Hmmmm...
I wonder where oh where could it be...


Sigh.
She will be gettin' coal in her Christmas stockin'.
Hmmmm...
I wonder where oh where could it be...


Sigh.
She will be gettin' coal in her Christmas stockin'.
My hubs on the otherhand prefers just the opposite. (Gee, who would have thought?)
After 10 years, I have finally given in and agreed to put up our ginormous tree we had in our previous home.
Yes I've had to remove half the furniture in the livin' room, string 1200 lights as the rough branches scratched me to pieces and almost broke my neck standin' on a ladder to decorate it, but here it is.

So as my dear, sweet hubs enjoys the Griswold tree, I will enjoy mine...

♥ Merry Christmas Charlie Brown. ♥
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Did I happen to mention I named him Stan? Yep, after my daddy.
Which is perfect because he was listenin' to Eddie Blazonczyk on his lil' beaver iPod while swimmin' around.
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First things first... Get the "Greetings" my daddy made (back in the 70's), up on the ol' barn.

Thank the good Lord above I have a hubs who is not afraid of heights because I break out in a cold sweat when I step up on the second rung.
I think what did it for me was when I was 14 and visitin' Canada. I went on what was known as the largest Ferris wheel on the North American continent. Who thinks up this stuff?!
As we started to reach the clouds I remember a Canada goose flew by and said "Wow!! You're really up there aren't ya, eh?"
Needless to say after that, I heard nothin' else but the screams comin' from my mouth as I hung on for dear life.
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9
Wishin' you and your kinfolk a happy and blessed Thanksgivin'.
God bless.
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SWEET POTATO MALLOW
5 ~ Sweet Potatoes (sliced)
1/2 C ~ Brown sugar
1/4 C ~Butter
2 Tbs ~ Orange juice
1 tsp ~ Cinnamon
1 10oz pkg. ~ Mini Marshmallows
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Boil sliced sweet potatoes until tender. Drain. In a large bowl blend potatoes until creamy. Add ingreds except marshmallows.
Spread mixture into 9x13 pan. Sprinkle marshmallows on top.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown then dig in!!!
♥
Enjoy!
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is a good guy with a gun." ~Wayne LaPierre (Vice President of the NRA)
A good gal with a gun will stop him too!
Thank you Senior Sgt. Mark Todd and Sgt. Kimberly Munley!
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature...

That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” ~Abraham Lincoln.
"Most bad government has grown out of too much government." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not reason, nor eloquence. It is force. And like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearsome master." ~George Washington
"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time." ~Abraham Lincoln (Attributed)
"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." ~Thomas Jefferson
"To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, 'the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, and the fruits acquired by it." ~Thomas Jefferson
I am loved, I am hated, I am spit on, I am burned. Regardless, I am proud of my country and her people. They say that love is the greatest gift but the true greatest gift is FREEDOM. May my country and her people always have this great gift. I ask the blessing of God to be with my people now and forever. ~ Jackie Atwell




Or Billy Idol...
Senator Carl Levin...
Steve Buscemi...
Andy Warhol...
John Kerry...
Jennifer Aniston...
Liz Taylor...
Jason Castro...
Phil Spector...
Pink...
Buffy from Family Affair...
Christina Aguilera...
Marlo Thomas...
Joan Rivers...




























Job 12:7-10
Matthew 24:24

This is why I firmly believe in the Second Amendment.
I have to make sure the dishes get done.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke
"Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are." ~Henry Van Dyke
"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting." ~Author Unknown
"The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up." ~Mark Twain
"Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be." ~Grandma Moses
"When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep, counting my blessings." ~Irving Berlin
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." ~Anne Frank
"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." ~Henry van Dyke
"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the sense of where you're going and why." ~Eddie Cantor
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." ~Helen Keller
"Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose." ~Author Unknown
"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." ~John E. Southard
"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how." ~Author Unknown
"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything --even poverty--you can survive it." ~Bill Cosby
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." ~EE Cummings
"Your life may be the only Bible some people read." ~Author Unknown
"Character is higher than intellect." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on." ~Rev. Henry Burton
"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." ~Aesop
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." ~Sandra Carey
"You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude." ~Lucy MacDonald
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." ~Author Unknown
"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are." ~Author Unknown
"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble." ~Charles H. Spurgeon
"People see God every day, they just don't recognize him." ~Pearl Bailey
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?" ~William A. Ward
I complained that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Native American Indian Proverb
"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault
"Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious." ~Bill Meyer
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995
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