A couple of walks

A regular morning walk around the farm loop for me today.  20 degrees when I started out at 7:20.  It was already getting light and the sun came out after a few miles.  The picture is taken one and have miles from home and Farmer Bill's farm is up on the right around the corner.

Farmer Bill passed by in his truck and stopped to say hi.  He was excited because today he was getting a 'heat system' installed in his house.  He said he will no longer have to get up early in the morning to stoke up the fires!!!

I'm on my way back to town here.  I thought this looked pretty with the sun shining on the town.  Where I was walking, the sun hadn't come all the way up over the mountain yet. 

I walked around one of the cemeteries and down the main road for a while and then turned around and walked home.

I walked 6.3 miles.

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Since it was such a pretty day Ken and I went up to Happy Trails this morning and hiked around up there for a while.

This trail here is on state land which our land backs up on.

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 One of my Christmas presents that Ken gave me was a new Bible (KJV).  I love my new Bible but I'm now in the process of transferring all my notes and underlinings from my old Bible to the new one and it's quite a job.  I've just finished with Psalms and about to start Proverbs.

It is like getting a new computer and transferring all your stuff from one to the other.

We're running out to Ace's Run in a little while to get a hamburger for supper.

 

Hope your Friday has been a good one.

happyone : )

 A happy New year.

Grant that I may bring no tear to any eye.

When this New Year time shall end,

Let it be said I've played the friend,

Have lived and loved and labored here,

And made of it a happy year.

~Edgar Guest

Comment replies:

Deb - I've never heard of scones that are fried - only baked in the oven.  If you click on the picture of inside the book and make it bigger, you should be able to read the basic scone recipe.

I won: )

We had a very nice Christmas day and hope you enjoyed yours as well. : )

We started watching the movie, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World at 10:00 last night on television.   I don't know how many minutes the movie actually is but there were so many commercials that it didn't get over until 2:00 in the morning.  It seemed like we watched 10 minutes of movie and then 5 minutes of commercials.  We were hopping up each commercial and laughed because we were able to get so much done on the commercials.  I had never seen the movie before and laughed and laughed.  What a crazy movie!!  : )

After going to bed late I didn't wake up till 8:00 this morning and was surprised to see it snowing again.  Very windy too so I decided to stay inside and do the Leslie Sansone 3 mile inside walk. 

I got a couple of jigsaw puzzles for Christmas and did one of them already.  Started it yesterday and finished today.

By lunch time the snow had stopped and the sun came out.  I had to return a book to the library so dressed warmly and walked to the library.  Told Ken not to worry if I didn't come home right away because I might go for a little walk.  And I did.  Walked about 4 miles around town.  It was so nice to be outside walking in the sunshine for a change.

Lucky me. : )  I won a give away from Nellie at Berries and More.  I received part of it today in the mail, this Tea and Teatime Recipe booklet.

 I've found lots of things that I'd like to make and I think some scones will be the first thing I try.

Also part of the give a way was a subscription to Tea Time magazine.
Thanks Nellie, I'm so happy that I won. : )

It's been a nice day and hope you have enjoyed yours too.
Till next time.......
Be happy.
happyone : )

Approach the New Year with resolve

to find the opportunities

hidden in each new day.

~ Michael Josephson

A white Christmas : )

I had a regular outside walk around town this morning.  Winter is here again.  It was 25 degrees and started snowing while I was walking.  It was very light and blowing around as you can from the picture.

I paid my horse friends a visit down by the Drane house and went up Spear Rd to see the cows up that way.  Passed by LC and friends but they were all toasty warm in their hen house.

It was quiet walk and I didn't see any one around.
I walked 6 miles.

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Looks like we will be having a white Christmas after all.  : )

We needed some food so off we went in the snow to Walmart.  Thought there would be lots of people there because of Christmas but it just seemed like a regular day.

Here we are turning up the street to home.

Our house in the snow.

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A few of you have asked what Ken used to make the hooks for the back of the plates that we hung above the kitchen cabinets.

He used a little piece of styrene plastic, a small piece of coated wire, and Contact Cement.  He cut a piece of wire, made a loop, bent the ends up over the plastic.  Then dabbed some of the contact cement on the plate and plastic, waited a bit and then stuck it on the plate. 

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In about an hour we are leaving for church for the Christmas Eve service.  We have an early one at 6:00.  Looking forward to starting Christmas off being thankful for our many blessings and thinking about Jesus. : )

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Corinthians 9:15

A very happy and Merry Christmas to each and every one of you, my friends.

My Christmas wish for each of you is that (if you don't already) you know Jesus and accept His gift of 

salvation. 

happyone : )

Walk at Home, the Ball, Card, and a Surprise

I woke up to rain this morning and I just didn't feel like going out to walk and getting wet feet again.
My cousin Linda, made a suggestion that on the days I don't walk outside to try a Leslie Sansone ( Cheryl had suggested a walking tape too once, but I don't remember if this is the same person) walk at home DVD.  This morning I went on YouTube and found her complete 3 mile walk at home workout and did it.  I liked it a lot and felt like I got a really good workout.  Only three miles but she also uses light weights so the upper body gets a workout too.
The link to the workout I did today is HERE.
I also found a 5 miles walk at home one on YouTube too and will do that one next time.
Thanks Linda!!!  : )

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The Nativity scene from yesterday is not in my yard, though I wish it was because I really like it.  I snapped a picture of it on my walk yesterday in a yard down the street from me.  

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It has gotten colder during the day and the rain has now turned to snow, though none is sticking on the ground yet.

We've been home today and played a couple board games this afternoon - Sorry and Master Mind.  Both of these games we got when we were first married in 1972 so the games are pretty old. : )  I'm surprised none of the pieces are missing.

I got this Christmas card in the mail today from my cousin Patty (Linda's sister).  It looks very much like one of my horse friends from my morning walk.  : )  I love it.  If your reading this Patty, Thanks so much.

I got something else in the mail today that made me happy.  I read on Deb's blog a while ago that her favorite candy was Orange Sticks.  I commented that I'd never heard of them but they sure looked good.  So she surprised Ken and I with a box of them for Christmas.  As you can see from the picture, Ken couldn't even wait for me to take the picture before reaching for one.  I had one too and oh my they are good.  One is only 24 calories which is not bad at all.  Thanks so much Deb.  How thoughtful.  : )

Ken painted the red Christmas ball today.  I know some of you have been waiting patiently to see what this years ball would be.  For those of you new to reading my blog, every year since we've been married Ken has painted a red Christmas ball with some event that is memorable for that year.  This year has had many happy changes for us.  : )

So that's been my day so far.  It's been a good one. : )
Hope your enjoying your day as well.
A happy day to you.
happyone  : )

Fail not to call to mind,

in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month,

that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth

was born on that day,

and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it;

for mirth is also of Heaven's making.

~Leigh Hunt

Matthew 1:21

Matthew 1:21

And she shall bring forth a son,

and thou shalt call his name JESUS:

for he shall save his people from their sins.

A blessed Sunday to one and all.

happyone : )