I would love the rain.......

If I were at home right now snuggled in bed with my doggies at my side watching a movie.

I don't enjoy driving in the rain. I actually think it is harder to drive in the rain than snow. I can remember one time when I was working up at Trout Lake Camp for a fall retreat, my friend Steph and I drove up for the weekend and for some odd reason we decided to make our trip up late at night. It was pouring rain and I was driving her Saturn. I can remember being scared to death because I couldn't see a thing and as cars would come the opposite direction their headlights would blind me. Not fun, except for the fact that we probably had Celine Dion cranked in the car and were singing at the tops of our lungs! Oh, good memories! :)

Anyways.......driving to work this morning was much the same, except for the headlights thing. And do you notice how people not only don't know how to drive in snow, they don't know how to drive in the rain either! So annoying!

So today I would love the rain if I was curled up in bed reading a book or watching a movie and drinking hot tea. Instead I am sitting at a desk, cold, drinking coffee.....boo to rainy days.

Remember the good times; cherish the memories, but live each day moving forward. Focus your thoughts on what is before you and how you are going to get there.

"I often tell people that there are three stages you need to think about: You can't go back. You can't stay here. You must go forward," says Dr. Ray Pritchard. "There may be some good things in the past that you wish you could go back to, but in the end you have to let those go."
God's Word speaks to you clearly: "I have set before you life . . . now choose life" (Deuteronomy 30:19).

Yes, Lord, I do choose life. Amen.



Sari gave me this pic, it is from just after Christmas.

It's All A Blurr!

Last weekend was fun in Fargo. Luke's team finished 5th out of 64!! I had a great time however came home exhausted from all the hockey and late nights of playing Left, Right, Center with all the parents. The good part is that Luke and I wont about $150 total playing! :)
The weekend was basically a big blurr of hockey and more hockey, but we had a great time and it was great to see the kids do so well.

Until next time...

This week has gone by SO fast. I can't even believe that today is already Thursday. I am not complaining at all, but there was a time when life didn't seem to just fly by.
Remember the days of playing outside with your friends as a kid and your summer seemed to last forever.......where did those days go?

Luke has a hockey game tonight in Mound, but I need to get home for my dogs. Speaking of dogs....Sadie, our black lab, well her new nickname is Sadie Houdini. She learned a couple weeks ago how to get out of her kennel and now we only put Hogan in the kennel during the day. She is good out of her kennel, she just sleeps on the couch all day. But I do kind of feel bad putting Hogan in his kennel. But he loves his kennel, he goes right in. He is too much of a nervous nelly to be out of his kennel all day long. And if I would leave the 2 of them out, then they would probably play too much and Luke and I always laugh about one of them flying over the wall in our living room and falling down the stairs......hahaha. That is funny, but would be so sad, yeah, so Hogan stays in his kennel.

With the Olympics on we are glued to the TV every night. We just love watching the Olympics. Luke even watched the couples figure skating with me. Though we did have to laugh when they fell. I know that is mean, but kind of funny, right!? :)

That is all for now.

Have a good rest of your week.

Warm Weather Itch

I feel like everyone is talking about their warm weather trips they are taking and going on. I do get to go out of town next weekend, however we are headed to Fargo. Last year it was so cold when the hockey team went to Fargo the parents had to get up in the middle of the night and start their cars and let them run. Great. Pretty sure I will be living in my long underwear for the weekend!

I am thinking of venturing to the tanning booth for just a few sessions so that I can pretend I am lying on the beach soaking in the rays. Aaaaah, that sounds so nice right now.

Luke's team took 1st place in the White Bear Lake Squirt A Hockey Tournament. It was a ton of fun watching the kids play so well and win. We headed last night from White Bear Lake to Plymouth to celebrate and didn't get home until almost midnight. It was a long day, but very fun.

I woke up on Sunday morning to the best present ever for Valentine's Day......Coffee from Caribou :) I also had a dozen roses given to me the day before. I am not a big Valentine's Day person, but I did love the roses and coffee!

Looking at another pretty busy week.

You may feel it is useless to talk about your grief because no one truly understands what you are going through.

"You sometimes feel after an experience like this that you're talking a foreign language," says Dora, whose daughter died. "You feel like there's no way anybody can know what you're feeling. There is absolutely no way anyone can know the depth of your pain. So you feel like it's futile to talk about it because words can't express the pain."

Although countless people have experienced grief before you, each person's response to grief is different. Your path of grief will be uniquely your own.
Be encouraged that regardless of how your grief appears to you or others, it has a precious uniqueness to the One who created you. God, who knows intimately your personality, your relationships, and the experiences of your life, knows your grief and isn't shocked or surprised by your responses.

"O LORD, You have examined my heart and know everything about me. . . . Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. . . . You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed" (Psalm 139:1, 14, 16 NLT).

Father, thank You that my way of grieving is distinctly my own, reflective of all You have sovereignly created me to be and experience. Amen.

Bad Idea to get on Emaling list at Charlotte Russe

I LOVE THIS DRESS!

"If there were no love, there'd be no grief."

Zig Ziglar

The best part of my weekend was running outside in the sunshine! I can't wait until it is nice again so I can really start running outside. Thankfully it was 18 degrees out!