College Life

I now have two Nursing School Students!  R chose to cut her hair so that she wouldn't have to spend time putting it up every day. 

Then there is J who just got his driving permit...so my job description is no longer chauffeur... but passenger.

Rosemary Chritmas Tree

We received a gift for Christmas that we could plant in our yard.  We found just the place, and hope it grows...I love the smell of fresh Rosemary!

Pomegranate...

 ...a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.

 The above description of a pomegranate comes from dictionary.com.   My definition includes: hard to eat, but great tasting juice.Or lots of seed with very little juice.  I would not buy them, but opt for buying bottled juice once in awhile at the store.  But alas when they are free, and come from the trees on your own property...

 

 A labor of love ensues for those who like this fruit. I sometimes squeeze them through a lemon juicer to eliminate the seeds and save the precious little bit of juice. Others who don't mind just spitting the seeds out will pop them into the mouth. This morning I pulled them off the skin, and those that want to can eat it as is.  Tomorrow morning I will juice whatever is left.

Brrrr ~Its Cold~ Relatively Speaking

Taking the chill out of the air

First day we have used the fireplace this year.

The dog followed me around until I figured out what he wanted...for me to get his bed out of the garage! 

(Then he settled in for a long winters nap.)

The one bloom on our small cactus plant...almost a month after its name.

The wind chill factor was below freezing, though the temperature was above freezing. A few family members thought it was great.... *not me*! If there had only been snow....but drizzly rain... was yuck.

The Knots Prayer

Dear God:
Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all, Dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life
all of the 'am nots' that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought
that I am not good enough.

Amen.

~ Author Known to God

Story in picture

At 3p.m.

At 5p.m.

Measuring...16" !! Shortest ever remembered.

All in a Day

Babysitting my favorite kids

Making batches of waffles for freezer

Laundry--8 loads

Making bread

Add a 3 mile walk= a productive day.