Tuesday 4

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman? Tuesday 4 #4

Hosted by Ann here

Welcome to another Tuesday 4 invented by Toni Taddeo and kept in memory of her.

Do You Want to Build a Snowman is a song from the movie Frozen, but I think it would make for some great questions too.

Here we go:

1. Have you built snowmen, women or even entire families of snow people like little sister Tootie did in Meet Me in St. Louis?

Did you use a carrot for the nose? Tell us all about how it .

Below is a vintage photo from the 60's when my sweet cousins came and got snowed in at our house!

Yes, we always decked our snow friends out with funny faces made from found items. coal, rocks, carrots, buttons whatever we had at hand.Of course, we finished it all off with a hat and scarf..Dad would sometimes let us use his old pipe, too!

This is a more recent snowman made last week by my grands and their family!

I think the fun was in the rolling!

2. Are you hoping for snowmen to melt soon in hotter weather? Tell us about your favorite time of year and please let us know why you love it. List some ingredient of that season that make it special for you.

I like for the seasons to pan out just as they are scheduled to do... When spring comes, I want it to spring about for its allotted time... 

Summer is not my favorite season unless it is a mild and glorious one.. hot, humidity is not my friend! When it comes right down to it full-blown spring and autumn are my favorite seasons. I like the mild clear days of both..they both have qualities that charm me associated with the crisp air, the vibrant color, and promises they both carry... one for newness of life and one for the coming time for rest and recuperation!

3.Remember bundling up as a child? It took so long to do then you had to go potty and all those layers had to come off again!

Is dressing up something you enjoy doing ? Why?

I remember well the layers and the bundling... and we are into that a lot when we travel to Boston to see our girls.. For me,, I do not like to get too bundled.. I've always been sort of hot natured. so layering is good, but , mainly, so I can unlayer later!

4. In Frozen, the little girl desperately wants to reconnect with her sister and reminds her of the happy times of building snowmen. Are you disconnected from anyone you'd love to reunite with?

What happy times with friends and siblings brings you fond memories and smiles to you?

I am always so happy to reconnect with my cousins. I have a favorite boy cousin with whom we share such wonderful memories of being at Grandma's.. unfortunately my photos are on my old computer. 

Update: I haven’t been online because Tuesday

I went the dr and found out I have a flaming case of shingles! 

NOT FUN!!

My girls loved the film and this song so much!

Happy Homemaker Monday

Hosted by Sandra!

So this morning I beging  a new round of  physical therapy for my poor knees.  I feel a bit  daunted by this as my pain level is  about  3-4!  I will finish this post after I return. so you will receive a report on how it went!

The weather~ Sunny, but cold!

How I am feeling this morning~
I just got back from therapy and it went well. I really like my therapist and I have very high hopes it will  be  great for me and will   help restore me to  good mobility, balance and lack of pain!I feel very encouraged!

On my mind~
Our daughter and her family  have been meeting with  a travel agent  regarding a very special trip  involving us all.  This includes  purchasing flights and accommodations  this week!    This  really pushes me to do my very best in getting fit to  be able to go and  not be   a burden on anyone!

WIld Atlantic Way

On the breakfast plate
Hubs had my fruited yogurt and   delicious coffee ready for me when I came downstairs.. What a sweetheart!

On my reading pile
The book of James, in association with  an online study of James by Jen Wilken!
Community Bible Study  homework  on the book  I John chapter 2

On my TV
We are about half way through watching Virgin River again.. this time my Hubs is  watching with me.. At first he kept saying chick flick,  but now he is hooked, too!

On the menu this week
Monday ~Fish  sweet potatao fries, and slaw  
that is all that I know for sure

From the camera

Someone is hankering for a dog... I don't know who is walking who here,  but I hope when they get  their own dog,  they will start out small!

Looking around the house
Actually, Hubs has been doing a great job of keeping things picked up!

Chore I'm not looking forward to today or this week
Anything that involves standing for any length of time in one place!    OW!!!!

To relax this week, I will
Listen to some worship music and  pray   my prayer list from church! .. something I havent done  for a few days now!

On my prayer list

• Our president  for  protection, wisdom,  courage,   strength of body,  clarity
• For  our government  for  transparency,  truth,   justice,  and doing the jobs  they were sent to do!
• For those I know and don't know who are suffering with debilitating  and worse  conditions and sicknesses..  for healing,  strength,  perseverance, find the joy in their suffering.. especially my dear friend,  Jan,  who  is finishing her    chemo treatments which have been so hard,  but now faces  radiation! 
• For the mess in our General Assembly to get straightened out..  peacefully and with godly wisdom

• Traveling mercies for dear friends who are driving from Florida this week.   over a couple of days,  for safety and    strength,  alertness and  that  angels with guide them  all the days of their sojourn there.  They a re older and are needing the   climate mainly. 
• The  fires,  quakes,  the unrest around the world
• The lost in these divers places
• For God's mercy to hover over the earth  and  give  people  rest and  the  forbearance to continue  to persevere  in their trials and testings! 

Devotional/Bible Verse

A Messianic gathering in Jerusalem

Sunday Stealing

Winter questions stolen from Swap Bot

by Bev Syles, our host!



How do you get past the gray skies during winter? 

I would be terribly sad to live in an area that didn't celebrate the 4 seasons.  I love them all... and in a way winter is a favorite.. it is a time of  resting and relaxing on cold dreary days by a  warm fire,  reading,  contemplating,  reflecting..  The other seasons are so much more busy and hectic,  but grey days of winter soothe my  physical being!!

Do you like snow? Why or why not?

I would bet you couldn't find a teacher who didnt appreciate snow!  And after retirement I enjoyed them because sometimes it meant hubs stayed home with me.. Now that   we are both retired,  we love them  but  I have to restrain HUbs from getting out there so quickly to shovel... I say let nature get a chance first!   I love to watch it snow, the  heavy  blankets  pulling the  balsom branches down to the ground.   I  become  sort of a grouch sometimes, because as we do live on a hill some of the  neighboring boys would like to  sleigh down our yard.  Well, I didn't like it for two reasons.  I was horrified someone would do into the street and we'd be to blame,  but I didn't like to see my snow get   marked up.  

What are your favorite activities to do during the winter?

I  enjoyed sledding,  building snowmen,   and tramping around in the snow at home growing up.. In my vivid imagination I would   be  an artic explorer in the unknown  vastness of the  snow and ice!  But now I just love to watch it,  drink cocoas, it is a great time for me to get closer to God  as I appreciate His glorious creation!

What does a perfect winter day look like to you?

What are your favorite meals/food you enjoy eating during the winter?

Homemade soups, and chili,  large  breakfasts with sausage gravy and homemade biscuits,

 
What is your favorite winter holiday and why?

I love the Christmas, of course!  Family time,  the lights and the  smells,  

What is your favorite pizza flavor and toppings.

When we order from Dominos  we get  hand tossed,   thick crust, with  roasted red peppers, onion,  bacon or ham,   and   lots of   mozzarella

What are some items in your daily bag/ backpack. 

Purse:  wallet, lipstick,  blush,  comb, sunglasses, keys,   pen,  tablet, mints

Your favorite snacks.

Some foreign countries that you would like to visit  England, Scotland, and Ireland, again!

What things that remind you of home...

Delicious aromas from the kitchen,   summer rains,   lying on the glider reading on the porch, large fires in country fireplaces,   abundance of spring flowers and rock gardens, sheets hanging on the line

If you have one, some items from your Amazon Wish list 

A couple of  book recommendations,   a new skin product designed to help with  radically dry skin by O'Keefe

What was your favorite Christmas gift?
My husband gave me a beautiful  unexpected  gift this year that I  absolutely love.. 

my daughter gave me a wonderful book I have shared before Beholding and Becoming.

Saturday 9

Go Where Baby Lives

Welcome to Saturday: 9.

Hosted by Samantha!

Go Where Baby Lives (1957)

Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here. 

1) The lyrics tell us that the girl of his dreams lives up on a hill. Is there a hill near your home? Or is the terrain pretty flat where you are?  Our home is on a hill which extends  much farther on up behind us!

2) Another clue to her whereabouts is that she's about a mile from town. Will you be staying close to home this weekend, or will you be traveling a mile or more?  

Will be staying rather close to home for sure!

3) Sam admits she's crazy about the sax solo. Is there a particular musical instrument that you love to listen to?

Soulful piano!

4) This is the only record The Strollers made for States, a company based out of Chicago. States was only in existence for five years (1952-57) and this was the 63rd or 64 records released before they went out of business. Tell us about a business in your neighborhood that recently closed their doors.

This popular chain was  totally going strong through the 50's and 60's  and I could walk to one near my  home as a youngster.    Then as other  larger chains came into vogue one by one these neighborhood outlets  started to  fall out of favor.  Sad because everyone in the neighborhood had a  friendly  relationship with the manager  and the butcher.  I still remember Mr. Pedigo! Recently, this last remaining  dinosaur went into extinction!

5) More than 60 years after its initial release, this song enjoyed new popularity when Xfinity used it in commercials for their wifi. What company is your internet service provider? Are you happy with it?

It is our cable company and it is ok.

6) In researching this week's song, Sam googled "strollers" and was surprised to discover how many different types of baby buggies are available today. When did you most recently push a child in a stroller?

About 3 years ago  when our youngest grand daughter  rode in one!

7) In 1957, the year this song was released, President Eisenhower celebrated his second inaugural with a parade featuring more than 50 marching bands. The mercury never quite reached 45º that day. How's the weather outside your front door?

Sunny, blustery and in the 40's.

8) One of the best-selling books of 1957 was Peyton Place. This steamy saga of small town life launched two films, two television series, and several made-for-tv movies. Is there a book that you enjoyed that was successfully turned to a movie?

I was so happy to see a favored book,  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society  was  put to film.. I accidentally fell upon the book at the  used book sale at our library..  The cover looked intriguing.  I actually loved the book more than the movie,  but the movie was charming, too!

9) A Peyton Place-inspired question: Can a man be physically unfaithful to a woman, but still love her?I   suppose a very carnal  pathetic excuse of a man could..  But I wouldn't want him.  

Skywatch Friday

  Visit  our host at Skyley.

Clearing skies, but still winter!!

Thankful Thursday 1000 Gifts, Eucharisteo

As I share my blessings I am, also, counting them as part of the 1000 Gifts theme from Ann Voskamp!

 

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976.  Goodness it has been a while  since I was able to take the time to do my thankful post and that does not bode well for me.. busy-ness is no excuse!   Forgive me Father,  for your mercies are new every morning and your gifts are many.I do thank him everyday in all my circumstances as well as my blessings...  ..today is heart is full of thanksgiving for my dear  husband who has been so very good to me during my confinement.. My knee has been pretty much out of commission for 9 days.. and he has done everything including panning all the meals and  doing all the clean up... And he is  serving me so dearly!   God bless him! 

977.  Lord, I thank you even for this condition I am in  at this time, because it is through the struggles we  learn to appreciate You and Your  mercies all the more...    and that is what we  all need  more knowledge of who You are and  who we are in You!!

978. Many thanks to my dearest friend, Dottie, who s topped by yesterday    bringing us the dinner we will enjoy this evening!  

God bless my friend, Dottie with good health,  joy, and happiness!

979.I was so blessed yesterday when our  wonderful pastor called to check up on me..  Last night was prayer meeting and he wanted to know what my requests were.  Jeff is a rare  and wonderful pastor of his flock..  We are so fortunate!

Prayers for him and his beautiful family!  

980. Thank you, Lord, for  our  wonderful  family who   bless us just about everyday even from 7 states away..  Our   daughter and grand daughters are so wonderfully loving and caring.
They are the joy  of our lives!