Thanks for your friendship along the way

When I moved over to WordPress from Blogger, due to technical problems, I was afraid I would loose so many readers and it would be hard to get going again but I am pleased to report since the day I moved Dec. 7 to Dec.31, I have had 2315 people who have stopped by. Some [...]

Stand firm and don’t be shaken

Every time we turn on the TV news there is always more devastation, sorrow, chaos, injury, war and famine. Some say that humankind is evolving to be better than our predecessors. I don’t believe that, I think humans are carrying on very much as they always have done. Of course this insanity isn’t everywhere but [...]

You are not a failure for trying

It seems that at the end of every year we tend to look at what we consider our failures and make resolutions to do better in the New Year. We have got ourselves caught in a performance trap, we have believed a lie. “I must meet certain standards to feel good about myself”. Because of [...]

Looking back at 2007

I was tagged by Beth & Cory’s Mom  to take a look back at 2007, taking the first post of each month but I changed that a bit and just selected some posts.
January – Moose hair on the carpet
Februrary – Memories of Fort St. John, BC
March – Ice fishing and Dog Speak
April – To [...]

Watery Crisis

I went into the laundry room this morning and could hear this rushing water underneath me. We had a burst or broken pipe. So the day has been fraught with anxiety and pulling out pipes and trying to trace the problem. It was our hot water that was pouring away. We had the water off [...]

Still busy

Not forgotten about blogging just been a little busy. We had company for dinner yesterday so spent day preparing and I thought I should stay off the computer a bit since its Christmas. Today we went to the village pancake breakfast and socialized a bit and I have company again for supper. I am doing [...]

Christmas Depression

Christmas time is the most likely time of the year to experience depression. The suicide rate is higher during December than any other month, which tells us that Christmas depression should be taken quite seriously. Depression at Christmas time can be triggered by a multitude of things, such as losses, failures, and loneliness. These elements [...]

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year
Love Vic

The Case for Christmas 6 – conclusion

Continuing with Strobel’s book ‘The Case for Christmas‘
Chapter 4 – The fingerprint evidence: Did Jesus – and Jesus alone – match the identity of the Messiah?
Strobel interviews Pastor Louis Lapides, a Jewish pastor from Newark, New Jersey. Lapides earned a bachelor’s degree in theology from Dallas Baptist University and a master of Divinity and master [...]

Couple of finds to help promote your blog

Zimbio  announced the introduction of Linked Blogs, a feature that allows members to post their personal blog entries on the Zimbio network. For each entry, Zimbio includes a link back to the original article to help market the member’s weblog to a larger audience.
“Part of the mission of Zimbio is to help members find not [...]