{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 05/31/2021 }

Good morning dear friends, hope you've all had a good long weekend, and that you have a blessed Memorial Day today. As always, our thoughts and prayers go out to all the men and women who perished while on duty, to serve this beautiful country we live in, as well as their families. May we always …

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{ A Rainy Day in the Garden, and a few antique store finds }

The sun has just come out, the skies are a beautiful pale blue, and the rain has moved on. But earlier today, it poured, and when I say it poured, I mean it really poured down. I had dropped Jasmine off and was on the way back home, when it started.  Within 2 minutes, I had my windshield wipers on fu…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 05/24/2021 }

Good morning everyone, hope you've had a wonderful weekend. Ours was pretty good.  We celebrated my husband's 48th birthday on Saturday, then Sunday we went to church as a family, the kids came with and it was wonderful of course.  We followed that up with a lunch at IHOP, then came home and…

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{ Sandra's Saturday Surfing }

Back in 2006, I had started a feature on my blog called Sandra's Saturday Surfing.  I just wanted to share the websites I had visited, blogs I was enjoying, or any other internet site I had come across that I found interesting. While looking through old blog posts earlier today, I came across it…

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{ Faith and Food Friday #1}

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. - Matthew 11:28-29 Of the things in my life that I love the most, aside from my husband and children, …

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{ Marley's ongoing health issues }

We've been on a roller coaster the past 2 months, with Marley's health.   He's always suffered from allergies, but they seem to have gotten worse over the past few months, and then his lymph nodes started swelling up.  We knew then that something was not right and took him to the vet. I&#…

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{ Don't give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louis Giglio - TLC Book Tours }

Hardcover : 224 Pages Publisher : Thomas Nelson (May 11, 2021) Louie Giglio helps you find encouragement, hope, and strength in the midst of any valley as you reject the enemy voices of fear, rage, lust, insecurity, anxiety, despair, temptation, or defeat. Scripture is clear: the Enemy is a liar who w…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 05/17/2021 }

Good morning dear friends, I sure hope this post finds you all well. I am getting this post up quite early, as I need to get Jasmine to work for an early morning meeting.  I've had some questions about her not driving, and I thought I would quickly explain why.   As many of you know, at least tho…

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{ Bitter sweet moments }

It is 6:09 PM.   We have had dinner, courtesy of Qdoba Mexican Eats , animals have also been fed, my shower is taken, and I'm now sitting on my bed with my laptop. I have my menu plan and grocery list notebook, laying just beside me, as I'm finishing up my list to be ready for grocery shopping…

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