chilllllllyyyyyy

today is chilly. Not cold, not frigid, just chilly. I'm putting in plea's every once in a while for the wood stove to be lit, but I can't complain as the cook stove IS going and we huddle around it in a warmth inducing stupor.

What I can do is go out and help cut and split some wood, which will do two things. One, it will clean up our hideous back yard/man area that is not suppose to be even looked upon by me for cleaning, flowers or anything outside man world. Two, it will get these jiggly thighs and butt in gear to burn a few precious calories and....make me all warm!

9th Anniversary

Today is our 9th year of being married, 10 years to the day when we went on our first very nervous and very long date ( it was over 9 hours...) I think we both knew from the first that we had a very similar drive, interests and all those pleasantries that make a marriage more amiable, but. What attracted me most to my husband was that he was a man bought by God, created by God and submitted to God.

For our special day....we are doing what we love to do! Taking care of our kids, our animals, checking in with our Amish neighbor, ordering potatoes for this winter and relaxing early. We both could not decide on anything more special than this.

Each year finds us closer, we ride the heady heights and crash to the valleys where we need Him to remind us why we are married and to whom, a sinner.

Today at 2am this morning I was foggily awakened ( really anyone seeing me this early in the morning know that you can have an entire conversation with me in which I will nod, give answers, everything - all the while still asleep!) to a very tight hug and a whispered " I love you"