Snow Flurries

It is cold and blustery today. And we had our first snow flurries!! Tomorrow the weather man says it will be 60!! No wonder everyone is coughing and sniffling!!

My oldest daughter, Amy, is moving back home tomorrow. She has come to the realization that she is not where God wants her to be. She thought she wanted to be an elementary school teacher. She's going to take a semester off of school and try to find out what God wants of her life. It's going to be a bit of an adjustment for everyone around here. Cliff, I, and the two kids still at home have a routine going that works very well for all of us. All in all, though, I will be glad to have her home and I'm excited for her.

Thanksgiving On My Mind

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. When we were kids, my mom would cook and bake for days it seemed. She would bake cookies and make fudge and snacks. And on Thanksgiving our house would always be full of people.

We would share the dinner and the afternoon would be filled with games and classic movies like the classic "King King" or Oliver and Hardy's "March of the Wooden Soldiers." One year, mom gave us an early Christmas present, A Monopoly Game. Can I tell you how exciting that was?

We still go to my mom and dad's for Thanksgiving. These days, though, its just Cliff and I and our kids and my parents. The house is still full of family but it's a little lower key. If you know my mom, you know we still play games. She LOVES board games and she LOVES playing them. These days, I am the parent, hoping my kids will come home and share Thanksgiving with us. I have been fortunate so far!!

Another Piano Video

Another video of my Aunt was uploaded to Youtube.

Enjoy!!

"Jesus Is All The World To Me"

Winter Arrives

Winter weather has blown in here in the mid-west! I'm kind of hoping we get one more spell of moderate temperatures before the frigid cold sets in!! All the trees are bare thanks to cold gusty wind. The bare trees and the cloudy skies make it look real wintery around here!!

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. We have foods that have almost become traditions to our Thanksgiving. For example, I always make Pecan Pie for my dad. We also always have a cheesy broccoli casserole, turkey (of course), and an alternate meat choice (I don't eat turkey). Last year, I made tons of Chex Mix for snacking on in the afternoon. My mom always makes what we call "Eagle Brand" pie (it's a concoction of cream cheese, Eagle Brand, and lemon juice) it's very, very rich and very, very good!!

So what are your "must have" Thanksgiving foods?

Aunt Roxie

It came to my attention today that this video is up on youtube.

It's of my Aunt Roxie playing her own arrangement of "Love Lifted Me."

One of my favorites!

Country Drive on a Fall Day

Today I did something I have wanted to do for years but never made the time.

I drove down a back-road in our little town with my camera.

Here's some of what I saw on this gorgeous fall day!!

Beautiful Weather & Under the Weather

Every year at this time, Cliff gets a cold and congestion in his chest. We always have to watch him & make sure he's coughing because once it turned into pneumonia and he was close to having to be hospitalized. He's getting better but being the generous man that he is, I now have a cold. I'm sitting here all shivery and congested with a nice dull headache. I think in a bit I'm going to go have some hot tea. I am NOT a hot beverage drinker. I wish so much I liked coffee because it always smells so good. I don't drink hot tea or cocoa either but today, something warm may get rid of the chills!

In other health news, my dad is doing much better. It's so good to see him up and around and more like his old self again.

We had a blast of cold weather this past week. Two nights it was down in the 30's and one night it went down to 25!! I had to reluctantly turn on the heat to get rid of the chill in the house. I'm not looking forward to the heat bills!!!