Long time

Wow it has been a long time since I posted on here. I guess I am not much of a blogger, but maybe I will have to start again. I have a new blog called Diet Definition that I hope to use to express my diet frustrations on....but not sure what will happen with that....I find Facebook a much easier format to share things on. This just seem like an extra thing to keep track of.

What is going on now.....

Wow the last few weeks...Whew... I am glad that they are over...We had wonderful 40 degree weather but now it has gotten colder and we have about 3-4 inches of new snow on the ground.

I have talked to a few people online in the last few weeks about religion and that has disappointed me but that is how it goes. And Ericka, she has been disappointed by people too and I could tell because she gets testy with normal every day things when she has had a disagreement with someone so I have been praying for her. We both need to realize that the devil doesn't want us to share our faith, he wants us to keep it to ourselves or lose it all together. We must not do this. We must remember that the devil has blinded people to the truth of the Bible and most don't want their world to be completely rocked by what the Bible actually says. And changing is one of the hardest things to do. Most people are uncomfortable with change, even if it means they will be doing the right thing by changing. It is sad but true. So all we have to do is plant the seed and let it grow on it's own with the Holy Spirit. And also most people like the ones we were discussing with last get defensive when you show them things in the Bible that are true and they have no answer to give in return... So you have to let it go. Human nature doesn't like that....

I have been working at the school off and on over this last month and so that has been keeping me somewhat busy. It is good for the pocketbook but is exhausting emotionally and physically.

I have also been working on a Block of the Month that I was a part of and I love it. Now I don't want to make just a wall hanging or lap Quilt I would love to make it much bigger... But I don't think I have enough of the same color fabric that my set includes. But it is really cute. It is called Blizzard Bunch... and it is snowmen... My favorite.

Well that is all right now. Maybe I will have time this week to write more...

Today I worked at Silent Prints Gifts and Gallery in Cook, Minnesota and spent my whole day pretty much working on my Snowman Quilt. It is going to be really cute when it is done. I have all the major blocks done, now I am working on the connector blocks. I am not sure if I would ever do this one again but it is fun to keep me busy.

I will try to write more this Sabbath, when I have more time. I have to work in the morning so I am going to go to bed. God Bless.

Lights Out in Gheen

Well we had an interesting night last night. All evening it was getting windier and windier. At about 8 pm, the electricity just popped off. I did what I was supposed to and called Lake Country Power and told them we were out of electricity and then we went to bed. Well at 5:30 am Lucky and I woke up and we were getting cold. So we got up to make some cookies so we could warm up the house. At 6 or so the power came back on and we got to warm up again. I am not sure what took them so long to come and find out what the problem was but we saw them driving around town looking and within minutes of that the electricity came back on. It would have been nice if they had come last night. Maybe I could have slept in this morning. Anyway I am looking forward to our Ladies Day out today. A bunch of ladies and I are going to Hibbing for lunch and then a movie, "New In Town". It is snowing now so I hope the roads are good. But I am determined to go. It will be fun.

January last

It is the Holy Sabbath of the Lord today and I am really glad for Sabbath Rest. We will be meeting at Ericka's this afternoon for church and Sabbath School.

I am watching Sacremento Central SDA's Sabbath school on 3ABN right now and they are saying that this year is the Year of Evangelism throughout the North American continent, for Seventh-day Adventists. This should be a given in our church but some don't remember what our goals should be so they need to be reminded. I know that most of our churches think that they are just there to meet once a week and nothing else, but in order to evangelize we must leave our homes and open our hearts to those around us.

Well here it is the last day of January, and I am really glad. This has to have been the coldest January I can remember. There were only a few days that were warm enough to be outside and the rest were below zero. I know that February can be a cold month too but I am hoping that this year we get some nice temps. Today it is actually nice outside. Well warmer. The sun is not shining but that it probably why it is warmer. We are supposed to be getting some snow, but I hope it is not much.

Have a Happy Sabbath everyone....

Okay so I haven't been on much lately. I have been tired at night so haven't been up long into the night. I worked the last week and a half at the school in Cook and it was fulfilling and eye opening. Just let me tell you this. They couldn't possibly PAY a teacher enough to do what they do every single day all day long. Who cares if they get the summer off. They need it to come back in the fall. I would just like every parent to try and teach a classroom full of students for a couple of days. They would change their tune really quick about complaining about teachers. And ours are doing it without a contract right now... How is that fair?

Alright enough. I am going into town today to Watch Brody while Ericka gets her hair cut. I should go to Virginia to get some new undies and socks but I hate shopping so I will probably put it off till next week when it warms up. I really can't wait to go into Silent Prints tomorrow and do some painting or sewing... I need to be creative I guess.

We have survived and are surviving below zero temps again and they say next week it is supposed to warm up to in the 20's but I will believe it when I see it. This cold is really hurting my hand and nails. Guess I should be adding more Vitamin E to my diet. I have been doing a lot better about drinking more water and have stopped the Diet Coke again. That stuff just hurts my knees and other joints and makes my hair dry and when I don't have it every single day I have terrible headaches.... So maybe my body will work better now.

That is all for now. I will try to keep up in the future...
God Bless everyone.

I worked today and have to work the rest of the week at the Cook School as an aide. It is a good job that I normally have only on Friday, the the regular has an injury so she will be out healing for this week at least. So now I am tired and am going to go to bed. God Bless All.

Yesterday Afternoon, I doubled up on my pants and Adam and I went for a snowshoe walk. He had to break trail because my legs were not long enough to reach the top of the snow. It was fun. Here are some photos I took during the walk

I did try to break trail at one point but got so bogged down that I lost one of my snowshoes. So I let the long legged Adam do it. I was really winded by the time I got home and was wheezing and coughing. I must have something seriously wrong with my lungs so I guess I better go and see a doctor about it. I am getting pretty frustrated. How can I exercise to lose weight if I can't breath while I am doing it?

I woke up this morning to more beautiful snow. Lucky is out snow blowing right now which takes him quite a long time as he has to do both our place and his dads place. The Sun is out though so it makes it all beautiful. I should get out and get some photos but it looks and feels like it is very very cold out there. It is only supposed to get to around 0 degrees today. If I had a pair of snowpants I might have considered going out but I don't own a pair so I will just enjoy it from the house.

Okay so I think I have this blogging thing figured out. So now to say a few words.... Christmas was hard again this year... We attended the funeral of a really nice man on the anniversary of my dad's memorial 9 years ago and it brought back a lot of memories. Rick Appleby did a wonderful job.....of making me cry. And Pastor Dale was wonderful also. John Jirik was great about bringing out the fun sides of Greg that we will all miss. I hurt so bad for Greg's family, especially since Christmas will never be the same for them. They will have to work really hard to create some good memories for the grandchildren so that the joy will one day come back. It was a beautiful memorial and I left with a beautiful headache which always happens to me when I cry.

We did have a great Christmas dinner at Ericka and Jeff's and Christmas was a lot more fun with Brody being two this year. He totally learned the whole opening a gift thing. And had so much fun. I had gotten him some Thomas Trains and he played with those a lot. Liz and I had the same thought and she ended up buying the exact same DVD's that I bought for Ericka and Brody. I couldn't help but laugh. We spent Christmas day waiting for Liz and then we didn't get to see her as she was back home in Rapids being sick. It felt like our gathering was incomplete. I miss having her around so much. I just want my kids near me I guess. Anyway she got to come up the next day for a few hours so we got to visit a little.

New Years we were at Ericka's for a Lasagna dinner and it was really good. But I think the peppers in it were too much for my stomach and I ended up going home and going to bed before midnight. I had stomach problems all the next day. I guess rich food is not good for me. I will have to go simpler from now on.

Of course I am not making any resolutions this year because I just disappoint myself all the time. So I am just going to work on it one day at a time. We finally got health Club on our insurance so I will use that a lot. I bought a treadmill over the internet but it turned out to be a dud. I paid 100.00 for it and when I walk on it it blows the fuse after 45 seconds. The person I bought it from did not want it back or give me a refund so I have the behemoth in my house now until I figure out what to do with it. One persons junk has just become my junk....

It is snowing again today and I think we have gotten at least another 4-5 inches. So not much going to happen tomorrow. Today was the Sabbath but we couldn't go anywhere. I will write more about my art on a later date but you can view my art on my blog too.