NOt much here today

Too cold to get out into the world and

see what exactly is going on out there

will just have to wait until another day.

As for me?

The HOBL and I are alone today....

don't let you mind wander...

remember we are getting up in age lol.

Pajama day today.

As for SA, self-explanatory....

not much to say there.

a good reading.

CHRISTMAS IS OVER BE GONE COLD WEATHER

Well old Auntie Lil is ready for the cold to be gone.

I know, I know it has just started for us here

in southern Louisiana

but really, it is tooo cold.

I am sure all my hunting family members

are cursing the words I type.

However I am looking forward to a new spring

and summer.

The one, now that my back is supposed to

be fixed of working in the yard,

fishing the big reds,

spending time at the camp (hint BFOB)

with the great nieces and nephews.

Having those and the other little rugrats over for sleep overs.

Cold weather that keeps me indoors is doing nothing

for me as we speak but soon, soon....

I will be complaining of the heat....

Sometimes I am so darn predictable!

SA 1/11

IS IT A RECESSION OR DEPRESSION

Wow, amazing that this book was published in 1995

and here we are in 2011 and seems as though our

world is facing the same things as we were in '95.

Yet if we have a roof over our heads,

food on the table, and a family who loves us we

really are fortunate and have all we need.

Something from the last time I did a year

of Simple Abundance must have stuck with me.

In the last paragraph it speaks of a little experiment.

I have carried that with me for 4 years.

I make sure to smile at strangers,

say good morning, happy afternoon.

For some reason being kind to others takes

me outside of myself.

Yesterday I was at the local Walgreen's

(I love my Walgreen's)

There was a little old bent over man,

head looking down.

I made sure to tell him

"Good morning, sir"

He looked around then looked right at me.

A smile so big,

"Same to you young lady"

Hmmmmm young lady?

He must have been older than I thought.

So today we are called to be happy to have

jobs, food, family

and to extend that to others who may not

be so fortunate.

Wish it wasn't so cold so I could venture

to my favorite junk stores....

SA 1/10

UNTIL IT IS CARVED IN STONE

Not until we are dead and buried is it too late

to live the life we choose to live.

I could run today's reading into my first blog.

The death of Christina Green

at the young age of 9 it will now be written

in stone for her

born 9/11/01 died 1/8/11

Not right not fair.

But as in our reading today, if little Christina

also could come back from the grave for just one

day what would she tell us.

Perhaps she would remind us of all the important

things that sometimes seem mundane.

Like tuck-ins at night, mommy and daddy kisses,

going to bed and waking up knowing that you are loved

and protected....

"...oh, Earth, you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you"

is what is read in our book today.

It is not too late for us to notice the little things

that we tend to take for granted.

If I can't do it for myself then maybe I can do it

for the ones who's names are already carved in stone.

SHOOTINGS IN ARIZONA

Gabrielle Giffords right now fights for her life

this morning.

Because the mental stability of a young adult

was overlooked by many.

The one death that has been on my mind the most

is that of 9 year old Christina Green.

She was born on the always remembered

9/11/2001

was even presented in a book on change,

babies born on that day.

She loved politics and went to her neighborhood

grocery store to learn more about politics with

a neighbor. My thought have been mostly on

this little girl.

As her daddy said,

"She came in on a tragedy and she went out on a tragedy

but the 9 years between were wonderful"

Pray for all those affected by this tragedy.

I also will pray for the gunman's family.

As for him, mental illness or not,

I hope the legal system works on this one.