Menu Monday

 

 

Monday-  Chicken Apple Sausages, Fried Potatoes with pepper and onions, Fried Apples

Tuesday-  Grilled Roasted Chicken, Grilled Potato, Corn on cob, asparagus

Wednesday-  Waffles, Scrambled eggs with cheese, Patty sausage

Thursday-  Dinner at friends house

Friday-  Hot dogs, Macaroni salad, Broccoli Salad

Saturday-  College graduation party at church...dinner undecided!

Sunday-  Grilled, roasted pork loin,  Mashed potatoes, Gravy,Creamed corn, Wilted Spinach Salad

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School is done for the day.  We worked on Q and number review.  I need to clean up the house, put away laundry and clear off the dining room table.  (It has the leftover tea things that I didn't get put away yesterday.)  If I feel up to it I'll try to post recipes either today or tomorrow.  I am pretty tired after my party weekend!

 

5-4-3-2-1 BLASTOFF!

 

Rockets, Rockets, Everywhere!

(Chris and Beth)

 Blastoff SONG

Somewhere in outer space
God has prepared a place
For those who trust Him and obey
Jesus will come again
And though we don't know when
The countdown's getting lower every day.

(#2 son wwaayyy back there!)

**CHORUS*: 10 and 9, 8 and 7, 6 and 5 and 4,
Call upon the Savior while you may,
3 and 2, coming through the clouds in bright array
The countdown's getting lower every day.

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
BLAST OFF!

( blast off! )

Jesus was crucified, suffered and bled he died,
But on the cross He did not stay
He made this promise true, I will come back for you,
The countdown's getting lower every day.

*CHORUS*

 

(my manly man, #1 and #2 son and Chris)

Soon will the trumpet sound, and we’ll rise off the ground
With Christ forever will we be
Children where will you be, throughout eternity?
The countdown’s getting lower everyday!

*CHORUS*

John 14:3   "And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again,

and receive you unto myself;

that where I am,

there ye may be also. "

FUN, FUN, FUN

 

It's a Hospitali-TEA!

 

 

 

 

Hospitali-TEA Devotion

 

Hebrews 13: 1-2

 

“Let brotherly love continue.  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

 

Stranger = unfamiliar person, someone whom somebody does not know

 

All through the word of God we are encouraged to be mindful of our neighbors. Half of the Ten Commandments are written about our relationships with others.

 

to Entertain, is to be Hospitable, Kind

 

…some have entertained angels unawares… that statement implies that we may not know the people we are entertaining.  As a Christian this is a fruit that we should be growing for Christ.

 

The New Testament is full of verses to encourage us to get to know our neighbors.

 

 

Romans 12:13

“ given to hospitality”

 

1 Tim. 3:2

 

“given to hospitality,”

 

Titus 1:8

 

“…a lover of hospitality,”

 

1 Peter 4:8-9

 

“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.”

 

By showing hospitality we can turn the strangers into friends!

 

By being hospitable with one another we can~

grow friendships

pray specifically for one another

encourage one another with nuggets from God’s word

and so much more…

 

 

Some folks are blessed with the gift of hospitality.  Others have to put forth more time and effort into planning hospitality. 

 

Here are just a few ideas for some planned hospitality~

firepit fellowships

desserts and games

barbecues

Sunday dinners

ice cream parties

quiet lunches

 

So I will close this devotion out by repeating that verse from Hebrews…

Hebrews 13: 1-2

 

“Let brotherly love continue.  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

 

 

 

 

I had a great time hosting this ladies fellowship.  My sweet friend Sharon and her husband Chris were able to help  my husband and children in setting our tables up.  Sharon was a huge blessing in helping me get all the food laid out.  All the ladies in attendance said they had a great time.

 

We enoyed three flavors of hot tea, peach iced tea, Moka Java coffee and all the food I brought for tea.  I gave the ladies a Miss Manners Quiz that I formulated.  We had a teacup beauty contest and we did a "TEA" word search puzzle.  I also had some tea trivia I read to the ladies.  Did you know that bathing your feet in a bath of tea helps get rid of smelly feet?  My favorite item on the menu was the turkey salad croissants.  I'll have to post a few recipes this week!

 

 

 

Thursday

 

For Today...

Outside my window... It's a quiet morning around here.  Even outside.

I am thinking... About my TEA on Saturday.  I wonder what the turnout will be.  Church was pretty sparse last night.  Lots of families on vacation.  Here is my menu:  Turkey salad on croissants,  Roast Beef with spicy horseradish sauce on white bread, Cucumber on dark rye, Strawberry cream scones with clotted cream and lemon curd, Chocolate Almond brownies, Peanut butter snowballs, Lemon Blossoms, chocolate dipped strawberries, and 3 different hot teas and peach sweet iced tea.

From the learning rooms... Q and R number reviews and library trips, bead crafts, bike riding playing hard.

I am thankful for... I am thankful I can cook!

From the kitchen... Taco Salad tonight!

I am wearing... Jammies!

But I am thinking about this dress for my anniversary cruise

((I also love this blouse...))

I am reading... Mysteries of course.  A new one starts tonight!

I am hoping... to hear reports of answered prayers, mine and others...

I am creating... I will be cooking in force tomorrow for the tea.  I bought some watch faces on the internet in gold colors.  They look great with orange beads.  Next week I'll post some more pictures of them.  I think one will be a prize for the teacup beauty contest at the TEA.

I am praying... for so much and so many.  God is so good to hear me!

Around the house... Looking forward to a good thunderstorm that doesn't happen in the middle of the night and watching some fireflies!

One of my favorite things... Fishing, Camping, camp food, campfires...aahhh...

A few plans for the rest of the week... Going to Sam's Club tonight with my manly man to get bread and strawberries for Saturday's TEA.  We are going to launch model rockets Saturday afternoon with our friends Chris and Sharon. 

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

((A picture from our trip to New Hampshire a few weeks ago.))

Have a great day Friends!

I Forgot!!

 

I forgot,

 yes a slip from my brilliant mind...

completely and totally forgot...

How could I forget(??)...

after all the news is

TOTALLY

Fantastic!!

For our 20th wedding anniversary we decided to take a 7-night Mediterranean Cruise!  We are so excited that we get to go on this adventure ALONE together as a couple!  We'll be leaving here sometime around October 1st and returning around the 14th.  Our anniversary is September 30th!

01	Barcelona, Spain	---	7:00 PM
02	At sea	---	---
03	Valletta, Malta	8:00 AM	3:00 PM
04	Naples, Italy	8:00 AM	7:00 PM
05	Civitavecchia, Italy	7:00 AM	7:00 PM
06	Livorno, Italy (Florence)	7:00 AM	7:00 PM
07	Cannes, France	7:00 AM	3:00 PM
08	Barcelona, Spain -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I just had to share the exciting news with everyone!

 

Monday

Menu Monday

Monday-  Orange Roughy, Rice Pilaf, Green salad

Tuesday-  Barbecue Pork Sandwiches, barbecue grilled potato wedges

Wednesday-  Hamburger Stroganoff, with white rice, green beans, pear salad

Thursday-  Taco Salad

Friday-  Whole Baked Chicken, mashed potatoes, green vegetable, fruit salad

Saturday-  It's my ladies Hospitali-TEA...I'll do a serperate post for this special day!

Sunday-  Waffles, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs

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The last bit of our weekend went by fast.  Today my manly man is back at work after having the last two weeks off.  He is planning on some more projects working with his asian girlfriend.  She needs a new window frame and some rust rubbed off her.  Poor thing...she must think she is neglected!

Sierra goes home sometime tomorrow.  If you could see her, you'd agree with me that she is pretty happy.  She looks like she is smiling all the time!  She plays pretty hard and sleeps great at night.  She and Banjo still do not share toys or affection very well.  They are getting along fine otherwise!

We spent the evening of the 4th just hanging out here at home.  My manly man did not have to work like he expected.  he took the boys out for some late night dairy queen and then had some fun with sparklers in our yard.

I always enjoy starting up the firepit.  We enjoyed hotdogs, beans and chips for our afternoon lunch.  I had some very good, gooey, warm s'mores for my dessert!

My plans for the rest of the week include:  Laundry today, a bit of shopping later in the week for the TEA, home school studies...and that's about it!

Have a great week!

 

 

What's Up With Us??

 

We didn't have a very imaginative week.  My manly man was home all week and we just spent it quietly at home not doing too much of any one thing in particular.

We had friends over for chicken salad lunch on Thursday.

I was able to use some of my homegrown lettuce for our salads!  This will almost finish up our lettuce.  It is overgrown and something keeps stealing my plants, roots and all! (I think it's squirrels!)  After lunch the men went and did car repair in our driveway and I crafted watches with my friend Kim.

((That is Kim with corn.)

Also on Thursday morning was #1 son's road test.  He passed!  After our company left we took him in to get his license.  He is legal now!  We just have to call our insurance and find out what it will cost to add him on.  We're kinda scared!!

Yesterday we received charge of Sierra an 85 pound chocolate lab.  We had fun wearing her out last night so she'd sleep good in a strange house.  I'll try to take more pictures of the two dogs playing together today.  She does love to play and doesn't like to share toys with Banjo!

We don't have special plans for our Independence Day celebration today.  We are going to grill some burgers later.  I am going to fill the kiddie pool for Sierra.  I'll probably also start a fire in the pit and relax.  We do have some sparklers for #2 son for later tonight!

Enjoy your weekend friends!