Making Your Home Sing Monday-August 23

Making Your Home Sing Monday is a linkie party designed for ladies to share what they will put into action for their home today and this week to make them run smoothly and to "sing" .  Although my plans for today and this week center around me getting things in my head organized and sorted into some kind of schedule.

Today I plan on catching up from my weekend with some light housework and making some list for the week. This weekend my hubby and I spent most of it just being out and about and didn’t get alot of chores done.   I am not the most organized person but I love organization. And nothing makes me feel so giddy as seeing organized spaces.  Also, I am going to spend some more time working on my blogging journal. For those that don’t know what that is, it is a place to keep thoughts of future post and inspiration for the post.  How do you keep track of future post?  Or do you?

I also have a few things that I am going to tackle to teach myself this week.  I have always been fascinated by digital scrapbooking so I am going to tackle this, and learn how to do it. I really don’t know where to start, so have some research to do.  Any tips from you fine friends.

Also, I need to spend some time updating my Christmas blog, as the background I was using is no longer on my site. So need to do some updating to get that site ready to go. I have been working on some post for that site, but I am not ready to reveal those just yet. 

If you would like to join us please visit Nan, our hostess (thank you Nan)

Psalm 94:18-19“When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Weekly Roundup

Hi Ladies, Before I do anything, I have to SHOUT out HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my baby girl who turns 19 today n Love you bunches Tori!!! d

            

                     

My Daughter

You’ll never really know, my dear,
Just how much you mean to me,
A mother’s love, buried so deep,
That only my heart can see.

When I sit and really stare at you,
All I can do is grin,
Somewhere down deep inside,
I see myself within.

I’d never change a thing in you,
I thank God that your so fine,
Even when your at your worst,
I’m so proud that you are mine.

The roads we have traveled,
were not always that good,
I would take back all the pain you’ve felt,
Only if I could.

I know that I’m not perfect,
It’s the best that I can do,
But everyday, I thank the lord,
For a daughter as special as you.

(author unknown)

Can you believe that I am actually getting around to doing a roundup again?  I have shared a couple of things I found while scouring the pages this week that I have bookmarked. Believe me there was more, but time ran out. 

I am in love…… m

Can you say WUNDERBAR?  Melanie really outdid herself on this piece of furniture, but then again all her work/redo’s are great. Check this out at The Frosted Gardner, you don’t want to go though if you don’t have LOTS of time to look around. 

Are you ready for another great transformation?  Check out what Leigh of Dirt Cheap Decor did here.  I’m in love with those doors as a headboard and the colors in this room are so tranquil, gotta love the little sparkly chandelier.

How simple and cute is this little idea that Sarah @2 Giggles Boxes created.  Thinking this is VERY doable.  B

I hope you enjoyed the small amount of eye candy this week. 

Need to scoot, got lots to do today….I mean after all it is a special day.  B

Psalm 16:8“I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Thankful Thursday-August 19

On Thursday’s I like to do several meme’s, Simple Pleasures at “ A Collection of This and That” and  “Thankful Thursday”. I posted my Simple Pleasure a bit earlier (see post below), so now I will focus on my Thankful Thursday.

You know there are many things to be thankful for each given day if only we look for them, and sometimes we don’t have look very far.  This week, I have been pondering God’s amazing love for us.  It is beyond anything I can ever articulate or fathom.  But it leads me to the thing that I am grateful for today and that is the  gift of eternal life.  Thank you sweet  Jesus for loving me so much that you went to the cross to die for me and my sins.  It’s simply amazing to know that I am loved that much.

Jesus Paid My Debt

Jesus paid a debt I owed
A debt I could not pay
It was only by his merciful grace
that for me there was a way

I was born a sinner
inherited from Adam and Eve
The only way to have my debt paid was
to believe on Jesus and him receive

He came to pay for our sins
at such an awful cost
They put a crown of thorns on his head
and nailed him to the cross

When he was dying in agony
people watched him and did stare
Some said "He saved others
why don't He just come down from there"

But Jesus had to stay upon
the cruel cross you see
For he was hanging there
suffering for you and me

He had to stay on the cross
for our sins to pay
Then he cried "It is finished"
the debt paid in full that day

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Cindy Wyatt

Please visit Women Taking a Stand for more lists of gratitude, and join us.

1 John 5:12“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

Simple Pleasure-August 19

Today I am participating in the Simple Pleasures Meme, feel free to join us at A Collection of This and That.

My simple pleasure is sheets on the clothesline.  Is there anything that smells better than clean sheets smelling like the fresh air. 

“It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.”

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:
Did you know that there were rules for the clothesline, well here they are for you just in case you missed them.
1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes- walk the whole length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?
4. Wash day on a Monday! . . . Never hang clothes on the weekend, or Sunday, OH MY for Heaven's sake, NO!
5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your unmentionables" in the middle
6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather . . . Clothes would "freeze-dry."
7. Always gather the clothes pins and placed in the clothespin bag when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky!"
8. If you were efficient, which my Mother was, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.
9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.
10. IRONED?!!! Well, that's a whole other subject!

A POEM

A clothesline was a news forecast
To neighbors passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep
When clothes were hung to dry.

It also was a friendly link
For neighbors always knew
If company had stopped on by
To spend a night or two.

For then you'd see the "fancy sheets"
And towels upon the line;
You'd see the "company table cloths"
With the intricate design.

The line announced a baby's birth
From folks who lived inside -
As brand new infant clothes were hung,
So carefully with pride!

The ages of the children
Could So readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed,
You'd know how much they'd grown!

It also told when illness struck,
As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too,
Haphazardly were strung.

It also said, "Gone on vacation now"
When lines hung limp and bare.
It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged
With not an inch to spare!

New folks in town were scorned upon
If wash was dingy and gray,
As neighbors carefully raised their brows,
And looked the other way . .

But clotheslines now are of the past,
For dryers make work much less.
Now what goes on inside a home
Is anybody's guess!

I really miss that way of life.
It was a friendly sign
When neighbors knew each other best
By what hung on the line!

Author Unknown

1 John 5:12“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.

There isn’t time

There isn’t time, there isn’t time
To do the things I want to do-
With all the mountains tops to climb
And all the woods to wander through
                                                                       Eleanor Farjeon

Let’s see, as my little quote says, there just isn’t time to do all that I wan to do today.  Actually one thing I wanted to do today was go and wander around a antique mall.  However, my tummy isn’t feeling all that great, so decided against it.  Maybe later today if I get to feeling better, if not, maybe tomorrow.

So I think today I will sit here and work on my new little project.  I am putting together a blogging binder.  You wonder what that is, huh?  Well if you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know I love organization, although I am not totally organized, better than most, but not as good as many.  When I sit down to blog, I can never seem to think of anything to write about. This is where my binder comes in.  I am constructing a binder to hold all those thoughts as well as little snippets of things I run across that are of interest to me that I would like to share with you.   I will be capturing in pictures my progress as I go so I can share it with you at a later time. 

I also added a blog button(top right) you can take with you if you would like to. Or you can simply copy the code below.  I have also linked a tutorial of how you can do this on your own blog.  Just look in the navigation bar for blogging tutorials.  There is so pretty wonderful ladies that have shared their knowledge with us to make our blogs more fun and personal.

 
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Well, sitting here talking about isn’t getting anything done.  Now, where is THAT  tape and scissors?  See ya later!

Philippians 1:21“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” 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.

Google Reader- Do you use it?

Here it is the start of another week, and I am always amazed at how fast the weekend goes.  Although this one was a pretty productive one.  We took care of several little jobs that we had been putting off and it  felt so good to get them done.  For the most part, we stayed home and in this weekend.  The weather has changed a bit here, not as hot as it was, which is a very big welcome. However, since middle of last week our weather has been rather dreary.  Overcast and gloomy, which makes me think of fall.  And when I think about fall I get that “nesting” and “creating” bug. 

My house got a good clean, and I also got my computer files organized as well as my “Google reader”  I have between 500-600 blogs I follow and I needed to reorganize some them.  Do you use Google reader?  I love it.  I really do.  Now granted I don’t read every post that shows up in my reader, but I do spend some time looking through them and I star some items to go back to at a later time when I have more time.  Believe it or not, I spent a good deal of time browsing through new blogs and added them to my already packed reader.  You’ll notice on my left hand side bar I bundled some of my favorite blog topics and you can view my reads. 

I have been using Google Reader for years, but apparently I haven’t been using it to it’s full potential.  I found some tips @  webworkdaily.com, makeuseof.com. 

I had to laugh last week when several women ask me how I find all the giveaways.  Well now you know my secret.  With as many blogs that I subscribe too, I am bound to find a few.

So, do you use Google Reader, and if you do, what little tip or trick can you share with us.

Well the sun if finally peeking out, so need to start my day. Hope you have a blessed Monday!

2 Corinthians 7:1“Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved.