Happy New Year's Eve and Day!

Just wanted to check in with a few things that have been floating around Facebook.

 

First is a reminder that I think a lot of us need.  

 And I love this message of this one!

 

I know a lot of people are making resolutions or choosing a word for the year.

And before the night is over - I will write out some resolutions.

And for a word? Well last year I ended up with the word Courageous.
And I don't know for sure what this years word will be yet. But will be praying about it.

 

I hope you all have a safe and warm New Year's s Eve and New Year's Day. We are staying home - like we always do. There is a chance of some yucky, icy weather tomorrow. So I am thankful that we are all off tomorrow- so we can stay home and be safe.

If you have any special traditions for New Year's Even or New Year's Day - I would love to hear about them! :O)

"dropping like flies"

Ok - So I went to the Dr and found out that I have bronchitis. She prescribed some antibiotics and some pearls- a pill form - of cough relief that work pretty good. I did not sleep very good last night. And then today I actually felt worse than I had been feeling. Had a worse headache and felt queasy - I am thinking from my meds- cause I am suppose to eat with them and I don't think I had eaten enough. So today was basically a stay around the house kind of day.

So last night we got a phone call that my Mother's brother had passed away Sunday evening and they had found him Monday afternoon. He lived in the Oklahoma City area so the funeral will be there. Problem is that there is bad weather in OKC - and looks like more for Thursday and Friday.

After we got the phone call - I really felt like people were "dropping like flies" I mean seriously in 4 days 4 people that we know passed away. Usually when I hear of one person expecting a baby - we hear of a series of babies that are expected. Well it seems that the older I get - death seems to be the same way.

I am planning on getting to bed early tonight- hoping to have a much better night than last night.

I hope you all are doing well. "Keep looking up, cause that's where it all is"

This and That and Catching Up

I think today's post will be a this and that kind of a day- because I have a lot of thoughts running through my head and so we will just have to see where this post goes.

First of all- I am still sick - and it has not gotten better- in fact, I have probably gotten worse. So I called my Dr today and thankfully they are going to be able to get me in today. I have not mentioned it on Facebook - because I am seriously thinking that some of my friends might be getting tired of hearing about all my problems. It seems over the last 6 months I have lost a couple of friends and I am not quite sure what happened- I just know that the number of my friends has gone down from what it was. I am hoping that I did not offend anyone, because that is never my intentions on what I put on Facebook. Anyway I am thankful for all of you and all of my friends on Facebook that have put up with so many posting for prayers and such. You all mean so much to me.

Over the last 4 days- 3 people that I know have died- these are not people that are close to me- thankfully. But I still feel so sorry for the families. Two of these that died were men in their 40's. And then a lady in her 50's I think- she was an owner of a place that we like to eat at in a town nearby- and it was a sudden death- so shocking to those around her. It is just so sad. It reminds us that our time here on earth is short and we don't need to be putting things off. We need to love those around us. We need to make sure that we are right with the Lord. And place a relationship with Him as a priority.

Our SweetPea had to go back to her Momma yesterday at noon. So we got to see her for a bout 30 minutes on Sunday. It will be close to 3 weeks before we get to see her again. My husband and SweetPea both have birthday's during that 3 week period. Thankfully at least my son will get to see his daughter for 2 hours on her birthday. We will be planning a party for her - for the week end we get her in 3 weeks.

After having her all week - it sure is hard to have her gone. I really enjoy my time with her. It was a bit draining sometimes - with not only taking care of her but all the extras that the holidays bring- and with me struggling with being sick. But we made it through.

Sunday after she went back home my husband and I worked on getting the house back in order. Thankfully my husband took down the tree -his village and the lights and all. And I worked more on organizing the play room. Going through toys and packing up some of the baby toys to make more room for the things she plays with. And also worked on the rest of the house - since when a child is around toys seem to be all around the house. I have a lot more to do -but need to just do what I can as I can and hopefully once I am well I will feel up to getting more of the things done.

I know a lot of people wait until New Year's area to take down their Christmas stuff - but I just really like taking it down and working on getting the house back in order sooner than that. That way when the New Year gets here we can focus more on the New Year. Our house is not very big so we have to move things around to make room for the Christmas stuff- and actually this year our Christmas stuff was out and up for the shortest amount of time. Usually we try to get the stuff put up the day after Thanksgiving but we did not get that done this year. It feels really good to have that stuff taken care of - we still need to get the stuff up in the attic but I can't lift anything over 10 pounds so I am useless when it comes to helping my husband get the stuff up there - so we will wait till one of our sons comes by and has time to help. But at least the stuff is mostly packed up(washing the Christmas table cloth this morning) and out in the garage.

Well there you have it - a lot of this and that. Anyway this at least catches you up on what is going on around here. I hope you all are doing well. :)

Traditions

So this year we started a new tradition. This "The Christmas Story" was given to our oldest son by his great-grandmother- Granny Lollypop for Christmas years ago. And this year we decided to read it and let SweetPea play with this nativity set before we opened presents.

 

I think that it makes it extra special that there is a special history behind this book.

 

Traditions help make the holidays even more special.

 

This year because of finances we were not able to follow through on all of our traditions- like the tradition of us buying each of our kids their own Christmas ornaments. This is a great tradition - because when they move out- they have ornaments to hang on their own tree.

Another new tradition for this year was to have Mexican for lunch. I had made up a pan of cheese enchilada and a pan of chicken enchilada the day or two before - and so today we just have to bake them up and make up a few sides. We also used the left over corn tortillas - and my husband made up tortilla chips with them and we had a great thing of guacamole for that. It made for a fairly easy get together - without a lot of fuss.

Anyway we are hoping that next year we can think of even more traditions.

 

I am curious - what are some of your Christmas traditions- that make it extra special for your family?

Merry Christmas to you all - I hope you have all had a wonderful day.
And that you have remembered the reason for the season.
Without the birth of our Lord and Saviour- We would not have the hope that we have.

    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16



Checking In

Just taking a minute to check in and say Hello and Good Morning. More than likely I will not have much time this week to write very many posts. I will be taking care of my Granddaughter this week - and then all sorts of stuff added to that.

I have also been dealing a bit with discouragement- Just in the last couple of weeks I have been through so much and my body is working hard to repair itself. I have a little bit of lingering congestion hanging on - which is not helping. I am so ready to have a chance to just let my body heal and repair itself without all sorts of stress.

I would really appreciate it if you all would leave comments of how you deal with discouragement. What helps you the most? Thanks so much.

God's Grace--- Amazing Grace

Since I have so many things to do today- I thought I would leave you all with a great video of a wonderful song that goes right along with what I have been talking about today. Amazing Grace!
That is what God gives us - Amazing Grace. I hope you all enjoy this! :O)

It's ALL done.....

Ok - I am very, VERY happy to report that all the poking, probing, blood sucking, and cutting on me is totally finished for the year!!

It was an adventure - just trying to get to my appointment this morning. The way that I had planned to take had a major road shut down- so that was detour number 1.

So I have to drive through town instead of the around town route that is much quicker. Ok - that will work.... well nope- because a semi broke down and so the lane got closed down and by the time I got there - there was a big back up(probably more people like me that were having to drive through town instead of the faster route around town). Anyway so I had to take another detour. I was about 5 minutes late. Not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Anyway the appointment went pretty good. After it was done- the lady left the room. As I sat there with a bandage on my newly removed mole area- blood started coming out of the sides of the bandaid in several areas. When the lady came back she had to take the bandaid off and clean it up and get the bleeding to stop. Then re bandaged the area. I asked for some of the round bandaids to take home - just in case. Thankfully there has been no more bleeding. The lidocaine is wearing off and it is a little sore.

I am so happy to have that done and over with. It marks the end of appointment for this year! YAY!! I am SO happy about that. Now to relax and maybe enjoy a Christmas movie before I get some of my chores done. Hope you all are having a good day! :o)