Homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: Lovely rain. We had some thunderstorms during the night but now it is just misty. The ground and tomatoe's are soaking it in!

One of my simple pleasures: Sleeping while it is raining. Which is what I did this morning. I never set the alarm. I woke at 9:00 over an hour at least late! So that is why this post is late! But I love sleeping during the rain.

On my bedside table: The same books waiting for thier new home once a get a new bookcase.

On my TV: My husband loves to watch Jepardy at lunch.

On the menu for tonight: Pork tenderloin I grilled on Saturday.

On my To Do List: This week I am trying to firm up location for fundraising dinner for our ministry. I am an impatient girl. I have to get this part done so I can start working on corporate sponsors. The Gift a Way here

New Recipe I tried last week: This isn't new but I did it in the crockpot and it turned out great.

It is called Deer Camp Beans. Basically it is whatever dry beans you want to through in your pot. About a 1/2 cup each. Add rotel tomatoe's, salk pork a small package the whole thing if you have a big crock pot.

A chopped onion and you can add browned ground beef or sausage. Here's a hint I don't care for black beans so I soak them seperately from the rest and rinse real good.

Of course I soak all my beans over night. Then leave them on all day.

In the craft basket: I am a broken record. The same thing as last week. I have got to get my sewing room back in order!

Looking forward to: Getting the sewing room useable again.

Homemaking Tip for this week: Set your alarm especially if you enjoy sleeping during the rain as much as I do. Here's a cooking tip. The pork we are having tonight I grilled on Sat. I usually grill every Friday or Saturday and I do 3-4 meals. So then I have meat already done for the week. Sort of like once a week cooking which I love to do. Really helpful for a busy family.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other): I had one saved and forget it. I'll find it and add later. On my other blog though I have a long list of my favorite places to visit. Go check them out you might find a new friend.

Favorite photo from last week:

My daughter and family. My son in love got to drag race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Lesson learned the past few days: Back to that alarm clock again. I am so behind today.

On my Prayer List: Our ministry (financially), The girls at the halfway house. I learned when I visited yesterday that they have changed the rules and now they can only take 8 girls in the van at a time. 3 girls did not get to go to church yesterday.

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:The Greatness of small deeds. Seldom do we realize the importance of small deeds, or to what degree of greatness unnoticed kindness leads. - Helen Steiner. I borrowed this from Sandra but it is exactly what I realized yesterday. We have had to cut some of our programming because of lack of funds. Yesterday when we visited the house we were greeted with such warmth by the girls. Some of which we have barely gotten to know because they are new. But just the small deeds we do. The short amount of time we spend with them just makes thier day.

Weekend Break Not

Rachel Ann at Home Sanctuary suggested taking a break this weekend. Even if you can't take a two week vacation away she suggests just relaxing this weekend and taking a break.

For me it is just taking a break from lists of things to do. Things away from the house.

I am weird but a break for me is getting to work around the house. I know you are wondering now why did I stop over here today this woman is nuts. Probably so. But I am inspired today so I am off to it.

Just to show you how crazy I am I leave you a photo that I think is just adorable. Enjoy

I have to explain. He is wearing a diaper. I had just changed him and the phone rang I was expecting an important call. He wiggled down and went to playing.
He is caring a cell phone and a eyeglass case that looks like a purse. My cowboy husband says it is a tool box not purse!

Have a great Saturday oh before you go if you stop over here I am doing a giveway the last day to enter for this drawing is today. But I will start a new one on Monday stop over there. This week is a Beth Moore study. I will post next weeks on Monday.

Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday hosted by Kelli. Today I am sharing two of my little pigs...



I love to repurpose old things. These two sweet little pigs have been repurposed. The one with the wooden spoons is actually a pitcher. The cutie is a cookie jar. Today she just keeps her friend company on my little repurpsed table that is now and island in the kitchen. When my daughter was growing up we used it to put dried rose petals from flowers that her daddy gave us and her 'beau's' those petals have since been discarded and so little piggie waits for a new job.
My grandbaby will be big enough for cookies soon so she will be going to work.

These two little piggies came from my mothers kitchen. I remember seeing them sitting on the shelf with a few other similar pieces. My mother never used them. She was more in just having things hanging around collecting dust. And yes there was dust well no actually there wasn't because I had to dust them every Saturday. You would think I would hate the little guys. But I don't and I am happy and proud to have them and to be using them!

Thanks for coming and visiting and btw before you go too far check out my other blog. I am having a giveway and the last day is Sunday. So go over here and leave a comment and I'll enter you.

Have a wonderful Friday enjoy the Show and Tell.

White Wednesday

I dream of white. . .

I know this one isn't exactly white but I love this look.
And another dreamy photo . . . only in my dreams.

I dream of someday having a bed like this. Maybe someday I can manage the linens because my actually bed is not white and won't every be. I love, love,love my bed we had it custom made over 18 years ago. It is a four poster bed designed shaker style with the tiny canopy rails around the top. I can't describe it I'll just have to take a photo and show it one day.

And if you dream of white you can go here before you go I left one more little photo.
This one isn't white but I thought it was cute so I wanted to share it here too. I posted it with a scripture over here
Thanks for visiting my White Wednesday post I hope your day is Simply White

Tips on Tuesday

Welcome to my blog...I was hoping you would come by today. Not much traffic on Tuesdays but I thought it would be fun to continue Sandra's tips on Tuesday and share one of my own.

One of my biggest frustrations is making the bed. I hate making a bed. In fact a long time ago when my kids were in elementary I cleaned houses to make ends meet. And as I think of it that is another tip. It is good money. You can schedule your jobs around your mom duties and bring in some extra funds. When I cleaned house there was this family that never did a thing not one thing from the time I left till the time I came back. Needless to say I raised my rate. They didn't bat an eyelash. They were my best paying job but they killed me. After awhile they asked me to change the sheets on all three beds wash and dry and put back on. I don't even remember what I quoted but in my mind at the time it was ridiculous something like an exta $100.00 a week I don't really remember but they paid it! Dawng! So if your looking for a way to bring home some extra bucks you might think about cleaning houses!

Here's the real tip I intended to share. It is about sheets. For some reason no matter how still we sleep the bottom sheet comes off the bed. Especially after they have been on for a couple of days. I have tried those thingy's that are supposed to keep them on but they don't work. What I figured out purely by accident though is that if you use two top sheets the bottom stays on!

Take the first top sheet and put it on. This is your husbands top sheet leave loose for him to get in bed but on your side tuck in all the way to your pillow. Now on your side you lay on it. He covers with it. Then you take another sheet I use a full spread across my side it with a lot hanging off the side edge. It will go just past the middle. This is my top sheet.

Now we don't fight over the sheet and the bottom one stays in place!

Isn't this crazy. Well it works for me. I know you are probably laughing and thinking why did I come over here today? Well it was because you wanted to find out about the giveway I am having over here and maybe you just needed a laugh.

Have a great day...tomorrow I'll post a White Wednesday post. See you then.

Happy Home Maker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: Beautiful drizzling rain. Praise God. My tomatos are getting a good soaking!

One of my simple pleasures: Seeing a sleeping baby

On my bedside table: The same pile of books...but we got the baby's bed moved over the weekend...and he is sleeping peacefully in his new little room.

On my TV: Right now the Christian music c.d. package but tonight hopefully a good girl movie
my Cowboy husband won't be home. I'll have the remote all to myself.

On the menu for tonight: I think I will try fajita's in the crockpot I saw a recipe on Crockpot Thursday I want to try.

On my To Do List: All ministry related...planning an Oct. fundraising dinner have to firm up the location, finish two grants due on the 31st. The house the laundry will suffer but that is life.

Recipe I tried last week: Split Pea soup I found here I only cooked half the bag of peas and did it in the crockpot and it was great. We had enough for Friday night and then lunch on Sunday.

In the craft basket: Still the same quilt but as soon as I get the sewing room in order I need to make curtins for the baby's side of the room.

Looking forward to: The fundraising dinner in October. Before firming up the plans and the entertainment. I am so excited. I am really praying it all comes together.

Tip for this week: Start your post for Monday and save as a draft adding your favorite post and link and recipe and photo during the week.

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other): Need to follow my own tip. I did mark my recipe but not my post. And dawng! It was a good one. Maybe I'll find it and do two next two next week.

Favorite photo from last week:

Found this while searching for butterfly photo's hope it makes you smile too.

Lesson learned the past few days: This isn't new but it has been reinforced over and over. That even though we go through struggles that Jesus is there standing in the gap for us waiting for us to reach out to him. I am a very visual person this just came really to read reality to me in a video I posted Saturday. You can go here to see it.

On my Prayer List: Two girls at our halfway house, a boy in the boy's facility and how to help him (he is 17 and doesn't know how to read or write), the fundraising dinner and the plans. Our Sunday School class we have not had a teacher since January.

Scripture Reading, Key Verses, Devotional: Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to go by Sandra's for Happy Home Makever Monday and stop over at my other blog to enter this weeks Giveaway.

Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday hosted by Kelli. Today I am sharing a few of my salt and pepper shakers.


The large gold colors ones you can probably tell are from the 70's oh that lovely color. One of our wedding gifts. I love them because they are so big. I use them by the stove. Of course you all recognize tupperware ones. I use them by the stove too. And Next to them is a clear acrylic grinder which I love. Some are just extra little boring glass ones from a dollar store. The little bears my son in law gave me for Christmas one year. The yellow are what is left of my meager Fiesta collection. I did n't have very many pieces so I have ended up selling them. And last is the little lonely daisy. Our wedding pottery. Our pottery were our everyday dishes and we used them hard. Lot's of chips and broken plates. I was never one to save or use broken dishes so I threw them away. Wish I hadn't now because they would look adorable edging a flower bed. Or broken up and glued onto a stepping store or maybe a picture frame. So if you have broken dishes that you love think about repurposing them.

Thanks for visiting my Show and Tell.