Stinky Winky

Can I get an AMEN?

After having the past FIVE days off, it was so hard to get out of the bed this morning.
School is back in session, full swing.
Christmas parties, choir practices, completing all of my homemade Christmas gifts, baking, candy-making, shopping, holiday swap thingie, LOTS to do.
My prayer today is that even though we all are involved in many activities during this time of year, that we do not lose sight of the real reason for Christmas.
I get so aggravated when I see Happy Holidays instead of Merry CHRISTmas!  Maybe I'm old fashioned, but without CHRIST there would be no Christmas!

HILARIOUS....

Well---to us at least!
Big Daddy and myself went to a Chinese restaurant last weekend.  He spit his tea out,  after reading his fortune!
Hopefully you'll find it as funny as we did!
Have a great day!

Ugh......

I realize I haven't blogged in 14 days.  It's ok with me.
Right now I have a lot going on and I'm gearing up for the holidays and a trip to Tennessee soon.

Please set your DVR's tomorrow night for TLC (The Learning Channel) and watch our friends, Freddie and Kay Combs on a TV Show called, "Ton of Love".
Click HERE for more information.
If you look at the pictures included with the article, Freddie and Kay are in #2, #3, and #4.  I can't wait to see this show tomorrow night!  10PM Eastern Time....
To the right are some pictures from my college days with Freddie!
Freddie and I met way back in 1989 while we were freshmen at Mars Hill College.  We were both music majors and instantly became friends.  He is a male form of me and I'm a female form of him.  We're both bossy, demanding, musically inclined, hilarious (well---in our own minds at least), close to our grandparents, Southern and proud, Christians, love to eat, family oriented, and many other things.  One of our favorite things to do when we were in college was to call each other on the phone and just start laughing for no reason.  I'm talking about the kind of laughter that is borderline insanity and you're near peeing your pants, or you've already passed that point and couldn't care less! 
We talk daily on the phone, if possible and I think of him and his wife as our dear friends.  Please make sure you catch their show!  You'll be blessed and glad you did.
Also, I'm asking that y'all pray for my best friend Sharon's mother.  Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer awhile back and is not doing well at all right now.  Last week they drained a little over a liter of fluid from her lungs as she has pneumonia and was having difficulties breathing.  They took her back to the hospital yesterday morning and she is still there.  Please pray for Linda---for peace---for healing---for strength---to feel God's presence.  Please pray also for the medical staff tending to her, and for Linda's dear family.  I have grown up at her house.  Sharon and I were in kindergarten together and are very close.  You know how it is when your best friend's going through a hard time and you want to be right there with them.
Hope you all have a good afternoon!

Hey Y'all!
Well....the football game was a success!  Robbie had so much fun and his half sister was so excited to see him!  They haven't seen him since his birthday in February and so it was nice!
He took her flowers and we celebrated her last home football game as a member of the marching band at our high school!
Below is a picture of him and his sister, Mary.

Robbie and his birth mother, Deanna.  Isn't she beautiful?

I hope y'all have a great day!  I'm home with Robbie.  He threw up yesterday at school and had a fever this morning when we got up.  He's sleeping hard on the couch as I type this.
There's so much I want to type, but I need to stay near him!
Have a wonderful day!

Stepping out of my comfort zone---prayers requested

Hey Y'all!
I hope you're having a great Friday morning.  The weather this week has been just as creepy as the holiday that's in two days!  We had HOT days early in the week followed by crazy tornado watches and warnings.  About 30 minutes to the west of us suffered some pretty bad damage after some tornadoes actually touched down.  Please be in prayer for these families as some of them have lost everything.  I saw a picture of two Hispanic teenagers helping their grandmother dig and plunder through the wreckage where their home once stood--that huge framed picture of Jesus was just as meaningful to me as was the look on the grandmother's face. 
Now...on to something more happy!  Today Robbie's class all came to school dressed up for Halloween.  They'll be trick or treating around town today as many businesses do this for the daycare kids!  Here he is with some of his friends this morning:

Finally, I would like to ask y'all to keep us in your prayers tonight.  Robbie's half sister is a senior in high school and is a member of the marching band.  Tonight is a home football game and it's senior night for the band kids.  Her father isn't in the picture much and awhile back she sent me a message on Facebook wanting to know if he could escort her on the field tonight at half time. 
Robbie knows he's adopted and he knows he has a sister and he knows who his birth-mother is---but he's 4, so exactly what he understands--well---I'm not sure.  It's been awhile since we've spent any time with his birth-mother and half sister, but it always makes me very nervous.  I know she couldn't afford to keep Robbie and I know that she wanted us to have him, but I still get very uneasy when I'm with them.  Please pray that everything will be okay tonight.  I want Robbie to know who they are---I want them to be a part of his life---I want him to know his story and where he came from---I want him to never want to leave me and go with her---I guess I really just want Jesus to hold my hand tonight.
Thanks!

Big Junkin' Mama--another AWESOME blog!

Hey Y'all!

Hope you're having a wonderful Thursday! 
I just wanted to share with all of you that I have started another blog to do along with this one. 
Please hop on over to
What I Found at The Junk Store Today! 

It shows my daily junkin' loot from my favorite junk store in my hometown.
I also let you know what I spent!
If you see something that I bought that you just HAVE to HAVE---we might be able to strike up a deal, but I ain't promisin' anything!
Also, found a few new blogs that I think are so cool!  Try to check out:

Trashy Betty

She's giving away a free pair of earrings too so be sure to pay her a visit!

I found Sophie's blog about losing her Uncle Joe so moving, that I decided to read it to my 7th graders.  Several tears, including my own, were rolling on cheeks.

There are more, but I'm running out of time to get this posted!  Hope you have a great day!

This Past Weekend....

Hey Y'all!
This past Saturday was our annual Girls Day Out!  My mama, my sister, and myself paid homage to our favorite Christmas Craft Show.  It's called Christmas Made In The South.  You can click on that link if you're in the southeast and find dates and locations.  If you're anywhere near a location, I beg you to go!  You WON'T be disappointed.  They have these craft shows all over the southeast and we just LOVE going!
While we were there, I found a place that had all kinds of flavored hot cocoa mixes for sale.  They were a little pricey, but they are SOOO good!  I've already gone through a 13 oz bag almost. You can click HERE to go see all of the flavors of hot cocoa that The Perky Moose sells.  They have an online ordering system too in case you want to try them.  Man---it's good--real good!!

 Upon entering, they have the cutest little snow scenes and I took advantage of the opportunity to take Robbie's pictures:
Isn't he just adorable?!

If that ain't cute, I sure don't know what is!!
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Today, on my lunch break, I rode by a church that was having a yard sale...yep...on a Wednesday!
Not a LOT of stuff, but I did look underneath a bunch of nasty looking tablecloths and found a huge stack of doilies!  I also got an old teapot--can't remember the name right now but it's the old blue china painted stuff.  Wedgewood maybe?  Kindof like this...

I did notice a small crack in the lid, but it's not bad.  Here's some of the doilies!  Got all of this for $10.00.  Not a STEAL, but if I would have been in an antique shop, I'm sure I would have paid three times as much.  Plus---I don't know why I have such a love affair with old crocheted doilies....oops...yes I do!  I'll post that TOMORROW for you--it's another family history thing.
Anyway...here's some doily pictures:

Have a great day!