Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Funny email I got today



WHY 
GOD MADE MOMS
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1.  She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2.  Mostly to clean the house.
3.  To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1.  He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2.  Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3.  God made my mom just the same like he made me.  He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of?
1.  God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2.  They had to get their start from men's bones.  Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1.  We're related.
2.  God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mom like me.
What kind of a little girl was your mom?
1.  My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2.  I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3.  They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1.  His last name.
2.  She had to know his background.  Like is he a crook?  Does he get drunk on beer?
3.  Does he make at least $800 a year?  Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1.  My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world.  And my mom eats a lot.
2.  She got too old to do anything else with him.
3.  My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1.  Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2.  Mom.  You can tell by room inspection.  She sees the stuff under the bed.
3.  I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms and dads?
1.  Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2.  Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3.  Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.
4.  Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1.  Mothers don't do spare time.
2.  To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1.  On the inside she's already perfect.  Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2.  Diet.  You know, her hair.  I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1.  She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean.  I'd get rid of that.
2.  I'd make my mom smarter.  Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.
3.  I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

Daylilies


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Return to A Southern  Daydreamer and  more  Outdoor Wednesday!  
  It is day lily time in our  area


  and  I love their faithful apperance!!

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 Just a glance out of my  office window reveals  a  glimmer of day lilies...

   but  as I wander outside  they become much more prominent


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   and at a closer look!!
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and I'm not the only one who loves  them it appears!
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Freedom




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Let us celebrate and  adhere to our God-given freedoms in the coming week!!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Refresher on Ice


Visit Bunny Jean  for this fun  weekly party!!!!
  One of the  favorite  recipes I have  enjoyed  this summer  with  its  unyielding heat and  humidity is  something I put together  following reading  
Dr. Oz's  article in Woman's World magazine about the benefits of white and green tea ...   the antioxidants and    benefits  in  cutting the appetite  and for  digestion... really caught my attention...  Also,  the tea Pureh   is one that I am still trying to locate in my health food store... 
  Anyway  our local grocer  has  all  my  other immediate needs for creating the  most  wonderfully refrshing     iced tea....  and each  time I make it  I  try it  a bit differently.. 
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I always begin with my glass 8 cup measure filled with water for the microwave.... then I add 2 white tea bags, 2 green tea bags,... then I start adding from my stash of teas.... for I know I need to use them up and replenish my hot teas before cold weather anyway...

so usually add a couple of roobios, and then a blackberry, or a lemon.\,  or a Winter spice, just whatever catches my fancy... . I try to have about 8-10 tea bags in... I set the microwave for 7:30 and then after it heats up I allow it to steep about 5 minutes, I add 3/4 c sweetner or 3/4 sugar depending on who my guests are.... My husband doesnt like sweetner... and I add it to my pitcher... It generally will fill the pitcher so I dont add any water.... I will add about 1/4 c lemon juice and some cut up lemons.... and refrigerate... this has been a huge hit everytime I have served it and it is so very refreshing! I love how each different type of extra tea will add just a bit of zing...but it is very encouraging to know that the green and white tea is so very good for the body!

Tabletop Tuesday



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 Even as the  temperatures heat up in summer,  here in Virginia,  my decor   wants to cool down and  lighten up!!..   Since  my decor is Olde World  it is  a difficult thing to do to lighten up!!
  One way  is  in the  floral  table dressings, and of course, the  colors...
  By  our daughter's wedding  photo,  I have chosen a daisy  arrangement... I love the airiness and  delicacy of it!!!

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  In the dining room, the hutch  is accenting the  whites and  lighter shades as well!
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  The angels  bless me   right now,   their messages  for me, remind me to   lighten  the load of a heavy heart and stay focused on things from above!!!!
   My sheep reminds me  that  I am   a    lamb in the flock of the Lord...  Christ is my loving, and caring Shepherd!!!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Delightsome Rest


A Delightsome Life
Kathy of   The Delightsome Life  hosts this  beautiful theme each week...      today    Kathy  shared  a wonderful  listing of  scriptures that  help to bind our hearts in communion and fellowship with the living God,  especially  as w e begin a new week, and attempt   put  the previous   excitements,  disappointments, frets, and    busy-ness  behind us....  to  find our peace,  our serenity, in  the One who loves us most and best,   our Father, Abba, in heaven...  
  I love that....     and it makes me  sit back and put my  Monday into perspective!
  Lately,  our  main purpose in life has been  taking care of  my Mom and Dad  
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who a re living in  Assisted living now...
 the  finances,  the  insurance,  medical concerns,    their laundry, 
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 getting their home cleared out and  ready to sell...   

everyday is a new challenge...  and  this weekend it  was  regarding  their automobile...   should we  sell  or keep it...  this weekend  we thought we had a buyer  but they wanted  the  cosmetic  concerns  negotiated and we needed to have estimates....so today we  were out all day    trying to get them...   so many    obstacles...  then  so much  money  for  the little  things that needed doing....   the balancing act we were trying to achieve  was  tumbling around us....      our  minds  were   filled  way past capacity of  frets, and concerns, and  figures, and  questions.... and with  more  appointments tomorrow ... 
  we  decided to just  take a drive   through the country... 
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 in the mountains with the  windows down, and the wind  blowing away the cobwebs.... 
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   What a glorious day  the Lord provided for us.... 
  clear,    breezy,     bright,   the  air so clear and  fresh!!!



I breathed  deeply  and  began to put put  trust and faith in the one who  created it all!   Who was  still in control,  holding all things together....  who knew all things, especially,  exactly, what we were  going through and had a plan laid out for us if we would but  trust Him to pave the way....
we  arrived  home  this evening  tired    but not    disheartened...   we still had questions   but soon  the answer came!
  The answering machine  told us  the  buyers  had  rescinded their offer...  and I realized immediately  that I was thrilled...   
because I know now it isn't the time to sell,,,  and  I think I don't even want to sell...  What peace comes knowing that  God  knew all along  what we needed and even though we may jump through hoops of our own making....   in the end,,, we will have God's perspective and then  we have  His gospel rest!  I thank Kathy for her timely  post on  resting  in the Lord....  and I especially  praise the Lord  for  plying His  Truth in our lives and  always  providing  the answers and the needs  if we will  but  put our trust in Him!   Tomorrow  when  I  keep my appointments  it will be  with a fresh perspective... one that will  be  a blessing instead of a problematic  situation!
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  When  we have God at the helm, of our life,  and we   purpose to  give up the reins of control,     we  do find  a delightsome  peace and  purpose  that   surpasses all understanding !
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but  mainly  with  the Word of the Lord  refreshing and transforming my mind  that I may ever remain in His rest!!!
Also  posting on


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 Martha's Teacup Tuesday



Blue-tification


I am  sharing on Blue Monday  with Smiling Sally!

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 Hydrangea season inspires me to  blue-tify  my home....   it is  so cooling and refreshing after  the  heavier hues...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

God Bless America


Pink Saturday

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Happy Pink Saturday!


God Bless America
I am    starting  today  with a tribute to our nation's  fine history and our God given  national heritage  given to us by our Founding Fathers in  celebration  for our upcoming    National  observance , the Fourth of July ... I am so    convicted  of this  because of  the  major importance  of this  fall's election...  whereby, the very   fabric of  who we are and have always been as a nation  may  be in serious  jeopardy...
  I am thinking first of  all,   of the father of  our country... George Washington....  A  man of great  conviction and    a prime example to us all in  so many areas of his life...    I love this  painting of him  walking  in the garden with his   step children...  I can imagine him  using this special time together  instilling  the  high prinicples of  living  to them....
 Perhaps he  was  telling them.  
" It is the duty of all peoples of every nation  to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits,  and humbly ask his   protection and favors"
   
George Washington at Mount Vernon With Eleanor (Nelly) and George
Ever  a man of  the   who  set the highest standards of living  for himself, even as a youth he  wrote a journal of  ettiquette and rules  for living...   he was disciplined  , yet  so gracious...and  ever the family man  even as he was a man of the people.
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Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863 – 1930, American)


One might have heard him utter,




"Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."
or 
"Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

and most assuredly, 

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother." 

But above all, Im sure that his family heard him pray...


"I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation."

Oh, we have drifted so far from these happy and powerful sentiments as nation...

I encourage all who have read this post to begin praying fervently throughout this election cycle for a return to godly principles and a spiritual revival that is so desperately needed!
  

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Blue Mood


  I am all out of wack this week...   just  getting over   my  viral sinus  problems,,,  and   splitting my time  between home,   my mom's  house  getting it  cleaned out, painted, and ready   to sell, and  visiting with my parents in Assisted Living...   Sometimes I dont know if Im coming or going...   but  yesterday it was  just good to  stay home and  get  ready for  my dear friends today!...  My house  really needed a bit of attention!
 I have posted that I was inspired by cooling blues...  and  
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  So  I  tried to allow the blue to spill out of the dining room and into  the living room a s well!
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Robin's egg blue  silk pillows on the sofa ,  
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  and an arrangement of  silk hydrangea on the floor by the fireplace 
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the Jim Shore angel collection on the bookcase
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 all add just the touch of blue to the room to  bring a bit of  coolness to the mood!
 I am also sharing on  
  Home  Sweet Home Friday
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Show and Tell Friday 


Feathered Nest Friday 

Soup Glasses


A Delightsome Life
This is the third Thursday of June   which means it is thrifting week at The Delightsome Life where Kathy hosts this  wonderful    theme  each week.
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Previously I shared about  preparing for  my luncheon I had today....   and I was so inspired by the   wonderful  recipes  in  Tea Time magazine... when I saw the gazpacho  recipe    which I shared in the previous  post,  I  knew that would  be just the thing to take the heat off  our  visit!!   In the  first photo you  met  my dear friends, Dottie, Judy, Lynne, and Colleen!  and if you look closely,  you'll see our gazpacho, first course!...    But as I was  mixing up  the delightful  mixture,     I was thinking...  what one earth will I serve them in!
 I needed dainty  bowls,  or  glasses,  but alas, I had nothing...  then I remembered as I have been  dispensing with my mom's household  and  preparing their home for sale, I had cleared out her china cupboard and found 6 champagne glasses  that I had laid  aside for  an estate sale.... I hurriedly  sent  my hubby over to retrieve them...  and they were the perfect  serving size!!!
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  Now  how  thrifty is that... free!!!   Now that isnt likely to happen to me anytime soon!     For me now  because I love  gazpacho so much, I need to keep these glasses....  I  now need to find  storage space for them...   That will come at a dear price, ...... I  need  storage space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

Sista Luncheon

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It's Thursday,  and today  I  have been so privileged to  host my dear prayer sista's  for luncheon...

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I am also  sharing on  Favorite Things Thursday..  because nothing  is more  fun to me than  that!!!

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Of course, this still being hydrangea season,  I  cut some  lovely blossoms  this morning  and mixed in some  store bought white  mums  to  give an effect of daisies....  as I was  inspired by my  table topper I decorated with  blue  white, and yellow... very cheery indeed!
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  It is so hot and humid here today, the cool blues were a  refreshing respite...
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My white  South Hampton  china from Mikasa    on  alternating yellow and blue mats   suited the occasion.
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I never tire of my  Zwilling J.A. Henckles, Vintage  1876
 stainless...   the quality, patina, and  weightiness of it  is timeless..!!
   
It  goes with  everything, every occasion!
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When the ladies  first entered the dining room,     there was a collective, "ah,",,   the  cooling atmosphere   and tone of the  setting  was just so  right for  the hot morning..
To begin our  luncheon  I  was a delighted to serve  a new  recipe  for me....
  Ice cold gazpacho



3 cups spicy vegetable juice

1/3 cup chopped Roma tomatoes (approximately 3)

1 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 cup chopped green bell pepper

1/2 cup seeded and chopped cucumber

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

 • In the work bowl of a food processor, combine 1 cup vegetable juice, tomatoes, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, cucumber, 

onion, cilantro, and garlic. Process to desired consistency.

Repeat with remaining juice and vegetables.

• Add lemon juice, Worcestershire, and hot pepper sauce. Cover,

and refrigerate for 4 hours.
I had received this recipe in an email from Tea Time magazine this week .. and inside that was a huge listing of wonderful tea party recipes found here,
and it was very simple to pull together this morning!!
I wish I had taken a photo of my salad... but things got so exciting I forgot... heheheh. but now that the fresh basil is so prolific I made a sliced tomato, fresh sliced mozzarella, and cut up fresh basil salad.. and I baked a loaf of tuscan bread served with creamery butter,, while the gals provided Chic Filet's chicken strips, slaw, and a fresh fruit bowl, and a most decadent chocolate pie from Marie Callendar! Might I add, a great time was had by all!!!!!!!!!!!







Farewell

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