Wedded Bliss

Husband and I will be celebrating our 39th Wedding Anniversary this week-end!  39 years.  That's a while.

Our actual wedding day was a rainy one that cleared up just before our 6 o'clock service was to take place.  Beams of sunlight streaked through the clouds and the birds began to sing.  Our outdoor wedding would happen.

Life as a married Lady has been a great deal like this.
Just when I thought things were over....the atmosphere changed for the better!

We were sitting and chatting last night over a HOTDOG at Sam's. Hubby told me thank you for staying married to him.  You see it hasn't always been a bed of roses in our marriage.  Like most marriages, there have been some high hurdles to jump, wide rivers to swim, dry grounds to plow.

I know without a shadow of a doubt, that if my Husband had not embraced our Heavenly Father as his own, repented and changed, that we would have become a statistic and divorced.   There is hope in the Lord.  HOPE.  I have had to cling to God's mercy so many times.

Collapsing to the floor from being overwhelmed with distraught, my legs gave out.  I was a young woman at the time being 34 years of age when I came to understand how some people die from a broken heart.  Lying on the floor in a heap of humanity is where I cried out to God and whaled in despair.  My Jesus was faithful in giving me strength to get back up to take care of my children and home.  

It has been an on going work over the years to forgive, put to rest the past, enjoy the present and get excited about the future as Husband and Wife.  Without the Holy Spirit washing over us and through us, we would not have healed.  

This week-end, we will eat steak, baked potatoes and salad.  I will be going to the store here in just a little while to purchase items for our special celebration between the two of us.  While we have a special meal together to celebrate 39 years of marriage, I cannot say it has been wedded bliss the entire time, but can focus on the good that has come as a couple.  Embracing the forgiveness and mercy we have had to have during this time as a married couple.  Thanking God for what He has shown us through it all.  I'll take the phone off the hook.  Place a do not disturb sign on the door.  Light some candles, put some soft music on. Sit together and talk.  Remembering that special day of saying our wedding vows with great expectation of a future together.  

Please wish us well.
May your week-end be a sweet one.
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Pancakes

maybe this will help someone under pressure 

or going through a dry spell.  

not to mention hungry.

do you love breakfast for supper?

fixing pancakes fills the tummies 
and helps   
s  t  r  e  e  e  e  t  c  h 
the 
b u d g e t,
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Twerking Special

Morning came.
Air Conditioner's on.  Temps are suppose to be in the 90s.  Nice for swimming.  Lil Miss is at school and I needed to go the Court House.

As I drove my small town, a well dressed, elderly gray headed man reeled in a fishing pole line as he walked up the hill.  Smiling. 
I think his priorities are in order.
Number one, he was dressed so neatly.  No baggy pants to the knees with holes in the rear end.  Colored coordinated and nicely groomed.
Number two, he was smiling.
Number three, he was walking.
A nice thing to see.

So much innocence is gone these days.  Twerking?  Vulgar.  Life in small town america is better off without twerking.  Miley Cyrus is so vulgar.  So young and so vulgar.  The innocence is gone.  Anything for money and to be noticed for a career?  Anything goes when screaming out, i'm wonderful...desire me...I can shock you.  

I didn't watch the awards program on television, but cranking up the computer this morning...was sickened by Miley twerking.   Her achy breaky heart daddy....i wonder if he is proud of her these days or on his knees asking for God's forgiveness that he introduced her to the entertainment business where she strips down to her underwear and twerks?  Nude scenes and sex are next.  On stage.  On the screen.  On television.  Playboy Magazine.  Thank you, Miley for encouraging young people everywhere to twerk?

I don't care to be living like a dog in heat.  I don't care to watch twerking on television and be told... 
t h i s   i s    e n t e r t a i n m e n t.  If you don't like it or approve of it YOU have a  twerkphobia?  No, I have the mind of Christ and desire living a more excellent way.  

I would rather watch an old man go fishing then watch young americans that twerk they are ooooooh sooo attractive and ooooooh sooo talented and ooooooh sooo sexy.  Twerking.....like sheep we have gone astray.   

Cleaning and decorating my HOME makes more sense to me these days.  Putting things in order makes more sense to me.  Washing and styling my hair makes more sense to me.  Having my checking done makes more sense to me.  Seeing to it that the bills are paid on time makes more sense to me.  Hugging my Husband and telling him I love him, makes more sense to me.  Letting my Family know I love them makes more sense to me.  Cooking a nutritious meal makes more sense to me these days.  Fixing a plateful of homemade cookies and taking them over to the neighbors makes more sense to me.  Sorting through my closet and clearing out items to give to the ministry makes more sense to me.  Sharing my Faith makes more sense to me.  Sharing with people you are not an animal makes more sense to me.  You have great value and worth, makes more sense to me.  Being honest and hard working makes more sense to me.  Honoring my word and being a person of integrity makes more sense to me.  Praying makes more sense to me.  

I will not believe that being a Homemaker is a senseless occupation.  I will hold my head up high.  I will not shake in my boots and feel inferior that I am a Keeper of the HOME.  I am a Wife, Mother and Grandmother.  I am a somebody even when the world says I am a nobody.  The great I Am (JESUS) loves me.              

I do scare some people.

My daughter has said, Sometimes you are like 

a strong cup of coffee.

Perhaps I do come across too strong at times. 

but somebody has to.

Grins.  

Went to the Post Office, the Court House and HOME again.  Thinking about tidying the Family room.  MIND OVER MATTER doesn't work with housekeeping.  Nope.  Load of laundry in.  Sippin' my morning coffee.  

Last week was the first full week of school being in session here.  My week-end was restful as I stayed the majority of the time in my pink house coat resting up.  I was extremely tired.  This is a part of the NEW ME with no thyroid.  So, I studied up on Thyroid Health.  Husband worked on the Kitchen.  He mowed and edged our yard.  She looks beautiful.  Our week-end was one where we talked a great deal.  There's a great deal on my mind and heart.  I was  emotional.  Lots of tears.  I'm not usually a teary person, but I broke the mold this week-end.  Glad that Monday has arrived.  A fresh week.

I am blessed to be at HOME.  Quiet today.  Peaceful.  
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DECORATING ON THE PRAIRIE: Knock. Knock.

"DECORATING ON THE PRAIRIE" knocked on the door of opportunity to add some whimsy to this old stone house. With the Holidays ahead, this technique is an easy and affordable way to add seasonal decorating to a room without having to do very much or spend very much.  Just what I need these days.

The first time I heard that a friend of mine (was a Military Wife that moved a great deal) used Christmas Wreaths to hang on her bedroom doors to add CHRISTMAS CHARM and SPIRIT...it made a ding in my memory card that doors are one of the easiest ways to ADD DECORATING PAZAZZ to a HOME.

Coming from a very OLD TRAIN of THOUGHT that a door is a door and nothing more, I advanced from Door 101.  It doesn't take a College Degree to decorate a door.  Praise the Lord!  I swear sometimes I get a decorating block much like a writer gets a writer's block...the no can think factor gets turned on and I have blank thoughts AND hang ups about decorating something so easy as a door.

If you have a love to decorate or you enjoy the finished results of a decorated HOME that's been spruced up for the Holidays or a Celebration, you can easily get excited about decking the place out by adding flare to enhance a place.  It serves a purpose.  

I haven't tired of going into one's HOME and seeing what and how they have chosen to decorate their personal space.  Some are an instant hit.  Others have to grow on me.  Seems like everybody has a style that they favor.  In person or when sneaking a peek by thumbing through a magazine, I have spent hours viewing the interiors of HOMES.  A favored past time.  It relaxes me.   

My Early Attic Period much like Garage Sale Specials Period was long ago before I upgraded and have something new from the furniture shops. Today, I have a mix of new, old and somewhere in between.  That somewhere in between may still have come from a THRIFT STORE or Garage Sale FIND. Sometimes I prefer the thrift finds over mass produced.  One of a kind thrill.

Back to my friend's Christmas Wreaths for the bedroom doors. She'd hang a wreath holder over the door and attach a wreath. WARNING: Beware of the metal part that goes over the top of the door can sometimes dig grooves in the door frame leaving a trail behind when frequently opening and closing the door.  Not pretty and not desired.  The wreath hanger should go on a door that clears the frame or a door that will remain opened.

I took the little green Guest Room door and put clothing hooks that hang over the top of the door on it.  Then placed the flower garland that I bought a few years ago.  

 Just a little whimsy that brings a lot of joy.  

Easy to do.  Easy to change out if my mood changes. 

BLESSINGS to you as our SUMMER slows to a halt and Autumn begins to show signs in the surroundings.  Some changes in the colors of the leaves on the trees are popping up.  Just think...we're 2/3rds of the way through Summer.  Pumpkins will begin to appear on porches and Munchkins will be trick or treating.

For now, I have flowers on the Guest Room Door.
Blessings to you.

Knock. Knock.
Are you there?
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Contributing post to www.daybydayinourworld.com
weekly The Christian Home Magazine. 
 

Life Moves Forward

Had Lunch with the Ladies.  More than JUST FOOD ALL THE TIME.  Every once in a while we get together to get caught up on what we have been doing.  One got a face lift.  One has had a busy Summer taking care of 6 Grandchildren.  One is trying to get back into her own house as she has been away and family has moved in.  I'm resting up from company and figuring out how to live in our torn up house.  Kitchen is about half finished. Nice meal with fast paced conversation.  One Community Lady that I found out last time we met was a wiccan....she died.  FULL OF CANCER.  I was saddened to hear this.  Where is her spirit today?  She had written her own obituary that started out, I died today.  She shares about her life, her marriages, her family, places she visited and her bucket list.  No mention of where she will spend her eternity.

If we were to visit about what happens after death, would more people take their eternity seriously?  That question of where will you be the moment after you take your last breath is NOT a crowd pleaser.  Have you noticed?    

Life moves forward.  

Watched the 2006 television movie MOLLY: An American Girl On The Home Front with Lil Miss.  Loved it.  A great Family Movie with a good story line.  I would recommend.  I felt like I was transported back to 1943  for a PURPOSE.  Gentle.

Will watch again.  Have you seen it?

Adjusting this past week to getting back in the routine of rising early to get Lil Miss taken to school before 8 AM, my 'ole body has felt the pangs of getting super tired by mid afternoon just in time for picking Lil Miss up from School letting out.

We have a snack and a beverage while unwinding from the busy day.  I always ask how her day has gone.

I needed to go to Manhattan after school and Lil Miss wasn't HAPPY about this.  Extra tired, she cried because she didn't get to go HOME after school.  Snacks would be a Fudge Brownie Molten Cake Sundae and water from Sonic.  I only had one bite and drank plain 'ole refreshing water with ice.  Good Girl.

Played a game with her on the way.  THE EYE SPY COLOR GAME was a winner and soon her tears dried up.  The color of choice was RED.  When she saw something RED, she was to say what it was that was RED and it couldn't be Granny's FACE.  She did well.  (Granny Nanny Chronicles)

After eating the Sundae, she sat back into her Booster Seat and fell asleep while I drove the distance into Manhattan to pick her Mom up from work.  She slept the entire way.  Stayed asleep.  Hubby meet me at Hastings Book Store.  Daughter with a sleeping Lil Miss went on their way.  Still asleep.

Hubby and I dined at Harry's and then went to K-Marts afterwards so I could get a pillow encasement cover.  About a month ago I bought a new one.  The zipper had already broke.  Instead of repairing the zipper, I decided to buy another cover and use this one with a broken zipper as a nice dusting cloth to clean the Master Bedroom floor next time I do serious dusting of the wood floors.  It was actually nice to sit on Patio Furniture in K Marts and chat with my husband.  We were basically alone and it felt like we were in the PRIVACY of our own serene backyard without the BUGS before we went to my Husband's office for the evening.

I forgot to get a package of Quilt Pins.  Will have to deliberately make a trip to Jo-Ann's for these.  Perhaps on Friday evening I will spend some time there shopping.  I want to use these large pins when working on a Balloon Shade.  I have been so slow on this project.  The material is difficult to work with and I have had a bad case of the CHICKENS.  I will have to ring this chicken's neck and have victory over this fear.  Lord help.  

I played on the computer in my Husband's Office as Hubby had an evening Conference Call at the building where he works.  Drove HOME just as it was getting dark outside.

Early to bed and early to rise is comforting to some folk.  I needed the early to bed.

This past week of small town America sewer work in our neighborhood is completed.  3 ATTEMPTS.   We were given a notice when it would be the day that we were to not run water through our lines.  Came HOME to find another notice that the date had changed.  Made plans.  Spent the day else where and when I returned HOME, there was another note on the door stating that it was going to be reschedule to another date.  So yesterday, I made plans to be gone again.  Laundry is piling up.  As far as I know they completed the work and all is well.  Flushing toilets are such a blessing!  Flush.      

This morning as I was driving Lil Miss to school, I thought to myself that this small town really is a nice quiet place to call HOME.  I dropped some bills off at the Post Office, took a short drive noticing some men on a crane working on the front of the Court House doing repairs, and let the cool Autumn-like breeze blow into the car.  The Church Bells chimed as I was on my way HOME.

May your day be wonderful FLUSHING away the cares of the world.

Glad you dropped by.
Happy Week-end!!!

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Summer Visit

Summer Visit with Sister, Daughter, Lil Miss, Niece and two Children has come and gone.  A memory now.  Between Sisters, it was our 18th Summer Visit.  May they never stop.

One of the nice things about pictures on the blog is that I can look at them and recall that time with fondness.

Busy with bargain shopping, eating out, sipping fancy coffees, watching a few movies, eating popcorn and seeing a few of the local sights.  The Summer heat was merciful on us as the temps were cooler than the Kansas norm.  Rain showered the Flint Hills landscape and blessed us.

Part 6 ends this Summer Visit Series.  We didn't go to every place that I thought we would.  That's okay.  Perhaps next year we will.  Lord willing.

Sis and I said our "GOOD-BYES" on a Sunday afternoon just before HANK drove her away,
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