I am 36 years old. Happily married in 2000 to a wonderful man who I met on the internet. :o) I have a step-daughter who is soon to be married.
I moved from Indiana to Georgia in 2000, talk about your culture shock!
I'm by no means perfect, but I am striving to be the woman God would have me to be. Proverbs 31 is my goal, but I am still a work in progress.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? We don't have santa.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? We have white, butI likecolor too.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.
5. When do you put your decorations up? As soon as I get hubby to dig them out of storage. I would like to do it about a week before Thanksgiving but hubby wants to wait until after Thanksgiving.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Turkey and Dressing! I love the sweets too.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? My grandparents would come over and watch my brother and I unwrap our gifts and then mom would cook breakfast.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't even remember. I know I suspected for awhile before I learned the truth.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? When I was younger we did. Since I've been married sometimes we've opened all of our gifts early because Heather was at her moms Christmas day.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With ornaments that we've made, my mom bought, my mom gave us from my childhood tree.
11. Snow. Love it? or Dread it? Both. I really miss it, but then again kinda don't. :o)
12. Can you ice skate? NOPE! Only been once and I spent more time on my rear than I did skating.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I can't think of one right now.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? We really try to keep the focus on the birth of Christ. We do buy gifts and all, but try not to get caught up in the commercialism.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Strawberry Delight! We always made it every year when I was growing up.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We go to my MIL's to with my hubby's sibblings if we don't get to go to Indiana. The last couple of years we have gone to MIL's on Christmas day and then to Indiana for New Year's and celebrate Christmas with them then.
17. What tops your tree? A simple gold star that we got our first Christmas after we were married.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving gifts? Both but I LOVE giving them. :o)
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? What Child is This and Little Drummer Boy
Last Saturday (11/11/06) I took Heather to get her Senior pictures made. Byron had to work that day, so it was just us girls. We're a little late getting them done. My friend Rachel is supposed to be doing her official pics, if we can ever coordinate a time when we are both available. The pictures we had done were for her cap & gown and yearbook then she also had poses with 2 backgrounds. It was so emotional for me. It made me sad that her mom was not here to do this with her. Don't get me wrong, I'm honored I was able to go with her, I just felt like she should have been able to do it with her mom. I teared up a bit, partly because of her mom and partly because she's growing up. It's hard to believe she's going to be graduating in May! People tell me that I "don't know what it's like because I don't have children of my own", well if it's worse than this, I don't think my heart could handle it. It really makes me sad to think of her leaving us. I know, she's gotta grow up. eh, hem.........Anyway, enough of that or I'm gonna start crying just writing about it.
This weekend we got 2 new additions to our family. I'll post about them tomorrow with pics.
The answer to this past week's challenge was Romans 2:1-29
Remember, no search engines. See if you can find this on your own. This week's challenge is: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
