LIBERTY!!!!

This is my new puppy Liberty. I got her in Feb. and she is now 4.5 months old. She is such a joy to have. I haven't had a puppy in somewhat of 20 years and I have never had one by myself and I truly had no idea what I was getting myself into. I can also tell you that I have never bent over so much in my whole life......but it is all very good for me.
I am so thankful that God put her in my life. She is a challenge most of the time but I do find myself laughing at her most of the day. This is a great thing that God has done for me, giving me Liberty, to free me from my sorrow and saddness even though it wasn't terminal....but I did need some help to stop focusing on me all the time and Liberty is helping me do that. I am also seeing more things besides just Liberty when I am not so busy looking at myself, I am seeing more and more of God's greatness in my life.
Has anyone told you lately how great God is, or better yet, have you told God how great He is? You know that God is a loving God and He loves to hear us tell Him how much we love Him. We love Him because He first loved us. I hope that you will take sometime out today to tell God just how much you love Him and if you are struggling with that then take sometime today to count how many things are going well with you and see if that doesn't help you feel Gods love a bit more.
Be Blessed!

Gotta Love That Snow!!!!!

I love snow! I don't know if I will ever not love it. I am sure that if I lived in a place where it snowed all through the winter and then some and lots of it I might get a bit tired of it, but I don't think that I would ever not love it.

Wow, this has been a hard week. I had surgery on Tuesday and I am still very sore today on Sunday. I am doing fine except for the fact that I am very sleepy. Yesterday I went to the store for the first time since surgery and I thought by the time I got home I had lost all the years between now and 80 years from now and all of a sudden I was about to be 81. My goodness. Today I drove back to my apartment after staying with my parents and then I had company to host and just let me say that today I think I might be turning 82.

Well, I hope that more snow comes this year to our town and I hope there will be enough to go out and play in it.

I am really too tired to write much more so I will say bye for now.

Ode To Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Oh the joy,
Oh the splendor
Oh the PAIN!
The first little bite is bold, not only on the part of the biter but on the burst of sudden flavor that is different than any other experience. That’s not so bad, you think, so away you go with three or four other red dyed chunks of crunch. Wow, now that is hot but wait……….
Air gets in as you talk and well, let’s just say it fans the flames.
Away you go searching for liquid, hot, cold, coke, water, anything…..
Out of desperation, still holding the bag of Cheetos, you grab the collar of your shirt and fan and flap it, as if that will help. Then you wave your hand in front of your face seeing red fingers and after wondering if your body is about to burst into flames as the red indicators at the end of your arms suggest, you realize you now have red dye on you clothes. As your eyes begin to water from tears of grief and tears of, well, being a sissy, you quickly reach up and rub away a tear but within a Milo-second the pain hits yours eyes and your body is thrown into a lurching dance and you are now hoping around somewhat moaning and still looking for liquid. Soon, after an hour or so, everything cools down and you tell yourself, “Oh that wasn’t so bad” and you reach for just one more.
Amy Hosp 2004

I used to work at Ft Worth ISD and the kids would eat these all the time and so I thought that I would just try them to see what the big deal was. Well, let me tell you, if you think you would like to try these then be ready for an experience that will change your life... not only will you lose sleep from the heart burn later that night... you will start to crave the darn things.

Updated: Liberty my dog also likes these but she to thinks they are hot. I offer her a flamin' hot cheeto and she reaches out stretching her neck as far as she can and then she moves her lips back, out of the way of the cheeto and takes it and eats it. It is really funny to watch her work to keep her lips out of the way. I am sure they burn her lips just the same as they do mine. 

http://www.cheetos.com/home.php

What a Great Rule!

You know this is a great rule. Don't you think so. I am always looking for a new way to have fun. I am here at home and have been it seems forever..... I am applying for several jobs right now and I have one that looks very very hopeful. Of course this would not be my life's calling to work this certain job but for the time being it will be good, mainly because it comes with a paycheck. I haven't had a paycheck since Aug of 2005...... can you believe that? Well, all I have to say is that God provides but now I want to give Him a rest and my parent's a rest as well. Have mercy! Please pray that the right job will come along and all will be paid well...........

and remember to make things fun no matter waht is going on.

Great Day In The Morning.... It's Snowing!!!!!

HEY.....SNOW IN TEXAS....This is nice, I love snow. This is a picture from my window looking at downtown Ft Worth. I stayed inside all day and watched TV and stayed under the blankets. Snow always amazes me... the silence that it brings and the stillness that seems to hover all around. It is almost as if the snow is demanding our attention in the way that it changes everything that it touches. I love the snow!!!!

Same ol' same ol'

Goodness...... 5 months and here I am again with no real excuses about why I haven't blogged???? Well, I wish I had some great exciting news to tell. None, just the same old same old. Let's see in the past 5 months I still don't have a job, I am working at the apartment still and I love it, but no money coming in is a bit old. I have been in contact more with Akan in Nigeria, my best friend in the whole wide world, and that always makes me smile. I found a little church where I am getting to minister in song and I love it. Good old fashion preaching, get your stuff right or you are going to end up in hell. I love that kinda preaching.... of course there is more to it than that, but can't find to many preachers these days willing to tell the plain truth.

My family is all doing fine and they are all happy. I sure wish that I would be better about being in touch with extended family......maybe that will be something that I will try to do for the new year.

I do plan to write more more often and now that I have it written down, maybe I will actually do it........ time will tell.

My new Gig!

Gosh it is has been awhile since I posted. I wish I could blame it on being busy but instead I must confess that it is due to laziness and avoidance. I haven't been feeling all that great lately. Physically or emotionally. A bit more than just blue. I have a new wonderful opportunity and that is that I am working as the activity director at my apartment complex. I like to pretend that I am the cruise director and that I am getting my cabin free. Well, I do get my apartment free, I have to put in 40 hours of work a month as a result. That 40 hours can include lots of things and almost anything. I love this because I am getting to do mission work here. Coming home from Nigeria I was pretty sad that my "missions" work was over but now I am able to fill that call right here.

Nothing is really going on now with me and I think that doesn't help the depression. I plan to sub this next year and help out my friend who is a principal. I hope to be able to go by at least once a week to help out in the office or read with students or something. This apartment thing is helping me be able to take it kinda easy this year.

I am going to go now and just take it easy for the rest of the day and that is because I need to get somethings done hehehehe........

The picture is of my apartment......... I love my new apartment.