Isn't April Beautiful?

Spring is here! Yah! Trees are budding AND it's almost time
for me to work on my rock garden. Yup - that's right, my rock
garden. You have to time this stuff just right - other wise those
rocks can get too cold and then where will I be?!!
My rocks are special to me, for they represent places I've lived
or visited over the years. (I even smuggled one out of the
Grand Canyon, but please don't tell anyone! We don't want the
canyon carted away one rock at a time!)
Another thing I like about rocks is - they're cheap. I mean - -
how much cheaper can you get - than FREE? Although, I have
purchased a couple from a rock shop near Mammouth Cave.
But the greatest thing? My wonderful husband - who willingly
carts my rocks from hither and yond AND whenever we move.
He's quite a guy and I thank the Lord for him everyday; not to
mention the fact that the end of this beautiful month of April
we will be celebrating our 39th Wedding Anniversary.
Since we'll be celebrating it at The Shack B & B near White Cloud
I wonder if I should take a hike while there and find a rock to
commemorate?

Are You Ready for Christmas?

I am. This year is going to be a first for us. Tom is the Pastor
of a small country church and since Christmas falls on Sunday
this year, only 5 or 6 people will be attending service. So - - -
we've moved it to our home, which is conveniently located right
next door to the church. :)
I'm excited about this. I even bought a birthday cake for
Jesus and plan to not only sing Happy Birthday to Him, but
also will sing a special in our service.
So, what will you be doing Christmas Day?
It's curious to me that CHRISTmas is about Christ and yet,
when it actually falls on Sunday - few are planning to be there.
Something to think about, huh?
Anyway - Merry Christmas - AND - Have a Safe, Happy New Year.

IT'S FINALLY HERE!! YAH!!

Out of the Mire arrived today and is now available!
The orders come directly to me. I sign them and
mail them out.
This is the third in the Whirlwind series. Follow
Det. Quaid Williams and Abigail Turner as their
love blossoms. But then - Abigail is kidnapped and
Quaid needs to find her location before his love is
taken from him forever!

Get your signed copy while I still have some on hand!

Just What Is My Kitten's Name?

This is our baby - Mick Dundee. He's quite orange with very unique

tiger stripes all over his body. The other day, we took him to the mobile

veterinarian to be "fixed". When I went to get him later, Mick came with a birth

announcement, stated "It's a Girl!" Tom and I either need new

glasses or an anatomy refresher course! I felt terrible that for two months

I've been calling this sweet, dainty little girl a "HE". Do you think there

could be residual mental issues for her? :)

This is our sweet baby girl, Mick. After finding out, he was a she, I

entertained changing her name to something more feminine but sounding

close to Mick. I came up with Nikki. The problem? I keep forgetting

to call her by the new name, so since there are female Mickey's in this

world, I'm going to stick with the name she has. Besides, notice the "M"

on her forehead? What else can I say?

By the way, this is our older cat, Sunny who is 1 1/2 yrs old now. If you

notice, he too has the "M" on his forehead. Does that mean I should

change his name to something that starts with that letter?

A little bizarre, don't you think?

Michigan Author Expo

Hey you Michiganders. Saturday, Oct. 15th I'll be at the Lakeview Library
in Lakeview, Michigan with 15 other Michigan authors. I'm excited!

It will be nice to meet other authors from all types of genres, AND, we will
be all selling our books. There will also be drawings and someone will
win one of all of our books! What fun!

Hope to see some of you Michigan people there from 10 - Noon.

Stop in and say - HI to me.

My Mistake!

I need to correct something I wrote in my last blog. Accordingly to the

special last night on NBC re:9/11 - Tom Brokaw said that 343 firefighters

died that day! I was way off and it's important enough to correct it.

The program last night lasted two hours and was very, very good.

Parts of it brought tears.

May we never forget!

September 11, 2001

I think one of the main things I constantly hear, is that people remember

exactly what they were doing when the news broke about the first jet

flying into the Twin Tower.

Tom and I were eating breakfast, when our daughter Rhonda called telling

us to turn on the TV. We were shocked at what we saw, and then . . . within

minutes of turning it on, we saw another jet headed for the other tower!

I can't accurately describe what we felt while watching that jet blow into

the tower and then seeing bodies and flames shooting out of the other side.

Like everyone else says - this is something I will never forget!!

Nor should we!!!

Thousands died and I still hear Tom's words stating, "While everyone is

trying to get out of those buildings, the firefighters and EMT's are trying

to go up!"

I don't know the exact number, but of the thousands who died, over 100

of them were purposely running INTO those buildings to see if they

could somehow help!

The last few days I've been doing searches on the internet. I wanted to

look at photos of those four sites and what happened - The Twin Towers,

the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania.

May we all take a moment to remember the Fallen and the loved ones

left behind to pick up their lives and continue on.

At the beginning of this blog, I posted a photo. May it be a comfort to

all of us that Jesus was right there with all the people. We don't know

why He allowed it to happen, but we can take great comfort in the fact

that He is still in control and that nothing takes Him by surprise - - even

evil people who want to do us harm.