daybook 9/7/2011

 

 

FOR TODAY  

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

 

Outside my window...

Clear skies and sunshine… Crisp, sunny days and cool nights = I love fall!

 

I am thinking…

about my lengthy To Do List  :p

 

I am thankful to God …

for this beautiful weather!

for the newest member of our family… Luci Lou

for good friends who come for a holiday get-together and work with us.

(grinding beef -- and their boys helped stack the last of the hay into the barn loft) 

 

I am praying for...

… Amber & her family ~ her dad passed away recently after his battle with cancer. 

… Amber’s friend Kari

… a friend of Conny’s ~ Lilah is a newborn baby with spina bifida

… Hiromi in Japan (near the Fukushima nuclear plant) 

… Ethan and his twin sister.  See Sara’s blog.  Such a sweet testimony of God’s goodness, and such a need for His provision of health.  Recently huge blessings of answers to prayer!  The bone marrow transplant has been put off because he doesn’t need it now!

... the Rettigs & the church in Prague ~ another Bible Night on September 18 in Vlassim!  And looking at a new location for their Prague church to meet.

… the sale of my mother-in-law’s home

… Grant S.

… Cinnamon ~ her Army hubby is HOME from Afghanistan, her Marine son is IN Afghanistan!

… Amy W., a young wife/mom with cancer

… Sarita & Jeff need visas for their return to Israel

… folks in Joplin, MO, and along the Missouri River ~ so hard hit with tornadoes and flooding this year

… the A Family, on furlough from their field of ministry

… Lea’s dad ~ in the midst of a serious health crisis

… Kari’s dad ~ had triple by-pass surgery in June 

… Rachel ~ Please pray for her, and follow her blog ~ Finding Joy.  The name says it well.  But she's in major pain right now with an aggravated shoulder injury or something ~ The docs prescribed therapy for now.

… for direction for our church, for our family

… Laura

… and especially marriages ~ meant to last a lifetime

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:7

 

From the learning rooms...

It is Crunch Time for the leftovers of Spanish 1 and English 11.  The dvds must go back next week!

 

From the kitchen...

Today ~ beef veggie soup (and fresh bread?)

Previously…. the kids received some cute sugar cookies from their adopted grandma

Monday we put about 7 ‘gallons’ of Judge meat through a grinder ~ with a lot of help from our friends. 

                

And then I remembered to look in the other freezer  :p

 

I am creating...

gifts  : )  I wrapped up a baby gift, and I put together a recipe book for Tim’s niece who’s getting married next month ~

 

I am going...

to start the bread before I start into bookkeeping duties.  Early supper tonight!

 

I am {supposed to be} reading...

for a summer Sunday school class ~ Choosing Forgiveness by Nancy Leigh DeMoss ~ Yeah, it’s past time to be done with this one!  ;-)

 

But instead I get sidetracked with books from the library…  Thought I’d read just one, then discovered it had a sequel!  The first is about children with Fragile X Syndrome…

  

 

And while in the biography section last week, this author’s name sounded familiar ~ and the first book was hilarious (mostly), so I picked up another yesterday…

  

 

I am hoping...

to win one of the several give-aways I’ve entered lately ~ a couple of them I’d give away to family members, so I’m not completely selfish… not quite.  ha.

 

I am hearing...

humming …in harmony  : )

espanol

 

Around the house...

I think the last of the hay laundry (and related vacuuming) is done!  woot woot!  I wonder if I’ll remember this next year when I think Tim should bale small squares instead of large round bales.  hmmm.

 

One of my favorite things...

the smell of fresh hay ~ small square bales are the best for that joy!  ;-)

 

Pondering these words...

“Nature has some perfections to show that she is the image of God, and some defects to show that she is only His image.”

~ Blaise Pascal

quoted in On Sparrow Hill

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“Everything we do, no matter how noble the cause, if it isn’t to please God, is done to please ourselves.”
~The Organized Homeschooler by Vicki Caruana

Read more at Raising Arrows. 

 

A few plans for the rest of the week:

Wednesday eve ~ church

Thursday ~ UNFI delivery, Berry Patch?? for raspberries and apples, more groceries from Sam’s… and Kate has her first violin lesson of the season.

Friday ~ Salsa batch #2?  and monthly financial reports for Sunday

Saturday ~ Yay, it’s EVERYone’s turn at the chiropractor!

Remembering 9/11.

((Kate’s 18th birthday on Monday!!!))

 

Here is a picture for thought...

Peaches was not happy when Luci the dog came home with us on Sunday.

 

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Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord,

that thou fulfil it.

Colossians 4:17

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