The "Twin Towers"

Not those Twin Towers, "our" Twin Towers!

Do "you" have a church? "We" have a church! --Is it weird how we all take possession of "our" churches? We say things to our friends like, "hey, you should come to "my" church?" Or, "My" church is in Spokane." --You get it!

Well, "I" have a church! And, at "my" church, we sing old hymns. Leading us in those old hymns are 3 very dear ladies...2 of which are a mere 80 years young, or so. These 2 wonderful women are our equivalent of today's church bands! Stop laughing, I'm serious! One plays the organ and the other plays the piano. Also, both of these young ladies stand only about 4'6" tall, if, so my hubby refers to them lovingly as "our Twin Towers", aka "the band"! The 3rd is a young lady, and she leads us in singing...if that's what you can call the noise that the rest of us make! Some times, more often than not, the "Twin Towers" band loose their place! Sometimes just one or the other, often both at the same time! The song leader is very professional and is usually pretty good about keeping her composure...unless, she and my hubby meet eyes! You see, my hubby finds it rather comical that our little church of 20 or less sing so totally out of sync. He has actually shed tears from quietly laughing so hard!

The last few Sundays we have had a guest minister and his family sit in the pews with us during the first part of the church service. This last Sunday, it seemed extremely hard for our "Twin Towers" to get the timing, the key or the page number together! I, like most of the other parishioners, try to ignore the bumblings and play along...but not my hubby! He can't take it, it's like someone is tickling the bottom of his feet!! And then, the guest minister, who is sitting directly in front of my hubby, turns to look at my hubby...ok, that's all she wrote! The lead singing lady now looses it also, as do the other 5 people sitting in front of me and then my 17 year old brother in law sitting next to me...me, I'm silently saying a prayer that we can all recover and get this song done! And we do!

GOD bless our "Twin Towers"...as the one tiny little lady steps off the stage and goes to the other tiny little lady sitting at the piano, pats her on the back and hugs her as though they, together, just won the Super Bowl!

There will never be another church like "my" church!

The Chase!

I originally posted this in November, 2007. Seems mornings never change. Things are still the same...except...a few of the critters has changed. "Issac" the sheep found a new home with a vet assistant, "Snoop Dog" and "Little Kim" the 2 black "quiet" ducks found a new home with a family that deals with just fowls...that is a strange word! We have a bunch of new chickens, of unintended sorts...that is another post in it's self! And, of course, we now have "Noodle" the poodle! Anyway...let me tell you how my day starts!

Mornings! I drag myself out of bed…down the stairs…all I want to do is throw myself on the chair and sip coffee…but noooo! I have animals! The “mouse” (Mickey the wiener dog) is scratching at his bedroom door to go out. I open his door and he does about 20 3-foot verticals while waiting for me to get my shoes and coat on--now Noodle joins in...she can get some air! I take a deep breath and giggle out loud as I open the door. I take off running and scream as I look behind me…pretending to be in a horror movie. I am being chased by 24 chickens 2 ducks 4 dogs and 3 cats, at the same time the horses are running, bucking, snorting and farting in the pasture. Sometimes I intentionally fall on the ground…they all stop…stare at me, except those who pounce on me…I get up, start running again and they all chase me! I feed them, they forget I exist. I go back inside to drink my coffee. Now I’m awake!

Oh, I've gotta get this on film!

Yeah, I got followers!!

Hey, I just got my first 2 followers...course I may have had one for awhile and just didn't pay attention--sorry bd, I do that! How do I become a follower...better yet, how do I get one of them cute little logos?! Help!!! I suck at this!

Does anyone remember a slumber party at Pj's? Monkey's "I'm a Believer" was topping the charts? Oh, memory lane! It is no doubt a good thing we all got separated at a very young age. I'll bet we would have gotten in a whole heap of trouble as a group! Actually, looks as though we may have gotten ourselves in enough trouble without the help of each other!

For those of you reading that are at a loss as to this post's content, well, a few of us that got separated as very young teens, by whatever decisions our parents made -- like moving us to another city...or state...have now reunited, some 40 years later (almost)! Wow, it always amazes me, what GOD has in mind for our lives! I'm excited to see where we go from here!

Well Good Golly Miss Molly!

Doo-dee-doo-dee Doo-dee-doo-dee...from somewhere in the twilight zone, there comes a message from years ago...lost in the creases of time...someone you used to know, very well as a matter of fact...Probably at one slumber party or another you may have even made a pact to never ever loose touch...but somehow in the passages of time--you do! So some 30, almost 40 years later, you get an e-mail from yet another old friend about the other lost friend...is this getting a little weird? Yeah, thought so!!

Anyway, Pix is back...and she remembers Gidget...or maybe she just remembers Karl! Well darn, what a high this is! This may or may not be a dream...I'll go to sleep, pinch myself in the morning and check in again to see if this is real!

Sweet dreams:)

our horse, of course! Founder or Laminitis or both or none?

A few posts back I had mentioned our horse-es with ouchy feet. I then mentioned it again in my New Year's post, well, how bout' an update? Dali was actually loping around the pasture yesterday! And a little buck here and there, whoo-hoo! Bombay, on the other hand, not so good. My hubby who studies--digest it--and studies some more, has been studying...hours of studying! You may think I just mean a few hours of searching out information, reading and asking questions. NO, I mean hours, and hours, everyday, morning--noon--night! Talking to Veterinarians, Farriers, reading books, magazines and printouts, online...sometimes 8 pages up at one time!

Maybe I should mention that my hubby does this with everything, be it the Bible, politics, his gunsmithing, reloading, shooting, farming, logging, construction, you name it...even his work, which is non of the above! He loves to try everything, and insist on knowing as much as possible about all he does.

So, back to the horses. Yesterday, out of desperation more than anything, he decided to re-trim Bombay's front feet and put boots on him. Then he put Bombay back on the pasture with Dali...hoping that Dali will move Bombay around a little for some much needed exercise. The less Bombay just stands around the less edema he will have. He has added some selenium and supplements to the horses diet and will keep them on grass hay for awhile...quite awhile as they both need to loose weight...lots of weight! Like 200 to 300 pounds--each!! Yeah, we love our horses to death! Or almost!

.(\__/). Founder or Laminitis or both or none?
.\\\///. We, he still doesn't know. We are just hoping to
..+....+.. save them both and make them ridable again!
...\.../... Well, thanks again for tuning into the follies!
...(oo)... I enjoy your company!
.....~ ..... Don't forget to say your prayers...
that means you son:) whom I love very much!
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A Quick Note!

My Uncle, Pastor Bill has a blog. If you have a minute, please check it out @ www.thesheltertree.com . He writes wonderful stories about life...as a boy...as a man...as a Pastor. You will enjoy the stories, be uplifted by the scripture and humbled by the prayers. Please take the time to enjoy this blog.

Thank you!

THE END...of 2009...Good-by!

Thursday night, December 31st, 2009 - 10:45pm. Just an hour plus till 2010. 40 years ago...who da thunk?! Even 30 or 20 or 10 years ago...does time go by this fast or is it my silly little imagination?! Regardless...here we are, 2010!

The hubby took me to a fancy dinner @ Twigs...pomegranate martini's, flat-iron-steak, and deep fried drunken donuts for desert! Oh my goodness, now that's a romantic dinner! Then we came home for a quiet night alone...plus, the roads were bad and we aren't the goofy kids we once were...so home safe is a good thing! We will try to make it till the New Year's kiss, but no guarantees! And that's ok too!

So, how's your year been? Mine, you ask?! Well, now that you ask...let's see...
The hubby...I love that man who loves his wife!...I love my life!! He is great!
The grandson is about 5'6" with a bass voice! Goodness, he's grown...yet still so sweet!
The son is so in love and has had his best year in life ever!
The daughter-in-law "Dr.J" is a wonderful addition to the follies! She is a joy!
The families...all doing well and we have added a new nephew to the bunch!
The critters...a ton of fun, a laugh a minute, pleasure beyond belief...except for the horses:( Bombay is still ouchy, lame and all around not doing so hot. Dali isn't to awful far behind him...founder...both at the same time...go figure! We have been fighting this for a month! But that is a post for another day!

For tonight, I guess I'd like to leave you with a light heart and a feeling of hope for the future! GOD will watch over us all in 2010, HE will see that we have all that we need. If we trust HIM, HE will never let us down. I pray for all of you, may blessings shower down on you in the New Year! Thank you all who tune in to the "follies", GOD Bless and Happy New Year!!