This weekend, my brother and his wife visited with us. We always love having them visit.
James enjoys some guy time with his uncle and I get some adult company which is always welcome.
They also watched James so I could spend some time with Lee.
Friday night, they went to bed and I was still up working [...]
Nov
30
Night
Category: Enduring Trials, Marriage |
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Nov
29
Works of God Weekend
Category: Works of God Weekend |
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So what has God been doing in your life this week?
I’m thankful for a visit from my brother and his wife.
Also, Lee’s job gave him a Jennie O turkey! And a friend at church gave me a huge skein of yarn. And I mean HUGE. James sits on it for a chair. I measured it [...]
Nov
28
I have company!
Category: This & That |
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My brother and sister in law are here. I had a bunch of ideas I was going to post but I’m busy with my company!
Hopefully I’ll catch up soon.
Nov
27
Happy Thanksgiving
Category: God's Provision |
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We have so many things to be thankful for and I’m sure you do too!
God is good even when life is hard and he has abundantly blessed us.
Today, we have to do the family juggle since we can’t all celebrate together.
I wouldn’t be honest if I said it doesn’t hurt, but I’m just concentrating on [...]
Nov
26
Here’s a recipe from my cookbook Visions of Sugarplums.
Rachel’s Stuffing
1 large can of chicken broth 1 c. shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery ½ c. finely chopped onions
Poultry seasoning to taste 1 lb butter NO MARGARINE
1-2 bags of stuffing cubes
1. Pour broth in a large pan. Add carrots, celery, onions, butter,
and poultry seasoning Bring to a [...]
Nov
25
Lee’s Hat
Category: Home Keeping |
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Last week, I worked on a hat for Lee. I was excited to use up some yarn from my “stash”. I had purchased the brown wool for a teddy bear that I never knit. The blue wool was given to me.
This is the first hat I knit in the round so I’m pretty proud of [...]
Nov
24
Press On
Category: Enduring Trials, Music for Weary Hearts |
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We’re facing some of our hurdles this week. The past couple of weeks have been long and we are tired.
Lee is discouraged and I am sometimes. I was listening to my new CD today and heard this song. It brought tears to my eyes as everything seems to do these days.
But the words are so [...]
Nov
24
Untidy Josephs
Category: Lizzie's Lunch Counter |
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(or sloppy joes if you prefer to call them that)
My mom has a great easy recipe for Untidy Josephs. This is not very scientific. You can add more or less of any ingredient if you prefer.
Brown ground beef in any amount.
For each 1 lb of beef add
1/2 of an onion, diced
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Drain [...]
Nov
23
A few more goodies
Category: The Dusty Attic |
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When I was doing some organizing last week, I found some items from my store. (My “real” store that I closed last year.)
If you know some little girls you may interested in some of the items I found.
Beaded Socks
Hair bows
l also found a couple bracelets. Take a peek!
Nov
22
Vintage Knitting Images
Free Vintage Clip Art
Homemade Brown Sugar Scrub
Christmas Inspiration
Great Idea for your Kitchen
A pie we’re going to try this week.


