Outside the Pigeon Holes

The victim The product The hero Before After Mama Winkler saved the day! Thanks, Tracy!! :) :) :) And Theresa looked just fabulous, too! Girl days are fun...Or as Ted would say "dress ups and Barbies" make for a good day!

I think Eric may have been a Paul Newman fan. He and Paul both left for the Heavenlies today. :( I unfortunately may bear some responsibility in Eric's death...When I was feeding him there were times when there was more milk coming out of the syringe than he could take in...I tried to keep it to where I only gave him some when he was licking the syringe or grabbing for it. I was concerned about him aspirating, but it was hard to regulate...And I think he must have...so he got fluid in his lungs. The rehabber I was planning to take him to today pretty much confirmed that. When I told her his condition at the end she said kind of shortly (not realizing I had been the only one to feed him) "Whoever had him before you force fed him and the fluid went to his lungs instead of his stomach". I said it was me that fed him and I didn't force feed him. I explained about trying to regulate the syringe. She back pedaled then and said "I thought someone had him before you...

I had a knock at the door this evening... The neighbor kids found this baby underneath a tree. His siblings were dead but he was still alive. The kids were not allowed to take care of him and since I'm kinda known as the animal lady (maybe it's the 2 dogs, 2 cats and stream of rescue dogs and rats we have fostered??) I guess they figured I'd know what to do for him... I don't...LOL! But I know this little guys Creator and I have friends in the vet field! So with prayer and nourishment we're gonna bring him back to health! Right now I am feeding him goat's milk. He only drinks a little at a time. But he seems to be resting more comfortably than when he first arrived. Anyone have any wildlife rescue experience?? Please keep him in prayer...The kids named him "Eric"

Here are some recent pictures of some of my favorite people! I have been a part of many communities of faith - all have been wonderful...But there is something special about these folks. I have found a community that truly meets you where you are, understands that we're all broken vessels in need of Jesus, but that understands God loves us too much to leave us where we are. We all are so much more than "sinners saved by grace"...We are saints and we are royalty in the Kingdom of God, made to walk in the many gifts God gives us to love and serve others. Royalty that serves...Odd concept! Tony, Maria, Julie and Theresa. We're all building a place on Glenway called "Refuge Coffee Bar". Jason, Lori, Bob (having some sort of angelic visitation, apparently!) and Shari. Lori is my sister-in-law and often partner in crime. Bob and Shari are one of those annoyingly cute couples. :) :) This is Carol...She's a little bit, well...uh...Special. :) We call her our mon...

Contemporary Christian artist David Phelps has just released his latest CD, "The Voice". Last night I settled into my pillow with my Sansa MP3 Player to take a listen. From the first note of his peerless cover of Foreigner's "I want to know what love is" to the last note of "Your love", I was carried away into another world full of lush melodies, angelic imagry and even a spiritual battleground in "The end of the line", a song befitting of a Webber-esque rock opera. This recording marks a turning point in David Phelps' artistic journey of faith. He performs with a freedom and maturity that are doubtless a culmination of years honing his talent with the Gaither Vocal Band and his prior solo projects. While all of his work has been - in this girl's opinion - well done and often spine-chilling vocally, this one is different. It's as if his previous work had been mere stepping stones to this place where his unique style, gifts of...

What else was there to do on a no-electric day? I colored my hair...Black this time...Not sure why...Help me decide the best reason... In honor of the tiny little Native American roots in my heritage, maybe? Or to Match Sketch? Or maybe in honor of Joan Jett and 80's punk rock?

I am writing from the local library because we don't have power at home. It's the only place in the area that is open that has WiFi. We were expecting some weather yesterday from Ike but I don't think anyone expected what we got! We had winds up to 84 MPH. I was on my way to an outreach yesterday when I came across two downed trees. On the next street the awning on the old bar that my church is rehabbing into a coffeehousehad been blown down and was on the sidewalk in front. I called someone from church to alert them and asked if the outreach was still on. At that time it was so I continued on to the meeting place but then the car in front of me got smashed with a falling sign from the car wash! It was insane! The lady pulled onto a street - which was my sister-in-law's street and I follwed her to see if she was OK. I called my SIL and she said she was going to come meet us but then a tree came down right across the whole street! So I said "Well, you won't be a...

As requested by Remedy... A list of se vens Seven random things you might not know about me: 1. My maternal grandparents met on an immigration boat from Wales...I am only the second generation on my mom's side to be born in the United States. 2. My paternal grandparents met when they were both a part of a theatre group. 3. My mom and dad met while performing in a traveling entertainment gig called "Showmobile" for the US Army. 4. I was named after my maternal Aunt Helen and Aunt Ann...If I had been a boy I would have been named Robert Charles after my maternal uncles. 5. I am a book-a-holic. 6. I went skinny-dipping in the Atlantic ocean when I was 12. 7. I have at one time or another had the following animal companions: gerbils, parakeets, a hermit crab, a degu, dogs, cats, fish, rats and I had a worm garden when I was 5 years old. Seven Favorite names I have had for my pets: 1. Dinah Talytha (my kitty) 2. Taxi (a yellow parakeet) 3. Hoover (a rat who loved to eat) 4. B...

Every year at Vineyard Westside , the men have something called the "Stud-a-Thon". They get together and do competitive games all day long. There was nothing comprable for the women folk and so my friend Margaret and I launched the first Babe-a-Thon last year. Here is a video from this year's competition!

I don't usually do a lot of political talking...But my big bro in Christ, Don, had these bumper stickers made and it pretty much sums up my current take on things... Woohoo!

We watched E van Almighty tonight. It was a very fun movie, created by Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk - the same team responsible for Bruce Almighty. They are both fellow Christ followers and also what writer Bob Briner once termed "roaring lambs"...Roaring lambs are folks who, rather than sit on the sidelines and decry the lacking "values" of the entertainment world, step into it and shine light into the darkness. Roaring Lambs will often tell you that "those people" are just like anyone else and their hostility or rebellion toward the message of Jesus Christ is due in part to poor representation (I state while pointing squarely at the mirror). While many will debate whether or not the film is theologically perfect, I enjoyed Evan Almighty for it's humor. And at the same time I was struck by the deeper (sometimes less comfortable) spiritual truths that it reveals... Here are just a few: 1. God always operates from love. Even though it sometimes do...