At Home This Week

At Home This Week
This week has been an industrious one. For example, my oldest daughter made two quilts and a set of curtains these last few days. One quilt was a throw for her bed and the curtains were for her room. The second quilt was a request from a woman from church who wanted some of her favorite T-shirts sewn together. My daughter earned $20.00 for the job. :) She also rearranged her room to best compliment the colors she chose for her newly sewn items.

My youngest daughter has been baking this afternoon. She has baked chocolate shortbread (I've sampled quite a bit of this already). At the moment, she has a custard in the oven and cheese rolls ready to go in after that. She doesn't cook like this everyday, but she does create on a fairly regular basis. It's wonderful to see her show such an interest in kitchen work. :)She's hoping to have time to bake a cake to take with us when we visit friends out of state this weekend.

My son is four and has been busy playing. He spent a good bit of time making Play-doh animals and feeding them. It's important to keep your animals well fed. :)

These things along with the normal day to day chores have kept us quite occupied.

It's good for a mama to see her chicks busy working with their hands.

Psalm 63:5 "My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise You." :)

Visiting

Today, my children and I visited my husband's mother and step-father. We had a nice time chatting. While there I picked up a large metal coffee can to use for a bread recipe I ran across.

Seeing the metal coffee can reminded Papa (the step-father)who is quite elderly and doesn't hear very well, of a boyhood memory. He told me that when he was a boy his mother use to bake brown bread in a metal coffee can in the oven. Papa said the smell would fill the house. He said he was sure his mother made other kinds of bread, but distinctly remembers the brown bread. What a nice memory to have. Now it's something I will remember.:)

My MIL has lots of cats and kittens that we enjoyed watching and holding today. She also has a few chickens. As far as chickens go they're actually pretty. My MIL showed us her planter garden. I didn't realize you could grown such healthy looking green beans and herbs in pots. I may try that come next Spring. :) We have a small garden already, but I'd like to try something different. :)

I can't wait to visit again. Next time we'll go as a family and take supper.

"For you make me glad by your deeds, O Lord; I sing for joy at the works of your hands." Psalm 92:4

Books, Books Everywhere!

Yesterday, we went through all our books. It was quite a job, but someone had to do it. I took them to a local used book store. The store gave me $113.20 credit...for books that were just sitting on the shelf staring at us! I let my children pick out a few movies and books that were calling their names. :) It was lots of fun. I still have $66.00 left of credit. We'll probably wait a couple of weeks before we shop for books again. That will give the store enough time to get books in that we haven't seen there before.

That being said. Out of all books ever written, the greatest of them all is the Holy Word of God. The B-I-B-L-E.