Sunday, November 19, 2006

Counting Sheep


It's flannel time. I'll take flannel sheets over silk or infinity thread-count anytime. I got this set at Target almost by accident. I overheard a lady give someone directions that included, "just past the sheep". Did I really hear "sheep". I looked to where she had sent the other customer...Whoa Moma!- there they were. And on sale, to boot. What a sweet, sheep sleep I will count on tonight.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Maaaa and The Kids

This ma has a lot to keep track of. All the lambs were collected or given to me at different times and came together to form a mini-flock. One lambie always seems to be exploring on its own and may get lost. But The Good Shepherd always keeps watch. His sheep know His voice.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Not Bo Peep, Not Lost

This is a fave of mine. It was given to me by another fave, Lisa Lou, for Christmas 2000. Actually, it's just Lisa, but she does have beautiful red hair, too. A sheep is wooly a girl's bestfriend. You can't cuddle a diamond!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

A Very Serious Post

I was at a very different and memorable place when this sheep was purchased. He reminded me of the ram caught in the thicket. A substitution sent by God, to Abraham, to become the blood sacrifice, instead of Isaac, Abraham's son.

It was October 8, 2000 and I had decided to celebrate my birthday in a way that would make me cherish life: grateful for the one Handcrafted just for me. I went to the Dallas Holocaust Museum and took the headset tour. I stood in a boxcar, the cattle car that was actually used to rail people to their deaths. Death sentences meted out, simply because of their belief. Six million Jews and another four million so-called 'human misfits', were slaughtered by evil men. And by good men who chose to do nothing to stop it. Remember. Always remember.

November 9, 2006 marks the 68th Anniversary of Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass). Nazis, along with Hitler's Youth and the SS, destroyed Jewish owned businesses, synagogues and murdered 91 Jews. Some 25,000 men were rounded up and later sent to concentration camps. The brutality lasted into the next day and launched the war of hate on the Jews of Germany.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Hooray For The Red, White and Blewe

Vote for ewe. Vote for ewe. This sheepy plaque was purchased at a deeply discounted price from a Hobby Lobby trying to purge its Spring-Summer stock. This candidate is running on a grass-roots platform, and is both hot and cold on the sink issues.

Monday, November 06, 2006

God's Grace to Ewe

Happy sheep with happy feet envelope. It held a SASE and Easter card for me to sign and send on to my World Vision child, Nomalinge, in South Africa. She will be 12 yrs old on November 10. Happy Birthday, sweet girl. Grow strong in Jesus, for He cares for you...Always. He's got the whole world in His hands.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

This is Shaun, Too

All the way from England. I fell in love with the Wallace and Gromit movies and this is Shaun, a character, from A Close Shave. It's a backpack and was purchased on eBay in March 2002. Baggage without a guilt-trip. Kewel.