tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46595725156877987782024-03-18T18:58:25.937-05:00Harvest Lane Cottage RSS FeedStay up to date on my latest blog posts Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.comBlogger1674125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-21834823139679777592024-03-17T17:49:00.000-05:002024-03-17T17:49:28.806-05:00Review ~ This Special Blessing for You by Eric & Meredith Schrotenboer The Special Blessing for YouWritten by Eric & Meredith SchrotenboerIllustrated by Denise HugesThis Special Blessing for You by Eric & Meredith Schrotenboer9780310154761; Hardcover; On Sale Date 2/20/2024This Special Blessing for You uses words and phrases that help children better understand what God wants to communicate to them. Each promise and declaration is Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-51794569132990382702024-03-15T14:40:00.001-05:002024-03-15T14:40:59.882-05:00Thrifty Lately ~ February & MarchThis was Harvest Lane Cottage for years. God blessed us with a newer, nicer home in town in 2019.It's good to remember where we've come from.Hello everyone! I've had a lot of reviews lately. I've got a couple more reviews for Zonderkidz coming this week. Don't give up on me. I've been working at the junior high a lot lately, and I just haven't had the routine down to sit and write. FreeMrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-60989182827243212012024-03-15T11:30:00.038-05:002024-03-15T14:53:20.200-05:00Review ~ Strong: Psalm 1 by Sally LLoyd-Jones and JagoStrong by Sally LLoyd-Jones and JagoStrong: Psalm 1 by Sally Lloyd-Jones9780310151517; Board Book; On Sale Date 2/6/2024Inspired by Psalm 1, Strong’s lyrical text reminds little ones that God loves them and gives them strength. From Sally Lloyd-Jones, the author of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, and award-winning illustrator Jago, this uplifting board book Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-86987334110016450762024-03-10T13:30:00.038-05:002024-03-10T19:48:47.191-05:00FORTY-SEVEN DAYS WITH JESUS in Theaters March 11, 12, and 14th! Review & $10 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway US 3/15Get ready for Easter with this family film.About FORTY-SEVEN DAYS WITH JESUS When the Burdons attend a reunion at Poppa and Nonna’s ranch, they realize just how disconnected their family has become. Facing marital hiccups, teenaged angst and Poppa's health hurdles, the adults decide to share Poppa's enchanting ‘Forty-Seven Days’ story with the kids, transporting us back in time to see the Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-61022993771868846272024-03-09T13:55:00.005-06:002024-03-09T13:55:39.066-06:00Just in Time for Easter! FIONA and the Easter Egg Hunt by Richard Cowdrey FIONA and the Easter Egg Hunt is the latest children's book illustrated by New York Times best selling illustrator Richard Cowdrey. It's a great addition to the Fiona series. Cowdrey's illustrations have the cute factor in overload in this Easter book. I adored the bright colors, the wide range of animals, and the unique storyline perfect for Easter with an unusual egg hunt.Although Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-61159222162358188362024-03-08T12:00:00.001-06:002024-03-08T12:00:00.132-06:00Burden Bearing... Don't Be a Donkey!
Burden bearing. I think we've all done it. Someone shares a prayer request, or you become aware of a need that you cannot meet, and you feel such a heaviness over it. It just tugs at your heart and makes you melancholy. You might be anxious or fearful. It can take many forms. The need may be your own, your family's, a friend's, or even a stranger's, and you carry it on your back even Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-70125826095331297582024-03-04T15:35:00.004-06:002024-03-16T13:43:52.795-05:00My Cozy Early Spring 2024 Reading List ~ Updated March 16Happy Early Spring! This is a fabulous time of year for readers. It's the ideal time to open a nonfiction book and learn a new skill, a bit of history, or how something is done. It's also an excellent time to slow down a bit while the world goes whirling by and slip into the land of make believe for a little bit. I have to admit that's my favorite kind of reading. You can read in Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-38526030976861493792024-02-29T20:32:00.002-06:002024-03-09T21:03:48.246-06:00Cabrini Review Cabrini was a film like I have never viewed before. Perhaps a better word is experienced. This was a masterful, historical narrative of the life of Francesca Cabrini. Cabrini was an exceptional woman who did things no man even thought of doing. It is explicit in the portayal of Italian immigrants' lives in the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century. The scenes of filth, violence, Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-45108029240701710242024-02-22T11:57:00.009-06:002024-03-09T21:04:11.057-06:00Ordinary Angels ~ Must See! Excellent! Wow! Extraordinary! Must see!All these words are swirling like snow in my mind as I think of ways to express my thoughts about this movie.Ordinary Angels is the true story of a little girl fighting for her life, her dad working hard to make ends meet and pay hospital expenses, and a woman who finds herself compelled to do everything in her power to help the family.This is an edgeMrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-22620596584190092662024-02-12T17:00:00.000-06:002024-02-12T17:00:00.235-06:00Knitting for Joy 2023 Finishes Hello everyone!Anyone who follows me on Instagram already knows that I was Knitting for Joy in 2023. That came about, because the year before, I found myself knitting a lot of projects with yarn I'd been given that simply did not bring joy to use. I was also knitting things that I felt like I needed to knit rather than things that I wanted to knit. In short, I just wasn't feeling the joy.&Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-66841400048325039232024-02-04T19:24:00.001-06:002024-02-04T19:24:36.272-06:00Reading in My Extra Minutes Hello everyone! Every once in awhile, I'll sub in a class at the junior high or high school. Sometimes, the teacher leaves an assignment that the students work on without help. On those days, it's important that I have a book to read while the students work. On Friday, I read the first 100 pages of In the Wake of the Plague (Black Plague 14th century) by Norman F. Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-6492670020430999312024-02-03T08:30:00.004-06:002024-02-03T08:30:00.146-06:00Squirrel!Photo by Ana Paula Grimaldi on Unsplash"I cannot stress enough how important it is to save for rainy days. I am a squirrel. I have been squirreling a little money here and there as it comes to me for years. It's been very helpful in this time of unemployment. Even if you can only save a few dollars or even a few cents, please do it. It's the only reason we've still got money after no income for Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-56236113248363255792024-01-31T13:01:00.002-06:002024-02-23T22:04:14.208-06:00Cabrini Coming March 8th I am looking forward to seeing Cabrini. The trailer is compelling and leaves me wanting to know more of Miss Cabrini's life and contributions in spite of her limitations. She is brave and strong in a way that only God can make her.
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About CABRINIFrom Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮, comes the Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-63528315450237329372024-01-30T16:44:00.000-06:002024-01-30T16:44:03.852-06:00Winter Where and What?Just WHERE and WHAT have I been doing?I've been home almost all month, crocheting and knitting!I've been crocheting dishcloths.After a few weeks of my husband and I fighting colds and school cancellations because of extreme cold and weather conditions, I started back subbing last week. I've been knitting socks and hats. More on all that to come! Have a lovely week!LauraHappy at Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-66016131317539484512024-01-19T18:10:00.008-06:002024-01-19T21:02:08.394-06:00Just Had to Share This Video!Hey y'all!One of my daughters is a social worker. In her studies, she learned a lot about ADHD. She unofficially diagnosed me as having it. It makes sense since so many of the symptoms fit with my pinball brain. ~smile~When I saw this video by the Holderness Family, I just had to share it!Enjoy, then let me know if you see yourself in it anywhere. If you can't see the video, click here.Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-11195033223832999112024-01-12T08:30:00.001-06:002024-01-12T08:30:00.126-06:00Get Free From the Boredom... Mother Culture by Karen Andreola This was an excellent book on home education and mother culture. I wish I'd had the confidence to implement Charlotte Mason's principles in greater depth as my children grew. Nevertheless, Karen Andreola greatly influenced me with her book, A Charlotte Mason Education. This book, Mother Culture, picks up where that one left off and gives even greater details about how to keep the joy of Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-56463513816647523842024-01-09T08:30:00.001-06:002024-01-09T08:30:00.123-06:00Heritage Recipe: Evie Funke's Potatoes au Gratin With Ham
Evie Funke and her husband were elders in the first church I attended. It was the church that I was saved into way back in 1981. It was a little country church filled with salt-of-the-earth Christians. I have fond memories of those days, and my ideas of how church folk ought to relate to one another still stems from that time many many years ago.
During a difficult time of my college life, I Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-46177499003410202472024-01-01T19:35:00.001-06:002024-01-01T19:35:31.331-06:00Let's Start the New Year Right!
To truly start the new year right, we must take some time with God to wrap up the old year. He wants us to give Him our whole hearts. What's been holding you back from all He has for you? Now is the time to get alone with Him for a little while so that you can truly start the new year right with Jesus.
Do you know Jesus? Would you like to?
I accepted Him as my Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-92146059666925370092023-12-26T20:42:00.001-06:002023-12-26T20:42:00.134-06:00IT'S NOT OVER! Photo by Greyson Joralemon on UnsplashMatthew 2:1-2♥♥♥Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying,where is he that is born King of the Jews?For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.♥♥♥Christmas doesn't end on December 25th!♥♥♥I think most of us know that December 25th is Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-89027810678658004122023-12-25T13:33:00.001-06:002023-12-25T13:33:07.514-06:00Emmanuel, God With Us Thank you LORD for being God with Us.Praise you Jesus!Happy Christmas everyone.God bless you as you seek Jesus.LauraMrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-58350405042265367212023-12-20T16:54:00.005-06:002023-12-22T14:07:03.957-06:00Are You Facing Hard Times? A Story of Desperation and Hope: A Christmas Miracle on the Frontier Hard times don't take a Christmas vacation.Loss of a loved one, family strife, natural disasters, a frightening diagnosis, loneliness, and financial stress can all contribute to our hard times.I know several people who really stretch their money to make ends meet. There's only so much elastic in a dollar bill you know. I've been testing that stretch capacity full-time for nearly twenty Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-73809364966082491762023-12-16T08:30:00.002-06:002023-12-22T14:07:49.664-06:00Don't Blow Your Budget!Banana bread from my ovenMany of us are called upon to give small gifts in exchanges at the office, with friends, at a club or party... the list goes on and on. Many of these gifts are supposed to be $5 or $10.Why not shop in the comfort of your home—from your home? Go on a treasure hunt. We all have things that are nice that we don't really use. These would make a perfect gift to help round out Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-52187936087887816332023-12-15T08:51:00.004-06:002023-12-22T14:08:08.466-06:00The Legend of the Candy Cane ~ Author Unknown Once upon a time…a candy maker created the perfect candy to symbolize the true meaning of Christmas.It was the candy cane. The white stripes would stand for the purity of Christ and his virgin birth.The red stripes would signify the pain and death Jesus endured on our behalf.The hook shape would also be a reminder to all people of the name Jesus & his role as Good Shepherd.~ AuthorMrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-63805024434952455272023-12-13T11:21:00.001-06:002023-12-13T11:21:00.135-06:00I've Been Doing This for 16 Years! I cannot believe it. It's been sixteen years since I wrote my first blog post. When I started, I had four children at home. Now, they're grown, they've flown the nest, and my Amy has added a husband and son to our little family. Much has changed, but I still love my husband, Lowell, my savior Jesus Christ, my family, and life in our little town. Just for fun, I'm including a copy of Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659572515687798778.post-21571741352108836052023-12-12T08:46:00.000-06:002023-12-12T08:46:00.146-06:00Regarding Santa Claus... What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic.Mrs. Laura Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.com7