Happy Homemaker Monday

  

Hosted  by Sandra!

♥♥The Weather♥♥ 

Monday -cloudy, 92

Tuesday -rain,91

Wednesday -rain, 92

Thursday-rain, 95

Friday-rain, 85

Saturday -rain,94

Sunday -cloudy, 89

Even though the kids will be here the next two weeks..  they 

come tonight..yayayay.. I am happy to see rain... We need

 it terribly!!!

♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥

Excited I  am taking Amanda and the girls with me to prayer meeting at church!  I want church  this morning. I want my dearest friends to meet them!!!

    

 ♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥

Coffee, fruited yogurt, and special k cereal.

♥♥On my reading pile♥♥ 

 Lord, I want to Know You, by Kay Arthur, in 

Sunday school, also,  I am reading Wendell 

Berry’s book Hannah Coulter and really love it!

♥♥On the menu this week♥♥ 

 Monday- chicken salad ,  strawberry, spinach salad,   and iced tea  luncheonTuesday-   

Tuesday-country  dinner..  corn on cob,   green beans with country ham,  tomatoes, and  red potatoes.. birthday party for  the girls

Wednesday - chic filet

Thursday- hot dogs and   onion rings

Friday-   grilled cheese sandwiches and  cut up  fresh veggies  

♥♥From the camera♥

Here they come...    HAHAH  Josh looks so funny with his  hat on..  Lynn sent 

that   Virginia Tech hat....  I never saw that expression on him before.,. 

 haha ....can't wait to see them!!

♥♥Looking Around the House!♥♥

Lynn and I have  really worked hard to  get the house ready...

  I think it looks  pretty great!!

♥♥What am I listening to♥♥

The refrigerator  motor is  whirring and   my ears are ringing..

I can  hardly differentiate between them!  oh, me!!!  Time to 

bake my apple loaf!

♥♥Something I want to share♥♥ 

Cinnamon Apple Pie Bread

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 30 mins

Serves: 8

Forget the pie crust and get all the flavors of fall in a quick and easy bread with

 brown sugar and cinnamon topping that’s as sweet as apple pie.

Ingredients

⅓ cup light brown sugar (not packed)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

⅔ cup white sugar

½ cup salted butter, softened (or use unsalted and add ¼ tsp salt)

2 eggs

1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1½ cups all-purpose flour

1¾ teaspoons baking powder

½ cup milk

1 apple, peeled and chopped (I used Granny Smith)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a mixing bowland set aside.

Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth 

and creamy.Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract and stir

 until incorporated.Combine flour and baking powder together in another bowl;

 stir into creamed butter mixture.

Mix milk into batter until smooth.

Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Next add half the apples and half

 the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat/push apple mixture into batter.

Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add

 more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.

Lightly pat/push apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples 

using a finger or spoon (I cleaned my hands and used my finger because it was easier).

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes

out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Mine took about 35.

♥♥Devotional, inspirational, prayer list or Bible verse♥♥

I have been going to Intercessors for America for about 10 years... feeling
all the time that America needed so much prayer and we prayed fervently, 
for deliverance for our nation, for its culture, for the decline in so 
many areas, now against racism, critical race theory in
our schools, abortion, just everything. 

Lately, as we consider the demise of our nation, the eradication of statues,

 and history, the voting debacle, the attack on families, churches, Christians,

 and the Constitution, we realize just how concerted the enemy has been over

 the decades to bring us to this point.
This is not something that just came upon us, but has been brewing for 

decades. I believe it really began in the early 20ith century with some in-

nocuous moves of various liberal presidents. These things were packaged 

to look innocent, but really were setting a foundation for future actions that systematically eroded cultural mores to bring us to where we are today. Unfortunately, as the erosion took place, the church was silent,   ( the 60's 

 with prayer out of school, and abortion)and the church continues to stick

 her head in the sand and allow the entities that are to push their 

ungodly agenda on the nation. God has a solution, but it all begins with the

 church. Christians need to seek God's face, and learn to know His will

 for them. When I began doing this I could hear the Holy Spirit tell me to start

 a prayer ministry in our small church. I was faithful, an obedient servant to

 do this to the best of my ability starting in June. We started with 5 faithful  

pray-ers. This week we had 7 pray-ers.. which is significant as our church 

only has about 35 attending members. I praise God for His faithfulness and

 look forward towhat He will do with our small group!. Pray that you might

 be a faithful and obedient servant and willingly attend to what the lord is 

speaking into your Spirit!.

Prayer:
Our government leaders to seek God, and for the fear of the Lord to spread 

among all people.
For healing of the sick, salvation of the lost, deliverance for the hurting,  
Personal: situations, Prodigal children to return to their roots and be 

spiritually healed, Churches to arise, against ungodly moves of government

 to infringe on godly practices... protect our children from the ungodly 

teachings and protect them from ungodly people who wish them harm for

 their own purposes. 
Pray for organizations that are doing good in the communities, Crisis

 Pregnancy Centers, Straight Street, Street Ransome, Salvation Army, 

Rescue Missions, etc!