Mixed Nuts: Advent Day Three

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Advent Day Three

Today's ornament is Noah's Ark.

This was probably the easiest ornament to find. Hallmark does a Noah's Ark ornament every year, and I thought this years was really cute.

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ" Romans 6:23

Our Apple ornament for day two showed up today to replaced chewed up red plastic apple. so we took it's picture.

It is a find from Etsy - it is a Cedar Apple and it smelled really good.

Today was puppy school. Scooby did really well. I thought he was the best behaved, but I may be a little partial. But he did great. He didn't eat any other dogs. He didn't bark (not that he really barks anyway), he played nice with others, and he did all the commands he was supposed to do. It was great. I had given him a bath before he went, so he was extra soft and poofy for bonus cute points. It worked.

Finley's teacher of the vision impaired emailed me today to ask me something, but she started her email like this:

"Hi Jennifer! I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Finley told me she didn't have turkey but she killed a pig for her dinner"

Uh.....great. Here is what really went down on Thanksgiving. We don't eat Turkey because....it's gross. We eat ham. Finley asked where ham comes from and we told her pigs. Somehow that turned into us slaughtering a pig in our backyard and roasting it in our kitchen for good measure.

She's special.