Poem Monday...........again.

I thought this was a very sweet poem.......

Friendship

We grow closer to each other
When we’re closer to the Lord
The common faith that we share
Binds our hearts in one accord

For friendships last a life time
When built on Jesus Christ
Throughout each different season
We find we are in life

Friends are there through times of grief
And times when hope is gone
Always there with encouragement
So we can carry on

So thank the Lord for giving you
A true and faithful friend
To laugh with you, and cry with you
On whom you can depend

For friends will stay no matter what
Giving you support
And together your hearts truly unite
With the love of the Lord

© By M.S.Lowndes


Now for some humor!!!

The Perfect Girl

A friend asked a gentleman how it is that he never married ?

Replied the gentleman, "Well, I guess I just never met the right woman ... I guess I've been looking for the perfect girl."

"Oh, come on now," said the friend, "Surely you have met at least one girl that you wanted to marry."

"Yes, there was one girl .. once. I guess she was the one perfect girl .. the only perfect girl I really ever met. She was just the right everything .. I really mean that she was the perfect girl for me."

"Well, why didn't you marry her," asked the friend.

"She was looking for the perfect man," he said.

WOW!! Take a look at this........

Home School Hall of Fame

Famous people who were taught at home by their parents

Documented in the book, Home Schooling: The Right Choice, by Chris Klicka

Presidents George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison John Quincy Adams Abraham Lincoln William Henry Harrison Theodore F. Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson John Tyler Franklin D. Roosevelt	Artists John Singleton Copley Andrew Wyeth Rembrandt Peale Claude Monet Ansel Adams Philosopher Charles Montesquieu	Famous Women Abigail Adams Mercy Warren Martha Washington Florence Nightingale Phyllis Wheatley Agatha Christie Pearl S. Buck
Governors Patrick Henry (VA) Charles Pickney III (SC) Richard D. Spaight (NC) William Livingston (NJ) Richard Bassett (DE)	Authors Mark Twain George Bernard Shaw Irving Berlin Charles Dickens C.S. Lewis	Generals "Stonewall" Jackson Robert E. Lee Douglas MacArthur George Patton
US Senators of Congressmen William S. Johnson (CT) George Clymer (PA) John Francis Mercer (MD) William Blount (TN) William Few (GA)	Preachers and Missionaries John and Charles Wesley John Owen Jonathan Edwards William Carey Dwight L. Moody John Newton Hudson Taylor	Scientists, Economists, and Businessmen Blaise Pascal Booker T. Washington Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin Andrew Carnegie John Stuart Mill
College Presidents John Witherspoon – Princeton Timothy Dwight – Yale William S. Johnson – Columbia	Chief Justices of the US Supreme Court John Rutledge John Jay John Marshall	Composers Anton Bruckner Felix Mendelssohn Amadeus Mozart Francis Poulenc

Pretty amazing that all these famous people were home schooled...........isn't it?? How many people do you recognize??

Morning Devotions

For our daily devotions, we are using a book called DAILY LIGHT on the DAILY PATH. Which is compiled by the Samuel Bagster Family. This is what this morning's devotion was on:

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways

James 1:8

No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. LUKE 9:62

He who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. HEBREWS 11:6 Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tosses by the wind. For let not the man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. JAMES 1:6-7 Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and that you will have them. MARK 11:24

No longer be children, tolled to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love,.....grow up in all things into Him who is the head; even Christ. EPHESIANS 4:14-15

Abide in Me. JOHN 15:4 Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58

That last verse is sooo true. So many times our actions are based upon whether or not people are watching. If there is no one watching, phew, then why should I do it then?? Many of times we forget that there is an eye watching every thing we do and is much more important than what's- there- name on the street. We have to be mindful that everything we do is seen by God. And not just our actions but our attitudes too. So, the rest of the week do everything unto God with a JOYFUL attitude!!

Pears, pears and more pears

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Hugh!! We just got finished canning 10 lbs. of pears. Was it HOT!! My Grandpa has 2 pear trees and so combine those with some store bought ones, it equals a lot!! But it is nice to think we have pears to last us for awhile.

Canning has become such a lost art.........now it's just "Oh, you want canned fruit, Walmart has them on sale." It's too bad that people have gone down the convenience road. For one thing, it is a lot cheaper to can your own and second, you don't get all the chemicals that they put in store bought canned fruit. And in my opinion, homemade tastes a whole lot better!! Sure you have convenience, but people wouldn't need convenience if there was a mother who stayed home a prepared stuff like this for her family. Today, we took a day off of school to can, because my Dad wanted canned pears. And it was fun working with my Mom and sisters. But moms who work outside of the house wouldn't of been able to do that........

The ordinary arts we practice every day
at home are of more importance to the
soul than their simplicity might suggest.
~Thomas More

Which looks better??

This

or THIS??
Yummy!!

I think we canned about 20 quarts today!! But with a family of ten, it is not nearly enough!!

I did it again.........

Well, I got tagged again. This time from Stephanie's Saga and it's the "Crazy Eights Tag!!" Lets get started...........

8 Books I've Read Recently or am Reading...
1. Christy by Catherine Marshall
2. I Kissed Dating Good by by Joshua Harris
3. Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
4. A Woman Named Damaris by Janette Oke
5. Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
6. The Lady On A Donkey by Beth Hill Howell
7. The Elsie Dinsmore Series
8. Lucy Winchester by Carol Kauffman


8 Songs I Listen to All the Time...
1. In Christ Alone
2. As The Deer
3. Amazing Grace
4. I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever
5. Sweep Me Away
6.Shout To The North and The South
7. Oh, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
8. OOH!! I don't know??

8 Things I Love...
1. God
2. my family
3. my friends
4. diary
5. my camera
6. all of my books
7. having the whole afternoon to myself
8. blogging


8 Things I've Learned this Year...
1. Arguing doesn't get you far
2. It's very important to have a good attitude in everything you do
3. Everything rubs off on our siblings........good or bad
4. Cameras get ruined by water
5.I can be quite stubborn sometimes
6. People don't understand what hard work is anymore
7. Sophomore's have a lot of school work to finish!!lol
8. Canning is very HOT work


8 New Recipes I want to Try and Make by the End of the Year...
I really don't try recipes that often...........just stick to my old ones!!

8 Favorite Online Hangouts...(Places I go pretty much everyday)
1. Random blogs that I discover
2. Robing Blogs
3. Swagbucks
4. Stay At Home Daughter
5. My email
6. Stephanies Saga
7. My blog
8. I do a lot of school work on here too, soo all of those places


8 Things I Need to Work on...
1.ORGANIZATION
2. Being a better blogger
3. Being more patient
4. Making good choices
5. Remembering it's not what I say, but how I say them
6. Being diligent
7. Getting used to getting up early
8. Being kinder to my siblings

And I tag the first eight people who comment!!

Sorry I had to cut this post short but I am off to Sierra Vista!! I will be back tonight.........no worries =)

Biscuit Twists = yummy!!

Today for breakfast I made Christmas Morning Biscuit Twists. These are sooo easy and super yummy!! For me they took about 15 mins. to make, not including baking. So, give them a try!!

Biscuit dough:
3 c. flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbls. sugar
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cream of tartar
3/4 c. butter
1 c. milk

Stir together dry ingredients. Cut in butter with a pastry blender till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add milk. Stir until just moistened. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 4-6 strokes.

Roll dough out into rectangle (about 1/4 in. thick)

Brush with 2 Tbls. melted butter. Sprinkle with 3 or more Tbls. Brown sugar.

Fold rectangle in half and cut into about 1 in. strips.

Twist strips and place on baking sheet. Bake at 450* for 10-12 mins.

After they come out of the oven, drizzle a simple powdered sugar glaze on top.

Enjoy!!

p.s I also have a giveaway brewing up so stay tuned.

Poem Monday!!

The Love Of Jesus

Before Jesus was a full grown man,
He knew more knowledge and wisdom
than anyone in the land
People didn't believe Heaven was His kingdom.

As Jesus walked down the weary lane,
With blood dripping down His suntanned head
Carrying the cross which where He was to be slain,
Still loving the people who were going to have Him dead.

After He got to Calvary
The soldiers nailed nails into His hands and feet
Even though, He felt at peace
He told His people to rejoice not weep.

Even though He died that day
And was lain inside a tomb
He rose upon the third day
And showed everyone He was true!!

I wrote this poem a little while ago and thought I would share it with all of you. Do you like it??