Snow

Well, my gloating on Facebook Friday morning came back to get me - and I knew it would.  I'm not sure how much snow Pella got Thursday afternoon/evening but I know Knoxville had 6 inches by 9:00 pm Thursday night.  When I woke up Friday morning - no snow at all and I had to post on Facebook my joy.  This morning - snow - blick.  But at least it wasn't much.  I pretty much used a "janitor-type" broom to sweep the snow in the driveway and when the pile got big I would shovel it up and over the retaining wall.  I used the shovel for the sidewalk and the large entry part of the driveway by the street.

When I came back inside I realized Butler had done his thing on the living room floor - this was his first "accident" in probably two weeks.  I looked at him and reminded him that I had said I was just going outside to deal with the snow.  But.....I didn't let him outside before I went outside.  Dumb me, I figured he'd be ok.  Lesson learned - whenever Mommy goes outside for a long period of time - Butler better go outside first to be safe.  So while I wasn't happy to clean up his mess I couldn't get too mad at him.

And speaking of Butler.  I was talking to Traci last night and told her that Butler is getting spoiled rotten (ok more spoiled rotten) now that Milly is gone.  Pretty much whatever I eat, Butler gets some too unless I know for a fact that it will be bad for him.  I told her that instead of worrying about me cutting off a finger or two using the Saws-all, she should be more worried about Butler "Jaws" McFall biting off a finger or two when I give him food.  There are sometimes when he comes at me with his mouth open that it's scarier than 3D and instead of calmly holding the food for him to take, I toss it toward his mouth and figure if I miss, he can find it on the floor to eat it.

In Max Lucado's book, "You Can Be Everything God Wants You To Be" he tells you to think about what you like to do and what you are good at.  So yesterday I spent time figuring out my S.T.O.R.Y.:

• Strengths
• Topics
• Optimal Conditions
• Relationships
• Yes!

It was an interesting list - and I'm not done with it yet. "You are the only you that God made......You play no small part because there is no small part to be played.  'All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a separate and necessary part of it' (1 Cor. 12:27 NLT).  Separate and necessary.  Unique and essential.  No one else has been given your lines.  God 'shaped each person in turn' (Ps 33:15 NTL).  The Author of the human drama entrusted your part to you alone.  Life your life, or it won't be lived.  You need to be you.  You need you to be you.  You can't be your hero, your parent, or your big brother.  You might imitate their golf swing or hairstyle, but you can't be them.  You can only be you.  All you have to give is what you've been given to give.  Concentrate on who you are and what you have."

Tonight I've been invited to a church families home for homemade pizza!   Mmmmmmm - can't wait.  I've finally started buying single serving pizzas at the grocery story to make once-in-a-while but it's just not the same as having a full-size pizza in front of you :)