Sunday, December 31, 2006
With sadness I come to you tonight.... my step-sister from Wenatchee, Washington., passed away this morning. She was 3 days away from her 42nd birthday. She died of cancer. She will never see anything of the new year 2007. But she won't feel pain anymore. She hurt terribly.
Her dad, (my stepfather) died of cancer himself, October 12, 2002. He also, like me, was sick with MS. I hope she is together with her dad. Only Jesus knows where they both are. With a heavy heart, as I say goodbye to the year 2006, I also say goodbye to my sister.
* KELLIE ANISE VENABLE 1/3/65 - 12/31/06 *
Rest in peace. I will always love you. I won't forget you.
Remember Friends, Life is short. Love with all your might. You might never have another chance. When someone leaves, make sure they take with them, the love you gave them. Give them enough to last.* Well, Have a good and safe night. See you next year. -Missygirl
Her dad, (my stepfather) died of cancer himself, October 12, 2002. He also, like me, was sick with MS. I hope she is together with her dad. Only Jesus knows where they both are. With a heavy heart, as I say goodbye to the year 2006, I also say goodbye to my sister.
* KELLIE ANISE VENABLE 1/3/65 - 12/31/06 *
Rest in peace. I will always love you. I won't forget you.
Remember Friends, Life is short. Love with all your might. You might never have another chance. When someone leaves, make sure they take with them, the love you gave them. Give them enough to last.* Well, Have a good and safe night. See you next year. -Missygirl
# posted by Missygirl : 9:28 PM
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Hello Everyone! A beautiful day it is today! Yes, you must have heard...Snow fell in Colorado again. Two blizzards within one week! Jeepers! For this second round of snow, We were supposed to get 40". That didn't happen & I praise The Lord for that! Truth be told, we hadn't gotten totally out from underneath the last snowfall yet. Today looks great. Blue skies, birds chirping, the dripping sound of melting snow, these are so welcome. My husband has been out of town for the last week. I prayed a prayer of blessings over my neighbor this morning when I went outside and noticed that out of the goodness of his heart, he had shoveled the sidewalk in front of my house and around the mailbox, so that even the mailman wouldn't have a hard time there. Kindness is so wonderful, and I'm so thankful it was showed to me in the time of my need.
Well, I'm almost done reading a book that I (kind of) can recommend. Let me elaborate. The book is called: Between a Wok and a Hard Place -by Tamar Myers (it's a Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes) Generally what I do is, give it the first 100. This is a system I've invented where after I've read the first 100 pages, if I feel that it's really not doing a darn thing for me, I close the book up and move on. I was about right at 100, as a matter of fact, I believe I gave it a few more pages because I had ordered these books (actually 4 books by the same author) from e-bay and I don't like wasting my money. Who does?...So I think it was page 106, and I started really liking it. I have 50 pages left now, and it seems to just be getting better and more interesting with each turned page. I'm glad, because like I said, I have 3 more that I'd like to read, by that same author, Tamar Myers. The titles are: Thou Shalt Not Grill, Assault and Pepper, The Crepes of Wrath. Again, they are Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries with Recipes.
These books are about Amish/Mennonite families with mysterious situations in their lives and these books do have recipes.
I'd like to share this fact with you: Absence does make the heart grow fonder. It also does make you notice how many very good looking country music singers there are. Josh Turner, & Kenny Chesney are great examples of this. (I'll shut up now. I just miss my husband. I'm not used to him being away. I forgot to mention, he's visiting his mother.)
I have been busy this last week since he's been gone. I've been busy doing upkeep on myself. Actually, it's been fun. Shedding a few pounds, (If you don't have anyone to cook for, it does make it real easy.) I've been using this new kind of face care stuff. (I don't know how to describe it) You know, it has cleanser, moisturizers, eye cream, all that. Actually it's pretty good. (Or maybe just the fact that I'm washing my face all the time now, might have a little to do with it.) Also, I've been using Teeth Whitening strips. (I do like my coffee) Those are working good. One more thing I don't think I mentioned, I got my nose pierced. It does look good. I've done it before, but with the really strong M.S. medications I was taking, it didn't want to heal. I haven't been taking those meds in a long time and now I wanted to try again. It looks like it's healing fine. Why did I get that done, you ask? Hard to explain. I'm a good girl, you all know that. But, I've got a little piece of gypsy in me. A stubborn little bit that I can't get rid of. I've tried. Bad part is, I like it. It makes me different. My husband already knows how I am, he can't get the gypsy out of me either. Now that I think back, he's tried and failed too. Oh well, in the words of Popeye the sailor, "I am what I am." The part that's most important of all is that The Lord God loves me and shows me that love, He tells me to trust Him, and that He'll never leave me, nor forsake me. For me, He 's my all in all. My Savior, my deliverer, my best friend.*
In the end, there's nothing more important than your relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ.*
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I wanted to share this interesting and fun fact with you: Elmer Kline, a bakery manager in 1921, was given the job of naming the company's new loaf of bread. As he struggled to come up with something"catchy", he found his answer in an unlikely place. While visiting the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he stopped to watch the International Balloon Festival. Later he described the sight of the beautiful hot-air balloons launching into the Indiana sky as one of "awe and wonderment". The thought stuck, and he called the new product Wonder Bread. To this day, the packaging for Wonder Bread is brightened by colorful balloons.*
Have a Wonderful Day! * Remember, take time to be beautiful! Your friend, -Missygirl
Well, I'm almost done reading a book that I (kind of) can recommend. Let me elaborate. The book is called: Between a Wok and a Hard Place -by Tamar Myers (it's a Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes) Generally what I do is, give it the first 100. This is a system I've invented where after I've read the first 100 pages, if I feel that it's really not doing a darn thing for me, I close the book up and move on. I was about right at 100, as a matter of fact, I believe I gave it a few more pages because I had ordered these books (actually 4 books by the same author) from e-bay and I don't like wasting my money. Who does?...So I think it was page 106, and I started really liking it. I have 50 pages left now, and it seems to just be getting better and more interesting with each turned page. I'm glad, because like I said, I have 3 more that I'd like to read, by that same author, Tamar Myers. The titles are: Thou Shalt Not Grill, Assault and Pepper, The Crepes of Wrath. Again, they are Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries with Recipes.
These books are about Amish/Mennonite families with mysterious situations in their lives and these books do have recipes.
I'd like to share this fact with you: Absence does make the heart grow fonder. It also does make you notice how many very good looking country music singers there are. Josh Turner, & Kenny Chesney are great examples of this. (I'll shut up now. I just miss my husband. I'm not used to him being away. I forgot to mention, he's visiting his mother.)
I have been busy this last week since he's been gone. I've been busy doing upkeep on myself. Actually, it's been fun. Shedding a few pounds, (If you don't have anyone to cook for, it does make it real easy.) I've been using this new kind of face care stuff. (I don't know how to describe it) You know, it has cleanser, moisturizers, eye cream, all that. Actually it's pretty good. (Or maybe just the fact that I'm washing my face all the time now, might have a little to do with it.) Also, I've been using Teeth Whitening strips. (I do like my coffee) Those are working good. One more thing I don't think I mentioned, I got my nose pierced. It does look good. I've done it before, but with the really strong M.S. medications I was taking, it didn't want to heal. I haven't been taking those meds in a long time and now I wanted to try again. It looks like it's healing fine. Why did I get that done, you ask? Hard to explain. I'm a good girl, you all know that. But, I've got a little piece of gypsy in me. A stubborn little bit that I can't get rid of. I've tried. Bad part is, I like it. It makes me different. My husband already knows how I am, he can't get the gypsy out of me either. Now that I think back, he's tried and failed too. Oh well, in the words of Popeye the sailor, "I am what I am." The part that's most important of all is that The Lord God loves me and shows me that love, He tells me to trust Him, and that He'll never leave me, nor forsake me. For me, He 's my all in all. My Savior, my deliverer, my best friend.*
In the end, there's nothing more important than your relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ.*
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
I wanted to share this interesting and fun fact with you: Elmer Kline, a bakery manager in 1921, was given the job of naming the company's new loaf of bread. As he struggled to come up with something"catchy", he found his answer in an unlikely place. While visiting the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he stopped to watch the International Balloon Festival. Later he described the sight of the beautiful hot-air balloons launching into the Indiana sky as one of "awe and wonderment". The thought stuck, and he called the new product Wonder Bread. To this day, the packaging for Wonder Bread is brightened by colorful balloons.*
Have a Wonderful Day! * Remember, take time to be beautiful! Your friend, -Missygirl
# posted by Missygirl : 10:20 AM
Sunday, December 24, 2006
HELLO! CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO YOU MY FRIENDS!!
Now that we are in the midst of the thawing out and resuming life as we (used to) know it, I'd like to share this story with you today, it seems 100 percent fitting for Christmas eve:
(Before I begin, let me mention that there are -0- days left until Christmas day. This is it, a few more hours and we're there. I hope you enjoyed the ride! I sure did and I'm so glad you joined me! Let's carry on now with the story:)
During the Christmas season of 1879, a man who neither affirmed, nor denied the existance of God, (an agnostic), was in the city of Boston and noticed three little girls standing in front of a store window full of toys. One of them was blind. He heard the other two describing the toys to their friend. He had never considered how difficult it was to explain to someone without sight what something looks like. That incident became the basis for a news story.
Two weeks later the reporter attended a meeting held by Dwight L. Moody. His purpose was to catch the evangelist in an inconsistency. He was surprised when Moody used his account of the children to illustrate a truth. "Just as the blind girl couldn't visualize the toys," said Moody, " so an unsaved person can't see Christ in all His glory."
On that first Christmas, only a few people understood who He really was. Many heard the report of the shepherds and were amazed, but they didn't view the baby in the manger as the Son of God.
Today, multitudes are unaware of the true identity of Jesus because they are spiritually blind. If this describes you, ask God to open your eyes. Believe that the Lord of glory died for your sins. Then trust Him. Your eyes will be opened, and you'll recognize who He really is.
( Story by, Herb Vander Lugt)
Have a Beautiful Christmas Day! With Love, -Missygirl*
Now that we are in the midst of the thawing out and resuming life as we (used to) know it, I'd like to share this story with you today, it seems 100 percent fitting for Christmas eve:
(Before I begin, let me mention that there are -0- days left until Christmas day. This is it, a few more hours and we're there. I hope you enjoyed the ride! I sure did and I'm so glad you joined me! Let's carry on now with the story:)
During the Christmas season of 1879, a man who neither affirmed, nor denied the existance of God, (an agnostic), was in the city of Boston and noticed three little girls standing in front of a store window full of toys. One of them was blind. He heard the other two describing the toys to their friend. He had never considered how difficult it was to explain to someone without sight what something looks like. That incident became the basis for a news story.
Two weeks later the reporter attended a meeting held by Dwight L. Moody. His purpose was to catch the evangelist in an inconsistency. He was surprised when Moody used his account of the children to illustrate a truth. "Just as the blind girl couldn't visualize the toys," said Moody, " so an unsaved person can't see Christ in all His glory."
On that first Christmas, only a few people understood who He really was. Many heard the report of the shepherds and were amazed, but they didn't view the baby in the manger as the Son of God.
Today, multitudes are unaware of the true identity of Jesus because they are spiritually blind. If this describes you, ask God to open your eyes. Believe that the Lord of glory died for your sins. Then trust Him. Your eyes will be opened, and you'll recognize who He really is.
( Story by, Herb Vander Lugt)
Have a Beautiful Christmas Day! With Love, -Missygirl*
# posted by Missygirl : 10:29 AM
Friday, December 22, 2006
Hi Everyone! - Only 2 days left until Christmas! Wow! Did this come around quick or what?
I love Christmas, I really do, yet it's a very lonely time for me. My kids are grown & gone, with children of their own. I really miss them alot. I think no one can understand 'the empty nest' feeling until it happens to them. I know in my mind how much they love me (and their spouses love me too, I know) They would never want me to feel bad or lonely, ever, yet they would want me to understand that they are just living. Doing exactly what I taught them to do. That's what my mind knows. What my heart tries to tell me is, "those are your babies!" One day my mind and heart will Jive together. It takes time. (It's called growing up, I guess.) I think everyone could use a little bit of that at times. I also think everyone has different areas in their life that are hard for them. Well, enough of my bitterness! I really do apologize. Don't get me wrong, Christmas is wonderful and I really am enjoying it! I finally did get the shopping done, cards sent, holiday baking done. Okay, I have some cookie dough in the fridge that needs to be popped in the oven, but I'm working it! I think I've told you guys that I live in Denver, Colorado. If you've been watching the news, you've heard about our 'Blizzard of 2006'!
I have pictures of it for you. Now that I think about it, that totally makes sense now why I'm feeling a bit depressed: CABIN FEVER!!! I have not been out of the house since the day before, day before, yesterday. ( Since the evening of the 19th.) I'm not used to that. But when you see the pictures, you'll see that I couldn't even get out of my house! My husband was working the whole time doing snow plowing. His boss came for him on the 20th (Our 4x4 is getting repaired and if you didn't have four wheel drive, you couldn't go anywhere) and his boss told me I probably wouldn't see him again for about 30hrs. It was true . He called me periodically to check in and let me know he was fine. I'm glad. It was terrible out there! The airport (DIA) was closed with 4,700 people stranded inside! 2,000 canceled flights! The Governor declared Colorado a national emergency and called in the National Guard to help get stranded people off the highways. The Red Cross set up shelters for the people who couldn't get home. - Well, my husband finally came back home last night and did snow removal down our whole block. (The city had said that their trucks where in use clearing the highways, freeways, and main streets, they wouldn't be able to do the side streets for a couple of days still.) I think the neighbors are so glad for the snow removal in front of their houses because now they can move around, go to work, whatever they need to do, at least now they can get to the main road! My husband has such a good heart. He did the snow removal on our block after he had just came off of working all those hours straight. But He wasn't done at that point. He had to shovel snow for about a half hour just to reach our front door! Well, he slept about 6 hours and now he's back at work. Snow removal again! I do thank The Lord God for all the people running the snow plows and doing snow removal. I think they were all pushing themselves, going without sleep, and not being able to eat regularly or even use the restroom regularly. Thank You, Lord, Please bless each and every one.* I Want you to have a Wonderful day! From our house to yours- love and best wishes flow! Take care -Missygirl*
I love Christmas, I really do, yet it's a very lonely time for me. My kids are grown & gone, with children of their own. I really miss them alot. I think no one can understand 'the empty nest' feeling until it happens to them. I know in my mind how much they love me (and their spouses love me too, I know) They would never want me to feel bad or lonely, ever, yet they would want me to understand that they are just living. Doing exactly what I taught them to do. That's what my mind knows. What my heart tries to tell me is, "those are your babies!" One day my mind and heart will Jive together. It takes time. (It's called growing up, I guess.) I think everyone could use a little bit of that at times. I also think everyone has different areas in their life that are hard for them. Well, enough of my bitterness! I really do apologize. Don't get me wrong, Christmas is wonderful and I really am enjoying it! I finally did get the shopping done, cards sent, holiday baking done. Okay, I have some cookie dough in the fridge that needs to be popped in the oven, but I'm working it! I think I've told you guys that I live in Denver, Colorado. If you've been watching the news, you've heard about our 'Blizzard of 2006'!
I have pictures of it for you. Now that I think about it, that totally makes sense now why I'm feeling a bit depressed: CABIN FEVER!!! I have not been out of the house since the day before, day before, yesterday. ( Since the evening of the 19th.) I'm not used to that. But when you see the pictures, you'll see that I couldn't even get out of my house! My husband was working the whole time doing snow plowing. His boss came for him on the 20th (Our 4x4 is getting repaired and if you didn't have four wheel drive, you couldn't go anywhere) and his boss told me I probably wouldn't see him again for about 30hrs. It was true . He called me periodically to check in and let me know he was fine. I'm glad. It was terrible out there! The airport (DIA) was closed with 4,700 people stranded inside! 2,000 canceled flights! The Governor declared Colorado a national emergency and called in the National Guard to help get stranded people off the highways. The Red Cross set up shelters for the people who couldn't get home. - Well, my husband finally came back home last night and did snow removal down our whole block. (The city had said that their trucks where in use clearing the highways, freeways, and main streets, they wouldn't be able to do the side streets for a couple of days still.) I think the neighbors are so glad for the snow removal in front of their houses because now they can move around, go to work, whatever they need to do, at least now they can get to the main road! My husband has such a good heart. He did the snow removal on our block after he had just came off of working all those hours straight. But He wasn't done at that point. He had to shovel snow for about a half hour just to reach our front door! Well, he slept about 6 hours and now he's back at work. Snow removal again! I do thank The Lord God for all the people running the snow plows and doing snow removal. I think they were all pushing themselves, going without sleep, and not being able to eat regularly or even use the restroom regularly. Thank You, Lord, Please bless each and every one.* I Want you to have a Wonderful day! From our house to yours- love and best wishes flow! Take care -Missygirl*
# posted by Missygirl : 8:25 AM
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
FOR YOU HAVE A NEW LIFE. It was not passed on to you from your parents, for the life they gave you will fade away. This new one will last forever, for it comes from Christ,
God's ever-living message to men. (1 Peter 1:23 TLB)
Jesus, You are life to me. May you make a difference in my living everyday. AMEN*
*********17 Days until Christmas!********************************************
Have a great day -Missygirl
God's ever-living message to men. (1 Peter 1:23 TLB)
Jesus, You are life to me. May you make a difference in my living everyday. AMEN*
*********17 Days until Christmas!********************************************
Have a great day -Missygirl
# posted by Missygirl : 4:29 PM
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