Sunday, July 5, 2009

TAG, You Are It!


Sitka and Mom (Andrea)

Several of you asked for a link to the therapy dog article that has been reprinted several times. I was asked to provide an article about Sitka. When I began to write the article I had a deep feeling it should be written in Sitka's voice. I battled over writing the article in this manner, but felt a clear direction from my Heavenly Father. It is a simple article, but most importantly it gives GOD the glory. Sitka states in the article, "I go wherever GOD leads and my Mom and Dad will take me."

Therapy Dog Article

I have also been tagged by Christy Rose @ The Secret Life of An American Wife and Mom. Thank you, Christy Rose! This should be fun. Hope everyone enjoys this post about my crazy self.

8 Things I look forward to:

1)Heaven...my home sweet home!
2)Dancing with my Heavenly Father...no more two left feet!
3)A new body, casting this old tent aside!
4)Capturing the visions of glory!
5)No more sorrow, pain, or tears in my heavenly home!
6)Unending happiness in my heavenly home!
7)Reunion with those gone before me!
8)Continual praise and worship!

8 things I did yesterday:

1)Spent the morning outside with my Bible, journal, and the dogs.
2)Rest
3)Played with our precious grandbaby, Savannah Faith!
4)Spent the evening with the dogs while hubby took the kids out for dinner and fireworks.
5)Shared special time with a great friend.
6)Clipped Nanuq's (Samoyed) feet (hair) and nails.
7)LOTS of laundry!
8)Laughed with the family as they told stories of their evening out together.

8 things I wish I could do:

1)Dance beautifully and gracefully.
2)Play the guitar.
3)Take drawing classes.
4)Live on the water.
5)Visit or live in Alaska.
6)Visit or live in Ireland.
7)Get away to a quiet place for a vacation with my wonderful husband and our dogs.
8)Be ALL GOD created me to be (First and foremost)!

8 shows I enjoy (this one is hard):

1)HGTV
2)Animal planet
3)Documentaries
4)TLC
5)News
6)House
7)Greys Anatomy
8)?

PHOTO TAG

1ST folder/10TH picture:

Our Savannah Faith at 5 weeks old!

6TH folder/6 picture:

This photo was taken at Virginia Beach, Virginia. A beautiful morning sky!

Tag 8 people:

Mary @ Piles of Smiles

Rosel @ Off The Beaten Trek

Kat @ Heart 2 Heart

Jen @ An Ordinary Girl Living An Ordinary Life

Alleluiabelle @ Humble As I Go

Edie @ Rich Gifts

Mary @ Divinely Designed

Leslie @ Writing For The Lord

It is always hard to choose such a small number of blogging friends. GOD BLESS each of you. Every blogger who follows my blog is a treasured friend. Please feel free to pick up the tag and post it on your page (ALL OF YOU)!

Blessings and prayers,

Andrea

19 comments:

RCUBEs said...

Thanks for tagging me. Love your "8 things that you look forward to". Those are nice pics! Tell you what, I'll teach you a little bit of "guitar" but you have to give me "voice lessons". Deal? :)

God bless. Love and blessings to you.

christy rose said...

Andrea,
I loved reading your lists. It is always fun learning new things about my friends.
Thanks for playing tag with me.
Christy

Silver said...

Congrats !

Enjoyed reading the 8 things..on the list. Looks a lot like mine ;)

momstheword said...

Yes, won't it be lovely someday to be in our eternal home?

Great picture, your dog is so pretty! I like big dogs but I do have asthma and am allergic, so I really need a short haired dog if I am to have one.

Glad we have some things in common about the housework, lol!

Jenniflower said...

Thanks for tagging me! What gorgeous photos... that little baba makes me feel all tingly, God's creation and gift. I bet our lists will look kinda similar hehe
xxx

Formerly known as Frau said...

Great list and photos!

Silver said...

m' dear, i have an award waiting for you at my blog.. come pick it up, sweet!

Unknown said...

The pics are beautiful! Love your lists, especially the 8 things you look forward to. What a great exercise to dig in and find out what we hold dear.

Five Moms & A Blog said...

Hey, good to see a picture of you!!!

Hope you're having a fabulous Monday!

Erica

Anonymous said...

It is always fun to learn more abotu my blogging friends.Loved the photos too!

BTW I can rarely get onto your blog...my computer just "aborts the process" ...strange huh?

Blessings as you remain true to all you are called to do...and than includes the way you speak truth through Sitka! :)

Edie said...

Ah thank you so much for thinking of me. I will try to work on this later today, can't do it this morning. Sorry I didn't make it by yesterday.

I loved reading about you. We have a lot in common. :)

Go Sitka! You know I love that dog. :)

Sheryl said...

How old is Sitka? We have a 2 year old boarder/collie mix, as I was reading your articles on therapy dogs I was wondering if Jake would have the qualifications. He would need some training, but he is a very loving, loyal dog. What kind of training did you go through and how long did it take?

Warren Baldwin said...

I'll bet this post took a long time to work on!

Heart2Heart said...

Andrea,

Love your lists! I learn more and more about you as time goes on and consider you a valued friend in more ways than one.

Thanks for the tag. I will be posting it tomorrow.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

Jenny @ flutterbyechronicles said...

Sitka is precious.

Love your lists of eights :)

Anonymous said...

I love that picture of you with your dog. I love dog lovers. I like to journal, too. Your list is great and makes me relaxed! Thank you for tagging me. I'm on my way out of town, so I'll have to work on this next week! HOpe you can feel my prayers for you and yours. I need your prayers too at this time.

LisaShaw said...

I loved your list and the photo of your precious grandbaby. I absolutely loved the photo of you and Sitka!

Praying God's best for you and your family dear friend.

Alleluiabelle said...

Dearest Andrea,

I love your photos and I absolutely love learning more about you! You feel blessed every time I come here. You always touch my heart dear friend.

I love you.

Alleluiabelle

penguinsandladybugs said...

I want to learn to play guitar, too....maybe we'll be in the Heavenly praise band together :0)