today we went kayaking....suffice it to say that while i was kayaking the challenge was to stay on top of the water.....i didn't win....but i had fun anyway.....the water is very cold this time of year....later on my 3 little nephews came to the lake and got to ride with David....how could anyone possibly have a bad day even when you are soaking wet and having to wear a tablecloth with an extension cord wrapped around you until your clothes dry when you get to be around these 3 little guys....sooooo cute if i do say soooo myself...the kayak started out as a kayak and then became a karnack and by the time it was over it was a boatyak.....sometimes they get a little confussed with words.....what a hoot...........i saw a movie and a dvd this weekend......the duchess and 7 pounds....what????? i don't have enough problems with depression, i have to endure sad movies to punish myself or what ......but both were very good.....and then to top it off i have to have a book read by tuesday....it's called the zookeepers wife.....and it's a war story about nazi germany and the jews......what is the deal?......do i call this fun or what...my new year's resolution is to get out and do things....hmmmmm.....i am batting a 1000 on this deal...so, let me pull myself up from my bootstraps and go watch something exciting on tv.......lets see, do i watch law and order so i can see murders or maybe house so i can watch who has what terrible disease or no, i think i have it......trauma, life in the er......so i can be on the edge of my seat to see if real people live or die........yes, i am going through a very morbid period in my life......hopefully i can kick it and move on......

today we went and painted our townhouse and did a little cleaning......did i say that i am not up to being a landlord?.....there was something wrong with the picture......i had someone at my house cleaning up my mess and i was in college station cleaning up someone else's mess.....what is up with that....i think i would rather clean my own toilet rather than three other people's toilets....oh well live and learn....i think we learned a lot in the last four years about being a landlord....first of all, you always have approved colors if the occupants want to paint.....the best idea is no painting at all....david and haley and i spent the day covering an even brighter version of pepto bismal....if i didn't need it before i went i do now....pepto that is...... but this time we did it the right way...the realtor is handling everything....deposit included......and then we came home to our clean house....BUT, i have two dogs and one granddog here so what are the odds of anything staying clean?.....and then of course there is randyll but he falls in to a catagory all of his own....hmmmm, he's not a dog and he's not a human.....what is he?

ok so the picture is a bit askewed but i was taking it with my phone because i thought that the church looked so beautiful last night....we had a great two hour service just worshipping and praising our Lord's birth. How great is it to wake up every morning and know that we have been saved by grace and that mercy comes to us each and every day?.....ahhh so many, many blessings that we have...and one of my biggest blessings is my family...last night after church we met David's sister and her family for dinner....it's a tradition that we've started.....after that we went downtown to find our homeless people to hand out blankets and coats...it was not really cold and david said maybe we should go another night but i said,"no way we are going"......when we found them david said, "ok gana, get out and do your thing"....so i did....i think he always makes me get out first in case someone knocks me off....then he can speed away quickly and safely.....but after no one knifed me he got out and of course loved talking to all of the guys.....now that is what Christmas is all about!.....today we go celebrate with all of my family.....how did we get so blessed to get along so well?....we travel in packs in my family.....we like to do everything together, including going to the gynocologist!!..hahaha good one.....but that's not all ....on new year's day we get to celebrate with David's family....another day to celebrate!! Merry Christmas!!

The Office

Saturday four of us from the office took gifts to a needy family. Our entire office took part in the giving. This office is amazing. We have people who have such open hearts. As a matter of fact, we had the family, we donated cans of food to another entity and we had those who were taking care of the animals by giving to shelters. I love these people....everyone is so very different but we all seem to mesh really well......I think because God chose us all to be here right at this very moment. I remember years ago I was thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a job where I could just work part time but my boss would be very lenient....God granted me that one....Whoa!!!! I am so blessed. May the Lord be Praised!

Randyll

Randyll left yesterday to go on a road trip. He packed his little bags and put his sweater on and then he sat by the door until 3:30 when Sara and Robert came to pick him up. This was a new adventure for him because he was going to get to ride in Robert's new car. Hopefully he didn't shed any. But i don't think we have to worry about that because he wasn't about to leave Sara's lap....he was tooooo comfy......He was going to the Heights to visit his best friend Bentley. Just staying for 3 days....that's about as long as he can be away from his gmama and gdaddy and his ggmama and his ggdaddy.....not because he can't stay away but because we all miss him too much...what would we have to talk about and laugh about if we didn't have randyll...isn't that what everyone does?...looks at their dog most all of the 24 hrs. of the day and boast, "look how cute he is".....and "ahhhh, that's cute."