Harvest Lane Cottage

This has been a life changing experience for Amy!  Rosie's How to Sew Doll Clothes is the absolute best enrichment product we have ever used.  I felt like a friend had come to my house to personally teach my daughter to sew.  Amy and I sat together each day and watched some of Miss Rosie's sewing videos.  The course is designed to take six weeks.  We took a bit longer because Amy wanted to start sewing even before we'd finished all the videos in the course. ~smile~  We used the on-line videos and the free patterns and instructions that Rosie included with her How to Sew Doll Clothes Course. - Friendly patient format - Detailed explanations - You can replay the videos over and over until you understand the techniques. - Showed my daughter how to use a tools I either hadn't used or hadn't thought to teach her to use. - Easy to understand. My eleven year-old started using what she learned the first week. - I have been sewing for ...

Romaine Kale Red Pepper Tomatoes Carrots Green Olives Sunflower Seeds Sweet and Hot Salad Peppers Love me some salad! Laura Happy at Home Roses of Inspiration  -  Tuesdays with a Twist  

Romaine Kale Carrots Tomatoes Green onions Nutritional Yeast Shared at: Inspire Me Monday 

Kale Avocado Salad Romaine Kale Chopped Carrots Avacado Red Onions Tomatoes Sunflower Seed Kernals ~~~~~ May I suggest? Stir Fried Cabbage

I enjoyed this Crunchy Munchy salad for lunch! Romaine Chopped Carrots Broccoli Peas Green Peppers Yellow Peppers Almonds Avocado Raisins Nutritional Yeast Flax Seed It was just as delicious as it looks. Have a great weekend, Laura Happy at Home ~~~~~ May I suggest? Super Quick, Super Cheap Laundry Detergent  ~~~~~

Romaine Lettuce Broccoli Chopped Celery Red Pepper Green Pepper Flax Seed Green Olives Pecans So good it deserves to be capitalized! ~~~~~ May I suggest?  For the Love of Salads: A Peck of Pickled Peppers

I loved   Judge .  Second in the Books of the Infinite series.  You can read my review of the first book, The Prophet. This fast moving narrative is intriguing from the first page.  R.J. Larson has a knack for writing superb descriptions of the fantasy world she has created.  I can really see the surroundings in my mind.  Judge is a beautiful love story both spiritually between the Infinite and His people and in the natural between characters.  Tension builds as one intense scene follows another, then it dispels slightly with the humor prinkled in liberally.  Even as I set the book down to get back to "real life", I was left thinking of my relationship with the Infinite, Larson's name for God the Creator.  God's passion for us is brought forth beautifully. As I was reading the book of Jeremiah this week, I was reminded of scenes from Judge that paralleled.  It was easy to see where Mrs. ...

Good morning! Joy, at Doodlebug , touched my heart this morning with her Faithful Friday post, Running the Radical Race .  My Emily is around her age, 15.  I know that Emily sometimes struggles with being so different from the other kids in her youth group at church.  As I told Joy, I think growing up homeschooled, by parents who are serious about helping you to be set apart for God, makes you different.  You probably always will be...unless, you decide to turn away from your upbringing and from the Lord's will for you.  I don't think it can happen accidentally.   You make the decision to be worldly one choice at a time. It's the same way for us, ladies.  We too can become entangled easily in the lure of fashion, the Jones' most recent purchase, the commonly approved television violence and pornography, the soap operas and love stories that build discontentment with our husbands, the list goes on and on and on.  B...

 I'm going through a difficult time right now.  My heart aches.  My feelings want to drown me in despair.  But, in spite of what my heart feels, my eyes see, and what my ears hear, I choose hope.  Hope for the future, hope for the situation, hope for the relationships, hope for a growing trust in and relationship with Christ.  Where else can I turn but to the Lord?  Let Your mercy, O Lord , be upon us, Just as we hope in You. Psalm 33:21-22 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance. Psalm 42:4-6 But I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more. Psalm 71:13-15 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. Psalm 119:113-115 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:12-14 If you're havin...

Amy made snowmen despite the fact that those lovely little snowflakes just aren't falling. Amy gave these to all her little friends. They're little packs of gum.  I don't remember the brand now. I originally saw the idea on Pinterest some months ago, but I cannot find the original pin. Shared at  I Made It Monday.

Have you heard of life verses? Basically, it is a verse (or verses) that the Lord has given to you, that has quickened your spirit, that you hold onto for life. Many verses minister to us for a season. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16  A life verse differs in that it stays with you. It guides your thinking and actions for a long, extended time, presumably for life. My beloved Pastor Dan Wermuth of Joplin Family Worship Center shared his with our congregation a few months ago:   “So he answered me and said to me: “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6  This verse filters how he looks at the world and influences his actions. It’s been quite a powerful verse as he leads our church and volunteers from across the country in the Joplin t...

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." ~unknown~ "My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." ~Billy Graham~ "Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave." ~Martin Luther~ Laura Happy at Home May I suggest... Inspiration from Laura Ingalls Wilder This post was featured at Good Morning Mondays. Monday Mom's the Word  -  Good Morning Monday     Wednesday -  Wonderful Wednesdays  -  Fluster's Creative Muster    -   Wholehearted Wednesdays    -    A Little R & R   Raising Homemakers  -  A Wise Woman Builds Her Home   Thursday    Think Tank Thursdays      Home and Garden Thursday  -  I Choose Joy  -   All Things Thursday  -    Share Your Cup Thursday