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I made cinnamon rolls yesterday.  Sorry for the small picture.  I am having trouble with my blog pictures.  I need some help, Dave!!  Anyway this was my first attempt at cinnamon rolls.  Jess has made them several times so I thought I would try my hand at them.  They turned out pretty good.  Well, it is still cold here.  About 5 degrees with a wind chill of about -15 or more.  Wind gusts of about 40 miles an hour today and tomorrow.  Needless to say our water in the bathroom is still frozen.  The girls had their first experience with washing their hair the old way today.  Not a lot of fun but better than nothing, at least we are clean.  It’s time for school to start so I better get busy.  Stay warm and God Bless.

My first out of state order. Okay, so it goes to my cousin in Kansas but it counts anyway.  Well, the big news here is  Jess went yesterday for her ultra sound and IT’S A BOY!!!!  My heart is happy.  It amazes me to think of how good the God I serve is.  To come from being a woman who thought she would have no babies to being blessed with children is just an example of how God loves to surprise His children.  God is good!!  Temperatures here are still cold.  The high today is 24 degrees, wind chill of about 15.  This is the warmest temperatures we have had in about one week.  We have managed to keep the water running in the kitchen, but the bathroom has been frozen for several days.  Oh well, at least we still have water.  We went down to Jessica’s yesterday to watch Daniel while she went for her ultra sound.  It was 32 degrees when we left her house, got back home to 16 degrees with a wind chill of about zero or below.  Have I mentioned I do not like cold weather?  This will make me appreciate spring more when it comes, right.  I am making homemade rolls today and it is time to put them in the oven.  Better go.  God Bless.

This is my latest project.  What do you’ll think?  I have never been very good at hand sewing, however I have decided to hand sew each of my girls a wall hanging.  Notice I did not say quilt(much too big a project).  I thought though that a wall hanging would be do-able for me.  I gave this one to Jess and plan to start one for Julie soon, then Grace.  It really was a lot of fun.  I guess because it was kinda different for me.  I always enjoy trying new projects.  Well the big news around here is the temperature.  COLD!!!  The actual temperature was around zero this morning with a wind chill of somewhere around 15 or 20 below.  VERY COLD!!!  Dave and Jess and Daniel came up this weekend.  Of course, they are now accustomed to more southernly temperatures so they were very cold.   But then we were very cold too.  I really pray it doesn’t stay this cold all winter but I do recall one January about 5 years ago,  the temperatures stayed like this for the entire month.  Have I mentioned I don’t really like cold.  Oh well, maybe this will kill out all the squash bugs that attacked our garden last year.  We will (hopefully)  find out Tuesday if Jess is having a boy or a girl.  Sometimes those babies are shy and don’t want to let anyone know.  Anyway she is starting to show her pregnancy and getting some flutterings which is very exciting.  It was very good to have them up this weekend, they had not been here since Halloween and thats way too long.  It’s almost time for our Sunday Night Study so I guess I better get busy.  I’m taking leftovers from yesterday’s feast.  God Bless.

I thought everyone might enjoy a little sunrise.  God decided to sent us this beautiful sunrise yesterday morning and I certainly was glad.  Whenever I see a beautiful sunrise or sunset, it always reminds me  of the majesty and power of God.  I think we all need a little reminding sometimes.  Nothing much going on here.  School as normal.  Things are getting back to our normal routine.  It was very cold here this morning.  Lots of wind.  The actual temperature was about 14 but the wind chill was much colder.  Hopefully, weather permitting, Jess and Dave will come up this weekend.  I need me some MawMaw time.  She will be going for her ultra-sound soon to find out if the baby is a boy or girl!  I’ll let everyone know when we know.  The girls are wanting me to play a game with them before school starts.  I better go.  Playtime awaits.  God Bless.

For those of you who do not have the comfort of a wood fire to enjoy, I thought I would share ours.  One of the girls(I’m not sure which one) took this picture.  I thought it looked so warm and cozy.  Today I cooked chicken and dumplings over that wood fire in my cast iron kettle.  YUM!   Very cold temperatures this morning made us really appreciate that wood fire.  The temperature was around 8 degrees with a below zero wind chill.  COLD!!!  Today it warmed up to the mid 20’s and the wind has laid down some but it is still very cold.  Oh well, I quess it’s that time of year.  Today was bible study day here at my home.  One of the ladies brought some wild rice soup to share with everyone.  Thanks, Barbara.  We have about 2 weeks left on our Peter study and then in January we plan to start Beth Moore’s Esther study.  We will be taking a 2 week Christmas  break.  Well I guess I better get some work done.  I am working on a quilt.  I will  try to post a picture when it is finished.  God Bless.