Harvest Lane Cottage Name History

Harvest Lane Cottage

 Hello from Harvest Lane Cottage!

  Once upon a time, long long ago, we had a small farm. One year we grew pumpkins and gourds and had a pumpkin patch. My husband loved it. I loved going through the patch looking for baby pumpkins and watching them grow. Back then, I was Laura of Harvest Lane Farm. After we moved to town, we called our little Craftsman Bungalow Harvest Lane Cottage. We moved back to Missouri from Kansas and moved a couple more times since then. We bought our current house in our hometown, so we are settled. I kept the name Harvest Lane Cottage, because it has been my blog's name for a lot of years... since 2007! Even though our current house is a ranch style built in 1968, I'm doing my best to cozy it up like a little cottage a bit at a time. I love cottage style, and we bloom where we're planted!

  Hope you have a wonderful weekend, and do something to make your home a bit more like you'd like it to be whether it's a ranch, a farm, or an apartment. Make what you do inside your home a reflection of what you like. That's a lesson that took me years to learn. Do with whatcha got! 

  Be blessed and look for the happy!

Laura

Laura Lane
of 
Harvest Lane Cottage

Spring Reading List ~ Harvest Lane Cottage ~ Updated!

 

Harvest Lane Cottage

Spring Reading List

2021

Hello everyone!

 This is the much delayed Spring Reading List. Now that I've finished it, I'll be able to cross it off my Spring Bucket List! This may seem like a lot to read, but I like to snatch moments to read (and knit), whenever I can. Use your minutes! 

One thing that helps is listening to books on Scribd. It's a great app, and you can get a free 2 month trial by using my link. I'll get a month free, too, so it's win-win to try it out. After the two months, it's only $8.99 a month for as many audio books, books, magazines, sheet music, podcasts, and documents as you want. I get well over $8.99 a month in value. I love it. Here's my Scribd link.

My List

The Book of Jeremiah 

I listened on Bible.com.

Completed

I've moved on to the next book.

Completed

Now reading the Gospels

I'm now listening to the letters of Paul.

Finished the Bible again.

Now I'm on to Romans again.

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Love You, Little Peanut
by Annette Bourland and Rosalinde Bonnet
My Review
Completed

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Written by Mel Madsen
Illustrated by Irina Akimkina
My Review
Completed

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The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah
Listened on Scribd
for Book Club
My Review
Completed

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Cottage Core
by Beatrix Barker
I listened on Scribd.
Completed

The Nature of a Lady
by Roseanna M. White
 Completed
My Review.

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Dusk's Darkest Shores
by Carolyn Miller
My Review

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These Happy Golden Years
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I listened on Scribd
Completed

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Britfield and the Rise of the Lion Book 2 

by Chad Stewart

for Review

I've not received it yet.

 See my review of Britfield and The Lost Crown Book 1.

I decided to read Britfield and The Lost Crown again.

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Eat That Frog!
21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating
and Get More Done in Less Time
by Brian Tracy
Completed
So good, I listened twice on Scribd. 

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It's Never Too Late:
Make the Next Act of Your Life
the Best Act of Your Life
by Kathy Lee Gifford
I am listening on Scribd.
It's not really holding my attention.

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And...
if I have extra time...

How to Age Without Getting Old 
by Joyce Meyer

A Time to Seek
(The Time Travel Journals of Sahara Aldridge #1)
by Tracy Higley

Don't Know Much About History
by Kenneth C. Davis

The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond
by Jaime Jo Wright

In Grandma's Attic 
by Arleta Richardson
Listening on Scribd
Completed

So, I'll be doing a lot of reading and listening! This list will probably carry over into summer at this point. I hope that it gives you some ideas for your reading pleasure and for your education. What is on your reading list?

Now, I'd better get cracking!

Laura

Pay the Taxes or Pay the Rent?

You know and I know that taxes are way too high; and, so is the national debt.  I don't debate that.  I do not, however, get angry or upset about paying our taxes.  Why?  

• I see paying our taxes a little differently.  
• I see paying our federal taxes as paying rent to live in the most wonderful country in the world.  
• Rent to have freedom like nowhere else.  
• Freedom to make choices that contradict popular opinion.  
• Freedom to worship my God and my Lord Jesus Christ in the way I choose.  
• Sold out to Jesus and not hiding it...that's worth the price in itself.

Laura
Thankful to be a Patriotic American.

"With Every Rising of the Sun..."

Amy Lane Photography ©2015

"With every rising of the sun

Think of your life as just begun.

~

The past has shriveled and buried deep,

All yesterdays. There let them sleep.

~

Nor seek to summon back one ghost

Of that innumerable host.

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Concern yourself with but to-day,

Woo it, and teach it to obey

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Your will and wish. Since time began

To-day has been the friend of man;

~

But in his blindness and his sorrow

He looks to yesterday and to-morrow."

.............................

Author unknown

From the Character Classic Tiger and Tom

ISBN 1881545083

Have a wonderful today!

Laura

Thrifty Things Lately at Harvest Lane Cottage #162

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Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I'm so glad you've found me! 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!

Do say hello!

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Dear Reader,

  Hello ladies! Spring is in full swing now. My husband has our little garden patch all tilled up and a few seedlings are awaiting planting. Most of the plants will be from seed this year.

  I want to remind you that spring time is the perfect time to watch sales to prepare for gift giving. You can watch for new and next to new items at garage sales and thrift stores—all with thoughts toward Christmas and other gift giving occasions. Think ahead mama! Even with the tiniest of budgets, you can make things nice for your family if you start early. God provides in so many ways when we keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open.

God's ways are higher than our ways!

I am feeling much better now. I see the surgeon April 15th. I think he will be pleased with my healing.  I thank you all so much for praying for me. 

  Perhaps you are going through a time of illness, recovery, or low energy for another reason. There are going to be times in our lives when we are not able to do as much, but if we do our best when we are able, we will have habits that will carry us through hard times. 

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A Verse for You

"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:19 
I think Philippians 4 is one of my absolute favorite chapters. 

I've seen God's provision in so many ways over the years.
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♥♥♥

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Here's my thrifty week!

• Gifts and surprises! Thank you Laura! I love the yarn and needles. I cannot wait to cast my first sock on with the wooden needles. I've not used Knitter's Pride needles before, and I look forward to trying them out.

• I'm knitting socks using leftover yarn in shades of blue, gray, and purple. They're crazy, but fun! I'll share a photo later this week. 

• I was notified that I've been accepted to receive a free review copy of Roseanna M. White's book Nature of a Lady. It's the first book in The Secrets of the Isles Series.

• I'll also be receiving Dusk's Darkest Shores by Carolyn Miller for review. My mailbox ought to be busy soon!

• More real estate investment and donation! The more we get rid of, the more spacious our homes will be. We dropped off several Walmart bags and a box of miscellaneous to the thrift store. You'll be glad to know I didn't spend a cent!

• Biggest declutter victory was selling our son's Ford Explorer! We got back back our driveway!

• I was approved to review Love You, Little Peanut! by Annette Bourland and Rosalinde Bonnet.

• I stayed home a lot, therefore I used less gas. 

• We ate primarily from the freezer and what we had on hand.

• Apple crisp using some wimpy apples that had been forgotten and some crispy topping that I had in the freezer. I've made this for my husband since before we were married. I boarded with a couple in our church for awhile in college. This was Evie's recipe. Thank you Evie!

That's my thrifty week.
What are you doing in your home this week?

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♥♥♥

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ღLauraღ

...doing what I can with what I've got

where I am on a short shoestring budget!

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♥♥♥

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HEY GIRLS!
I am totally serious about saving your change for Christmas.
You will be amazed at how much you can save up if you start now.
Just do it!

It's time to start saving your pennies
and your nickles and your rocks for Christmas!

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♥♥♥

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 Related Posts

• A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage #27
• A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage #28
• A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage #29
• A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage #30

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This Earthly Life is a Battle ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

"This earthly life is a battle," said Ma. 

"If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. 

It always has been so, and it always will be. 

The sooner you make up your mind to that,  

the better off you are, 

and the more thankful for your pleasures."

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Town on the Prairie

Thank you God that we do not need to fight the battles alone. Thank you for being our hope, our provider, our savior, our healer, our everything we need.

If you don't know Jesus and his love for you, I'll be happy to talk with you about Him. 

Art: Richard Sohn

Live in this Moment

With my Michael
2015

"Let's make a decision to live in this moment,

to love this moment,

to enjoy those we're with right now,

or to enjoy the solitude of being alone with God."

Laura Lane

Spring Bucket List 2021 ~ Harvest Lane Cottage

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. They also remind me to have a little fun and enjoy the season! I will change the listings to italics as I cross them off the list.

Here's my Spring Bucket List 2021.

• Write my Spring Bucket List

• Write my Spring Reading List

• Enjoy an Easter Lily

• Make Resurrection Cookies

• Celebrate Resurrection Day

• Enjoy fresh strawberries

• Real Estate Investing (Decluttering)

• Go to yard sales ~smile~

• Plant zinnias for a cutting garden

• Go to the drive-in 

• Fill pot with flowers to enjoy outside the door... 

• Picnic in the park

• Ice cream run 

• Wash windows 2 done

• Make cookies for the kids on a rainy day

• Make strawberry jam

• Touch up paint in the laundry room.

• Put new blinds and curtains up in our bedroom.

• Double Feature Movie Night ~ National Treasure 1 & 2 

• Sew a new apron

• Sew a new skirt

• Place wildflowers throughout the house

• Spray paint old metal cart

• Help Emily and Amy practice hospitality

• Invite friends for bbq

• Invite friends for dessert

• Paint the sunroom

• Invite neighbors for pie

• Pedicure 

• Try four new low carb recipes 4 3 2 1

• Knit and crochet dishcloths for gifts.

• Finish Emily's quilt

• Talk to strangers

• Paint the porch table and chairs. We had the cushions recovered.

• Go knitting with a friend

• Blow bubbles

• Destination unknown picnic

• Bake Ladybird Johnson's Lemon Cake

• Try a new pie recipe—maybe an old-fashioned pie or hand pies

• Plant flowers 

• Worship Jesus under the stars

• Put cushions out on the front porch.

• Find a potted plant or a center piece for the front porch table. Maybe a candle?

• Celebrate my daughter Emily's college graduation.

I may add or subtract as I go, but it's a start! My bucket lists and reading lists inspire me and help me to enjoy life and get things done. I hope these lists will inspire you to make your own list! I know some items will be passed on to my summer bucket list, but it is motivating!

What will you put on your bucket list?

What is on your reading list?

Be blessed!

♥

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ஐღLauraღஐ 

...doing what I can with what I've got where I am 

on a short shoestring budget!

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Related Posts:

• Spring Bucket List 2016
• Summer Bucket List 2016
• Fall Bucket List 2016
• Christmas bucket List 2016
• Winter Bucket List 2017

Happy Easter!

 

Happy Easter!

Happy Resurrection Day!

Think of our Savior today!

Be thankful!

Write me if you're wondering about who and what our Savior is and did.

Laura

Thankful and Blessed