Just B'cause We're Hungry!

We enjoyed supper at Cracker Barrel after we visited the hospital.

Yesterday was Cale's 7th Spiritual Birthday.

Thank God for Grace!

New Years Evening with Friends!

I have a feeling they were up to something!

4 peas in the pod!!! Natalie, Bethany, Noelle, & Claire
Oh Wow, awesome!

My Precious Friend Lisa.

Now, doesn't she look like a Donna to you? (that's her real name!)

Come on girls, let's eat!

Menu: Soft and hard shell taco's, shredded chicken, beans and rice, tortilla chips, white salsa, cheese dip, salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, dirt, lemon cake, cranberry fudge, red velvet cake,...

Finger lickin' good!

Table talk!

Cale & Tony II

Brandon and Bro. Tony

Fellowship in my home, I love it!!!

Mom and son

Bethany

A friendly game of Mad Gab!

My wonderful friend Carolyn

Harold & Scot, still hunting after they get home from hunting!

Poor Brandon went to sleep sitting up! Really, he did.

A good time was had by all!

Is There Anything Too Hard For God?

The answer to this is a great big, gigantic, definite NO!!!
Yesterday, when we got home from New Albany, we began working around here to have things prepared for the afternoon. The Monk Family, Wilson Family, and Brandon Jones were all coming over around 2:30. The men went hunting and we gals stayed here and gabbed, laughed, and giggled, and acted plum silly!!! Who needs liquor? Just get a bunch of ladies together who have had very little sleep, and most of them are a bit on the nutty side anyway... and honey, you got a show! Here is what this post is about..... Before anyone arrived yesterday, I was in the kitchen cooking the meat for the taco's. In the midst of this, I noticed that the diamond in my engagement ring had fallen out! I was devastated, I went into a frenzy! Scot was trying to comfort me. He was telling me how it was just a thing, and we could get another one, and I knew if need be, he'd use his Christmas money, my Christmas money and even the kids Christmas money(well, maybe not!) to get me a new ring, but I didn't want a new ring, I wanted the very stone that he had made payments on over 20 years ago. I wanted this tiny stone that no one else would probably even notice or want! I wanted the very stone that had been on my finger during good times and bad times the past twenty something years. I was crying, and when I cry, I don't just whimper around, I cry hard! Noelle even suggested we call our friends and cancel the supper. Another problem occurred to me; what if the stone had fallen into the taco mixture? Should I tell everyone to be careful chewing in case? No, they won't enjoy the meal, but what if someone breaks a tooth or swallows my diamond? What to do! I finally got myself together and the Monks arrived. I quickly confessed that Yes, my eyes are swollen, I've been crying, I have lost MY stone out of my engagement ring! Lisa immediately wanted to call out a search party with flash lights to find it, but I told her that I was keeping my eyes open for it, but I had been from this to that since we got home, and there was no tellin's where the stone was. So, the guys went hunting, and we ladies stayed here. After an hour or so visiting in the living room, we decided we were getting hungry. The hunters told us before they left that it would be ok for us to eat without them, so we headed to the kitchen to finish preparing the meal. Lisa was standing close to the window and sink and she commented that she was chilly. I had forgotten about opening a crack in the window earlier when I was cooking, so I reached up to put the window down, and there was my stone lying on the window sill! I shouted and started jumping up and down! "I found my diamond!!!! Oh, thank the Lord, I found my diamond!" All the girls came running in there rejoicing with me. Earlier when we were in the living room, I had said a silent prayer asking God if it could be His will to help me find my stone, and He did! ...Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Luke 15:9b

Gifts

Lisa gave me this bank. She and I share a passion for coffee!

When she read what the bank has written on it, she said, "That sounds just like Liesa George!"

She said that plus it being pink reminded her of me.

I love it, makes me smile every time I look at it.

She also gave me this Aroma Diffuser Lamp. Even if it didn't smell good, the bottle is very pretty, and pink! I cherish my friendship with Lisa. She is humorous, caring, and thoughtful, and a bit on the loony side, so therefore, I'm right at home with her on that last part! ha.

The Prophet's Chambers

Instead of driving an hour to get home at 1 a.m. New Years morning, we spent the night at Enterprise Church in their extremely nice and thought out prophet's chambers. Below are pictures of this wonderful place. Each bedroom has a name and everything. There is a bathroom adjoining each bedroom. I wouldn't have felt any more honored to have been sleeping in the White House.

Living roomNoelle, later in the morning.

They have engraved wood outside the door of the bedrooms.


Abraham & Sarah room

Boaz & Ruth room

Aquila & Priscilla room

Elijah room. (this is the room Cale chose)

No sign, but this is the Pool of Bethesda (whirlpool) NICE!

Enterprise Baptist Church was destroyed by a tornado in the spring of 2008. The Monk Family was in the basement of the church when the tornado hit. They said it was like a giant vacuum cleaner trying to suck them out. God protected them through all of this and although they are now worshiping in the Family Life Center, they have hopes of rebuilding soon.

How We Ended 2008!

Noelle & I before leaving for New Albany
Bethany

Cale and Tony II


Natalie and Noelle


Friends!

2008 came and went! Some days seemed like an eternity, but most days of the year flew by. God was faithful as always to us in 2008. Dec. 31, 2008 was a busy day in the George family.
That's a norm around here most days. If there's not much going on, we take it upon ourselves to find something. But, we have fun; as I told someone just yesterday, there is never a dull moment with us. On days that I get tired and weary, I remember something Scot once said:

"We are blessed with family, friends, and good health. We could be sitting around bored with no family, friends, and good health, wishing for the blessings of the three." So, I take my vitamins, pray, and enjoy the busy-ness that our blessings bring. (and occasionally, work in a nap!)

New Years Eve night, we went to our church service and enjoyed a time of scripture reading and testimonies. After church, we Georges loaded up and headed for New Albany. Scot had been invited to preach at Enterprise Baptist Church. They were having a New Years Eve service. Their dear pastor and his wife and children are very precious and treasured friends of ours. We met them in 2006 through homeschooling. Their daughter Natalie and our daughter Noelle are the same age and they graduated together in 2007. We arrived at their church around 9 that night, and when we walked in, they had just started their evening meal. They had already had some preaching and singing. We got in line and got in on all the good food! I've never been to Enterprise when I didn't enjoy the food! They had soups of all kinds, sandwiches, all sorts of dips and spreads, and scrumptious desserts! After we ate, the Men took on us Girls in a game of Pictionary. We had a ball! It was soooo funny! Of course, we gals brought home the trophy!

Mark aka Mater with wife Brandy

Mater & Brandy's son telling Tony and I about his coon hunting adventure the night before. He shot a coon, it fell out of the tree into the water, his dog Steve and Bro. Tony's dog CD (Coon Dog) got the coon out of the water. He had pictures to show us too. He was very dramatic telling his story!

Me drawing Permanent Press! I drew a shirt- then I drew an ironing board with an iron. After they guessed shirt and ironing, I crossed out the ironing and pointed to the shirt, and they guessed it!!! What fun! After the game, we went back to church. We received blessings from several congregation songs and from several specials. I sang Thinking About Home. There was such a free, sweet spirit in the church. I had such freedom! Scot said he had freedom during his message as well.

After the singing, Bro. Tony, Pastor at Enterprise preached an outstanding message. He preached from II Timothy. He encouraged us to be 1. Strong in the Lord, 2. Sound in our doctrine, 3. Sensible, 4. Steadfast, and 5. to be found Serving. The word Serving, Serve, Service, Servant has pretty much haunted me lately. I get tired and weary and weepy and I find myself serving, but not happily, not joyfully, not willingly. I want to serve in the right spirit and his message really inspired me to do so. And when Bro. Tony prayed, he said something that really stood out to me, and I wrote it down. He was praying for God's will, nothing less, nothing more- nothing else! I loved that. That is my prayer as well. After Bro. Tony's message, we sang another congregation song, had a couple more specials, and I sang Just One More Soul. It was time for Scot to preach. His text was from Mark 9:1-9. He brought out that our salvation is a personal salvation. God doesn't' call us or convict us as a family, as a church, or as a group, He speaks to each one personally. Scot has a cold and I had been concerned that he'd start coughing during the message, but he didn't cough at all. His voice was a bit hoarse, but God gave him strength to deliver His message. At the end of Scot's message, they gave an invitation, and then, we all gathered in the altar and prayed the old year out and the new year in. What a wonderful way to end 2008 and begin 2009.

Tony II and Lisa (pastors wife & my sweet friend) singing.

Bro. Scot