November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 11th~

I am THANKFUL for this country I live in and THANKFUL for all the people who have served our country so that we citizens could and can have so many FREEDOMS that we are blessed to have 

in the United States of America.

~THANK YOU~

Ephesians 6: 10 and 11

Finally, my brother, be strong in the LORD and in the power of His might.  Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

God Bless America....land that I love.

~Deanna~

November Thankfuls

~NOVEMBER 10th~

~I am THANKFUL for FOOD on the table~

~Deanna~

Corinthians 10:31

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,

do all to the glory of God.

Small Town.......

The JOYS of living in a small Town...........Today, I stayed in town.
Worked on paperwork.
Did some bill paying by telephone right in my Family room.
Sipped Coffee while Lil Miss ate Breakfast.
Popeye and Betty Boop on the tele.

Unpacked a package from Colorado...I won a Give Away!!!
Did some dishes.
Checked email.
Did some Laundry.
Fixed Lunch.
Ate.
Took a shower.
Washed my hair,
Blowed Dried it.
Got dressed.
Groomed.
Went to the Bank.
Went to the Post Office.
Went to the Local Antique Mall.
Went to the Grocery Store.
Ate a Fudge Bar.
Took a drive.
Drove Home.
Sat outside and looked at my new LIVING Magazine that came in the mail.
Unloaded the car.
Supper.
Talked on phone to a Family Member.
Had a pleasant day!
Hubby went to bed early.
Don't think I will ever watch David Letterman again.
Am watching Everybody Loves Raymond.

Deanna

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.

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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.