Hope ya all had a nice Thanksgiving!  My family had a wonderful meal together, and  afterwards,  I took a nap while all the guys watched the football game.  Later that evening I took a slice of pumpkin pie but was disappointed with it.  BJ's pumpkin pie was false!  Ick, it tasted bad.  A warning to all, never be deceived by pies being sold at BJ's.  They may look scrumptious, but they're really foul tasting.

Because Mum is working tonight at the hospital, I made dinner for everyone.  I hunted up some cook books and found one called The Pampered Chef.  I flipped through the pictures till I found one that looked promising.  It was called Lasagna Chicken Alfredo.
It was super good and I enjoyed making it.  Everyone else liked it too. Well, everyone except Sarah but she hasn't learned to appreciate good food.

I've almost completed my Christmas list for others so, now I will put up my 5 things that I hope to see under the Christmas tree. Hee,hee that rhymed. : )

1. Permission slip from parents to go on a mission trip.
2. An I Love Lucy T-shirt, (or anything I Love Lucy!)
3. Music.
4. Elf ears/anything elfish or faerie-ish.
5. Books and then some more books.

Odd combination off stuff, I know.  Specially want number 4. : ) My BFF, Renee, told me on the phone I need to stop living in my books.  ; ) Ha-ha yeah right! Speaking of Renee... She's coming back to the Cape next summer! YAHOO!!!  I am very psyched with this news and am already counting down the days.  Summer could never come fast enough for me.... Ahh anywho, Mum's working late tonight and I plan on staying up to greet her when she comes home and to offer her some late night dinner, well more like super early breakfast.  So, that means reading O Pioneers by Willa Cather till she comes home. : ) Fun.

Good night ya all!

~ Lyddie Catherine ~

On Wednesday my family went out to TGIF, (Thank God It's Friday). I love that restaurant.  I got chicken that was encased with melted cheese, fried red peppers and onions.  I had creamy potatoes on the side.  

 The other day I heard Sarah calling me to come help her.  I walked into the room and I couldn't see her face because Phineas was on it!  She yelled, "Help! Get him off!" So, I picked him up with much protesting from the pig and I put him on the ground and he shot away like a rocket into the living room under the couch.  So I'm thinking, "Okay he's under the couch. He's not likely to leave that room."  A couple minutes later I hear, ''Hey, Phineas is in my room.'' Apparently Phineas likes exploring all the rooms in the house.  I went into Dave's room and sure enough, Phineas was under his bed.  Ha-ha.  I bribed him out with lettuce.  : ) 

Thanksgiving is next week!  I've got a lot of things to be thankful for.   Here's some verses on thankfulness. 

"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thes. 5:18  

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, his steadfast love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

"Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!" 2 Cor. 9:15

 I've got to go... Phinny just bit Sarah on the stomach.  I think he was trying to nibble the chickens on her shirt.  : ) 

I won't be blogging again until after Thanksgiving.  So, I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families on Thursday! 

~ Lyddie 

Delight In God. 

"Delight yourself in the Lord--and He will give you the desires of your heart!" Psalm 37:4

Sin has taken our attention off of God--and fixed it upon ourselves, and the things around us.
Grace calls our attention off of everything else--to fix it upon God. It directs us to . . .
  look to the Lord,
  come to the Lord,
  trust in the Lord,
  wait on the Lord,
  hope in the Lord, and
  even delight in the Lord.

"Delight yourself in the Lord." Take delight--not in health, or wealth, or position, or friends, or in anything that is changeable--but in the unchangeable Lord. 

Delight yourself in His glorious character--as gracious, merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

Delight yourself in Him, as . . .
  the father of the fatherless,
  the friend of the friendless,
  the hope of the wretched,
  and the Savior of the lost.

Delight yourself in His gracious covenant, which . . .
  anticipates your needs,
  provides for your needs,
  limits your trials, and
  provides strength for the day, as every day's work requires.

Delight yourself in His paternal relation. He is not only your God--but your Father! 
  He cares for you, with a father's care!
  He loves you, with a father's love!
  He pities you, with a father's pity!
  He will receive you to Heaven, as to your father's house!

Delight yourself in His precious promises. They are but drops from His ocean of love! They are intended to . . .
  show His love,
  display His grace,
  manifest His care,
  draw out your confidence,
  banish your fear, and
  assure you of all necessary supplies.

Delight yourself in his special providence. A providence that . . .
  marks your steps,
  directs your paths,
  measures your troubles,
  bounds the rage of your enemies,
  numbers the very hairs of your head, and
  makes all things work together for your good!

God in His providence, superintends all your affairs, even the most minute--so that nothing can happen to you by 'chance', or inadvertently do you harm!

Delight in creatures--only produces disappointment, dissatisfaction, and discomfort.
Delight in God--ensures satisfaction, comfort, and certainty. 

To delight in God, is only to prefer . . .
  the ever-flowing fountain--to the shallow stream;
  the glorious sun--to the dim candle!

This is a Grace Gem I got a couple days ago. 

Here's some really cool facts that I read from google. 

• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
• By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school.
• More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
• • Rats and horses can't vomit.
  • Most lipstick contains fish scales.
  • • If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out.
    • The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

if you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 

A duck's quack doesn't echo anywhere, and no one knows why.

In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in their head. 

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so). 

People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second. 

I have no idea how much of this stuff is true, so don't go believing it all. : ) But they are pretty cool to read.

It's November now and therefore time for me to start my Christmas making list.  It seems my list gets bigger every year and my amount of money gets smaller every year.  Even though I enjoy hand making my gifts, it still takes money to buy the supplies.  And that's where parents step in.  : ) I've gotten a lot of fun ideas from different websites, so I think I'll be making a large portion of presents for friends and family.   I am very ecstatic about the fourth and final Inheritance book that came out last Tuesday.  I started the series about two years ago and they are one of my all time favorite book series.  I've been waiting two years for the last book to come out and the wait felt so long!!  Here's what the book covers look like. I own all of them of course. : ) 

The first one was written by the author when he was only 15!  And he was home-schooled. : ) 
Since I'm talking about books here's what I'm currently reading:

The last three are for school.  Looks like everyones out side but me so I'll log off now and go down to the pond and bogs for a sketching session. 


~ Lyddie 
"There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks." - Brom from the Inheritance Cycle  

Just When I thought My Dental Woes Were Over...

Without saddle. Aka going native. 

With western saddle.

And this is Sarah on the lunge line riding Willow. (Willow is in the line from Secretariat).

This is a cute Oreo cookie pop my mom made.  She got the idea from a cool website called pinterest.

It's an Egyptian mummy. : )
So, last night being October 31, I had this LOTR night planned.  I had never seen the extended editions for  all three movies.  I started them at 6:30 pm and ended at 6:00 am the next morning.  It took me 12 hours just about to watch them all!!  I can't believe I went through the night.  It was really fun though.  There were a ton of scenes in the movies that I had never seen before.  I also made Elven Lembras bread.  I made the leaf out of fun foam.  : ) Oh, I also cooked a buffalo dip which is outrageously delicious.

Last Thursday I had the misfortune of having my wisdom teeth extracted.  I didn't think it would be so soon but apparently it is better and easier to have them out before the roots grow too deep.  I was put on anesthesia so I don't quite recall much about what happened.  I do remember having my IV put in, my heart monitor, breathing monitor, and blood pressure attached to me as well.  When I started breathing in the gas I had the funny feeling that my body wasn't there and I felt all floaty.  All went well, thank God, and I came home safe and sound.  The good part is I got to relax for 3 days on the couch reading, and watching movies and eating a ton of ice cream. : ) The bad part; I had enormous chipmunk cheeks for almost a week.  Yeah, there was a lot of swelling on my jaw.  Not fun. : (

Okay this eraser is so cool.  We bought it at Job Lot.  Mom says we bought it for Caleb. *snicker, snicker*

Okey dokey that's all!