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This assignment came from Karen - Thank you for your help!   

Christmas will soon be here and it seems no matter how we plan, it is always a busy time in our lives.  This week’s assignment will be hopefully simple yet inspirational.  Share your favorite Christmas verse, quote or poem.

Well...we must start with the most important thing: Blogger Friend School.  I am to share a favorite Christmas verse, quote or poem.  The most oft repeated quote in our home lately is "WE'RE GOING HOME!!" usually said with a tear in our eye, a catch in our throat and "hip hip hooray" on our lips!  We are so excited to be heading home.  We haven't seen our beloved Northern California Mountains for two years.  Haven't smelled the pine forests, have seen friends and family.  Although we have been blessed with frequent visits from our parents, my dad hasn't been back in about 1 1/2 years and I can't wait to hug him!!  I have never seen my precious niece who was born shortly after we left, but my SIL has assured me that she plans to stay glued to my side for our entire visit so she can get her "Sheri-fix", meaning my little toddling niece Kiara MIGHT like me before we leave.

Fun stuff:

1.)  This is the MOST fun I've had in ages!! Are you ready?  I have officially lost 27 pounds!  I am wearing a size 6 jeans and am sorely tempted to leave the tags hanging off of them simply so the whole world will know!!!

2.) You may or may not know about the horror that befell our family this week.  OKay, so it wasn't that bad, but it's oh so much more dramatic this way, don't ya think?  A pipe burst in one of our walls and flooded about 1/3 of our living room and part of our bedroom and followed the baseboards down into the hall.  I literally closed my eyes and prayed over the plumber pages (after the first plumber we called told us we'd have to wait a week) and the next guy we called came out and fixed our pipe all within an hour!  Add to that: Disaster Relief zipped on our within TWO hours and had our wet pad cut out, carpet pulled back,  baseboards pulled off, dehumidifiers and fans whirring...and my head spinning.  It will be a while before my house is back to normal, but it's what's in our hearts that make it a home, and has NOTHING to do with the fact that we had to take down the Christmas tree two weeks before Christmas!

I am very concious of the fact that this could have been a lot worse.  We could have not discovered the busted pipe and when our neighbor came to feed our dogs while we are gone, he WOULD have turned on that faucet and flooded our home.  Can you imagine what a mess THAT would have been to come back to!

So, even if I come home from California to half my living room in the dining room, my bed taken apart, and all of us residing in different rooms that normal, I know I will be okay! As long as the noisy whirring dehumidifiers can be turned off soon!!!