Great weekend, Kids and Grandkids sled down the garden wall. Snow!

The grand kids were here on Saturday during the afternoon and all night. Their mom dropped them off  early in the afternoon so they played with the girls outside, It was nice and sunny on Saturday so they played on the slide, and in the grass in the backyard.  We had tacos for dinner then they had ice cream for dessert.  They played Kinect the rest of the evening until they began a fight which left out on the kids so all got to lay down and go to sleep.  They were actually all out in a short time, they were all wore out from the outside play.  The night brought a good layer of snow.  They all woke up excited for the day.  I made them waffles and then we all went out to do the chores.  I left them pulling each other on their sleds in the goat pen.  They then went to slide down the tire wall and "hill" by the garden. I knew the hill was a manure pile but they didn't seem to remember or mind.  It was frozen over so what difference did it really make.  They were picked up mid afternoon.  It was a nice visit for all the kids.  The grand kids have been coming regularly on Saturdays so it is a nice distraction and treat to have them. 

The road was slick from the snow.  The neighbor woman and her kids were sledding on the road,  We have never in 30 plus years allowed the kids to sled on the road.  Number one it makes the road too slick for the neighbors above us to get up the road and eventually some one drives off the road.  One year it was so slick the garbage truck slide off and took out 8 eight of the fence we had along the road.  Number two at the top and bottom of the hill there are blind corners and someone could come down and kill the kids.  It is truly not safe to sled on the hill and only someone who didn't care about their children's safety would sled there to begin with.  The cops were called and the one that answered the call is not sure who is liable if some one gets hurt and he suggested we contact to the county attorney or a lawyer as he thinks maybe the landowner would be.  The easement, which is why she is sliding on the road, allows them to use the road, not sure it allows endangering your self on private property at other people's liable.

Off to Zootown later to go shopping, groceries, and maybe a little Christmas shopping, though I will have to go again just before Christmas for a Dr appointment for Poppie, oh and the dentist and Bubbie's birth on Friday so will have other opportunities for last minute Christmas shopping. Poppie thinks he has figured out what is wrong with the truck, we have determined that we don't believe it is the injectors.  He will be working on it today but if it is what he thinks it is it is truly outrageous. Happy days, happy weekend, great morning and day to come....  tomorrow.

Christianity is the Grace of God, Sing hosanna, what a wonderful Sunday the Lord has given us!

I spent some time this week reading a wonderful sermon, or maybe it is a paper, on The Grace of God, to me it was a sermon so I will refer to it as such.  It brought me such solace and Grace.  I am including the link as it is so wonderfully enlightening and such a blessing I would like to share it with you. http://www.christinyou.net/pages/gracegod.html   it is an uplifting commentary on the Grace of God, something what we all could spend time getting to understand a lot better.

I spend a great deal of time praying to the Lord, more of an unending conversation so to speak.  I find that Pray for me is very conversational and on going.  I find myself talking to myself alot, and have assure Yogie that is very much ok to talk to yourself, and work out your problems.  I have to remember to tell her I actually probably never talk to myself alone, alone I am weak and really can't help anyone, I talk to the Lord and through him all is possible. I talk to the Lord and she is old enough to understand the difference.  So much of the time when I am asking the Lord a question, and I am unsure of the answer he sends me, the soothing melody of a hymn that I truly love comes to my heart and I know that his answer is his will and I am grateful to accept his will.  The song will come into my thoughts and will not leave,  I find such comfort and warmth in the song he so often sends me.

Sing Hosanna (Give Me Oil in My Lamp)

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Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Keep me burning 'til the break of day



Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings



Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising
Give me joy in my heart, I pray
Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising
Keep me praising 'til the break of day



Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings



Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting
Give me peace in my heart, I pray
Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting
Keep me resting 'til the break of day



Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings



Give me love in my heart, keep me serving
Give me love in my heart, I pray
Give me love in my heart, keep me serving
Keep me serving 'til the break of day



Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings



Today I am so glad and filled with the grace of the Lord through Jesus.  I am honored that by faith through Grace.  God has given us so much and I am so undeserving of his grace.. tomorrow.

I love the First Ammendment and the right it gives us all, I also love the letter of the law.

I do so love that the First Amendment gives me the right to write about anything I want, I have never been stupid in my life and have never slandered anyone in my blog and can prove it.  I also love that the law gives us rights when we are violated by others.  I have Copyrighted my blog and if you would like to reprint it you have to have permission to do so, that is the law, a federal law.

The following is a complete copy of the first amendment in regards to freedom of speech. The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right of freedom of speech. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for the interference with the right of free speech where it attempts to regulate the content of the speech. A less stringent test is applied for content-neutral legislation. The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence. For more on unprotected and less protected categories of speech see advocacy of illegal action, fighting words, commercial speech and obscenity. The right to free speech includes other mediums of expression that communicate a message.  The level of protection speech receives also depends on the forum in which it takes place.    Despite popular misunderstanding the right to freedom of the press guaranteed by the first amendment is not very different from the right to freedom of speech. It allows an individual to express themselves through publication and dissemination. It is part of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression. It does not afford members of the media any special rights or privileges not afforded to citizens in general. I take great pride in writing a truthful honest blog and to my knowledge I have never knowingly lied but have been brutally honest in most instances. Truth is defined as follows in the dictionary for children, I chose the simplest definition to paste so no one would misunderstand it's meaning.

Pronunciation: trüth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural truths /trüthz, trüths/
1 : the quality or state of being true
2 : a true or accepted statement
3 : the body of real events or facts
4 : agreement with fact or reality
- in truth : in fact : ACTUALLY, REALLY

Furthermore I am including the meaning of slander so no one forgets that truth and slander are not remotely the same thing. Slander is something I have never included in my blog but on some occasions have reported about it and the gossip that accompanies it. Generally the guilty conscious of the person who practices slander are the ones that can't tell the difference between the truth and slander so I just wanted to pointed out the difference by listing both of the meanings.

slanderous - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous

harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking

In closing I would just like to say the blogging is protected by the first amendment and my right to express my first amendment right is not something anyone has the right to take away from me especially when I am very careful to hold truth in my heart and soul.  I have never slandered anyone on my blog but find the cold hard truth much more an interesting subject to blog about.  It is much more edgy and subject to conversation.  Slander is generally a product of a malious persons fantasy and I have no desire to write a fictional accounting of my life... tomorrow.