She's Goin' Private People

Hey there guys! We're still on vacation, which is going great and I'll do a big post with pics next week, but I need to ask for a favor from some of my readers...

For any of you that regularly read Inkling's blog, but haven't got her announcement yet that she's going private, I'm giving you the announcement here. If you read her regularly and want to continue to do so, then email her at saraorange1974 (at) yahoo (dot) com. As of Monday evening she will no longer be available thru the link on my sidebar unless you have contacted her for an invite to continue reading her blog. She doesn't want to lose any of her readers, but because of circumstances she must go private, at least for awhile. So, send her an email if you want to keep reading.

Happy Easter

Yuck!!

Smart Guy went muddin' today. Check out my van. Actually he dropped the dog off at our usual kennel this morning because we're leaving for vacation after church tomorrow, and when he was pulling out of the parking area he sank into the mud about six inches. A tow truck had to be called to get him out. Needless to the say, the owner of the kennel paid the tow bill and is taking the cleaning cost off of Bowzers bill!!

Bee Jumpin' Off The Diving Board

Miss Bee has really become quite the little swimmer these days. I think she may even drop gymnastics and keep going with only swimming. She's become very brave on the diving board during the last couple weeks! I shot this video at the end of swim class one day last week. This was just one of about 15 jumps fromt the board, and each one of them had the exact same form. She jumps somewhat to the left and kicks her feet up to her butt! It's quite cute!!

We Believe In God

by Amy Grant
I love this song. It's another one of those old songs that still means alot today. Listen to the words. This is not the best recording, but the only one I could find.


We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
'Cause life is hard
And it might not get easier
But don't be afraid
To know who you are
Don't be afraid to show it
If you believe in God
If you say you need Jesus
He'll be where you are
And he never will leave you
Sing to me now words that are true
So all in this place can know it...
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
Sing to me now words that are true
So all in this place can know it...
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus

It's All About Perspective People

...Reality Check

You all know how I've been growling about the cold and nasty weather that just doesn't seem to wanna give up don't ya? Yah, though so. Well, yesterday I stopped by the church to drop Bee off with her daddy while I ran out for Easter basket stuff. Just as I got there, one of the older women's bible study groups was letting out. As I walked (blew) in the door, one the ladies was standing there bundling herself up for her walk home in the cold wind and snowy ground. I said, "I'm so tired of this nasty stuff. I'm ready for spring." Her response shocked me, "I'm not. Spring means that it's time for my son to go to the middle east. He leaves at the end of March."

All the sudden I felt very petty. This woman has no car. She walks everywhere she needs to go, in the cold, and all she cares about is her son going away. My heart sunk for her. I'd put up with the cold forever if it only meant that no more of our soldiers had to go over there and that the ones who are there could just come home to their families.

This has to stop. Bring them home.

I took this shot of the pile of snow in our church parking lot this afternoon to show you how big the plowed pile of snow still is after our big snow 11 days ago. This is even after many days in the 40's, at least one in the 50's, and lots of rain.
Thankfully the only piles left in town are the ones in parking lots from all the plowing done. Everywhere else there was beautiful grass and in some spots (my front yard) little green sprouts popping out of the ground!



So, can anyone tell me what's wrong with these pictures?



They were taken just a few hours ago. Yep, more snow. The grass is once again not visible at this hour. Snow, snow go away! We don't want you anyway! So, after raining for the last 48 hours and flooding everything in sight, it then began snowing big flakes. While these flakes would have been considered amazing and would have caused quite a stir amongst the kids in December, even they have grown tired of them. All they see now is their summer vacation days getting marked off the calendar. Ugh! Enough already!!