Happy Homemaker Monday

Note: I get so frustrated by not  being able to   share comments.. so

 Let me begin  by  giving a shout out to Luludou.. I visited your blog this morning and   I wanted to   send you New Year blessings and tell you how much I enjoyed  my visit. Your painting is lovely!

Sandra, I am with you,  my allergies are  rampant..  to the point I did a covid test  over the weekend.  thankfully   it was  negative,  but it is hard to tell with the stuffiness and cough!    Prayers for us both!!

Tamy, your blog posts are so well organized. You  really go the extra mile to  coordinate and label  everything so beautifully.  Very impressive!!!   

 Jean,  Snowmen are definitely winter and because we usually get our biggest snows in February, I keep snowmen and valentines marching along side by side!  It just works for me!

Lisa, Hi, Lisa, you have been so faithful to stop by and I really appreciate it!  Speaking of calligraphy, I love it, and .I was so old school way back in my younger years I practiced it with calligraphy pens and was not too bad, But today, even though I love the new calligraphy, for me it breaks so many rules of penmanship, I have a really hard time with it.  I think one must almost hold the implement in a different fashion to be able to write it seamlessly.  My practice pages are pretty much rubbish!  But I love to practice with HOPE!

That's it for today!

Hosted by Sandra over at Dairy of a Stay at Home Mom.

I cannot believe it is already January 10th.  It seems the month is flying by! 

Thankfully, we have  very little on the calendar this week.  Maybe this week will slow down a bit.. I watch a lot of slow living vlogs and  I think I will live slowly this week!

Monday , cloudy, 36

Tuesday sunny, 35

Wednesday cloudy, 49

Thursday cloudy, 49

Friday  cloudy, 50

Saturday, rain, 39

Sunday,  cloudy, 49

On my mind

It is a good feeling to  have all the left overs  either in the freezer or gone.. and we  truly begin a new start in the new year.  I am so  thankful that  through it all I never gained a pound.  Thankfully, my eating pattern has changed.. I  do not eat as much as I used to to be satisfied.. I  owe it all  to intermittent  fasting...   I am on the 8/16 plan. I was inspired to  do this by The  Daily Connoisseur on YouTube..

On the breakfast plate

 Coffee,  eggs and  left over pancake my sweetheart  made over the weekend.

On my reading pile

The book of Exodus and   Ezekiel  for church,   the daily reading plan with  Allen Jackson's ministry.  I love  Pastor Jackson ( Not the country singer)  We listen to him on Youtube,  on tv YouTube  also our devices.  He is right on the money  pertaining to this perverse world in which we live.  Lynn and I listen to him every night.  He is so enjoyable and   full of  Biblical truth.  You can download his app (WOC) on your  device and there will be the Bible   section  with  his plan for reading through the year.  I love how  you do not have to flip back and forth to find  the text. He has it all right there together each day!

On my tv

I am so sad that the seasonal Hallmark movies are over.   But it is a good thing because I could sit there too long everyday watching mindlessly.  I do get more done  now.  I am so bad!!! 

Interesting youtube vlog I saw this week:  

Here is a slow living one I  really enjoy!

Hostess is  Apron Full of Stones

Looking around the house

So I do still have a bit of  red  and green  in the house because I love to decorate for winter..  I  replaced the truly Christmas decor with snow men and icy  items  actually I had some of it around for Christmas but I just mixed it up a bit.  The Christmas tree is now my seasonal tree..   it really helps me  from becoming depressed when Christmas is over. 

On my to-do list

• Develop the everyday habit of starting my day with Bible  and devotions
• Bible study class on Wed.   There we are reviewing the book of Job  and  our teacher is awesome in bringing out  tenets  we had never thought of before.  
•   Next week I get back into the  throes of  prepping for another endoscopy   to  hopefully finalize my  ordeal with  the  gall stone removal. It was so large  back in the late fall it took  3 endoscopies to discover it and  get it  out .  This next one coming  in a couple of weeks   should  show that the  bits are  gone and the doctor can remove the stents.. I ams till praying that he will not find   any underlying issues  or decide to  remove the gall bladder.  or at least it can be removed laprascopically. Anyway next week, I begin with another scan! and  then another in office visit.  lThis  last month since my last procedure has gone well.  and  it was wonderful to  just put this all behind me for a time.  so this week  I will just  do  some things around here  that I want to do..   and not regiment myself too much!

To relax I will:

 Bible Study, vlogs, practice my calligraphy for my Christian planner and. Keep up in my weekly planning, start painting in the wonderful bird book I got for Christmas!

Prayer and devotional :

 Praying for our new pastors.  We meet  with them yesterday   to discuss membership.. we are  very excited about  this new church!. 

Our government leaders to seek God, and for the fear of the Lord to  spread among all people.  Lord have your way with  our  leaders and if they  refuse to  turn toward you,  Father we pray   they will be diminished  that you might raise up  godly leaders. 1Timothy 2   verse 1-2 says I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

Prayer about the influx of illegals into our nation, and the possible spread of disease and covid.. Father,  we rebuke the spread of covid and its attaching deviants.. We say no more and we also pray that these diseases will calm down and that they will not be so disruptive to the body. that our bodies will fight them off effectively and without devastating consequences.. we say enough to covid! In Jesus name!!
We pray for the places everywhere that persecution is taking place...

For healing of the sick,
salvation of the lost,
deliverance for the hurting,
the supply, food, and building shortage problem: may it not become
a huge crisis  
Churches to arise and pastors to preach according to our times and
these days.. very vital! For the christians to repent and get straight
before a holy God. We have become too lax in our Christianity and
we need to be more persistent to seeking God and His Word!
Protect our children from the ungodly teachings and protect them
from ungodly people who wish them harm for their own purposes. 
Especially for people to turn or return to God. Only He can
save.. There is no other way to God except through the shed blood 
of His son!