A Great Cold and Gray Day

Hello!

I don't know about you all

and all the wonderful places you live

but...here in SW Michigan it is

COLD!!! and GRAY!!!

and has been

COLD!!! and GRAY!!!

for awhile.

Because it has been

COLD!!! and GRAY!!!

I have done a lot of

cooking, reading, and cleaning.

Exciting, isn't it?

Today however, I shook things up

and ventured out and about town

and took you along for the ride!

Have I mentioned it has been

COLD!!! and GRAY!!!

First, I had breakfast with

some great friends.

This place makes the best cinnamon rolls!

(sorry Jen, next time your home we will go)

After breakfast

I stopped by the quilt store

(my home away from home)

and then I had to get some seeds for the birds

(they are eating us out of house and home)

Libby, my faithful gardening

buddy helped me feed them

It was so nice to get out

on this

COLD!!! AND GRAY!!! day

Plus

To my sweet surprise

I hopped on this ole blog

of mine tonight and

noticed a few new followers.

Thanks for stopping by!

I must say that you all

have left some of the kindest

comments and I

have been blessed!!!

THANK YOU

all in all

it was a great day!

~Nancy~

Plea Bargain

A plea bargain has been made!

God is sooo GOOD!

Let me explain...

On April 8 of 2010

a close family friend was on

his way to work

when his car was hijacked.

Tom was forced at gun point to drive

to another town.

They stopped at a gas station.

From what we understand

Tom told the hijacker to

just take the truck.

This did not sit well

with the hijacker

(he didn't know how to drive a stick shift)

Tom then made the decision to try

and get out.

He was shot.

Tom made it into the station

911 was called

Tom did not live.

We, his family and friends

are so thankful for

this day!

The hijacker has

pleaded to

2nd degree murder

and will receive 40-65 years

without the possibility of parole.

He will be sentenced in Feb.

God has never left our

sides through this trial.

We have been the recipients of

compassion, love, kindness,

strength, gentleness, support...

we have cried our fair share of tears

and asked "why"

more than once.

God has been faithful

and met us where were.

One night, while looking

at old pics and reflecting on the memories

we had the sweet blessing

of laughter.

(Tom would have loved that!)

We also have learned

just how freeing

forgiveness is.

We still have days when sadness fills our hearts

and yes there are days when anger gets the better of us

Just being honest,

but

Let me tell you...

GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL!

and I for one could not begin to imagine

walking through this with out Him!

"Not to us, O LORD,

not to us

but to your name be the glory,

because of your love and faithfulness."

Psalm 115:1

~Nancy~

Once Upon a Time...

Once upon a time

I visited Sue and her lovely blog, Country Pleasures.

She was doing something really fun

AN APRON SWAP

and I wanted to join in.

So, I joined the fun

and swapped

aprons with

LeAnne.

Do to some e mail difficulties

LeAnne and I

were a little late

in swapping

(plus I took that unintended blogging break)

but I still want to show you

the cutest apron and "tuck ins"

LeAnne sent to me.

Look at all that cuteness!

I love the apron and have

used the Christmas note pads a lot!

and do you see that adorable snowman?

it was filled with

yummy chocolate kisses.

Needless to say they didn't last long Ha!

Thank you LeAnne!!!

I loved everything!

The sweetest thing about the swap...

I now have a new friend!

Have a great day!

~Nancy~

Missed You All!

I have missed you!

Thought about you whilst I was away.

I have so much to catch up on.

Like

sharing the cutest apron

LeAnne sent me.

(missed you all!)

I also received a blog award

from Carol

Thank you Carol

but the thing is

I don't know how to do

all the link up things

sad, I know!

Can any of you help me?

or

recommend a good blogging book?

(missed you all!)

We, went on vacation

to Missouri.

Stayed in a

WONDERFUL

condo and did many

restful things.

(missed you all!)

Celebrated Katie's

22nd birthday!

Did I mention that I missed YOU all!

And because we were gone

for awhile

and did some

birthday celebrating

I now need to take care of this!

It's going to be a long day!

Watch out

I'm going in!

`Nancy~