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Thanking God The Dishwasher Broke!

by admin on March 3, 2016 in Bits Of My Personality, Do I Call It Parenting Advice?, Domestic Damsel, Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings, People In My Heart with 1 Comment

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

~Romans 12: 9-12~ (Authorized KJV)

I recall a line from a quote, meant to be inspirational, that goes something like this, ‘be grateful for dirty dishes for they mean your family is feed’.   This little blurb has been coming to mind a lot more of late… as my dishwasher has been broken for months now.

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Singing A Song Even In Winter

by admin on January 12, 2016 in Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings, Music Flavor, People In My Heart with No comments

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

~Anne Bradstreet~

Winter entices us all to remain more in doors, and rewards us with a sense of courage when we go out.

Winter gives us all a good reason to slow down and enjoy solitude, while also giving us an opportunity to really feel loneliness if we aren’t careful how much we sit in silence.

Winter brings out child like joy at the arrival of the first snow fall, and can push the older hearts to grumble as it lingers on.

Christmas is in winter.

Christmas gives the darkest time of year a chance to shine.

The lights, the love, the community; when found Christmas warms one to the middle no matter what the thermometer reads.

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There Was An Autumn!

by admin on December 10, 2015 in Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings, The Pet with No comments

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; …

~Ecclesiastes 3:1-22~ ESV

Saying autumn was lovely is almost a given… it was lovely… and longer then usual so we enjoyed mild snowless weather right up until December.  Even now our December is not crazy snowy or crazy cold.  The kids had a great time covering the whole town on Halloween, getting too much candy and enjoying the hot chocolate and hotdogs handed out by our local seniors club.  I ran around taking as many pictures of the pretty changing leaves, as often as I could get out, and the dog (Riddick the smooth fox terrier) enjoyed the longer warm season… he hibernates come winter… poor little guy has very little fur.  School events are underway with clubs and sports for each of the kids, my man and I are enjoying our continued time spend volunteering for Spoken Word Ministries and we are all settled in to our old house actually able to await a real snowed in winter after such a good fall.

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Summer Past

by admin on September 25, 2015 in Adventure and Me, Dem Kids Sayed WHAT?, Do I Call It Parenting Advice?, Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings with 1 Comment

Ah yes summer was had by all 🙂  It was warm and delightfully slow.  We got a great big pool and the kids lived in a tent all summer long.  The ‘not so annual’ ladies tea was back on after a summer off last year and all four kids got tanned and taller.  This was also a summer of ‘not knowing’ in many areas of life.  I will touch on the most personal one pertaining to our immediate family.

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Sewing, Gummy Worms and Saving Old School Wisdom cuz It is Still Wisdom!

by admin on April 27, 2015 in Bits Of My Personality, Do I Call It Parenting Advice?, Domestic Damsel, Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Little Things, Living IN Him (year... and here on in) with No comments

We had a weekend of spring fun all planned out, soccer practice, work in the yard… and then a spring snow storm arrived bring a serious damper on our plans.  Snow storms in spring are much like a rainy day in summer, faces get pouty and moods can get antsy, thus this mom declared a crafting day!

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4 Little Kids Who Keep Loosing Their Mittens

by admin on March 8, 2015 in Adventure and Me, Domestic Damsel, Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things with No comments

 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

~1 John 4:18 (ASV)~

There are all kinds of opportunities in life to practice stepping out even when nervous, even afraid.  Faith is stepping even if afraid, fear is going backwards… limiting and restricting yourself.

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Bird Feeder, The Crafting Vlog :)

by admin on March 4, 2015 in Domestic Damsel, Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Little Things with No comments

I am pretty excited about this post 🙂 I have never vlogged before!

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The Comforts of Home

by admin on February 24, 2015 in Bits Of My Personality, Domestic Damsel, Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Little Things with 1 Comment

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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
~Jane Austen

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Feeding the Birds

by admin on February 21, 2015 in Do I Call It Parenting Advice?, Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things, The Pet with 1 Comment

My eldest son came home very excited about a school project that made a simple and quick bird feeder.  The crafting table was set up and we decided to encourage and help the little chickadees specifically.  These adorable chubby birds stay here all winter and must be hungry.

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Joyeux Noël

by admin on January 20, 2015 in Adventure and Me, Domestic Damsel, Feeling It (Thankful), Four Little Eggs In My Nest, Holiday Messages, Life Keeps Changing, Little Things, Mama Heart Mushings with 1 Comment

There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.

In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other.

Only in the winter, in the country, can you have long, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.

~Ruth Stout~

 

Our first winter here and so, of course, our first Christmas in the grand old house we call our new home.  A winter of abundant and glorious hoarfrost and many power outages.  Even Christmas morning was postponed till the power returned, after having been off most of the night, and so we started opening the presents much later in the day then children traditionally can handle.

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