Just a Thot

Here, There and Everywhere

Maggie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:14 +0000

Matt 11:28-30
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
“Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.
“For My yoke is easy, and My load is light.”

Yesterday we finally got a break in the snow. Our puppy jumped at the door, excited to get out and play. After a little while, I went to an upstairs window to see if I could see where she was. I didn’t see her, but I saw where she’d been. Here, there and everywhere! She’d circled over here, then run straight across to something else, then meandered around over there for a bit. She’d dug a hole here and there – looking for buried treasures. Then I finally found her … sitting at the back door, waiting to come back into the house!

As I stared at all those circles and mixed up tracks – running here, there and everywhere, I felt like that was how my life is. Running here, there and everywhere.

The snow is back again and as I look out that same window, all the little puppy tracks are gone. No more here, there and everywhere. No more holes dug in search of buried treasure. It’s all white again. All wiped clean – ready to start out on a new adventure. Ready to start again.

Lord, help me today as I start out on another day. A day wiped clean from all that has happened yesterday, and the yesterday before that, and the yesterday before that. Thank You so much for taking all those yesterdays and dying on the cross to wipe out all my sins, all my wonderings of yesterdays. Help me live today for You Lord. Make my path straight. Give me wisdom and guidance as I seek You and Your strength today.

Puppy Kindergarten

Maggie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:56:24 +0000

We too Rose to Puppy Kindergarten last night. It was our second time. Last week we were the only ones there – which was a good thing. We all learned so much and Pat got to see Ian and get to know/see some of his issues.
Last night there were three big breed puppy’s and two small breed puppy’s. The other Golden Retriever and the Husky were fun for Rose to get to know. We found out that Rose is a “Field” Golden Retreiier and the other Golden was a “Show” Golden Retriever. The “Show” Goldens usually have more sensitive personalities, but they are full, fluffy Goldens. Beautiful to look at, but must be groomed daily and bathed weekly!!! Oh too much maintence for me! I’ll stay with my Rose – oh, I mean Ian’s Rose!
Rose has decieded that she really isn’t a dog … she’s a cat. She LOVES to sleep on my lap (like my cats) and she comes to “hear kitty, kitty, kitty”!!! What a disgrace in the dog world. But we keep those secrets from the Dog world people! She is so funny. She’s sleeping in my lap right now and let me tell you, it’s tough typing with a head and two front paws of a 13 week old Golden on your left arm! But I love her. She’s a good girl. And with a little more training, I’ll be a good human for her too!

Ian’s Rose

Maggie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:23:47 +0000

This is Rose, a wonderful little puppy that we will be picking up in three weeks (when she’s old enough to leave her mommy). We will be training her to be an Autism Service Dog for Ian. She’s a Golden Retriever whose mommy and daddy are both up here in Alaska. They are wonderful dog’s … we are so excited! We know it’s gonna be tons of work to get her certified, but it will be worth it for Ian.

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Maggie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:56:16 +0000

Life is tough, but God is good. I keep telling myself this over and over. And God is good. He is seeing me (us) through some really tough times and I know He will continue to see us through the next years coming up.
Today is my birthday. I’m usually the one who makes a big deal about birthdays in our family, so my birthday is usually not a big deal. Not because they don’t love me, just because they’re not used to planning anything. To top it all off, my daughter – the one full of Mercy and Love, is sick. She’s got the flu. So I woke up today and we got the day started as usual. No mention of Birthday, no Special Day anything. Just regular life.

Then my sweet Tori woke up. I got her some medicine to take down her fever and as soon as she had taken it, she asked me what day it was. I told her Friday and she said, “Oh good!” and shuffled over to me with a folded paper in her hand. She had made me a Birthday Card! She said Happy Birthday and some sweet sayings and then the rest of the card was as follows:

Blessed is the man who keeps on going when times are hard. After he has come through them, he will receive a crown. The crown is life itself. God has promised it to those who love Him.
James 1:12

I love my daughter. At a mere 12 years old, she saw through the pain we are going through and had faith. Faith enough to share with me. Dave and I are beyond proud of her. She’s an inspiration to us both.

It Takes an Aspie

Maggie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:25:13 +0000

It takes an Aspie to find the great features of the old camera! Dave bought this “great” camera a couple years ago, but it was just a compact camera – cheapy little camera. So as soon as we could swing it, Dave bought a nicer camera for us. With the old one pushed to the side, my Ian picked it up and started playing with it. Before we knew what was happening, he was taking video pictures. Wow – cool I thought, but when we played them back on the camera, there wasn’t any sound, so I thought oh well, thanks, but no thanks.
Long story short, when we downloaded the pictures onto our computer and hit play, there was sound! We heard all about Ian’s day at our Church Clean Up day and saw all the places that he went … that this mamma never knew about!!! (Oh kids)
So now Tori has decided that she can be her wild and crazy self on film … and it’s ok! She’s doing little “shows” and such. Too cute! Ian is her photographer. Oh, she so funny and crazy and goofy – you’d never believe that this same wild and crazy girl is the shy, reserved girl you see in church or out and about in town!
Does anyone know how to edit these small snippits together and make a little show type thing?

Changes are a Comin’

Maggie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:20:55 +0000

Get ready for some great changes! I’m conspiring and will (hopefully soon) get a new look to both my blogs and my web site! Ooooo, fun things to come!

Maggie — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:03:03 +0000

I love our eagles.

Maggie — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:11:47 +0000

This is the veiw from our deck towards the North … beautiful

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Maggie — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:34:10 +0000

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About Fishing in Alaska

Maggie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:06:38 +0000

We went fishing for the first time in Alaska last week. We learned several things – ok, more than several things.

#1 … when walking backwards up the beach in two feet of water, the rocks become especially slippery and might cause one to fall.
#2 … when you are wearing hip waders and fall down in the ocean, ocean water fills the entire boot – all the way up to the top of your legs.
#3 … Alaskan ocean water is cold … no, make that VERY cold.
#4 … Hip waders, when full of water, are very heavy.
#5 … when you sit down in the car to pull off your ocean water filled hip waders, make sure you are hanging off the OUTSIDE of said car – that much Ocean water is difficult to mop out of a car.
#6 … ALWAYS bring a second (or third) change of clothes – even if you are certain that you will NEVER get wet!
#7 … a petite little 12 year old does not fit well into her 6′1″ 220lbs brothers extra pair of sweats that happened to be the only extra pair of pants in the car.

Yes, we had quite the adventure! And then Ian caught his first Alaskan fish! Oh what fun! Ok, so it was a Irish Lord that is known as a junk fish (it doesn’t have any meat on it to eat) – but hey, Ian had fun, so it was all worth it!