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Monday, December 31, 2007

A New Year



I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Years Eve!!! Also have fun, LOL!!!! We will be having a pizza and movie night home with the kids... It works for this year, as we do not want to leave the house unattended. Perhaps next year we can have people over, provided we are in the same home, as it has plenty of room for entertaining. Yeah!!!! I wish for everyone and Happy, Healthy and Wonderful New Year!!!

Be Blessed
Amy

Sunday, December 30, 2007

As we worship you

AS WE WORSHIP YOU


As we worship You
Let all the world come and see
How the mercy we've received from You
Can set them free
As we worship You
Let all this joy that fills our hearts
Bring a hunger and a hope to those
Who've strayed so far


As we bow in adoration
And stand in reverent awe
Show Your majesty and glory
Let Your anointing fall
As we declare Your name Lord Jesus
As the only name who saves
May the pow'r of Your salvation
Fill each heart we pray

As we worship You
Let all the nations hear our song
The song of Jesus and His blood
That proved His love for all
As we worship You
May all the lost and broken come
May they hear Your still small voice
Call out their names each one

As we worship You
As we worship You
As we worship You
As we worship You

We sang this song today. I love this song. Worship this morning was so awesome. OUr worship team is pretty great. We have always been blessed to have worshop leaders and teams that are pretty great. Our whorship leader now is awesome, however I do miss the one we had prior. His name was Tom Seaman. He was head of the music department at Central Christian College in McPherson, Kansas.

He was an awesome worship leader and teacher as well. Some of the best sermons we ever heard were given by him. Nothing against our Pastor, we love him. Anyway, the worship service does not make the church, but if can be such a blessing. The two songs I added this afternoon, were songs we sang in church today. I wish I could have found As We Worship You, as well, but it was not there.

I hope that everyone was a blessed as I was this morning, but not only the worship service, but the sermon as well. Our Pastor talked about The Star of Bethlehem.
And what the Star must have been witness to. And finally pointing out that we need to be as that Star and be a light to a dark world. Simple....... Makes sense..

Everyone have a blessed Sunday.
Amy

Saturday, December 29, 2007

I said I would no longer comment but........

Well saying this apparently is not enough for people who have decided to keep contacting me about those topics. What amazes me is that you all send out slanderous emails and or emails prying into others business and then get all upset when I respond to them.

To the one who tonight sent an emails saying Never Contact me again, excuse me you contacted me.......... I just set the record straight about my words that you were all twisting. I would never have contacted a child and dragged that child into harassing people by email. And that is what I told you. I said sorry for responding to you as you are a child and I would not have had I known to begin with.

To the gentleman who had his email address used to send emails to me, again I will publicly say I am sorry for assuming it was you, HOWEVER PLEASE STOP LETTING OTHER PEOPLE USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND ME EMAILS THAT ARE UNSIGNED.

And to the one who insisted on writing me exceedingly long emails and then getting offended when I suggest that you should really be asking the person you are so intent upon talking about. Oh and also I do realize you have sent other emails to other bloggers, so don't get huffy with me and act all offended because I will not give information. Oh and claiming because I do not care for your questions about things that are none of your business that I am not a Christian is nonsense!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH AND SERIOUSLY PEOPLE GET IT RIGHT!!!! NO WHERE ON MY BLOG DO I SUGGEST

FIRST TO GIVE ANY MONEY TO ANYONE.... I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR PRAYER FOR MY FRIEND AND HER FAMILY AS WELL AS PROMOTING HER PRODUCTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THEM AND USE THEM MYSELF AND THEY ARE AWESOME


SECONDLY NO WHERE DO I SAY ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THOSE SUBJECTS I SAID I WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT. DO YOU ALL SEE A PACK OF DETAILS SOMEWHERE???? I WENT BACK AND SKIMMED THROUGH MY POSTS AND BESIDES ALOT OF THEM AGAIN ASKING FOR PRAYER, I DID NOT SEE MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE SUBJECTS I SAID I WOULD NOT POST ABOUT!!!!

AS I SAID THAT CAN CHANGE, I COULD GO DOWN AND GET ALL THE PUBLIC RECORDS I CAN FIND, AND POST THOSE, I COULD POST ABOUT THE THINGS I HEARD THE POLICE OFFICERS TESTIFY TO IN COURT THINGS THAT WERE ADMITTED TO THEM. I WENT TO QUITE A FEW HEARINGS. I HAVE SET IN THE HALL WAY OF THE COURTHOUSE BEFORE YOU ALL KNEW WHO I WAS AND HEARD QUITE A BUNCH OF STUFF. I COULD MENTION SOME PEOPLES SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR IN REGARDS TO THE RECENT EMAILS,

OH YEAH AND AGAIN IF YOU ALL HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION AND THAT I KNOW NOTHING, WHY WHEN I ASK YOU QUESTIONS DO YOU ALL CLAM UP, YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO SET ME STRAIGHT, IT IS INTERESTING THAT A FEW OF YOU JUST BECOME SILENT, WHY PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, AND OTHERS OF YOU GET ALL HUFFY AND SAY WELL I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF AND THEN THE ACCUSATIONS OF YOUR SO UNCHRISTIAN...

AS YOU CAN TELL I AM REAL WORRIED ABOUT THAT PERSONS OPINION
BACK TO MY POINT



I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO AND CONTINUE AT THIS POINT TO CHOSE NOT TO POST ANY MORE ABOUT THIS. In no way am I claiming to be all these things, however, I have tried to aim for wisdom and prudence, and for answering the emails I do believe I failed in the wisdom area. Sigh.... I am human

Proverbs 8:11-14
For wisdom is more precious then rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her. I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. Te fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behaviour and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power.


YOU WILL NOT CHANGE MY MIND WITH YOUR EMAILS AND BEHAVIOUR, AS THIS IS SURE WHAT IT SEEMS SOME ARE TRYING FOR

SO PERHAPS YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO..... LIKE I SUGGESTED BEFORE DO SOMETHING NICE FOR A NEIGHBOR, TAKE A DRIVE, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS, YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE, WHATEVER,

2 Thessalonians 3:11-15

We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right. If anyone does not obey our instructions in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him in order that he may feel ashamed yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.


NOTHING YOU WRITE TO ME WILL CHANGE MY OPINION, I AM ENTITLED TO MY OPINION, AND TO SUPPORT WHOM EVER I FEEL LED TO SUPPORT AND SO ARE YOU, SO GET ON WITH IT AND SUPPORT THEM. I AM NOT TRACKING DOWN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM AND HARASSING THEM AM I. NO I AM NOT, AGAIN YOU ALL CONTACTED ME SO LETS JUST KEEP THAT STRAIGHT AND I HAVE SAVED ALL THOSE EMAILS, SHOULD SOMEONE FEEL THE NEED TO TRY AND PROVE OTHERWISE , OH YEAH AND COPIES OF ALL THE SITE METER VISITS THANK YOU.....



ANYWAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...........

I shall continue to pray for all involved and again to that one I am sorry. I really do feel bad for the mistake.

One more passage for thought

1 Peter 3:8-17

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.


I think I do still continue to need to work on the gentleness of my replies, sigh.... I am trying. I am admittedly a work in progress.
Prayerfully
Amy

Friday, December 28, 2007

Thought for today

Due to some emails that I have received lately about some subjects that I said I would not currently be posting on, I have decided to post this quote as a thought for today. You know who you are and as you have all refused so far to answer my questions that I asked you in regards to your letters, that leads me to believe you have no answer. That the statements you have made are not truthful. And that the story your believing has no merit so therefor you have no answers. If you can answer these questions that I have asked perhaps I could see where you are coming from...........

Anyway todays thought for today



From Ouspensky's The Fourth Way

The most serious lying is when we know perfectly well that we do not and cannot know the truth about things and yet never act accordingly. We always think and act as though we knew the truth. This is lying. When I know that I do not know something, and at the same time say that I know, or act as though I knew it, it is lying. For instance, we know nothing about ourselves, and we really know that we know nothing, yet we never recognize or admit the fact; we never confess it even to ourselves, we act and think and speak as though we knew who we are. This is the origin, the beginning of lying.

Thursday, December 27, 2007

A Cup of Joy and a Chocolate Chip Scone



It is snowing again and what better way to end a winter day then a cup of Stash's Christmas Eve Tea and a freshly baked Chocolate Chip Scone with whipped cream. I love Stash Tea. They are the best. I do serve some others occasionally if I run out and do not plan ahead, but Stash Tea is hands down my favorite. And the Christmas Eve is so good and caffeine free which is awesome at night. And this scone recipe is the best one ever. I bake them for family and friends now and again and everyone loves them.
MMMMMMMM
Amy

Monday, December 24, 2007

We wish You a Merry Christmas


A close up picture of my sister Christmas tree. They live in a high rise apartment in Wichita, and the view is spectacular. So it's Christmas Eve!! We plan to stay home after what happened. We don't have much and it may not be very great, but we sure would like to keep what we have got. LOL!!!! I hope that everyone has a lovely day tomorrow where ever you may be going and that the true meaning of the season, Jesus Christ, is true in everyone hearts.

May you all be trully blessed!!
Hugs
Amy

Saturday, December 22, 2007

The Grinches in the world.

I was reading another blogger blog I sometimes read today called Like Merchant Ships and she was writing about how her car was broken into this morning. They sole her purse she forgot in there, which had her debit card, cell phone, checks and some cash. They spent 400 dollars at a local store before she found out. I was feeling so badly for her and wondering what kind of people have to do these things.

I KNOW I KNOW this world kinda sucks. I am not fooling myself. Sigh.........

But then it hit a little closer to home. Within the last few days someone tried to break into our home. They tried to saw through the dead bolt. Luckily, they could not as the interior of the dead bolt is much stronger then the outer layer. We are replacing the dead bolt and will not be leaving the home unattended again.

I am also thinking large large dogs, my sister own 3 pit bulls and so I am thinking I will borrow them until we move. That will surely be a deterrent.

I need to go call her.
Amy

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Christmas Candy


I made some candy today. I made some of this last year but decided to add something more to it this time. Instead of just the peppermint layer I layered bittersweet chocolate over it as well. And Wow it is awesome. All the kiddos like it. Some of this candy will be part of the gifts everyone is getting. SIGH....... I love Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy new year!!!!

Hugs
Amy

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Christmas Gifts




I promised pics of my ongoing projects. These journals are for my neices. They do not have internet access and they also do not know about my blog, so I can post the pics here to share. I put the first letter of their first name on the journals and used ribbons, fibers, and snowflake sequins to decorate them. I am having fun. I have also been mixing up cookies dough and popping it in the freezer until this weeked, so that I can make up a bunch of fresh hot cookies and deliver them to family and friends. I will take pics later of all the different Christmas cards I have made this year.
Amy

Well I guess I was wrong

LOL I did not lose my biggest fan after all. Hillsboro is still visiting frequently. HAHAH I would have thought after yesterday you would have been done fishing but with I believe 8 visits yesterday and over 40 minutes spent on my blog, you must really not have anything better to do. Which all I can say is I am sorry about that. Perhaps you could read your Bible. Thats always good for the soul.

I believe you have at least a couple of kids. Perhaps you could do something fun for the holidays bake some cookies, or some sort of breads. Take some to your neighbors, I bet they would love that. My neighbors do. Take a drive look at the festive holiday decorating. I am sure yesterdays post led to the record number of visits in 5 hours. So hey if you want to keep visiting it does look good on my site meter, it really helps bring the numbers up.

Anyway enough of this. I am done commenting on your visits as well as most anything to do with this issue for now. I do hope your children have a Merry Christmas and that after all this is finished everyone involved can get their lives back on track and with the right perpective and a more CHRISTIAN attitude. I know mine can be a bit cranky so I have been working on it. Which again why I will no longer comment on this, as I do not feel very charitable toward my "neighbor" as in "Love thy Neighor as Thyself"!!!!!

So Merry Christmas Hillsboro, I hope your New Year is better. And I do truly mean that.

Amy

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Today SIGH....

I will not post any details of what happened today in court except to say that there has been a gross miscarriage of justice. I can say that probation was NOT the desired outcome of the proceedings. Please continue to pray for the Kansas Milkmaid, as now divorce proceedings will be going on. I suppose I should miss the frequent visits from Hillsboro, and others who visited frequently trolling for information on my blog. But you know what oh well. My biggest fans will be leaving me. I can live with that. LOL I only hope that now they can go on and do more meaningful things with their time. Perhaps sleeping as some of the visits showed up around 2:30 in the am!!!! So onward I go. I will post more tomorrow and share some of my ongoing projects.

Good Night
Amy

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Quick Sunday night note

Hello

I plan to do some more posting tomorrow some time. I decided to just post a note saying please remember to keep the Kansas MilkMaid in mind tomorrow, as the trial is scheduled to start then. The plan is for it to be over by Friday. Please pray for a quick and just end to this trial. I know the family is stressed. Also please pray for them as their electricity has been out for days, and they are losing income as they have been unable to milk as they needed as well as store the milk. They have been blessed with the use of a generator which does help operate some things, but not all. It is so bad here. Some people have their power back on. While others such as Christina and my parents who live out in the country seem to be the hardest hit as they need the power to get water to the livestock. My parents were told perhaps2 weeks. So this is not good.

Where ever you are I hope that you are warm and safe.
Hugs
Amy

Friday, December 14, 2007

It's a sad sad day at our house

What an awful day we lost our little Runty today. He was the smallest in the litter. I held him all day long except when I had to take the others to the vet for tails and dewclaws. Which in itself is a rotten day...... We bottle fed as well as having my dog lay on the bed and having him nurse without competition. I am so weary. The 6 kids are weary and so very very sad. Now we have to figure out what we are going to do with our darling puppy. With the weather here and not having our own home. It is kinda hard to bury the little sweetie. Sigh
Sadly
Amy

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

We have puppies

Please check out the AWWWWWWWWW SChnauzer page for pictures and information. The link is on the right side of the page .

Thanks

Well we have had a bit of rough sailing

Due to the weather the people have been unable to get moved out the house we were to move into. SIGH........... We still have the house, it is just taking them longer to get moved therefore it will take us longer. But thats okay we will get there. I did not want to carry things out right now on this ice anyway. So we will have patience and we will get moved. It may not be in time for Christmas, but thats okay my family is warm and safe and together.

more later today.
Got an early appointment.
Amy

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Christmas Decorations the good and the ummm yeah........


This picture of a Christmas Goat, was taken in Lindsborg. Despite it's not so nice past of being an evil creature who demanded Christmas presents, a creature who pulled Thors wagon through the sky, a giver of Chrismtas present, and then later a poor thing to be slaughtered in some Swedish customs, poor goat!!! The Yule Goat is nowadays best known as a Christmas ornament, a figure, often made out of straw or roughly-hewn wood. I had to run to Lindsborg last week, and while I was there I ran to Scotts market to pick up Lingonberries. I plan to make Swedish pancakes soon.

God Yul, or Merry Christmas, on the top of the bridge. There are also lovely white lights. I wish I had been there at night.

McPherson main street decorations. They look very nice.

And then the ummmm yeah part of the show, LOL. This was up at Halloween with a witch or something in it. SO okay Halloween I guess I get, but not sure about the Santa in the porta potty... So there I will try to post more later.

Last pictures


The bridge in the park I took this last weekend while there.

As these pics show and these are just in my own yard,except for the bridge, Brrr it's cold. And you gotta watch out while walking the dogs today. My son went to take one of ours out and a branch crashed onto the porch just as he was opening the door. Thankfully all the big ones keep crashing into the one that is being demolished next door. So no damage here. Yeah!!!! Will post the good the bad and the ugly Christmas decorations a bit later. LOL HAHAHAHHAHAHAH

The result of a night of ice and rain





Kansas Weather


Well the Kansas weather has been interesting the last few days. Lots of ice and rain and thunder and lightning, last night. Which did cause some hazardous driving conditions. Around here alot of schools are closed. I know our local schools are. I hope that if anyone has to go out today here in Kansas that you drive safely and take your time. My DH is off to work and I am praying for safety for him and the two men he rides to work with. They have a 20 min drive. I will post some pictures later of some Christmasy decorations. I took them while running errands last week in a couple of different towns.

Be safe stay warm!!!
Hugs
Amy

Friday, December 7, 2007

The Christmas Program and disappointments

I had planned today to share pictures from my son Andrews Christmas program at school. Andrew has Downs Syndrome. In kindergarten they had created a special part for him and had been very good about including him. After that we moved to Tennessee, which the school system there was bad about everything for him.

We were never even notified if there was no school. So that meant, because of where we were living, that we would load into the car drive down the drive way and sit on the side of the highway in the dark and cold. The bus usually picked him up @6:45 for school that started at 8:05. Anyway so we waited in the cold for a bus that never came.....

So we moved back to Kansas and we have always been pretty happy here with how the included Andrew. He had been in the school system since he was 3, starting in Head Start for his special services. We had always felt that the were doing a great job.

Last week the school newsletter came home and mentioned the 4Th grade Christmas Program and that the kids needed black pants and a solid colored shirt. So I picked up some black pants and a nice long sleeved burgundy colored shirt, you know a Christmasy color. Some point over the weekend the newsletter disappeared. I believe someone else in the house wanted to look at in and misplaced it.

On Tuesday I called and asked when the program was and they told me Thursday at 7:00. They also reminded me to be sure he dressed warm the next day as they were walking over to the High School for a dress rehearsal. So we made sure he was dressed warm.

Yesterday afternoon I realized that I had forgotten was it 6:30 or 6:45 he was supposed to be there. So I called. I got the school principal, I told her I was Andrews mom and asked when to be there. She said 6:45, I said thanks we and we hung up. 5 minutes later I get a call from his special ED teacher.

She said hey, did they tell you he had to have black pants and a white shirt. I said oh, no I could have swore I read black pants and a solid colored shirt. She said I don't think so. I was thinking well I can run and exchange the shirt, no biggie. Well then she says, I can check and find out, but I ummm really think it is supposed to be white. And she said and I know you guys have been struggling while your husband is off work. Which yes was true.

She really is very nice. And she continues on, ummm well did you know that this years program is a play?? I said no I did not. I am kinda wondering, obviously, at this point what is up....... And then she said well Andrew really enjoyed watching the practice. So at this point I am kinda getting what she is trying to say.

Then the poor woman told me this. She said they told me Andrew does not come to the programs, in our schools it is the music teacher who puts this together, and last year Andrew did not go, I was never told when it was. Not sure if they had a part last year either. Anyway she said so he does not have a part.

She said I am sorry I am not trying to discourage you from coming. She said if you want to bring him, I will be there and will take him up on stage, Andrew has to have a teacher or para at all times as he wanders off cause he thinks he has better plans, LOL. Anyway she said she would come and take him up there. And that they would figure something out.

I really appreciated her offer, but this is at 3:45 the day of the play. And since there is not a part for him what is she going to do??? I know she just wanted to correct the situation. She repeated it a couple of times, she did not want to discourage us and would be there if we wanted.

I am glad that someone took the newsletter. If I had not had to call, I would have shown up with my child who was not included and how uncomfortable would that have been?? I told her not to worry about it and I appreciated her offer. I did.

Andrew is a fun kid. People in general love him. They like to play with him and all the special ed teachers say how when there stressed they like to just hold Andrew on their lap cause he just loves to be held. Makes you feel better. Through everyones life there are disappointments. So I am not kidding myself.

But yesterday and today, I am struggling with these. I am disappointed in the fact that the principal who obviously knew something was up, the principles are involved in the programs here, did not say something. I am disappointed that Andrews very nice special ED teacher got put on the spot. And I am disappointed that the school system I had always talked about in glowing terms did not bother to include my child.

I know these are just small disappointments in life. Sometimes it seems being a parent of a special needs child is full of disappointments, lots of them. I was unable to get to my doctor due to weather when I had Andrew, and I was disappointed right away there when the rotten doctor who showed up AFTER I delivered alone at 1: 30 in the morning, my husband was parking the car.

Ths doctor comes in at like 6:30 am, when I am alone, and says your child has Downs Syndrome, he might learn to tie his shoes, and feed himself. And your not alone even rich and famous people have had kids with Downs Syndrome. And he walks out. That was disappointing. Realizing that your child will never be like other kids that is disappointing.

Realizing your child will never marry or have kids or say MOM!!! I want to be a fireman or a race car driver, that's disappointing too. When your child suddenly stops talking around 4 years old, that's disappointing. When you realize that even with everything they do now to include your child and others, that there is still the very real possibility that he will not be included or have friends, that's disappointing. When you here one of your DD younger friends say she was glad Andrew was not in her class at school, that's disappointing as well.

I think what is frustrating is that this last thing, this should not have been disappointing. My Boo should have been included and today I should have been posting pics, of my son and his part in the Christmas Program!!

But you know what today that's disappointing as well.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Our new house


This is the living room of the house we will be moving into! A good sized room and large windows in the front. Yeah!!!

This is the dinning room, it is so nice has a built in hutch which is cool and very nice tile floors. I love the different lights that can be used in the room.

This kitchen is really nice, you can't see the pantry on the other wall, but yeah!!! And a bunch more cupboard space on the wall behind the photographer. Plus there is a mural of a seascape on the wall. Pretty neat. Oh and window into the family room so those washing dishes are not totally out of the loop.

And here is the family room. Behind the person taking the pic is a wood stove. The ceilings are also nice and high and the room kinda reminds you of being in a log cabin, which my DH and I like. The door there leads to the fenced in back yard, which we have never ever had. We are so excited that the kids and the dogs can go out and run and play!! We will start moving in sometime next week. Please keep us in mind and pray for smooth sailing.

Have am awesome Thursday
Amy

Saturday, December 1, 2007

We are expecting puppies



The proud parents are all dressed up for Christmas. Lucky is the dad and Emmaline Harris is the mom. We are unsure of the exact date and also how many puppies we are expecting, as we did not plan to breed this time as we have been in the process of moving, well you all know, LOL. But due to a child's error in judgement,we are expecting puppies.

Also Emmaline hates the vet and gets all uptight and he can't feel a thing when she is like that so there would have been pointless for him to try and feel around. Oh well. No biggie we will just keep a good eye on her.

At any rate they are purebred and papered, and will be ready for Valentines Day I am thinking. So that's cool. I will post a pic tomorrow of Anne Shirley she is from last years litter and will be 1 year old tomorrow. But she definitely needs a bath and a bit of a trim before she can have a picture. LOL

Hugs
Amy

The Joy of the Season

Well it's now officially December and Christmas is coming, yeah!!!!! And todays weather shows winter alright. I so adore the Christmas season. I love to decorate the house and tree, I love to sing Christmas songs, I love the wrapping of present to give to others. I just love to be able to surprise people with a present. Due to circumstances this year most presents I will be giving to others will be homemade. But that okay.

My neices , who do not have internet so can't read this, LOL, will be getting journals and some homemade sugar scrub for Christmas. Some of the men folk in the family will be receiving baked goodies, I think most of them will be happy about that. They do tend to like to eat, LOL.

But anyway I want to try to find ways to bless people. I always enjoy it soooo much, and even though we are well not in the best of situations to say the least, LOL, we can always try to make things brighter for someone else. God has given us the joy and hope to be able to rise above our situation and be a blessing we just have to be willing to step out and do it.

I may have to bake some cookies today and then later the kiddos can have hot chocolate and cookies.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Stay warm
Amy