Sunday, June 26, 2022

Sonday Funday

  


Everyone needs a hug now and then, this is Millie and Truffles (the calico) hugging each other then Millie strted bathing her.   How cute is this?


Sunday, June 26Joshua 24:1515 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”




Thankful Thursday

 



 







Thankful Thursday is always one of my favorite days, however I give thanks for things daily.


Today I am thankful for

A/C in this heat wave we are having the heat index at 2:35 pm cdt is 110 

Salvation

Unconditional love of my heavenly father

The love my animals give me, they have kept me from going completly insane

Friends

Family

Food

Dependable transportation

The women at church that we get together with on a monthly basis, I just love the fellowship

Bible Journaling is going great :)

Prayers being answered


PLEASE join me in prayer for the following

OUR COUNTRY 

Cooler temps

my upcoming shoulder replacement (June 30) 

Hospital stay (24 hrs. post-surgery) (I enjoy my own bed)

safe travels too and from for surgery, that I can get some sleep next Wed 

my brother who is facing (possible) knee surgery, they are trying to find why he still has drop foot 

One of my friends who is dealing with some personal things 


Thank you for agreeing in prayer with me.

Joshua 1:99 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

wordless wednesday

 

wordless wednesday





these 2 are best buddies but tell me Ms. Truffles how can that possibly be comfy.   Sandra the Chihuahua thinks she is Truffles mom.









Thursday, June 23Ephesians 5:2525 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
 

Wordless Wednesday

 



 CATS lol










Wednesday, June 15Malachi 3:1010 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Thankful Thursday and photos

 






Today I am thankful for my Salvation
the faithfulness of my heavenly father
a/c in the hot weather
being able to learn bible journaling
bills paid
dependable transportation
food in the cabinets/fridge
friends 
family
That my trailer didn't get blown over *wed morning* in the storm, it was moving, my pictures fell off the wall

please keep in prayer:
we are do for 1 to 5" of rain on top of the 3" since Monday we are at flood stage on the rivers again
my cousins who lost their dad May 23, they lost their mom March 9 this is alot to take on much less both parents within 3 months
my upcoming shoulder replacement (june 30)  
our country 



what a beautiful sunrise for this morning
This blue heron found the shade to be the place to be with it being 95 outside
I just love this bridge and the heron was still not bothered by me taking its picture
Even the geese and ducks were taking part of the shade, with one lonely swimmer
 








Thursday, June 09Isaiah 56:55 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.

Tuesday surprises

 


Ms. Cowbird (grackle) was just sitting waiting patiently for her friend to come back, she says it was too hot to do much flying
this little male wren was singing with all his little might
seems the lightening bugs like the queen Anne's lace (wild carrots)
this clasping bellflower is so tiny I almost missed it
I think the buttercups are really pretty, but I caught an insect diving into the flower (blow it up its right above the flower center
the blackberries are coming on really strong, there are tuns of them growing all over the yard.
My Widow's Cross (I found right after Gary passed away, over near Joplin.  It bloomed out over the weekend, I was (am) so happy
the milk weed is about ready to sprout its seeds (the look almost like giant dandelions when they blow)
These tiny butterflies are everywhere they are a pretty bluish/purple  (they are called Tiny Grass (bangalore butterflies) the dirt mound is from crawdads






Tuesday, June 07Proverbs 10:77 The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Tuesday 4: Coffee and Tea

 


 

Coffee & Tea


 











 Hello! Glad you are back for more of Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4..                                If you knew Toni you would know that coffee was one of her                                      great pleasures in life.  So friends, let's talk about those two                                   popular drinks tea and coffee. Okay?  Let's go....

1. What is/are your favorite coffee? (brand or flavor)                                        If you are a tea lover, which tea is the best for you?

Lipton for me (iced preferably, but on occasion I do like hot tea).                             If I do drink coffee it is Folgers (Folgers in your cup)

2.  How do you take your coffee or tea?                                                        Sugar, cream , flavoring?

Sugar, creamer for coffee.   iced tea I like sweet tea with oranges in it,                       as it brings out the natural orange flavoring

3. Do you go out for coffee/tea with friends?                                                        Ever enjoy a real tea room or a  tea party?

I would love to go out with coffee/tea with friends, seems everybody                     is too busy now days to get together unless its with the women from             church.   I have never been to a real tea room or party, however                        I think it would be fantastic to go and be able to wear the fancy                               dresses, and hats.

4. If you could design a coffee shop or even a coffee/tea                                            station in your home, what would it be like?

I just use my coffee pot, I just recently bought a tea maker                                      (it works great) however there is something about still making                                it on the stove.  I am a plain jane type person so a few coffee cups                            nothing fancy would be just fine with me.




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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Sunday Findings

 

Sunday Findings

the red clover is so pretty it is just now starting to bloom.
even dandelions make for a pretty picture, oh how I loved blowing these as a kid.
The black eyed Susans are starting to bloom out these are one of my favorite flowers. 
Fleabane daisies aren't they just the cutest little things you have ever seen.     I love any flowers related to daisies they are truly my favorites.
This is a wild carrot they are in full bloom we call them Queen Anne's lace.  

All these beauties are growing in the yard what a beautiful finding today

last but not least.   I love old Glory (no it isn't on the ground) I fastened it to my 7" shepherd's hook it is about 2 foot off the ground.   The old lantern is from WW11.   The reason my flag got fastened to the hook, the flag holder got ripped off from where it was nailed during one of the windstorms and the pole severally got bent.   


 






what do you find in God's beauty?  


Sunday, June 05

Job 19:2525 I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Saying Goodbye

 

saying good bye












Today my cousins and I said our goodbyes to our uncle and *the one in flowers and taller boy in back* dad      He was a proud veteran.   It's not goodbye it is I will see you later when we get to heaven

Uncle Roy was the missing link, the chain is completed as he is reunited with his parents, siblings (his twin, my dad) and his beautiful wife of 67 years.   This has me hard, as it hit close to home being my dad's twin.   Although, he is not with us here on earth I truly know he will be watching over all of us.   Me I will be double protected   my dad has always been my guardian angel so now I have 2.

The military honor part was very emotional as Gary was also a veteran.


Thankful Thursday

 

Thankful Thursday

 









Happy Thursday hope everybody is having a great week.

I am thankful today for much needed rain, but now it needs to stop over 15" over the last 3 weeks.

my salvation and that God never gives up on us 

cooler temps

food in the cabinets

friends

family

dependable vehicles

had a great birthday with alot of cards from the women at church

PLEASE PRAY 

for our country 

for my family as we lost an uncle, the last of my dads' siblings but not only that he was my dad's twin so this has hit a little closer to home.  I am thankful that he didn't suffer too long only a few short months after the diagnostic of brain cancer.  This was the 24 death since the loss of my husband in March of 2021.

Also, my parents home went on the auction Tuesday my brother and I didn't really handle that too well but was better all the way around since mom n dads house was built in the late 50s and needed a lot of work.

My family that will be traveling from out of state to attend the funeral. As well as myself and brothers family.  

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a blessed week


Thursday, May 26

Proverbs 23:2525 May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!

Gone but never forgotten

 

Gone but never forgotten

 The Lord called you home May 23, 2022.  He needed you there to be reunited with your bride of 67 years, and with your twin (my daddy).  I am so grateful that we got to visit you last Tuesday and that you were still in the health and that we had a GREAT day of visiting and remembering.      

I am truly sorry that you had to suffer cancer, but thankfully you didn't suffer but a few short months.

you were the last of 9 siblings to remain, and guessing the reasoning was to make sure we would all be ok.




This is the last 3 remaining kids of 9
seated is daddy (this was on his and moms 60th anniversary) along with a double anniversary for Uncle Roy and Aunt Wanda (he is in the blue blazer and reddish shirt)

Daddy is seated as he wasn't feeling the best, he passed Aug 21, 2015.  Dad was 1 month shy of being 83

Uncle James (in the brown blazer) He was 95 when the Lord called him home on Easter Sunday of 2020.  He passed from natural causes he had a good life.

Uncle Roy in the blue was daddy's twin.  

All 3 were veterans Uncle James WWII, Daddy Korean War, Uncle Roy Korean, Vietnam, forgive me drew a blank, but even had a tour with the Persian Gulf war in the early 1990's.    

Uncle Roy, you were my closest uncle, I am guessing because of you and dad, however I truly miss you and I am thankful you're at peace now.  I have all of the memories and thank you for those.   RIP until we meet again.  You were the open link to your 8 siblings now the link is complete again with them and your parents.    Please Give MOM and DAD a big hug for me.

On a side note:  Uncle Roy got a mini urn of daddy's ashes; they will be laid in his arms so they can be together again, and his military honor flag will be placed on his heart, he earned it and wanted it to remain with him.   

My heart is saddened and joyful at the same time, tears are rolling down my face as I am typing.  I am in the process of writing a poem to read at his funeral.

please say some prayers for his 2 kids, as well as MANY nieces and nephews who all loved him dearly.

Monday, May 231 Corinthians 2:1212 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

Birthday Photos

 

Birthday photos

Sunday was my 55th birthday was a very relaxing day.    Went to eat at Rib Crib (being on Sunday the German restaurants were not opened), then milkshake from Braum's     Afterwards went out to the lake for a little bit, now mind you it was 60 degrees dreary rainy and cloudy.  
found this pretty little Spidrwort I love the color
these little daisies *one of my favorites* were just asking me to take a picture of them.
I am always looking at the trees for something cool, and here it is, love how the algae and stuff grows on the trees
this is the lake, Claremore OK where they found the 9.5 male alligator.  If you want to read about it you can google alligator at Claremore OK.    







    Sunday, May 22

Romans 5:5

5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.