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A Few More Garden Pics For Your Viewing PleasureYellow and white with purple splashes!
I really like this one! Only one bloom and it didn't last long. I am glad I got the picture.
Feverfew and Peonies
Happy 4th of July 2009!
Tomorrow will be a busy day here at my home. Lots of folks are coming by for my annual Independence Day Cookout. Here is this year's menu: Deviled Eggs Grilled Burgers and Hot Dogs Potato Salad Spaghetti Salad Pea Salad Baked Beans Cole Slaw & Hot Dog Sauce Relish/Toppings Plate 5-cup Fruit Salad Cream Pies Patriotic Cupcakes (red, white, & blue!) Watermelon Sweet Tea Actually, its just like most of you will be having tomorrow--an All-American Cookout with all the fixin's! However, first and foremost in the day will be prayers of thanksgiving to God for the freedoms we are given each and every day. Many lives were lost, many others dedicated to insuring our freedom, and I am ever so thankful for this. Our God is faithful, and we must be also. May you and your family and loved ones have a most blessed and safe Independence Day this year!
Hugs, Cynthia Robin my sisterI have decided to do a blog entry on my sister. If you ever follow the comments of Carrie you will be entertained at her bargaining to get rid of her kittens by taking my rabid raccoon, or perhaps laughing at me hysterically as she reads a blog entry that isn't as clear as it should be and calling me....still laughing hysterically...We are 5 1/2 years apart and have never been closer than we are now. We both moved to Texas...I thank God!...because I couldn't have done it without her. She is my best friend. We share all of our disappointments, celebrations, stupid moments (like the time my kids were distracting me while I was talking to a parent of one of the kids we babysit...and instead of saying to my daughter who was tapping my arm, "I am talking one minute." I said, "I am on the phone. BE QUIET!" which I wasn't on the phone just completely out of my mind for that moment) and everything in between. I don't tell her nearly enough, though I suspect she knows. Thanks Carrie for helping get through this life, laughing.Today's ProjectsHere is what I built today...The first raised bed for the new house. This one is going to get filled soon, so I can do a late summer/fall garden. ![]() My youngest has wanted some of these old-fashioned, fun stilts since he tried some at a farm festival a couple years ago. This was his first attempt to walk with them. ![]() http://www.MrsMamaHen.com Friday, July 3rdGreetings! We've had a productive day, doing various tasks around the house. My dishwasher was installed today; what a blessing that I certainly don't take for granted after 3 years of washing dishes by hand. I'm very thankful to the LORD and Hubby!![]() ~*~*~*~*~
At the store this morning, I found a black & white houndstooth fabric to make a skirt for $1.50/yd. It's a washable/dryable polyester, 60" wide. Now I'm looking for a pattern for a simple A-line skirt. I also bought some blue and white gingham to make some new kitchen curtains, also for $1.50/yd.Wal-mart has started marking down their flowers, and I got a pack of six begonias for .50! They are a bright fuschia pink, and will add a nice touch of color in my third raised bed garden along with the marigolds I planted last week. ~*~*~*~*~
DD#2 made oatmeal raisin cookies tonight, while I made iced tea in my West Bend Iced Tea machine. I've also browned ground beef for a big crock pot full of chili we'll make tomorrow. It's been cool enough that chili sounds good again! We like chili on baked potatoes or cooked pasta, and sometimes we add some taco seasoning and use any leftovers in taco salad.~*~*~*~*~
Have a fun and safe 4th of July! My family is planning on grilling hot dogs, and watching the fireworks in the nearby town. I am thankful to the LORD for the freedoms He has granted to America, our great country!~*~*~*~*~
Blessings from my home to yours!~Jennie
Fourth of July Plans & Menu Sunday our Church is holding an evening meeting and then a potluck meal. I'll be brining watermelon, lemon meringue pies and spinach salad. The girls are making cookies & cupcakes. We are also going to bring a pinata & water balloons! It should be a fun evening! Fourth of July is one of our favorite holidays! We sure enjoy celebrating and taking time to remember how blessed we are in this land of the brave and home of the free! I am also thankful for the freedom and perfect law of liberty thru Christ our Lord ! Jesus died so ALL men could be set free! How grateful I am for that! We are no longer under the bondage of the law -- but are free thru the grace and liberty in Christ! Thank you Jesus for your precious blood shed on calvary so all men can be free! Hope you all enjoy a blessed Holiday! Gloria Summer Vacation is on.Well, our summer is underway and I'm already tired. It might just be the heat. Today it's 33 degrees Celsius. Thankful the pool is warm as I've been swimming a bit. I'm not complaining that's for sure because we get enough rain and cold in the winter so this is awesome weather we are having right now. My favourite fruit is in season right now and we are enjoying an abundance of "raspberries". Yum. I have made raspberry cheesecake...raspberry viniagrette...raspberries and cream...just plain raspberries...raspberry shortcake...you get the picture. Plus, I put 40 pounds in the freezer to make raspberry jelly later. I am not doing much this summer...I am still working on this "tennis elbow" thing and so any amount of work causes pain...and trying to use my left hand for everything is also difficult....so I am taking it easy this summer and just sitting around doing only what absolutely needs doing...and with five kids still home, that's busy enough. We took the kids to the ocean and for ice-cream...and now Anika says she has touched her feet in the North Atlantic Ocan and now the Pacific Ocean..it was exciting, not to mention we all had our favourite ice-cream...mine is "tiger"...delicious! The tide was out so we were able to walk quite a ways out.
Dh and I also made our first "beer can chicken"...or others call it, "beer up the butt" chicken. It turned out amazing. Next time though we will leave in on the barbeque 1/2 hour longer..but the flavour was unbelievable. I went on the internet to look up recipes and there were hundreds of them, so dh and I just came up with our own rub and everyone loved it.
The boys got the go-kart out from the garage and pumped up the tires washed it and even got it started on their own. Last year they couldn't really touch the peddles very easily but this year well.....my boys are growing up too quickly for "this mama"....but it was fun watching them tearing around the grapes and through the long grass. They had a blast....so did dad!!!!
We are reading Daniel Boone right now...and because the weather was so great today we took our blankets and I read to the kids under the big tree in the back yard...I sat in our wonderful Muskoka chair and the kids laid on the blankets...it was fun. I finally got a sore throat from reading so we all laid on the blankets while the kids talked about all kinds of things...we all told story after story until I got a whopper of a headache...so Anika decided to massage my head so I wouldn't go inside...she loves listening to my stories...she even braided my hair. It was a fun afternoon. Of course every once in a while the wind would blow a certain way and it was "chicken poo smell" everywhere....then thankfully the wind would shift and it was beautiful trees and grass smell. Oh the joys of living in the country. God is so good! Our cherry tree is producing lots of fruit this year...but unfortunately the birds are getting more than we are.
Well, that about sums up our past week....looking forward to the weekend. Happy "4th of July to all my US blogging friends and Happy Birthday to my sister!
Asking for a few prayers, its been along weekGood Evening, it’s been another long week here and I for
Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. -- Spencer W. Kimball, 1976 Cute Children and pets picturesMy Mom sends me some cute e-mails. I love these one and had to share with you all. Who is walking who?
Ah, can I keep him? (the dog is asking):
Um mom, why am I wearing clothes and his is not??
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