Happy To Be Five

~PINK CAKE, STRAWBERRY MILK,

 AND BALLOONS 

MAKES FOR A NICE PARTY

FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL AND GUESTS~

~HAPPY TO BE FIVE~

Lil Miss's Momma gave her a sweet party.
SOCK PUPPETS were created.

Blow out the candles and making wishes.

Refreshments served.

Gifts opened and appreciated.

Thanks given and hugs good-bye.

~Gramps made a puppet, ate a teeny tiny piece of cake 

and sang Happy Birthday to Lil Miss~

~ME WITH MY FOLKS~

~Lil Miss with GREAT GRANDPARENTS~

SAVED YOU A PIECE OF CAKE.  

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME STRAWBERRY MILK 

WITH THAT?

Lil Miss is happy to be  5.
Whatever your age, are you happy to be?

Celebrating life and loven' it!

~Deanna~

GOD's Key to Happy Wedlock

~GOD's Key To Happy Wedlock~

Today, I came across a book that I haven't read.  During one of those frenzies when I was working at getting organized, I came across a plastic sweater box that was holding videos, tapes and books pertaining to marriage.  

Two pats on the back for at least trying to get organized. 

Marriage is very dear to my heart, so years ago I had started to group together in one location all the videos, tapes, books I had possession of for quick referencing when needed pertaining to marriage.

Perhaps it's time to read this book, 

GOD's KEY TO HAPPY WEDLOCK 

(How can two walk together) by Mrs. Elmer (Chris) Josephson

Printed on the back of this little book states this:

What is the Key that many have - and those who use it, find true wedded bliss?

The Key is the applied aggregate Scriptures that deal with marriage, 

which are attested by axioms and illustrated by true life stories in this book, making possible genuine solutions to very real and knotty marriage problems.  It tells clearly how to apply these truths and translate them into wedded bliss.

Many books on marriage use Scripture, primarily to back various propositions and helpful suggestions. 

This volume holds the Holy Word of God to be the unshakeable sure foundation, 

the unfailing plumbline in building a genuinely happy and enduring home, 

which alone is God's Key to Happy Wedlock.

Mrs. ELMER JOSEPHSON

This particular book was published in 1975 by Bible Light Publications Hillsboro, Kansas, USA.

In 1975,

 I celebrated my first year of marriage with a newborn on my hip.  

During my first year of marriage, 

I became pregnant during our second month of wedded bliss 

while still on our honeymoon as college students.

I probably would not have read this book back then unless it was for a college course and would have been extremely critical of the angle this author was coming from.

That was then and this is now.

I'd like to read this book.  

My goodness God has done a work in my life.

MARRIAGE MONDAYS 

has just been created by Home Haven.

Believe I will share some pointers from this book as I go.

~Deanna~

Decorating On The Prairie: Wreath In The Window

~WREATH IN THE WINDOW~

Decorating On The Prairie took a $4 Wreath and hung it on the Powder Room Shutter for some extra color which warms our home a little during the cold Winter months where my heart is aching for Spring to come.

When I saw the Thrift Store price tag on this Wreath I immediately picked it up and said, "You're coming HOME with me today!" 

I liked the colors in this Wreath from the GET GO.

 Oh so pretty and oh so cheap THRIFTY!

Don't 'cha know...beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I beholded this one.

Have a LOVELY Day because you can.

God Bless,

~Deanna~

From The Living Bible 

Translation Scripture Verse today:

Matthew 6: 22 and 23

If your eye is pure, there will be sunshine in your soul.  
But if your eye is clouded with evil thoughts and desires, 
you are in deep spiritual darkness.  
AND oh, how deep that darkness can be!

This post will be published on another Blog as part of THE CHRISTIAN HOME magazine.

I'm a Featured Writer for the DESIGN and DECORATE 

portion of this.

Linking to:

http://daybydayinourworld.com/2012/02/the-christian-home-magazine-48th-edition/

Roses In Winter

 ~Roses In Winter~

Roses in Winter.......but they weren't for me.  

Sweet surprise for Lil Miss from her Loving Momma.

Lil Miss turned five years old 

and is happy to say that she is no longer four and a half.

~SWEET EXPRESSIONS~

~EXCITING TO BE FIVE~

~THIS PACKAGE MEOWED~

Children's Party to follow.

Later,

~Deanna~

Snow?

The robust smell of Italian Roast Coffee fills the house this week-end.  AND boy does it smell and taste great!  Daughter bought KCUPS for the week-end treat.  BARISTA PRIMA COFFEEHOUSE Italian Roast for the KEURIG BREWER.

She and Lil Miss went to visit a friend to talk about dress patterns.  So I'm getting some free time to sit and sip some of this coffee THINKING ABOUT SNOW.  Hubby and I just had a coffee break before he returned to making Cellar Stairs before the Kansas Spring Tornado Season approaches.  Pics to follow.

My Husband confessed that he likes cutting wood.  While we wait for the results to his biopsy he is working away building new stairs to the basement cellar.

The sky is GREY and the temps are dipping.  Think maybe...just maybe we will get some February Snow.  It's been a mild Winter so far.

One saying that helps me get through Winter is, "WE ARE ONE DAY CLOSER TO SPRING!!!"
Praise the Lord.  There are things about nature that I don't understand....some I don't like, but hey...who am I to complain.

~Mister and Misses Snowman~

  No offense to Mister and Misses Snowman, but I'd like some real snow to blow around Home Haven.  Just a little.  A tiny bit.  Enough to coat the out of doors.  Pretty white stuff.  Cold to the touch. Fluffy powder.  SNOW.  Just enough to encourage my thoughts to fast forward to SPRING and slow down.

God bless and shine on!
~d~

List Maker

Hello Beloved Bloggin' Friend.
It looks to me that this dear Lady is a list maker!  Ha.  You're in good company if you're a LIST MAKER.  Are you writing down the vision and running with it?


Not a bad thing at all.


Making LISTs helps me to focus on what I'd like to accomplish as well as helps to remind what I really need to get done.  Cross that puppy off the list and away we go.


Yesterday, my sweet Hubby had a biopsy on 3 nodules in his neck. It was painful when the doctor cracked a calcified nodule to get to the cells he needed for the biopsy.  


So of course we're reading up on the computer about calcified nodules and what all that means.  In a week we will know if these nodules are cancerous or not, but we have braced ourselves for the battle that lies ahead because from what we know the calcified nodule meets the criteria for being cancerous.


Please pray.  It seems like we just went through this with my thyroid health and Cancer.


This morning I could hardly wake up out of my slumber.  During the night we had a much needed rain.  The thunder woke me up around 3:30 in the morning and I was lulled back to sleep by the sound of pounding rain.  It is a wonderful thing to be able to fall back asleep so quickly after getting woke up.  


There have been times that I've been woke up and then couldn't go back to sleep.  A great time to pray and spend time in a quiet place...still we humans need our rest especially sleep that refreshes us so we can face the next day. 


I'd be lying to you if I said I'm not concerned about what is going on with my Husband's health.  I need him.  He has been clearing his throat for over 12 years and we thought it was allergies...dry air...what not.  It wouldn't be until last October when his voice sounded like he was catching cold and the cold never came that I said he had to tell the doctor at his yearly physical in January about this situation.  He had found a kernel in his throat when I was going through cancer test.  


Anytime you find a lump, bump, kernel in the neck...GET A BIOPSY.  I was concerned with my thyroid health after my MOM had Thyroid Cancer.  I had a kernel in my neck that I asked Doctors about for 20 years.  None were concerned enough to suggest getting a biopsy.  It wouldn't be until I found a bump just above my collar bone that my doctor suggested a biopsy.  TSH blood test is not a good indicator for thyroid cancer.  My doctor would have blood test worked up and at the time my TSH level was good I HAD CANCER.  So keep checking your neck for lumps and bumps and if something is found get a biopsy.  If that doctor doesn't suggest getting a biopsy...best to get a second opinion and use a different doctor!  A SONOGRAM GUIDED BIOPSY WILL ASSIST THE DOCTOR WHERE TO HIT THE NODULE TO PRICK.  


HAVE A QUALIFIED ENDOCRINOLOGIST DO THE BIOPSY CONCERNING THYROID HEALTH.  AND THAT IT IS A SONOGRAM GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY. 


It may sound funny to some, but one of the symptoms of thyroid problems is having short in length eyebrows.  He does have short eyebrows.  Hair falling out, sweats, not being able to sleep, fatigue, nervousness, irritability, weight gain or loss, voice changes, the list goes on.


Which takes me back to making lists to cross off what has been done or needs done.


We can cross off the thyroid biopsy and wait for a phone call telling us what the results are concerning cancer.


Life is short.  Handle it with PRAYER.
God bless,
~Deanna~    

Biopsy

APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS!

Today is Thursday 

and my sweet Hubby 

is going in for a BIOPSY

 for a nodule in the neck.

We're concerned.

~Deanna~

Castin'