The Day After Christmas!

While most people are out shopping and getting in on all the after the holiday sales, Elise and I stayed home in our pj's all day and took down the Christmas tree.

That's right, for the first time in YEARS I took down the Christmas tree BEFORE New Years Day!

The little girls are coming back on Thursday and I didn't want to mess with it while they were here or next weekend because I have family coming from out of state.

Well anyway Christmas at our house went VERY WELL! Ernie got me PJ's like I had asked for and bought my favorite parfume! I was rather impressed. We also aquired about $120.00 in Videos this year. Elise made a killing on bath products and CD's she even got a new Portable CD player which she needed as she gave her's to some neighborhood kids who weren't going to have much of a Christmas.
She got a scarf that she could use and a couple of gift cards as well.

We had lots of family over and had a great meal ( if I do say so myself). I did all the cooking this year which was a first. Some of the family members brought desert but I did the major cooking. I even baked 3 pies.
Well it is getting late and I need to get some sleep , we have to clean the garage out tomorrow so that we can put things in the attic.

I hope you had a Merry Christmas and I pray you have a Blessed New Year!

God Bless you!
Gidgit

Two Days 'Till Christmas!

Almost everything is done, all that is left is the baking! I will take the day tomorrow to bake pie's, and cookies, I'll listen to Christmas music and sing wile I work. Tomorrow I will be teaching my daughter our family baking secrets. She is 18 now and needs to learn all about our Christmas family traditions because some day she will be doing the cooking for our family events. She will someday have a family of her own.

It is very interesting to look back on the past year and see where all we have been. Last year we lived next door in a rental. We had a full year, I stayed busy with the little ones S & M. Elise with school and Ernie with work. Things were pretty normal this year until June. We prayed about buying our home and moved to this house. We have had lots of family gatherings here this year, which I love!
Okay let me see... Oh yeah we changed churches in the fall and love where God has put us! We are looking forward to moving forward in God service in our lives at home as well as in Church.

I am looking forward to spending more time with my husband and learning what God has in store for my marriage.
I am also looking forward to watching Elise grow into a woman that God will use for His glory. I pray daily that she listens to his calling in her life and follows him and not her own will. I know it will be hard to do but I pray for her to have the strength to do so.

I pray that God will bless you in many ways!
May you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A Post To My Darling Daughter.

Elise,
I know I've told you this but God sent you to us as an answer to my prayers. I had been praying for years that He would give me a daughter that I could teach and love and guide through life. I asked for a girl with dark curly hair, and eyes like her dad's. The thing is I didn't expect my daughter to come in the form of you. I struggled with that at first, and God has shown me how much you truly are our daughter. You have dad's eyes, and that dark curly hair. You even think like me! It is amazing how people think we are biologically connected. I praise God for those things!

I thank God for you every day. You are my joy and sunshine. I love looking at your smiling face! Some day. You are going to leave home to become a college student, and the blossoming young woman that you are is going to shine through! Elise, I pray every day that you will continue to follow Gods' will for your life. He has blessings in store for you if you will just follow him!
I don't know who your spouse will be but I pray for him as well. I pray God will prepare him to be a strong leader and loving husband that you need. I pray that you will follow the teachings of the bible on how to be a Godly wife. I know that I am not perfect but I am trying to give you some kind of example to go by. You also have your Greatgrandmother! She is a treasure chest of knowledge please take advantage of that knowledge while you have a chance! I know God has blessed me with a wonderful Grandmother and I am so truly thankful for her and her love for me. I have tried to show you that same love each day.

I know that we have our problems but My dearest Elise I could never thank you enough for all the help you give me. I know that you do so much for me. I hope that some day we will be able to look back on your first two years here and laugh at all the craziness that went on!

I LOVE YOU BABY GIRL! I know you are 18 now and I will be honest I wish we still had more time to be just mother and daughter. I know you want to spread your wings and your daddy and I love you very much!

Do try my child to open up to him more. He has made some pretty big sacrifices for you. He loves you just as much as I do ! Don't let yourself push him away! You will need him someday sweetheart. He will always be here and he will always love you!

Merry Christmas my darling daughter!
May the Blessings of the Lord Shine Upon you!

Love,
Mom

Saturday...

Today was pretty good. We got up around 8 am which is sleeping in for us. Then we got up I made breakfast, which is a weekend thing only... Then we went to our friends' house and helped them move some furniture. Then we went to the flea market and got some stuff.. I had to get some cd's and I got an old movie! It is " The Best Little Wh**e Houe In Texas" with Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. I love that movie!
Then when we got home we had to get ready to go to a Dinner Theater at our church. It was great !
The food was good and the preformance was wonderful. We had a good time.

Now that we are home I'm listening to my Monsters of Rock CD and getting ready to go lie down and watch Ernie play video games in our room.

Have a Merry Christmas!

The FIRST Snow Fall of The Season!

I LOVE snow! Of course living in Oklahoma it doesn't help that most of the snow we get is not "good" snow.
I like the kind of snow they get in the Rockies. You know the powdery white that is perfect for skiing. But being here we get more ice than anything. Today however we actually got powder. It has been a rather dry year and when it is dry durring the late summer and fall we usually have a rather wet winter. So far the temps have stayed so low that we have only gotten snow!

It is about 12 degrees with a wind chill factor of -5. For me that is COLD. I mean I have been to places like Wisconsin where the weather get's unbearable (for me that is), but I don't mind the cold for now.

So speaking of the weather, it is perfect for curling up with a good book, a hot cup of coco or coffee and a snuggly blanket! I love to read, I really love to read when I'm all warm and snuggled up under a quilt.
Ernie spent a good part of the day trying to make sure my Rabbit was safe from the cold. We insulated her cage a little more and he hooked up a lamp in her hutch for heat. I've had to go out and defrost her water bottle a few times today so that she could have fresh water. I just looked out and she is snuggled up on the horse blanket I put in her hutch near the heat lamp. I have just been praying that God will keep her warm through the night.
Tomorrow Ernie will have a hard day and I have been praying that there will be no problems for him and Bob as they work tomorrow.

Well I need to get some sleep. I did sleep quite a bit today but I've been so sick that I didn't care to do much else.
I have a lot to do tomorrow so I had better get to bed.

God Bless you!
Merry Christmas!

The Atheist.

An atheist was taking a walk through the woods and thinking to himself - what majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7 foot grizzly charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and raising his right paw to strike him.At that instant the Atheist cried out: "Oh my God!..."
Time stopped! The bear froze in mid strike! The forest was silent.As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?"
The atheist looked directly into the light, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask You to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps could you make the BEAR a Christian?" "Very well," said the voice.The light went out.
The sounds of the forest resumed.And then the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head,... and spoke: "Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen."

Merry Christmas!

Update On My Sister and More.

Saturday Mary called my mother and told her that she and Kayla are staying with some "friend" in Houston. Then she called a guy in California, and told him she didn't want to come home, and that she was staying in Houston to party. He told her that she was being immature and stupid and was putting her mother through way too much stress. He then proceeded to tell her to grow up and come home.* Thanks Ben*

So at this point she is just being a selfish teenager, who doesn't care that she is hurting her mother. Please continue to pray for her and Kayla as at some point they will want to come back to Tulsa and then Mom will have to deal with a lot more crap!

On a diffrent note....... Yesterday was the last day for our Pastor and his lovely wife. We are going to miss them dearly! Ernie and I have only been at Calvary for a short time (3 months), but we have come to love Shane and Misty and little Maci so much. It was really nice to have our pastor as our Sunday School teacher,it gave us the chance to really bond with them.
We are looking forward to getting a new Minister however, it makes me excited to think that we get someone new to get aquainted with. We will also get the opportunity to know some of the other Ministers and leaders in our church over the next few months.
Our class will have to work hard to continue growing! We have been doing well but now it is time to step up and do God's will!

Well I have alot to do today. May God bless you and Thanks again for all your prayers!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Helping Friends!

We like to think we are good friends. We try to help our friends when and where ever we can. For instance tonight, we had dinner with our friends Mark & Michelle and then we went and took a load of stuff to their new house which is only 4 miles from our home and across the street from my mom.

Elise went to her first Hockey game tonight! She isn't home yet but I'm sure she had fun. I love hockey and Michelle and I have that in common as well.
We have gotten really attached to Mark and Michelle and hope to have the as our friends for many, many, years to come.
Any way we love to do things for people and tomorrow we and the rest of our Sunday School Class will be bidding farewell to our Pastor and his Lovely Wife. We will miss them dearly but we know that it is God's will for them to go to this other church. Well, any way we feel it is part of our God given gift to spread hospitality to others. I love to host parties and get togethers and I love to play the hostess in church in our SS class.

So, I've been told that this is my gift and I aim to use it for the Cause of Christ! I want everyone who enters in my door to know the love of Jesus. I want to show them how Jesus would love them by making them comfortable in my home.

So does anyone need a dog? She is a good dog and is very loveable but we just don't have room for a third dog anymore. So let me know if anyone needs a good watch dog.

My Heart....

To be quite honest I have not gotten along with my sister Mary for several years now. I love her but we just don't see eye to eye on just about everything. I am 10 years older than her and I have loved her since the first time I saw her through the hospital window in Madill, Oklahoma.

We lived in Kingston at the time and I was in school when mom went into labour durring lunch time. My grandmother came and picked me up from school and we went the 7 miles to Madill to see my new baby sister.
When Mary cam home from the hospital she slept in the room next to mine but I was always getting up to check on her. I would hold her and pretend that she was my baby. I thought she was the cutest baby I had ever seen. I can even remember being afraid of my step father and taking the three little kids in my room and hiding them with me. I was afraid that something bad was going to happen to them.

Years later our family after having gone through several seperations, and bad relationships was finally looking normal and Mary decided she hated me. I don't understand why and some times it doesn't even matter. I miss that sweet little child who used to play hide and seek in the house and boy was she good at hiding. :)
God, I don't understand what is going on right now. All I know is that you are the only person who knows where my baby sister is right now. She's 17 Lord and maybe she's bitter and angry, but Father she is hurting our Mother so badly right now. PLEASE God! don't let anything bad happen to her. Please forgive me for saying the things I said about her deserving whatever she got. I didn't mean it I just want he to understand that life is not going to easy and that she has to take responsibility for her actions. God please protect Mary and Kayla. Please allow my mom to rest and be okay, I'm so worried about her. I know you promise not to give us more than we can bear but Father it seems like so much ! I lay my sister in your hands father and I ask you to comfort my heart! Thank you Jesus for your comfort and for protecting Mary and Kayla. Thank you for your forgivness. Thank you for being with my mother. In Jesus name, ~amen~

My heart is so sad and tired, I don't know what to do. I can feel this weight bering down on me and I'm afraid it is going to affect my family here at home. I really need prayer...

I know several of you are praying and I want to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!
With out God I would not be here today! Praise God from whom all blessing flow!
Merry Christmas all!
~Gidgit~