Christmas Break

Hey there, you guys!

We made it safely into Baton Rouge last night and are enjoying the company of our family. Just wanted to let you guys know I will be taking a couple days hiatus from the blog as we spend the little time we have here with our loved ones. (Then again, I accidentally take hiatus' all the time so this one probably doesn't come as a surprise :])

Hopefully, I will have some pictures and a few stories to share once I come back.

May you, as you hopefully enjoy your holiday season, be reminded of the reason we celebrate: the birth of Christ who came so that we might be able to have a relationship with the Creator. He is the reason to celebrate this season, for had He not chosen to Love, there would be no hope of an eternity with Him.

Merry Christmas!

"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this." Isaiah 9:6,7 NASB

From Our Home

To yours.

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and since we couldn't send a card out to everyone we know or my few faithful followers:

This Might Seem Random...

...but I keep having an anonymous comment sent to my inbox. It never makes it on the blog. So is this a robot? Here...maybe you can help. This is what the comment comes in as EVERY. TIME:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Memory Monday v. 9":

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Also see my web site > bear grylls messer 

And it's usually on different posts but every now and then, I'll get the same one saying the same thing on the same post but different days (i.e. Nov 21, Nov 30, Dec 3, etc.).

I'm not really sure there is anything I can do about this either because even if I chose not to use Disqus, I would deactivate the crazy captcha anyway because it drives me nuts when I have to do it to leave a comment on someone else's blog.

Anyone else have this problem?

Literary Junkies [v. 1]

So I missed it by a day, but yesterday I dedicated my post to the Sandy Hook victims and didn't want to post anything else. Glad I found this link-up because I absolutely love to read. You can ask my sister, Lindsey. Pretty sure she used to make fun of me for how much I read :)

1] What are you currently reading? Tell us about it.
I am currently finishing of LOTR: Return of the King.  So. good.  I will admit, I'm not an avid Tolkien fan, but then again I say that comparing myself to my husband who is an over-the-top LOTR fan, to the point he knows, loves, and frequently visits The Encyclopedia of Arda for funsies. This book has taken me the longest to read of probably any book I've read in years. I think because he is constantly painting word pictures, I struggle to read through it as quickly as say a Karen Kingsbury book. However, I like it none the less and hope to soon be finished.
2] If you could choose any author in the world to write a story based on your life, who would you choose? Why? Hmmm...probably Karen Kingsbury. Or Francine Rivers. Because I love the way they weave their stories. And as far as Kingsbury goes, she already does that on a pretty consistent basis with others lives through her "Forever in Fiction". 3] Tell us about your favorite place to read. Well, the answer to this honestly depends on my mood. Some days I long to be inside a Starbucks Coffee or some other coffee house with a good cup of jo. Then there are times I want to be snuggled under a blanket tucked into the corner of my couch with natural light seeping in through my windows. Still others I love to grab a blanket and head to the park to find a nice space either next to or close to trees. And which one all depends on my mood. Though these days, the couch usually has to suit me because I don't feel like packing up myself and a baby to get out. Takes too long :)
4] What books would you buy for lovers of a) suspense/mystery, b) chicklit, c) comedy, d) literary fiction, e) nonfiction, f) classics, g) biography? (You can choose how many of those subcategories you want to talk about.) My mind is a bit fried and the only thing I can come up with right now is probably my favorite classic that I've read to date:

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And that's all I have for you guys.

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