joy, oh joy for Christ is born!

This song is changing my life right now. With so much going on in this world and in each one of our lives...Christmas is truly about Jesus. close your eyes and let this song just soak in your soul!

'This, this is Christ the King...JOY OH JOY! for CHRIST is Born!'

may we every day "haste to bring him laud. this babe, the Son of Mary." amen.

snow and midnight vistor

i am so re-living the winter of 2010 in DC all over again. 5 degree weather. snow and ice all around. the thought of even going outside to check the mail makes me want to cry. hello mid-west winter. my puffy jacket and my snow boots are ready for you, but my heart is not.

the other bummer thing is that i haven't decorated for christmas and my parents are coming next week. christmas tree is a must this week!

so i got back from budapest on saturday night after an insane 20 hour travel day complete with a flight from budapest to paris with a pilot i was convinced was his first day, 20 seconds away from missing my flight to paris, 10 hour flight to minneapolis...no wait...scratch that...detroit, 500 person line to talk to delta to get a ticket home, getting out of line because i felt like a cow in line to be slaughtered and i decided there had to be a better world out there, finding a delta person that got me a ticket, throwing up 5 times that day, lost luggage and thankfully making it home. safe and sound. amen!!!

so my luggage was lost and just flittering somewhere in between europe and america. but, i had faith it would return home. it actually returned home in the form of a man banging on our door at midnight last night. R (my husband) almost shot the man. thankfully no one lost their life in the midnight debacle. and my luggage found its way home.


pictures of my trip to come.