Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Hosted  by Sandra!

♥♥The Weather♥♥ 

Monday -storms, 81

Tuesday -rain,81

Wednesday -chance of rain, 79

Thursday-cloudy, 87

Friday-rain, 85

Saturday -rain,87

Sunday -cloudy, 87

  We can use all the rain we can get..  Even though the kids are still here,

  praise the Lord,  I love having them close!!!

♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥

Great!  Amanda and Josh have been  gone for a few days visiting  kith and

 kin  in North Carolina.    They will  be here for lunch today!!

    

 ♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥

Coffee, fruited yogurt, and special k cereal.

♥♥On my reading pile♥♥ 

No Change!!! 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 

 luncheon

Tuesday-Take out Chinese

Wednesday - fried chicken,  potato salad,  baked beans

Thursday- dinner out at the Deli

Friday-   Baked cod, and Mac and cheese, cole slaw

♥♥From the camera♥

Baa Baa and Viv at  the Star!

Birdie  loves to   do    computer painting!!!

Baa Baa  and  Bug  ready to  go do errands for Gaa Gaa!

♥♥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♥♥

Pandora, the Secret Garden  station!!  

♥♥Something I want to share♥♥ 

Today I  am hosting a luncheon for the crew plus my dear cousin

 from Chapel Hill.  I    made  a lovely Chicken salad and a  delicious looking

  fruit salad..

 

Perfect Summer Fruit Salad

• Prep

  25 m

• Cook

  5 m

• Ready In

  3 h 30 m

Recipe By:Nicole Graham Holley

"The perfect fruit salad for a backyard bbq or any occasion. There are never 

leftovers! This is one of my favorite fruit salad recipes, as I think the sauce

 really makes it. This salad is tastier the longer you can let it soak in its juices.

 I prefer 3 to 4 hours in the refrigerator before I serve it. Enjoy."

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups cubed fresh pineapple

 

• 2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 3 bananas, sliced
• 2 oranges, peeled and sectioned
• 1 cup seedless grapes
• 2 cups blueberries

Directions

1. Bring orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, orange zest, and lemon zest
2.  to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, 
3. and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, 
4. and stir in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
5. Layer the fruit in a large, clear glass bowl in this order: pineapple, 
6. strawberries, kiwi fruit, bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. 
7. Pour the cooled sauce over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate for 3 to 4 
8. hours before serving.

♥♥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!