CandyFoote

I'm a Grandma, Again

My newest grandson arrived on the scene last night at 8:33.

Matthew Nicholas Foote, Jr.

9 pounds 1 ounce

20 inches long

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~Candy~

Good News

I really hate listening to News programs!

I know that there is plenty of good stuff going on out there, but they only want to tell us about the awful stuff.

I've had enough of listening to the devil's activities being glorified!

I heard Joyce Meyer say that someone ought to start a good news program. 

Now, I would love to listen to that!

Come on, leave me a good news comment.  What kind of good things are going on in and around you?!?

~Candy~

We Are Home

We are home!

We had such a wonderful time.

God has been so good to us!

~Candy~

Bye!

We are heading to South Carolina on Monday!

Since I don't get on the computer on Sundays, I wanted to tell you all good-bye.  I'll 'see' you when we get back.

I am not going to get our monthly newsletter out until I return in two weeks.

Hey, that gives everyone a chance to sign up for the newsletter if they haven't yet.  ;D

~Candy~

Still Counting

The kids are still counting!

Two days until the last day of school and 6 days until we leave for South Carolina.

I'm still not ready.  I'm going to hit some "junk" stores this week to finish picking up shorts, sandals, and stuff like that.

It is a large undertaking to pack up a family this size and head out for almost two weeks.

~Candy~

Help

Okay, I need your best tips!

This is our first family vacation.

Usually, my husband just takes a couple of kids with him on a trip.

What do I take????

We are going to South Carolina (from New York) for about two weeks.

That is a lot of stuff to pack for a crew this size.

Help!

~Candy~

My friend Jenefer is hosting a giveaway contest for Rosetta Stone!

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This is a $259 program (and believe me it’s worth every penny!)
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RV

Hubby and I went to look at an RV today.

I loved it!  It was big enough for our crew and the man only wanted 7,000 dollars for it. 

Hmm, now all I need is 7,000 dollars!

~Candy~

Major Monday

Does anyone else love Mondays???

Mondays use to be very stressful until I realized that I am the one in control of my schedule.  (Do any of you get stressed over a schedule that you made?)

Well, Mondays are not stressful at our house!

We sleep in every Monday.  That's right!  We really do sleep late on Mondays.  We go to church on Sunday nights.  When we get home we stay up eating snacks, talking and listening to the kids play guitars.  Everyone is tired out come Monday morning.

We get up and have family prayer, then breakfast.

After breakfast, it is time for Major Monday!  I love Major Mondays!!

We spend the morning hours doing a major clean-up on the house.  This is a top to bottom clean.  We even manage to do some yard clean-up. :D

Mom does some cleaning and some lesson preparation.  School lessons start after lunch on Mondays.

There aren't anymore stressful Mondays at the Foote house!

~Candy~

Anyone Else Hungry

I seem to be thinking a lot about food right now.  Anyone else hungry?

I'm thinking:

cheeseburgers, homemade fries, and toss salad for supper

homemade waffles on my new waffle iron - tomorrow for breakfast

and a turkey dinner for Sunday afternoon.

~Candy~

It's May!!

Happy May Day everyone!

I remember when my sister and I were little girls,

we use to pick flowers, put them on our doorstep, knock on the door and run away.

We would hide and wait for our mom to open the door and find a bouquet of flowers.

That was the way  mom taught us to celebrate May Day,

still, she must of gotten tired of answering the door all day!  ;D

Well, it is a new month.  Yeah for spring!

I decided to start the new month by heading to the grocery store.

I was out the door by 6:30 this morning!  Believe me, that is quite an accomplishment for me!

I love shopping the early morning hours though.  I have the stores all to myself.  I am able to take my time and get all of the best deals.  Not only that, when I am finished, I  don't have to spend forever standing in line.

Next goal for today is to get the pantry in order and get an idea of the month's menu.

Enjoy it being May.

~Candy~

Frugal Wednesday????

We had some free food coupons that had to be used up this week.

I love free!!!

We got 12 free personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut,

4 free vanilla ice cream cones from McDonald's,

4 free apple juices from McDonald's,

and

4 free apple dippers from McDonald's.

Like I said, I love free!

~Candy~

Clothes Line

I am so happy to have my clothes line up.

Not only that, we have been having decent enough weather to actually use it!

Do any of you use a solar/wind powered clothes dryer too?

~Candy~

99 cents

I am excited to finally have my 99 cent books up and running!

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~Candy~

Technical Problems

I'm sorry that I didn't blog much last week.  I was busy trying to fix a problem over at my site candyfoote.com.  I wasn't receiving emails that were sent through my website.  If you signed up for my newsletter, but never heard from me, please sign up again! 

I finally got it fixed last night.  The problem wasn't the computer or the website afterall.  The was me!   

I was receiving some nasty emails so I told my computer that it was SPAM.  The problem was that they were sending the emails through my website, so my computer thought that any emails coming from candyfoote.com was SPAM!!! 

Hmm, I guess I didn't think that one through too much!

Oh, well, it is fixed now, so if you haven't signed up for our family newsletter yet, go do it now!

~Candy~

Monday Menu

Hmm, since I spend a lot of Tuesdays posting Monday Menus,

I guess you must realize that I am organized-challenged.

Monday - beef with onions and mushrooms and oven fried potatoes

Tuesday - spaghetti, homemade bread, and dough dodgers

Wednesday - tuna noodle casserole

Thursday - beef stew and biscuits

Friday - breakfast for supper

I thought that I would share a quick and easy new recipe I tried last night.

Oven-Fried Potatoes

Peel and cut up potatoes (any size that you desire)

Soak them in ice water for a few minutes. (this makes them brown quicker, but without soaking much greese.)

Put onto a pan - spray with olive oil spray

Spray the tops of the potatoes with olive oil spray too

Sprinkle with sea salt

Bake until brown.

Mmm.... they were so good.

~Candy~

Ahh, Outside

I am so happy that spring has finally arrived.

It was 61 degrees out today!

For all of you Southerners, that is warm out here!

The kids and I spent the afternoon out in the back yard.

Our one year old and I layed around on a blanket just enjoying the nice weather.

We were out there for quite awhile and I was enjoying reading my Mary Jane Butter's books, when a tick fell on my book!  Ugh!

Well, it only took me a couple of seconds to grab the one year old and my books and run for the house.

After checking everyone out, I couldn't find anyone with a tick on them.

Thank you, Jesus!

Well, all in all, it was a wonderful day!

We even took a nice bench down by the pond for daddy to sit in.

We are cooking supper, straightening up the house and waiting for daddy to get home so we can show him his surprise.

Enjoy the spring! ;D

~Candy~

Menu for the Week

Monday - Left-overs from Easter - turkey sandwiches and salads

Tuesday - boiled dinner (ham, potatoes, and carrots) with dinner rolls and dough dodgers (fried bread dough)

Wednesday - I'm going to add corn, peas, beans, lentils, onions, etc. to the left-over boiled dinner with grilled cheese sandwiches

Thursday - tacos, brown rice, black beans, corn, and toss salad

Friday - BBQ - Yeah, it's suppose to be in the 60's today!! :D

What are you eating this week?

~Candy~

Easter

We had an awesome Easter!  It was filled with family, food, and fun.  Daddy and the kids spent most of the day playing football.  Mom spent most of the day cooking and cleaning. 

We had a wonderful dinner:

turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, macaroni salad, fruit salad, cranberry sauce, baked beans, biscuits, cherry cheesecake, plain cheesecake, pudding pies, veggies and dip, celery and cream cheese, cheese, crackers, pepperoni and lemonade.

Yeah, it was quite a banquet.

We started Easter morning by gathering the family into the living room for prayer.  We prayed, read the Word, and had communion as a family.  It was wonderful. 

Then, we sent the kids upstairs and hid goodies all around downstairs.  We put names on everything this year.  That really slowed them down!  Each child not only had to find what was hidden, but they had to find the one with their name on it!  It was great!

Around three o'clock my sister-in-law and her husband came over.  They had something to eat, and then we adults went outside to hide Easter eggs.  Again, we had put names on each egg.  Everyone was told how many eggs that they had to find. 

We had so much fun!

I'll post some pictures of some of the kids coloring our Resurrection eggs when I get this computer to cooperate!!

~Candy~

Husband Blessing Day

A good way to bless your husband is by letting him play with the kids all he wants without interrupting him with your to do list.

~Candy~

Bible Study

We are up to Proverbs 12 already!

Read it over and leave me a comment concerning it!

~Candy~

Pantry

I have been busy building up my pantry again.

When we were preparing to move, I gave most of the food that I had stored to our mission outreach.

That brings me to this post.

What is your reason for stocking a pantry?

I have heard many Christians say that they are preparing a pantry in order to take better care of their families.

That's a good and noble cause, but personally, I believe we should have a higher goal.

Our family is always praying and searching for people to bless.  We do this when we have a lot and when we have a little.  Giving should be a Christians nature.

I love having a stocked pantry!  It makes life so much easier.  I love being able to take care of my family.  I want to be prepared for whatever life brings.

But, I want to always have a higher goal than just taking care of me and mine.

I believe that hard times are not only here, but worse times are coming for this world.  It is the Christians responsibility to be there for others - to let our light shine by meeting real needs.

(The government has been doing the churches job for too long!)

Joseph did not just prepare his own family for coming disaster!

The point being, Joseph did prepare, but it wasn't simply for his own family.

Luke 12:16-21

And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.  He thought to himself, "What shall I do?  I have no place to store my crops.'  "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do.  I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.   And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years.   Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."  "But God said to him, 'You fool!  This very night your life will be demanded form you.  Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'  "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

Storing up our pantries is not a bad thing in itself.

My question is what is your purpose for storing up your pantry?

~Candy~

Spring???

It's snowing!  You just have to love living in northern New York.

It is common to be 60 degrees one day and snowing the next.

~Candy~

Bible Study

I hope that you decide to join us for our online Bible study!

It is suppose to be every Wednesday.  (Sorry, I'm a day late!)

We are up to Proverbs 11.

Read it over, then come back and leave me a comment concerning it.

What do you get out of Proverbs 11?

~Candy~

Blue Jean Quilts

I have been collecting old blue jeans over the past few years.

I have been using them to make the kids blue jean quilts.

When it was Jacob's turn, he decided that he wanted his

quilt to be entirely pockets.

~Candy~

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Husband Blessing Day

What are you doing for husband blessing day today.

(I just thought that I should add the fact that everyday is husband blessing day in our home! ;D)

One way to bless your husband is to learn his favorite foods, and actually fix them - cheerfully!

Add a section in your homemaker's notebook entitled, "Blessing My Husband".

Keep track of things that he likes.  Add in things that you would love to get or do for him.

Be creative.

Let me know what you come up with.

~Candy~

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Bible Study

We had a great Bible Study tonight.

We read Proverbs 10.

We had a great time discussing it.

You can't read Proverbs and walk away thinking that your words don't matter!

It made me think about my book, "The Word of God on the Words of Your Mouth".

Come on church!  It's time to line our words up with God's Word!

~Candy~

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Yeah

Saturday, March 21st was our 22nd wedding anniversary!!

I had a lovely day.

It was great.

My husband and I went out to lunch and did a little shopping.

Later, we ordered pizza and had all of our kids over.

Some extended family came over too.

We ate pizza, cake, and watched our wedding video.

What fun!

Everyone enjoyed laughing at my huge glasses!

I tried to tell them that it was the style in the 80's, but they just laughed all the more!

~Candy~

Husband Blessing Day

Thursdays are husband blessing day!

How are you blessing your husband today?

One way that I am working on blessing my husband is by searching for the perfect daddy chair.

I've tried a couple lately, but they haven't been quite right.

He hasn't complained, but I have noticed those chairs are far from his first choice to sit.

I'm going to find one though!

The problem is I'm very thrifty, (cheap!), so I'm searching the "junk" stores first!

Okay, your turn.  How are you blessing your husband today.

~Candy~

Bible Study

Yesterday was our Bible study.

I seem to be a day behind on all of my blogging.

Oh, well!

Did you read Proverbs 9?

Read it over and leave me a comment saying what it says to you.

~Candy~

Today's Home Management Goal

Today's home management goal was cleaning the bathroom and keeping all of the laundry going.

How did you spend your day?

Monday Menu on Tuesday?

Even though I am late at posting my menu for the week, I am still happy that I at least got it done.

It is so helpful!

Olivia did a wonderful job at meal planning and cooking last week.

She even made a complete turkey dinner while I was off doing errands.

Not bad for a fourteen year old girl!!!

Well, here is her menu for this week:

Monday - turkey sandwiches and left-overs from Sunday's big dinner

Tuesday - steak with red and green peppers, mushrooms, and onions

fried potatoes and toss salad

Wednesday - egg salad sandwiches on homemade bread and

bread and butter pickles

(We will be having a big snack after Bible study: a large variety of veggies and dip, cheese, crackers, and pepperoni, homemade cookies, juice and coffee.)

Thursday - honey bbq chicken, macaroni salad, french fried potatoes, and biscuits

Friday - spaghetti and dinner rolls

Saturday - Josie's take out pizza and anniversary cake

(It's our 22nd anniversary!!)

Sound good?

What are you having this week?

~Candy~

Going Out to Eat

Our eldest daughter, Jaimie, moved into a new apartment on Wednesday.

She invited all of us over for dinner tonight.

She made homemade chili with homemade dinner rolls, and even homemade chocolate cookies.

Mmm, she is a great cook!

Thanks, Jaimie!

Bible Study

Tonight is our in house Bible study.

We are up to Proverbs 8 this week.

I love Wednesdays.

I enjoy reading your views on the Word each week.

Read over Proverbs 8 and tell me what it is saying to you!

~Candy~

On Sale

Hey, my books are on sale!

Check it out at:

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They are 50% off!!

~Candy~

The Day After

We had a great birthday party yesterday.

Our home was filled to overflow with family.

Jacob had a great day.

Well, yesterday was great, but today is the morning after a big

party.

Our house really looks like the morning after a big party!

Today's main housekeeping goal will be the kitchen.

While I am working in there, I will have the kids tidy up around the rest of the place.  Keep us in prayer!

What does your day look like?

~Candy~

Happy Birthday, Jacob

Today is Jacob's birthday.

I am truly shocked that my little Jacob is thirteen today!

Thirteen!!

How does that happen so quickly?

I have always said that they grew up when I blinked.

Now that my daughter, Jaimie is a mom, she says, "Don't blink, Mom!"

Olivia, our fourteen year old daughter has made out our menu for this week.

She is our major chef this month.

Leave a comment letting Olivia know what you think of her menu.

Monday - homemade pizza and birthday cake

Tuesday - tacos, brown rice, corn, and toss salad

Wednesday - egg salad,chips, and pickles

Thursday - tuna noodle casserole

Friday - boiled dinner

Saturday - breakfast for supper

Sunday - turkey and dressing

It's the Week-end

I just jumped on the computer to let everyone know that we are enjoying our week-end.  We have two family birthday parties today.

Tomorrow I won't be on the computer at all.  Sundays are my day off.  Yeah!!

We will be over at my aunt's house singing and playing instruments.  Fun, fun, fun!

Leave me a note letting me know your plans.

~Candy~

Fun

I am looking forward to the week-end.

Our week-end is going to be filled with family and fun - birthday parties, pizza, singing...

I'm really looking forward to it.

What are your plans?

How will you be spending this week-end?

~Candy~

Husband Blessing Day

I am declaring Thursdays "Blessing My Husband Day"

on my homesteadblog.

Why don't you join me?

Stop by every Thursday and leave me a comment telling one way that you like to bless your husband.

I'll start.

My husband has a sweet tooth. (No comments about my name. ;D)

I picked up a little toolbox at the Dollar Tree.   I like to keep it filled with treats that he enjoys.

Tell me about the little blessings you enjoy doing for your husband.

~Candy~

Lasagna

Olivia made lasagna for supper tonight.

Oh, it was sooo good.

Jordan made garlic toast to go with it.

I love having kids that are such good cooks.

~Candy~

Bible Study

It is Wednesday again already!

Is anyone else paying attention to how fast time is moving?!?

Well, if you haven't joined us for our bloggy Bible study yet,

join in today!

Every Wednesday is we are discussing a Proverb.

We are up to Proverb 7 today.

Read it over and come back here to leave me a comment concerning it.

Let's have fun!!!

~Candy~

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Menu for the Week

Okay, I'm a little mixed up this week.

I did Frugal Friday on Monday, now I'm doing

Monday Menus on Tuesday. LOL

Oh well, here it is:

Monday - chicken patties and toss salad

Tuesday - cheeseburgers and hot dogs with french fries and toss salad

Wednesday - grilled sandwiches and soup

Thursday - Lasagna, toss salad, and homemade dinner rolls

Friday -  boiled dinner, (ham, pototoes, and carrots),     dinner rolls, and doughdodgers (fried bread dough)

Saturday - homemade pizza

Sunday - chicken, mashed potatoes, and coleslaw

What do you think?

What's for dinner at your house?

Frugal Friday?

It's not Frugal Friday, but I just have to tell you about my shopping trip yesterday.  Between shopping the sales and using coupons and store cards, I saved $180.00!!!

That includes my trip to the gas station where I pumped $40.79, but I only paid 79 cents!  Yup, 79 cents!

Are you a Price Chopper shopper?

When you use your Price Chopper card, you get a discount on gas.  I worked mine up to $2.00 off a gallon.  Gas was only $2.03 per gallon.  I only paid $0.03 a gallon!  Yahoo!! 

By the way, if you do have a Price Chopper card, be sure to sign up for their baby program.  Your baby will get a free first birthday cake!

Our March newsletter is just about ready.  Sign up for it at http://www.candyfoote.com/  and receive a free sample of one of our ebooks!

Have a great day!

Do you have any great deals that you have received lately?

~Candy~

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The prize is one of my ebooks!!

~Candy~

Yeah, It's Friday!!

We are finishing up our weekly school schedules and looking forward to a family filled week-end.

Our niece, Brittany is suppose to come down for a nice visit.

We have a double birthday party to go to for our great-niece and great-nephew.

The boys will be going to help our pastor move a piano.

It looks like it will be a family, fun-filled week-end!

What does your week-end look like?

~Candy~