Feeling winter in the air ...

Ok .. a little about us ...

Lucky folks a couple hundred miles away had a little blizzard last week -- my friends here groan at me, but I do love the white stuff and can hardly wait to see it. Everything just seems more peaceful when there is snow surrounding me and I do look forward to it.

I will try to stay off politics here -- suffice it to say, I am not a "party" person and I try hard not to listen to the mud slinging from any side (although it does creep through now and then). However, I do not believe abortion is an acceptable form of birth control -- I think gun control should be used on criminals only -- marriage? hmmmm bride & groom, Mr & Mrs ... Our founding fathers thought God was important enough to mention HIM in most documents, speeches, letters, etc --I have a daughter and son-in-law in the military over 20 years -- and I could go on and on but nuf said -- I will not judge you or question your politics - hope it goes both ways.


I am studying the Psalms' of Ascent with a very nice group of ladies here. I think there are about 16 in our group and another group meets a different night. This is a Beth Moore study and so far is very interesting. I think I may try this church out where the study is ... we'll see. I have had such a hard time planting myself in a church since we moved to Iowa. I still feel like my church home is in CA and luckily I am able to hear Pastor Richard's teachings online, so that helps -- http://metrocalvary.org/ -- not much fellowship there though when I can only travel every couple of months, so still looking here.

I just purchased my tickets for my next trip to California. For those who don't know me, I go there ever 6 to 8 weeks to visit ... I have a son doing a long term in prison and I travel there to support him. I have wonderful friends our there, so I always have a place to stay and a lot of moral support. I am always looking for penpals for my son ... it helps to pass the time.

I have spent most of my life in CA and most of my children and grandchildren live there -- and that adds up to a lot of people and many extended families ... about 35 at this point.

My husband is building his newest hobby ... an HON railroad countryside in the basement when he isn't at the shooting range or reloading for the gun range. He is also a woodworker (me too, but not nearly as accomplished as he is) and enjoys puttering in our 1000sqft woodshop -- the only new thing about our home out here.

There are many hobbies around this house ... stamping, scrapping, sewing, needlework, glass work, jewelry making, woodworking, collecting anything we don't feel like throwing out ... and way more. When we do tire of something, we hit Ebay and make some changes.

Our animals run our lives and rule the roost -- The bird - A Hahn's Macaw - has been with us since she was 12 weeks old and is about 15 years old now -- they live to be 80 so she will out live us for certain. The two cats were feral, living in a drainage ditch in 20 below zero weather when we found them -- couldn't touch them for a month, now can't get them off our laps! They are 2 years old -- Scruffy, our heart beat, is a mutt ... but the best mutt ever ... 2 years old - gives hugs, does tricks and stole our hearts forever!

I have worked on this for a week and am just rambling, so am going to just post it and move on ... I almost fainted when I saw someone read my blog -- I'm just doing it CUZ I can!