” Bozo said as he pulled his string. Susan screamed while running in mid air out the door of her bedroom. I don’t remember if Mom ever really fussed him – I’m sure if she did - it probably went in one ear and out the other!
Before he passed away, Susan and I spent many nights with him in the emergency room. His mind would ramble in so many directions while we tried to keep him in the bed and off the light fixtures. One night he kept asking the same question over and over again for hours.
“Did you ever think about thinking?” he kept asking.
“Hey Susan! Did you ever think about thinking?”
“Hey Lesa! Lesa! Did you ever think about thinking?”
We would keep answering over and over again. Yes. No. Maybe. Hum.
Just when we thought he had dozed off, he would come back around and ask again.
“Did you ever think about thinking?”
Today I can answer that question.
Yes.
I have thought about thinking.
I have thought about you each Christmas, birthday, and many days in between.
I have thought about how much you would love Jennie.
I have thought about how much Susan and I love you and miss you.
“When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.”
"My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"
by Edward Mote, 1797-1874
I thought of this song today as the new president took his oath of office and said the words, “So help me God”.
To be found in Him and standing on solid rock is all we can hope for when all is said and done.
I may not support everything our new president stands for but when a man takes an oath and says “So help me God”, I don’t want to be the one standing on sinking sand and trying to support him. We all need to have our feet firmly grounded on what this nation was built on so many years ago.
Faith.
Hope.
Trust in God.
Unity.
The least we can do is stand on the Solid Rock and pray that God will help him.
I like to cook and try new recipes but I hate to clean up the kitchen! I love to spend time with my family and friends. I also love to take pictures. All the pictures I use on my blog were taken by me.
