Poor thing, she's just not teachable.............

Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 06:22 by gokings13 - 0 Comments - Link

Fires in California

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 09:00 by m j - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I do not know if you see on your news things about California , but we are having major fires.  We have 6 going and 3 of them are close around us.   We live in Chino.  Chino Hills was Chino to, until they changed it to Chino Hills ( it was always just called the hills) because they did not to live in a city that has a prison.  Carbon canyon is also part of Chino Hills (Chino).   We live a few miles form Diamond Bar and Corona.  We have fires all around us.  We are praying for the people who lost their homes and for all the people helping out.  So many people lost it all.

People were evacuated 3 miles from us.   It has been very smokey and it looks like it snowed due to the ash.   It is fall but we have been in the 90's.   Hubby had such a hard time getting home from work on Friday.  The 3 freeways were closed as was Carbon Canyon.   It took him over 2.5 hours to drive the 17 miles home!!

God Bless, mj

Pictures of Marty's life

Posted on 2008-Nov-18 at 08:31 by m j - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I am posting more pictures of Marty.

Marty as a pup:

As a young man:

At Disneyland :

Different Christmas pictures taken at Disneyland:

Him with one of his puppies:

As you all can see we love this guy a lot!!  Marty was a part of all our lives everyday.   I am still developing  rolls of film.  As I find pictures of him I will post them.

We miss him so very much.

P.s here is one of the poor guy dressed as Snow White:

He just love to be with us and his sisters, even if they painted his nails and dressed him up as a girl.

God Bless, mj

Homeschoolers Seeking Asylum! Please Pray for These Families!

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 09:42 by amanda - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81318-

We, as Christians need to pray for these families living in Germany. Imagine having to flee the U.S. because you just want to raise your child  in the fear and admonition of the Lord?

If we don't pray, who will?

Amanda <><
II Corinthians 5:7

Projects

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 06:41 by gokings13 - 2 Comments - Link

I guess I just don't get people??

Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 06:45 by gokings13 - 3 Comments - Link

Long Summery Weekend in the Garden

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 05:38 by Rachel - 4 Comments - Post Comment - Link

We just had Canterbury Anniversary Weekend and after having been away last weekend for my brother's wedding, we had a lot of work to do outside.

Thankfully, I have been late getting my seedlings out into the garden this year. I was despairing over it, but while we were away there was a late hard frost (very unusual for November), and so many of the summer crop farmers lost at least half of their crops, if not more. But for once, my tardiness paid off and I'm only just getting my plants out into the garden.

So this weekend, I planted out more beans, put in my zucchini plants, corn, lettuce and pumpkins. That was about all I had energy to do. Being in the third trimester of my pregnancy really slows me down. I did manage to get the strawberry bed weeded which was a good thing, and now we can see the berries starting to turn red under our hot Canterbury sun.

We had soaring temperatures over the weekend. It hit 31 deg Celsius in town (not sure what that is in Fahrenheit), but it was hot. We had to turn the air conditioning on for the first time this summer. Oh it is nice to have summer here at last. I imagine may of the locals headed for the beach or river.

Here are some pictures from the vegetable garden. My greatest thrill of the weekend was finding two artichokes growing nicely in the middle of my plants. I grew these plants from seeds last summer, and these are the only two that survived from about 12 that I planted. I love artichokes and I can't wait to try them. Also, an updated shadow of my pregnant belly. The baby is lying breech at 31 weeks, so we are praying he/she will turn around, although I have been told that my obstetrician is the master artist at manually turning babies before labour begins.

Here is where the beans, potatoes, peas and a few herbs grow. I go out everyday to water and check on progress. There are a few more beans and peas to go in. I am growing the heritage climbing beans, Purple Pod and Dalmatian and I will also put in some Borlotto Fire Tongue. We are breaking in the ground out here on our 10 acre block, so it's not very aesthetic yet, but we're working on it!

Here is the long view of the garden with the home orchard in the background and the wheat crop growing in behind. That's poor, deceased Scarecrow Roger lying in a heap. We'll try and resurrect him later in the summer.

Here is the garlic growing nicely. The longest day is coming up soon, and traditionally that's when we're supposed to harvest it.

Here is one of my beautiful artichokes.

Meredith and Theodore really wanted a picnic outside for lunch on Saturday. They chose a really funny spot to have their picnic, but they were happy.

The hens enjoyed a morning wandering around the garden. They did get quite close to Cricket (the black labrador), but we distracted him with a bone and I don't even think he realized that they were within pouncing distance.

And finally, here is my shadow. It's really hard to take your own shadow photo without it getting distorted, but you can get the general idea. My bottom really isn't that big, I promise!! 

9 weeks to go until we see this little person!

It Is Well With My Soul & More!

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 01:37 by amanda - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Good Sunday Afternoon Family & Friends! It is such a sunny and much cooler day than it was yesterday. The temps. this week are not suppose to get out of the 50's here on my neck of the woods. That's cold to me though. I much prefer nights in the 50's and days in the 70's. It is autumn though, so tis the season for the cool down.

We had a wonderful time at the church yesterday evening. We had our monthly fellowship/dinner. There was plenty of food and friends to be thankful for. Christian fellowship is so important to have. Sometimes your church family really is the only family you have.  I know that my Christian family stands for the same thsings that I do. We follow and serve The God of the universe. The one who has chosen to put us together for his service  and glory.

We also had a good service this morning. The choir sang the song "It Is Well With My Soul." It is just what I needed to hear this morning. No matter what trouble we have now (or may have soon) my Lord has taught me to say, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL! I LOVE that song!

We also had A LOT of prayer requests this morning for people who maybe laid off from their work very soon. One member was laid off Friday when they closed his work down. 2 others in the same family said that lay offs in their work (separate places of employment) may be coming really soon. This is really starting to hit too close to home.

We do know that as Christians, that God never closes one door without opening another. He knows what is going on and it is a blessing to know that we really are in the hands of an Almighty God who loves and cares for us. Cared enough to send His son, Jesus Christ to die for us, so that we would be able to go to heaven and live eternally with Him. Praise His name forever!

My hubby's hours were cut last August. He is getting at least 40 hours. That's a lot to be thankful for.  He was even able to go yesterday and participate in a church work day. I can't ever remember him being able to do that before because of his work. He was so thankful to be able to do something for The Lord. Praise God again for the fellowship he received yesterday as the result of being able to help at the church!

Well, I need to get off here. I am so thankful that I can go back to church this evening. I am so blessed to have a Bible believing/preaching church to go to. The Word is spoken/taught without thought to what the world says is politically correct. My church is a Biblically Correct church! Praise His name again!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Amanda <><
II Corinthians 5:7

Bible Study 6-10

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 07:28 by gokings13 - 2 Comments - Link

In my blog titled
Bible Study 1-5
I revealed how short I fall of keeping
the 10 Commandments.

#6 You shall not murder.
Hmmmm
Ok, so things are looking good for me here.
I haven't killed anyone.
Nor would I.
Ever.
But
Jesus said: Matthew 5:21-26
Ok, once again, I am toast.
My tongue is quite a weapon.
As are my fingers on a key board.
As is my heart, that is hidden.

#7 You shall not commit adultery.
Once again.......
Toast.
Jesus said: Matthew 5:27-32

#8 You shall not steal.
Ok wait a minute.
I am not a thief........or am I?
Well sometimes I don't buy EXACTLY what the coupons for.
And I take pens home from work.
And I have my dh print something off at his office.
And I read a magazine while I am at work
(stealing time. getting paid for a job,
yet doing something I am not
paid to do)
When I sit down and do a deep self exam.
Busted. Guilty.

And I thought I would SAIL through the 'shall not's"
NOT

#9 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Liar Liar.
Busted Busted.
I am SUPER hyper sensitive in this area.
I TRY SO HARD to be 100% honest.
One thing I am known for is my
blunt force honesty.
But
In my anger, I know I have sinned.
Of the 10 Commandments,
this is the one I come the closest to keeping.

#10 You shall not covet.
Ok
I do covet.
I don't care about stuff.....like houses cars clothes.
But I covet people who have
large families,close friends
amazing marriages.
I covet relationships
not stuff.
Still coveting all the same.


So there you have it.
I can't "keep" the 10 Commandments.
Lord knows, I don't even come close.
I came close when I had mono
and was sleeping 18 hours a day
But I think that is the
only time I was even close.
Honest.

You are invited to my pity party...............but.....................

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 07:05 by gokings13 - 4 Comments - Link