Another giveaway

Good morning all!  So I have another giveaway that I am sharing with you today. Kellie is have a Summer Reading giveaway with lots of nice goodies! So go check it out you could be the lucky winner.  You'll find the giveaway here.  http://kelliefalconer.blogspot.com/2012/06/giveaway-summer-reading-event-basket.html
Enjoy reading the rest of her blog, I did.  :)

Blogging

I have been reading quite a few different blogs lately and I have been so blessed by the ministry that these women have in reaching out to others through this medium.  I have the opportunity to meet those of like minds and kindred spirits a little more each time I visit their blogs.  I have quite a few I follow and can't keep up with all on a daily basis but I try to visit each one each week.  It is so wonderful to know that God is using women to build one another up to meet the challenges of the places He has called them to.  May we continue to be faithful in encouraging and helping each other on the path.

I am off to my part time job, sometimes only 1 day a week but I don't mind as I can spend the other days working in and around my home.  
Praying you all have a blessed day!

Just wanted to let you all know about a wonderful giveaway going on over at
Faithfulness Farm .   I just started reading her blog and I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I am.
So pop on over and see what it is all about!
God bless.

Wedding anniversary

J and I just celebrated our anniversary the 8th of May.  He was thinking about what we could do to commemorate the occasion and thought it would be nice to get a quilt done in the wedding ring pattern.
So we took a day trip to Lancaster to an Amish place we have frequented in the past.  The fellow had made us a Hoosier cabinet some years back.   We looked at the quilts in this pattern that she had available but we didn't really care for the colors.  She brought out one that she had been working on but wasn't quite finished and J loved it!  It has the perfect colors for the room.  So.......

She finished it up and sent it to us and we received it on our anniversary day!
Hope you all have a wonderful day enjoying God's goodness and His many blessings.

Gratefulness

 God is so good!    I am learning how to be grateful and how to trust fully in God.  I am not sure whether we ever learn to trust him fully before we leave this earth.  We (I ) always like to have a hand in what is going to happen and it is hard for me to let go and give things totally over to him.  But he loves me, yes even me, and I desire to give all to him. Whether or not that happens depends on if I am willing to get out of his way and let him do the work. 
I have made some changes recently and they will only continue to be changes if I don't take them back and do it my way.  It is a daily struggle but Lord willing, I will be changed.

Blessings to each of you today.

Woefully Lacking

I can't believe how long I have  neglected my blog. 
The new year has been so busy. January was full of sadness as two friends passed away.
February has been busy with birthdays, we have 5 in our family in this month, and an upcoming wedding this weekend.  J took me out to dinner on Valentine's day.  It was wonderful to spend some special time together.

I am hoping to get some hand stitching done this week.

Hope this finds you all enjoying a wonderful week.
God bless.

Thanksgiving or The Giving of Thanks

I see from my last post date it has been almost a month since I last posted.  I guess I didn't have much to share.


I have been thinking a lot about our Thanksgiving.  I believe I need to put more into my thanks part.  There are many things I am thankful for on any given day.  There are days I am thankful to be able to get up and move around.  I don't usually remember and stop and give thanks for that unless I have been unable to do it for some reason. Then I think, "When I get over this, I will be a lot more thankful"  and for a time I am but then it seems to go by the wayside.   This happens with many things in my life.  It is not that I  always need to sound the words but I do need to show forth a heart of gratitude in my everyday walk with the Lord.  I need to say Thank you to those who stop and open a door for me, etc. That is only common courtesy and in the day we live in a rare thing to be said to someone.  I think it is important to let people know we are grateful for their acts of kindness and use the words.  Outside the home as well as in our homes.

I am thankful for a nice home to be able to clean.  :)  Today I have been puttering around here and there cleaning little "hot spots" in my house. You know the ones don't you?  Maybe not, but I have numerous areas that I tend to let go and they seem to grow clutter.  When I start working at them it seems the more I get cleaned up the more I want to get cleaned up.  For me working in small increments of time seems to work well.  Then I don't look at things like one massive job and give up before I get started.

I hope you will share with me what you are up to today. 
God bless,
Denise

Having so much fun flinging!

I have rather enjoyed my decluttering job. I have been passing a lot of the sewing things along to my dd. She will put it to good use.  I intend to finish the sorting of smallish things in 15 minute increments that way I don't feel stuck in that room all day. 
Heading out to the post office and then back to do some straightening and cleaning.

Have started working on my Christmas things. Wrapping and all.  Like to get them out of the way so I can get other things done and my house clean so I can enjoy the Holidays.

Hope you all have a blessed day!

On to day 2 :)

Today I am continuing to get this room finished up.  I sent away 3 big bags and a box of things.  I have found that one can only do so much and it is more wasteful to keep the things I am just hanging onto than to give them to someone who will put them to good use.  I feel much better already.  So, this will be short but I need to get back at it! 
Have a great day everyone.

God bless.

Clearing the Clutter

Today is the day I am going to stop being a procrastinator.  I am going to claim back a room in this house that is long overdue.  I will taking Flylady's advice and doing some flinging today.  :)  

There is a room I like to call the sewing room but is also known as Tori's room, when it is clean and usable.  It has not been so for some time.  There are many of those I will save this because I will make something with it someday.  I don't know what makes me a saver in this age of everything being at our fingertips.  I don't mean going out and spending a fortune on something but there are many nice things to be had even at the thrift stores here.   It is not like if I find myself in need of something that I cannot check to see if I can find it there.  So why this need to not get rid of things.  Is it a gene carried over.  Maybe.  But I think it is time to let go.  I think more clearly and am more productive when I have "less" to worry about.

On another note, I don't believe it is very pleasing to the Lord to see how much time I spend going through the same stuff trying to get organized. He is a God of order and if I purpose to make my life a life of order then there are things that must go.  Just as he removes obstacles in my life I must remove things that are obstacles to my being able to do my job more efficiently.  I cannot get done the things I should nor do I enjoy creating things in that sewing area when it is such a mess. 
So, today is the day.

What are your plans for today?

Enjoying Autumn

This is my first post on my new blog and I thought I would write about the season I love the best.   Today has been just about perfect in temperature and sunshine.  I was noticing that it seems most of our leaves turn and fall off all in the same week here.   Seems when October's bright blue skies have left us so have just about all the leaves. We have some turning now and the colors are gorgeous.  I adore this time of year because the weather is warm enough to be outside yet cool enough for hot drinks and a good book or movie in the evenings. 
 The apple cider is not ready here yet at the farmer's market just up the road but when it is we will be sure to stock up so we can enjoy it throughout the winter months. 
I was trimming back some of the roses and bittersweet bush yesterday.  It will be sometime before that is ready to clip and bring in to decorate the rooms with a bit of the outdoors. I love to use it to decorate for Thanksgiving.

 I hope you all are enjoying a lovely Sunday afternoon where you are. 

God bless,
ladybugloveslilacs