praying...

for guidance this morning...

we have some major problems going on here...

and I am searching for answers on which way to go...

before things happened, DH and I got a small trip in to the state park 3 miles north of town...

and the wind was blowing so much the water was choppy...

Craig worked yesterday afternoon and was bringing home pizza for supper...

when he went to back out of the parking place, the truck wouldn't move...

so he called us and we went after him...

DH did get it moved to the park out of the way from the strip mall...

called a tow service and they couldn't get to it until this morning...

all the overtime money put back for winter will soon be gone...

but I need to know who and how to proceed...

and there's no time to waste...

with both guys working in different directions...

pray for DH...

we see things differently...

he sees losing ground and all the hard work going down the drain... 

he sees no Christmas...

I see being able to write a check for it and not having to finance it...

not going in the hole...

having it to do it...

that it was provided for...

ahead of time...

I see not walking...

Craig keeping his job...

pray for us...

its has to be done right the first time...

we don't have it to do over...

and we will get through this...

and it will be alright...

and there will be Christmas...

life is like a mud puddle...

you can either jump over it...

or fall in it...

I am jumping!

:)

while I was out the other day...

I found a few things for me...

love these little signs...

I wanted Merry Christmas, but this is all I found...

and a little spiral rusty tree...

a bag of rose hips...

and they smell so good...

I got these for someone else for Christmas...

hope she likes them...

and the big find!

elf shoes!

oh, I wanted these...

they just make me smile...

so, what have you hauled home lately?

;)

have a great weekend...

can you see it?

got a pm to pick up a box of stuffed animals for the toy drive...

can't you just see this sweet bear in the arms of a child on Christmas morning?

or this pillow?

propped up in a crib?

there are so many little huggables in this box...

and we never get to see the kids' faces on Christmas morning...

the first time they see what Santa has left for them...

but we do get to see the parents...

and share tears and hugs with them...

but the best thing, I think, that we get to see...

and what we are blessed most with...

is the chance to see the generosity of mankind... 

bears for babies...

a whole box full of the Christmas spirit...

the biggest blessing we see is the giving in Christmas...

with open hearts...

full of the true meaning of this time...

can you see it, too?

its called LOVE...

box after box...

bag after bag...

dollar after dollar...

it happens every year...

and it never ceases to amaze me...

with all the bad going on in the world...

there is one time of the year where it cannot be seen...

where LOVE outshines it all...

that's the power of God...

to open hearts so that joy leaks out at every seam...

the spirit of Christmas is LOVE...

do you have it?

then spread it around...

;)

be the change in the world...

our weekend...

yesterday the wind was something and the storms were popping up all around us...

but all the bad ones missed us...

this was forming after it went past us...

it was sucking in clouds from all directions and I know its the storm that hit over in Indiana...

and while that was going on, we were clearing here...

and several times it rained with the sun shining...

but we got through it without a problem...

praying for those who lost everything yesterday...

Saturday, was our trip to Mattoon and the eye doctor...

DH has been going to the Eye Express there for years...

but I had had my eyes checked since I was 16...

so, in between getting our eyes checked and picking up the glasses...

which wasn't even close to an hour...

we had a lot of time to kill...

Goodwill first stop...

and this afghan...

5 bucks...

Dollar Tree finds...

Goodwill for 49 cents...

this I picked up at the Goodwill in Paris on Thursday when I had the doctor's appointment...

and this was found at the Mattoon Goodwill...

my new glasses...

readers...

didn't want bifocals...

I am so used to looking over my glasses and when I get up, they come off and I lay them on top of the laptop...

if I don't, then I have to look for them...

and it can take hours...

we all picked up some clothes at the Goodwills...

DH has lost a lot of weight this summer and is still losing...

got him some jeans and shirts to wear for work...

Craig got heavy shirts to wear to work..

I got several tops...

ones that are fun and I won't have to worry about the babies snagging with their claws...

stopped by Carson's and saw my bff...

after we picked up our glasses, we grabbed lunch and came home...

over did it major...

so taking another day today to rest up from all of that before the rest of this week happens...

should get a call from my doctor's nurse tomorrow to see where we go from here...

if they do anything...

then it will be planning Thanksgiving dinner and all that fun stuff...

still working on the toy drive...

and my guys committed themselves to moving the living room around next weekend...

switching two pieces of furniture out from each room...

kitchen and living room and the moving them all around, too...

so I am getting 2 done for the price of one...

so there you go...

all caught up now....

need to blog hop to find our what you have been doing...

;)

s@%* happened here last night...

it happened on 11/11...

enough to track a cat...

so that means 11 snows this winter...

one down...

10 more to go...

22 for a low...

beats the 16 they said we wound get...

icicle...

high of 39 today...

I am hoping this is what it takes to get people shopping for the kids and the toy drive...

just a little shove in the right direction...

so, did you get s@%*?

weird morning...

watching the s@%* disappear and the leaves fall all at the same time...

now you don't see that every day...

have a super day!

;)