Just when things start looking up...

...life throws you a curve--or a crash in our case. We're thankful to be alive, thankful we purchased GAP insurance, but don't know where the money will come from for another car. Our credit is not a good as it was last year when we purchased this one, and it wasn't very good then, either. Please keep us in your prayers as we figure out what we can do.

Icy Blast From The Past

So I was driving through Denton right before Christmas, and I had to do a double take. I couldn't believe it!!

This is probably one of the places I miss the most from Lubbock. I didn't care that it was 30 degrees outside and my heater didn't work, I had to stop for one.

Merry Christmas to me! : )

Anyone ever done this?

We fixed baked potatoes to go with dinner the other night. When I went into the kitchen to check on them, this is what I found:

It took me a minute to figure out what I was seeing. The skin popped off of the potato on the left and landed behind it in the oven!

This is the empty potato skin. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?!

Prayers

I just got laid off, and Mike is still out of work as well. Please keep us in your prayers as we try to figure out what to do next.

Roadkill

This is Chopper's typical pose while soaking up some sun. His fur is very thin, and heat escapes from his body, so he LOVES to be out in the yard. I always think he looks dead.

Is this comfortable?

One day we were watching a movie, and I looked over to find Harley sleeping like this. Just had to get a picture!

A Wonderful Celebration

A couple of weekends ago, we celebrated my grandfather's 80th birthday and my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. It was mainly family, and I think my aunt said we had close to eighty people! My cousin put together a wonderful slide show of photos of the Strealy clan through the years. It was great to see my extended family, most of whom I haven't seen in more than 10 years.

Here I am with my cousin Jeff and my great-aunt Charlene.

Anna-Grace

Jack napped for the first hour, I think.

Jack and Anna-Grace in Mimi's backyard.

Everybody loves to play in Mimi's front window.

One final walk with Gigi before heading home.