thinking of building an ark...

we have gotten somewhere between 7.5 and 8.5 inches of rain in 72 hours...

roads were closed and things washed away...

homes and businesses flooded...

there was a stiff wind yesterday, too, as Craig ventured out on foot to grab some photos of what was happening around us...

its turned much cooler now and feels more like winter, even though it looks like spring here...

friends of ours, and others like them, have lost their home...

one that took him 2 years to re-do from the ground up...

for his family...

he was in tears yesterday...

wondering what will be now...

where they will end up...

prayers for this family and others would be appreciated...

they are staying with family now...

FEMA is coming in...

and I know they do help...

pretty quickly...

life can change so fast sometimes...

but God has a plan for them...

a bigger plan than they can ever imagine...

and they will get through it...

just really hard to imagine everything being ok again right now for them...

hope you are all safe and doing ok...

we are fine...

and Doug is getting his apartment next Monday...

yeah...

been with us for two and a half months now...

we are all ready for moving day!

;0)

 I am ready for some slow down time...

just to not think or do anything for a week or so...

no holidays...

no shopping...

no planning or decorating...

just hanging out in my jammies as winter floats on by...

maybe literally...

water is going down in the yard slowly..

and it is so full of corn stalks...

glad we have a couple months to get it all cleaned up...

going to be a fun spring...

;0)

more rain here...

and no where to put it...

plus, we will be raking corn stalks in the spring before anything else gets done...

the roads are closed all over the place here...

Doug and Paula got me these angels for Christmas...

and this pretty clock...

its huge...

got to find a place to hang it...

in the living room...

when the Christmas decorations come down...

maybe over the mantle...

or replace the other large clock that is up there but about half this size...

be safe out there...

I don't think there is any fun place to be...

its snow, rain, floods, tornadoes or winter storms moving in...

2015 isn't leaving without a fight...

prayers for all those on the roads trying to make it home...

for all the families who have lost loved ones or their homes...

waiting on DH to get home from work...

he cannot get here, but will have to park somewhere north of the tracks and walk in...

;0)

its been worse...

and we have everyone still...

a bit of rain...

we have gotten about 4.5 inches with a couple more possible...

things are a little wet around here...

but we are ok...

city guys had to pump some water today for the water to go down a bit...

we had a great Christmas here...

I will post photos as soon as I get around to taking some...

LOL

hope yours was awesome...

gearing up to tick the last of this year away...

(I will probably sleep through it again this year)

the left overs are almost gone and we still have so much ham!

thinking that we are going to have to freeze a bunch of it...

rejoice...

in Christmas...

and all that it brings...

Craig and DH have to work today...

when Craig gets home, we will open presents...

he gets off at 8pm...

Christmas morning, we will get up and start cooking dinner...

and eat around noonish...

maybe before...

keeping it simple this time...

ham, mashed potatoes, noodles...

cheesecake...

from our home to yours...

Merry Christmas...

we are not great...

because of who we are...

we are AWESOME because of who lives within us...

Merry Christmas...