One Solitary Life

He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village, where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never had a family or owned a home. He never set foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never wrote a book, or held an office. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. While He was still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends deserted Him. He was turned over to His enemies, and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had - His coat. When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave. Two thousand years have come and gone, and today He is the central figure for much of the human race. All the armies that ever marched and all the navies that ever sailed and all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as the "One Solitary Life."

My Cleveland Visit - Christmas 2012

I just had a wonderful whirlwind trip to see my Mom in Cleveland for our annual Mother/Daughter Christmas-do-something-together-somewhere time. I was in the middle of finals so could only do a 3 day weekend so we decided to spend time in Cleveland this year.
I flew in early Friday so we had the whole day to bomb around. Mom's got a new little black jeep that I wanted to see anyway :)
She took me to her flight school (yes, she is taking flight lessons) and I met some of the people that work there and see the little planes they learn to fly in. They had a Women in Flight museum and, as you can see, a NASA exhibit.
We then went to the Cleveland Museum of Art which is newly remodeled and a very cool museum. It's a FREE museum, which is really rare. We went across the street to the Botanical Garden and it was all lit up for Christmas. It was gorgeous.
We grabbed a little dinner at a restuarant that was built into an old bank building. I've never seen anything like it. After that we went to a one man show (the name of which escapes me right now) but was the true tellings of a mall elf. It was cute.
Saturday we shopped and shopped and shopped and shopped. We didn't buy much, but we rarely ever do.
We did a little more noshing and drinking and talking until we both fell into our beds.
We had a little time on Sunday so she took me up to her new office so I can see where she spends her days. It's always nice to be able to picture someone sitting at home or at work when you live far away.
At any rate, it was a really fun weekend and I miss her already.

Our Christmas Tree

I had to spend $2.50 in order to upload more pictures, but whatever.

Here is our REAL tree that my hubs chopped down like a real lumberjack. We put it in the porch this year and it looks so pretty and smells so good.

Every year one of the girls gets to put the angel on top. This year my brown eyed girl got to do it.

I am getting super excited for Christmas!!!

Darn It

Google won't let me post pictures today because I used my 1 GB of storage? Anyone else ever experience this? I can buy more GB but do I really need to do that?

Help!