Happy Thanksgiving!

Lipstick anyone?

Do you think that maybe I need to shower more often, fix my hair, wear lipstick, not wear pj bottoms so much, and get all dolled every once in a while? By the comments below, I think so.....

Braxton: "Mom, I wish you looked like this." (Holding a picture of the family and pointing to me.)
Me: "Like what?"
Braxton: "You know, with that pink shirt on and wearing lipstick."

Steve: "Oh. Hey, I didn't even recognize you." (Approaching me at church while I was talking to a friend.)

I think I'll shower today and wear lipstick.

Free Dr. Pepper

**Update** Looks like I won't be getting my freebie...I tried the website several times and it took FOREVER so I gave up. Hope you got yours! :)


Dr. Pepper made a promise that if Guns 'N' Roses finished their album Chinese Democracy in the year 2008 they would give everyone in America a FREE Dr. Pepper. Pay up Dr. Pepper!

The album is getting ready to be released and you can go to Dr. Pepper's website to redeem your coupon for a free 20 oz. drink. The coupon can only be retrieved for one day, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday (that's today), but you can use the coupon up until Feb. 28.

Enjoy!

Grandpa's Room

"In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you." John 14:2

Death. How do you explain it to a five year old?

Steve's grandfather recently passed away after years of struggling with emphysema and a more recent fight against pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. We know that he is with Jesus because a few months before his death he became a believer.

Thank you God for Your goodness, Your forgiveness, and Your mercy.

So, how do you explain death to a five year old?

The short version to what we said is this: We reminded Braxton of the Easter story. Remember when Jesus died on the cross? Rose again? And then went back up to heaven? Well, the Bible talks about how Jesus went to get our rooms ready. Grandpa believed that Jesus died for him and Jesus lived in Grandpa's heart. Grandpa's room is ready and he's with Jesus now. (Again, that is the short version.)

Braxton had a lot to say about that, but my favorite thing was this,
"Do you think that when I go to heaven my room can be next to Grandpa's?"

You bet kid!






Grandpa, you are loved by many and will be missed.

Almost 4 weeks...

That's how long it has been since my last post. Yikes! I'll try to get back in the swing of things real soon!!!