A Corinthians Christmas...

A friend of mine emailed this to me and I knew the minute I started reading it I needed to share it.  I wish I knew who the author was but alas, the email said "unknown".
Whomever you are, thank you.

A Christmas Version of 1 Corinthians 13

As you prepare your heart and home for Christmas this year,

consider the following words of wisdom and have Christ be the

center and essence of your celebration.

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of

twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my

family, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas

cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully

adorned table at mealtime, but do not share the true meaning of

Christmas, I'm just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and

give all that I have to charity, but do not demonstrate

kindness to strangers, it profits me nothing.

If I attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir but do

not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child. Love sets aside the

decorating to kiss the husband. Love is kind, though harried

and tired.

Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas

china and table linens. Love doesn't yell at the kids to get

out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the

way.

Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return

but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

and endures all things. Love never fails.

Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf

clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.

-Author Unknown

What are the odds?

What are the odds, that we pray for rain all spring and summer, only to get nothing.  Nada, ziltch, not a drop, absolutely nuttin. We arrive at our fall season, continuing to pray for rain and what do we get?  Nuttin', unless it's a day that I want to take the fam out to get a family pic, lol!!!!  I want that elusive, glorious golden hour but it just ain't happenin' with the cloudiness we've had lately.

The great thing about it though... this is cocoa drinkin' weather and that my friends, is a glorious thing!  We don't normally get to wear sweaters here until January 31st and we pack them back up around Feb 2, haha!  It actually feels like Christmas here in the hill country :)  Enjoy whatever weather you are having today, give glory to God for it ALL!  Oh, and have some cocoa with the fam and don't take ANYTHING for granted, we have a lot to be thankful for!

Play Time!

I haven't "officially" been able to play yet but I have at least taken the first step.  Download.  :D


It has taken me over an hour to download about 3,000 images!!!!!!  Praise God that most of those are in jpeg and not RAW!  My computer would have blown up I think :O


I will, however, post one little image tonight (I can't resist!).  One of my favorites actually.  After we arrived to my brother's house (at 12:00am mind you) we stayed up until almost 4:00am chatting :)  We rested up the next day, well, that day I suppose and headed to the boardwalk the next day.  It was COOOOOLD!  But fun :)  They had a massive Christmas tree there so, of course, I had to snap a shot.

Tis the season!

I am realizing that I've been the victim of blogus sufferus.  My symptoms of heart palpitations, sweaty palms, nervous stomach, twitching of the eyes, spastic reactions to the word "wrapping paper" and sudden out bursts are finally starting to subside.  What was the cure?  LOL!  We are supposed to be leaving in 3hrs to head out for MARYLAND and NEW YORK!!!!   Either I can stay here and freak out or we head out and I choose to finally chill :)  Literally!

I don't know what my computer situation will be like for a while, as I am not YET the happy owner of a laptop, but rest assured I will be attempting to blog about this AMAZING blessing/trip God has given us :)

Merry CHRIST-mas to you ALL!  May you feel the love, joy and PEACE (gonna try to get some of that here in a minute) He has for you this season :)

Sorry to pull one up from the archives but I just love this one and it says it all :)

BIZARRE!

A few weeks ago, we got to start the holiday off before December even hit.  Surprised?  Yah right, lol!!!!

Because our pest control company, ACI Pest & Lawn Solutions, (little plug for my hunny :) is a member of the Kingsland Chamber of Commerce, we were able to participate in the Horseshoe Bay Holiday Business Bizarre.  TONS of businesses and vendors set up tables, showed product, gave out information and FOOD!!!!!!!!  FOOD EVERYWHERE!  Unbelievable give-a-ways, fabulous people, LOTs of freebies, wildly enjoyable entertainment;  oh, and did I mention... FOOD!

Funny thing, lots of health businesses showed up too, lol!  Perfect place to visit after eating the hot dogs, fudge, hot wings, FAJITAS, chocolate egg nog, sparkling punch, cookies, pumpkin cake, hot toddies, organic chocolate samplings, SMASHING mashed potato bar, crackers and brie, MORE chocolate..... shall I go on???

We had a SPLENDIFORUS time and can't wait to visit some of the restaurants and businesses featured there (hoping to blog them soon!).

The first thing we are greeted with.... PUMPKIN bread!

Incredibly sweet people, everywhere

Here you go!  This is the better choice!  :)

YUM!  I mean... UGH.... I mean.... YUM!!!

They did such a wonderful job!

I LOVED the costumes!!!!

MORE!

When we saw the give-a-way on the right, Andrew hollered out, "DUDE FOOD!"  LOL!  That's muh boy!

Making FRESH tortillas for the fajitas, dbl YUM!

Our precious JoAnn, sweetest sister-in-law, office manager extraordinaire, my Good Samaritan, conservator, deliverer, guardian angel, liberator, preserver,  rescuer... my hero!!!!

The newest addition to the garage family :)  We're hoping to get into the handy man side of things next year.

FAB place!  SOOOOO wanna blog it!  I'll have to check in with them after the holidays, way too busy now :(

More incredibly talented entertainment!

"A Taste of Thyme", to die for YUMMY!  Gorgeous cakes too!

SEE!  I totally wanna blog this spot :D

It got pretty cold, well.... cold for us TEXANS anyway :)  So thankful for the space heaters and the fire!

All in all, a highly enjoyable evening :)