Sinful, but the best Cake I have ever eaten

I think I have eaten the best cake ever made this weekend. It literally caused me to say sinful things. My sister and I have been exercising for 2 years this past March. She has lost about 12 pounds total, I have gained 11 pounds. As you can tell exercise is not all its cracked up to be. Leigh Anne (my younger sister) has decided she is very frustrated so she gave up sugar last week. She lost 5 pounds the first week. So as I ate the most delicious cake that I have ever wrapped my mouth around I told my friend Diane who made the most delicious cake I have ever eaten could I please have a small piece to take home to eat for breakfast the next day. Actually I was going to take it to the gym at 5 am the next morning and eat it in front of my sister because she has so much more will power than me. So not only did I eat the cake but I also had sinful thoughts ( jealousy,envy, no self-control and I'm sure many more popped in my head). Maybe this is the reason I gained and she lost.......

Turkey Day

Today is Turkey Season, Joey and Josh took these pictures a month or so ago, These were just a few of the ones they saw that day. This morning they went hunting and all they say were three or four. I tried to talk Joey into staying home because we have had some in the back yard for weeks. But those turkeys are smart little creatures, they see a little movement and zoom they are gone. I woke up around 7 and looked out the window, Joey left at 5 and guess what was within 6 feet of me. A gobbler, a jake, and about 3 hens all Joey would have had to do is put his gun out the bedroom window and I would be cooking some turkey tonight. This is my handsome first born, who eats sleeps and thinks hunting 24/7

And as you can see this is Joey smiling once again because he is camo'd up

Maybe by tonight I will have me one of those yummy turkey's to cook up I also want this wall decoration from their fanned feathers, so far after 27 years don't have one yet. They seem to shoot them in the wrong place and mess up their feathers.

Cancer, such a ugly word

Yesterday Joey and I found out a friend of ours within a twenty-four hour period has been told he has a brain tumor, would have to have surgery this morning and the report is not the greatest. His tumor was malignant and to described it, it is something like what Ted Kennedy had. They told him it was larger than they expected and that it would probably grow back within a year. He is a christian man and looks at life very realistic. He is a in your face, to the point (Yankee) Ha....but very thoughtful kind of guy. Joey, Me and two other men from church went to see him in the ICU last night about 9:30 and as he told us how this all came about, he said you know if I live or die tomorrow its all still going to be great because to leave this place means to him to be present with God. Now as a Christian I know that the greatest thing is to be able to leave this world and live with our Savior forever. However, as a human it is hard for us to let go of all we have here. We think of our spouses, our children, our families, our friends and just the way of life we live and think "I'm not ready to leave this yet" As we prayed with him last night I truly believe God was listening and even though today the report is not as great as we had expected. What came to my mind yesterday when I first heard about this was I am so excited to see what God is going to do through this. I told Allen how this was the first response that came to me and he said he had been thinking all day how could this be a testimony to others. Its great to see Christians at work through the tough times, I can't imagine going through trials that we all have and not have a heavenly father who is there for us to comfort and love us through it all. Pray for Allen, Rhonda and their sons Frank and Tim

Stones

Once again I have begun the good fight of a kidney stone. However, this time I won the battle and gone is the enemy. Its hard to imagine that the pain felt came from something as small as a poppy seed. I feel a little embrassed to admit that the little rock tried to take me down. It started Sunday morning so I didn't feel very good all day, just a nagging pain that kept me figity all day. We went to Joey's aunt Sis's for lunch, this woman is 81 years young and cooked almost the whole meal for 20 of us. I do aspire to be active like her at that age. Then I had about 25 of my family over for a cook out. I had a sharp pain every once in a while, but nothing too severe. I went to bed that night with a heating pad and ibuprohen. As 4 am I woke to loud noises outside, decided I didn't feel great so I watched TV, another rerun of LAW & ORDER. About 6am I started to feel that twinge of pain that I know does not promote a child at the end, just a rock. I called my sister and asked her to work for me at the office, but by 8:30 the pain was gone except for feeling like I need to be stuck with a needle and all the air let out. By 8:00 last night my rock child was produced and today I feel like a new woman.

Easter

We have decided to go to the mountain house tonight for our anniversary. This is killing two birds with one stone thing....Its free, and we need to check on the winter damage. If you remember they had snow all winter, I think they finally saw grass about a week ago, but it also snowed some more up there last week. I wanted to have a few thoughts on the upcoming Easter holiday. I do love the Easter season, when you go to church and get to acknowledge out loud that our King is risen. That he is alive and well and in charge. Revelation 11:14 says " We give thanks to you. Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign". I know that I am glad to serve a God who is alive and personal, who is there with power. He is risen, He is risen indeed......