Dust Bunnies, your out of here

so can you tell what I am doing today.  After spending the weekend running around on Saturday  and Sunday, just being lazy, I didn’t do much in my house.  So woke up after a good nights sleep raring to go. Today is going to be filled with me playing Suzy Homemaker.  This morning I have been cleaning my kitchen, you know the one, where you have to clean out the dreaded fridge.  Got that done, and happy to report, it wasn’t all that bad.  Got my dishwasher unloaded and reloaded, and all my cabinets and counters washed down.  The floor got a good sweeping and mopping too.  Woo Hoo! B 

After spending time in the kitchen I made my way to the family room and did a good straightening up.  Wasn’t all that bad….because I like to pick up at night before I go to bed, so had done that last night.  Anyhow, did the floors in there too…a really good sweep and mopping.

So I’m on a roll now, I still need to do some dusting in the dining and living rooms, and the floors, and then on up to the bedrooms.  But that shouldn’t take to long. 

My goals for today are to make some list for the remainder of the week, as well as a shopping list for my errand day.  And hoping to get in a little project, I have been putting off some painting, so hoping that I get around to that today.

With all this talk around blogland about Fall, I have been in the mood to bake a pie, maybe today will be that day too.  

 

I am participating in “Making Your Home Sing Monday”. I hope you will join us.

 

Ephesians 2:19“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Some linky party love

Simple Pleasures and Thankful Thursday are today…seems like I was just writing my post for last week and here we are another week down the road.  I’m a bit late getting this up this morning, I have been taking care of some other computer business…  (time got away from me).

First one up is Simple Pleasures@ A Collection of this and that with our hostess Dayle.

  Ya’ll may think my simple pleasure is silly this morning….but it is magazines…. I love them, and believe me if you look around my house, you will know it too.  Let’s see, with trying to declutter I have thrown away 2 huge moving boxes full of magazines I have saved since the late 80’s.  Yep, you heard me right.  Well it is hard to part with my Country Living and Southern Living.  But I did, and hubby was relieved. But I digress…the reason they are a simple pleasure for me is because it is a cheap way for me to escape and daydream, as well as gather useful information to help make my home run more smoothly.  Tips and tricks that others have tried.  I love trying new things to see if they work for me. 

Do your magazines look like this, mine do.  All tabbed up.  There is so much clever advice and tips in them and I can’t retain it all, so I tab them for future use.  However, I don’t do so well in keeping them all in one place, so when I move, I am making it a point to do this with them. Granted it might take a whole room to organize them all, but  I’m just sayin……

Now onto Thankful Thursday hosted by Laurie @ Women taking a stand.

Since we are on the topic of books (I mean magazines are books, right?)  I am thankful for this book.

My bible!  It is the holy inspired word of God.

It  is the basis for the way I live my life, or at least try to.  It gives me in the instructions on how to live. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to study my bible without fear of persecution . I am also thankful that I can start my day off with quiet time with my Lord.  God gives us so much in HIS word. For that I am thankful too.

Jesus loves me! This I know,

For the Bible tells me so.

Little ones to Him belong;

They are weak, but He is strong.

Chorus:

Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me!

The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! This I know,

As He loved so long ago,

Taking children on His knee,

Saying, “Let them come to Me.”

Chorus

Jesus loves me when I'm good,

When I do the things I should,

Jesus loves me when I'm bad,

Though it makes Him very sad.

Chorus

Jesus loves me still today,

Walking with me on my way,

Wanting as a friend to give

Light and love to all who live.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! He who died

Heaven’s gate to open wide;

He will wash away my sin,

Let His little child come in.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! Loves me still

Tho' I'm very weak and ill;

That I might from sin be free

Bled and died upon the tree.

Chorus

Jesus loves me! He will stay

Close beside me all the way;

Thou hast bled and died for me,

I will henceforth live for Thee.

 

Romans 12:4-5“Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

HomeKeepers Journal-August 24

I decided to participate in a meme called  “A HomeKeeper’s Journal” Please visit Sylvia at Christian HomeKeeper Network, we are discussing Fall today.  Fall is my favorite season of the year and one that I can’t wait to get here, every single year. 

Autumn in my kitchen means ……. lots of baking both pies and breads, and  making soups.  I love making soups for those cool nights, they just say warmth.Lots of hot apple cider.  Also I will be planning our holiday get togethers and the menus.

Autumn in my home brings …….out all the fall decorations. It brings in the more subdue colors with the warm golds, browns, and reds. It brings out all the blankets for snuggling under while lounging around,whether reading or watching tv.

I bring Autumn indoors by ……..bringing nature indoors, branches, pinecones, leaves, and nuts are always displayed around the house.

A few favorite Autumn activities for my family are …….going to the harvest festivals, going to watch them make homemade apple butter over the open fire,visiting the local pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins and gourds for the season.

Two favorite Autumn recipes are …….my pumpkin cake, so moist and delicious, Deep Dish apple pie with chedder cheese slices on the side.

This Autumn I would like to ………entertain more, and share the many blessings that I have been given.  Show hospitality with a gift of grace, and maybe have a little treat for our guest to take home as a wonderful reminder of our time shared.

 

Psalm 116:1-2“I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

HomeKeepers Journal- August 24

I decided to participate in a meme called  “A HomeKeeper’s Journal” Please visit Sylvia at Christian HomeKeeper Network, we are discussing Fall today.  Fall is my favorite season of the year and one that I can’t wait to get here, every single year. 

Autumn in my kitchen means ……. lots of baking both pies and breads, and  making soups.  I love making soups for those cool nights, they just say warmth.Lots of hot apple cider.  Also I will be planning our holiday get togethers and the menus.

Autumn in my home brings …….out all the fall decorations. It brings in the more subdue colors with the warm golds, browns, and reds. It brings out all the blankets for snuggling under while lounging around,whether reading or watching tv.

I bring Autumn indoors by ……..bringing nature indoors, branches, pinecones, leaves, and nuts are always displayed around the house.

A few favorite Autumn activities for my family are …….going to the harvest festivals, going to watch them make homemade apple butter over the open fire,visiting the local pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins and gourds for the season.

Two favorite Autumn recipes are …….my pumpkin cake, so moist and delicious, Deep Dish apple pie with chedder cheese slices on the side.

This Autumn I would like to ………entertain more, and share the many blessings that I have been given.  Show hospitality with a gift of grace, and maybe have a little treat for our guest to take home as a wonderful reminder of our time shared.

 

Psalm 116:1-2“I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Homekeepers Journal-August 10

I decided to participate in a new meme called  “A HomeKeeper’s Journal” Please visit Sylvia at Christian HomeKeeper Network to read what others are struggling with this week.

This week’s Journal is about struggles and what we do when we find ourselves struggling.

I struggle in my kitchen with ….. lately it seems like everything.  How to plan and cook for just the two of us.  Since it is usually just me and the hubby, and sometimes it is only me, I struggle to find the right solution for our eating needs.  What do I cook and will it be just me, etc….

Struggles of any kind have a tendency to make me …… on edge.  Seems like when I struggle I lose sight of all the lessons I have learned in the past. 

I struggle more when ……. I am not focused or organized.

When it comes to people, I struggle ….. with dishonesty and trust.  I think for me, this comes from being lied too by loved ones that you thought would never do anything to harm you.    

When it comes to struggles, I believe the Lord wants me to know ….. that he is near.  He will never leave me, and he can get me through this.

Please join in the fun by linking up here.

Psalm 46:1“[For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song.] God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

My Valentine Table

I don’t usually post my tablescapes because they aren’t nearly as elaborate as the ones posted at Between Naps on the Porch, but decided I would today. 

I am using my dessert holder as my centerpiece (a yard sale find).  I placed my antique milk glass dessert plates (a yard sale find)and place candles on each plate, one surrounded by soft pinks and reds antique Christmas balls (another yard sale find)and another candle surrounded by a chocolate strawberry and heart candle ring.  {Heart} it and I got it at a yard sale too. 

I also topped one plate with a antique wedding cake topper.  Okay, really it is the cake topper from my first wedding over 25 years ago, but I love it and cake toppers in general.  Hence another collection is starting. 

  I found this little silver dish at Goodwill for 1 buck and toss some strawberries in the dish and added my cloche to finish it off.

Scattered on the table you will find pieces of my pink depression glass (yard sale finds) that I use as serving dishes.

    

This is a little shot of my hutch decked out with white lights and soft pink floral springs, simple but oh so pretty.

After writing most of this I realize that if it weren’t for Yard Sales, I wouldn’t have this table.  Not to mention the White linen tablecloth and soft pink napkins are all from yard sales.  Wow!

Forgive the photography, I’m not to good behind the camera, but you get the idea.

If you want to see some wonderful great Tablescapes, hop on over to Susan’s Thursday Tablescape party.  You’ll be glad you did.