Elf Amos

photo by: Don Nation

So Don and I love our cat as if he was an actual person, not just any pet. We have had Amos for one month shy of how long we've been married, which is One and a half years. We adopted Amos from his foster family in June of 2007. So this will be his second Christmas with us. Last year we got him a stocking filled with a variety of balls for him to play with, but this year his granny, my mom, bought him a real stocking that has the face of an orange kitty on the front, which is so cute. We have put up Amos' stocking with ours and this year we got him this lovely elf outfit that you see in the photo above. He absolutely hated it, but we thought it was cute. Maybe next year we can have mine, Don, and Amos' picture taken and send out Christmas Cards to everyone. If you can't tell we love our cat very much. I just thought that you guys would like to see our "Elf Amos" in all his glory.

Yucky

So today has not been a good day at all! I woke up this morning, watched some Rachel Ray. Once I started getting ready to go eat lunch with my husband and his dad, I started to not feel so good. Don went ahead to go eat and brought me back some rice, really nice thing to do by the way Don. But, all day I've just felt yucky! So I've spent the rest of my afternoon on the coach, wrapped up in a blanket, watching TV with my cat while my husbands been at work. Then I fixed dinner, and it sucked! So now I'm eating PB crackers. I just hope tomorrow is a lot better!

Christmas Surprise

photo by: Ben Finch

So here is our family photo taken the other day at Ben's house. This is a surprise Christmas gift to my parents and gradparents. They are going to be so excited. I think it turned out really great. For everyone who doesn't know who is who: Don, Me, Kala, Austin, Destiny, Avery. This is our family!

The Holidays

photo by: a.nation

So my family went this week to a tree farm and picked out our own tree. This is a picture that I took at the farm while we were trying to find the perfect Christmas Tree that would fit in our house. We had such a good time deciding on just the right tree. But this can be deceiving. When we got there, I said "Is this it!", because I was thinking, "Man these trees are so small." When in reality they are a lot bigger than they look. Once we picked out just the right size we wrapped her up in netting, loaded her onto the top of our car, and tied her down. When we got home, Don and I had to cut three inches off the top of the tree so she would be able to fit in our house without touching the ceiling. (and I call her a "she" because it gets all dressed up for Christmas so it could not be a guy!) The tree is so tall we can't even put a star or an angel on top. So our tree is topless...lol...that sounds really funny after I just called the tree a girl!!! Anyway, we had a really good time.

Faithfulness

So I am trying to be more faithful. Faithful in church, Sunday school, prayer, Bible readings, and my own quite time with the Lord. Some of these things come easy, and others a challenge. After my bible study today, I prayed. While I was asking God to guide me, encourage me, and give me patience and understanding; I cried. I haven't done that in a really long time. I guess I cried for myself, Don and I, my brother, and my best friend. As I sit here writing this blog, I'm listening to a song by Casting Crowns; Prayer For A Friend. This is how I need to pray for others. Sometimes I get so caught up in my own personal life that I don't put others in my prayers like I should. This is another thing that I want to be faithful in. I want to be a better person, I want to make a difference, I want God to use me. This is something that I have just recently started to feel, to really be able to be used by God and to make a huge difference in someones life. I've started reading a book by Max Lucado called A Love Worth Giving. This book is about love; being loved and loving. It weird because I have had this book for about three years. It was given to me by an old friend, but never have I read this book. But recently I felt as if God was telling me that I needed to read, so that's what I'm doing. I'm only in the second chapter, but already I've learned, love is patient. And that is something that I'm going to have to work on. If I don't get anything else out of this book, it is just that; to be patient. I hope all who reads this will pray for me, that I'll be faithful to serve and live for God.

Cooking

photo by: a.nation

I had a really good day yesterday. I took a day off at the office and I decided to do a few things just for myself. I made some bread, home made bread. I kept a loaf for Don and myself, then gave a loaf to a friend of mine. It turned out really good. I just love cooking, it is one of my favorite things to do. I am not much on baking, but I loved cooking this bread. Then Don and I went to the park and I took some great photos of the trees. (as you can see from above) The weather was beautiful and the leaves were gorgeous. Yesterday was just a really good day.

Babies

I know that some of you, Joy, are waiting on me to post something new. Well, what can I say, I don't really have anything to say, my life is pretty boring. Lets see...we'll start on Halloween; Don and I went to Birchwood to spend a little time with my family since I feel like I never get to see them now that we live in Athens. My brother and his girlfriend just had a baby on September 30th, Avery Kohl Delashmitt. He was dressed up as a "little monster" so cute! It's pretty funny how you can go from being totally terrified of having a baby one minute, and then as your holding this little person in your arms you think, "Gosh, this isn't so bad. How sweet." Well at least that's what I thought until he started crying and then me hearing all the stories about how he has not been sleeping well, and how everyone is so tired because they've been up half the night trying to get this baby to go back to sleep. Then I think, "Man, I am so not ready." This is my mental struggle, back and forth from absolute terror to...awww, not so bad....then back again. Should Don and I just say, "Whatever happens...happens," or is even saying that stating that we are somewhat ready? I'm too anal to just let things go like that. These are HUGE, important decisions on the line here. All I know is that Avery is one cute baby, and I'm so glad that he's my brothers and not mine.

i am so excited to get into this blogging stuff.