Daniel Study

Success! We've been trying since December to have a get together for our Daniel Bible Study Group and it finally happened last night! It was a sweet time of fun and food!!! We did miss some of our sweet girls...Jamie, Anna, Rene, Wendi, Rhonda and Sherry. And congratulations to Amber for bringing sweet baby Alise into the world this week!!!! These women have become so dear to me and I am so glad to see them every week. We are on week ten of our study and I am so proud of these busy women for sticking with it! God has been showing us some amazing things about trying to lead lives of integrity.

A Saturday in Montana

Hoop Heaven

Hallie and Bailee were half-time entertainers for the High School girls B-Ball game this past Saturday Night. They participated in "Hoop Heaven" which was a basketball clinic for elementary girls. The Miles City Cowgirls were state champs last year and have only lost one game so far this season.

Truth in Humor

Yes, I was joking about my last "Venti" post. However, humor just isn’t funny unless it reflects some semblance of truth. So, I thank you for allowing me to say somethings I've been thinking. First of all, I am soooo glad to know my mom is reading the blog. The purpose for the blog has been fulfilled. The sweet contact with my friends is icing on the cake(which in my recipe book is totally necessary). I really appreciated Etta's post on blogging. It was exactly what I needed to read, I gained a new perspective. She's a deep pool. Me, I'm a pond that can get deep when it rains or really shallow when it's hot. I'm proud to announce I am listed among Jeanine's friends. She, like Etta, is an amazing Godly woman. Thank you for being patient with me as I grow as a Christian and a blogger.

A Little Clarity?

I have to admit I hate the tracking devices some of you have installed on your blogs. My oldest daughter and my husband and I check the blogs on my link list so, some days it might appear that I have nothing better to do than read everyone's blog three times a day!! I bet you are thinking poor thing way up there in Montana has nothing better to do than check my blog three times a day. And you might be right but I don't want you thinking that! So quit!

The other issue I'd like to bring out of the closet is why why why hasn't Jeanine added me to her link list. I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out. Just tell me the truth and I can handle it. By the way, I'm holding your link hostage until you add Tara and I to your list.

Another thing that drives me crazy about this blog is the whole reason I started the blog was for my mom and dad to keep up with what the kids are doing and neither of them READ THE BLOG!!! Maybe I should install a tracking device on mine and see if they are secretly visiting!

Sometimes I think I don't completely understand this whole blogging thing. Is it a competition to see who has the most comments? Are people voting for you if they leave a comment? Are they not voting for you if they visit you and don't leave a comment?

One more thing while I'm venting like I've had a Venti. Tara and I were talking about how we wish we could give the complete picture of our lives on the blog. But, we can't. We need to be encouraging and uplifting. Just reporting on the highlights. After all, we don't even know who is looking into the window of our lives. So, sweet readers who think I'm presenting my life to be perfect. Please forgive me. I have lots of challenges and heartbreaks I just haven't figured out how to appropriately blog them.

I got Tagged by Etta!

Okay, Etta I'll play your little game. I think it's called "What are you doing right now?" Well, It's 11:00 a.m. I just changed Charlie's stinky diaper and put him down for a long winter's nap. It is -1 degrees F and feels like - 24 degrees F with light snow according to the weatherchannel.com(according to me it looks like a blizzard). I was repairing a scrapbook I made for Brady for Father's Day. Charlie thought it would be fun to rip off the cover and rip out some pages. I needed a break (because I can't figure out how to get the cover back on) So, of course I went to the computer to see what my friends were up to. And Etta gave me a little assignment to take my mind off my "SCRAP" (should I throw it away) BOOK. Jay is playing with his ROBOT and watching the Backyardigans. I also tried to get Jay to take a picture of me at the computer but he needed my help (until I can figure out how to be in two places at once) you just get the computer. I'd love to tag Adrian, Jeanine, and Tara. Thanks sweet Etta, I thought it was crazy that I happen to be scrapbooking today because I NEVER do and you are the Scrapbooking Queen! I humbly bow before you!

Which is better Sledding or Sonic Ice?

Finally, we got some snow to play in. Here in Eastern Montana we don't get very much rain or snow. We do get lots of cold! The outside winter stuff is fun, but I'd give anything to have a Target, Starbucks (I get my coffee from "Mud and Suds" a drive thru coffee shop and laundromat), Krispy Kreme (there is no doughnut shop), and a Mexican Food Resturant (we have Taco John's which is a couple of steps down from Taco Bell) Oh and how I miss SONIC. Up here, they tell stories of Sonic about this place where the waitresses bring the food to your car on roller skates. To them it is an urban legend. I am here to tell you it is real and it is wonderful!!!