Lonestar Lagniappe

Friends! I realize this might not be my most popular post to date, and I’m ok with that! I appreciate your open mind. But also please note, I am not judging you, your family or your friends in any way if you choose celebrate Halloween. This is just my side...   Halloween is such a touchy subject, especially with some Christians. Why? I believe it is because of what the holiday has turned in to over the years. As one article puts it, “ Halloween is a day of pagan celebration. Whatever its true roots, today it embraces and festively commemorates many things ostensibly evil. Witches, demons, death, degradation, spell making, hauntings, and the list goes on.”   A s Hubby and I believe, that is not the best use of our time or energy as Christ-followers. I will say, in all honsety, I did attend Halloween parties in college, and I did dress up. But as a more mature believer (and person in general), I now have a better understanding of the impact that my witness and ...

A friend of mine posted this article on facebook about Biblical Womanhood.  It is not long.  But it is a good reminder to the church, and women, about how we need to be fed, trained in, and living our faith.  And I like the intro. (mainly because that's where I am in life)... " The call for biblical womanhood is here and now, regardless of your station in life, and it’s not when you’re married or have your first child."   Take a moment to read it... Biblical Womanhood     Have a great weekend! xoxo

"Keep the earth below my feet, For all my sweat, my blood runs weak. Let me learn from where I have been, Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn.   And I was still but I was under your spell, When I was told by Jesus all was well. So all must be well. " -Mumford and Sons, Below My Feet

Who am I kidding, of course you do!  I got LadyBug this year's howl-o-ween costume at Target in the clearance section.  I put it on her...and she mainly just tried to eat it.  I'll have to put it on her everyday until the 31st (when she will wear it ALL day) to make sure she gets used it!  (She hates me.)  See if you can guess what it is from this video.  She was rather uncooperative during filming...   Isn't she the funniest horse you've ever seen?  Of course, I probably wouldn't be happy if I had a strange person on my back...   (just so you know, yes, I am losing it...that should be obvious by this video!)   xoxo

I know I need one, too...but today my blog got a tiny make over!  I rearranged the icons, picked new colors, fonts, and a new background pic.  This may not excite you, but since I love rearranging, this was fun for me! I also figured out how to add a signature at the bottom (yahoo!).  Now if only I could figure out how to make the font that the posts show up in match everything else...

I love music.   I mean – I LOVE music.   I wish my life had a sound track and I could walk around with big speakers and blast my music for all to hear.   I’m pretty sure I can think of a song for every situation…ever.   Music speaks to me, from head to toe, right down to my soul.   No matter the genre, no matter the singer, no matter the beat – I feel connected to every song that I hear.   And I love it that way.   What joy music brings to my life. It seems that in every season I am going through there is a perfect song that someone else has written which I can bop my head along to and enjoy (and trust me, I do bop my head along!).   Notice I said “that someone else has written”.   Maybe I’m crazy, but somehow I feel comforted that someone else has been/is going through what I am – happy, sad, angry, glad, joyful – the good, the bad and the ugly.   Someone had to experience it to write about it, right? What comfort music ...

Hi Friends! As I mentioned in my last post, I recently had foot surgery on my left foot.   While I am happy to (hopefully) be having a good recovery and to (hopefully) be walking soon, I have been more or less totally non-weightbearing for 12 days now.   The first few days after surgery are a blur of pain meds, naps, saltine crackers and sprite, but now that I am finally out of the “fog” that has been ruling my life, I am ready to share the valuable lessons I have learned during my recovery thus far (other than the fact  that my feet look terrible with no pedicure!).  Prepare to be amazed at my “valuable” discoveries…   ~     Discovery #1:   Purchasing Books before surgery (and planning to read them while you are recovering) = not a good idea for Jordan!   I thought I would have loads of time to be reading between the meds I would be taking and bed resting that I would be doing, BUT the pain meds put in a certain funk for about a we...