Happy Homemaker Monday 4-26-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Sunny & bright with a nice little

Things that make me happy:
Being married to my husband, the sound of my husband's voice,
being held by my Saviour

Book I'm reading:
Bible (NIV), "Strongman's His Name, What's His Game"
by Jerry & Carol Robeson

What I'm enjoying on TV:
Haven't really watched much lately

On the menu for dinner:
Beef

On my To Do List:
Call the a/c repair people, fold laundry, tidy
the house

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Not sure yet....I have a few things in mind

In the craft basket:
A slight mess waiting to be organized

Looking forward to this week:
Getting the a/c looked at so I can get that
financial wonder off my thoughts....it's hard to
not know how much something is going to
cost you, but thank GOD that we have the finances
to take care of it

Tips and Tricks:
Using just plain Borax in the dishwasher (no other detergent)
will not only clean your dishes, but will soften your water and
in our case...don't know how, but since we have used that
alone, our machine has been running a lot quieter. To say
it is because of the Borax, I can't guarantee but it has been
quieter ever since using it. So go figure.

My favorite blog post this week:
Friendships For Grown - Ups Book Review

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
Vintage Inspirations

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

Lesson learned the past few days:
No matter what the enemy tries to throw your
way, especially after you have spoken to your mountain,
if you continue to stand in faith, doubting not, you will
see answers. It may not be overnight, but just continue
to stand on the promises of GOD and HE will bring
victory every time.

On my mind:
Too much to write about

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Mark 11:22-26 "And Jesus answering saith unto them,
Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you,
That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that those things which he saith shall come to pass;
he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. "

Happy Homemaker Monday 4-12-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Beautiful and sunny

Things that make me happy:
Being married to my husband, the sound of my husband's voice,
being held by my Saviour

Book I'm reading:
Bible (NIV)

What I'm enjoying on TV:
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

On the menu for dinner:
Stuffed Pork Chops

On my To Do List:
Clean house, steam the floors, laundry

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
A cabbage/minestrone soup that my dear Hubby made
over the weekend

In the craft basket:
I'm thinking Christmas

Looking forward to this week:
The results of the 44th annual Pillsbury Bake Off
contest that is being held as I write

Tips and Tricks:
Try not to bite off more than you can comfortably chew

My favorite blog post this week:
Patchwork Potholder Rug

Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
Petite Purls

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

Lesson learned the past few days:
Simple Things Can Heal A Home

On my mind:
Lots.

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Nahum 1:7 "The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble;
and HE knoweth them that trust in HIM"

Happy Homemaker Monday 3-29-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:

Monday

73/49

Tuesday

76/54

Wednesday

73/59

Thursday

76/61
rain 10%

Friday

75/61
rain 20%

Things that make me happy:
Being married to my husband, the sound of my husband's voice, hot cocoa on a cold day, the smell of freshly cleaned linens

Book I'm reading:
Passionate Housewives Desperate For God, Bible (NIV), Taste of Home magazine

What I'm enjoying on TV:
Little Women animated series (on Smile of a Child network), MI-5, Grey's Anatomy, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

On the menu for dinner:
Freezer find...going to go through the meat freezer to see what I come up with

On my To Do List:
Clean house, steam the floors, laundry, re-inventory the freezer (but who knows how much will actually get done)

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
I found a wine called Sweet Pea that is a blend of apple and peach. The label stood out to me, so I thought it would be something that would be great for using in a chicken dish. Not sure what yet, but since I've had the bottle for over a month now, I figure one day soon I'll create a dish with it.

In the craft basket:

Need to reorganize my fabric and sewing supplies

Looking forward to this week:
Plenty of sunshine

Tips and Tricks:
Line a casserole dish with a sheet of aluminum foil. Pour in 1/2 - 1 c. warm water and salt. Place tarnished silverware inside dish and make sure they are completely submerged. The salt will begin to 'react' to the silver and within 5-10 minutes (depending upon the amount of tarnish) you should have clean, tarnish free silverware.

My favorite blog post this week:
Not really a blog post but I thought it was an interesting video



Blog Hopping (a new discovered blog you would like to share with the readers):
Bed & Breakfast Travel Blog Blog of places bed and breakfast travelers may wish to visit. Points of interest, travel tips, meet innkeepers

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

Lesson learned the past few days:
You can't get a different result by doing the same 'ol thing. So to get something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.

On my mind:
Too much to write about to say the least

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
I Peter 3: 8-12 "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."

Happy Homemaker 3-22-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Chilly and windy, so tired of this constant weather change

One of my simple pleasures:
Holding my sweet baby boy kitty in my lap while he naps

On my bedside table:
Dust

On my TV:
Reruns of Desperate Housewives

On the menu for tonight:
Something with ground turkey

On my To Do List:
Clean litter box, vacuum, clean master bathroom,
cut out more fabric

New Recipe I tried last week:
Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

In the craft basket:
More panties & cut out material to start a new
sewing project

Looking forward to:
The promises of GOD being fulfilled in our family's life
(not just in our life but for all our family)

Homemaking Tip for this week:
The more peaceful your home is, the happier your family will be

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
"A Springtime Tablescape"
from Between Naps on the Porch

Favorite photo from last week:

Lesson learned the past few days:
People won't do what you expect, they do what you inspect

On my Prayer List:
Patience, Marriage, Family, Health

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Jeremiah 17:7-8
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD,
and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be
as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth
out her roots by the river, and shall not see
when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green;
and shall not be careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

Happy Homemaker 3-15-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Overcast at the moment and everything is so damp outside

One of my simple pleasures:
Sitting in the rocking chair next to the window with a good
book or magazine to read

On my bedside table:
The current edition of "Country Woman" magazine

On my TV:
The Walton's DVD series; currently watching the episode entitled
"The Typewriter"

On the menu for tonight:
Something quick and easy

On my To Do List:
Clean litter box, vacuum, straighten house, laundry, wait for
phone call from the doctor's office on test results, follow up
on meeting from last week -- if that works out today
then go down and take care of paper work

New Recipe I tried last week:
Sour Cream Pork Enchiladas

In the craft basket:
I finally made a new front door wreath

Looking forward to:
The promises of GOD being fulfilled in our family's life
(not just in our life but for all our family.)

Homemaking Tip for this week:Hubby used our pressure cooker outdoors on the propane
burner. Well, the heat from the flames turned the outside of
our canner from silver to black. Soap and water didn't remove
the discoloration, but when he pulled out the Borax it came
right off. Borax is a home keepers best friend! Our cleaning
supply cupboard is not complete with out a box or two in it.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
"Your Marriage Problems Are All In Your Head"

Favorite photo from last week:

Market shopping done and saved a bunch, even though
I did splurge and by some junk!

Lesson learned the past few days:
No matter how much we dread waiting, some things just
take time.

On my Prayer List:
Family, marriages, friends, for those who are battling cancer,
for a closer - more intimate walk with the LORD for all of us
including myself, for restoration and provision, for
the teenagers, patience and perseverance to press on &
press in to the things of GOD

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Ephesians 3:14-21 (NIV)
"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his
whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen
you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how
wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that
you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is
at work within us, to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
for ever and ever! Amen."

Happy Homemaker 3-8-10

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Grey skies and rain...once again

One of my simple pleasures:
Quiet time alone to meditate and listen for the prompting of the LORD

On my bedside table:
Gooseberry Patch's "Dinner's on a Dime" cookbook, Passionate
Housewives Desperate For God, Created To Be His Helpmeet

On my TV:
Nothing at the moment, and I like it that way

On the menu for tonight:
A recreation using yesterday's left over pork roast and gravy

On my To Do List:
Clean litter box, vacuum, straighten house, finish clipping &
organizing coupons, write out market list

New Recipe I tried last week:
Cake Mix Brownies

In the craft basket:
Lots of fabric...the options are many

Looking forward to:
The promises of GOD being fulfilled in our family's life
(not just in our life but for all our family.)

"This is the year of Recompense and Restitution. God will restore and repay you for what you've gone through and what you have sown into the Kingdom of God. Joel 2:23-27 God will restore to you THE YEARS that have been lost or destroyed. Rejoice! don't give up, cave in, or quit." ~ A Word from GOD spoken through minister M. Lingerfelt

Joel 2:23-27 "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed."

Homemaking Tip for this week:Shop at home first. You never know what you might find
that will fit your need therefore, reducing the extra expense
of buying. This holds true for your market shopping,
gift buying or even redecorating within your home.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
There were so many great ones, I can't decide on just one

Favorite photo from last week:

Fresh yard eggs and farm fresh milk. I love how you even
know the name of the cow your milk came from.

Lesson learned the past few days:
That GOD does hear us when we pray (even when we don't
feel like we have the right to talk to HIM)...it's up to us to be
willing to listen and receive what HE has to say.

Some people have been broken for so long now that they don't even know they're broken and in dire need of repair. Their actions/words can be the most devastating and vile but until they realize they need help, they see no wrong in anything they do...it's "normal" to them. But....BUT GOD can release you from the past and the chains that have kept you in that state. It's up to us to allow HIM to do HIS work in and through us. HE has already defeated Satan over 2000 years ago, so we are no longer subject to living under bondage. Don't let the chains of bondage keep you held back and held down any longer. Rise up and declare your victory now!!

On my Prayer List:
Family, marriages, friends, for those who are battling cancer,
for a closer - more intimate walk with the LORD for all of us
including myself, for restoration and provision, for
the teenagers, patience and perseverance to press on &
press in to the things of GOD

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Ephesians 4:27 "Neither give place to the devil."

(look a this scripture from the Greek words
{forgive me if there are mispellings} they are derived from...

*give :: ditomi = to surrender, allow, yield, grant, bestow

*place :: topos = ground, geography, land ~ in our lives this means
our marriage, money, health, words, thoughts, business, etc.

*devil :: diabolos = "dia" ~ to go through --
"bolos" ~ ball, to strike over and over until you puncture

"Do not surrender, allow, grant, yield, bestow any of our marriage,
money, health, words, thoughts or business to be continually
striked at over and over until it is punctured and gone through."
~exhortation from Pastor W. Hallam

Happy Homemaker 9-28-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
Bright & sunny

One of my simple pleasures:
Walking around our home and property & basking
in the knowledge that all of it was made possible
because of the LORD

On my bedside table:
Southern Living magazine

On my TV:
"Changing Your World" with Creflo Dollar

On the menu for tonight:
Sausage & Potatoes

On my To Do List:
Tidying house, bread baking, laundry

New Recipe I tried last week:
Cinnamon, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Swirl Cookies

In the craft basket:
An apron that I meed to cut out and sew

Looking forward to:
Much cooler weather to kill off the fleas
and nasty mosquitoes

Homemaking Tip for this week:
A home keeping schedule can help keep you
organized and on track

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
There wasn't one post in particular but the entire
site...My Italian Grandmother, Recipes Inspired
By My Italian Grandmother

Favorite photo from last week:

Lesson learned the past few days:
Hubby & I have encountered an issue with a group
of individuals that have purposed to make another
family's business that of everyone else. People need
to be more concerned and focused on their own life
& family and stay out of others, especially when
it doesn't concern them in the first place.

On my Prayer List:
My Hubby, our family, our Church & Church family, the government &
our local officials, for a closer relationship with my LORD,
for our children & our grandchildren

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Matthew 7:1-5 "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And
why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine
own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out
of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."

Happy Homemaker Monday 9-21-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
It's been hot but it has been trying to cool down some

One of my simple pleasures:
A clean home

On my bedside table:
Nothing right now

On my TV:
The weather

On the menu for tonight:
Sausage, baked potatoes & a green veggie

On my To Do List:
Cleaning house, market shopping

New Recipe I tried last week:
It wasn't a new recipe but it is a family favorite
Fresh Basil Pesto

In the craft basket:
fabric that I need to cut canning jar toppers out of
to get ready for gift giving presentation

Looking forward to:
time spent with friends that I haven't seen in awhile

Homemaking Tip for this week:
Now that we are moving into the holiday baking season,
check the sale ads & stock up on those items that you know you
will be using not just for the holidays but everyday
(i.e. sugar,oil, etc.) Having extras on hand will
help reduce finding out your out of an ingredient
in the middle of a recipe. Not to mention, if the weather
is yucky outside, you won't have to get out in the
elements because everything you need will be
at home already

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
There are so many great ones that I can decide

Favorite photo from last week:

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Lesson learned the past few days:

A little understand goes a long way

On my Prayer List:
My Hubby, our family, our Church & Church family, the government &
our local officials, for a closer relationship with my LORD,
for our children & our grandchildren

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Nehemiah 8:10b "...for this day is holy unto our LORD:
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Happy Homemaker Monday 7-27-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
What can I say...we're in the South so it's sunny & hot. During the Summer months it's starts getting hot before 6am. Whew! Thank You LORD for a/c.

One of my simple pleasures:
Just walking around our property soaking in the fact that none of this would have been possible with out the LORD.

On my bedside table:
Sandra Lee's new magazine

On my TV:
Nothing on the family t.v. but the sounds from the PS3 coming
from the teen's room are louder than they should be

On the menu for tonight:
Cornish hens with a satsuma marinade

On my To Do List:
Canning sweet pepper relish, vacuuming the house,
a little bit of organization

New Recipe I tried last week:
Nothing really

In the craft basket:
fabric that I need to cut canning jar toppers out of
to get ready for gift giving presentation

Looking forward to:
the mail ~ my free Gooseberry patch book should
be here any day now

Homemaking Tip for this week:
Organize the pantry and keep an updated, running list
of items in there ~ this makes for an easier time
when preparing your market list for shopping

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
Mary & Martha @ Keeping It Simple

Favorite photo from last week:

I haven't downloaded all my pictures so I don't have
one to share yet

Lesson learned the past few days:
No matter what things look like on paper, GOD is always in
control

On my Prayer List:
My Hubby, our family, our Church & Church family, the government &
our local officials, for a closer relationship with my LORD,
for our children & our grandchildren

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Nehemiah 8:10b "...for this day is holy unto our LORD:
neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Happy Homemaker Monday 7-6-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
What can I say...we're in the South so it's sunny & hot. During the Summer months it's starts getting hot before 6am. Whew! Thank You LORD for a/c.

One of my simple pleasures:
Just walking around our property soaking in the fact that none of this would have been possible with out the LORD.

On my bedside table:
My alarm clock

On my TV:
It's off and the sound of silence is floating through the air. What peace.

On the menu for tonight:
Chicken, corn & salad

On my To Do List:
Bread making, canning, sweeping, a few errands

New Recipe I tried last week:
Nothing really

In the craft basket:
A quilted throw for a Christmas gift

Looking forward to:
This weekend as it is our 11th wedding anniversary

Homemaking Tip for this week:
Some days you just need to take a break from all that calls for your attention. It will still be there waiting for you when you get back to it.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
The 4th of July @ Blessed Femina

Favorite photo from last week:

Lesson learned the past few days:
Don't let others try and dictate what they think you should do & when you need to do it

On my Prayer List:
My Hubby, our family, our Church & Church family, the government & our local officials, for a closer relationship with my LORD, for our children & our grandchildren

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
James 3:5-6 "Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."

Happy Homemaker Monday ~ 6-15-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods:
What can I say...we're in the South so it's sunny & hot. During the Summer months it's starts getting hot before 6am. Whew! Thank You LORD for a/c.

One of my simple pleasures:
Reading a book or magazine in my spare time. It's so relaxing to be able to open the pages and be taken away to another place for a few moments in time.

On my bedside table:
Bare minimal. I dusted the nightstands last week and removed all the extra clutter from mine. Oh how freeing that feels each time I look at it.

On my TV:
The Golden Girls

On the menu for tonight:
Something with ground beef, but I haven't made my mind up yet as to what.

On my To Do List:
Grocery shopping, sweeping the floors, cleaning and straightening the patio, doctor's appointment with my Dad

New Recipe I tried last week:
Wow, I just realized that I hadn't anything new last week. I guess that means this week I'll have to do a little experimenting.

In the craft basket:
I am going to tackle a quick and easy project this week (well, that's my plan anyway.)

Looking forward to:
Going to the movies tonight to see "Night At The Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"

Homemaking Tip for this week:
If you do a little tidying each day things won't be so likely to pile up on you. Then when the big cleaning day comes it won't take you long to get the whole house done.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
Road Trip Sunday - Terra Bella by Tammy @ Flat Creek Farms

Favorite photo from last week:
I just love home canning...it's art in a jar to me...

Lesson learned the past few days:
Don't be scared to try new things

On my Prayer List:
My Hubby, our family, our Church & Church family, the government & our local officials, for a closer relationship with my LORD, for our children & our grandchildren

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Romans 1:17 "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."

Righteous By Faith by Jerry Savelle

Christians have a genuine desire to please God and live right. They are usually acutely aware of where they fall short and do their best to be a good example of a Christian.

People see their own actions and focus on changing their external behavior. This doesn’t work. The only way to change external behavior is to change how you see yourself.

Most Christians suffer with condemnation because the devil tempts them to be sin conscious. If they don’t have control over their external actions they find it difficult to believe that they are truly righteous. This is back to front!

The power to act righteously comes AFTER you believe you are already righteousness in Him. God never intended you to do anything using your own effort, least of all become a righteous person.

There is only one way to please God – by faith.

There is only one way to be righteous in Him – by faith.

There is only one way to get free from struggles with sin – by faith.

When you get the revelation that you are now righteous because of the Cross of Christ, regardless of your external actions, you are living by faith in what God says about you and that pleases God.

As you stand on the Word believing that you are the righteousness of God in Him, refusing condemnation and sin consciousness, you will find that your desires change. The righteous nature already inside you begins to take control of your external actions.

Be ye doers of the Word…

Father, I want to please You and therefore I choose to walk by faith in what You say about me. I refuse all sin consciousness, walking by faith that I am righteous in Him. I know that as I think in my heart, so am I.

Happy Homemaker Monday 6-8-09

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The weather in my neck of the woods ~ is so beautiful with lots of sunshine

One of my simple pleasures ~ spending time making our home cozy & inviting

On my bedside table ~ Mother Earth News

On my t.v. ~ it's been off all day...oh how I love the quiet

On the menu for tonight ~ honestly I have been so busy this morning that I haven't thought about it

On my to do list ~ lots and lots of paperwork, grind up my dehydrated herbs and of course laundry

New recipe I tried last week ~ not really new, but it was tasty Hot Dog Casserole

In the craft basket ~ let's not even go there right now *grin*

Looking forward to ~ vacation...we haven't planned things in detail yet but we need a break from things

Homemaking tip for the week ~ re-invent the concept of bartering...trade what you have for something someone else has that you can use; for instance, I traded vegetables from our garden with a friend who in turn gave us fresh yard eggs...this wasn't planned that way, but the LORD knew what HE was doing

Favorite blog post of the week (mine or other) ~ Chocolate Cake w/ Fluffy Icing by Sandra at Keeping It Simple

Favorite photo from last week ~ well, there's two this time because they go so great together...homemade bread & homemade butter


Lesson I learned the past few days ~ that Walmart is not the low price leader, but we already knew that

On my prayer list ~ our family, friends, Church, our government leaders, our children

Devotionals, Scripture Reading or Key Verse ~
"Addicted to the Word" by Kenneth Copeland

“Ye know the house of Stephanas...and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints.” – 1 Corinthians 16:15

I want you to begin to develop an addiction today--an addiction to the Word of God. That may sound odd to you, especially if you don't have much of an interest in the Word right now. But, believe me, it's possible. I've done it myself and I've seen others do it, time and again.

All you have to do is make a decision to give yourself to it. To focus your time and attention on it. The more you give yourself to it, the more your desire for it will grow. Eventually, it will
consume your thinking.

Surprised? You shouldn't be. That happens with anything you totally give yourself to. It happens, for example, with people who give themselves to pornography. As they focus their attention on it, the spirit behind it moves in on their consciousness and eventually draws
them from mental activity into physical activity. Finally, they come to a place where they can't be satisfied. They can't get enough.

That same principle works on the positive side when you begin to give yourself to God's Word. You can give yourself to it to the point where it totally consumes your mental and physical life. The more of it you get, the more you want. The Spirit behind the Word, the Holy Spirit, will draw you and lead you closer to Jesus than you ever imagined possible.

I've never yet met anybody walking in faith and power who at sometime hadn't developed that kind of addiction by giving themselves totally to the Word for an extended time. I don't mean just a few minutes here and there either. I'm talking about some serious time. So determine to do that. Determine to become a Word addict. Once you do, you'll never be willing to live without it again.

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4:1-12

Happy Homemaker Monday 5-25-09

(Hosted by Sandra)

On my bedside table:
dust

On my TV:
Night at the Museum

On the menu for tonight:
Grilled T-Bones, Rib eyes & Shrimp,
Roasted Corn on the Cob,
Garden salad

On my To Do List:
bread baking, house cleaning,
laundry, garden weeding

New Recipe I tried last week:
Homemade Liquid Fabric Softener

In the craft basket:
fabric gift bags

Looking forward to:
a very special family members
graduation

Homemaking Tip for this week:
coupons...don't leave home without them

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
"Raised Garden Beds In 30 Minutes"
by Southern Plate

Favorite photo from last week:

Lesson learned the past few days:
sometimes the hardest things we have to
do will yield the greatest peace

On my Prayer List:
Hubby, our marriage, our Church, our neighbor,
our Church & Pastors, our President, our County, our
children and our grandchildren (we know GOD will give us
children so I am believing and praying in advance for
our family,)

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Romans 12:10 "Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"

Happy Homemaker Monday 5-18-09

(Hosted by Sandra)

On my bedside table:
cell phone, blue tooth, alarm clock,
eyeglass case

On my TV:
Iron Chef America
(I'm doing this on Sunday night so
I can have it out on time come Monday)

On the menu for tonight:
Crockpot chicken

On my To Do List:
jury summons so that's
pretty much my day for now

New Recipe I tried last week:
Beefy Nacho Potato Soup

In the craft basket:
still no time to work on
anything

Looking forward to:
Memorial weekend

Homemaking Tip for this week:
Making due with what you have
instead of buying unnecessary items
saves space, time and most of all money

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
"Do you love what you have?" by Lady M's
Lavender Cottage

Favorite photo from last week:

Hubby did a great job at capturing this
beautiful little creature

Lesson learned the past few days:
when GOD tells you something,
don't question it ~ HE knows better
than we do

On my Prayer List:
Hubby, our marriage, our Church, our neighbor,
our Church & Pastors, our President, our County, our
children and our grandchildren (we know GOD will give us
children so I am believing and praying in advance for
our family,)

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Hebrews 6:10 "For GOD is not unrighteous to forget
your work and labour of love, which ye have
shewed toward HIS name, in that ye have
ministered to the saints, and do minister."