Just So You Know...

Hi y'all!
 Just so you know, I'm going to be away from the computer for a few days. I've had some wonderful comments over the last week or so, but I haven't been able to respond to everyone.
 I expect to be back to blogging next week sometime. I should finish my third knitting project by then.  I'll swipe my husband's phone and take a photo. Enough for now, just wanted to let you know what's up.

 I hope you have a wonderful week ending!

Laura
Getting a little extra R & R,
knitting, and reading time!

Little Hats for Little Heads 2018

Hello!

  Last year I did a lot of charity knitting. I made hats for the cancer center, for Samaritan's Purse Christmas Shoeboxes, and the infant clothing ministry where my step-mom Annie volunteers. Here are a few of the hats that I made in November and December this year. I wrapped these up as a gift to Annie.

I'll show you what I've done since the first of the year later this week.

God bless you all!

What's on your needles?

Blessings,

Laura

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Harvest Lane Cottage Winter Reading List ~ 2019

Good new year to you! I don't have any resolutions, but I am making some lists to help me focus. I find my bucket lists really help me do some things I want to do but may not make time for each season. Having it all here in front of y'all makes me feel like I have a wee bit of accountability.

Do I have time to sit around and read all the time? Absolutely not! Do I read more when I use snatched moments when I'm waiting for this or that? Absolutely! Use your moments even if you wish for hours.

Karen Andreola's new book, Mother Culture, is now available! I've received my copy and cannot wait to set aside a bit of time to begin reading it. I love Karen's books. Even if you don't homeschool, I have a feeling you will find suggestions that will make afternoons, evenings, and weekends more meaningful for you and your family. My children are all grown. My youngest is 17, but I look forward to reading this for what it can mean for me and my culture!

On Reading Well
Karen Swallow Prior

I cannot remember who recommended this to me. Perhaps I found it on Goodreads. It looks like a nice brainy book. ~grin~
Note: I've decided to take this off my list for winter. Christy and The Light Between Oceans were not on my original list. They have and will take most of my reading time. I'll put On Reading Well on one of my future lists.

Bible Faith Study Course
Kenneth E. Hagin

I've been working my way through this one for a long time, but I have learned so very much that helped me through my cancer battle. Each time I pick Bible Faith up, I tend to re-read notes and highlighted portions before I read more. It slows my 

30 Days to Understanding the Bible
Max Anders

30 Days to Understanding The Bible by Max Anders is my current review book. I've just read a little. They suggest just 15 minutes a day. I'm still reading and studying, but here's the review I wrote based on going through the book and what I'd already read.

Miss Read
Tales from a Village School
~ Finished January 21, 2019 ~
Review

My friend, Karen Andreola, suggested Miss Read's Tales from a Village School. I will borrow it from our local library through the interlibrary loan system. You should check to see if your library participates. I've just discovered my library does it, and it's been super.

Note: I thought that this was the first book. I think perhaps it was Miss Read's Village School, the first book, that Mrs. Andreola suggested. ~smile~

For the Family's Sake
The
Value of Home in Everyone's Life
Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
~Finished February 4, 2019~
Mini-Review

The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
~ Finished January 29, 2010 ~
Mini-Review

I'm trying out a new local book club. The Light Between Oceans is the January selection. Christy is the February Selection.
Update: I truly enjoyed the ladies at the book club and our discussion. We watched the movie after discussing the book. I do NOT recommend the movie. We had to fast forward through some intimate scenes. There were no such scenes in the book.  Here's my Goodreads mini-review.

Christy
Catherine Marshall

I know that I either own this book or have given it away. It has been in my possession; therefore, I have chosen not to purchase it again for the book club. If I don't find it in time, I'll borrow it from the library. ~ I've started with a library book. It's really long— over 500 pages!

Between Two Shores

Between Two Shores  is an historical fiction book that was offered to me just this morning for review. It should be released sometime in February. I just received it January 28th. ~ I'm finished.

The New Testament

I finished my Bible reading plan for 2018 just before the end of the year. It's time to start again. I don't expect to finish this winter. I'll just do what I can then move the remaining books to my Spring list. I use Bible.com to keep track of what I've read, and sometimes use BibleGateway.com to listen instead of read. I have not yet chosen which version to use this time.

Matthew

Mark 

Luke 

John

Acts

Romans 

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 & 2 Thessalonians

1  Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude 

Revelation

♥

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Snatch Reading and Fall Reading List 2013

Grab a Book Fall Reading List 2015

Snatch Reading and Fall Reading List 2014

My Fall Reading List 2016

Fall Into Reading 2011

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My Winter Bucket List 2019 ~ Harvest Lane Cottage

MY WINTER BUCKET LIST

2019

Last year, I was facing more cancer treatments. 
This year, I rejoice in living.

This list is about doing things that

bring me joy.

What will you put on your list?

• Write my Winter bucket list
• Write my Winter Reading List
• Put the Christmas tree away
• Put away the Christmas decorations
• Sort through my Christmas decor for discards
• New Year's Eve with our friends at church
• New Year's Eve party with my husband's associates
• New Year's Day with my extended family
• Attend a book club
• Review a book
• Smile and spread good cheer
• Curl up with a terrific book
• Drink hot tea
• Enjoy candle light
• Make chili
• Double feature night 
• Try a new tea
• Try a new soup
• Sew with friends
• Lunch out with a friend 
• Gaze into the fire in the woodstove
• Knit a bit   
• Sew
• Snow ice cream
• Train my little dog to window shop ~ It's been too cold!
• Watch a movie at a theater 
• Help Emily and Amy practice hospitality 
• Make snow ice cream
• Worship Jesus under the winter stars
• Get dog's nails clipped... I put it on here 'cause it's needed to be done. I tried, she was too scared. The lady at the shop said the dog needs anxiety medicine!
• Celebrate my son's 28h birthday
• Knit a Copy Cat CC Beanie hat for Emily I am harvestlanelaura on Ravelry.com. 
• Knit a couple hats to donate to the chemo center 
• Knit children's charity hats  
• Spend an afternoon with a book and a candle
• Finish infant bereavement quilts and donate 
• Invite friends for dessert
• Use my teapot—white sprinkled with cherries 
• Make some Trim Healthy Mama food ~ 15 Minute Foccacia is good.
• Read an evening away with a good book 
• Finish my Emily's quilt  
• Pedicure  
• Manicure
• Complete my winter reading list!
• Phone visit with Marilyn!

ஐღLauraღஐ 

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

on a short shoestring budget!

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You might also enjoy...

• God's Perfect Timing
• Frightened of God...My Testimony

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First Words

BE CAREFUL OF FIRST WORDS!

Whenever something comes up, an illness, an accident, a layoff, a bill you cannot pay, whatever, the first words you say are powerful. They are a confession of what you believe about a situation. Your mind, your family, and the enemy are listening. 

Whatever your situation, no matter what goes right or wrong in the coming year, or whom you're praying for, be careful of first words! 

Trust in the LORD! 
Whatever you are facing, you all are not alone in it. 

Speak truth!

Facts are what you see with your eyes and hear with your ears, etc. 

Truth is whatever God's Word says! 

You and your family all need to speak life, healing, peace and hope. 

Don't let bad words or statements start a spiral downward. 
Speak God's Word!

Praise and worship!

Fight the good fight with worship and praise. 

The Lord inhabits the praises of His people. 

If you've already spoken first words about a situation, go to God about it. Tell Him about it, and then like the man speaking to Jesus say, "I believe. Help me with my unbelief." Then speak God's truth from that point on. 

Get in God's Word and find the truth!

Make this a year of speaking life, speaking hope, speaking God's promises, and speaking truth. 

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and bring you peace.

Laura Lane

Trusting in the Lord

for 2019 and beyond

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A Homemade Christmas

A Homemade Christmas

  It seems like all the world is caught up in the hustle and bustle of Christmas right now. Buying the right gifts, going to the concerts, the plays, the parties, and the events. The first two weeks of December nearly wore me out, and I did hardly any of those things!  

  Are you feeling a pinch from all the must dos as Christmas Day quickly approaches? For most of us, we have just seven days including today to prepare. Are you ready? Are you panicked? Maybe this is the year for a different approach.... Read more.

♥♥♥

This is the intro to the guest post I wrote at my daughter's blog, Hands Made to Love. Please go read the rest and leave a comment! I invite you to take a look around at her blog while you're there.

Happy Christmas!
Laura





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Laura Lately ~ December 11, 2018

Photo from Pexels

I haven't had much time to write lately. I feel like I'm running hither and yon and meeting myself on the return trip.  I hope that next week things will begin to slow down a bit. I don't know why everyone thinks everything needs to be done the first week or two of December!

Laura Lately... 

I am regaining energy steadily after treatments and surgery.

I've been taking my little dog for walks downtown. I'm trying to teach her not to pull and to be friendlier. She isn't very well socialized, because I worked and drove a lot when she was a pup.

I've been knitting a lot.  

I've knit more little hats for a children's clothing ministry.

I finished a sweater for my dog.
I've finished one gift and another will probably be finished by Wednesday.

I'm learning fair isle knitting and knitting with double pointed needles.

I'm thinking about joining the Yarn Along at Small Things to encourage myself to take photos of what I'm knitting and reading.

I've been reading Christmas stories and studying Bible Faith by Kenneth Hagin.

We've done a bit of decorating including putting up the tree.

Lots of:

Christmas music on Pandora, YouTube, and Spotify.

Christmas movies on DVD, VHS, and Amazon Prime.

Driving my daughter to play practice, dance, work, and singing performances.

Dishes and laundry.

Writing Christmas cards for the church.

Soups

Prayer

Thanksgiving night we hit a deer and totaled our van. We bought a new-to-us car this weekend. Glad that's over!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Please pray for my friend Deborah. She is supposed to get married at the end of the month. She was admitted to the hospital, and they did a heart cath Monday. As of Monday night, she didn't know any details yet, but she was feeling badly.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Now I need to start making Christmas for my family.

Happy Christmas!

Be blessed,

Laura

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