Bigger than ourselves

CheriGENERAL

Last night a group of people gathered in a room at Crosswinds Church to fill 43 backpacks with food for children in Pine Island schools.   Food 4 Friends provides backpacks of supplemental food for children that are likely missing meals over the weekend. The backpacks we use were donated by Hom Furniture Community Relations. You can … Read More

Bell Ringing

CheriGENERAL

Wednesday afternoon Mr. D and I spent a couple hours outside of Sam’s Club ringing the Salvation Army bell at the Red Kettle. This is one of the easiest ways to volunteer and make a difference in our community.  Mr. D and I try to do at least one shift each year, sometimes we get … Read More

Hope for Haiti

CheriGENERAL

 Today two of our kiddos, Mr. D and I started our day with a walk/run. We walked and ran to raise funds for a group of people from Crosswinds Church (our church) who are heading to Haiti to help with relief after the devastating 2010 earthquake.  They (we) are partnering with the Paulos Group The Paulos … Read More

Big or small presents?

CheriALL THINGS HOME, DECORATING, GENERAL

Last weekend 4 people decorated the lobby at our church — which includes a LARGE ledge over the main entrance doors.  It took 4 people 3 hours to change the scenery from Fall to Fun!  It’s just plain fun to see lots and lots of  gigantic presents wrapped in fun colors all in one place. Big … Read More

Photo enlargement, cont.

CheriCREATIVE ENDEAVORS, FAVORITE PHOTOS, GENERAL

A while back I posted about taking photos of a sweet little girl,  who has some pretty awesome parents,  and a beautiful home. That post can be found HERE  In that post I mentioned that one of the photos I took of this cutie pie kiddo might be  enlarged and printed. This week, “Might be” … Read More

Learning new tricks

CheriGENERAL

I’ve been working on a few projects lately. One project I’ll show you later next week. Thursday night I worked on bringing “spring” to the decor at church.  There is a huge “ledge” over the entrance doors that begs for a display.  Over Christmas and through the winter months — a winter scene.  Thursday night … Read More

CheriGENERAL

Our Christmas tree isn’t up. Our home isn’t decorated. We are not done shopping. We haven’t started wrapping. I haven’t baked a single cookie. My cards aren’t done. We haven’t put up outside lights. But, we DID get the church decorated! There’s this crazy “ledge” over the entrance in our church lobby – and it … Read More

An unusual evening

CheriGENERAL, LIFESTYLE, WEDDINGS

Church tonight Started out like any other  Wednesday evening worship service Everyone there knew what to expect and what would happen  . . . Sing – Prayer – FYI announcements at least everyone thought they knew  how the evening would unfold. Somewhere during the announcements our Pastor started talking about how we honor God with singing, … Read More

Line Dancing!

CheriGENERAL

My word did we ever get a work-out line dancing Friday night! I think we learned 3 different line dances in an hour.   Check out DIY Guy and Baby Girl dancing . . . After the hired instructor left…they asked Baby Girl to keep teaching so everyone could keep dancing!  She had some very … Read More

Dancing Tonight!

CheriGENERAL

Yeeee Haw….. DIY Guy and I are going to “cut a rug” tonight! We’re going LINE DANCING — at our church!  (lessons included & free!) No kidding….it’s legit.  Crosswinds Church is doing a 3-week series on Country Music — This week’s song & message: “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” Good times tonight! Y’all are … Read More