Everyday Living

Time Out

~ Everyday Living, Faith

“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word…”
Ephesians 5:25-26

 Do you ever feel like you need a time out, a respite from busyness and the stress of everyday living?  Any given Saturday around our house usually consists of a homemade breakfast followed by Butch working in the yard while I am inside cleaning and cooking.  Although we are both at home, we are both busy and doing work around the house.  But not this past Saturday…I needed a change of pace!  We got up early and drove sixty miles to Birmingham for the Pepper Place Market.  The farmers’ market is held each Saturday from mid April through mid December on the south side of Birmingham!  We certainly enjoyed shopping the market, but that was not really the point. In all of our years of marriage, we have learned that sometimes it is necessary to step away from the mundane and just enjoy each other.  I needed to hear him speak truth into my life and heart, like no one else can!  I am thankful that Butch’s love for the Lord overflows onto me and I have a daily example of God’s good design for marriage…to mirror his love for his church.
 Heirloom tomatoes and beautiful carrots! We love our okra in the South!   An array of colorful vegetables! Beets are one of the few foods that I am having to acquire a taste! Locally grown mushrooms! Delicious chocolate croissant! Fresh baked baguettes! Stone Hollow Farms with a tasting of their excellent goat cheese! More Alabama grown mushrooms! Squash is one of my favorite summertime veggies! These rather large and plump blackberries will make a fabulous cobbler!  Chilton County, Alabama is known for their peaches!  I am thinking home-made peach ice cream! Such a fun place to spend a Saturday morning!  I bought trailing rosemary, fern-leaf lavender, and ornamental pepper plants!  Wow, just look at these happy flowers!  Love that these are from a teaching farm!  Jones Valley is a hands-on food education that partners with schools!  Butch bought a couple of day lily varieties for our garden!  Interesting pottery…  …and jewelry!  We ended the morning with a little outlet shopping!

“Join hands with the Father and hearts with His Son,
The more you draw near to Him, the closer He will come”
–Butch Richardson

pam closing

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It’s Not What You Think!

~ Everyday Living

“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones”
Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭22‬
Today I needed a couple of items so I stopped in one of our local pharmacy chains, knowing they’d have what I needed.  As I arrived at checkout, a very nice young lady greeted me, paused, and then asked me a question that was phrased something like this: “Are you possibly 55 years old”?  I did sense a slight reluctance in her words.  I replied that I would in fact turn 64 next month.  And of course, I needed to know the reason for the question and soon learned that it was Senior discount day!  So, with that, I asked my question. ” Would you like to see my ID to prove my age”?  The cashier was very quick to say absolutely not, and that she fully trusted what I said.  She went on to say that she almost didn’t ask because I did not appear to be 55, but was glad now that she did go ahead and inquire.
Now I’m not sure if this was the case or if it was just the most clever approach to this situation I’ve encountered.  Either way, I liked it!  And here is the really big deal about all of this:  for a brief moment, I put aside my usual pride concerning this matter.  I accepted the discount.  This was a first.  I always pay full price, not willing to seek such a discount.  How smart is that? A third factor that could have triggered the cashier’s question is one item that I was purchasing.
I’ll never know. We did not discuss my purchase:

Now I need to explain.  It’s not what you might think.  And it’s not what the cashier may have thought. We have this new cutting board for our kitchen…a beautiful piece made in Europe from very old barn wood.  The safest and best way to prepare and protect it is to treat it with a quality, food grade, mineral oil.  I rest my case!  In case you don’t believe my story about why I bought this item, I am including some evidence of its use. I’ve shown my ID to prove why I was eligible for the discount, so I’ll just move on from here. No pun intended.
butch-closer
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Why Everyday Living?

~ Everyday Living

Not only is every person on the planet as different as snowflakes, we all experience great differences in everyday living. No two lives the same, no two days exactly alike. “Everyday Living“ is the title of a song written in the early 90’s. The lyrics came from simple observances and knowledge of a few things going on in daily lives of friends and acquaintances.  Of the millions of daily experiences, you can only pick a few to write about in a 3 or 4 minute song. One unique thing about this inexhaustible list of life’s events is that there is One who understands, relates to, and is completely aware of each of them. Life by life, year by year, month by month, day by day, and moment by moment.

The expected and the unexpected; all a part of everyday living. We hope to share some of our everyday living, past and present, as we continue this journey.

And in time, maybe we will include all the lyrics to the song that gave rise to this idea.

Cuttin’ grass

 

Fixin’ breakfast

       “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God”

1 Corinthians 10:31