Sweet Hour of Prayer - Barbershop Chorus Song - HD - Multitrack

~NOVEMBER 9th~

I am THANKFUL for PRAYER!

God bless,

~Deanna~

James 5:16

Confess your faults one to another, 

and pray one for another, that you may be healed.

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 8th~

~Thankful for caring people~

Galatians 6:10

So then, 

as we have opportunity, 

let us do good to everyone, 

and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Have a blessed life,

~Deanna~

Home Happenings

~HOME HAPPENING~

As I type I'm watching the old movie 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' for the second time this morning!
The final snow scene warmed my heart and it needed warmed.  I've been dragging my feet around here due to the seasonal weather change getting chillier and chillier.

~1954 WHITE CHRISTMAS~

Somehow the snow at the end of the movie sweetened my thoughts toward SNOW!!!  Maybe watching more Christmas movies will help prepare in my heart this wonderful time of year.  HAHA.  A WHITE CHRISTMAS would be delightful............hum........ Hear those sleigh Bells?  DREAMING.

~PRETTY~

The week-end was relaxing.  Hubby continued to work on the book shelf!!!  Hoping it will be ready to put the stereo on it along with photo albums, books and stock it full of our movies.  I have imagined a book shelf there in the Family room and it is becoming a reality!  Thank you Sweetheart and Praise God He gave you the talent to do this.  We think that at one time there was a built in closet or some type of cabinet there before.  Not sure why it was removed.  In a few days we will be able to say I'M BACK.

~BOOK SHELF~

Hubby felt a tremor in Kansas.  5.6 Earthquake this week-end in Oklahoma.  One of our sons and family lives in Oklahoma.  The quake terrified our 9 year old Granddaughter.  There was no damage to their home that I know of, but the town they live in had some damage.  As we were watching television around 11 PM Saturday my hubby felt a tremor and as I sat beside him I felt nothing! Lil Miss was upstairs in her bed...she felt it.  Thankful we're all alright!

~EARTHQUAKE~

Today I will be going through paperwork, thumbing through old magazines to thin out and folding laundry.  Everyday I have got to make headway on preparations for company coming in for Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving celebration.  Giving it some thought on food for meals.

~THANKSGIVING~

Went to a September BABY SHOWER for Kristen and Baby Lillian....well Kristen gave birth to Lillian today.....Lillian was over 8 pounds!  Momma was in labor over 26 hours.  Mother and Daughter doing well.  It will be a pleasure to meet her and get to know her as she develops her sweet personality.

~SWEET BABIES~

Today as I was going through email....a friend shared that one of our dear friends that I met in Christian Women's Club died yesterday.  I cried.  I will miss her.  There will be a Memorial.  She was a fine example of what a Christian Woman should be like.  I befriended her 12 years ago when we moved to Manhattan and she was the Chairman of club.  She was in her 80s at the time and faithful with her responsibilities.  Last year she relocated to Colorado to live with her Daughter.  MARY was now into her 90s and wrote me that she had Thyroid Cancer...there'd be no surgery just meds.  I am very blessed to have known her and will miss her.

I need to go through my closet and clean out the clothing I no longer want or need.  Life is short.......better get after it!

It's raining outside...time for some coffee and a snack.  WIsh I had a fire in the fireplace.....better to have a fireplace first.  I don't.  The grey skies look beautiful.

White Christmas, Thanksgiving thoughts, remodeling, a death, a birth, an Earthquake........

God Bless you,
~Deanna~

Decorating On The Prairie: Brown Goblets

Decorating On The Prairie will decorate our HOME HAVEN table with these BROWN GOBLETS.  The first time I saw the goblets at one of my favorite Thrift Shoppe I walked away and gave it some thought.  I kept thinking about it.  

About two weeks later I returned to buy 10 goblets for $12.50 plus tax.  At $1.25 a glass, I felt pretty good about the overall price.  It's easy to spend $12.50 on just one glass so 10 for this price made it all the sweeter.

I thought BROWN glassware would look lovely with our BROWN dishes especially this time of year.  October and November are wonderful months for BROWN dishes and glasses.

May we continue to be blessed to set our tables with dishes we enjoy having!

LORD, Please BLESS our homes.

~Deanna~

Scripture Verse today:

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock;

if any one hears my voice and opens the door,  

I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

***************

It is my privilege to write for the Blog Magazine 

THE CHRISTIAN HOME.  

The DESIGN and DECORATE column host my post DECORATING ON THE PRAIRIE.

There are some other columns to check out.  Hope you will.
http://daybydayinourworld.com/2011/11/the-christian-home-issue-36/

Home Haven Harvest

AUTUMN is here and the temperatures are cooling off in Kansas.  I'm NOT ready for it.  Brrrrrr and it's blanket time.  

SEASONAL DECORATING MADE EASY with a Harvest Pick.
ECONOMICAL.
QUICK TOUCHES.

Place on the Tea Table in the Parlour along with a few miniature ceramic pumpkins that all came from a THRIFT SHOPPE.   A quick glance at the splashes of Harvest Colors makes me smile.  DECORATING doesn't have to cost huge amounts of money.

Home is made a Haven when you decide to make the difference with how you view your home and how you operate your lifestyle from within the four walls of your personal space called HOME.

Decorating with THRIFT items is practiced here.  Over the years I have decorated my HOME with high dollar items and I've decorated my HOME with second and third hand items that I got for a song!

Looking back at it all.......I wish I had been thriftier with HOME PURCHASES earlier in my marriage.  Even before I got married.  I was a BRAND SNOB that was brought down a few notches out of necessity.  Pride cometh before a FALL.  We were without money in the lean years and as the years passed I wanted better quality stuff.  So I bought both new and gently used.  The GARAGE SALES started to catch my eye and I had three children at the time......I got hit with the THRIFT BUG.  Went to a few AUCTIONS, ESTATE SALES and learned to STRETCH what little money I had.

I'm THANKFUL that my attitude changed and I enjoy the BARGAINS more than ever.

After a Holiday...like the day after...items are usually 50% (or more) OFF the regular price.  So you'll more than likely see me SHOPPING for Holiday items the Day after.  Seasonal Napkins keep well in a plastic tub through out the year and the older I get the faster the year ZOOMS by.  A year later OUT come the Holiday/Seasonal Napkins.  Out come the decorating things to enhance a room in our living space.

A small decorative pumpkin in the China Cabinet tells ya it's AUTUMN.

A glass Vase with Autumn Flowers was bought at my FAVORITE THRIFT SHOPPE for only a few dollars.


Pricing the artificial sunflowers at HOBBY LOBBY with great prices, but they couldn't beat my 65 cent bouquet of flowers from the THRIFT SHOPPE.

Bargains can be found!  Even in today's Economy.

These days I'm extra busy tending to a 4 year old Granddaughter.  I have little time or energy to go all out decorating for various seasons....so it's just best for my BUDGET and ENERGY LEVEL to keep it simple.

A few artificial leaves from Dollar Tree left shades of the season sprinkled on a tray.

God bless you as you go about looking for BARGAINS.  

They're still out there!

~Deanna~

Most Days I can be found at my blog sipping coffee and talking about everything from thrift buys, nutritious quick meals, Family, God, decorating, remodeling, refurbishing, healthy thoughts, whatever.  Seldom about Current Events.  There seems to be so much of that elsewhere.  Hope you'll stop by and say HOWDY.  I live in a 126 year old FIXER UPPER two story Native Limestone House in a small community nestled in the Kansas Flint Hills on the Prairie.  I'm a Peri-menopausal Thyroid Cancer SURVIVOR with a constitution made of steel.  I'm a STAY-at-HOME Christian Granny that's glad to be alive and thankful I have more time on planet earth to live with my Husband and love my Family.  Stay tuned...there's more to come.

http://www.homehavenministry.blogspot.com 

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 6~

I am THANKFUL that through the Lord Jesus 

we can have eternal life.

Life in heaven will be glorious,

~Deanna~

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

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 5~

~I am THANKFUL that GOD created~

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning GOD created

the heaven and the earth.

Above all Lord, I am THANKFUL for you 

that you saw fit to create and create you did.

We've been made in your image...so we should be creative!

~Deanna~

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 4th~

~I AM THANKFUL FOR BIRTHDAYS~

Today is my Son's 34th Birthday!

I am thankful for this fine young man 

full of talent, compassion, life!
He chose to work a job.

He chose to marry.

He chose to father.

He chose the higher road.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I so love you,

Mom

Dear God, Hear my prayer.  Please bless our children this day.

I believe your word.

You are the creator that loves us and desires us to have a personal relationship with you, to know you.  You want to bless us.  
You want us to live lives pleasing to you.  
Children are a blessing from you...not a burden.  A blessing!

Be real in our children's lives.

I ask that you bless my Son today and let him know that you love him 
and care for him like nobody else can.

Let him know that his Mom loves him and desired to give him life.  
That it was my great pleasure and honor to raise him.

In Jesus Name I pray,

Amen and amen

John 3:16

For GOD so loved the world that He gave HIS only begotten Son (Jesus) that whosoever BELIEVETH in him (acknowledges him as saviour and puts their trust in him) shall not perish, 

but have EVERLASTING LIFE.

November Thankfuls

~November 3~

~I am THANKFUL for Lovely Cups~
Also Saucers, Glasses, Silverware, Pots 'n Pans, Cookware,  Dishes, Appliances, Towels, Blankets, Sheets, Curtains, Rugs, Furniture and ALL THINGS DOMESTIC to enjoy using while I'm in my HOME.

~Deanna~




Gracious Heavenly God, 
Thank you for our Homes and Families.
Thank you for the resources you have given us to use and enjoy in our Homes and with others.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen and amen.




Proverbs 24:4
AND by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 2~

~I AM THANKFUL FOR MY HOME~

I am THANKFUL that I have a place to call my HOME.

A place to live and call my own.

A place of peace where loving memories are being created.

A place to celebrate LIFE.

A place to claim as a Christian abode where there's room enough to pray, 

play and go through everyday routines that one does for living a full life.

It's wonderful NOVEMBER!

God Bless our HOMES.

~Deanna~

Joshua 24:15

AND if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, 

choose you this day whom you will serve; 

whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, 

or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: 

but as for me and my house, we we will serve the LORD.

Home Happenings

Last Thursday I visited a Thrift Shop and bought a nice white Damask Tablecloth that had a few stains that I think will wash out.  Three old pillow cases with pretty trim on them.  All different.  Some old VCRs from Focus On The Family.  A Sewing Book.  Twelve pretty cloth napkins that I might to dye a different color.  Shall see.  Think my THRIFTY buys went well.

On Friday I went through a ton of paperwork.  Making progress.  This felt good since I have felt like I was drowning in the mess.  In the afternoon, Lil Miss collected candy from her Grandpa's Co-workers.  She was dressed as a Cheeta Princess Ballerina.  Her idea to mix three characters into one.  Another one the little Treaters was a Fairy Princess Ballerina.  Great minds think alike.

Our week-end was wonderful.  We traveled to Oklahoma to celebrate our Grandson's 2nd Birthday.  The weather was great and seeing Family was sweet.  Took the Grands to the Mall to collect sweets. Pictures soon.  Having to wait for my Techie Expert to help me out.  Before we headed home we stopped off at a Thrift Shop.  Bought an old pair of earrings, a metal cake stand, a WIlton Pewter Bowl, A Brand NEW VCR Player.  I had wanted a spare in case my present one dies and the Industry stops making them.  Our trip home went very well.

http://www.daystar.com

In the mail was a DVD called Reflections from Daystar.  It was a complete surprise to me, but such a nice one.  The scenery is stunning. There is music with scripture to enjoy and enjoy I did.  Years ago I had seen videos like this and had wanted one to play during the day instead of watching so much secular television.  When I opened the package and played the DVD, I teared up.  This DVD was answered prayer.  I had visited with the Lord about getting one of these videos.  Here she was.  AWESOME.

A current Mary Janes Farms Magazine came in the mail and as Daughter was thumbing through it she saw some of our friends in it. Exciting....you know who you are!!!!  They're hauling Santa in a Parade on page 36!

Monday was used to rest, wash the Brown Tablecloth, set a Centerpiece on the Table.  Handed out candy to 14 Trick-or-Treaters. Frankenstein was waiting on the Porch.

Tuesday, I was a good girl and stayed home from shopping the day after Halloween and missed the Halloween Sales.  If there's any miniature candy bars left out there when I get out and about in a few days, I might buy some to take to our Family Thanksgiving Dinner to share.

A Local Kansas Tree so pretty with red leaves for the Autumn.

Decided to do laundry.  A good idea.  It needed done.  As I was carrying an armload of dirty clothing down the stairs, I lost my footing and down I went.  I landed on some clothing that padded the step so my bottom was protected from hitting the step, but my knee and back felt it.  Down for the count.

Stunned, I sat there for a spell and said, "Lord, I was going to work on the house today."  Earlier in the day as I sipped my coffee and prayed, I had asked what should I do this day?  I had a little free time and had the house to myself.  It's rare that I have alone time inside the house without a Family member around.  It's been about 4 years since I have had substantial quiet time alone in the house by myself.  I miss it.  I have to grab it when I can.

Think I sprained my right foot.  Tonight it's elevated onto the ottoman.  Hoping tomorrow it won't hurt so much to walk on.

In the mail today came a letter from the City informing us that our Monthly Even Payment Plan will be going down by about $20 a month in January.  That's good news.  After I can figure where my Cook Books will go instead of in the Utility Room on a Baker's Rack, I will store my wooden clothes dryer on the wall where the Baker's Rack is now and take it down to use when I want.  More SHUFFLING...can it be?  Think using the wooden clothes dryer will continue to cut down on the utility bill.

Since there is an electric baseboard heater in the Utility Room, I could open up the wooden clothes dryer and let some clothing articles air dry instead of using the gas clothes dryer.  Perhaps on the warmer days in the Spring I will take the wooden clothes dryer outside and hang the wet items on it to dry outside.

I don't have a regular clothes line as of yet.  Not sure where I'd have it set up if we had one.

For you Tom Selleck Lovers that like to see him suit up as a Cowboy, would like the Movie MONTE WALSH.  Monte being a cowboy back in the 1890s.

Think I'll do some Cowboy Art and jump a fence,
~Deanna~

November Thankfuls.........

~NOVEMBER 1st~

~I AM THANKFUL FOR MY HUSBAND~

I am very THANKFUL for my creative, talented, smart, loving and kind Christian HUSBAND 

that I am married to and have a COVENANT relationship with in which I share a HOME and a LIFE that's willing to work hard with honest integrity, willing to Master his money 
and be the HEAD OF OUR HOUSEHOLD.

My Husband is One of God's precious gifts to me as a child of God.

Dear Lord, Please BLESS this man.

It's the wonderful month of NOVEMBER!

~Deanna~

Mark 10:9

What therefore God has joined together,

let not man put asunder.