I'm Back

Back but for only a minute, I am on my way to our daughter's, she is having her baby on Tuesday the 3rd. I will post pictures as soon as I can.
Please keep us all in your prayers.

I'm Back

Back for only a minute to say hey and that I am on my way to our daughter's, she is having her baby on Tuesday the 3rd. I will be there for about a week.
Keep us all in your prayers.

This Should Be Interesting

It may seem silly doing this, when just my girls play. But dang we are having fun!

Join in, you just never know when I am going to post another

"Name that movie" challenge.

This one is one of my most favorite movies.

I just can't help myself.

Ok, Ready, Set, Go!

Till Next Time, God Bless!

Jackie

Name that movie!

Ok, who is this and what show is it from? I know, just wondering if you do.

jackie

He Made It Easy

We have this really awesome front entry, that Todd made for me.

I love the way the light shines on the archway from the window and the class door. As soon as Todd put the arch up I knew that it needed a special verse to go above it. Something that would just say it all, and even thought I love every part of God's word I had asked the Lord to just show us what He wanted there, something that would just say it all! You know what I mean?

I promised not to get into a hurry and grab one of my favorites but to just wait for him to show us, well sure enough, just as God is God and we are not, he brought it to me through my awesome husband. Todd loves the Lord with all his Heart, Soul and Mind, that is for sure and for certain and through the past month our Church family has been broken and crushed because of selfishness, hate and bitterness, (as you can read in my last post), but through it all Todd and I have stood firm on the word of God. Todd has made it clear that His house will not waiver from what is right in God's eyes. We are saddened to see what has come about, but we must Trust God that he is at work, we must Trust God that He has a plan and we must Trust God that He will handled it. Todd and I have spend many sleepless nights praying and encouraging each other, that no matter what others do as for Him and His house, we shall serve the Lord.

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD!
Joshua 24:15

Because in our hearts, there just is

No other Way!

Stand Strong, Press On

jackie

Tile cont.......

"Tiled"

Todd tiled the office floor and it looks so good. We will get the computer put in but not hooked up so the posts may be set aside for awhile.

Tile, Tile, Tile everywhere!!!!

My husband and I have officially declared this day to be the last tile day, in this house.

Our appraisal is Monday and we have to have all the tile layed and grouted today! If you have ever layed tile you know that it is so time consuming. I had the horse tiles and the tiles around it up, then a good guy by the name of Mac, who did all the drywalling and taping and texturing of this house, came out and put on the rest of the tile in the tube cove and it was 6 hours!

I am so very excited for this all to be done, my husband is looking pretty ragged.

Please continue to lift us up in prayer, we sure do appreciate it.

Till Next Time, God Bless

Jackie

It's about Time

It's Time!

I have been gathering and storing things for my house, like a squirrel getting ready for winter. This clock I bought at least

7 months ago and finally I get to get it out of the box.

Finally, it was "TIME" to hang the clock!

I think it was well worth the wait.

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Next, my husband and I put up this really awesome railing that I have been holding in my mind for about a year, yeah its pretty crowded in there. We fastened furniture feet buns to a 1x6 and then reinforced it with screws. Then we screw the 3/4 round to the buns and counter sunk the screws. I wanted the lifted look so that I could wrap my garland around the rail for the holidays. I love to decorate for the holidays.

Go ahead, tell me what you think.

Tonight we are working on the back entry wall, hanging bead board.

Till Next Time, God Bless

Jackie

"Amazing Grace "

by Chris Tomlin

If you haven't heard this song on the radio you are missing out. The great Hymn

that has never spoke so much to me as it has the last month.

I have never doubted the love my Savior has for me, and I never will.

But some trials that are blowing through our Church and Church family

like the stench of a rotting carcass, make me wonder how, if there is nothing I can do that is so bad that my Abba Father would ever forsake me, then why can we not show the same forgiveness to our brothers and sisters in Christ. How can a believer who has been shown mercy not in return show it to others? The answer? Sin in the form of selfishness. The stinking rotten "It's all about me" disease. It will consume you and can only end in death.

I am crushed to the point of not being able to breathe with the hate and bitterness that is in and around my family and friends. It grieves me to think that each thinks they are in the right when in fact it is so far from God's Word that I can't recognize it. What has become of these people I love so much, were they just merely existing, pretending to love each other, to have forgiven as they were? No its there, it has always been there and now like a cancer that has been in remission, it is back and it is back with a vengeance, But there is hope, and I know that we can.....

consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:2-4

and then

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:12

And even though it may cause me to grieve so badly that I cannot breathe, My Lord...... My God......... My Savior......... He is the one in control and no matter how bad it gets, this child will stand, on the word.

The words of this song give me strength and I praise the Lord each time I hear it.

Amazing grace How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I'm found

Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear

And grace my fears relieved

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed

My chains are gone

I've been set free

My God, my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy rains

Unending love, Amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me

His word my hope secures

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow

The sun forbear to shine

But God,

Who called me here below

Will be forever mine

Will be forever mine

You are forever mine

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Stand strong, Press On

jackie

"Name that Movie"

(part 3)

"I'm looking at a drunk with a tin star pinned to it"

READY SET GO!

no cheating Mrs. Brown

I See The Lights!!!!

I love our Lights!

My mother and I had to go to town yesterday, I know big surprise. ha ha!

And when we got back Todd had the rest of the outdoor lights up. I just love them.

I love this whole house, it has so much character and it always seems to say welcome home.

The purpose of this house was for our daughters to be able to come home with their families and be able to stay at the house instead of going to grandma's house, now grandma's house is fun, but there really is something to the saying "There's no place like Home". I think when the girls pull down that long drive way they knew so well when they were young, and they see the lights on, this old/new house it will be saying to them welcome home, I've missed you.

I praise the Lord several times a day for the past 4 years, so much growing, trusting, and believing has been done, in His way, in His time.

I know when we see Heaven's gates it will be like it is saying "You are home".

More to come!......................

Here we go again. I know this one will be real easy, but not all of them will be.

READY!

"Name That Moive"

(part 2)

"Well, them I ain't hitting at I ain't aiming at"

GO!

Name That Movie!

When the girls were little and even today when we travel we play this game we made up called "Name that movie". The girls were raised on John Wayne, The good Walt Disney's and the classics. When you live 75 miles from town you watch alot of movies. We have most all of John Waynes and the Disney's. Good Clean Movies. To this day, when we are together or even talking on the phone one or the other of us will say something from some movie we have watched a hundred times over.

So about two nights ago I was thinking of my next post and thought I'll just download a bunch of John Wayne's pictures from movies and then play "Name that movie".

Ok, this is the deal, I give you a Picture from one of John Wayne's movies and a couple lines from it and you tell me the name of the movie. Ready?

"Name that Movie"

(part 1) In This early John Wayne movie, which is one of only two that John Wayne had a dog, John Wayne said: "You baked today, I can smell fresh bread on ya, and on top of that, you smell all over like a woman, all rich and warm and soft.......I could find you in the dark Mrs. Lowe"

GO!
For the guest who has the most correct answers at the end of the month, I am going to send you a John Wayne Movie.

The Granite is Here!

The granite guy came and installed most of the island top. The backsplash was measured wrong so he will be back soon with that.
I love the granite but am not sure about the mixture of the tile and the granite together. Oh well, it will have to stay that way for a while. Todd wanted to order granite for the other side as soon as he saw the granite but we will have to save for a couple of years because it is a much bigger area than the island. The granite guy had to do alot of cutting the get the stove top in and so now everything is covered with a fine layer of dust again.
I am sure looking foward to the day that the construction dust is gone, and we get back to just regular dust. Now thats funny I don't care what you say!