Hodgepodging a Lumber Baron Home of Eau Claire, WI

Our oldest son lives in south central Minnesota.

This is the sign in one of their windows.

I thought it was so sweet.

And this is the road that leads to the town they live in.

Lots of prairie with blowing snow and COLD temps.

More pics coming later.

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1. Share one thing that really makes your day.

Phone calls or text messages from our kids.

Ooooh, chilly view!

2. Lots of these kinds of lists out there, but one found here says the fifteen most colorful places on earth are:

Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy~Burano, Italy~Havana, Cuba~Rio de Janiero, Brazil~Chefchaouen, Morocco~Balat, Istanbul, Turkey~Menton, France~Jodhpur, India~La Baca, Buenos Aires, Argentina~Guanajuato, Mexico~Capetown, South Africa~Valparaiso, Chile~Wroclaw, Poland~San Francisco, California~and Pelourhino, Salvador, Brazil.  

Of those listed which would you most like to see up close and in person? Of all the places you've seen or traveled in your own life, what would you say was one of the most colorful?

The one I'd most like to see up close and in person (and accompanied by our daughter who is fluent in Italian!) is Cinque Terre, Italy. I've seen her photos, and they're wonderful.  The most literally colorful place I've been is probably Mexico City and particularly, the Ballet Folklórico de México. It was spectacular. But that was a long time ago, so it would be nice to see it again.

 One of the old lumber baron homes in Eau Claire, WI

and a few more shots, also in this blog post.
When our daughter was visiting over New Year's, 
we drove around the neighborhood where there are many of
these huge homes. We decided we'd buy this one
when our piggy bank is full.

3."Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Jack Canfield  In general, would you agree or disagree with that statement? Why?

It sounds good, doesn't it. But really. What do I fear? I fear getting too close to the center line on the highway. Just the other side of fear is a head-on collision. So really.  I do think that fear of many things keeps people from enjoying life like they were meant to do. But, with that in mind, I think that Everything you want is on the other side of Jesus. What I mean is that Jesus, the real historical first-century Jesus of Nazareth is the Doorway to all that the human spirit longs for. As God in the flesh, He alone can give us real Love, Joy, Hope, Relationship, and a Future. Ignore the Door, and life is a continuous frustrating search for satisfaction and fulfillment.

4. Imagine you're stranded on a desert island and dessert appears...what do you hope it is? Do you ever struggle to remember which spelling is desert and which is dessert?

No struggle here. I got dessert and desert straightened out a long time ago, fortunately. I think the ss makes the word look like it's got a couple squiggles of Reddi-Whip on it, so that might have been why it was so easy for me to sort it out.  Anyway, my favorite dessert would be lemon meringue pie like my mom used to make. Although the meringue was pretty, I usually scraped it off to get to the fabulous lemon underneath. P.S. And now, because of Reddi-Whip, you may never again get dessert and desert confused. You're welcome.

5. What song almost always makes you cry?

It's been a long time since I've cried from hearing a song, but it was probably the song, 'Before the Throne of God Above.'

 VERSE 1
Before the throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea A great High Priest whose name is love Who ever lives and pleads for me My name is graven on His hands My name is written on His heart I know that while in heav’n He stands No tongue can bid me thence depart No tongue can bid me thence depart

VERSE 2 When Satan tempts me to despair And tells me of the guilt within Upward I look and see Him there Who made an end of all my sin Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free For God the Just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me To look on Him and pardon me

VERSE 3 Behold Him there, the risen Lamb My perfect, spotless Righteousness The great unchangeable I AM The King of glory and of grace One with Himself, I cannot die My soul is purchased by His blood My life is hid with Christ on high With Christ my Savior and my God With Christ my Savior and my God
©1997 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP).

6. January is National Soup Month.  Everything from soup to nuts, in the soup, thick as pea soup, souped up...which saying most recently applies to your life in some way? Explain.

I think it would be 'soup to nuts,' because there's so much different stuff going in this month of January. I know it will fly by, so I'm making plans for February.

7. Write a two word note to your younger self. What does it say?


TODAY MATTERS!!!  (Sometimes I just have to yell at myself.)

8. Insert your own random thought here.

On Sunday, we brought one of our grandsons back with us from Minnesota.  On Monday, he helped me remove the tacking strips from the stairs after Mr. C. ripped out the old, worn, Plum Frieze from a lifetime ago. I'm serious. He and I made a lot of racket getting them out, but boy is it nice to have the job done and that ugly carpet GONE.

He likes being busy.

I need to find another interesting project.

I did discover that baking banana bread was not going to be

one of them, so I baked and he ate. :-)

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