Life in Nebraska ....

My brain is mush today.  The things mushing around:   God was mentioned and prayed to during the inauguration.  Bible was  read out loud over media all over the world during the inauguration.  As the Obamas left office and the Trumps took their place it was done with so much dignity and formality and grace.  Does that happen in any other country across the world?  A man who led the United States for 8 years and felt strongly about how he was leading, was big enough to turn over his presidency with dignity.  That's impressive to me.  And a man who has no government experience took office and he was rather arrogant in his mannerisms and actions but took on the office with dignity and seriousness.  This is good.  I especially enjoyed Mr. Grahams benedictions.  He left no room for other gods.  He read the passage of One God.  And he spoke of JESUS is our salvation.  This was so good and to me it was awesome.  Ou...

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing{is or ever}shall be impossible.   I woke up this morning at five when Matt was leaving for Lincoln.  We're in an ice storm here and he was off to ice slice.   I was worried about his drive to Lincoln even if it was a short half hour drive.  The verse took care of that worry. I found myself thanking God this morning that the kid only puked once.  And that Matt got to be home with us till five am.  And that I had electricity.  These are physical things to be thankful for. But God still didn't make those little situations impossible. When there's been a series of unfortunate events, God says  it's not impossible for Him.  When things seem likely to never change or improve.  That verse says different. I don't know what your dark is but this verse is for you too.    Rest.   May your Monday be good.   God's got it.  (Don't we all need to be reminded now ...

We had some fun encouraging supper guests the other evening.  They were so kind to let me take a picture!  My morning view to go along with my coffee.   My evening view that depresses me about every evening.  Always supper dishes .  But this supper was the most delicious pile of carbs anywhere!  And salad of course!  He's enjoying his learning to read. School days after Christmas vacation can be hard!  But we're getting more use to it again!  One morning he'd been banging on the piano.  And then it fell silent. I found him here.  He told me this long story about how he hadn't slept and how one leg or another had been hurting.  He's been playing hockey a lot..... A pizza supper we all  made together.   It was good!  Just trying to get through those lectures..... A new toy... a pour over ... If you could live the life you dream of wha...

It's wonderfully quiet in the house. The wood stove is doing its magic.  It's white outside with a skiff of snow and -4°.   My man is home again after a night out pushing snow.   A few spots in the house are cleaned and comfortable.   Tomorrow we celebrate Jesus's birth with the Burkey clan.        We live in a good time.  Right now is my chance to commit to new beginnings.   A fresh new year to be okay with mistakes in others and myself.  A year to give each other room to grow and fall and get up. A year to love on others and forgive.  A year to show others God's mercy through my own fragile hands and heart.   A year to glorify God.  A little more of Jesus and a lot less of me.    What are your fresh new starts gonna be?  

On Christmas Day we spent it at home just us.  It rained and was windy and we lost electricity for about 3 hours.  But we put in some good games of settlers! Blurry picture but it's the only one I have of our Christmas supper of steak and salmon.  Matt's parents spent the evening with us and opened gifts with us.  It was a good evening.  An evening I anticipated for the whole week.   Such a nasty blurry picture but ......My husband knows how much his wife likes white mochas.  This was the evening we spent in town for Keagan's birthday.  Red Robin, and ice rink and scheels.  What a spoiled boy....and spoiled me.   Matt and I went on a date and Christmas shopping.  Awesome comfort food spot.      Matt and Zerrick spent a day and late into the night Ice slicing and so I did the Christmas cookie thing with the littles.  They deserted me before I got to this point.... ...