Home Haven Happy Meal

Some people just don't like sandwiches.......I don't happen to be one of them.  We seldom have cold cuts.  Sandwiches are seldom served.  But when they are, we generally have chips with some fruit on the side.

Happy to be HOME,
~Deanna~

Tornadoes

Tornadic WEATHER tonite!!!

Tuning into the news 

and checking the weather sites 

over the computer.

Hiding inside the house!

Like the Weatherman says

stay away from big windows,

go to the lowest part of your home,

put as many walls between you 

and the outside of your house.

Seek shelter elsewhere if you live in a mobile home.

Put your shoes on.

Have a working flashlight handy.

Cell phone.

If you have a basement....

it would be SMART to seek shelter there.  

AND get under a sturdy table or bench 

for extra protection.

God bless you and may you say a prayer for all those hurting from tornadoes.

~Deanna~

PS 

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Another round of storms...the rumbling sound of thunder just made itself known around 11 pm.  I can hear rain falling.  Pray that God has mercy on us...no strong winds or tornadoes.  Staying up till?

Tricks Of The Trade

What do you suppose this is?

A penny for your thoughts.

HINT:  This helps me with my chores.

To make 'doin' the dishes a faster task...we put the eating utensils in this small vinyl tub so clean-up is easier.  Faster.

The trick to making hand washing the utensils go somewhat smoother is to gather all the utensils in one location like the small tub.  Through out the day after a spoon is used it goes in the small tub between loads...just waiting for us to wash.  Here I am...waiting just for you.

It helps.  We will not have a dishwasher until the Kitchen is remodeled so hand washing is how we do things around Home Haven for the time being.

May you have a blessed day,
~Deanna~  

Decorating On The Prairie and Little Girl's Bedroom

THE CHRISTIAN HOME MAGAZINE is a weekly carnival hosted by Mrs. White's  'The Legacy of Home' Blog that will be posted every Monday that is set up like a magazine and focuses on home life.  There are 12 columns in each issue.

Today is Home Haven's first contribution 

to the Design and Decorate column.

To read the magazine please visit Mrs. White's Blog:
http://thelegacyofhome.blogspot.com/2011/05/christian-home-issue-16.html

http://www.thelegacyofhome.blogspot.com/

If this is your first time to visit Home Haven 

my name is Deanna and a warm welcome to you!
Hope you'll check my blog out. 

If you're one of my Bloggin' Buddies,

Hi!  You know I love you and enjoy hearing from you.

My desire is to have fun blogging and my post are always a surprise to me so I never know for sure just how long/short the post will be or what subject matter it will mention.  Since I'm participating in the Design/Decorating Column...I had better do a post about this subject...grins.  I'm by no means a professional decorator, but have an ongoing interest in it.

I use to say I could take ideas from a multi-million dollar estate and apply the decorating elements to my humble abode.  Still think this way, but as time has passed...I'm more interested in making my home a welcoming place instead of just a pretty environment to live around.  AND decorating ideas can come from all sorts of places.

No matter what economic group you live within, Design and Decorating is all around us.  Might as well enjoy it!!!  Being creative is not limited to the economy you live with...lack of creativity can be a state of mind that you can change.  

My posts will NOT be FANCY or OVERLY SoPhIsTiCaTeD.  Just plain 'ole simple and hopefully interesting as I show you around my Prairie Home that's located in a small KANSAS town nestled in the Flint Hills.  HOME SWEET HOME!

Home Haven is about 126 years old.  She's a two story house made out of native limestone.  Hard wood floors, high ceilings and a multitude of windows make their place inside.  Her stone walls are about 22" thick with plaster on the interior.  She rest on three lots.  Lots of tender loving care is needed to spruce her up.  We're working on this a little at a time.
Today we're going to venture into the upstairs quarters of Home Haven that's rarely seen.  She's in the throws of being RE-DECORATED.  There's DUST BUNNIES up there.  I'll be showing her off when the decorating gets further along, but for now.......this is it Babee.

Living in small quarters that's going through SLOW MOTION 
re-decorating can have some challenges that make having a SENSE OF HUMOR and much prayer necessary!  amen?  Can I have a witness?!?

What do you want in a Young Child's Bedroom?  THE BASICS...a place to sleep, rest, dream, play in and think, get dressed, store personal clothing and belongings.  A place to relax.  A place to call your own and be at HOME in.  A SAFE and quiet place.

This particular L-shaped bedroom is quite small measuring about 8' by 13' and has a radiator and small closet.  There are two windows.  Ceiling fan with light.  There's a bed, small children's rocking chair and oak chest of drawers.  The floor is made of yellow pine and has an area rug on it.

Presently Lil Miss's Bedroom is morphing towards becoming PINK.  She's 4.  From crib to youth bed to larger bed.  Her Youth Bed has just gone away and she is sleeping in a Queen size bed that recently got a new comforter with matching pillow shams.  She LOVES it!!! 

Little petite roses on the comforter and shams.  Light colored sheets will be next on the agenda.

The cotton comforter and shams came from Aldi's and cost under $30.00.  

For a 4 year old the light weight comforter is an easy covering to use to learn how to make a bed.  

The walnut headboard was free and my sweet hubby refinished it a few years ago. 

THIS IS WHERE WE'LL START.


Different Bed.
Different Bedding.
Next comes different Window Treatments.
Beaded Board installed on walls and painted.  
A change of color for the room.


Decorating TIP: 
Some personal artifacts make a room welcoming and give ownership.


Decorating TIP:  
Use lighter colors in small rooms to get a larger feeling to the space.  

When the size of bed changes, the obvious is at hand.  Different bedding is needed.  This is a great place to start with in decorating a child's room...the bedding.  Take the colors and/or design that's in the bedding and enhance the room with a theme.  Since PINK is the color of choice, we'll continue down this path.

Different curtains will show up on the windows soon.  Pics to follow.
The plaster walls are in the process of being covered with beaded board to add a different texture that will be painted PINK.  I really like beaded board!
Pictures will be added to the walls along with shelves and hooks.
Personal artifacts and items are already about the room.



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Small room soon to be made over and won't it be great PINK!!!

Hope you'll check back and see the room morphing into a sweeter little girl's room.


A HOUSE is not a HOME unless there's LOVE in it.
A HOME is not a HAVEN until you feel welcomed and safe there.


Proverbs 24: 3 and 4
Through wisdom is an house builded;
and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious riches.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit!

God bless you,

~Deanna~

Baking Powder Biscuits That Are Orange

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS
MARCH 1931

Bake at 400 degrees F for 12 minutes.

Ingredients:
2 Cups of Flour
4 Tsp. Baking Powder
1 Tsp. Salt
4 Tbsp. Butter or Shortening
3/4 Cup Milk

Instructions:
Measure and sift the dry ingredients together;
work in the butter/shortening either lightly with the fingertips or by cutting it in with two spatulas or knives.
Add the milk all at once to the first mixture.
Stir rapidly for a few seconds,
turn out on a lightly floured board,
knead vigorously about half a minute.
Pat or roll to 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch.
Cut,
transfer to a baking sheet (or to the top of a casserole),
and bake at 400 degrees F for 12 minutes.


ORANGE BISCUITS
1934

Use recipe for Baking Powder Biscuits, substituting orange juice for part of the milk.
Roll out to 1/3 inch thick, cut, and transfer to baking sheet.
On top of each biscuit put a cube of sugar that has been soaked in orange juice long enough to absorb some of it but not to dissolve.
Grate orange rind over top.
Bake at 450 degrees F for about 12 minutes.


When I was thumbing through this book before I bought it....it was this recipe for ORANGE BISCUITS that sang to my tummy.  So I bought this book!  Haven't tried the recipe yet, but I will.  It's just gotta be goooood.  Can you imagine real butter melting on one of these biscuits?  I can.  Real Butter for real.

After my sister got married, I went over to her house for Dinner.  She fixed Drop Biscuits with REAL Butter.  It was the BEST!  I wasn't use to real Butter.  As a young girl at home, Mom used margarine to cut expense and calories. I decided that after I began my own HouseKeeping that I would use the real stuff as well.  Actually real Butter is better for you....not a plastic and no chemicals.  Butter it is!

BAKING ON THE PRAIRIE.
~Deanna~

Under The Shade Tree You'll Find A Fence

Beautiful day for a SPRING drive.   

So we took one about Topeka, Kansas.

A few hours out of the house did wonders,

~Deanna~

Off In The Distance

Menninger Clock Tower.

Menninger Clinic moved from Topeka to Houston, Texas in 2003.
From what I understand Papa Menninger liked trees
and planted many on the Topeka grounds.

Vintage Dresses

~So pretty and delicate for Spring~

Vintage dresses...Ohhhhh...I think these are the cat's meow!!!!!!  

(Remember when this was the thing to say?  It was a bit before MY TIME.)

If I had some dresses like these I would feel sooooooo pretty and feminine.

Spring Blessings to you!

~Deanna~

Thank you

As we get closer to the week-end, I am so ready for it to be Saturday so I can rest a bit with no place to go.  If only I could just recline with a over stuffed pillow at the back of my neck, a friendly pet at my knee, and have flowers brought to me from one of my young children to enjoy as I quietly sit with very little to say except thank you.

What a pleasant thought.
~Deanna~