THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

After being gone for eight days, I feel like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz when she finally returns home. Being away with my  family is wonderful, but after I get home, I realize what a wonderful life God has given me here in Austin. Great husband, lovely home and great Mexican food! Of course, today begins a new work week for most of us. I hope you'll join me in appreciating the good things about our life today. After all, there's no place like home! God bless you today.

LUCKY YOU!

Ah, Sunday. Day of rest and worship for we Christians. Even so, I believe it's good to rest one day out of seven. My friends and family in California are going to Monterrey for the weekend. It's so much fun to visit the wharf, grabbing a bread bowl filled with steaming clam chowder, looking through unique shops, and then stopping to enjoy a monstrous hot fudge sundae at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory. The day here in Austin was beautiful outside, many chose to leave the house and enjoy the lovely weather. I'm happy for them. I would have loved to pour myself a nice hot cup of tea and sit in my Adirondack chair on the front porch and drink in the early Spring. To feel the warm sunshine on my face for a 15 minute dose of Vitamin D would have been lovely indeed. But alas, allergies keep me indoors. I'll be patient until they pass and when they do, you'll find me on my front porch, having a cup of tea, or taking a short walk to see how the neighborhood is faring. Enjoy these beautiful days for me, dear friends.

IF ONLY....

If only snow would fall on the cedars here in Austin, then I (and thousands of others) would not be looking out through itchy red eye sockets! Very unlovely. The lovely thought I had was the book itself, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, which, if you haven't read by now, is such a lovely work that I have read it at least three times, and just may read it again for the lovely experience! Yes, it's that good. So, dear friends, here is the link on Amazon.com. If you're looking for something lovely to read on some of these cold wintry days, I would definitely recommend this book.

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