Notes From The Prairie

Just a little bit about me, whom I usually never discuss. I had worked for a marketing firm for about 8 years or so.  I enjoyed the job immensely. I had a local route which I was responsible to take care of on a weekly basis.. The stores were within a 50 mile radius from my home.  I had a good rapport with the manager's.  My job also entailed being able to drop everything and go at a  moments notice anywhere in the United States. At the time my youngest daughter was in High School, so this  worked out fine. My husband was always home at night, so a few weeks of my absence was no problem. My youngest daughter also worked for the same company on her summer's off from school. My oldest daughter worked there as well.  As a matter of fact, she  was the one that hired my youngest daughter and me:)  During this time, I was able to go to the East and West  Coasts, as far south as New Mexico, and many other states in between.  This was the part I loved! I was able to see states that I w...

The Date: The Lighthouse: The Beach: September 15th was the day of my daughter's wedding! The beach above was where the ceremony was held. My youngest daughter Kristie was the matron of honor, Tom's sister, Tracy, was a bridesmaid, Kim's friend a brides maid, Tom's brother in law the groomsman, and two of  Tom's other friends. Then Tom's nephew, neice, and my two grand daughters were the ring bearer and flower girls. It was  such a nice wedding, so laid back but elegant. Later we enjoyed their hospitality at the reception.  I want to welcome Tom into our family! As far as we were concerned, he was a part of it long before the wedding. May God bless your union, always. We love you both so very much:)

The witching hour is upon us. Halloween typically is seen as a fun time for children to go out in costumes, getting candy from door to door. It's a time of black cats,  pumpkins , witches, and skeletons.  A time to send your children out for fun.  Is it  really? Lets look at the origin of the holiday. "In those early days in England, there was another kind of witchcraft known as Druidism. The Druids were called “men of the oaks” and were a strange clan of men who dressed in white robes. The Druids worshipped Cernnunos , the “horned hunter of the night.“ Halloween was sacred to the Druids because their sun-god receded to the underworld on October 31st, which is why darkness increased and light decreased according to their reckoning. As darkness set in on October 31st, the clan of Druids would put on their white robes and hoods. They would carry sickles and Celtic crosses as they began a torchlight procession. At the beginning of the procession, a male slave was killed and drag...

As we go through these hot and humid days of summer....perhaps this picture will help! This was sent to me by my sister in law. Today as I drive to work, in my "unairconditioned" car....I will think of this picture! Of course, packing myself in ice might help too!

This is my friends dog, who just recently passed on. She said he was such a loving companion, whom she will greatly miss. I believe with all my heart, we will see our little buddies again in Heaven. I bet they will be one of the first to greet us! We will see you again Bear!

We were up at 2 A.M to give the kids (our dogs) medicine. We ran out of Hot Dogs. So we tried rolling them up in a little bread. That didn't work. So Dave came up with the bright idea to put their pills in Marshmallows. The next thing I know he has the burner on and he is roasting Marshmallows over my stove to give to the dogs. The kids took their medication. So I guess that's what counts! I guess they are right. You do marry a man just like your Dad, which really isn't a bad thing in this case!

What is a comfort zone exactly? To me it is a place where we can relax and feel safe. No worries, no problems, no confrontations, just total peace and harmony awaits us there.  Isn't that a wonderful place to be? It's my most favorite place! From the looks of this  chipmonk  in this picture,  he's in his comfort zone too! How happy and serene he looks! Many years ago, I heard a preacher preach on this very thing..."COMFORT ZONES". He said that if we are in a comfort zone, we're in a place where we can't grow in the Lord. Growth comes from going through circumstances that are down right painful. They are filled with people who accuse us, attack us, and if they could...leave us for dead.  Usually these people are like this because they see us as a threat. A threat only because they instinctively know that we would never condone their actions against other people. Those who do things maliciously to others, always are very good at covering up their tracks and...