Someone very special to us, is having a birthday.  Well, it may not be the actual day…but we are celebrating the birth of this special person.  We are very thankful, along this stretch of the dirt road, for this birth.  On the 25th of December…we have cake at our house and we sing “Happy Birthday.”  It is my favorite tradition.

I will be taking a break from this little blog for a few days.  I’m going to have fun with my family, cherish them, and celebrate this birthday.  Never fear…Dirt Roaders, I will be back.  😉  I have new ideas…fresh ways to decorate for a new year and lots of fun things planned for us. I have some things to tell you about favorite blogs that I follow and wonderful places to order things for your farmhouse or cottage or teepee. (I couldn’t resist. 😉 )  Have I ever told you that I love the freshness of January?  I do.

I want to wish you the most blessed Christmas ever… filled with love, from our dirt road to yours.  May your days be merry and bright and may the Baby in the manger nestle way down deep in your heart.  After all…He did all of this….for you.

Hey Sweet Friends! Today…just pictures with very minimal captions.  Let’s call it “Christmas Quiet.”  Just take a deep breath…and let the pictures do the talking.  Jenny, this post is for you.

scuffs = well loved.

pretty little table runner…from Momma’s momma.

pretty little pot.

pretty little birdie.

a treasure from my church girls.

Have a wonderful day, Dirt Road family.  I hope that you have “Christmas Quiet” in your heart today. (After all…He brought us peace with His birth.)

I actually had something else to visit with you about today.  I am putting it off.  It’s not important enough to share today.  Not in light of recent events.  Today I just want everyone to know that our hearts are breaking for the parents and the families in Connecticut.  In times like these, I think as a whole, we feel horrified and dismayed.  We feel broken and scared.  We feel the need to do something.  The thing that I am choosing to do…is to ask our Father above to strengthen and heal.  I am asking Him to bring peace because He is the only one who can.  I have seen Him do it in times past, so I believe that He will again. I am asking Him to hear the prayers from our stretch of the dirt road and I want to send our love along with it.

We have hope, my sweet Dirt Roaders.  Let’s share it.

Dear Cranky Faced Lady,

When you were coming toward me with your cart, you looked a little scary.

I was trying to be all “I’m Christmas shopping…and being nice at the same time.”

I wonder if you had been in the store too long.

You were coming closer and closer.

I was expecting to hear a grunt or a grumble.

I’ll bet that you didn’t know, that I heard what you were really doing.

I heard you humming that Christmas song under your breath.

I’ll bet that you didn’t know, that you taught me a lesson or that I would blog about you.

Thank you, Cranky Faced Lady…for telling me to mind my own business and to stop judging books by their cover.  Thank you for showing me that even the most stern looking person in the crowd can still have a song in their heart.  God is good to send you my way.

Kelli

Thanks for learning with me today, Dirt Roaders.  I will leave you with a Christmas tree from our bathroom…for your trouble.  Hey…everyone needs a tree in the bathroom.  😉

Mom gave this little tree to me. I love it.

p.s. Comments welcome!