Happy Memorial Day

Psalm 33:12 (KJV)

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Memorial Day Blessings to each of you!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Sunday Morning Song - Amazing Grace - A Memorial Day Tribute

This is a beautiful tribute to those who have died defending our rights and our freedom.  

At the very end, there's a "thank you" to all the men who have served our country. I want to add that we need to thank the women, too!!!

As always.....please turn off my Play List above before viewing.

Sunday Blessings to each of you!!!
In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Weekly Recap of Scripture

 Howdy, Friends!!!

I just want to let all of you know that I'll continue the Weekly Recap of Scripture next Saturday.  The reason I'm gonna combine this week and next is because I'll finish up the book of Job.....and, I really want to make just one post for the entire book!!!  

I also want to share something a bit personal concerning this book in our precious 
Bible, too!!!

So....come  back next week....
....and I'll share with y'all what I gleaned from the Book of Job!!! 

And....just a reminder....you can click on my page tab above....
"Scripture Recap - Reading the Bible Thru"....
....and find each week's recap thus far!!!

Saturday Blessings to each of you!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Frivolous Friday!!!

Well....it's Friday....again....ALREADY!!! 

 What a week this has been.  I've had something to do every day this week....so I'm hoping that today, I can rest a bit.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow, though....because we're going to a wedding.  
A precious young man in our church....actually he's our youth minister.....is getting married tomorrow!!!

So....I want to wish Brandon and Tracy a happy, blessed marriage!!!


Congratulations.....your church family adores you!!!

Two things that I got to do this week.....was to meet a  couple of sweet ladies for lunch....but not the same day!!!  
On Tuesday, Jess and I had lunch with Ms. Marenda.  I hadn't seen her in years, but we keep in touch thru e-mail and our blogs.  It was so good to see her....she hasn't changed one bit....still just as beautiful as when we worked together....inside and out!!!

She brought me some material....with....CARDINALS!!!

Then....yesterday....I had lunch with my friend, Dawn.  It had been months since we saw each other.  We did our usual....lunch....then Hobby Lobby!!!
And.....here's what she brought me.....

.....these girls know me so well.....

I love it all....but especially the box!!!

  Now....if you're planning on a Memorial Day weekend celebration.....what better way to celebrate than with CHOCOLATE....and CREAM CHEESE?!?!?!? 
Can you say....YUMMY?!?!?

Chocolate Cheesecake Squares

(courtesy of Martha Stewart)

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Makes 9

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 8 chocolate wafer cookies
• 1 bar (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large whole egg plus 1 large egg white
• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.  Line with two crisscrossed pieces of parchment or wax paper, spraying between sheets.  Spray lined pan;  set aside.
2.  Process cookies in a food processor until finely ground. Gently press crumbs into bottom of prepared pan (do not rinse processor bowl).
   
3. Blend cream cheese and sour cream in food processor until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Add cocoa, cornstarch, sugar,
   egg, and egg white; process until smooth. Pour into pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips.
   
4. Bake until just set, 35 to 40 minutes; cool completely in pan.  Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Invert onto a tray; peel off paper and re invert crust side down.  Cut into 9 squares.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, my friends!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!! 

Jeremiah 29:11

A sweet blogging friend, LDH at With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart, sent me a link to a site where a lady used my favorite verse in her nursery.....which got me to thinking....wonder how many things I can find that incorporates Jeremiah 29:11?  

Let's take a look............

A Penny Saved

 The Old Post Road Etsy Shop

Suches Crafts

......for the graduate!
MBreed57

Dayspring

PurpleLemonDesigns

 

A Daughter of the King

I just plain old love the name of her Etsy shop, don't you?!?!?
"A Daughter of the King"
I love the sound of that!!!

Thursday Blessings to each of you!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday Blessings to each of you!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Ain't God good?

 
Oh, yes, He is!!!

I love that phrase and I find myself using it quite often!!!  


Another one is....
.....He never ceases to amaze me, and I hope He never does!!!


But....my favorite....that I coined years ago....then, somebody up and wrote a book with "my" title....
"it's not odd...it's God"!!!


Lately, I've  been looking back over some things that have happened thru the years and I've come to realize just how much God is in most everything that happens to us.   I'm glad that I was able to see His hand in the fridge story that I shared yesterday....but, if we're observant....and trying our best to live "in tune" with Him....then, we're gonna see things like that happen a lot!!!


I'll share this one more little story with y'all.....that was definitely yet another God-thing.


I've been having nosebleeds since February....and up until then had never had one in my entire life.  I went to an ENT in April and he said  they were from the chronic sinus infection that I had from October thru April.  I had been on several rounds of antibiotics, but they would only help for a bit, then it would come right back....full force!!  Well, the nosebleeds didn't subside even after the sinus infection went away.  This past Sunday, I had 3....and the last one was pretty bad!!!


So....since I have a pretty full week, I had decided that I would make an appointment with the ENT for this coming Friday.   Now....I'm not one to run to the doctor with every little thing....in fact, I've tried my best to hold out going about the bleeds.....but.....I had another little problem that needed taking care of so I had made an appointment last week with my regular MD for this coming Thursday.


Yesterday morning, when I talked to Jess....she insisted that I go ahead and call to see the ENT....immediately....and not wait until Friday.
I hum-hawed around and told her "I might"....but she kept insisting, so I went ahead and called and got an appointment within an hour.

When he saw me, he looked at the area that had been  bleeding....and immediately told me that he was going to cauterize it....something I had figured he would do, but I hadn't even mentioned it.

Then....I briefly mentioned to him the problem that I had planned to talk to my MD about on Thursday....and he said he could take care of that problem, too.!!!


Now...that might not be a big deal to some....but I knew that God had His mighty hand in getting Jess to nag me (ha! ha!)....into going to the doctor on Monday....and in the ENT being able to treat me for something totally irrelevant to what I went to him for!!!   If I had waited to go to him on Friday.....well, it would have meant 2 doctor  visits....and more $$$$!!!!


That's why I say....
....Ain't God good?
Oh, yes He is!!!!
And.....
....it's not odd....it's God"!!!

And....I definitely hope....that He never ceases to amaze me!!!

Acts 17:24-25 (NLT) 

“He is the God who made the world and everything in it.  Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.

Tuesday blessings to each of you!!!


In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

A true story about a fridge

 

As I mentioned a few posts back......we've been in need of a new refrigerator for quite some time....but we've just tried to make-do with what we have.  If your fridge is laid out like mine....there's a little drawer right in the middle 
(that's where I keep.....kept.....my yogurt).
Well....anything you put below that drawer freezes as solid as if you had put it in the freezer!!!

So....being the frugal (cheapskate) person that I am…..I searched on Craig's List for a good deal….and I found one....or so I thought!!!
 
 Just the kind of fridge we were looking for….even had a few extras….still under warranty….and the price was much better than the “in store” price.

Well….I go to the bank to get the money to pay the lady (she asked for cash)…and I really dreaded just going to the bank….which should have been my first inclination that something might not be right.

And, if that wasn’t enough….it was pouring down rain….I go into the bank and notice it’s somewhat empty....I was actually the only customer….to find out that their computer system was down and they couldn't perform any transactions….which meant that I couldn’t get the money.

So….I come back home still having that little feeling deep down inside that maybe this wasn’t the wisest decision I’d ever made….buying a fridge off Craig's List.  But....we had already told the lady "yes" and I didn't want to go back on my word.

Anyway….long story short…..Pappy gets the money from the bank when he gets off work….borrows a truck and trailer from his brother….takes our son-in-law away from his family for the evening to help load and haul the fridge….goes to the lady’s house….only to find out that it wasn't at all in the “excellent” condition that she described it. Pappy said it had dents in the front…..scratches on top….and was filthy.

The moral of the story.....

....if it sounds “too good to be true".....

....then, it probably is!!!

And….we need to learn to listen to that

“gut feeling”…
(that still small voice)...

...and trust our instincts!!!

But....the reason why that "deal" didn't work out.....was that God had a better plan (and doesn't He always!!!).


Let's go back to the very beginning......
about 3 years ago my fridge quit working altogether.  We called a repairman to come work on it and he worked for hours and couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.  He finally told us that he thought lightening had ran in on it.    I knew that my mother-in-law had just gotten a new fridge, so I called and asked her what she had done with her old one, which still worked.  She told me she had given it away and asked me why.....so I told her about our plight with our fridge.

Now....you know how in scripture people were given names that they lived up to, be it good, or bad?  Well.....most of you know by now that my hubby's name is Jack.....and he certainly is a jack of all trades.  He took our fridge completely apart.....found 2 little wires that needed soldered.....did just that.....and VOILA.....she started working again!!!

Fast forward to about 6 months ago and that's when it started freezing.  A thermostat was purchased and installed....didn't help.  Some other part was purchased and installed.....still didn't solve the problem.  So....that was when the Craig's List story came into play.

So....we started searching for a brand spankin' new fridge.  Have y'all priced those things lately?!?!?
All I wanted was a GE fridge.....the old timey kind, with the freezer on top.....21 cubic feet....with an ice maker....and they are close to $1,000.00.  
Well....I told Pappy that I just could not bring myself to pay that....and that we would just wait until our fridge quit working altogether, then we would do something!!!

Now....go back to last weekend.
Pappy went to see his brother and he asked if we had ever found a fridge.  Pappy told him no.  My brother-in-law told him that he had one we could have.  I told Jack that I didn't want to take anything for free from him.....and sort of brushed it off.  Then.....I asked Pappy a bit more about it....where did it come from....what kind was it....things like that!
So....he took me to see it.

And.....here's the story about my "new" fridge.
The refrigerator was bought by my mother-in-law at an auction at her church sometime before she passed away going on 2 years ago.  It was left because nobody had purchased it, so she bought it.

Now....y'all might think I'm a crazy, old, fanatical woman.....but.....I know in my heart of hearts that she bought this fridge with us in mind because she knew we were having trouble with ours.
Know how I know that so well?!?
My "new" fridge.....is a GE....21 cubic feet.....freezer on top.....with an ice maker!!!
And....the best we can tell....it's only about 5 years old!!!

It's not odd....it's God!!!

Monday blessings to each of you!!!


In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Sunday Morning Song - Your Hands

 I've posted this song before, but not as a Sunday morning song.  I've heard it so many times this week and each time felt like it was meant just for me....which, of course....it was meant for me to hear it at that particular moment.  I had the radio on last night and guess what song  came on yet again?!?!

So....I thought....what better song to share with y'all this morning?!?

(be sure to turn my Play List off before listening)

Sunday blessings to each of you!!!
In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Weekly Recap #20 - Nehemiah and Esther

I'm absolutely loving reading from the New Living Translation....
....oh, I've said that already, huh?

Well....it bears repeating....I'm LOVIN' it!!!

Last year, our Ladies Bible Study group at church did the Beth Moore study of Esther. I read from the KJV and also the commentaries in the study guide....but....didn't glean nearly as much as I did from reading from the NLT this past week.  It was such an exciting story of how God was able to use Esther....."for such a time as this".  

Don't you agree that applies to each and every one of us?   All we have to do is be willing to listen and obey!!!

Here are my highlights from Nehemiah and Esther....but....be forewarned.....I gleaned A LOT!!!

Nehemiah

***Ezra probably wrote both Ezra and Nehemiah.

***Nehemiah was the cup bearer for King Artaxerxes, meaning he tasted the king's wine to make sure it was not poisoned....which gave him daily access to the king.  The king made Nehemiah governor of the province of Judea for 12 years to aid his fellow Jews in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.  

***Nehemiah had a strong personal faith, as seen by his prayers and his confidence in Divine guidance and help.

Right here I want to say....I was amazed at some of the prayers that Nehemiah prayed against his enemies.  I don't think I realized we could ask for some of those things that he asked for!!!   Made me feel empowered!!!

***Nehemiah kept a low profile when he first arrived in Jerusalem and looked over the walls of the city by night.

***Nehemiah spent 4 months in intensive intercessory prayer, including praising God for His power, and love...confessing the nation's sins....and calling on God to act.

***Nehemiah was made fun of as the walls around Jerusalem were being rebuilt.  So....guess what he did?  What he always did....he prayed and asked God to allow the mocking fall back on the heads of the mockers.  Nehemiah's practice was to cry out to God in times of need!!!

***The workers carried their weapons with them at all times because of the threat of being attacked.

***As accusations were made against Nehemiah that he planned on being king of Judah - which wasn't true - he just became more determined to finish rebuilding the wall.  A man was hired to lie and intimidate Nehemiah and make him sin by entering the Temple to hide from his enemies.

***The wall was finished in 52 days.  When the enemies and surrounding nations heard about the wall being completed, they were afraid and humiliated.  They realized the work had been done with the help of God!!

***It amazed me at how well the record keeping was during this time, as they were able to research genealogical records for descendants.  After the wall was rebuilt, and the doors were placed in the gates, Nehemiah registered the people.

***Once all the people settled in their towns, all the people assembled at the square, just inside the Water Gate, and asked Ezra, the scribe, to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses.  Ezra faced the square and read aloud...from morning 'till noon, standing on a high wooden platform.

***Loved this verse....Nehemiah 8:10b

Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

***As the Israelites had the Book of the Law of the Lord read to them, they stood for THREE HOURS. Then, for THREE MORE HOURS they confessed their sins and worshipped the Lord, their God.
Isn't that amazing?  Can you even begin to imagine a 6 hour worship service today?


***Nehemiah confronted the people who were bringing their grain, wine, grapes, figs, and produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath, and asked them why they were profaning the Sabbath in that evil way.


Esther

King Xerxes had a huge banquet for nobles and official and military that lasted 180 days....mostly to display his wealth.  Afterward, he gave a banquet for the local people that lasted 7 days.  A lot of drinking took place at this celebration and each man was encouraged to drink as much as they wanted.  At the same time....Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

King Xerxes was drunk....and he sent for Queen Vashti so that he could show her off....but....Queen Vashti refused (you go, girl!!!).  This made King Xerxes furious and he immediately asked his advisers what to do about his disobedient wife.  Now...keep in mind....that King Xerxes....and his advisers....were all "under the influence".  One of his advisers told him that women everywhere would begin to despise their husbands when they heard what the Queen had done (isn't that hilarious?!?).  An order was issued to ban Queen Vashti forever from the presence of the king....and he was advised that he should choose another "more worthy" queen.  (in other words, somebody he could control!!!)  When this decree was in place, it would make husbands everywhere receive respect from their wives (I'm sorry, but I find this to be so funny!!!)

The king and his nobles thought this made good sense
(of course they did....because they were drunk!!).
Letters were sent out proclaiming every man should be ruler of his own home and he should say whatever he pleases.

***Xerxes anger subsided and he realized what he had done (probably after he sobered up).  His personal attendants set about to find him a new queen by bringing beautiful young virgins into the royal harem.  They were given beauty treatments and the young woman who most pleased the king would be made queen instead of Vashti


***Mordecai, a Jew had adopted his cousin, Esther, after the death of her parents and had raised her as his own daughter.  She was one of the young women brought into the king's harem.  Hegai, head eunuch over King Xerxes' harem, too special interest in Esther and gave her special attention.  She had not told anybody of her background...the fact that she was a Jew....because Mordecai told her not to. 


***Each young lady was given 12 months of beauty treatments.  Esther was taken to King Xerxes and he loved her more than any of the other young women....so he set the royal crown on her head.  To celebrate, he gave a great banquet in Esther's honor.


***Mordecai overheard a conversation of a plot to kill King Xerxes.  He told Esther who told the king, giving Mordecai credit.  The men were killed by being impaled on a sharpened pole....OUCH!!!


***King Xerxes promoted Haman over all other nobles, making him the most powerful official in the empire.  All the king's officials would bow down before Haman....but not Mordecai.  He wouldn't bow down or show him any respect at all.  Haman was furious at Mordecai and because he knew that he was a Jew...he plotted to destroy not only Mordecai, but all Jews throughout the empire of Xerxes.


***Haman approached Xerxes, telling him that there was a race of people scattered thru all the provinces who refused to obey the laws of the king.  At Haman's encouragement, Xerxes signed a decree that a year later, all Jews....including young and old and women and children....must be killed.


***King Xerxes was described in one of my commentaries as someone very irresponsible and easily manipulated....I totally agree that this man  certainly had no mind of his own!!!


***Mordecai was in mourning over what was going to happen to his people.  When Esther found out, she sent Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs appointed as her attendant....to find out what was wrong.  Mordecai sent a copy of the decree back to Esther to explain the situation.  He also told Hathach to tell Esther to go to the king and beg for mercy and plead for her people.  Queen Esther sent a message back to Mordecai that King Xerxes hadn't called for her to come to him in 30 days and she had to be invited to speak to him, unless he would hold out his gold scepter for her to enter into his presence.  Mordecai explained to Esther...that since she was also a Jew....her life was in danger, too.


***Esther 4:14 - Mordecai sent word to Esther that perhaps she was made queen....for such a time as this!!!


***Esther asked Mordecai, via messenger....for him and all Jews to fast and pray for 3 days and she and her maids would do the same....then, she would go to the king.


***Esther went to King Xerxes and he held out the scepter for her to enter and asked her want she wanted.  She invited the king and the evil Haman to a banquet.  In the meantime, Haman went home and gathered his wife and friends and bragged to them about his wealth and his many children...and the honor that King Xerxes had given him.  Then, he bragged that Queen Esther had invited only him and the king to a banquet  (little did he know what was about to happen!!)


***Haman couldn't enjoy the thoughts of the banquet because he was so angry at Mordecai for not bowing down to him.  At the advice of his wife and friends, he had a sharpened pole that stood 75 feet tall built for Mordecai to be impaled on.


The plot thickens.....here's where things start to really heat up and get good....and my favorite term "it's not odd, it's God" can be applied.....


That same night....King Xerxes couldn't sleep so he had an attendant bring the book of history of his reign for him to read.  Wen he read about how Mordecai had saved him from being killed, he asked what had been done to honor Mordecai....and was told nothing. 

It gets even better......

When King Xerxes saw Haman, he asked hm what should he do to honor a man who truly pleased him.  As conceited as Haman was, of course he thought that the king was speaking of him....so here's what he told him.
He said that he should give him one of the king's own royal robes and a horse that the king himself had ridden on with a royal emblem on its head...and that he be led thru the city square on the king's horse by one of the king's officials shouting, "This is what the king does for someone he wants to honor".



King Xerxes thought this was an excellent idea....so he told Haman to take the royal robes and the king's horse and to do just as he had said....FOR MORDECAI THE JEW (are you laughing, too?!?!?).


Can you only begin to imagine the disappointment and the humiliation Haman was feeling?
I just can't help it....it totally served Haman right....he got what he deserved)

Oh, but, my friend....it gets even better....the plot thickens....read on....


***The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet.  The king asked Esther what she wanted of him.  She asked King Xerxes that her life and the life of her people be spared and told him that her people were going to be killed (remember King Xerxes didn't know that Esther was a Jew, also).  He asked her who would do such a thing....and....Queen Esther said....


"This wicked Haman is our enemy"!!!


Haman grew pale from fear and King Xerxes was furious.  He went out into the palace garden...and Haman stayed behind to plead for his life to Esther.  In his desperation, he fell on the couch where Esther was lying just as the king came back into the room.   He accused Haman of trying to assault the queen right before his eyes.  One of the king's eunuchs told the king about the sharpened pole that Haman had set up and told him of Haman had intended it for Mordecai.  So Haman was impaled on the pole.
A death he had planned for his enemy....became the death of him!!!


***Esther explained to Xerxes how she was related to Mordecai.  The king gave Mordecai his signet ring that he had taken back from Haman.  Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's property, which King Xerxes had given her.  Esther begged King Xerxes to stop the evil plot against the Jews.  Since the first decree couldn't be revoked, Mordecai was given the right to write another decree saying what he pleased.  What Mordecai wrote allowed the Jews to defend themselves when attacked.  So...on the very same day....both decrees went into effect.  The Jews overpowered their enemies.  No one took a stand against them because everyone was afraid of them.


***Mordecai, the Jew....became prime minister with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself.


***The festival of Purim was established to celebrate the Jew's victory over their enemies.


Another favorite verse in my reading this past week....
Esther 19:22b
....their sorrow turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.


Hope each of you have a blessed weekend!!!


In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!
 

Frivolous Friday!!!

Happy Friday, my dear friends!!!

This has been such a crazy week for me....full of sickness and lots of things going on with our church family!!!  I guess some weeks are just like that, but WOW!!!  I'm hoping next week that things will settle down just a bit!!!

First "frivolous" thing I have to show you is my latest outdoor flag.  My friend, Dawn, asked me to post each time I change out my flag.  Well, I think I forgot the last time....so here's the one that I just hung outside in honor of Memorial Day.....

I saw this recipe and just knew I would have to share it with y'all.  If I make these....and I might just do it because Pappy loves angel food cake....I would use fat free and sugar free in most of the ingredients....and they wouldn't be bad for us at all!!!

If you try them...let me know what you think!!!
(I made the Oven Fried Taters last weekend using sweet taters.....they were soooo yummy!!!)

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 Angel Lush Cupcakes

1 pkg. (16 oz.) angel food cake mix

1 pkg.  (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

2 cans (8 oz. each) DOLE Crushed Pineapple in Juice, undrained

1 cup  thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

2 cups assorted fresh berries (blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries)

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package; pour into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full. Bake 12 to 15 min. or until tops are golden brown and cracks feel dry. (Note: If baking in batches, refrigerate remaining batter in bowl until ready to pour into lined muffin cups and bake.) Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely. 

MIX dry pudding mix and pineapple in medium bowl. Gently stir in COOL WHIP; spread onto cupcakes.

TOP with berries.

Yummy....nice and light and not so many calories, either!!! 
Can't beat that with a stick!!! 

And....last but not least.....I'm gonna leave you with a little Maxine cartoon that I found over at Christie Cottage .  It was too cute not to share!!!

Friday Blessings to each of you!!!


In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!

Thursday Tidbits

When I first started writing my blog....I felt like I had to write something "inspirational"....some kind of "devotional".....every single day.  Then, it kinda dawned on me a while back that a lot of things inspire each of us in a different way....know what I mean?  For instance.....when I read blogs that are mostly crafting, or decorating.....depending on the author.....somehow in the course of their posting....the love of God shines thru!!! 

Not sure why I shared that with y'all....but anyway.....today's post is gonna be somewhat of a mish-mash of different things!!! 

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 I told y'all a while back about the page tabs I've included on my blog.  If you get a chance, check out the "Weight Loss" tab.  I've shared a bit of my journey of trying to loose weight during the past 5 years!!  What a struggle!!!

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  My red hot pokers are now in full bloom.....aren't they gorgeous?!?

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I've had these baskets for a long time....got them many years ago from ABC Distributing (do you all love that company as much as I do....except for the excess shipping charges?!?!?)

I wasn't in love with the "natural" color....so, there's nothing a can of spray paint can't cure!!!

 original color

  new color....Oregano

(and so is our deck railing.....uh-oh!!)

 This is such a good spray paint....and it should be for the price.  I got it at Hobby Lobby....but with a 40% off coupon, it wasn't too bad!!!  

If you spray paint very much....then, get thyself one of those handles....it's a lifesaver for your pointer finger!!!

(thanks for the tip, Jess!!!)

 Final result....love how the lids look on the green

This probably won't be their final home....but I like them sitting beside this love seat...and they provide lots of extra storage!!!

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Look how pretty these flowers are!!!

Wanna know why?!?

Because.....I bought decent potting soil this year, instead of that stuff that turns to concrete!!!

This is Scott's Potting Soil and I got it at Big Lots.  It's supposed to feed your plants up to....I forget how many months!!!  But, it was worth the extra expense...and I still have a bunch left!!!

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Well....I think that's it for today....thanks for bearing with me in my post full of this and that!!!

Thursday blessings to each of you!!!

In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!