Bustin' out all over!

Our little paperwhites are doing so well! They're just bustin' out left and right! And their fragrance can be enjoyed even from far away! Aren't they pretty? (Thanks Mrs. E!)

If you look in the background of these flowers, you can see out my kitchen window to the little bit of snow we got last night. (It was mostly sleet, freezing rain-yuck!) Nice to have these springy flowers to look at! :0)
For any of you guys/kids that may be reading (Vic) & that think flowers are oh so boring, look below and you can see the tire tracks my son Brad made in the snow with the lawn tractor. :0)
Cool huh? He had fun!

A Little Early Spring Fever

The lovely paperwhites above were a gift to my daughter and I from a lovely friend of ours. We are really enjoying them! They are very fragrant!
This was a neat project as we have never forced bulbs before.

Below is something I picked up the other day. The primroses will be given away to someone most likely, but I had purchased them, then stopped at Goodwill and saw the basket for .50--and thought "Hmm, I'll bet those pots will just fit in here..." and they did! So, viola! We're enjoying them while they're all still here. (I love primroses and have some in my garden that come up every year).

Happy Thoughts of Spring!

Monday was a holiday around here as my sweet husband had off for President's Day. Our family (including my mom) went to nearby Lancaster, PA (1 hour from here) to visit the Mennonite Biblical Tabernacle Reproduction. As we have all been reading through the Old Testament, we thought it would be a neat trip to take. The hostess who have the tour was very good, and we really enjoyed this life-sized replica complete with the courtyard. Not everything was to exact specifications--but most of it was, and she would point out and give you an idea of what the exact proportions would be. She said that different presenters have different ways of focusing on it, but she focused on the blood sacrifice, and repentance.
It was a neat trip.

Afterwards we went out for lunch, which was a nice treat!

Although it was sunny and in the 60's when we left, it got increasingly colder, and rained the whole day, so I couldn't get pictures--it is a lovely area to visit, and I wanted you to get the flavor of this "Amish country", so here are some pictures I took a few months ago, this was the same area we were in Monday.

The farm pictured above is where I get my milk. :0) And so, we combined pleasure, with necessity! The people are so nice, I always like to stop there--it makes the necessity a pleasure!

If you are reading this post--you've been tagged!
The rules are to link the person who sent this to you and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours. Post the rules on your blog. Share 7 strange/weird facts about yourself. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, linking their blog. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
If you don't have a blog that's ok--just answer my comments section below so we can all read it! :0)
I will start things off by posting seven strange things about myself....

1) I love football
2) I like to eat ice cream using pretzels instead of a spoon
3) I don't usually like the food on my plate to touch and mix
4)I don't like spicy food for the most part
5) I hate iced tea and coffee
6) I'm a total night owl
7) I try to avoid malls like the plague :0)

Now it's your turn!

And you can not lurk--you must post--I will KNOW if you skip out! LOL

Patience. The very word makes me squirm a bit. Patience is not one of my virtues! Although I wish I had some. :0)
I want to be complete, wanting nothing:

James 1:4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

But I also know that being the slow learner I am...this means in my language "no pain, no gain".

James 1:3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

I am still a work in progress--I sure am glad that God has patience! :0)

Happy Valentine's Day

The above was in the "Daily Bread" this morning, and I loved it!
If you want to go to the site and read the whole devotional, here's the link:
http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml

Unusual Object Lesson...

Today was $2 Tuesday at our local Goodwill (did I mention that I LOVE $2 Tuesday!?) In case you don't know what this is--all winter clothes and coats for adults are $2, and kids are $1 every Tuesday in February.
Anyway, that's what drew me to the Goodwill today.

My mom was shopping with me, and we were going through the domestics section when she spotted brand new pillows that exactly match my living room curtains. Now, I already had 2 pillows, but I have a huge sofa, and needed 2 more--this style is older and they no longer sell them. So, for 2.50 ea. this was a great find!

Pardon me, I digress. :0) Anyway, I brought these lovely matching pillows home, put them on the couch, and was horrified! My previously (until that very moment) lovely pillows-looked awful! They were soiled, and I didn't even realize it! I never realized it until I plopped those brand new clean ones down.
So, off I went to the laundry tub to scrub and clean them. And while I was there, I started thinking...
That's the way that I am. Sometimes I think of myself as looking pretty good spiritually. If you look at "so and so" and her "big sin"--I don't look so bad at all! BUT, if you put me up against the clean and pure one- my Savior, Jesus....I realize that I am pretty dingy and dirty.
I'm glad that He made me clean again. :0)
And thus, my object lesson. It was a great reminder!