Comfort ye, my people...

It's that time of the year again. It's time for me to pull out my Handel's Messiah CD so I can listen to it full blast on my car stereo! My old car that I just spent $700 fixing. Yes, that's what happens when you ignore the obnoxious sound created by a rotten CV boot, yet you continue to drive it. The result is a ruined axle! whoopsie.... Did I mention that the starter had gone bad, too? And the transmission fluid leak? Driving a 9 year old car is GLORIOUS!!! Glorious, I tell you.... LOL!!!

On to more serious thoughts...

Comfort ye my people...

One of my favorites from Handel's Messiah is this one. Comfort ye my people, saith your God. I really hope He hears our collective need as a planet for comfort. When all goes awry, you have a rotten day, a rotten week, a rotten year... tragedies beyond your control. I'm not even talking about my life. There has been much death and destruction at the hand of nature this year. That doesn't even consider the harm we have inflicted on each other. What we need is comfort... plain and simple.

And here are a few funny thoughts...

We just returned from our annual Thanksgiving vacation. My 2 year old decided that one of the chair cushions in the rental house made a more appropriate canvas for her ink pen than her paper did! My mil washed the cushion cover, getting most of the ink out with some hair spray and stain treater. It did just fine in the washer the first go round... but with the second, it completely fell apart at the seams. Good thing I remembered seeing that the local quilt shop had sewing machines you could use in the back of their store! They graciously allowed us to use the machine to repair the cover. I, of course, made a few obligatory purchases... and now I am afraid that sewing projects may take over for my scrapping habit!!! LOL!!!!

Oh, and wouldn't you know.... I was one of the crazies outside the doors of Wal-Mart at 5 AM on Black Friday. My sil called me the day before with a crazy idea for a Christmas gift, and theirs was the best price! But I went, I saw, I conquered!!! I got what I was after (plus a few other things, too!!!)

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, too!!!