Odie Is Home

 Hey Friends,

My friend Michelle Bostwick and I had a fantastic vacation. It was much cooler than planned, but extremely better than the negative temperatures back home. We were thrilled to get a break from the winter nastiness. 

I will share 2026 Singing At Sea pics in the coming days. I have not had the chance to go through them all and edit them for the blog yet. 

Saturday was a hurry-up-and-wait travel day for us. Thankfully our flight was not canceled or changed due to weather. Many of our cruising friends experienced cancellations or driving route change due to winter weather. 

Here's an Orlando and Waynesville, Ohio weather comparison from Saturday morning. 

Now here are a few flight pics from that night. 

We were thrilled to close to home once our plane touched down at CVG airport Saturday night.

It was Sunday when we actually arrived home. I was so glad to crawl into my bed and hibernate. Our travel day started and ended in the early mornings. Thankfully our God it was smooth. Our luggage and us got to our final destination. 

Thanks for checking in! I will see you all tomorrow!

Odie

Odie’s Flying To Vacation Pics 2026

 Hey Friends,

I am supposed to be getting off the Carnival Freedom this morning. I will have Singing At Sea reports later. I will have to go through pictures, edit and compile some posts. 

Later tonight, Michelle and I are supposed to fly home. Please pray for safe and smooth travels.

Last Friday, Mom and Papaw Eugene took us to the airport. I am so glad we chose to leave earlier than planned! Our travel day was smooth from beginning to end.

It was a fabulous day. The check-in and security process was quick. Soon, we were at our gate waiting for go time. We did not experience delays or gate changes. Everything went according to plan. 

Our flight was straight to Orlando. The flight was smooth almost all the way. Soon we were in Orlando. I thank God for a great day. 

I will close with pictures from our travel day on January 23rd. See you later. 

Odie

DRPC Kids Choir Sing Famous For

 Hey Friends,

I hope you enjoy this video of the DRPS Kids Choir. I captured this from my front row seat. 

Sis. Emily Roberts does a fantastic job leading the kids. They love to sing, and do so with all their hearts! 

It is precious to see them learning to worship! God rewards their worship with a special visitation of His Holy Spirit during the choir’s singing. 

I love this song! I just had to share the video with my friends.  I hope you have a great day. 

See you tomorrow. 

Odie

Winter Storm Fern

 Hey Friends, 

Odie here today. I hope you are staying warm! I escaped the wrath of Ferm. Here's the only snow that we saw this weekend in Orlando. It was projected on the ground. 

I will soon be boarding the Carnival Freedom for Singing at Sea 2026. 

Today begins this year's Singing At Sea cruise, which is the 50th anniversary!  Michelle Bostwick is my travel companion this year. We are ready for music, sunshine, good food and fun. 

I have blog posts scheduled for this week. Hopefully, everything goes up according to plan. I will be away from signal most of the week. I am going to soak up the sun and vacation. 

 

Mom sent me pictures yesterday of the snow in Waynesville. It is hard to know exactly how much snow landed at our place. Snow likes to drift there. Mom's overall guess yesterday afternoon was 11 inches. 

I am happy that I am gone! It is beautiful but I'll just look at pictures. I will close with Mom's pics. I did snap one from the doorbell yesterday morning. 

See you later!

Odie

KJo's morning report. 

KJo's afternoon report. 

Sunday Saniity 1/11/26

 Hey Friends,

Happy Sunday, here is a friendly reminder for our Sunday Sanity. 

This is something most of us know well. It is always good to remember that God is forever good. 

“God is good in all things

and at all times”

Pastor Jon Isaacs

Grace Fellowship Holiness Church 

Elba, Alabama 

God Bless with a sensational Sunday. 

Odie

DRPC Ladies Bible Study January 2026

Hey Friends,

Thank you for visiting. I hope you're having a great weekend!

Last night, I attended a ladies' Bible study with ladies from DRPC. Sis. Luvenia Lakes was the speaker, and she did a fantastic job. 

She encouraged us to study God’s word and make it personal. Sis. Lakes also talked to us about our choices, decisions, and how what we choose affects our lives in the long term.

Sis. Rebecca James hosted this Bible study. She rented the Origins Coffee Shop in New Lebanon, Ohio. It was after hours, and we took over the shop. Sis. Rebecca provided finger foods. The Origin’s baristas were on hand to make us drinks for purchase. 

The entire evening was fantastic. It is great to fellowship with our church sisters. I love our church family.  Thanks to Sis. Beth Austin, Sis. Abbey Dotson, Emberly and Sis. Lindsey Bishop for allowing me to ride along with them. 

Here are some photos from last night. The group pics are from Sis.  Amanda Alexander. 

See you tomorrow. 

Odie