Everyday Living

This & That No. 11

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, This & That

Hello sweet readers. You don’t often find me posting a blog on Fridays, but here I am. I was hoping to post yesterday, but I just couldn’t find the time to finish. I haven’t posted a “this & that” since May of last year. I decided it was about time!

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3:22-23

I so enjoy sharing with you my readers, but the blog also serves as a personal journal. As we all know, from March 2020 until just a few weeks ago our lives were different from what we had ever known. A pandemic hit the world and our everyday living suddenly changed!

A dream of mine became a reality last summer and you came along on the journey. I had talked about a potting shed for several years and in late spring, I began putting my ideas on paper. After much consideration, I changed from thoughts of a potting shed to a small cottage that the girls and I could play in. From start to finish, it took seven weeks to complete. It certainly made staying at home much sweeter. We have made so many memories from tea parties to playtimes, and yes sleeping in the cottage. As a matter of fact, we are having a slumber party tonight. A blow up mattress is placed in the middle of the room and this (older) grandmother sleeps on the floor with EM. We haven’t had EK for a cottage slumber party, but she may join us tonight. I will report on how it goes.READ MORE

This & That No. 10

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, This & That

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭56:3‬ ‭‬

Happy Thursday dear readers. I realized it has been quite a while since I last did a “this and that” or a “musings” post. Since this has been the most unprecedented time in my life, I thought it would be interesting to document a few details. For the past fifty three (53) days we have been sheltering in our home. I have made one trip each to the grocery store, Lowe’s, a garden center, and a Chick-fil-A drive thru. Of course, I see my eighty-nine year old Dad almost daily to take him dinner and make sure he is doing well. That has been the extent of my leaving home.

So what has been happening on the home front for the past 53 days?

 

Lots of reading, gardening, listening to birdsong symphonies, and way too much eating.

 


Butch and I have greatly missed our church family for the past seven Sundays. We are so thankful for technology that allows us to sit in our kitchen and participate in worship as our son, Seth leads and our wonderful pastor delivers a Christ-centered message. For Easter Sunday, Seth digitally mixed our praise team and musicians. Each member videoed themselves in their home and Seth put it all together. When I heard it on Easter Sunday, I became teary-eyed. I can’t remember if I have told you that I play keyboard and Butch plays acoustic guitar for our church. It is a big blessing to play with our son leading. You probably don’t know that I began playing in church when I was only twelve years old and have played almost continuously since. I began as church organist and in the late 80’s switched to keyboard. My love of music was passed down from my sweet Daddy, Butch’s mom passed on the gift to him. Seth grew up in our home where music was a constant. He taught himself to play guitar with a little help from Butch, and he has an incredible voice that sounds so much like Butch.

 

 

Our girls have been over several times to stay with us. They are so much fun, they sure make a day brighter. This was their egg hunt in the garden on the Saturday before Easter. Several readers have commented about their clothes. Ella Mae prefers to wear dresses for everyday, Emma doesn’t have an opinion as of yet. I receive so much pleasure in buying clothes for them. Ella Mae’s daisy dress was bought in Highlands when we were there in February to celebrate our anniversary. I bought Emma the cutest little strawberry outfit she will be sporting soon!

 

My daily wardrobe choice has been basically the same…sweat clothes! However, I must say I have not watched my church service in pajamas. I am not judging if you have (lol).READ MORE

This & That No. 9

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Family, Summer, This & That

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭

Happy Thursday dear readers! It has been a few months since I have shared a this and that post, you know those things that truly make up our everyday living.

These beautiful and precious ladies make up my small group that I lead at our church. We do life together and I love that we have a wide age range, with me being the oldest. Yikes, I can’t believe I just said that!

My Renaissance Man works extremely hard keeping up the garden and maintaining 31 acres. He does not know how to sit still and rest, it isn’t in his DNA!READ MORE