It's almost time

I hope all of you are enjoying Christmas with your families and snuggled up somewhere warm. :) It is really not as cold as I thought Christmas Eve should be, but I can't complain about that!

Yesterday, our pastor's wife and I finished up our shopping at our local mall. We had the best time just chitchatting and having a girls day! I love love this woman and she has been so precious to me since we have joined that church. I am grateful for our friendship!

I am glad Christmas is almost here and will soon be over. It will be nice to get back to normal.

Thanks again for all of your sweet comments and bloggy lovin! I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful Christmas! :0)

Picture Post

So this will be mostly a picture post. I wanted everyone to know I was still alive over here. These are pictures from Taylor's cheerleading competition at the University of Alabama and of our church workers/leaders Christmas party.

I have been staying busy, which has helped me alot. We had the Christmas parade this past weekend and I have to say I am so happy with the way it turned out. I was not as into the Christmas spirit as the float coordinator should have been but with the help of wonderful people and lots of their hard work, it was a success. I have a couple of pics I will try to post later.

I have to finish up my Christmas shopping tomorrow. Our pastor's wife and I plan to get some done tomorrow and plan to have some "girl time". I am super excited! :)

Speaking of shopping, before I forget, I found a new grocery store this weekend. I am not sure if any of you have ever heard or have shopped at an ALDI grocery store before. We had heard about it from some people at church and I just had to go check it out. It is definitely a different shopping experience. You have to put a quarter into the buggy for it to unlock and let you take one and when you return the buggy after shopping, it spits your quarter back out. It is supposed to cut down on buggies being left in the parking lot AND there are not workers that bring the buggies in from the parking lot so it saves them that money as well. You also have to furnish your own grocery bags and BAG your own groceries. You unload your cart on the conveyor belt and the cashier rings them up and puts them in another buggy at the end of the register and after you pay, you take your bags (that you brought or you purchased from them for 5cents a bag) and you wheel over to a counter where you can bag your groceries at your own pace. It is a neat little place but it is not in my usual area, so we might just save it for special trips. I just wondered how many other folks had an ALDI in their area?

The girls with Big Al


Alabama cheerleaders! Roll Tide!!

Getting 1st place!
Our Church workers/leaders Christmas party

We have an amazing church family.

Mama said there'll be days like this...

Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this Mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this,
There'll be days like this my Mama said

yep, thats exactly how I feel this days! Mama never said there would be weeks like this though, GEEZ!

Things are really about the same as they were the last time I blogged, nothing better, nothing worse. Nothing worse is something to be thankful for this Thursday! :0)

I have missed you all extremely and I have tried to still keep up on your blogs since they put a smile on my face and I need all the help I can get these days. I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season and blessings are abounded in all of your lives. You all have made me laugh, cry and really realize that a bunch of girls can lean on each other even from states away and for each of you I am thankful and blessed.

I hope to resume blogging again when I can. Right now, nothing seems to be taking precedence over the gloom around here. It is all that consumes my mind from the moment I wake up until my head hits the pillow. It will pass though, I know it.

I love you all. :)

While I'm waiting

Isaiah 30:18
18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

I have played this song over and over this morning. There is a peace in the lyrics......

How many of us truly do these things while we are waiting on God to bring calm to our storm? Not many..not even me most of the time. The Devil may take a valuable thing from me, but what he will not get is MY soul. I will not give him the satisfaction of thinking he has broken me. I am not broken. He might think I am but he does not have that control over me. I don't know what my family's future holds but I do know that while I am waiting to find out, I will serve him and worship him with a passion like no other before.

While I'm waiting - John Waller


I’m waiting
I’m waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I’m waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painfu
lBut patiently, I will wait
I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience
While I’m waiting
I will serve You
While I’m waiting
I will worship
While I’m waiting
I will not faint
I’ll be running the race
Even while I wait
I’m waiting
I’m waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I’m waiting on You, Lord
Though it’s not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I’m waiting
I will worship while I’m waiting
I will serve You while I’m waiting
I will worship while I’m waiting
I will serve You while I’m waiting
I will worship while I’m waiting on You, Lord

I thought it was over

How do you pick up when your life crumbles before your very eyes? I will not go deeply into what happened on Thanksgiving day 2008 but it is something that I thought we were behind.:( I have to now be a fighter. I pray that I make good Godly decisions to get me out of my situation.I pray that the person that did this will see what there is at stake to lose to maybe prevent them from going down this road any longer. My choice now is, Do I go along or when is enough enough? I am waiting on that reveal.....