What A Day
WHAT A DAY...WHAT A DAY.
A very pleasant day. Started with a coffee cup in one hand and a notepad in the other figuring out my day-timer as I call it. Shuffled some boxes in HOME*SWEET*HOME and off I went to the laundry mat to wash a load of SMOKIES.
One of the large capacity washing machines was OUT OF ORDER. I, myself, cannot afford to be out of order right now as I forge ahead with attempting to recover what others have said is non-restorable. THERE ARE MOMENTS I AM OUT OF ORDER and can go no more. Done...finished.
Only did one load of SMOKIES then drove across the county line to the COTTAGE to hang items up to air dry. Put a regular load of everyday clothing in our home machines and dried another. Stopped off at DOLLAR GENERAL to pick up a few items. Even washed my hair before the THUNDER STORM.
Went outside to check on some other SMOKIES that need washed in a large capacity washing machine. I left these out on the picnic table to air out some. SMOKIES are what I call items that the RESTORE people decided could not be restorable. After 8 months they still STINK SO BAD it hurts.
I am slowly trying to get the smell out of everything. My TEDDY BEAR Collection got hit hard with chocolate brown stains and smoke smell. If I can get the smell out, the stains are livable. Between working on the SMOKIES, packing the COTTAGE things up, loading and unloading, also going through the SERVICE MASTER boxed filled what they cleaned, moving out to move in.....my plate is full. Busy woman.
TOOK A DRIVE and oh how this comforts me. Enjoyed it so much. A BEAUTIFUL day for a drive. Drove through the country. Getting back onto the highway where the demons speed by in their autos is challenging. They don't slow down for the likes of me even though I can look WENT back to the Laundry Mat to do another load of SMOKIES. Home to rest before SUPPER.
OH HAPPY DAY.
WHAT A NICE DAY I HAVE HAD.
REJOICE,
d
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
6 comments:
Maybe it's time to let the "smokies" go.
Teddy bears that are brown stained and smell of smoke (and if you put them to your nose, they will always smell so because their stuffing is still saturated) aren't of much good to anyone. They have lost all value, they are forever altered in appearance (not much to admire about brown stains) and worst of all, they can't be hugged/loved on because they smell.
Perhaps it's time to leave behind all that which the fire has indelibly marked. Assemble those things, take a picture, and let them go. You will still have the memories, and the photo. But damaged, smelly bears are not much of a legacy to leave to your children. And I can't imagine a display of them in your gorgeous new home.
Do you want to be known for rising from the ashes?
Or for continually sifting through them?
So glad you had a very nice day. You so deserve one. You are making a lot of headway. I cant get around like I once could. My yardwork takes me so long now. All we can do is perservere. Hugs, LJ
Sue, I'm what you call a die hard. My teddies are coming right along and the smell is gone. Using a large capacity washing machine with good detergent has worked miracles with the smell. My children have their own interest and teddy bears aren't one of them so there will be no leaving smelly bears to them as my legacy.
More to my legacy then teddies,
d
Hi Deanna,
Sounds like a very busy day and good on you for all your hard work with doing the laundry.
It is satisfying when you can make headway.
Hope you have a lovely weekend dear friend
hugs
Carolyn
I pray you can get the smoke smell out of your teddy bear collection.
You are one busy girl. Pace yourself! I need you.
Hubby
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