Whew! What a Week!

We have had such a great and busy week this week; and today my mind is tumbling and twirling with so many thoughts that I thought I’d stop by and share some of them with you.

Shall we do a Bullet Blog?  We haven’t had one of those in a while, and I find those little round dots are very freeing…no need to connect the thoughts as we go along!

  • We had an AMAZing Bible Conference this week.  I mean we literally had several services in-a-row where we listened to preachers preach the Bible!  There was no grand-standing.  There were no overinflated “preacher” egos.  There were no personality conflicts.  It was just GOOD BIBLE Preaching!!!  (For the record, we don’t usually have all those negative things in our conferences any way.  I just wanted you to know what kind of services we really had!)
  • My tomatoes and cucumbers are growing so well.  I am really pleased.  I put the lattice work in to the cucumber pots this morning, and we moved the tomatoes outside to get a little more sunshine.
  • Ike’s caregiver is not here today.  She is “caregiving” for her son.  He broke 3 fingers yesterday and is making all the necessary doctor’s visits today.  Please pray for Nathan’s fingers to heal quickly and completely.
  • I am so SO weary of reading CHRISTIAN blogs with CURSE words!!!  You know, I expect it from the world, but NOT from fellow Christians.  I think this whole “being real”, “being transparent” trend is just giving us excuses to live and act according to the flesh.  I know there are times when we all slip and say (or think) a “cuss” word.  However, to type that word out and proudly hit the “publish” button???  Shame on you!  You ought to know better!  It shows a lack of class and a serious lack of imagination and creativity.
  • Isaac is sleeping the day away today…and has done that several times in the last few weeks.  I think he’s going through a growth spurt.
  • We are attending a family reunion on Saturday, and for the first time in years, I am excited to cook for it — because of PINTEREST!!!  There are just so many easy recipes that it makes it really fun to pick out a few things to try.
  • Next Tuesday I will be posting a “Do Over Challenge” post on my jewelry blog.  I am looking forward to that!  I re-made the necklace that was sent to me a couple of weeks ago, and have already worn it twice!  Now I just have to discipline myself to take some pictures for my post!  I’m looking forward to seeing what the other jewelry bloggers have done with their “do over” pieces!
  • My cousin Joy, of Case Crossings, had her baby girl on Monday!  We are all so excited about her.  Joy and her husband like to “meet” their babies before deciding on a name, so we have called her “Tadpole” for months.  It was very difficult for 3-year-old Josiah to accept that his baby sister is now called “Joanna”! LOL!  Hopefully, he will pick up on it quickly, as he hears other people say it! 🙂

Yep, we’ve had a fun and busy week!  So now, I’d best get up from here and see what I can get accomplished!

HopeFULLy,

Alesha Kay

What a Wonderful Weekend

Managing My Monday – Ike and I are hanging out by ourselves this morning.  Julie is not feeling well today.  I did manage to get all of his dvds back in their jackets and videos rewound and on the shelf.  That's something that Daddy doesn't manage to keep up with on the weekend, and it is no problem to do them on Monday morning. 🙂

We had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday together yesterday.  As I stood up in the choir and looked out at the church congregation, in their spring-colored clothing, singing "I serve a RISEN Saviour.  He's in the world today!  I know that He is living, whatever men may say, " it seemed to be the happiest holiday ever!!!

Really, it is a day of such victory, such triumph, such incredible sacrifice ending in Christ's resurrection.  How can we not LOVE the celebration of all of that?!

Of course, I also indulged a bit over the weekend in my favorite Easter candy eeeeeverRobin's eggs.

We didn't get any pictures yesterday.  We were focused on the basics – all of us getting to church together. :)  So some of the fun extras were dropped; but we had a good day!  The weather here was just gorgeous!  Ike and Doug spent some time out on the front porch while I was at church for the evening service.  They were able to listen to the service on the radio out there. 🙂

I do have a pic of our newly planted veggies, though!  Our friend, Mike, potted some plants for us and Doug brought them home last Tuesday.  I am trying really hard not to kill them! 😉

 

Plants

 

From left to right these are Yellow Brandywine Tomato, Yellow Pear Tomato, Boston Pickling Cucumber and Straight Eight Cucumber.  He also sent this little pot of Basil.

 

Basil

 

They are on my front porch, but are getting plenty of sunshine and fresh air.  This is really an experiment of sorts, to see if I can grow things on this porch.  We do have bamboo stakes and a mesh that is used for gutters that we'll be inserting into the pots for the cukes.  The tomatoes are a determinite variety and will not need to be staked.

I just got an email from him, reminding me that these will need to be pollenated, since they aren't outside to get the help from the bees.  I'll be researching that to see what needs to be done.  If you are knowledgeable about this process, I sure would appreciate some advice or perhaps a web site that might help.

Well, I have several more things listed on my "To Do" list on my phone for today, so I'd best get busy!

Wishing you a happy week,

Alesha

 

 

Success!

 

Finally, by making use of the freebies offered us by our Creator (i.e. planning, perspiring and persevering), I have achieved my goal:


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Lunch, on my porch, with a view!

Everyday Blessings

 

Before

Before

 

During

During

After

(Now we can roll Isaac's wheelchair out to the porch, and we can roll Poppet's birdcage out there too.)

After

Doug's chili turned out so yummy!

Yummy

Ike's dvd players are constantly breaking – even the expensive ones.  We found these at our corner drugstore for $9.99.

Dvd players

Our radio Restorathon loot!  (Well, there were 4 cds, too, but they are already in use!)

Loot

The shampoo that saved the day!  (Coconut oil is verrrrrry difficult to remove from hair!)

Shampoo

We got our tax return back today!

Taxes

Cute little clippies Doug brought home for me.

Clips

Pretty Kepler

Prettygirl

My favorite little smirky boy!

Smirky boy

Until next time…Blessings,

Alesha

The Way of Blessing

 

This is how God met our needs this week:

  • A family member slipped me a $20 bill in passing
  • I was paid for singing (which I did not expect!)
  • My electric bill dropped $45! (I tried to keep my thermostat 1* higher than last month and it definitely paid off!)
  • I went to a party and was sent home with leftovers (barbeque, y'all – my hubby was thrilled!)
  • My hubby's new job is closer to our house, so less gas being used each day.  He is also not coming home at lunch time, so actually there is much less gas being used!
  • Several things we needed from the grocery store were on sale – bogo – and I was able to use some coupons too.
  • Doug and I both had lunch out and someone else picked up the ticket.

 

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Psalm 84:1-2

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 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 24:5-6