HoMe HaPpEnInGs
God Bless you! I had such a great Memorial Day. It's been such a long time since all my siblings and spouses were in the same room at the same time with my Mom and Dad. Took pictures and will post some soon. Still waiting for that window of time my hubby can download/upload pics.
Had such a great time...blessed to be there.
We drove an hour and a half to visit with Family, eat, take some pictures, drive through the local cemetary to view some Family member's graves. Before we leave town...we always DRAG MAIN. That's slang for driving the main road to see the downtown businesses and possibly see somebody we know so we can say HOWDY!
I always go by Pat's house on Walnut Street. She passed away three years ago this Summer. Such a great Lady. I miss her. We had so many interesting talks inside her house that time would stand still while visiting. It was spiritual.
Before leaving town...it's a tradition to stop off at the local convenience store and get a cup of coffee and a donut. On the road again. The drive home was relaxing.
To top off a great day with Family...we picked up our mail at the Post Office Box and inside the box was our Utility Bill. We were excited that the sum total was under $270. Sooooo much better than $700. I sucked air last Winter.
That's the Natural Gas
Electricity
Water
Sewer
Trash
Tax
One neat thing about this small town is that all the utilities (except the phone bill) are paid at one location in the City Building. Simplifies paying bills....one little ole check for the month at one location.
It's JUNE 1st and my SaLaD DaYs have KICKED in. I have GOT TO WORK at taking weight off. Like remodeling an old house...my 'ole body has got to have some attention.
Today before the Kansas temperatures heat up I have to go to town to buy the car tag at the Court House, Grocery shop and then pay off my Lay Away at the Antique Emporium. I should be back home in an hour. Laundry to do and bills to write out. Meatloaf to make.
With it being the first day of the month.........I'm going to read some devotions and sit quietly in the Family room listening to the birds chirp as the wind blows. A sure way to calm my nerves and get refreshed.
Have a sweet day!
~Deanna~
DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
d
DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
7 comments:
HI!!!!
OH ok, so I almost had a heart attack, I thought 270 was just your gas or electric bill!!!!!!!
I need to add up my bills like that and let you know ours, in the winter quite cheap as we rarely need heat, I like the house at about 68 so the heat rarely comes on, but in the summer the temp is set at 78, which believe it or not keeps the hosue pretty cool, not cold, by any stretch, I will be sweating if cleaning, but to sit or sleep 78 is good, so glad hubby made me go with his idea of putting 12,000.00 in extra insulation , I would have like nicer flooring!!!!!!
Oh well, I like my tile, and carpet and anywho, after 6 years the white carpet still looks decent!!!!!!
I pay the same 175.00 per omonth for electric all year, they call it the budget plan, based on your 12 month usage, so in the winter it is way less but the summers are way more, I think my highest summer bill is around 300.00?????Not bad, our gas is for the hot water heater and the heater, and it is no more then 50.00 permonth ever. so not bad, water and trash is about 75.00 per onth
is that all of them????
hugs,
jamie
So glad you had a nice family gathering Deanna.
I can't believe it is June already!
We pay our car tags in June also.
You make small town living sound so inviting.
Have a happy day!
Linda
Marmie,
I hope that your trip went well! Looking forward to your meatloaf after pool time tonight! It's 90 degrees outside! I can not wait to take Jr Miss and go splash around for an hour or so tonight :O)
Love ya!
Hi ya all!
Jamie, Plan on going on the even payment plan next year. We wanted to wait until we had a new boiler then see how a year of utilities would average.
Know it will make a huge difference.
Hoping to not turn the air conditioners on until we just hafta. With the ceiling fans circulating the air we shall see how this goes. We have window units and they cool off the room we're in farely quickly and well.
We will be putting in a new water heater this fall. Electric.
Linda, I have my moments that I want to play in the city and shop til I drop, but over all...I am falling more and more in love with my little town.
Beauty, You will have so much fun at the pool!!!! Your little one is ready.
God Bless and so gooooood to hear from you,
d
sounds like a wonderful time! Hope I come back when you have the pics!
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Dear Deanna,
How wonderful that you had a lovely family gathering and to all be in the same place at the same time.
Can be hard to do when family are in different parts.
Have a lovely June.
Hugs
Carolyn
Now you got me thinking about my bills, I hate air conditioning but our room is over the garage and while the rest of the house is tolerable our room is like hades! The baby is in there with us and she was miserable so we turned it on... running it to really cool off ONE room. So silly.
Hubby is going to build me an outdoor oven in the next few weeks which should really help with gas and keeping the house cool - especially during canning season!
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