What's the Bravest Thing You Ever Did?

So what's the bravest thing you've ever done? This question was posed by one of my favorite bloggers, Chris Guillebeau on his 'The Art of Non-Conformity' blog this past week. The responses were nothing less than awe-inspiring. You can check it out at http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-bravest-thing/. There sure are a lot of brave people out there!

O Bla Di, O Bla Da, Life Goes On

Poor Koda. She and Kelly were playing fetch the tennis ball in the dark the other night. Kelly accidently tossed the ball into a sticker bush, Koda charged right into it and got a pretty bad gash on her front 'wrist'. We doctored it ourselves for a day, but even though the cut was small it was deep. Last night she seemed to be pretty lethagic and I got worried, so we gathered her up and went to the after-hours vet.Two hours  and $150 later; she's gonna be just fine. But she's strictly forbidden to lick her owie...hence the lampshade on her head. She hates it. She can't scratch; can't sniff the ground and can't play ball for ten whole days! Kelly feels just awful about it, but it's just a part of raising kids; even if the kids are dogs. O bla di, o bla da, life goes on...right? So we're trying to keep an upbeat mood around here; and encouraging Koda to keep her chin up---literally. LOL.

And we're showing her our support by becoming cone-heads along with her.

There's just no limit to the silly things we'll do for our Koda!

So this is how life goes on in the Rorvig household.

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Katie Daisy a New Etsy Favorite

I just had to share  some wonderful pieces of art by a talented gal named Katie Daisy. I think her art is sweet and whimsical, and so refreshing. You can find her here on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/thewheatfield?ref=pr_shop_more . I'm telling you, this girl has something special; go look for yourself! Her work definitely fits my criteria as whatsoever things are lovely...

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A Peaceful Snowy Morning

It snowed last night while we were asleep. This morning my backyard is a winter wonderland. I took Koda out at 5:30 am to play. I know...I'm nuts. But as I walked  beneath the firs in the quiet of the morning, looking up through snowy boughs into the dark winter sky; it was something more than magical...

it was...spiritual.

When I came inside I opened my Bible to II Peter 1:2 and read from the amplified version...

May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full , personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

That is my prayer for you today. That you  (and I) will experience peace, the Biblical definition of peace:

Perfect well being

 all necessary good

all spiritual prosperity 

 freedom from fears

 and agitating passions

and moral conflicts.

Amen.

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