Happy Homemaker Monday

 Hosted by Sandra ! 

♥ ♥ Weather ♥♥ 

I see below a general trend to colder weather.  And in an important way, I am glad. Hopefully, all these winter germs will be killed off! 

Mon

60.  45

tue

47. 37

Wed

43. 37

Thu

49. 35

Fri

43.  22

♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥ 
The sun is trying to  peek through  and it is warm enough  to  take a walk with just a sweater.   I have a lot to do today and I pray  the day is cheerful enough to keep me at it!!

♥♥  Right now I am ♥♥ 

While I was eating my breakfast earlier I was watching a bit of YouTube and I found an old movie I hadn't seen before and watched it.  It was probably  the saddest film I have ever seen. I blubbered at the end…  the film was  A Letter from an Unknown Woman with Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥ I am so excited ! I just purchased my first item off of Facebook marketplace.   I will share photo once it arrives  next week!  Maybe this week!!!

♥♥How am I feeling ♥♥ 

Not bad.  After I finish here I must start in on the dining room!

♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥

Fruited Yogurt, and coffee,  followed later by  sausage  and French toast….all prepared by my sweetheart!  He loves to cook!  I am the most  fortunate  bride in town!

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥

I really have no idea, but   it will be tasty,.  yes,, I will be the chef for dinner!!!

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥ 

Olive green jeans and my off white turtle neck sweater!

♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥ 

Mainly this week, only time for my Bible reading.  I am reading Genesis, Esther,  Mark, and almost finished Acts!

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥ 

Mostly  YouTube,  some Hallmark, and GAF.

♥♥ Creative Update ♥♥

My creativity this week revolves around creating my tea table  and  in spare time doing my daily sketching.  Here is  what I did last week.

Sorry if  any is a repeat!

♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥

Several rooms need straightening….the dining room is a work in progress, the den needs  vacuuming, and the sunroom needs a complete redo.  Hopefully, these all will be addressed  by the weekend .  Nothing much on the calendar this week  except to prepare for the tea party next week!

♥♥A Favorite Vlog ♥♥

 It seems most of my favorite ones are taking  a January hiatus.   This  dear one   is still    posting , but not as regularly ,but this one from last week was amazing. I know you will love it!

Kirsten and Jeorge are  a German couple   who moved to  Britain   and they share  about their life  enjoying   what Britain has to offer.  Now Kirsten  learned  English years ago in University in England.   You will love her  style!  Precious couple!!!  Lots of their posts are  travelling all around Britain  and you will love those!!!!!!

♥♥ To Do List ♥ ♥

• Continue this week working on decor and guest bags for the tea party, get the table settings ready, and make sure I have all ingredients
•  some daily reading
• Allergy shot and Bible study
• Do some laundry
• Work on the sunroom and kitchen cleaning

• Attend a ladies Bible Study at church
• take my correspondence ..send out several birthday and get well cards 

♥ ♥ From the camera ♥ ♥

Amanda sent this photo to me  last week.  it was taken  about 15 years ago.  Love it,  dont think I ever saw it before!

I am tying to purchase this sconce off Marketplace  never did that be fore  Hard to teach an old dog new tricks!

♥ ♥ Devotional ♥ ♥

When you are sick, you call the doctor. When your pipes spring a leak, you call the plumber. If your lights don’t work, you call the electrician. Who do you call when you have spiritual needs? In James 5:14 we are told to call “the elders of the church.” We can certainly pray by ourselves when we are facing trouble. This is what verse 13 tells us to do. But sometimes our problems are so great that we need the prayer support of others. The specific example James gives is that of illness. The fact that the elders must be called may indicate that the one who needs prayer is too sick to go to them. Verse 15 shows that prayer can make a difference in such circumstances. We pray for the sick because God is able to “raise them up.” James also says that God will forgive in response to prayer, indicating that sickness is sometimes a consequence of divine discipline. But his conditional language makes it clear that sickness is not always a sign of divine judgment. In addition to prayer, the elders are to anoint with oil. This act symbolizes the role of the Spirit in healing. It is God who saves and raises up. The oil has no inherent healing power. Indeed, James does not even say what kind of oil should be used, nor does he prescribe a particular form of prayer except to say that they should do so “in the name of the Lord” (v. 14). Humility is a prerequisite to effective prayer. Those who pray in the manner James prescribes should confess their sins to each other and pray for one another. Far from being an empty ritual, prayer for others is “powerful and effective” (v. 16).  Like Elijah, the great prayer warriors in the church’s history have only been ordinary people who believed in the power of prayer. This same power is available to you today. Pray with Us “Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all” (1 Chron. 29:11).