Merry Christmas, God Bless!
25 Dec
“And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ”
**Luke 2:9-12
Sunset on the Ice
24 DecAnd yes, these are all real-sparkles. No Photoshopping or Picture Modification. It looked like the trees were filled with diamonds! 
Winter Ice Storm Hits Midwest
23 DecPhotos of the Trees after the Ice Storm hit us here in Illinois. I hear at home we got 6 inches of snow! Praying that all of you made it out okay and that your Christmas trips are safe and sound!
The Gift of the Magi
22 DecBest Christmas story ever, and this group does the perfect re-telling. True love and the real Christmas Spirit. It isn’t what you give, it’s the heart with which you give it.
“THE GIFT OF THE MAGI”
by O. Henry
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One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
“Memento” by InertiaK
While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. Continue reading
Gingerbread House–Epic Fail!
22 DecA few days ago, I mentioned that I was attempting to build a Gingerbread House for the first time in years. Here are the results–which came out delicious if less than presentationally delightful 🙂
This is what I started with–The Gingerbread slabs came from a pre-made package, the candy and icing I added myself! You can tell that trouble started a little early; the walls went up fine but the back portion of the roof was broken in half and the front gable wasn’t cut correctly so the tips overlapped instead of meeting. It was all supposed to go up really easily, but the roof kept falling in and sliding off the top (After the fourth attempt I had to call in back-up 😛 ) so I ended up gluing it with extra icing and propping it up for the night to harden.
Twenty-four hours later I began the decorating process, and it seemed to be going really well! Law school isn’t exactly a creative outlet, so I was soooo happy to finally get to spend some time doing something artsy, and I think the design turned out great 🙂 It was a mixture of peanut butter pieces, York patty chips, hard rock candy, stick candy, Twizzlers, and more. Honestly, I don’t see how anyone could eat more than one teeny-tiny piece a week 😛 Definitely hits the sweet tooth!
So off I went, icing and eating half of the candy I put on when disaster struck! I turned and put one dab of icing on the front and the entire thing exploded! The roof caved in, walls fell outwards, and it all landed Icing down!
Oops!! So my efforts at a Gingerbread House ended in kind of an epic fail. After this collapse it was unrecoverable and the front never had a chance to be completed. So instead I have plenty of candied gingerbread walls for guests and a plain gingerbread front for tea time. Yum!! 🙂
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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