Honey do's.....

Last week, dh decided to redo the guest bathroom (also known as ds's bathroom). He did this 4 days before I had a huge Christmas Open House.

This was where the vanity went - it was old and scratched up. We had planned to replace it, but............

DS helping tear out the floor.

DH laying the new tiles - they snuck

off to Home Depot and bought the little tiles to inset among the larger ones - it looks so great!!!Here's the finished product. We painted over the gray/blue with a light brown and it looks so nice. A shiny new commode - that won't run and flushes the first time is a welcome addition.The vanity we were going to trash - turned out pretty nice.

The Christmas Open House was a success. Three ladies came displaying their wares. Connie, my sister - brought her barnwood frames, prayer boxes, fishing fly boxes, lasered rocks, etc. Gayla - makes jewelry and sells Gold Canyon Candles, Sidney brought At Home America! We had appetizers, cookies, and beverages. About 35+ showed up and I think all 3 did very well. We are thinking of making it a yearly show.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and Glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Revelations 7:12

PS. Mom had a great praise today - she went to the neurosurgeon who couldn't find anything wrong with her! Praise! She was confused and discouraged but after we talked she realized the Lord has healed her!

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a likin' to ya'!
Countrygirl

7 Years

Yep, it's that day again. Not the date, that will be Tuesday - but the day. It's been 7 years - seems like yesterday and seems like an eternity!

Seven years ago, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, my sweet Joshy left this Earth bound for Heaven! A car wreck took his life, and took a big chunk of my heart! Seven years of grieving, tears, emptiness, laughter and joy in memories!

We had to learn how to live again, how to go on. My sweet, sweet DH made me go to Walmart in the weeks that followed - I almost couldn't do it! God gave us the grace that surpasses all understanding, He gave us a peace that only could come from Him and the Holy Spirit, He gave us the wonderful hope and promise of being together again.

Today in church, during praise and worship, I was holding a 6 month old baby boy. His parents are disfunctional and struggling, not always making the best choices for him. So we were singing - he and I - with eyes closed - when I saw Joshy, smiling thru the clouds, and he said, "l love you, Momma!"

Don't take anything for granted, don't let the sun set on an argument, don't sweat the small stuff, tell people that you love them. We are not promised the next breathe, or minute, or hour, or year - only the moment we are in right now!

Happy Thanksgiving and may God bless you all!

In His name,
Countrygirl

He hears.........and answers prayers!

Thanks ya'll so much for the prayers! Mom got to go home today, she did have a stroke and they can't seem to get her blood pressure under control - she's on aspirin plus blood thinner in hopes of getting it down. But she's home and feeling better.

Her doctor wants her body and brain to 'get back to normal' before he does the surgery - so he's thinking about 2 weeks. She was doing very well - as was Dad. Both are tired and really watching her blood pressure.

She has a great doctor and nurse practioner who saw immediately that she'd had a stroke - God bless them both, they put her right into the ER. Her doctors are in Sun Valley, ID so they are top notch. Her face is drooping on one side a little and her right side is very weak but working.

We made it safely there and home.

Some people don't like to ask for prayer - I used to be that way - but the sweet Savior showed me that I need to pray for others and not be ashamed to ask for pray for others as well as myself. Thank you Lord for these wonderful prayer warriors!!!

In His name,
Countrygirl

Prayers warriors wanted!!

Hey ya'll. My sweet mom has had a stroke today. She is in the hospital, had an MRI today showing that her main artery is clogged. Tomorrow they do an echocardiogram, and hopefully schedule her surgery for the 'roto rooter' soon.

While at that marriage conference we were asked to sum up in one word our mothers. All around people were shouting out " demanding, gone, controling, alcoholic, drug addict, angry" etc. etc. And the only word that came to my mind was "loving" so I shouted it out. In everything she ever did - she did it for love! Everything! We may not have agreed on all of it - but it was all done in love.

So......please lift up Annie Lou in prayer, and my dad, Jim. We are headed there early in the morning to be with Dad, so please pray for us as well. Thanks ya'll so very much!!

Love,
Countrygirl

Promise Remains Tour

Saturday night we went to Twin Falls, ID with a large group from church to the Promise Remains Tour. It was excellent! Kimber Rising, a new band from Tennessee - 3 girl singers and two guys on instruments were very good. Building 429 - awesome! Hearing in person their new song, "Always" - gave me goose bumps. Todd Agnew, who seems like he carries a heavy burden to let everyone know about Jesus, had more joy than I've ever seen him have. Touching, touching message! What a great night, we really enjoyed ourselves and many people gave their lives to Christ!!! Woot woot!!!

DS went scouting for his elk. They had some adventures!!! (to say the least). He got to meet up with an old friend, meet some new folks and tour a beautiful ranch. His truck slid off the road while going down the mountain. The jack broke, it ruined a tire, but God's hand was on them. DS has a winch on his front bumper - they hooked it up to a "little, scrub tree that didn't look like it could hold us" and pulled themselves up and out. Whew! Thank you Lord.

Hope ya'll had a great weekend. Welcome November!

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a likin' to ya'.

Countrygirl

It's snowing again............

Yep we were in the 60's on Monday and didn't get out of the 30's on Tuesday. We woke to a good 2 inches of snow. It snowed off and on all day but didn't amount to anything.

So many things I didn't get done yet - clean out the blackberries and raspberries, till the garden GOOD one last time. Get all the leaves out of the raised beds. Finish staining the decks, and the rest of the house. Oh well, if it turns off warm - it just has to be 50 to stain them. We are supposed to be cold all week.

DS is excited because it should bring the elk down so he can find 'his' bull. We have Friday off for Nevada Day and he is planning to stay out there. He may freeze his hiney off!!

DH and I are headed to a Todd Agnew, Builling 429, and Kimber Rising concert on Saturday with the youth group. So far we have 28 going! Should be a great blessing! Three hour road trip each way!

My camera isn't working - can't download pictures all the time. I have started looking at Canon Rebel and others. I read LeAnna's blog about what she got recently - any other hints, suggestions, or warnings? Please give me your opinion!

Have a blessed day - you are a creation of the Lord God Almighty!

Until we meet again, may the Good Lord take a likin' to ya'!
Countrygirl

Weekend to Remember

We went to Park City, UT for a marriage conference. It was wonderful! If ya'll get a chance to go to one of the "Weekend to Remember" - go! We didn't know what to expect but came away having had a perfect time.

One of their recommendations was a "date night"! We really didn't plan to splurge - but we did! We went to a fancy restaurant in the old part of town, where you ordered each item separately - like the steak came with only the steak! If you wanted a baked potato - it was $14, steamed asparagus - $14, a glass of wine started at $33 - and went up (just a glass mind you). It's rated as one of the top 10 restaurants in the US (not sure who's rating them or what list they're on). It lived up to it's reputation! A guy was playing piano and singing - the ski lifts were lit up with white lights - everywhere. Very romantic.

The speakers were so good - they kept you laughing, then crying - constantly learning. We were refreshed and drained!

At the very end of it - they had us repeat wedding vows. I couldn't even get the words out. The words meant so much more than they did on our wedding day, it was very emotional. Not only me, I look around and see lots of tears. God blessed us so deeply.

(DH is growing a beard for elk hunting - not sure he'll be able to keep it, it's driving him nuts. We were very tired, ready to get home to DS and the animals.)

Mustangs

Here he is in all his majesty. He sure didn't let us get too close.

The two flaxen mane mares were very pretty, the lead mare was a sorrel who took off. Another younger sorrel stayed right in the middle as did a little bay.

We saw another band of 11 but couldn't get close enough for pictures. God's creation is beautiful.

Now, to bed - I'm sore.

Praise!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Kevin, who's a terrific young man,(some of ya'll have been praying for him) had cancer - his 3rd time around. Well.............today, praise you Lord of Lords, he was told not to come back for chemo - his 4th scan was clear!!! He was to go until April! But our Healer doesn't go by graphs or charts! His ways are mysterious! Praise you sweet Jesus for this wonderful, wonderful news!