• Dogs,  Holidays,  Life

    Just Hanging Out: Life, Weather, Dogs, Plans for the 4th

    Doggie Updates Hey guys! All is well here on the Homefront. The week is passing by fast. I have been trying to fit as much in to the week as I can. I am lucky if I can find a few minutes to stay awake and read right before bed. We pretty much are caught up from vacation at work and at home. Now just the normal schedule of every day life, fitting Maddie in (forgive me if I switch between Mattie and Maddie when typing – it really should be Maddie as in Madelyne and I’m trying to remember how we spell it). She and Dexter get along pretty…

  • Dreams,  Family,  Holidays,  Spiritual

    Looking Back, Seeing God’s Leading, Relaxing Days, Happy Thanksgiving!

    I love this picture of my daughter and her hubby. I was with them and believe I took the pic. They were not married yet and Katy and I came out to stay for a few days so she could see Cody and the ranch where he worked. At the time he was getting experience so he could join the Wildlife Protection Agency. He made his dream, came home, got married, went thru police academy, got the job, and they lived in Franklin for a while. But the ranch literally kept calling him to come back. They prayed over the decision and made the tough call to go live in…

  • Happiness,  Life,  Spiritual

    God, Grace & Gratitude Gets the Focus

    You’ve probably seen this picture before if you are not new to the blog. I saw it in my photos and decided it was a perfect focus for this period of time in my life, and also for the start of this blog post. Each week is a struggle for me, a battle. As a person who feels too much and pushes it down (or writes about it), and a person who analyzes too much (and still doesn’t come up with an answer for life), and a person who seeks joy, but rarely finds it (because of the previous two things), I find that this simple quote brings me peace.…