Guidance

The Lord will guide you always; He will

satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land...

You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 58:11 niv

THIS blonde laughs last!!!

A blond walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan
officer. She says she's going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the blond hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce. The car is parked on the street in front of the bank, she has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan.

The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blond for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the blond returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The blond replies....."Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return!"

hmmm... society at large... wow!

I didn't realize the ultimate importance of being a Mom until after being one for awhile. Here's a quote that really hammers that importance home!


"The first and best school of politeness, as of character, is always the home, where woman is the teacher. The manners of society at large are but the reflexes of our collective homes, neither better nor worse."

J.L. Nichols

Wow!! that's so profound.... Let's not forget the importance of our 'job' of mothering!

My saturday night

I'm sitting here in a quiet kitchen waiting for the chocolate chip cookies to finish baking. The two youngest girls are in bed and everyone else is out/away. The two older girls have been working a youth group fund raiser the last two nights. They're selling fresh cookies during intermission at a local dance recital. Apparently this year is the most successful thus far. So much so that they called and asked me to make some cookies for tomorrow's session! So here I sit smelling chocolate chip cookies... and not allowed to taste them --ha! I'm telling myself that I'm better off this way anyhow!! I'm not sure it's working!!(I need every last one I can squeeze out of this recipe as I ran out of sugar and can't make more cookies!) I made the recipe on the Chipits bag which uses 2 cups of flour and is supposed to make 4 dozen cookies. I got 15 cookies out of it!! Okay so they're 3 inches across... :oD
Randal is out doing a local wine tour with the bus... he enjoys this as he is your typical boy that loves big trucks, buses, etc!! lol.. He just does this on the side.... usually works out to about every other weekend... we miss having him here when he's away doing this but I guess every bit helps. His been shuttling people around town off and on all day today and should be getting home tonight at about 1 am. That makes for a long day for him.
Tomorrow is Sunday and I'm on the worship team, which means that we leave the house at 8:30 am... ouch! I guess that's not really that early.. just is for a Sunday. The girls have their fundraiser again tomorrow afternoon and then we have our small group meeting at 5. It's looking like a busy day again tomorrow..
I've been working pretty much every day for the last couple of weeks. It's great exercise doing yardwork. I've been out enjoying the sun and fresh air. And all that fresh air sure makes me sleep well.
I hope you're all having a great weekend. Take care.

UPDATE:
They made about $600 over Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon... Not bad when they didn't have any expenses to cover for it! Who'd have thought one could make that much selling COOKIES!?!?! This goes to help them fund events that some kids would miss out on because of family financial situations and sometimes the youth will put something together for a needy family in town.

And what about you........?

You Are Periwinkle

You're very intuitive and sensitive. You often know other people better than they know themselves. You're also quite optimistic, and you think well of yourself and others. You know your dreams will come true.

What Color Blue Are You?

crochet project

My daughter Lindsay needed some shoes so last night her and Courtenay and I headed over to Walmart to get some for her. She picked out some kinda golden/bronze coloured runners.

While we were there I decided to pick up some wool and a pattern for a poncho for Janelle. I enjoy having something to sit and do to relax, since I don't watch t.v. I'll post some pics of the wool so you can see the pretty colours. I can hardly wait to get started!! Gotta run get at some paperwork and supervise some homework for Janelle. Then I can get my new wool out and get started....yippee!
Take care

Want to make a SUPER EASY supper??

Hi there Friends! How are things with you all? We're busy here as per usual. It MUST be the time of year!! I had a winter of being very.. ummmm .. how do you say un-busy..??? lol Not a lot going on anyway! Yesterday I did yardwork again and came home with a new recipe from a friend. I decided to try it out on everyone... It was yummy. I think I didn't quite cook it long enough though... it was a little wet in the middle. I should have baked it until a knife inserted in centre came out clean... oh well, it still tasted yummy! One yummy sounding variation is to put tomato slices on top and sprinkle cheese over it. We didn't have any cottage cheese so I added feta cheese and that was good. You can use your imagination and add whatever you think would be good... it's more like a pizza flavour than a burger. Well hope you try it out... it's a 5 minute preparation meal if you have cooked ground beef stored in your freezer!

http://www.ecookbooks.com/products.html?ref=379861795&sid=42789120070517113845&action=det_32396
This is a link to an e-cookbook. It's free recipes that look super easy and really yummy. She's also got some good ideas on what to serve with what.
See what you think and I hope you all have an awesome week.
tata for now

HAMBURGER/CHEESE PIE
1/2c cottage cheese
1 lb. ground beef-cooked
1c mozza shredded
1/2ts salt
1/2ts oregano
6oz tom paste
Spread cottage cheese over bottom of pie plate
Mix remaining ingred., spread over cottage cheese
1c milk
2 eggs
1/2c bisquick
Mix together, pour over above
400*	37 min	pie plate