Hope!

A little break from those who look to this blog for quilting info or family pictures. I couldn't post all of this on facebook because they limit the space allowed. So that's why it's all here.

For those who don't know, I love art and especially fiber art, I love plants and especially orchids, I love pets and especially Springer Spaniels, let's see, oh yes, my favorite, I love my family (no especially part here, I love you all, well maybe especially my husband of 32+ years)! And I especially love Bible Study (the inductive way, see http://www.precept.org/ for more info on that) and above all else, I Love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I recently had a birthday (for ID theft risk I won't mention exactly when) and the topic of getting older came up. So here's my response to Birthdays and Getting Older...

Even though we get older with each birthday, we can still have hope! We're all growing older, that's the earthly fact! But there's hope for those who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God! Our hope is that while our bodies are decaying, our inner man is being renewed! (2 Corinthians 4:16) Yeah that's good news, especially when you've had a birthday and your body doesn't work like it did when you were in high school. (Well most of us.) It's just an earthly fact, but it's not the truth, it's a temporary condition! Now that's certainly worth celebrating! I have hope that I have put on a new self, that is being renewed day by day! (Colossians 3:10) And I have all eternity to look forward to! So I'm setting my mind on things above! And I'm only passing through on my way there because my citizenship is in heaven, from which also I eagerly wait for my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ! (Philippians 3:20) Now this is the best news ever to those who truly believe! Yeah!!!!!!!!!

Solar Powered Snow Remover!

No shoveling! No loud snow blowers! This is how you remove snow from your walkways in the south! It's solar powered and very quiet!



On Friday, beginning late morning or so, we got a pretty good snowfall for our neck of the woods, about 3 or 4 inches. It was enough to pretty much shut things down for the most part of Saturday. We enjoyed a full day of being lazy without leaving our house despite Christmas shopping left to do.



But by Sunday morning, it was back to the regular routine! By 9am the sun had done its job and our paths were cleared!

And this is one of the best thing about living in the south! And especially North Carolina... We get snow every once and a while, but just enough to enjoy and not enough to get tired of. Well at least not this time!

We are experiencing colder than usual temps! Hoping everyone to our north and west are staying warm! Merry Christmas!

Lovely Lunch with a Friend

Today I met with Ellen Guerrant to discuss vending strategies for a local show coming up in January. She took me to Charley's and treated me to a very nice lunch. I chose the chicken pot pie special and it was very nice and light. It had a puff pastry topping and no crust on the bottom, so it made it very light and tasty.

So come see us at the Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza 2010 in Statesville, NC. We'll be in booth # 34.