Food Network is MIA

Today was like any other typical Sunday in my house, after I wake up I turn on the Food Network channel to listen to while I'm getting ready for church. However, today the Food network channel was MIA! Come to find out they're in a brew haha with ATT U-verse and a few other cable companies about $$. Sounds a bit like Enron to me. Scripps the company that controls Food network and HGTV along with a few other channels are battling over what else...money! Meanwhile it feels like a strike walk out with out any per diam replacement. This is the holiday season and last I checked this country is in the middle of a very bad economy. This has greed written all over it. I just want my comfort channel back! Cooking is like therapy for me. It's calming, creative and I'm always inspired by my favorite chefs. I hope they figure this out soon. Comcast is calling my name! If you would like to voice your opinion about this visit http://www.att.com/Common/iptv/files/dkpages/dk_fighting4you.html.

Operation Christmas Child

The girls and I spent the evening shopping, wrapping and filling our shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The twins each selected a girl between the age of 5 to 9 years old. They carefully went through the store imagining what the little girl would feel like when she opened her box filled with Christmas treasures for her own and we talked about how God uses some people to help other people. They each shared their pride for being able to make this small effort and realizing what a huge impact it would make on Christmas morning. I couldn't help but feel happy that my girls understand that you don't have to be a grown up to extend help to others. If you would like to fill a shoebox go to http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ for more information.

Mother of the Bride

My life has been pretty busy with my first born daughter; soon to be a Bride in December. We are well underway with all the wedding details although there is still so much more to do. My daughter has asked me to be her Maid of Honor which of course made me tear up but has put a whole new perspective on what to wear. I want her day to be the best day of her life. The theme is old Hollywood Glamour, think Frank Sinatra and 1940's. She and I are very close and have been all her life. She is the first reason I learned what unconditional love is. She has a heart full of love and sees life with eyes of hope and wisdom. My husband is her Step Father and he's been in her life since she was 12 years old (she is now 24). He loves her as his own. She knows he would do anything for her and has come through for her so many times. Step families don't need to be hostile, it's the parents that lead the way down that path. I feel very blessed that I made the right choices in her life so that she could know the joy of having an additional parent love her. I love that girl soooo much!