Bonding with Colton...

My friend's son is staying with me today so we went on a walk and here is some of what we saw...


Then he gasped and shouted in his two year old voice "a flower, dodie! Take a pitcher!" ( I tried to spell it like he sounded:


And the sun was crying out for some attention, so we gave it some:


and there is nothing like a country mailbox:


and a basketball goal for the road...


What a fun walk! Looks like taking the camera with us was a good idea!

Stella and Dot

I am so excited!!!

I just became a stylist for Stella and Dot jewelry.

You can check out my website at www.stelladot.com/jodie

It is such cute stuff and I am so excited to turn my old outfits into fresh new ones with just a few accessories...

If you still need a few last minute deals go to my website...you have until Thursday to shop and they even gift wrap...just use your credit card so they can ship it to you fast.

I can't wait to tell you the story of how I decided to do this, but alas, it is way past my bedtime so I must retire...take a look at the S and D website and then I will be back later to give you my story.

Good night all...

Tiger

I don't care about Tiger's story anymore!

Sweet Find

I was thumbing through my photos on the computer and I found a folder with Darbie's name as the title.

I looked through the photos and found the following photo saved:

The reason I call this a "sweet find" is because this is the code we use with each other to say I love you. As a mom, finding this on the computer and the fact that your daughter saved it, well that's a sweet find!

Christmas Journey and Gloria

Well this weekend was a shot of Christmas Joy!!!

Friday night was the Christmas Journey. We traveled on a hayride through scenes of Jesus' life starting with the angel coming to Mary to the stone rolling away and all the celebration that took place after Jesus rose.

It makes me think of the ole hymn we sang in church "Up from the grave He arose"...

Then Saturday it was Christmas shopping and lunch with the fam...

Sunday we topped off the weekend with the choir concert "Gloria"

Talk about in the spirit of Christmas...I know it is so simple to say, but...

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!

Short Story

This will be a short post as it is way too late to be awake.

Why have I been drawn back to my blog...to post things that I am not even sure anyone is reading?

There is something healing about writing, even if there is nothing to write about.

We had a benchmark writing assessment in class today and I realized that I think you write more in school than any other time in your life.

That was until I thought about the countless journals I have stacked up in my closet, under my bed, on the bookshelf etc. I have always been a verbal processor, it just might be that the verbal is actually written.

Try it, you may just like it.

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Overwhelmed at Christmas

I am overwhelmed at this time.

Oh sure there is the normal stress of Christmas time such as putting up the lights, decorating the Christmas tree, shopping for everyone on the list, trips to the post office and so on, but that's not what overwhelms me this Christmas.

This Christmas, I am overwhelmed with joy.

"Joyful, Joyful, Lord, We Adore Thee" continues to play as if stuck repeating on the mp3 player in my head.

The spirit fills me as I write this blog.

I love Christmas. What can I say?

It's the day my best friend's birthday is celebrated. It's the day we celebrate the birth of my savior, your savior. It's the day a wretch like me received sight.

The lights on houses in my neighborhood shine and a smile appears across my face. It's my year to decorate the tree so PINK ornaments adorn the branches of the tree bringing me happiness. Songs of jingling bells and baby Jesus play on the radio and make my spirit soar.

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is more than just a song in my house!

I feel like I should put on the dresses from "White Christmas" and go twirling around singing about snow and other such wonderful things of this season. I guess in my head that IS what I am doing.

It took me awhile to get started on my Christmas joy this year for some reason, but now that it's here, there is no stopping me.

I feel like I want to climb in Santa's sleigh and scream out "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night"!!!