Oh Lori, so glad you are feeling better!

Hilary~Sorry for that cold. Those are no fun. I have a natural cold remedy if you are interested. PM me.

Going tomorrow to sit with Denise, the girl who found out she has cancer. Things are not going well. She has it throughout her body. She needs people to be with her during the day when her hubby is at work. I'm going tomorrow, someone couldn't come. My mom goes every Tuesday. She's in a lot of pain. She wants me to pray with her. I'm bringing my bible and she wants to pray the rosary. Please pray for her, maybe for pain relief. The poor thing. I pray that i can say or do the right thing for her tomorrow.

It is so cold here! It's -16C. I think that's around 5F. It's supposed to warm up a bit on the weekend. I sure hope so. I don't like being out in this. Oh well, I have chose to live here, right? It is a beautiful place to live so I shouldn't complain too much.

I've been doing much better with my eating. I've been quilting in the evenings so that keeps my hands busy so that I can't eat.

Michele: MY prayers for Denise. This must be so hard for her and her family. Also for you as a friend to have to see her in pain like that. I admire you using your time to be there for others. God will bless you for that.

Pixiefalls: I sure hope your cough goes away soon. It is so miserable to have life interrupted by hose nasty things. Take care of yourself.

doitforme: Your niece is adorable. She poses so well too. It's going to be so much fun to see her grow up and find out what her gifts are going to be.

Lori: Happy Birthday to your girls. Hope the day was a good one!!

I don't understand that if you paid for 2-3 sessions at LAWL why you can't have them. Are the reducing the price at all. I think that some people don't realize that some of us need accountability more often than once a week. Hope it goes well for you.

Gary: Let me know when you want to trade places! I'll pick one of our coldest days!! I would love to experience one winter without snow. I would probably miss it but I think I would get over it.

mkay: Praying that your sale goes well! All your hard work should pay off.

Hello to everyone else out there! Come and talk to us!!

Have a great day!

Hilary- Prayers that nagging cough goes away that can be aggravating, limits sleep as well.
Mitchy- prayers for you and your friend, it is a tough time, and there are no easy answers. But I do know the most important thing is to ensure she knows Christ, as He is the best comforter of all.
Wilma- wow -16 degrees is even colder than here, I feel for ya, we have been in the 20's but actually having a mild winter so far. Do me a favor and keep the cold up there, or else I'll be hounding E.Z. for that Ca. sunshine. Gotta run- just wanted to say hi! Everyone have an awesome day! Remember- Jesus is the reason for the season- Not HappyHolidays
but Merry Christmas God Bless!

Hi to everyone out there! I just caught up on the posts from since last time I posted on here. Thank you for the warm welcome! I look forward to getting to know all of you as I post on here more.

Hilary ~ I'm glad you're starting to recover from the cold you had. I hope you feel completely better soon!

Beth ~ I hope all is going well with the tax class so far!

mkay ~ I hope your open house coming up is successful!

Gary ~ I saw that Christmas lights video a couple of days ago. That is really neat and I am a fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra too!

Wilma ~ WOW, that's cold weather! I hope you have fun at your Christmas parties coming up!

Sue ~ Kaylee is adorable! I love her holiday picture!

Michele ~ I will keep Denise in my prayers. I am sorry to hear that she is going through all this pain. She is blessed to have a wonderful friend like you to support her and pray for her.

Lori ~ Happy birthday to your girls! I will send you some warm FL weather...

It's kind of a busy time for me. I'm working on a school (chemistry) project that I will have to present for my graduate committee in the new year. Also I am finishing up law school applications, and my first one is due in early January. I am trying to write the personal statement, but have an awful case of writer's block. Hate it when that happens! I'm really getting excited about Christmas. It's the first one since I got married, so it will be fun to celebrate it with my DH!

Hugs and prayers to everyone!

(And maybe one day I'll get one of those great signatures like the rest of you have...)

Whew!!! Miss one day and you really get behind. Hope everyone is having a good day.

M-Kay: Nice to meet you. What kind of jewelry do you sale? I know what kind of work it takes for small businesses. My husband and I had/have a small gift business. Sometimes it's Ok, sometimes not. Good luck at the craft open house.

Gary: Thanks. We enjoy the class. Speaking of Discovery Health Channel....my husband and I love watching all of the gory medical shows. I am into all of the reality/documentary like shows. I also like watching the detective shows and crime shows. I am a bit weird that way, I guess.

It's been chilly here too. My parents are driving to Las Vegas then to San Diego. They had to turn around near Dallas and back track towards I-10 yesterday. They decided to stay the night outside of Austin when they passed an overturn SUV on the road. Now they are headed in a more southernly route. Prayers for them and their safe travel.

Sue: What a beautiful baby. Kids are so sweet at that age. Hope your friends prayer meeting/party goes well.

Michele: Sounds like Junior is a really awesome guy. That was nice of him to help with the decorating and fixing your mom's cabinet doors. I will remember you today and pray for your friend Denise. I pray that God will give her comfort, courage, and peace and that he will do the same for her husband and family and that they know that they need not go through this alone. Also, that he will guide you in knowing what to say and do to comfort her.

Hilary: Feel better soon.



Must go before I have too much fun with these icons. I just discovered the [More] button on the icons. Duh.

Yeah! Well said. What's up with that......Happy Holidays balony (bologna). We were just talking at lunch here at work about everyone trying to be politically correct and not offend those "non Christian" folk. Notice that many of the stores who sold "holiday trees" last year reverted back to selling "Christmas trees" this year, because of all the backlash. We would not be celebrating any holiday in December if it wasn't for Christ. I feel sometimes like this country is in an "evil vs good" civil war or something. Anyway....we need to hold steadfast to our beliefs and moral standards.

Sorry, I had an afterthought after my last posting, but it was still fresh on my mind from my lunch discussion.

I am getting off my now.

Hello everyone!
Its been a while.....I havent been around too much as my exercise has halted since being pregnant....I would like to read and catch up to what you are all doing, but for today I just have time to make a prayer request.
I am 25 weeks pregnant and our last ultrasound showed that the baby's kidneys are full of cysts, which could be genetic, and that my amniotic fluid is extremely low. The doctors told us that if it continues this way the baby will have a low chance of survival once born, since the lungs and kidneys probably won't be developed enough at birth. Its been an extremely long week, and we fly out again on monday to meet with the specialists in Edmonton and see how the baby is doing.
Thank you for your prayers at this time...
Karla

Karla - I will keep you and your baby in my prayers.

BUMMER! My post didn't work earlier and now it's going on 5:00 and I get to go home!

I'm going to go back and re-read posts. Nite all!

Hi Karla,

I will definitely be keeping you and your baby in prayer - may our Lord give you peace and strength in dealing with this - remember, he is our God of miracles!

HI GALS

Just waiting for my rice to finish. I had chicken breasts and gravy in the crock-pot all day ready to pour over it...plus if that doesn't turn out I have left over chili from last night, left over lasagna from the night before...plus the tamale lady showed up today so I bought a dozen chicken from her~~ no one going hungry tonight!

Angie is at her daughter's high school selling tickets for the play, Lara works the behind the scenes stuff. Amanda had her company Christmas party today so she got home early and stood back-up for me as I walked on the roof, checking the fireplace opening at the top for any bird nests....not that high, your typical 2 story roof...but the pitch is pretty tough for an old guy like me.

My son has been called to look at some new condos in a beach town next to us, Carlsbad....heis mom filled out forms for him about 3 years ago for low income housing/first time buyers...anyway as a first year teacher here he qualifies...so he may consider getting into one. They are really nice, in a really nice new area with parks, recreation, shopping, etc. all around...the condos are mixed in between the $600 thousand plus homes. The cheapest models run around $200 thousand for the two bedroom and up to $225 thousand for the 3 bedrooms....that is what the "low" income people get them for~~~ they are over $300 thousand for everyone else. He qualifies because his income for a first year teacher is just under $40 thousand...
Can you believe it? $200 thousand "LOW INCOME HOUSING"...40 grand a year now is "LOW INCOME"...what has happened gals? Heck, I bought my first house here when I was 19 years old and paid $30,000 for a 7 yr old home, with 3 thousand down...payments $238 a month ...5 miles from the beach...in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!!....man oh man was that a loooong time ago!! That same house now is a 40 year old fixer upper running in the neighborhood of $550 thousand..........shoulda kept it..

Anyway, Ryan is going to check into it...no chance in the near future for him to become a California homeowner any other way with the median price here of well over $500 thousand and NOTHING around under $300 thousand...it still won't be cheap, and you can't ever really have much equity in it because you have to go by the low income guidelines....which is good...as far as who and how much you can sell for...the city gets involved too. So we shall see....my ex-wife was over for a few hours last night so we all had a little pow-wow on what to do.

( EDIT:I am adding this in the Friday morning....our news just said that only 9% of southern Californians can afford to buy a home here...15% for the state...don't move here gals!!)

KARLA~PRAYERS~PRAYERS~PRAYERS for your baby and you and your dh as you go through these tough days!!

MARYK~~ That's OK~~ at least you are back for awhile (?)...how's Gary and his knee?....winter hunting season?

LORI~ FEELING BETTER? Did your dark-skinned~dark-haired blond Abbi ever get those post cards?

BETH~I'm with you and SUE on Christmas vs. Happy Holidays...don't try and change the wording of Christmas on me! We, christians, gather together to celebrate the birth of Christ...if those that don't do that want to have a HAPPY HOLIDAY on that same day...Fine with me...just don't mess with mine!! How's class?...taxing Tell your parents to honk when they get into San Diego area and I will wave to them
Prayers for a safe trip...Angie and I were in Vegas a few weeks ago and it was gorgeous then...but we have been there when it was really cold and rainy too. Just stay inside and "play"!

Be back in a flash......

I had to make a doorbell run...

HEY CHRISTINA~ You have to talk to SUNNYD57....for the Christmas graphic....she also goes by Donna...good luck, she is so busy ...but if you P.M. her she may be able to help you, she is the sweetest...but super busy! I had never heard of Trans-Siberian until this year...but I look so forward each year of putting our 4 Mannheim Steamroller CD's in, gonna have to go get some T-S Orchestra soon!NOW!!! Back to your homework!!

MICHELE~ PRAYERS MUCHO for Denise...

WILMA~Keep on quiltin'!! Stay away from the fridge after dinner! How are those newlyweds doing? Any good news on the asthma? Went to Staples the other day...all seems fine...your boy must be doing his job well!!

HILARY~Prayers for your cold to get better soon! I am also asking for PRAYERS for my god-daughter's husband...he went to the hospital on Monday with a bad cough and cold...turned into a very serious problem with his liver shutting down, some type of complication from skin medicine he was taking...very critical for 2 days...better today but not well. You take care of yourself!!

LORI~ Back to you...missed a post... to the girls! I sent the yesterday...should be there soon.

AUNT SUE~Ditto on the HAPPY HOLIDAY..see BETH...I thought your bowling was over with...or is this the new winter season? Thanks for the continued prayers for Dennis and Juan. I am just learning of Trans-Siberian Orchestra...been a Mannheim Steamroller (Christmas) fan for years...I am so behind!! on "quality" music...if they don't play it on the country station, well, bull riding fan...I just might not know it! Can't wait to see KAYLEE cowgirl up

Well gotta go...REBA and RYLEE want dinner too!!!!!!!!!!

SNOW!

Here are 3 of my 4 little ones in the back yard today - Princess Abbi watched from the house - it was too cold for her little tootsies!

LORI~ Who are you trying to kid

Look at the smiles on your boy's faces ~~~~ EVIL

Pretty sure they have captured the Princess and won't give her back...right?

Christina- Thanks! Pray all goes well with your school projects, I took chemistry but don't remember much about it.
Beth- Thanks! Party/prayer meeting went really well. always fun fellowshiping with other Christians. My sentiments exactly! (Holiday vs. Christmas)
Wkgirl- prayers for you and your dh and your unborn wee one, for safety in travel and a healthy baby.
E.Z.- WOW! low income housing her is around 60,000- $300,000 would be very very nice. Average is $100,000-$150,000. Prayers that works out for him. Trans -Siberian Orchestra does a Christmas show broadcast every year on a public t.v channel w.m.h.t. There are two different shows( it is a story of a young girl away from home at Christmas). You need to get their CD "Christmas Eve and Other stories", it is awesome, the story of an angel coming to earth - sent by the Lord to find one thing that represents everything good done in the name of the day Christ was born. The angel goes several places a small church, a barroom, ect He sees a father praying that his child whom he had not heard from in a long time and who wouldn't be home for Christmas . The angel goes to the child, and it is arranged the child goes home for Christmas. The gift the angel brings to the Lord is the wish of a soul for the happiness of another. The other story is about a child who has ran away and really wants to go home, but has no money to get there and is afraid to call. Tran-Siberian Orchestra is made up of a group of rock musicians. But they are awesome to listen too! Speaking of which I am going to run to walmart for material to keep sewing and will listen to them in my car as I have two of their cds- you all have an awesome day. Its snowing hard here. It looks alot like Christmas now! See ya!