Home & Homestead Living
Vicki, 2 Bags Full, has opened up the sign-up for her Grow Your Blog Party. The party is January 19, 2013 and sign up is here. I’m joining in and will give away three gifts…to be announced later. Just thought you’d like to know -smile-! Blessings ~ Vicki ~ Grow Your Blog Party ~ gifts ~
You’ve got jumper cables…right? Jumper cables have always been a staple in my vehicles, even when said vehicles are newish or with low mileage. You never know when you can do someone a kindness by using cables to jump start their car battery. Since April, I’ve run the car battery down twice; stupid mistake but it happens. The first…
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“…there is a future for the man of peace.” ~ Psalm 37:37 ~ “God send that there may be an end at last; God send that there may be peace again. God in heaven send us peace.” ~ Diary of Hartich Sherk, a peasant ~ “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” ~…
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I’m voting against Mr. Obama. Blessings ~ the right to vote ~ wisdom ~ USA ~
MKC wrote Three Against the Dark, aka TAD, a few years ago and now wants the sales proceeds to go towards folks who are adopting children. Specifically, children in the Pleven Orphanage in Bulgaria. Pleven is the largest orphanage in Bulgaria and MK wrote about Katie, a girl adopted from Pleven. Katie was adopted by the Mussers, who wrote about…
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“My soul is weary with sorrow, strengthen me according to your word.” ~ Psalm 119:28 ~ “Better lose your life than your soul.” ~ Lousia May Alcott ~ “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” ~ C. S. Lewis ~ “Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the…
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Vicki, at 2 Bags Full, is hosting The Pink Scarf Project, about which she says, “To bring a smile to the face of a woman who is fighting her own battle with breast cancer.” Vicki asks us to either make or buy a scarf for donation. The scarf should be mailed to: “Pink Scarf Project” 311 West Main Street Grayson,…
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While walking down the street one day, a corrupt Senator -redundant!- was hit by a car and died. St. Peter meets the soul of the Senator at the Pearly Gates. “Welcome to Heaven,” said St. Peter, “but we have a problem. We seldom see elected officials and we’re not quite sure what to do with you.” The Senator responds, “Not a…
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~ Sadie, licking her chops ~ ~ 1 pound sharp cheddar cheese ~ ~ Mineral oil, lubricant laxative ~ ~ Rural Journal ~ Blessings ~ a pretty day ~
~ Miss Lily ~ Today, Patrice of Everyday Ruralty, is hosting her Chats on the Farmhouse Porch; I’m playing along. 1. Who do you look like in your family? Used to be, I looked like Sam P. Spade; we both have had…which is it?…blonde hair which was is…which is it?…usually rather unkempt. Mine because I forget to brush it, except…
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“May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us establish the work of our hands for us- establish the work of our hands.” ~ Psalm 90:17 ~ “When I am assailed with heavy tribulations, I rush out among my pigs rather than remain alone by myself. The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you…
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