Harvest Lane Cottage

Unsplash.com Someone at my homeschool group told me that a friend of hers is a nurse in the chemo center. The nurse was encouraged one day when she saw me stop and pray with another patient. How cool is that? You never know who's watching. Spread sunshine and Jesus everywhere you go. Recently, I said some friendly something to a clerk in Walmart. She chitchatted with me for a few minutes, then I asked her, "How are you?" She got a strange look on her face and said fine or something like that. I asked, "How can I pray for you?" She told me I could pray that her 18 year old son would stop hating her. I hugged her and prayed right then and there. We both had tears in our eyes by the time we were done. I made sure she was a believer before we were done.  Reach out ladies! We all need someone to care and to carry us to Jesus. Ask Jesus for boldness. When someone needs prayer, pray right there, aloud with the person. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the...

As I write ...  Late Monday night. The weather....  Dark and chilly.  Right now I am...  eating ice cream. Thinking... I'm thinking about my new knitting project . I've had a difficult time learning the pattern. I've had to pull out stitches numerous times, and I started all over once. A quote to share...  ♥♥♥♥♥ 3 Things God Has Planned for You ♥♥♥♥♥   On my reading pile...    Shepherds Abiding ... A Mitford book by Jan Karon The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse Favorite blog post last week...   Farmhouse Paint Color Palettes - Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines Something fun to share...  On the menu for this week... Monday...  Ham steak, au gratin potatoes, broccoli  Tuesday...  Not sure yet. I won't be home for supper.  Wednesday...  Eating at church Thursday...   Chicken soup Friday...    Date ni...

I have been battling breast cancer for most of a year now, and I have reduced my writing because of it. I received word from my surgeon's office that the chemotherapy and surgery have been effective. There was no cancer in my lymph nodes and the cancer in my breast was contained. There was no cancer in the margins. This, of course, is excellent news.  Further treatments, while difficult, will be to prevent future cancer from growing in my body.   Remembering hair! I have taken two weeks of radiation treatments so far and have five more to go. I am having some aching pain which I hope to talk to the radiation oncologist about on Tuesday. So far no burning on the skin. I am praying for protection for my heart, lungs, and skin. Thank you for your patience with me as I've been fighting this battle. God bless you all.  Laura Learning to Rest

Welcome to another  Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage! Each week I share ways I've saved money, my thrifty and frugal projects, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Please say hello! I'm always looking for new blog friends! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Hello!   Another week behind us! It's amazing. I am sure I was just writing about my last thrifty week such a short time ago. I guess when life is full, time seems to move quicker.   Well, enough for now—on to my blessings and a bit of our thrifty life. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Source: Christian QuotesFree quotes and images ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Here's my thrifty week! We took a bag of clothes to the Crisis Center. I bought a skein of yarn for a garnet hat for 30% off at Hobby Lobby. I used a 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby to get a large crochet hook for Amy . Amy and I went to Chik-Fil-A for lunch. Using my gift card from Christmas, ...

He goes with me everywhere— even into the radiation room  where I'm alone. He goes with you everywhere. You are never alone. ♥

As I write ...  A day late on Tuesday afternoon. The weather....  Sunny and partly cloudy. Very chilly outside.  Right now I am...  just done eating lunch.   Thinking... I'm thinking about my new knitting project .  A quote to share...  ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥   On my reading pile...    Shepherds Abiding ... A Mitford book by Jan Karon The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse Favorite blog posts last week...   How to Make Scented Soy Wax Candles Why Handmade and Works in Progress Handmade Christmas for 2018 Something fun to share...  On the menu for this week... Monday...    Chinese Take-out  Tuesday...  Family gone, sandwiches or canned soup  Wednesday...  Homemade bean burritos  Thursday...   Not sure yet Friday...    Date night I hope On my to do list...  Do some things on...

My daughters have blessed me with their piano and guitar skills and with their worship.   Finding my peaceful place in the middle of radiation for breast cancer has been on my mind this week. A dear friend, Laurie, has been encouraging me to find my peaceful spot.   My peaceful spot has been praying and worshiping on my way to the next town for daily treatments. Friday, I  sang in the waiting room . Each day this week, the LORD has put a song on my heart. Yesterday, it was the song that begins, "You unravel me, with a melody. You surround me with a song, of deliverance, from my enemies, until all my fears are gone. I'm no longer a slave to fear. I am a child of God. I'm no longer a slave to fear. I am a child of God."   That's all I remembered while I was having treatment. I asked God to protect me, and I spoke the name of Jesus, then I just sang it in my head in worship to our LORD throughout the treatment and afterward. He is helping me throu...

Welcome to another  Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage! Each week I share ways I've saved money, my thrifty and frugal projects, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Please say hello! I'm always looking for new blog friends! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Hello!   Another week has passed. Where did it go? I spent a fair bit of it going back and forth to radiation treatments. I'm settling into a routine that I will follow over the next six weeks. I'll be leaving the house a bit before 9:00 each morning. It seems like the whole process will take about an hour and a half to two hours to go and return home again. Ah well. Time invested with the hope of years of happy return.   Well, enough for now—on to my blessings and a bit of our thrifty life. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ "Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established." Proverbs 16:3 ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Here's my th...

I made it through my first radiation treatment Tuesday morning! I felt like I was in a Star Trek movie with the strange machine and sounds. It's definitely space age! I prayed and worshiped as I drove to the Radiology Oncology Center.  When I lay down on the table, and they positioned me in the molded form, an old song came to mind. "Thou oh LORD art a shield for me, my glory and the lifter of my head." I've been praying He would be my shield. I've prayed that He will shield my heart, my lungs, my good cells, my skin, my lymph nodes, and so on. I'm praying that only cancer cells and any meany cells will be destroyed. CANCER DIE THE DEATH IN JESUS' NAME! I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER MY BODY FOR PROTECTION! I just lay there in that mold being still for maybe 15 or 20 minutes while they got ready and did the treatment. I whispered "Jesus" a couple times, then sang the song in my head every time they told me to hold my breath whi...

As I write ...  late Sunday night The weather....  snowy and cold! Hurrah! Y'all know I love snow. We haven't had a good snow in a few years. Right now I am...  eating orange sherbet ice cream. Yum! Thinking... I'm thinking about my upcoming radiation therapy. I'll begin Tuesday afternoon. It will be five days a week for seven weeks. The treatments are short, but it's about thirty miles round trip.  A quote to share...  ♥♥♥♥♥ "Hope is a strange invention— A Patent of the Heart— In unremitting action Yet never wearing out." Emily Dickinson  ♥♥♥♥♥   On my reading pile...    Shepherds Abiding ... A Mitford book by Jan Karon The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse Favorite blog posts last week...   The Care of Lilacs At Rivercrest Cottage's post on painting with Fusion Paint Don't miss My Winter Bucket List . Something fun to share...  ...

Welcome to another  Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage! Each week I share ways I've saved money, my thrifty and frugal projects, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! Please say hello! I'm always looking for new blog friends! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Happy New Year everyone!    Yes, I know my greeting is late; but hey, it's still a new year, is it not? It's been quite a new year for us. We've visited family in Kansas City. We've already had to replace our washer, and we've already taken a trip. I've had a CT scan, and have been set up for radiation which begins next week on the 16th. I've had a nurse practitioner visit, blood work, an afternoon at the hospital for a test, and a round of mini-chemo (one drug) this week. I've also taken my son to get books for his first semester as a dual enrolled student with a nearby junior college. Life doesn't slow down, does it? Well, ...