Who cares?
When Autumn birds in flocks
Fly southward, back we turn the Clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing--
That missing hour We lost last Spring.
Blessings,
Dear Jesus,
As I carve my pumpkin, help me pray this prayer:
Open my mind so I can learn about You
(as you cut the top off of the pumpkin)
If you get a chance...and you're a local....please drop by our trunk-or-treat.
Apple slices with slivered almonds for teeth
Bread sticks with almonds for the fingernails
Carrot sticks with almond fingernails
Carrot slices, cream cheese and black olive eyeballs
Cheese sticks (love those things) and bell pepper fingernails
Mummy hot dogs using bread sticks wrapped around the hot dog and mustard for eyes
(Jess made these to take to Big Brothers Halloween party at MDO!!!)
And....you know we have to have dessert....so....what could be grosser than
KITTY LITTER CAKE
Trick-or-treat
Smell my feet
Give me something
Sorry...couldn't resist...ha! ha!
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
Yeah...me, too....lots of times!!!
3. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut the cookie log into 1/4-inch slices. Place 2 slices, side by side, on sheet pans. Press a cashew into cookie at the point the slices touch. Repeat with remaining cookie slices. Bake for approximately 8-11 minutes, or until cookies are just beginning to golden. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.2. Roll the lighter colored cookie dough into a 1-inch round log about 10 inches long, and move it off to the side. Roll out the chocolate cookie dough on a lightly floured surface to a 10 x 4-inch rectangle. Place the light colored log of cookie dough on top of the chocolate rectangle. Wrap the chocolate cookie dough completely around the lighter colored log. Pinch edges to seal and roll the log smooth. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Occasionally, you might have to take a bit of a break. Writing a blog isn't an easy task. If you get in a slump....just post that on your blog that you're gonna be gone for a few days!
Blessings,
.....the best medicine!!!
(photo by Jessica Leigh Photography)
Did y'all know I'm a Grandmother?
No...really, you didn't know that?
Can't believe I've never mentioned that before now!!!
Well....I am....but, actually I'm Nannie. Started out being Nana....but that changed when Big Brother was about 2....and he started calling me Nannie...so now....Nannie I am!!!
The boys stayed with us a while yesterday afternoon/evening.....and they crack me up. They are hilarious. Both of them are adorable...but with Big Brother being the age he is....three going on thirteen....he's at that stage where he asks a million questions. But...how else is he going to learn, right...if he doesn't ask questions?
If he doesn't understand what I say at first...he'll ask, "What you say, Nannie"? I don't know why....but that just tickles me to death....I'm actually trying to keep from busting out laughing (because Pappy is asleep) as I type this!! I was putting his shoes on him, fixing to take him back to his Daddy and Momma...and I told him that I would give him and Little Bit a Tootsie Roll to eat on the way back to his house....he didn't understand what a Tootsie Roll was....which was when he asked, "What you say, Nannie"?....at which time I got very tickled....and then he did, too, and told me to quit laughing....and then was trying to tell Pappy that he was going to get chocolate candy....laughing his little head off at the same time.
Okay...you probably had to be there....but....may I say....just in case anybody is wondering....
I LOVE OUR BOYS!!!
(and I often wonder why God loves me so much.....
.....to bless me like He has!!!)
Blessings,
Have you prayed with your hubby lately?
Try it...it's habit forming!!!
Ephesians 5:21 - Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!
Whatta 'ya think?
Blessings,
Malachi 3:3 (NLT)
There was a group of women in a Bible study of the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three (3) which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."This verse puzzled the women and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out about the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible study.That week this woman called up a silver smith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest in silver beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.As she watched the silver smith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot - then she thought again about the verse, that he sits as a refiner and purifier of silver. She asked the silver smith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left even a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silver smith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy - It's finished when I can see my image in it.Refining Silver
(photo courtesy of The Pioneer Woman)Yummy for your tummy!!!
Happy Weekend, Faithful Blog Readers!!
In His Most Precious Love...and with mine!!!
I'm goin' on a date!!!!
Blessings,
I'm goin' on a date!!!!
In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!
Remember... a layer of dust protects the wood beneath it.
'A house becomes a home' when you can write 'I love you' on the furniture.'
I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - 'in case someone came over'.
Finally I realized one day that no-one came over;
they were all out living life and having fun!
NOW, when people visit, I don't have to explain the 'condition' of my home
They are more interested in hearing about the things I've been doing...how I was living life and having fun.
If you haven't figured this out yet,
....please heed this advice.
Life is short. Enjoy it!
Dust if you must .......
.....but wouldn't it be better
.....to paint a picture or write a letter,
.....bake cookies or a cake and lick the spoon
.....or, plant a seed,
....ponder the difference between want and need?
Dust if you must, but there's not much time ....
.....rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
......music to hear and books to read,
.....friends to cherish and life to lead....
Dust if you must, but the world's out there
with the sun in your eyes,
the wind in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come around, again.
Dust if you must , but bear in mind,
old age will come and it's not kind.
And when you go - and go you must
- you, yourself will make more dust!
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
