Thankful Thursdays

Posted on 2008-Jul-24 at 07:07 by Michelle - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

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Thankful Thursday

Each week on thursday I am going to be listing 10 things I am thankful for.

1. My Lord, he is so good to me and never gives up on me. He keeps molding me and trying to make me in his image. Some times I wonder why he has not given up on me yet, but his love for me shows through in his patience with me.

2. My Dear Hubby, he is also so very patient with me. I have been so down lately and he is doing so much for me to help me out around the home and to help me get my focus back upon the Lord.

3. My children, they are so sweet to their mama and they so want to please me and help me around the house.

4. Our friends at church and on the net have also been a big encouragement to me and I know that the Lord has placed friends in our lives to help us encourage one another.

5. Our home, yes it is small, only 1000sq ft for all of us, but it is cozy, it keeps the weather off of us and it is ours.

6. My garden, I was looking at it yesterday and realized that everything that we have planted was given to us. I have not spent one cent on the garden and yet the Lord has graciously provided for us to have one. I also have not planted more than one thing it but my Mr. Fix it has been taking care of the garden for me this year.

7. My country, I am so thankful to be living in a country that allows me to raise my family in the manner in which I believe I should. The Lord has given me this great privilage and I pray that I do not abuse it.

8. My piano, I grew up in a home where music was very important and then when I got married I did not have a piano for almost 6 years. Then when we did get a piano we had to leave it when we moved, just to big and heavy to move, this actually happened twice. So when I was given another piano my DH said we would be moving it if we ever moved, and when it came time for us to move again the piano came along. (thanks sweety)

9. The internet, I know, I know, it can be used for all sorts of evil purposes but I am so thankful for it as I have made some wonderful friends on it and have found many sites that bless me and help me as I strive to be the women the Lord would have me to be.

10. TODAY!!!!! The Lord is not obligated to allow us another day and yet he in his love allows us another day to live for him. What are you going to do for him today??

TODAY'S VERSE from HEARTLIGHT

Posted on Thu 24 Jul 2008 at 4:30 AM by GrandmaRosie - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Free Potholder Patterns...TipNut

Posted on Thu 24 Jul 2008 at 1:45 AM by GrandmaRosie - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Here’s a fun freebie download, it’s a set of six different panhol potholders.

Free Potholder Patterns...TipNut

Yesterday...Remember When (from GypsyFarmGirl)

Posted on 2008-Jul-23 at 09:45 by Kim Wolf<>< - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

OK gang...just remember...I'm an oldie goldie compared to some of you!    I was a kid in the 60's and a teen in the 70's (class of '77!)...Sooo, this may even be a history lesson to some of you!  HAHAHAHA!!  Have fun!...

What were your 3 favorite things to watch on TV when you were a kid? 

1) Beany & Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, 2) Beverly Hillbillies, 3) Andy Griffith Show.

What 3 commercials do you remember most from when you were a kid?

1) Don't squeeze the Charmin/Mr. Whipple, 2) Frigidaire [sp?] commericals w/ladies dressed up, dancing around their appliances,  3) Marlboro Man cigarette commercials.

What 3 toys were popluar when you were a kid?

1) Barbies, 2) G. I. Joe, 3) Baby First Step.

What 3 things did not exist when you were a kid?

1) Telephones w/o a cord, 2) VCR/DVD players, 3) CDs. (I still miss the huge posters that we used to get w/our 33 rpm albums!)

What 3 fads did you fall for when you were a kid?

1) Earth Shoes (did you know they're back!!!  Love 'em!), 2) white lipstick, 3) huge bell-bottom jeans.

What 3 songs do you remember most from when you were a kid?

1) ANYTHING by the Beatles!, 2) "Easy Come, Easy Go" by Bobby Sherman (oh, be still my heart!), 3) "Puppy Love" by Donny Osmond.

What were your 3 favorite movies when you were a kid?

1) "Mary Poppins" (the FIRST TIME it was out!), 2) "101 Dalmations" (the FIRST TIME it was out!), 3) "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken" (the FIRST TIME it was out!).   

What are your 3 most embarrassing moments from when you were a kid?

1) Throwing up on the school bus, 2) when a hoody-type girl who - for some unknown reason - made it her life's goal to make my life miserable tried to get me to fight her.  Of course, since I wouldn't, everyone thought I was a chicken...yep...public school is great! What was your question about socialization?  3) falling off the top of the monkey bars...back then we HAD to wear dresses in grade school.

What 3 things do you wish you could get back from when you were a kid?

1) My friend Debbie who moved, they were an Air Force family, 2) my cat, Boots, 3) my grandparents.

~~ If you do this, let me know!!

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Selling our land!

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 08:57 by Debbie - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Sometimes you have to do what you don't really want to do, and that is what is happening with our land.  We know it is the wise thing to do, however, it brings a bit of sadness too!  This land is in Bonanza, OR (near Klamath Falls).  If you check out the link, click on "More Photo's, and the first picture will be of the view from our land.  I just love that view and imagined that one day I would be sitting on our big porch drinking coffee and viewing that gorgeous view.  Well.....maybe in another location one day!  :)  Now we wait for a buyer.  We know that it is in God's hands!  :)

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Back into the blogging world

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 03:27 by blessed mom - 10 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Well, after taking a much needed blogging break ~~ I have prayerfully decided to resume my blog here at HSB!  I I want to use my precious time wisely, so I will try to blog with purpose & under God's direction. I am not sure how much time or how consistent I will be this time around. We'll see how it works out. :)

I have chosen to call my blog: " In all things give thanks" based on the passage from Ephesians 5:20:

" Giving thanks all ways for all things unto God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

One of the things that God has been showing me over this past year is to be truly thankful in all things ~~ both the good things, the great things, the hard things and yes even the painful things of life! In ALL things we are to give thanks & it is my hearts desire to use this blog to bring glory to Him and to lead others to do the same.

May you be blessed!

~ gloria ~

~ A Proverbs 31 Woman ~

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 03:17 by blessed mom - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This afternoon I have been spending some time reading and studying Proverbs 31. I have a small bible that I keep by my desk , handy to use when I have a moment in between schooling moments with the children.

I have read thru Proverbs 31 many times, but today I really spent time studying and pondering it's meaning and application in my own life.  There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this passage!

I am sure most of you have studied this passage many times and this is not new "stuff" to you at all, but  I am learning slowly but surely. :)

I am going to be blogging about this passage & taking it one verse at a time. Feel free to join me in the study or just drop me a note and let me know what your own thoughts are!

May you be blessed!

~ gloria ~

Todays Quote...Our Nation needs to heed this quote

Posted on Wed 23 Jul 2008 at 3:16 PM by GrandmaRosie - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

~Upcoming Changes~ Coming This Fall !!!!!

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 12:32 PM by FaithfulAcres - Link

Another good day

Posted on Wednesday, July 23 at 12:54 by Jennifer - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Oh am I tired.  I didn't sleep well last night.. I was up very late.. even later than usual for me.  And when I finally did go to bed, hubby kept coming in to visit while he was getting ready for work.  Silly man.  Thank goodness I don't have to get up and go to work too.. so it doesn't affect my day too awful much.  He said he felt a lot better today.  I am so thankful for that.  I worry about him and he is the type that just pushes and pushes.  He just doesn't know when to say when.  *sigh* 

Our new pool pump and ladder came today.  Right on time.  It was very fast service and the shipping was free.  That saved us a bundle.  Hubby got the pump all put together as well as the ladder, but he is siphoning out the old water from the pool.. if I had known he was going to do that, we could have had it done already.. but that is ok.  There are tons of tadpoles still in the pool.  Courtney is devastated that we are going to be shocking the pool and that is going to kill all of them.  I told her the only way to save them is to get the net and a bucket and catch them and then turn them loose in the creek.  So I am sure that is on her list of to dos for tomorrow.  lol 

My fridge is no longer sitting on my deck.  Thanks to Freecycle.  A lady and her boyfriend came and picked it up tonight.  And they are coming back in the morning to get the old metal shed that blew down a year or two ago.  That is that much that we don't have to deal with. 

Gary also stopped by tonight and said we are welcome to use his tractor and bush hog Friday.  Our pastures really need it.  He is so nice to let us use his equipment.  I am hoping to be able to borrow it again this fall so the fields will be nice and tidy before the snow flies. 

Gosh, can you believe that it is coming?? Here we are almost into August and I don't feel like we have nearly enough done.  Well, we don't.  We haven't collected any firewood yet.  Hubby says I worry too much.. perhaps, but I like to be prepared.  I really hate having to scramble at the last minute to get things done.  And with us heating solely with wood now, it is essential.  Hopefully he will get it taken care of in the next month or so. 

Courtney starts school on the 26th of August I believe it is.  Wow.. and her birthday is the 13th.  I still don't know what we are doing for that yet.  She wants another pool party, which would be fine, but I really don't want to have it at the Comfort Inn again.. like last year.  I mean it was nice and all, but it was SOOO HOT in there!  We had the back door to the outside propped open and we all sat outside, those of us who weren't swimming.  The kids didn't notice it so much, probably because they were wet.  lol  Plus, we are going to be up at her grandparent's on her birthday.  She is going home with them on the 9th after the Salt Fork Festival.. hubby is playing with the band and his parents are coming to see him play..  then we are going to go up there on the 13th for a little birthday party. 

PLUS, I just found out last Thursday that the 13th is the Shot Clinic for the horses for fair. Grrr..  So now I am either going to have to find someone willing to take Darcie to the shot clinic, without me, or I am going to have to pay a farm call to have a vet out to do her shots because this set has to be done by a vet.  Bleh.  I don't know yet.  I might talk to Craig and Tammy.. see if they would mind terribly to stop by and haul her and bring her home again.  I trust them to do it.. there aren't a whole lot of people I would trust to do that.  Maybe Joan too.. I don't know yet.  I have to see who all is actually going to the Shot Clinic and who is just having a vet out to their farms. Just such a bother. I am really not looking forward to fair this year.. I am not sure why.. well I may have a little bit of an idea..

I have a friend who I am kind of on the outs with.. and she has a way of making me feel really bad about myself and the situation.  She is kind of hard to get along with, but I have been friends with her since school. She was rude to me last year at the fair for no real reason and we haven't talked since. So I don't know.  It bothers me alot.  I even have dreams about her it is on my mind so much.  But I don't know what to do.  I don't think I did anything wrong for her to be mad at me and I hate the thought of going crawling to her asking for her friendship/forgiveness.  I wish I could just let her go as a friend.  I have prayed about it, but I don't feel I have found any peace or answers. =( 

I am pretty tired right now, but for some reason I am fighting sleep.  I just don't WANT to go to bed.  I need to write to my PenPal, she sent me a really nice card about a week ago and I have yet to answer her.  I feel bad.  I intended to make her a card with my rubber stamps, but I just haven't had the motivation.  The story of my life.

I got two more tomatoes out of the garden this evening. They were pretty small, but I am sure they will be tasty.  I should go cut up a cucumber in vinegar for my late night snack..  Speaking of food, today I didn't do real great, but I didn't pig out.. here is what I had:

No Breakfast

Lunch:
3 Tacos made from stuff leftover from yesterday
Gatorade

Dinner:
Chicken Breast on top of left over peppers, onions and potatoes from Sunday's dinner
Gatorade

That is it.  So why do I feel like I ate more than I should have today?  Odd.

Well, I think that is it for tonight.. I will be back tomorrow I am sure. =)

Blessings!!