Harvest Lane Cottage

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! I have enjoyed meeting so many ladies over the past few weeks.  I love it when y'all leave comments, so I can meet you and see your blogs, too. ~~~~~ The most amazing thing happened this past week.  My husband got a paycheck after four months of no income! I bought groceries!  Praise God! ~~~~~~ Here's my thrifty week: ~ I bought a nice pair of dress slacks for my son for $6 at the thrift store. It's a pricier store, but our Salvation Army store closed. He's not crazy about the slacks, but I doubt he'll wear them more than once or twice. It's really hard to get him out of jeans and boots. He agreed to polish the boots. ~smile~ He needs the slacks for a formal banquet and a wedding or ...

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him,  and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.  Psalm 28:7 You might enjoy... The Thrifty Woman's Real Estate Investment Strategy It is Well With My Soul Today at the Cottage... Living and Loving This Life a Little at a Time

Getting things done is often one part work and two parts focus.  ~smile~  My Bucket Lists help me to focus on the things that I want to do that aren't part of my daily routine.  Here's my Spring Bucket List 2016. Paint girls' room trim Use chalkboard paint on the girls' window to the garage Use leftover trim paint to touch up trim in the hallway Have Michael and his friends put up new light in the hallway Catch up the homeschool paperwork Start working on school plans for next year Spring clean Declutter  Have the yard sale Go to yard sales ~smile~ Go to the drive-in with the kids Get a basket of flowers to enjoy outside the door Plant some spring flowers Get the vegetable garden planted Picnic Ice cream run with the kids Get Amy's camera Wash windows Make cookies for the kids on a rainy day Make  jam Graduation for my homeschooled daughter, Emily Celebrate 30th our wedding anniversary The bucket lists inspire me and hel...

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! I have enjoyed meeting so many ladies over the past few weeks.  I love it when y'all leave comments, so I can meet you and see your blogs, too. My main way of saving money this week was not spending money! Well, not much money anyway! ~ I bought a nice dress for my Amy to wear to the spring homeschool banquet at a new thrift store I found in a little town nearby. I also got a pretty skirt for her, a book for me, and a full roll of springy wrapping paper. I do love to give gifts! $2 for all! Praise God! ~ While at the thrift store, a stranger handed me $20 and told me God told her to give it to me! Praise God! I needed gas money! Thank you Lord! ~ I used a check that my friend C sent me to buy gas an...

A chilly evening... Mister building a fire in the woodstove... Holding my little Doxie Mix Penny in my arms... Smoke in the house... Opening the door to get fresh air... Penny intent on escape... Out the door... To run and play... My voice in her ear... "Jesus, Jesus, Yeshua haMachiach... You will obey... If you look at the temptation, it's stronger." Yikes! I have been speaking the name of Jesus quietly in  Penny's  ear for awhile now. I'm trying to teach her to be calmer and to allow me to touch her paws. Tonight, when I whispered these words in her ear, my spirit jerked to attention. It was a word to me! I will obey. If I look at the temptation, it will be stronger. Words from God to me from my own lips.  Amazing. ஐღ Laura ღஐ  P.S.  Yeshua means salvation (Jesus). HaMachiach means the Messiah or the Christ. Hence, Jesus Messiah or Jesus Christ. UPDATE: Speaking in Penny's ear worked!  She is ...

Hello Ladies! Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  It's been a challenging week around here. First, we're getting used to my husband's work schedule.  Yes work!  Praise God, he found a good job. It's in a city about an hour from home, so he leaves early and comes home late, but we have hopes that he may be able to work from home after about six months. I've been trying to get the rest of the family into a routine that works with my husband's routine. I have added making his lunches and ironing his clothes to my regular work. It's a small thing compared to what he's doing for us.  My kids have had their first experience with standardized testing this week. The younger two took the Stanford test, and Emily takes the ACT on Saturday. It's a new experience that I hope they take to well. This is our first opportunity to test. With all the extra driving for tests, taxes (my son's),...

My husband has been offered a position  with a company in a nearby city! Praise God! He begins work on Monday. THANK YOU to all you lovely people all over the world who have been praying for us. We don't know how long it will be until he gets paid, so we will continue to live on faith. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 Faith is now...   before we see what we hope for. We had faith to tithe and faith to give. Our offering this Sunday was just one dollar. But we gave it. ~~~~~ GOD SAID... "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;  And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,  Nor shall the flame scorch you." Isaiah 43:2 GOD HAS PROVEN HIMSELF FAITHFUL! There's no way we could have made it for three and a half months  without a job. The numbers simply don...