My thoughts on this upcoming election....

Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 06:47

We live in Ms. and the first presidential debate is Friday here in Ms.  I have given the topic of this election a great deal of thought.  I have come to the conclusion that neither of these men are who I would want for the next president.  However, I do think America is falling under judgement and we are getting what we deserve for turning so blatantly against God.  I agree with just about everything Sarah Palin stands for but does that mean she is right for our country as Vice President.  Does that mean that God's Word is not God's Word?  Do we compromise?  I still do not know what I will do come Nov. but I am pondering on this topic heavily.  I realize that Obama and his liberal agenda could just put us farther and farther into the pit of sin.  It's a very slippery slope we are on.  I think we need to be on our knees daily.

Have a great evening.

Blessings,

Trixi

I thought this was so incredibly cute....

Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 06:44

I saw this over on another forum I am on and thought it was too cute.  If we haven't said some of these then we have probably thought them.

Have a great evening.

Blessings,

Trixi

New Church we are praying about.....

Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 06:51

We have been here a year in August.  I can't believe it has been a year.  In that time it seems as if we have visited a ton of churches.  In reality we have visited about 10.  In between we have driven an hour home to go to our old church.  Well, then we moved out to our little slice of heaven and it's more like an hour and forty five minutes to go home.  So the possibilities of continuing to travel home to go to church are not as often now.  Therefore we have really needed to find a church here.  Not to mention the fact that my honey is scheduled to go back to Iraq in March and it would be nice to have a church family.  Anyway, we had been visiting the little Baptist church about 5 miles from our house and it was most definitely not what we were seeking but the people are so nice and a several are our neighbors.  The main problem is they have not had a pastor in over a year and I think there may be some internal bickering going on.  So a couple of weeks ago Dh and I were riding some backroads around us and stumbled on this pretty nice size church.  I mean it is still a small country church but a good size.  I would say it might seat 300, literally out in the middle of nowhere.  Anyway, we visited this past Sunday.  It's a Baptist church but I am thinking not Southern Baptist as they are strictly KJV.  We got a visit from the pastor on Tuesday night.  He is a young guy with 4 small children.  They homeschool and are extremely conservative.  He also has a great desire for reaching the lost.  So in a nut shell they seem to be a lot like our family.  In this area it is really hard to find a homeschooling family much less one that is the pastor of a church.  To make a long story a little shorter, there are some areas we would have to compromise in but this church seems to be the closest thing we have seen since our home church.  It has been a long tough road to find a church where the church is really focused on hearing and doing what the Word of God says.  It's a really sad thing.  However, we are praying about this one!!

Have a great day!!

Blessings,

Trixi

I am up to my ears in putting the harvest by.....

Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 06:16

When we bought this place, we knew God had blessed us but didn't really get the full feel of it until here lately. 

Our harvest of pears and muscadines have been coming in daily.....

Here are the muscadines in my sink.  I think I have had about 4 sinks full so far.  I have made bronze muscadine jelly and purple.  The bronze tastes better but the purple is beautiful.

Here's a clothes basket full of pears.  We have picked 2 clothes baskets full.  I have made pear butter, pear preserves, and spiced pears out of them.  I will make a few more jars of pear preserves and then the rest will just be made into canned pears.  I got my recipe for pear preserves fromRegina at Skeeter Creek Farms and we LOVE them.  They are perfect.

Here are a couple of pictures of the harvest on my shelves.  I hope for Dh, to one day make me shelving specifically just for all of my canned items.   So far I have 49 jars of muscadines and pears filled.  I have a lot more to pick and am just about out of jars.  So I will have to purchase some more. 

I am so thankful for all that God has provided.  It has kept me busy and I am worn out with canning but I know when we are eating hot buttered biscuits with homemade canned muscadine jelly, this winter, we will be ever so thankful.

I also worked on my little plot for my fall garden.  I hope to put out lettuce, brocolli, carrots, and cauliflower tomorrow.

Blessings,

Trixi

Budget Friendly supper....

Posted on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 07:20

Since moving to the new homestead, our expenses have triple as far as groceries and gas. I have had to be creative as far as groceries are concerned. I am literally spending a fortune and can not wait to get some deer in the freezer but until then, we are trying to do some meatless dishes. Here is tonight’s recipe, super easy!!!!

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