Thankful

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV

16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. So thankful for my family. We went to Bryan's brothers house for lunch. Steven did better than he usually does, we got to stay for about 2 hours.  He was actually there for about an hour and a half before he asked to go for a ride in Uncle Mart's truck.  He didn't even mind that Marco and Macy were in the house.   He would not go to Uncle Steve's house though. I went over without Bryan and Steven, but still had a good time.   Not a lot of the Ratcliffe family were able to get together but we had a good time and good food. Family is precious I love mine to pieces. It doesn't hurt that we can all cook.  :)  Looking forward to everyone coming over for Christmas at my house. Going to have to start getting ready for it . Gotta start cleaning and cooking and decorating.  It's been a little over 4 years since Mom has been gone and we're coming up on the five years of Nick being gone.  Christmas has not been the same since, but the thought of seeing all my family and it helps me through. If you know someone who has family missing this year or no family to gather with , please reach out to them.  Keep them in prayer & in your heart. 

Steven is getting upset that I'm talking & doing my blog.  So I'm cutting this off, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving & have a wonderful Christmas time.

Take care & God bless,

Sherri

The grandkids Thanksgiving 1998

you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd

I don't know how many of you know that song I know it from Roger Miller's version.    it has been stuck in my head all day it has made me happy thinking about my childhood when I first heard it.  the day has been long as Steven is being a grouch, he didn't even want to go see Bev the 2 times we went by.  there was a dinner tonight for those who volunteer at the master's hands,  I really wanted to go. but Steven decided otherwise, so all I could do was stop in a couple times and say hi.  the second time Nick came out to get the soup for my van and talk to Steven for a little bit.  of course Nick was up to his old shenanigans so he made me smile. Steven has been very whiny and not overly cooperative for most of the day.  however, he did take his bath the best he has in a long time.  so I rejoice over that as well.  the housework still has a lot to get done.  but I am still plowing through it @ a reasonable pace and not getting overwhelmed.  so that makes me very happy also.  I'm sitting here in the big purple chair with Callie on my lap debating if I'm going to redo this on the big computer.  I'm using my voice action on my smartphone right now to get this typed it out.   is a blessing to have with the problems I'm having with my wrists and carpal tunnel.  so we'll have to see if I correct all the punctuation and capitalization errors. God's blessings are big and small, sometimes the small ones are hard to see.   but, God knows what we need when we need it even the small things matter to him. 

take care and God bless,
Sherri

Steven and his new panda bear he got. it doesn't seem like much but he loves it. especially since we had to retire White Bear he has not had a big one like this.