Our Lady's Windy Acres

A Different Time

I am usually very prepared for Christmas.

I shop all year long in order to find the best deals.

I have to confess, I am NOT prepared this year.

I don't have my shopping completed.  I haven't even started wrapping.  The kids keep asking when we are going to make our sugar cookies and gingerbread houses.

Oh, well, I know it will all get done.

I am heading out tomorrow to pick up some gifts.

I need to check over the kids gift list to make sure that they have completed their shopping.

I really love Christmas.  We usually do something to celebrate the holiday everyday from December 4th right up to Christmas.

This has certainly been an unusual time, but I know that it is going to be wonderful.  We are back together as a family, and it can't get any better than that!

I'm still around and now getting ready to get away asap

Okay, so probably nobody is reading me anymore, that's fine. I'm now getting it all togrther to try to wipe out any debt ( I know I've been a little stupid to accumulate any, but we are all weak) and get our butts away from here and try to re-locate to a place where there is a chance to get a bit of land (acre or so) and be able to re-start. We are really wanting to have a few chickens, expand our garden, and get into a one-story house. The hardest part will be moving our stuff (that which we believe we need and don't want to try to replace in another location). We are too old and beat-up to try to do it ourselves. Anyway, wish us good luck and a few prayers would be greatly appreciated, too.

    New subject: don't look now, but we are in a DEPRESSION. The spin doctors (LIARS) would have you believe it is only a recession, but be real, we are in deep trouble. I've mentioned before not to be seduced by lower gas and oil prices. I firmly we are being manipulated so we will abandon alternate fuels and go back to our old ways. These bailouts are a disgrace. It is robbery from us and our descendents probably five or more generations. As Henry Ford said "Let them all fail" there is more to the quote, but in a nutshell, he said, we are responsible for ourselves and if necessary we will all somehow manage to survive and restart.

  Lastly, Try not to be persuaded by you-know who "mart" ' s  very low prices. Keep your CHRISTmas celebrating to the true point of this season. Follow JESUS's teachings and help and love your fellow man. Merry CHRISTmas to all and GOD bless us every one, no exceptions. As for the new year, let's all try to get through it together and get started back on the right road. Good luck and GOD bless our new president.

Family

We have always been family oriented.

Family revolves around everything that we do.

We have always told our children not to even think of asking to go away from home the night before or the day/night of a birthday.  That goes for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter too! 

Our adult children still think this way.  Yea!!

With that in mind, you can imagine how excited we are to have Daddy home.

To have our family back together means so much.

I pray for all of those families that simply can't be together.

Thank you, Lord, for such a special Christmas gift.

~Candy

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All I Want For Christmas is You

He's home!!!!

My husband came home.

When I went to pick him up at the airport yesterday,

I told the kids that I was going to pick up the family Christmas present.

They asked if it was a trampoline. LOL

Boy, were they excited when their Christmas present walked into the house!!!

Merry Christmas to us.

~Candy

We Are Back

We spent three nights over at Matt and Heather's place.

We had a great time.

We made snowflakes out of white coffee filters, paper chains from construction paper, more chains from popcorn, whole cranberries, and mini-marshmellows, plus popcorn balls.

Wow!

We had fun.

I even managed to do some Christmas shopping.

We came back to Dad's place after church Sunday night.

Jordan and Matt did a special at church.  They both played their guitars, while Jordan sang.  I loved it!  They were awesome! (I'm not just saying that because I'm their mom. LOL)

When we got back to Dad's, we ate hot dogs and icecream.  The kids love all of the junk that they have been getting at Grandpa's.

~Candy

Updated

I updated the photos of my kids.

Check it out at http://candyfoote.com/

Don't forget to scroll down in order to see my

adorable grandchildren!

~Candy~

It Looks Like Christmas

We are spending a night or two over at my son Matt's house.

His wife, Heather, absolutely loves Christmas.

Their place is decorated inside and out.

I love it!

We plan on making popcorn and cranberry strings

and popcorn balls tomorrow.

The kids are excited at the thought of doing something Christmascy (hmm, is that a word).

We do the popcorn thing every year.

Since my dad isn't interested in decorations, Heather volunteered her place.  (Thanks, Heather!)

It seems nice to see Christmas lights and to have a tree!

It makes me want to make hot cocoa and pop in A Charlie Brown Christmas!

Almost Christmas

Only fifteen days until Christmas!  Boy, does that make me miss my husband all the more.  We have never been apart on the holidays before.  Please pray for God to move quickly on getting us a h ome and moving us up to Alaska.  We really want to be home for the holidays.  We want to be back together as a family.  I can't think of a better Christmas present.

December's Special of the Month

Christmas Time

We love Christmas!  It really is such a wonderful time of year!

We usually most of December doing Christmas stuff - making snowflakes out of coffee filters, making red and green paper chains, sugar cookies, popcorn balls, tin foil decorations, and the list goes on and on.

The problem is that this year we do not have our own home.  We are staying at my father's until we move up to Alaska.

Dad doesn't want to have a Christmas tree or decorations.

We are very disappointed. 

I need some ideas of how to do things this season.

We have been singing our Christmas carols.

We are still making arrangements to visit the nursing home to hand out stuffed animals on Christmas Eve like we usually do. We are also planning on putting together some Christmas boxes to bless some area needy families.

It certainly doesn't feel like Christmas without lights, a tree, and decorations.  It seems bad enough that my husband is away for the holidays, and we are no longer in our own home!

The kids have given up so much.  I don't want to take Christmas away from them too!

Any ideas!?!