Beautiful Blessings - 8/9/16

~ having an amazing morning hanging out with Naomi!

~ enjoying tea and biscotti

~ deciding to descend upon John's house and spring a surprise visit

~ going birthday shopping with John for T-bug's upcoming birthday

~ working on the blog-iversary surprise with John

Write Them On Your Doorposts

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

~ Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Beautiful Blessings - 9/24/15

~ Twinsies with the Gillie!

~ Showing off the cute hat that Neona gave me!

~ Telling my employers how my Mom always thinks my hat is the cat, and making them laugh!

~ Having a quiet house to recover from a migraine!

~ Sully taking care of me and givin me some kitty lovin! He always knows who needs some!!! <3

Beautiful Blessings - 8/5/15

~ Spotting a robin with a worm in his mouth & marveling at the wonder of it with T-Tot!

~ Getting my feet dirty!

~ Having fun playing house with T-Tot and her friend! She was the Mom, he was the Dad, I was the big sis, and the baby was the baby. The baby landed in the compost, but I saved her life! Heehee!!!

~ Forgetting life and just having fun playing!

~ Being creative with sticks and rocks and leaves!

Photo-A-Day- Day 20!

"Growth" - the ivy growth on our house!

Science Saturday: Cattails, Mouring Doves and Cardinals!

(Last week's Science Saturday)

My fun story about cattails:

I had a cattail head once, and I got the brilliant idea to open it up in the house! Sigh....that resulted in a rush outside as the fuzz was trying to float around the house....never did that again! ;~) I did get everything out of the house, but the yard had a lot of cattail fuzz for a while! ;~D

A few fun facts:

• Cattails are perennials! They live for several years, and may appear to be dead, but are actually in a dormancy over winter.
• Cattails are edible throughout every season of their life. In the spring you can eat the shoots like celery, and in the late summer before the heads open to release the fluff, you can boil them and eat them like corn. (We tried this, but I think they were getting too old, so they didn't taste the best).
• Even the roots are useful! You can use them for soups or dry them to ground into flour!
• Mourning Doves are named after their mournful "song" they sing.
• Once a Mourning Dove has found it's mate, they are mates for life. In the north they have 2 broods over the course of a summer. In the south they may have up to 5 broods!
• Mourning Doves eat what ever seeds they can find, and in the fall they enjoy the grain and corn kernels left in the fields.
• Cardinals are originally from the south. Slowly around the turn of the 20th century, they've drifted north. At the time, they were certain that the snow and harsh cold climate in the winter would stop them, but as you can see they haven't!
•  Cardinals don't migrate, which is why we can see them all year round. A bright red cardinal on a winter day is such a cheery sight!
• Cardinals weren't the only ones to slowly "drift" north. The Tufted Titmouse, the Mockingbird, and the Carolina Wren have also joined the Cardinals.

10th Anniversary!

 Today is the 10th anniversary of owning our home! :~D

  

Then........

...........and now! :~D

Winslow's Remodeling

At the end of winter, Winslow noticed that tiling in the kitchen was starting to fall apart.

 

He decided it was time for a make-over.

 So a couple Thursdays ago, he rounded up some helpers,

bought the new flooring,

 and got to work!

Winslow was glad that the old wallpaper is hidden the rest of the year. He also wanted to remind you that when you are doing home remodeling, you should wear safety gear and watch your step.

That evening, the kitchen was 95% done!

Winslow loves how Great Great Grandma's table looks now!

The next day, he finished up the kitchen.

Saturday it was time to redo the bathroom!

The tiling was pretty bad in the bathroom. The gaps between the tiles were huge!

Winslow decided against a glass floor in there.

But when it was done, it was worth all the work!

Winslow is very happy with the way things turned out! :~D

30 Days of Love: Day 7

Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Today, when you work on laundry or housecleaning, take a quick break. Grab your Bible if you'd like, and spend sometime in prayer for the person you are showing love to.

People of Jordan: Cathy

Cathy has lived here for 42 years. She likes the fact that you know everybody. She enjoys that the community has a tendency of being able to work together well. For example all different aspects of the community come together for the Fall Festival. She also works at the library a couple times a week. There is quite a variety of people that come in. The phrase it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round is quite true. Many people come in to find out more about the canal history. She is very interested with the local history. Many of the house in town were converted into houses. Her's was a mule barn, then a while after that a school master lived there. She also has a sign from the malt shop that used to be where the dance studio is. History is rich and and exciting in our fair town!

9 year Anniversary!

Our house has been with us for 9 years! 

I decided neither snow 

nor rain 

nor heat 

nor gloom of night

will make us leave our lovely house anytime soon!

2013 is almost here!

The year just started.

We just had our birthdays.

We just danced in our dance recital.

I just went to camp.

We went just camping as a family.

The baby was just born.

School just started.

Apple and pumpkin season just got here.

Dance JUST started.

We just had Thanksgiving.

We just celebrated the birth of our Savior, Christmas.

2013 is almost here?!?!?!?! 

As I told one of my friends, 

"The only year that will feel short is the year you get taller than me."

What is your goals for 2013? 

Mine are:

• To grow more like God.
• To increase my abilities in dance.
• To work harder to become a better teacher.
• To have patience always.
• To help out around the house more.