always shine...

no matter where you are planted...

let the light shine through..

I wanted the thank you for all your kind comments and prayers...

all that I do, I do not do for my own glory...

its all His...

I have no power that does not come from Him...

no talent, no heart, no kindness...

He has blessed me with so much...

and He is seeing me through this mess...

what we are freely given, we need to freely give away...

if we only gave Him back 10% of our time...

spend 10% with Him in His presence...

it would only be about 15 minutes a day...

freely give back to Him and watch His world unfold...

let Him use you to His fullest..

not yours...

and keep things in the right perspective...

I have to be at the hospital at 7:30 in the morning...

I get to go first...

I am going to close my eyes and lean back into Him...

and feel His arms encircle me...

if all goes like planned...

I should be home by noon...

my guys are awesome...

they have taken such care of me...

and they are willing to do it some more...

hopefully, though, not for long...

I have made up some major ground this year...

and looking forward to more...

;)

they're back...

my tree in the kitchen...

just dug through the ornament bins to see what was left...

added some silk flowers...

and this is what happened...

never, ever have a plan for the trees...

I just plop things on, in and through...

the lights are the purple Halloween lights we had on the deck this fall...

well, we got a call last night and Jane brought back Max and Amanda...

who we called Zigs and Lazarus...

the adoption fell through...

so they are here for a month and then back to Petropics...

but not if I can help it...

they came home sick and thin...

not in good shape at all...

Laz has an eye infection and both are sneezing...

started them on antibiotics as soon as they came in...

and they remembered us!

they were happy to be back...

as soon as I get them healed back up and some weight on them...

I will start posting them and see if we can't find them a home...

before they have to return to that place...

I am going to have to make a trip over there and see what kind of conditions they have been in...

maybe I could help them do better with babies they have in there...

who knows if they will listen or not, but we can try...

going to rest up and take it easy today...

wait for the phone call...

to let me know when surgery is tomorrow...

got several things planned for Craig today...

would love to come home to everything clean and in its place, with nothing to do...

but that won't happen...

LOL

men...

have a good one!

let's go for a ride...

our town...

the square...

different groups, businesses and families decorate trees that line the entire square...

White House and an accountant's office...

this one and the one below were taken in Paris at the park...

WWII memorial...

it sits on a lake and the lights reflect onto the water front...

and that's what we did last night...

they're gona put me in the movies...

they're gona make a big star out of me...

yep...

got a call from my surgeon's nurse this week...

the marketing department wants to make a tv commercial...

starring my surgeon, to promote the hospital...

WHILE HE IS OPERATING ON ME!

gave them my permission...

no one will ever know its me...

they will have drapes up...

but...

I finally get my 15 minutes of fame...

except no one will ever know...

but us...

since acting naturally will be no problem, as I will be asleep...

I can do that pretty good...

been practicing up on it...

so there you go...

your funny story...

and its all true...

the only hitch...

they need permission from the next person he is operating on...

and it we both agree, the camera crew will be there...

LIGHTS...

CAMERA...

SNORE!

rainy days and play times...

well, I redid the mantle again right before lunch...

put the swag up above, woven in the wrought iron...

Love this...

I should be getting other things done, but heading in to take a nap...

was trying to get shots of the busy bird feeder this morning...

and guess who popped by?

he was probably waiting for them to drop something...

this feeder is visited every morning by these wee wingers...

and they wait in line until its their turn...

come back tomorrow and I will tell you the most funniest story you have ever heard...

and the most funniest part is that its all true...

;0)