Month December 2010

Minus 9 Degrees

We awoke to another glorious day !   It was -9’f  (-23’c). Take a seat, don’t mind the snow, the sun is out ! Firstly, let me show you this lovely pic of the icicles that are hanging from every tree…

CAT-5 in Bonanza

   Looking for something to do on a snowy day after Christmas, I decided to finish our CAT 5 internet wiring that we began installing during construction a year ago !!    I’m so full of good ideas. Hum.  …

It’s A Wonderful Life

Hearing from everyone through cards, letters and calls is one of my favorite things about Christmas. To quote Clarence, the angel, from the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life,   “Remember, no man is a failure who has friends”. So thank…

Cookies and Kids

   So what are you to do when it’s freezing Oregon day out and snowing?  Make cookies of course!  So we did just that and made a huge mess with frosting. Oh and the kids where bouncing off the walls…

Warm Hearted Help

  Today it snowed – endlessly!     And then it snowed some more. It was an indoor kind of day, so we skipped the beach, and the fire pit party. Perhaps tomorrow.               We baked, played, cooked, painted pictures sang…

A Humble Savior

   Life eventually includes hard days. Whether its trials, brick walls or days that are just plain crazy. So, what are we to do? Well, it was a tough week in Bonanza—one where my life felt so overwhelming, I struggled…

Whiter Than Snow

When it snows heavily like this, and nothing escapes the transformation into the white blanket that you see here, I think of the verses, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow“………..Is 1:18b “Wash me…

I Want to Go Home!

During our 14 1/2 years of a bliss-filled marriage, we have lived in about 12 different places.  This trailer was one of them.  No, it was not my favorite dwelling – but it is in our history of ‘places’ God…