1-1-11

A new day in a new year.
    Time , what a precious gift yet so much of it is wasted. As I talked to my brother this morning we talked about time. I have this subject come up a lot  lately.
    Time can not be saved. It can not be redeemed. It can not be be built up. It is what it is when it is. It is forever ticking and always going and each day has enough to make it a day. No more no less. Once today is over. The time is gone. Cannot save any part of yesterday's time for tomorrow. It is today's allotted time and that is it.
  So yesterday was last year and those things are now history in time. I feel like I wasted time because I sat and watched The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. I have not sat for so long in what it seems like forever. I do not watch television. And I haven't seen a movie in probably 6 months or more. But yesterday, my husband and I watched his favorite movies. He just loves the books really.
But wow, what a waste of time, if I was to do that every day or even once a week. I have other things to do. But that is how I took out the old year.

Today has been quiet different. Although not what I wished it could have been.
    Tried to sew on my scrappy quilt, but after baking oatmeal raisin cookies and preparing a pot roast in the crock pot, I read and took a little nap.
Now back to the second to the last book, Armageddon, of The Left Behind series. Almost done with it and the celebration of The Glorious Appearing,The end of Days, and then I will enjoy Joel Rosenbergs',
The Twelfth Imam.

    So I have no more time this evening to blog, I need to go and read so as to enjoy all the books I can read in the time I have here.
    Until next time, ....happy reading

Freezing...

       Okay so 28* is freezing here where we are. My birds water dish was frozen on top. I have Zebra finch in an avery.  The pipes needed to have water ran thru them a bit to keep from breaking and my chickens were fine, Thank the Lord.
     Cold, yes we are cold here and yet in the home we have a fire burning in the fire place and the little dog has her sweat-shirt on, and the coffee is brewing, again.
     Last day of 2010 and we are counting our blessings still. The Lord is so good and we acknowledge that it is all of His provisions that keeps us here where we are, today.
  
   Maybe I'll post more later, but I feel the need to bake cookies and maybe Snuggle with a book or sit with my husband and watch The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Who knows, sewing sounds wonderful too, but doesn't look promising.
 Happy New Year .....

The Bride of Christ..

      Today I went to the year end Koinonia of my summer Thursday bible study group. The theme was "The Bride of Christ". We all dressed in black and white and we were to choose a Covenant Promise scripture to share. We could wear veils if we wanted to and had them. We were to bring our favorite appetizer, and bring our favorite wedding picture.
    I arrived at least a half an hour early. Thought I was only 15 minutes. But it just prepared me for the day.

    The setting was beautiful. The food everyone brought was fabulous and in abundance. The ladies arrived in mostly black and with veils. It was great fun.
   The photos were view by all and of course mine was in a photo album of our trip to Israel, where we got married on The Mount of Beatitudes. It caused questions but it was all good.
   We all got a number that was on the back of a poker chip. I was 4. Okay. Wow, I really like the #3. But oh well. So we all fellowship like a bunch of hens in a hen house. lots of laughter and cameras flashing.
  We began the worship with a poem and then singing. Soon to share our Covenant Promise. I had chosen Romans 8:38-39.
We learned that we would read our scripture to the person with the next # and that would be ours. Wow, I would get #3 after all and I received    2 Corinthians 11:2. Another wow. I love what the Lord has promised me in this scripture and as each woman received what the Lord had ordained, it was great to see how it fit perfectly. The Lord is so good.
    I had a great time and ate to much good food and was full of the Spirit of the Lord .
 I love days like this.

Playing in the house..

Today, We ( Alex and I ) played in my sewing room. We chatted and sewed and ironed and laughed, all the while it was raining outside. It was a great day for this quilters' playhouse.
 Next week we go back to homeschooling and not so much sewing. But we will still be in the sewing room. It is all together , sooo maybe I will be able to continue to work on that scrappy quilt that is using up most of my scraps.
I made an apron last night and will upload a picture later. As for now I want to go read and see if I can't finish another book before the end of the week.

Stash...

             I have been trying to use up my stash for almost two years now. I have only been purchasing the fabric needed for the backs of my quilts.

    Now I am making aprons. I won't have to purchase backs, plus I can give them away faster. Maybe even sell a few. They are not as costly to others as a quilt would be.

 They are user friendly and every one needs to be in the kitchen once in awhile. Home made taco's or chocolate chip cookies. Protect your clothes and wear a cute apron.

I have made many but in my spare time I reformatted my camera disk( not knowing what I was doing) and cleared it out of over two months worth of memories never to be shared.

But hey, there's always tomorrow to make more. I also know not to repeat a bad mistake.

   So until next time, happy sewing.....

Christmas Blessings

doll bed and pillow and quilt

We had a wonderful day today. We, my husband and I spent the day relaxing. We tinkered and waited for my grand-daughter to arrive to open her Christmas gifts. Not many.  Some home-made.The doll bed and blanket and sheet and pillow. Oh so cute.
  We laughed and Papa just kept getting another gift. He had no idea. 6 books in all. Just heard him say that he just blew threw 5 chapters, unstoppable. I guess he really likes at least one of them. That is a good thing.
This is the first Christmas we have really celebrated since 1993. Wow... Don't ask, just wow.
It was great. Spent yesterday with one of my daughters helping out serving the Lord by volunteering at Los Angeles Mission. And then today seeing my other daughter laugh.
My grand-daughter got gifts from everyone she knows. She got two  bikes and boots, jewelry, books and clothes, and Barbies and doll bake sets and a Key board. (Hope she will open up to a desire to worship in music. We will see. If that is where the Lord wants her, I hope we have provided the tool to start it). She had a good Christmas.

jumping up & down with joy

  Okay, with all this said, I need some more rest. Have to be ready to serve in Children Ministry tomorrow morning.

Visions of Los Angeles

Wow, I was so open to serve the Lord and That I did. Went to Los Angeles Mission yesterday and helped out at their Christmas dinner function. My daughter and her boy-friend were going and I have always wanted to do something like serving the needy. This was my opportunity. I had a ride and a place to go. I was ready by 6:45am. Waiting for my ride to pick me up, seeing as I do not drive if I do not have to. Arrived in L.A. with the cool of the morning and the Toy District still not even opened all the way. People already waiting outside the mission for their freebie things. We were in charge of the give away jackets. There were pallets of these boxes of jackets and there were sizes from children's XS to MXL. Of course everyone wanted the MXL. We had to be diplomatic about who got what by sizing them up, why you might ask. Well there were many more children sizes than mens and then very few MXL. Some wanted to take them even if it didn't fit them, they would give it to their family someone. Very few didn't take them because they would not fit them. I smiled a lot and seemed to call everyone 'sweetie' or 'hon'. The weather was very nice, sun was shining and warm. I believe I may have got a slight tan from the left side of my face.
Seen celebrities that I didn't know, were celebrities. Saw a character in my daughter that made me laugh inside, cause I seen and heard 'Me'. And Time flew by. Before I knew it it was 2:30 pm and I don't think I was ready to go, but my team-mates (daughter and boy-friend) were. So we left the others holding down the fort. so to speak.
The people I had seen I still can not wash from my sights. Not that I wish I could or even trying to. I just keep seeing them go by, in want, in need, in hopes. I just keep seeing them and yet there is no face really. They are all the same type and seem to carry themselves the same way and are okay with it.
    I am in awe at how BLESSED I am. I am still 'Thanking the LORD' for the many blessings His has poured out on me and my family and loved one's. I am in a warm home, with clean sheets on a real bed. I have a pillow and heat in my home that allows me to be comfortable and I have food that I cooked in my kitchen with my dishes and it is all clean. I am so blessed and I know it. There are people who don't have much that they can call their own and they sleep on the dirty streets of L.A. and beg for what ever they have and take whatever hand outs others are willing to give them and they are cold. But tonight they may have a jacket that I handed them yesterday. No I did not give it to them. The jackets were donated by someone else. I do not know who, but I did hand it to them and some took it and were thankful.
Needless to say, at the end of the day, I was exhausted. I was pooped out and Oh So Thankful that I had my pillow in my home with my warm bed to sleep comfortably in and I did.

Prep work

            So tonight I need to prepare myself for service tomorrow. I have volunteered to serve at a mission in L.A. tomorrow.
  I have always wanted to serve the Lord by serving others and this year, I am doing it.  I have no idea what I will be doing and that kind of is not me so there I am stepping outside my box. But I am not the one driving there so I think I will be okay. I usually need to know in advance what is happening and at this time, the only thing I know is that I am signed to go and serve. May prove to be very interesting.
  I prayed this year for the Lord to use me in sharing the truth about Him and serving Him. If this is part of the answer, I am not going to question Him about it. I am just going to rely on Him to carry me through.
   He has blessed me in ways that I could never explain, so I don't question it either.
So until tomorrow.....

Rainy Day feeling...

Okay so today I couldn't help but have that rainy day feeling, again.  Some may know that it has been raining since Sunday here and we don't usually have days like this. We may get a sprinkle here and there and sometimes a bit of real rain. But Rain that just keeps coming down and really has nowhere to go except down. Down that is in the dry soil and bedrock. I thought we may get a lake out back if it didn't stop soon. Then just like that it did. But a bit later it just let loose, The heavens I mean and it came down in buckets. And then stopped again. I think it may be over for now, here in these parts anyway.
Mama said there would be days like this and I can not remember too many of them as it was today and yesterday, but we needed it and I pray it is not all we get this season. Lord know we can use more .
Days like this causes one to go to their stash of fabrics and pull them out and start sewing. So that is what I did. Started to sew on a scrappy quilt I cut scraps for a few weeks ago. Been saving scraps since the late 90's. Found a really good pattern that I can use lots of them on and now we are in business. I think it's like a scrappy Buck-Eye Beauty. Hey and I like scrappy. It keeps the eyes moving. Anyway lots of pinning and then some stitching and of course trimming up and squaring up and we should have a really cool quilt in about three months. Quilt top possibly if nothing else. I'll see how far I get with it before we go back to school.

In the mean time, it's time to go read.....

Quilters' Playhouse: new day,more rain

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

New to this....

I am so new to this that It is scary that I am doing it, So I thought I would give it a go. It is almost Christmas and 32 years ago today,would have been my daddy's 44th birthday, which you do the math would make him ?
This is the first Christmas since 1993 that I have a Christmas tree in my home. My oldest daughter came home in 2007 and brought hers here so that my grand-daughter could have one but it was theirs. This year my youngest daughter, bought me one that is about three feet tall and covered in lights. I am enjoying it and it will be around till the end of my time, I figure.
Rain and still more rain has been falling for a few days now. We can use it that's for sure. Great way to water all my gardens.
As of today, we have received 5 eggs from our chickens that we purchased in October. I am so happy about it too. Fresh eggs and free range, YES!!! Makes for a great omelet that I can put my fresh grown chilies and bell peppers in.

Made a apron for a Christmas gift that someone else is giving to someone else. Yet I had picked out the fabric not five minutes before I got the call to make an apron. Okay...
Two days ago I dreamed of someone calling me from jail because of bad choices, and today I received the call to warn me of that someone possibly going to jail for bad choices....
The Lord is definitely working and I am witnessing it.
Well I think this is enough for the first time, except to say, I love to see how the Lord works.

Posted by judith at 9:16 PM Quilters' Playhouse: new day,more rain: "Still raining, and enjoying the quiet time with it."