365 day of posting!!!!!

I made it!!!! A full year with a post every day.............
I won't bore you with a recap of the year...........I don't have any major recaps anyway..........and yes!!!! I am for the 5 millionth time pledging to eat less, spend less, exercise more and be nice........we'll see how it goes....

Visitors

As I went to download the picture of some girls from church coming by for a visit last night, I found it isn't just the 8 year old who likes to leave pictures for me on my camera.............if you leave them.............I will post them!!!

God's Truth..........

I read this post today on my new favorite blog that I told you all about...........had to share!

I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God,
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
Romans 8:38-39

It is impossible to go beyond God's loving reach.

It doesn't matter if you die tonight or live another 100 years.

Nothing will separate you from the love of God.

It doesn't matter if you won the guardian angel lottery

or feel like you are amusement for a host of demons.

Nothing will separate you from the love of God.

That stuff in your past... it doesn't matter. The stuff you're facing now... it doesn't matter.

The stuff you'll face tomorrow... that doesn't matter either.

Nothing will separate you from the love of God.

It doesn't matter how high or how low you go - physically, emotionally, or spiritually.

Travel to the earth's core or travel to the highest heavens.

Settle into a dark depression or settle into a life of joy.

Run from God or run after God- it doesn't matter.

Nothing will separate you from the love of God.

It doesn't matter what else - in all of creation - comes your way. Death... Failure... Loneliness... Ridicule... Hunger... Divorce... Unemployment... Desperation... Abuse... Bankruptcy... Illness... none of it matters. You know why? Because.

Because nothing will separate you from the love of God.

It is impossible to go beyond God's loving reach.

Afternoon Sun

Beautiful 2 days here in Cville.................almost 70 yesterday and 60 today... got hot on both my runs lately......how strange for December. Today I decided to wash my car.........started at about 2:15 and at 5:30 walked into my kitchen exhausted, but done..............children wreck havoc on a car and the more I cleaned, the more I found needed cleaning and scraping and scrubbing.........food was EVERYWHERE!!!! I may not let them in it again!!

My Gift To You......

http://messythrillinglife.blogspot.com/

For those of us who love blog reading............this one is my favorite!!! Start reading in 2005 and follow her whole journey. She is young, but wise and brave beyond her years!! I want to fly down to Jefferson, Texas and have coffee with her in Freeman House today! You will too......

Happy Birthday Scarlet!

One of our children took these pictures at the beach.............we'll get better ones this summer.....
Happy 40th!!!! yes, you are old!!!

Somebodys....................

been playing with my camera....................

The Perfect Pie Crust

I love the Holiday Break...........no plans and I can do whatever I want.........today the only mission was to buy new underwear and bake...................a cake for Chris and two pies.............I am on a mission for the perfect pie crust............I may have done it today.........the secret? a 14 cup food processor which I borrowed from my neighbor...............mine is a 4 cup.............the coconut pie turned out perfectly and the apple pie wasn't supposed to have a topping, but I had a little bit of crust left over................not enough really for it to be right, but the bottom crust was the true experiment...........now to invite our friends over to sit by the outdoor firepit and eat pie and wine.............I really love the break and have decided that work is for the birds.........can I retire yet??????? I wonder if I could make the same salary selling pies???????????

Claim to Fame

Last night we were back at the Anderson's (where we spent Christmas Eve) hanging out. I have several pics. on the Christmas Eve post with Will Anderson's (pictured above) picture. I had to take another last night because Will is almost famous and in our town..........is VERY famous as he is the lead singer of Sparky's Flaw...................Some of E.'s friends freak out when they realize he a family friend of ours............Will graduated from UVA and CHS...........where he has had his band for years. They signed last year with a major record label and tour all over the country. They will play New Year's eve before some guy named Ludicrous on the Dick Clark stage in Times Square in New York..................BIG deal..........and they have a commercial coming out for Nivea and some Disney singer named Selena and a country singer named Jesse James have bought some of Will's songs.............The record company is making them change their name to Parachute though..............they don't like the Flaw in Sparky's flaw........funny. I gave these guys voice lessons when they were in high school................Will told me they still use my warm ups and they still sing Oklahoma..................I guess that's my claim to fame...

Boxing Day at the Rivah

The morning after Christmas, we spontaneously decided to get the kids up and take them to the River to see the property we want to buy. It was a great day of dreaming about boats and houses, ski jets and 4 wheelers............view of the property from the road................the water is way back there......the green is planted winter wheat.
This scrub brush would have to be cleaned up and then this would be the view from the house.





A duck blind in the marsh grass.....




lots of room for a big garden and 4 wheeling and as Chris says...........football games.................


Reedville............main street............fish restaurants and grand old houses....................

Christmas Day

Later, after presents, Grandma and Grandpa Poe came. E. is teaching Grandma to text.






Christmas Day started out with Chris reading the Christmas Story in Luke from the Bible.........

Christmas Eve

Too many pictures for Christmas Eve here. We had a ball at the Anderson's and sang the 12 days of Christmas with the Christmas plates like we do every year...................great food, great people and then back home to open one present and sit outside by the firepit............great day!