Saturday, October 12, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 12 }

 
 
Day 12
Pray that your husband will yield his sexual drive to the Lord and practice self control. Pray that your sexual intimacy together will be fresh, positive, and a reflection of selfless love. (Prov. 5:15, 18; 1 Cor. 7:3; Song of Solomon 7:10)


Proverbs 5:15, 18 (New International Version)


15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

1 Corinthians 7

Marriage
3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.


Song of Solomon 7:10 (New International Version)


10 I belong to my lover,
and his desire is for me. 

Friday, October 11, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 11 }

 
 
 
Day 11
 
Pray that your husband will have a humble, teachable spirit and a servant’s heart before the Lord. Pray that he will listen to God and desire to do His will. (Prov. 15:33; Eph. 6:6)



Proverbs 15:33 (New International Version)


33 The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom,
and humility comes before honor.


Ephesians 6:6 (New International Version)

6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
 

Thursday, October 10, 2024

{ 31 Days of prayer for my Husband - Day 10 }


 
 
Day 10
Pray that your husband will cultivate strong integrity, and not compromise his convictions. Pray that his testimony will be genuine, that he will be honest in his business dealings, and will never do anything that he needs to hide from others. (Prov. 20:7; 1 Tim. 1:5, 3:7; Eph. 6:10-12)



Proverbs 20

7A righteous man who walks in his integrity--
How blessed are his sons after him.



1 Timothy 1:5 (New American Standard Bible)

5But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.


1 Timothy 3:7 (New American Standard Bible)

7And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Ephesians 6:10-12 (New American Standard Bible)

The Armor of God
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

{ Spend the day with me }


 “Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” 
 Humbert Wolfe
 
 Spend the day with me - October 8, 2024

I love a pretty sunrise but there are times of year, where they seem to be even more vivid, more brilliant in their colors and tones.  Autumn brings those mornings and it always leaves me in awe.  One of my bedroom windows faces east, which allows me to have a beautiful show every single morning.  

I took my time getting up from my bed.  Although mornings start for me with a 4:50am rise, week days and weekends, once hubby is off to work, I retreat back to our bedroom and climb back into bed with my babies in tow.  

I do my prayers and devotional, read my bible, and then either scroll the phone a little or watch a YouTube video.   Shortly after, the sun starts rising, and that is usually my cue to get up, make the bed, get dressed and start my day.

I'm a person who can go with the flow, but honestly do better with a set routine, and even if my days mostly have the same things going on, the knowledge of that comfortable, constant routine fills me with joy.
 
So come and spend the day with me, it is not exciting, I'll tell you that right off the bat, but it's my routine and my usual homemaking, and just as I love seeing other women's daily routines, I am sure there's at least one person out there who enjoys it too.


October 8, 2024

::::  I usually start my week by stripping the beds.  Is there anything better than getting into bed with fresh sheets?  I don't think there is.  It has to be one of the top comfort favorite simple things for me.

October 8, 2024

::::  The next thing on my list is to open curtains to let in the sunshine.  I am always amazed at how different the sunshine looks in different seasons.  The bright sun of summer, has a totally different light in Autumn and then in Winter.  I've learned to appreciate each one for it's own beauty.

October 8, 2024

::::  By this time my Kaia is ready to go back outside for a second potty break.  Usually, I leave the door open and the screen shut, for as long as it's cool.  When the temps starting warming up, as they still do in October for us, I close the door.

October 8, 2024

::::  I throw in a load of laundry first thing in the morning, then start my switching and tossing back and forth between the washer and dryer, folding, and finally putting away.  I must admit, the packing away is the least favorite part of that chore.

October 8, 2024

::::  Emptying the dishwasher and refilling with breakfast dishes, or if I have leftover pots or dishes that had to be soaked overnight.

October 8, 2024

October 8, 2024

::::  It is time to meal plan for the next two weeks again and I do quite enjoy this part of looking through cookbooks and finding recipes to try.  However, it hasn't been as easy as of late, due to the picky eaters, cost of groceries and my new way of eating, but I try to find recipes I think look good and can be adapted for my needs.

October 8, 2024

::::  With 3 acres of property, mowing is a constant.  The yards are not lush like they usually are, due to the heat wave we had over the summer, but slowly as the temperatures drop and we get morning dew on the grass, it's starting to turn green again.


October 8, 2024

:::: Little bits of Autumn showing up all over the house.  I don't go all out, not because I don't like it, but I just don't want to go out and waste money on decorations, so I use the few that I have saved from year to year, and just move them around in different rooms.  Something I may have used in a living room a year prior, will now show up in my kitchen, or dining room.

October 8, 2024

October 8, 2024

::::  When the chores are done, I usually have the afternoon free to do whatever I want, such as reading or crocheting.  When first married, I would have a hard time trying to fit in any of my hobbies into my busy day, then one day I read somewhere, on an old blog which I think is actually no longer online, that you should add those fun activities into your routine.

That is what I started doing.  They were no longer just a "well if I have a spare minute I can read a little".

I added them to my schedule and now it's just part of my life.  Every day I try to do something that brings me joy, and believe me, it helps so much especially on those days that we are not feeling it.  There are days that we are overwhelmed, stressed, or going through a difficult situation.  It's easy to stay stuck in that moment, but doing something that you love, helps.  A.lot!

So if you are a new wife or mom, make sure you're adding in time for yourself in the busy schedule.  We have to take care of ourselves too, in order to be able to take care of everyone else around us.  

That's probably one of the best advice I can give to you.  Don't forget yourself in the middle of all the other responsibilities.  Do that crochet, read that book, watch that show or movie.  You deserve it!

I hope you enjoyed sharing my day with me, and if you've made it all the way to the end of this post, thank you for sticking around.  🧡

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 9 }

 
 
 
 
Day 9
Pray that your husband handle finances wisely, will have discernment concerning budgeting and investments, and will be a good steward of his money in regard to giving to the Lord’s work. Pray that money will not become a source of discord in your family. (Prov. 23:4-5; Rom. 12:13; Heb. 13:5)



Proverbs 23

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
have the wisdom to show restraint.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

Romans 12:13 (New International Version)

13Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version)

5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 8 }

 
 
 
Day 8
 
Pray that your husband will work hard to provide for your family, to the best of his ability. Pray that the character qualities necessary for a successful career and ministry will be a growing part of his character—persistence, decisiveness, strength, an analytical mind, organizational skills, positive relationships with people, determination, etc. (Rom. 12:11; 1 Cor. 15:58 )



Romans 12:6

6Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

1 Corinthians 15:58


58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (B)the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

 

Monday, October 07, 2024

{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 10/07/2024 }

Good morning, welcome back :)

I hope you've all had a good weekend, and I wish you all a very blessed week ahead.  I don't have much to ramble on about today, so I thought it best to just say hello and get right on with our post. 


 
 
 
*** The weather in my neck of the woods*** 
Still staying in the 90s, and though I wish it was lower temperatures, I will take these over triple digits.  
 
Monday - Sunny, 90
Tuesday - Sunny, 92
Wednesday - Sunny, 93
Thursday - Mostly Sunny, 95
Friday - Mostly Sunny, 94
Saturday - Sunny, 97 
Sunday - Sunny, 95
 
 
 *** Things that make me happy ***
Books....reading, browsing, sitting at the library surrounded by them. 
I do have a Kindle and do read on it sometimes, but nothing beats a physical book for me.
 
 
*** Book I'm reading *** 
Finished both The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen and Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson. Also finished the second book in the Rae Carson Trilogy, so the second book after Walk on Earth a Stranger, and am well into the third and last.  Took this weekend off to catch up on my reading, and I can't tell you how much I love just sitting down on a quiet afternoon, with a hot cup of tea and reading a good book.

So, at the moment, I'm reading Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson.

Also, still in Joshua in the Bible.
 
 
*** What's on my tv today *** 
Vlogtober Videos on YouTube.
Christian Videos by some of my favorite prophets, on Rumble. 
 
 
*** On the breakfast plate *** 
Had a cup of coffee with 2% milk and a bowl of my fresh granola, that I prepared last night.   
 
 
*** On the lunch plate *** 
Not sure, I am not really very hungry today.  But, it will probably be a salad, a smoothie or a yogurt.     
 
 
*** On the dinner plate *** 
Baked Greek Yogurt Chicken, Basmati Rice, Zucchini in Tomato Sauce.
 
 
*** On the menu *** 
Will be starting the new meal plan on Wednesday, so as always, there are only meals until then.  

Monday
Baked Greek Yogurt Chicken, Basmati Rice, Zucchini in Tomato Sauce
Tuesday 
Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Salad
Wednesday 

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday


 
*** On my to do list *** 
Meal plan, budget and grocery list.
Usual cleaning.
Bible reading, devotional.

 
*** New Recipe I tried or want to try *** 
Tonight's recipe is a new one I haven't made before.  It is the Baked Greek Yogurt Chicken.  The recipe is from Silk Road Recipes

 
 
*** What I am creating ***
Just working on the Granny Fall Blanket, and also did a few rows on the Nordic Winter Afghan, which I am trying really hard to finish as soon as possible.

 
*** No words needed (favorite photo or picture) *** 
I've been looking back on my blog, quite a lot this past week.  I love going back in time and reading my posts, seeing what we were doing.  I came across this gorgeous photo of my Yarn Along, when I was working on making my first Blooming Pillow ♥    
 
 Yarn Along Sept 28, 2011
 
 
*** Devotional, Prayers, Bible Verses *** 
My prayers are still very much focused on the devastation from Hurricane Helene, but now also adding in Hurricane Milton which is on track to hit Florida again by Wednesday.  Please pray! 



{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 7 }

 
 
Day 7
Pray that your husband will safeguard his heart against inappropriate relationships with the opposite sex. Pray that his heart will be pure and undivided in his commitment to you. (Prov. 6:23-24, 26; Rom. 13:14)



Proverbs 6:23-24


23For he commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Proverbs 6:26 (New American Standard Bible)


26
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.



Romans 13:14 (New American Standard Bible)

14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. 

Sunday, October 06, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 6 }


 
 
 Day 6
 
Pray that your husband will love righteousness and hate wickedness, especially the evils of the culture. Pray that he will recognize and avoid wickedness in his own life, and if necessary, take a clear, strong stand against evil. (Prov. 27:12; John 17:15; 1 Cor. 10:12-13)



Proverbs 27:12 (New International Version)

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

John 17:15 (New International Version)

15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (New International Version)

12So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Saturday, October 05, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 5 }

 
 
 Day 5
 
Pray that your husband will be faithful to his wedding vows. Pray that he will have a desire to cultivate your relationship as a sign of his loyalty and commitment to you, and as a picture of Christ’s love for the Church. (Prov. 20:6; Gen. 2:24)



Proverbs 20

6Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a trustworthy man?

Genesis 2:24 (New American Standard Bible)

24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Friday, October 04, 2024

{ 31 Days of Prayer for my Husband - Day 4 }

 
 
 
 Day 4
 
Pray that your husband will grow in leadership skills in your relationship—protecting and providing for you. Pray that he will lead you wisely and love you sacrificially, so that God will be glorified in your marriage. (Eph. 5:25-29; Col. 3:19)



Ephesians 5:25-29 (New King James Version)

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

Colossians 3:19 (New King James Version)

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

Thursday, October 03, 2024

{ Restocking the freezer and random thoughts }

October 2, 2024

 
Do you ever just have random thoughts of missing specific things or times in your life?  I do, quite often. 

Sometimes they are about family members or times in my life, my kids being little, childhood memories, things we used to do and so on.  One of the thoughts that was running through my mind, as simplistic as it may seem, was the days I would go to the library and come back home hauling tons of books.

I used to share the hauls on here all the time, and show you everything I had gotten and was reading.  As the years moved on, I began going less and less to the library and then just stopped altogether.  I had a Kindle, I had shelves full of books to read, and trips to the library seemed kind of pointless.

But it's something I dearly miss, like really, really miss.

I think I may need to do a library run this weekend, when I'm at the gym on base.  
 

October 2, 2024

At times I have said that my life has changed so much, and things are all different.  But then I look through my old blog posts and realize that, it kind of hasn't.  I still strive to lead a very simplistic, quiet, homey kind of life.  I am a true homemaker, down to the deepest depths of my soul, and it brings so much joy.  I can't imagine being or doing anything else.

It's funny how sometimes I look at my house now, and even though it's a completely different house, in a different state and under different circumstances, some areas look exactly the same.

Take this picture below for instance.  I look at it and immediately think of my old kitchen on base, at Luke in Arizona.  The stoves are different of course, the one on base was gas which I LOVE, but still, it gives me the same kind of vibes.

I think because no matter where we move to, the person and the way of decorating is still the same, it doesn't change, so it ends up just melding all together.  I personally love it, because it feels like anytime I miss my old little base house, I can just look at my kitchen now and be transported back in time.

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

 
The past few days I have been doing my usual homemaking, but also moving some things back and forth, as always.  No matter how much I think I have something in a spot that I think works best, eventually, as time moves on, I realize it's not working for me and my needs, so I move things around again, hoping to find the right configuration, so to speak.

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

Favorite meals have been made and enjoyed, and fresh bread has been baked to refill the freezer.  I love having french bread in there for pizzas, garlic bread or subs.  I don't eat bread as much as I used to, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the family can't still enjoy it right?

I am pretty sure I've shared the recipe here before, but if I haven't and you want it, let me know and I'll share it next time.

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

As I've refilled the freezer, I have also been refilling my soul with the Lord's word.  It feels so strange to me when I go a day without reading my Bible.  I feel that it helps me get through the day and face anything that may cause me stress of any kind.  Leaning into Him and letting Him guide my steps, is the only way to live, because when I try to take control, things seem to go haywire.  It's inevitable!

I am a bit tired today, I had a hard time falling asleep last night and then kept waking up throughout, so I'm kind of dragging myself a round a bit.  I don't feel like doing anything, I have zero motivation or energy, but I did force myself to get my 15 minute workout in, so at least there's that.

October 2, 2024

I will have to get dinner started in about an hour, so for now I am going to catch up on some Vlogtober videos on Youtube or maybe read a little in my book.  I keep yawning though so it may just happen that I conk off on the couch (I hope not, but you never know).

The house is very quiet, everyone is at work, and the fur babies are asleep.  Kaia is on the couch sleeping and Elliott is by the back door napping on the floor.  It's the perfect temperature in the house, and in the distance I can hear the turtle filter running in the office.  This is why I say that I may just fall asleep, and maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to listen to my body and do what it tells me.  If it says I'm tired and need a power nap, then maybe that is what I need.

Anyway, I'm hopping off here.  Have a blessed day!