Merry Christmas !!! 


I pray you all are safe and blessed!

I slipped out my back door last night down my ice glazedsteps in the freezing rain, and landed on my rump three stairs down   **ouch**
I'm ok, just hurting, it scared me, cause I hit so hard, I was afraid I broke my hip, cause you know I am so old!  So, I rolled over and landed in a puddle of icy water, ick.  Freaking out, I crawled up the stairs and made my way inside grabbed my phone and called my daughter and said if I  pass out call 911!!!!  I did not pass out, and wound up laughing myself to tears about 10 mins later, I think out of shock! 

Note to self, when freezing rain, STAY INSIDE!!!

Other than that, I'm ok.  More or less just skimming through the holidays, a little rough, but not terrible.  More sad than anything.    We went to dads tonight and it was fun and chaotic, Ki is with T at the moment and I'll have to go get her in a bit, then do it all over again tomorrow.  I'll be glad when this is over.

Have a safe Christmas!
Kenton, Kari, Kiley, & Katie :)
you have to click on the picture to see the whole thing I guess.

At dads tonight  

Random pic :)  Kiley as Aurora, Petra as Cinderella, and ??? as Belle!
Petra's Birthday party in September


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You know when I think I get to the end of God's goodness for me, He comes through AGAIN so BiG it takes me a few mins to understand . . .  Tonight I was up puttering putting the meager gifts I was able to get the kids, under the tree when at midnight, the phone rings.    My land lord asks if I'm still up and if he can come over.  He is actually the property manager for my house, which is actually a "parsonage" but since their pastor and youth pastor have their own homes, they use my house as a money maker and or mission.  Well, a couple weeks ago, he and I talked and he has been kept up to date of my situation.  No job, T out, lost his job, etc.,  so he calls me and tells me the church is behind me 100% and is going to work with me to keep me and the kids here and wants to know what they want for Christmas.  I was overwhelmed :)  Well, the church secretary told me to have my list to her by a certain time/day, and they would have it delivered by the 21, but the day I got it too her, she had already left for the day, so I hoped, but figured it was too late.  Then the 21 came and went, and I saw all the members gather and disperse and we did not receive a visit.  So, I just figured I was too late, and was ashamed that I couldn't even follow simple directions. 

SO . . .  my property manager and a friend comes to my door tonight with two boxes filled with wrapped presents!  Now my tree overfloweth!  God is so good!  I am so blessed.    I have been so blessed by my own church, this church family, my birth father even drove all the way down here, and I haven't seen him in years, to drop off a "gift."  I am amazed, and speechless! PTL!

I am so blessed to share this miracle and more even to have been a  part of it.

Several weeks ago, I was scheduled to host a Silpada party (jewelry), and had prepared for it, and waited  . . .  and waited . . .  and waited for my representative to show up, after almost two hours after she was supposed to be here to set up, I called her.  For some weird reason, God had me just waiting quietly and it was not a big deal, no one had shown up, and I really wasn't in the mood to socialize anyway, so it was not really upsetting me. 

So, I called, and simply said with a giggle in my voice, "are we having a party today?"  And she IMMEDIATELY remembered !!!!   Apologizing up and down, and on and on, and I said     "wait,    let's just do this another time, no one is here, God must have wanted this to happen so, I'll just reschedule another time, and you keep resting." 

She had been wiped out and asleep on the couch.  And after further conversation, she shared she had just found a lump in her breast the day before, and it had emotionally knocked her out.  So, I knew then, that God wanted her to just rest, and for us to pray.  So, I prayed . . .  and believed.  And she went to the Dr. the following week, they did a mammogram and an ultrasound and the Dr. told her to go home and not to touch it and it was showing up as muscle.  And to see if it goes away in a week or not.  WELL IT DID.  So, she went back in to confirm that it had mysteriously disappeared just as mysteriously as it had appeared.  And apparently those were the words that the Holy Spirit prayed through me.  Cause I can't remember.  But she did.

So, I call her this morning, because the last I had heard was that she was going in for a mammogram. . .  And I got the rest of the story today!

WHAT A PRAISE!!!!!!!