Month: July 2015
Crazy, Emotional, Stressful Two Weeks

It has been a crazy, emotional, stressful two weeks for Nadia and I. As you know, we had to put down our dog, Gage, on July 18th. We didn’t have long to mourn that loss when four days later Nadia was admitted to the hospital with a severe spinal fluid leak. Nadia has been pretty … [Read more…]
#JoyHopeLive

We hope you will join us for this midweek share of #JoyHopeLive. We look forward to your shares of what brings you #Joy, gives you #Hope and what you #Live for! Comment on the ones you love and share at least two posts from other bloggers. Tag us on Facebook or twitter @HopeNGriffin and @MyLifeNProgres1 … [Read more…]
#JoyHopeLive

Hello everyone! I am so happy to announce that I am a new permanent co-host for the weekly linkup, #JoyHopeLive!!! I hope you will join us for every midweek share of joy. Grab the button and the #JoyHopeLive. Comment on the ones you love and share at least two posts from other bloggers. Tag me … [Read more…]
Gourmet Burgers with A1

Here is another concoction for gourmet burgers I came up with last night for dinner. The first meal on my new grill I have a lot of learning to do when it comes to how long everything will take to cook. I didn’t think they would take as long as they did, not that it … [Read more…]
Putting My Dog Down

Today at 10:00 am my beloved dog, Gage, was sent to be with our Lord and Savior. He was a 3 1/2 year old collie/shepherd suffering from seizures that were turning him aggressive and he was slowly losing control of his back legs. I had decided last weekend that it needed to be done and … [Read more…]
Continue To Take Personal Moral Inventory

Step 10 – “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” To briefly summarize, in previous steps we: admitted we were powerless over (fill in the blank); decided to turn our life over to God; made a fearless moral inventory; admitted the nature of our wrongs; asked God to remove … [Read more…]
America’s Independence Day

Some interesting historical facts via Wikipedia…. “After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. … [Read more…]