'Twas the Night Before Jesus Came

'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their bibles were lain on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed,
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
Mom in her rock with baby on her lap
Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the East there arose such a clatter,
I sprang to my feet to what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here.
With a light like the sun sending forth a bright ray,
I knew in a moment this must be THE DAY.

The light of His face made me cover my head.
It was Jesus. Returning just like He had said.
Though I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,
I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand
Was written the name of every saved man.
He spoke not a word as He searched for my name.
When He said, "It's not here," my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love
He gathered to take to His Father above.
With those who were ready He rose without a sound
While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late.
I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.
I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight.
Oh, if only I had been ready tonight.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear...
The coming of Jesus is drawing near.
There's only one life and when comes the last call
We'll find that the Bible was true after all!

~~ Dianne Donenfeld, 1988 ~~

" Meet Max "

Yesterday I wrote about Roxie getting a new home that was a perfect fit for her. I really hated having to give up Roxie as we have been wanting a Border Collie for so long but she is so much happier with the kids. On Christmas Eve, Hubby's cousin whom we got our chickens from called and asked if we would take Max, his 2 year old, fully trained Border Collie? Would we ??? We were ecstatic!




Max is trained to herd chickens but he decided he would herd cattle also.

Trouble is, Cousin doesn't have cattle. He was herding some neighbor cattle and the owners were not happy about it!

Cuz was afraid Max was going to end up shot so he asked us to take him.........

We went and picked him up last Saturday. He is AMAZING !! SUPER SMART !

He and Hubby are best Buds now. Max makes every step Hubby does. He loves herding the cattle while Hubby puts out feed.

He's already taken over my seat in the truck, riding with Hubby.. :)

He lays at the carport door waiting for Hubby to come back out and work with him!

It's funny how life brings you exactly what you need when you need it. We love Max and look forward to having him here for a long time. When the weather gets a little drier, I'm going to start letting the chickens out for a while and he will get them back in to roost.

I'm feeling a tad better today, maybe I can start getting the decorations packed up!! :)

Magical Fairytale Creations

Magical Creations from Grandma's Sewing Room!

She becomes a new spirit with her magical fairytale skirt! She runs, she hops, she smiles, she laughs, she even changes her name! Let the magic begin!

My little daughter loves to play dress up! A perfect gift for someone with an imagination like Isabella's!

Wishing you all a magical New Year!

Magical Fairytale Creations

Magical Creations from Grandma's Sewing Room!

She becomes a new spirit with her magical fairytale skirt! She runs, she hops, she smiles, she laughs, she even changes her name! Let the magic begin!

My little daughter loves to play dress up! A perfect gift for someone with an imagination like Isabella's!

Wishing you all a magical New Year!

Groovy Handmade Christmas gifts

Part Three

Open-Here comes Groovy!

Grandma made adorable necklaces for her older grand daughters made from washers! The container is just as cute as the necklaces! My daughter loves them! She won't part with these either!

The amazing Stars(Christmas ornaments) will be shinning brightly on my Christmas tree next year! Grandma makes handmade Christmas ornaments each year for the grandchildren. It is wonderful to see their collection now they are getting older! Although, I may have a hard time parting with them!

A Handmade table runner with sweet treats, which matches my Candy Cane Lane staircase Beautifully! ;)

Each year, Grandma places our beautiful embellished gifts in a container that works well for organization or our pantry! It is easy to carry home and works well for multi uses! Grandma thinks of everything!

Stay tuned for more adorable children's gifts!

Groovy Handmade Christmas gifts

Part Three

Open-Here comes Groovy!

Grandma made adorable necklaces for her older grand daughters made from washers! The container is just as cute as the necklaces! My daughter loves them! She won't part with these either!

The amazing Stars(Christmas ornaments) will be shinning brightly on my Christmas tree next year! Grandma makes handmade Christmas ornaments each year for the grandchildren. It is wonderful to see their collection now they are getting older! Although, I may have a hard time parting with them!

A Handmade table runner with sweet treats, which matches my Candy Cane Lane staircase Beautifully! ;)

Each year, Grandma places our beautiful embellished gifts in a container that works well for organization or our pantry! It is easy to carry home and works well for multi uses! Grandma thinks of everything!

Stay tuned for more adorable children's gifts!

December 2009

I'm a little under the weather at the moment but much better than I was yesterday. I have a sinus infection and I started on antibiotics yesterday and feel a little better today. :(
I know you all remember Roxie, the Border Collie I adopted from the shelter. Roxie was a 4 month old puppy when we got her. She is the MOST hyper dog I've ever seen !! She is WAY TOO rambunctious for this farm. She dug holes that could cause a broken bone in a heartbeat! I've had three too many of those!

Meet Haley, Vincent and Tony, our niece and nephews. They live in New Orleans. These children have NEVER had a dog as they lived in an apartment where dogs were not allowed.

Well, they moved into a house with a big fenced yard recently and were just dying for a dog!

So we took Roxie down to New Orleans a few weeks ago and gave her to these precious babies!

Roxie, hit the lottery folks! She is now a "lap dog"! She is sooooo spoiled we can smell her up here! Tony, the oldest exclaimed; " she is the best Christmas present ever" ! She even got "ham and eggs" for her Christmas Dinner along with a sack full of toys!Sometimes an animal is just not the right fit for one family but a perfect fit for another, I'm sure Roxie is very grateful to be where she is now! :)

On a sad note, we lost Miss Kitty. I cried for days over this kitten. We had had her for 6 days, I'd been keeping her in my library. For two days prior, I had let her stay in the carport during the day to get acquainted with TC our outdoor cat and would bring her in the house at night. She would not go out of the carport at all! I had her a litter box there and food and water. On the third day( Dec.18th) I went to the post office to mail some packages. She was in a chair on the carport when I got into the car. When I came back from the post office she was gone! We have concluded that she must have gotten up under my car when I got in it and rode under it . We went door to door around the PO and searched for days. No Miss Kitty! My heart is broke over this!If only I'd put her in the house when I left. :(

Here she is playing in the leg/foot part of my massage chair. :(

Yesterday morning we thought we were going to have a beautiful sunrise..........

It did its best to come out for a little while.............

Only if to reveal a heavy frost under 23 degrees..............

Frost and 23 degrees didn't stop Hubby from fishing and catching 13 huge Bream/blue gill.

It looked like a dusting of snow! There is snow in our forecast next Monday!

I love how quite it is in very cold weather...........

Remember a couple of weeks ago when we got 4 inches of rain overnight on already soaked ground? Here's some pics.............These are the pines on the front.

This is the left side of our drive.............

This is our drive and road under water.............

The water covered the whole road.............

A calf is "island in" on the left of the drive............

Well, it's raining again right now, 100% chance all day! Cold and gloomy! Good day for a sick body to rest! December 2009 has been the wettest month on record for Mississippi. Our area has gotten 14 1/2 inches so far. Have a great day everyone!