Celebrating Life

Super Heroes are important when you're 6 years old.  

At 60 I still like Super Heroes in my life.  We celebrated this lil guy's birthday charged full of energy, 

excitement and fun.

THERE WERE SUPER HEROES 

every where.

Super Woman that I am, 

I wouldn't have changed a thing.

Had a SUPER good time.

d

I left the party with Spider Man hanging on for dear life to my leg.  

Please don't tell anyone that I am attached to this SUPER HERO.

I know that you can be trusted!

For the time being, he's all the Super Hero I need.

Decorating On The Prairie: Parlour Pretty

Decorating On The Prairie 

made easy with JUNQUE.

The Eastlake Parlor Chair that I carried HOME 

(in the auto) was purchased at an Estate Sale for a song.

More for looks and not function, I admired this beauty.

First noticing her at a different City Wide Sale, 

I'd buy her six months later for $12.oo.

$12.oo

Not bad for an accent piece.

How do you decorate your HOME?
With trinkets, second hand treasures, 
brand new beauties, handmade items, 
gifts, etc.


Thank you for dropping by.

Hope you have as much fun JUNKIN as I do.

God Bless,

d

Staying Out Of Trouble While Parking

AUTUMN is here.  Yes, it is.  
Getting use to the idea that SUMMER passed and cooler weather is near, HALLOWEEN seems to be the closing chapter in my book of LIFE that personally tells me, AUTUMN has arrived.

I seem to fight it every year that SUMMER has gone away just in time for FALL to blow into the forecast.  It makes me sigh.

SIGH.

Browns, bronzes, coppers, deep greens, bright oranges, reds and dark purples are colors appearing in the area.  Lovely down to earth colors.  Out come the sweaters and Christmas mugs.

Believe it or not, Christmas decorating lifts my spirits and helps me to adjust to the cold better.

I don't pout when the shiny and sparkly decor begins to show up in the stores when they do.  If there were a year round Christmas Store here, I'd visit it in the SUMMER because I'm that way.

I walked through Dillards while in the Mall to have a WAXING.  Want to return when I can leisurely stroll looking at all their pretties they have on display for Christmas. 

The Party dresses are appearing and I like that.   

Party dresses.  Beautiful partay dresses.  

 
I picked Husband up for Lunch with my overly sensitive red skin.  My face/neck were so red that I didn't want to go inside a restaurant for a meal, so Husband and I ate in the auto our Southwest Salad with crispy Chicken and iced water to drink by a Park.  

We parked by a Park.  Stayed out of trouble while parked by the Park.
The wind blew and called my name as I sat behind the driver's seat eating salad.  

Completely innocent.  Completely.  Nice to be parked by a Park and staying out of trouble.  This is a wonderful sensation. 

There was a tiny, tiny, tiny house for sale down the street.  Sometimes I dream of having a very small, easy to manage single dwelling house to live in after Husband retires.  I checked the rooms out on the computer.  This is one very fascinating option surfing the internet has to offer.  Really handy.

Just type in the address of said place and often there will be additional pictures of the interior.  Excellent way to stalk a real estate property never leaving home.  

Houses are very expensive in Manhattan, Kansas.  University TOWN and all.  So much coming and going of students and military.  

I really don't know where we will retire should the day come.  Giving it some THOUGHT.  I think as we continue to get our rock house remodeled that we should   s.t.a.y.   p.u.t.
to enjoy the fruit of our labor and continue to enjoy small town living for a little while longer.  If the Lord wills it.

Took Husband back to work and made my way to the Bank.  Drove HOME. 

I would have loved to do some additional SHOPPING, but couldn't bring myself to being so RED in the face.  Looking sun burnt.  

I'll return to beautician in a couple of weeks for another waxing.  By this time I should be in high gear for Thanksgiving.  Company hopefully will arrive and we will have fellowship.  

Returning HOME, I drove through windy conditions across the rolling gentle hills of the Flint Hills landscape fashioned with golden honey colors.  The closer I got to our small town america, the smokier the sky got.  Somewhere in the beautiful countryside someone is burning leaves and brush which causes smoke to settle in the valleys.  The smell grew stronger the closer to HOME I went.


The smell reminds me of when the grounds are burned in February, March and April.  Smoky.

When I went to Oklahoma a few weeks ago to celebrate Grandson's 6th Birthday, we took the grands most of their Christmas gifts.  This has taken a load off my mind about the Christmas Holidays.  Will be more relaxed as we sing Christmas Carols and think about the Birth of Jesus.  In my head, I am already giving thought as to decorating, cooking, baking, going to church and watching Christmas movies.  This gesture has eased the tension about the month of December. 

This month, the bump out needs cleaned again as it was in full character for Halloween with spider webs and bugs residing there.  The front porch lamps are filthy.  New Curtain Valances with rods will be hung in the Family room, the Guest Bedroom with oak furniture freshened up with new blue sheets, Master Bedroom tidied, and the Kitchen worked on.  Seriously have to clean the Dining room as she continues to become a catch-all as we work to downsize.  The Garage needs attention as well as we have some large items out of place needing relocated so the Garage is a garage once again.

Hubby bought some more wood and cabinet hardware to make the cabinet doors for the kitchen cabinets.  I have to get a little excited, because this will make us closer to having a completed Kitchen.  That will be the day.  You know I have showed many pictures of the progress as we have inched our way to having a cute and efficient Kitchen!  Waka Waka.

This past week, I made headway on paper work.  My contentment meter is vibrating as I make ends meet and know that I have gone through thousands of pieces of paper.  Thousands.  Made my head spin just in time for Halloween.

Last week, we purchased our big purchase of the year besides a car.  We were at SAM's to buy Halloween Candy and came across an Entertainment/Heater Unit for our Family room.  WE LOVE IT!!!  This is our Christmas Gift.  She is a welcomed addition to our cottage. 

Tricky getting this large purchase home.  NO SMALL FEAT.
We  RENTED a truck to make the journey.  We loaded this over 200 pound unit and drove home on the interstate.  A young BUCK jumped a car in front of us.  Husband slowed the truck down.  This young deer kept jumping about as if it were dancing.  He seemed to make his debut, Got our attention then darted off onto the median. 

This was interesting to see.  There was no adrenal rush as I often feel when frightened.  There have been times that I should have been scared and the rush never happened.  I think this is what I will call a GOD moment.  PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.

Philippians 4:7

 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

As we were coming into town, a young man driving a flatbed truck took a corner which caused his basset hound on the back of the truck to fall off.  Basset Hound looked dazed walking by the curb next to a Park.  Driver of the truck was unaware of his dog's absence so Husband caught up with the young driver to tell him his dog was back at the Park.

Then we went HOME to unload the Entertainment Center onto our porch and into the house.  Took the heating unit out of the box to make sure it worked alright before heading back to the big city to return rental truck.  We had it all timed out and had to go back to Topeka to return the truck and once again drive from Topeka back to our little town.

Too tired to put the unit in the Family room, it would have to wait until morning to make this all happen.  It made for a busy evening for a couple of OLD people.

So very glad it's Friday and the week-end is here.  Pray that we make headway on the cleaning.  This may not sound very exciting to many, but I get excited knowing the estate is taking shape!

When LIFE gets in the way of having HOME in order and often you are so close to being at the place you need to be...perhaps you will understand that it can be very frustrating to be within arms reach of being completed and then you cannot reach what needs done.  Uggggh.  I could say THAT's LIFE and forget about it.  Not going to do this.  Needing this order.  Dodging stacks of boxes while walking through the formal Dining room is great exercise for the docile.  

THANKSGIVING is in a few short weeks.  Doing my HOMEWORK on how to make this HOLIDAY less stressful by being more organized.  Snicker.  I will try to be ready as ready can be.

Thanking the Lord ahead of time.  

Heavenly Father, I pray in Jesus name that you'll BLESS our HOLIDAYS!  I truly appreciate your help and BLESSINGS.  Open my eyes to what it is you want me to do, know and understand about this time.  It is better to give than to receive.  Thank you...for being there for me.   Amen and amen.

Romans 15:33

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Blessings to you!
d


  

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Blueberry Crunch

~Blueberry Crunch~

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' dining on the Prairie with this crockpot dessert that just takes a few minutes to prepare when the SLOW COOKER on high does the work in about 2 and a half hours. 

ADD some vanilla ice-cream to top off

this dessert.  Making you smile.

Delicious and easy,

d 

3 Ingredients:
2 cans of Blueberry Pie Filling
White Cake Mix
Stick of Butter

Instructions:
Dump both cans of pie filling in clean crockpot.
Pour entire box of cake mix on top of fruit.
Smooth out cake mix.
Cut butter and lay on top of cake mix.
Place lid on slow cooker.
Bake on high for two and a half hours.

2 cans of pie filling dumped into crockpot.

Pour white cake mix on top of pie filling.

Smooth out cake mix and place butter on top of it.

Place lid on slow cooker.

Cook for two and a half hours on high.

Life got somewhat easer in my unfinished Kitchen after eating Blueberry Crunch.  EASY on the nerves.  Grand-daughter helped fix a wonderfully SIMPLE dessert in the crockpot.  

JOLLY good time.

All the best,

d 

Joining FOODIE FRIDAY at Michael Lee's!

http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/2015/11/foodie-friday-and-everything-else.html

Focusing

It has been a most miserable week waiting to have another WAX JOB done for the removal of unwanted facial hair. MOST MISERABLE hide out I've done.

I cannot be seen in public with this facial hair that's gone wild.  I'm no hero, but I have had to preach at myself to let the hair grow so it can be waxed off.  This has been a tough one for me.

Have to have the hair length longer than I am comfortable with.  This is getting on my last nerve and am having to focus on other things.

SORRY GUYS…..I disagree.  I haven't been focusing on JUST facial hair AND it's a bumper crop.  It's growing wild on its own.  Wish it were different, but it taint so.  

Soon and very soon I will pay my beautician a VISIT to WAX this stubble off my face and I will be ever so grateful that it is gone…for awhile.

Let you know how this turns out.  I am not a fan of bearded ladies.  Sorry, I feel more compassion for these gals as time goes by.

All the best,
d

Happy Birthday!

~HAPPY 38th BIRTHDAY~

SON

Wishing you all the BEST.

God Bless you always.

Hugs.

Love you,

Ma

Treats On The Prairie

Ready for the Trick or Treaters with candy 

in a basket as Frank stands at the door.

Lil Miss was cheering us on knowing that she and her Mom would be knocking at doors for candy.  So away they went returning later with a big bag of candy.  

CHOCOLATE is my favorite.  

Each October 31st, Husband and I sit in the Parlour waiting for the children to visit our HOME.  About 30 on Saturday.  We didn't have a jack-o-lateen on the porch this time.  Did't miss it.  Left the porch lights on and handed out treats.

We ate Supper, watched a movie and sampled the spoils after the porch lights were turned off calling it a night to hear Trick or treat!

As the temps lower with each passing day as we get ready for Thanksgiving, the seasonal celebrations warm my disposition as I watched the leaves disappear from the trees.  Almost all gone and on the lawn.  It seems like only yesterday that the trees were aching to sprout green leaves.  This has been the fastest passing year I have lived. 

I know that many do not approve of Halloween.  

Still...I enjoy seeing children in their costumes 

that come out once a year for candy. 

TREATS for the Trick or Treaters.

Only treats.    

Frank, Tell 'em Good Night.

d

Autumn Ambition

Our Autumn Day is rainy and cool as 'Trick or Treaters' parade downtown this evening to show off their costumes store bought, hand-me downs, or HOME MADE.

Autumn Ambition is brewing as I take time to look over past post that have appeared through the years on my BLOG.  

Tea that would be delicious to warm one's soul would be a SPICE TEA.  It's been years since I prepared HOME MADE SPICE TEA, but that sounds heart warming.

May your AUTUMN HARVEST be HAPPY and  HEALTHY.

So glad you stopped by. 

Not a dreary day in sight,

d  

SPICED TANG TEA

Ingredients:

1 cup Instant Tea

14 oz. Tang

1 tsp. Ground Cloves

2 Tbsp. Cinnamon

1 package Lemon Flavored Kool Aid

Instructions:

Mix all dry ingredients well.

Add 1 cup of sugar to mix if desired.

Use 2 Tbsp. of mixture for 1 cup of hot water.

Stir and sip.

WAXING COLD

HOME.
To be at peace with the LIFE I have at my home is where I want to live.  Being honest here....there are times that I still get hung up about the details of running my home and the bills.  I have to pray and remind myself that I am just passing through this world and all the heartache and headaches will pass.  Still I am to be living a more excellent way and that means I am to honor my word and pay my bills.

LIFE is constantly changing and will not stay the same.  Reminding myself.  Counting my blessings and not forgetting God's benefits.  Human as I am...I must recall God's best for me.

I had a waxing appointment yesterday with my beautician and she said when we get to heaven....I chimed in about we will have a glorified body!!!  There won't be anymore waxing chin hair.  Ha.  I about came out of the chair yesterday with the discomforting pain of being waxed.  Ripping off the face hair was intense.  OUCH.  IT HURT.  HURT!  I walked out of the salon looking like I was sun burned.  I wasn't in pain, just looked like I spent too much time in the sun.

I did think of the Lord Jesus when the people ripped his face hair from his beard.  The intense pain would have been excruciating.  Makes me weak to think about.

After Jesus rose from the dead, Mary didn't recognize him.  She thought he was the gardener.  I think she partly didn't recognize him because he wouldn't have the beard that she knew him by.  He would have been without a beard in his risen body.  Maybe I am wrong.  Still, his beard was ripped from his body before he was crucified.  

Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

We know that Jesus fulfilled all of the prophecies from the Old Testament regarding the Messiah (1 Cor. 15.3-4), Isaiah specifically mentions that this would be one of the ways that Jesus would suffer. We also know that much mocking & torture had taken place that was not described in great detail by the gospel writers. In fact, Isaiah even tells us that they beat our Lord so badly that He was so bloodied & battered that He barely even looked human (Is. 52.14).

I'm no man, but think if men had their facial hair waxed they'd know it isn't a pleasant thing to have done.  I have no desire to look like a man, talk like a man, walk like a man, dress like a man, act like a man.  I have NO DESIRE to be a man.  Praise GOD...I am a woman.  I am thankful to be the gender that I am.  Female.  Female.  Female.  Now to work on being more submissive to my husband and respecting him.

I have to go back in a week to have more waxing done.  Can I handle it?  Yes.  My aim is to only have this done every 6 weeks.  At 60, my unwanted facial hair is more than a woman needs to have.  It has gotten out of hand.  I had my tubes tied when I was 24 years old.  I know that this messed up my hormones.  I have repented and asked God to forgive my liberated mind that I had in my youth.  I was lost and didn't know it.  I was a misguided woman that thought I needed to have no more babies and having a tubal ligation was the solution.  I was mistaken and warn others to NOT get their tubes tied.  It truly is unnatural and I believe it is not what God wants for His daughters.

At 24, the liberated thing in me was believing a lie.  I believed so many lies.  That having my tubes tied would allow me to be a spontaneous LOVER with my Husband.  The truth was that my Husband and I did not get along all the time, and I thought if I got divorced that I didn't need anymore children.  I might have gone the way of the world and had recreational sex because that is another worldly lie and I believe that I would have continued to not seek God's counsel.  I believe that I would have thought I knew best about everything.  There are consequences to our actions that come from a misguided thought life.  If you separate yourself from God, you will have pain.  Much pain.  He knows what is best for us and if we ignore His wise counsel, we will hurt ourselves and others.  

I never asked God's advice as to what to do about the number of children I should have.  I didn't seek His counsel or advice.  I regret this decision.  I truly do.

I want God's help with making decisions and so I must seek Him out in this department called LIFE. 

The warm wax is therapeutic.  Like the calm before a storm.  Exhale as the linen cloth rips out unwanted hair.  Unwanted.

I've shaved, I've waxed, I've plucked, I've tried electrolysis and cremes.  Haven't tried lazer.  Concerned about scaring.  I am sure that there are more ways to remove unwanted hair that I don't know about.  For now, I will do my best to stick with the waxing process to see if the facial hair slows in growing and I will not have to suffer through this process so much of the time. 

Depending on who you talk to will determine which technique they suggest.  Including medical doctors.  I've asked and asked and asked.  One says to pluck, one says to shave, one says take hormones, one says use this creme, one says once the hair follicle is stimulated hair grows....my beautician said no more shaving.  Her recommendation is waxing.  Oh Lord....please let this work.
  

Every one of us goes through things.  I am not alone when it comes to trials and tribulations.  Not alone.  My earthly body has a heavenly spirit.  Hairy as I may be, God loves me.  I've made some ridiculous mistakes in my life, still I believe that the Lord will help me get through when I repent and humbly ask for His HELP and guidance.

May I not forget, I am a child of the most high God because Jesus, the Son of God, is my personal Saviour.  
Amen,
d



MATTHEW 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

JAMES 1:21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.