Of Turnips, Caterpillars and raindrops - Blogithttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/Musings, a poem or two, The Jolley motto: Never a Dull Moment, Not That We Haven't Prayed for One still holds true. by mamajoyhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/511264I got up at four am to put hubby on to plane. His Grandmother died at age 102. She had taught him in the rural three roomed schoolhouse for a few years so he really wanted to pay his respects. It doesn't give him much time to be with his children, but his ties to the past are stronger than his...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/510386The craziness has started in earnest. Bronchitis and Christmas and company. Ben is also down with a cold--but so far it's only a cold. I'm on antibiotics and extra prednisone so I'm standing and I'm supposed to be taking 3 nebulizer treatments a day to prevent pneumonia but I'm only making two....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/509334A Christmas Story (final part)http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/508457Then all the men, Telemachus, Big Red, and Papa Ram, joined together singing their answer to the girls’ question. For unto us a child is born And His name shall be called counselor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father. He has no linen cloak, no golden cord to bind his robe. He has no royal...A Christmas Story (part four)http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/508254I cooed a gentle lullaby When sun was fading across the sky. I’d sing a soft sweet song of peace To soothe a newborn babe to sleep. Oh so low, oh so slow To soothe a newborn king to sleep I’d sing of racing clouds cross blue sky I’d sing of bee and butterfly Oh so low, oh so slow To soothe a...A Christmas Story (part three)http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/508002I carried a king, a wonder to behold. I carried a king, his saddles were gold. His pouches bore coins, his fingers bore rings, I carried a king crimson banners waving high. Power was at his command, his soldiers filled the land Ready to fill his command. I carried a king, in search of a dream, I...A Christmas Story (part two)http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/507784Telemachus stamped his hoof. "Quiet! Humph. So, you think its all a nice story. Just a nice bedtime story." "Uhhuh, said the baby lamb. "As in Peter and the Wolf?" Telemachus asked. "Yes, yes, yes," spluttered the hen. Telemachus snorted "Humph! Dreadful stuff. Enough to give one nightmares!...A Christmas Storyhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/507681Someone asked what we do for Christmas. When the kids were very small we used to get dressed up in bathrobes and material scraps to act out the Christmas story on Christmas Eve with hubby being the donkey. When they were older I wrote out this story of the animals retelling the events of that...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/506612I had to play at a funeral yesterday. It was a small one at the funeral home but it had a peacful, spiritual feeling to it--until a cell phone rang out loud and clear. And five minutes later, another one. Aaargh!!! What is with people? Lately at church someone's phone goes off at least once. Are...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mamaJOY/505430Last week William jumped right into bed and jumped right back out again. "Mom," he called as he wandered back into the living room. "Do you have any suggestions for getting ants out of a clock?" Seems a bunch of red ants had started a colony in his alarm clock. "They're attracted by the warmth of...