Month: December 2008
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Christmas Activities
Greetings on this snowy day in Boise. We had a pretty hectic week before arriving in Boise on Christmas Day. Let me tell you about it. Dec. 18th found me thinking about my mom. It would have been her 73rd birthday. She has been gone for just over three years. I thought of the things…
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33 Years of Married Life
Today Ron and I celebrate 33 years of married life. This morning we woke up early (4:28 a.m.) to the wind blowing and the realization that the water pipe to the toilet had frozen! A lot of bustling happened then…moved the little heater into the bathroom, turn the water on in the bathroom and kitchen…
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Brrrr!!! It’s Cold Here
Brrrrrr…..it’s very cold here in Blaine. I am sitting here in the motor-home looking out the window. There is snow on the ground, the road looks icy, the wind is blowing and if you look real close you will see some beautiful sun rays showing through the clouds. A very cold yet beautiful day! It’s…
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Thoughts from my time with the Lord this morning.
Once again I was reminded of the importance of spending time in the Lord’s Word. Below are my reflections from this morning. Reflections from my Advent readings: Mark 11:24 “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Lord, I have sought healing for my headaches in…
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Thoughts about the Advent and Christmas Season.
I have been busy working at the church today. It is such a busy time of the year. So much is happening in the next few weeks with our church family and our community. Tomorrow we are decorating the church in the morning, someone is renting the church for the afternoon for a wedding and…
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Tidbits
Thought I would pass on a few pictures of the grandkids (I need a recent one of Max, hint, hint) so here is Opal at Grandma’s. It is hard to believe she is 9 1/2 months. She is rolling from front to back, loves to jump and has the biggest smile. We so enjoy our…
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Jamie’s Car
So you all know that when I had Jamie’s car I was hit by a car backing out of the post office. Well…Suzanne took his car to work on Monday. While working there was an overhead page for the owner of a black, Honda Del Sol to come to the customer service counter. Suzanne went…
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Alice’s Headache Woes
As many of you know I have been dealing with some pretty strong migraines since the middle of September. I think I went about 2 weeks without a major headache and then this past Sunday, 11/30 I woke around 1:00 a.m. with a horrific headache – definitely a 10 on the pain chart! I tried…
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Followers
Just wanted to let you know I have added a new gadget on my blog. It is to the right of the blogs and called Followers. I think if you say you want to follow this blog you will get notification each time I write a new post – sign-up and let’s see if it…
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Quick Update
Greetings on this rare but sunny day in Blaine. Just thought I would drop a quick note to say we are still here:) Jamie, Suzanne and Opal spent the evening of Thanksgiving with us and we ate the traditional turkey dinner. How the turkey got cooked…Ron kept saying we could cook a 10-12 lb turkey…