I've Taken my House Back.....

All

the

Christmas decorations

are finally

gone...

Everything



is back

to....

NORMAL

Even, alas, the ..... antennae...

How long has it been up now?

What is REALLY sad is the fact that we don't even need it any more....

As of Dec. 22, we've been able to get local TV through our Directv dish...

Have a Lovely Day!

-Mug

CONTENTMENT...Good for the soul...

Sometimes one phone call can change a person's whole day...

I had planned on taking down Christmas decorations

(I know, I know, it's January 8) and getting my house back to normal....

Hubby had planned on figuring a job, watching football, and possibly working in the yard...

But you know what they say about "the best-laid plans of mice and men"...

(I'm not sure who "they" are)...

He did watch football...

And I did bake a cake I've been wanting to bake for a long time...

Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Coconut Icing...

from SCRATCH...

Recipe from the December issue of Family Circle magazine...

Hubby did cook chicken leg quarters on the Big Green Egg...

I even painted....

Contentment.....Good for the Soul...

Happy New Year!

-Mug

P.S. My Christmas decorations are still up...My mother would say we are waiting for the wise men to come....but I think Epiphany on the church calendar was January 6:)

I'm trying to allow the Lord to "order my days" without me interfering...:)

"Junk"...or..."Stuff"?

"Hey! That's not junk...it's stuff!" said hubby as I headed toward the "throw-away pile" with an armful of..."stuff"?

I turned and cocked an eyebrow at him

bracing my legs under the weight of the "stuff" in my arms.

We were in the process of organizing "the building" that sits at the edge of the pine trees that surround our yard.....the building was full of "stuff".

And we had more "stuff" we needed to move from an upstairs room in our house that had become a "graveyard" for everything our grown children either didn't have room for or didn't want.

But the stuff I thought was junk and the stuff my husband thought was junk weren't the same "stuff"...hmmmm.....and we kept running across "stuff" we had forgotten we had that we just couldn't relegate to the "junk" pile.....

It's very true what they say..."One man's trash is another man's treasure."

I am reminded of a Bible verse we learned as children:

"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

-Matthew 6:21

Lesson: Be wise about what you treasure....Is it really good "stuff"...or just plain "junk"?

The way we live our lives says a lot about what we treasure.

-Mug

Hubby and Christmas.....

In addition to the antennae Christmas tree

(in which Hubby takes great joy, I might add).....

By the way, you readers do realize I had to wrap garlands around the metal tripod base

that holds up the antennae in order to give it the shape of a tree...right?

It's actually all gray metal rods...

and, you know, the antennae actually sort of resembles a star.....doesn't it?

Anyway, in addition to "his" tree, he has added a few glowing creatures to our yard

I guess this isn't Rudolph because he has no glowing red nose....

Looks as if he might be....hmmmm...Dancer!

Hubby says his reindeer will help light the way

for any guests who might have to "see" their way

from our house to their car:)

This angel heralds the arrival of Christ

as she stands at the point of an island of pine trees that our driveway encircles...

I wouldn't like all of this if we lived in town, I don't think,

but it is very festive at night way out here in the country...

still looks a tad tacky in the daytime, though.

But THIS is Hubby's pride and joy...



an 8 foot tall Frosty who stands across the pond
and waves at people riding by on the road:-)

Merry Christmas!



May your days be merry and filled with the love of Christ!

Love, Mug

The "House" That Jack Built.....

Phenix City Children's

Healthy Kids * Happy Moms

This is the "'house' that Jack built"...

my hubby Jack, that is

One of the first things you see when you enter the front doors of this lovely pediatrics office complex is the colorful receptionist area...

The color just keeps on keeping on in this happy place...
This is the "well" waiting room...

If you look up upon entering the foyer,

this is what you see looking down at you...

...And this is on the wall leading into the "well" waiting room...

Colorful creatures adorn the walls everywhere one looks...

makes me wish I had children to take to this doctor:)

Don't you just love this giraffe's eyes?!

...the colors on this parrot

and Sam the Toucan?

...And these monkeys just make me grin with delight!!!

They all adorn this wall that leads from the waiting room to the exam rooms....It's as if the children have their own little cheering squad or support group...

This is Mug...wishing she could be THIS doctor's patient:)

And this is the CAM Builders TEAM

that built the "'house' that Jack built" .

Hubby & son are front center and right...

Have a lovely day!

-Mug

Remember the ...Antennae?

For those who missed the "Antennae" post, you can see it here:http://musingsfromhitherandyon.blogspot.com/2010/10/all-for-sake-of-auburn-football.html

Silly me joked about the fact that I might have to decorate it for Christmas.....Famous last words....

I wasn't sure what to do about the area underneath, so I decided to set up a little manger scene under the "pine tree"....

I guess it's pretty appropriate, since The Antennae was set up in order to be able to view Auburn football on local channels,

that I decorated it during the game with South Carolina that clinched our chance at the National Championship!

Yep...Sometimes you just have to make the best of things....make lemonade out of lemons.....make a tree out of an antennae...:)

Have a lovely day!

-Mug

P.S. Warrrrr Eagle!!!!

If "if's" and "but's" were....

I made 35 of these quote blocks for my 8th-grade English students last year for Christmas. This was also one of the quotations they had to write about in their quote journals in December.

They had to write 75 words.

What would you say if you had to respond to this quote?

Have a lovely day...and may your hearts be merry!

-Mug