Mans Best Friend (Just for Fun)

 We adore our two chihuahuas to death but we’ve kind of had the puppy itch again recently and thought it would be fun for the kids to have a little bit bigger dog…
Like a Boston Terrier.

Although we are NOT ready to add another precious Fido to the family,
I had some fun looking at the essentials you need when you get a new puppy!
Enjoy!  :) 

 

 

Mans Best Friend

 

Friday Letters

Friday Letters

 

 

Dear Vacation
Thank you for the sunshine and uninterrupted time with my beautiful family…  The relaxation was much needed!

Dear Family
You made this summer the best yet!  I’m so grateful for you!  :)

Dear Summer
Couldn’t you have lasted a tad longer?

Dear Fall
Can you hurry up and bring the cold crisp mornings, changing leaves and apple pie?

Dear Bed
I missed you so much and there is nothing like you!  Although the other bed is mine also, it’s not like YOU!!

Dear Suitcases
Do you think you can unpack yourselves and make your way into the laundry?  That would be so helpful!

Dear Jesus
Thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and for making all things new…  I love you soooooo much!!!

  Dear friends
I am so grateful for your love, prayer and precious kindness.  I love you all so much!

Dear Mom & Dad
Thank you for always opening up the vacation house to us and making us feel so welcome.
I love my home away from home…  It’s my heaven on earth!  :)

My Vacation Essentials

Essie Bazooka

 Here are my essentials for a great vacation…  Many are just my essentials for everyday life and I just couldn’t do without while away from home…
But things I love, none the less! :)

Vacation

 

 

 

Also, here are a couple pictures of my precious boys the other day having so much fun in the pool!!!  :)

Ask Anything: Answers

ask anything

 

For the Ask Anything post I did back on July 22nd I answered 10 Questions from y’all and the answers are below…

 

1. What is your biggest prayer in life?
My biggest prayer in life is that my children will continue to grow in their walk with the Lord and grow up knowing the truth, and daily walking with the Lord.  I want them to serve Christ and others as Jesus did.  I want to die knowing that I will one day see my kids in heaven someday!

2. Cake or ice cream?
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake from Baskins!  LOL

3. What is your favorite food blog?
Gosh this is tough because I have so many I adore but here is a list of a few I visit daily…
Picky Palate 
Mix & Match Mama
Comfy In The Kitchen
Six Sisters Stuff
Chelsea’s Culinary Indulgence

4. What mascara do you use?
For everyday use I use Loreal Voluminous mascara in Blackest Black…  It really lengthens my lashes!

5. What does Jesus Mean to you in one word?
EVERYTHING

6. What is your signature recipe?
My Nonna’s homemade bolognese spaghetti sauce…  It’s a delicious secret recipe.  :)

7. Do you have any pets?
Yes, we have two chihuahuas named Cocoa & Chloe.

8. What inspires you?
Jesus, my family and friends.  Songs inspire me as well as children and their genuine hearts…  Lots of things, my list could go on…

9. What bible do you read?
I read the Women of Faith Study Bible as well as one that my husband gave me on our wedding day…  Both are NIV.

10. Do you have any summer plans?
Yes!  Spending time with my family and friends and a few trips!  ;)

My Top 10 Fav Snacks

Frozen Grapes

I found myself noshing on some frozen grapes last night and started thinking of my favorite things to snack on and thought I would share.  :)

 

 

1.  Frozen grapes (Red only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Ants on a Log (with Laura Scudders All Natural Peanut Butter and Sunview Organic Raisins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Raw or Roasted Almonds mixed with dried cranberries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  My homemade hummus with carrot sticks OR ‘Food Should Taste Good’ Multigrain chips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  Fresh fruit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Protein Shake made with almond milk (SunWarrior Brand Raw Warrior Chocolate Protein powder)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  Steel cut oats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.  Zing Chocolate Coconut Bar or a Gnu bar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.  Coconut milk yogurt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Fresh veggies

Ask Anything!

ask anything

 

 

I’ve gotten a few questions recently and so I thought it would be fun to do a Q&A post again!  Ask anything and in a week or so I will do a post with my answers!  You can email them to me at paulandlaura9@comcast.net or post your questions in the comment box. Hope all of you are having a very blessed weekend!  :)

Thoughtful Tuesday and My Need for Jesus

BeautyofThe Cross

 

Wow!!!!  I am sitting looking at the Insiders Nordstrom Sale for the big yearly Anniversary Sale this year and I am making myself sick by drooling over all of the cute new things and suddenly I’m depressed and feeling really bad…  Shame on me! ~  You see, this is my downfall, my hardest sin to overcome~ materialism.  I’m such a consumer and always want the newest things and I love them for a week or two and then the happiness of it all diminishes and leaves me feeling empty.  I grew up blessed, and having everything I could ever imagine and more!  And while here on earth that seems like the most amazing thing in the world…  but the problem with it is that I can’t take any of it to heaven with me and it all fades.  None of it matters in eternity, so why should it matter to me now?!  I don’t want to gain the world and forfeit my soul…  Because I am in this world and not of it~  And I am just passing through.  It’s a struggle and I fight it daily and I know this empty place in my heart at this moment is just a deeper yearning for Christ.  He only can quench that thirst deep in my soul for something more.  And so, I am turning off the computer and and with a bowed head and on bended knees, I humbly display my heart and ask my Father for forgiveness and give it all to Him.  Because He is all I truly need and I need to be reminded of that daily…  And sometimes by the minute.  :)

 

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.  1 John 2:17

Just About as Good as Duct Tape

coffee filter

Totally random post today but I received this email from my mom and loved it so I had to share.
I’m chaperoning a field trip with my youngest son’s class today to the theater and I’m really looking forward to a fun day   :)

COFFEE FILTERS


Who knew!  And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for $1.00, even the large ones. 

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome…  Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.

3.  Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.

4.  Filter broken cork from wine.  If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

5.  Protect a cast-iron skillet.  Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

6.  Apply shoe polish.  Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.

7.  Recycle frying oil.  After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

8.  Weigh chopped foods.  Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

9.  Hold tacos.  Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

10.  Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot.  Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.

11.  Prevent a Popsicle from dripping.  Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

12.  Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?  Use strips of coffee filters.

13.  Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them.  It soaks out all the grease.

14.  Keep in the bathroom.  They make great “razor nick fixers..”

15.  As a sewing backing.  Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics.

16.  Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

17.  Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.

18  Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.

19.  Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.

20.  Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.  Saves on having extra bowls to wash.

21.  Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.

22.  Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.

23.  Use them to sprout seeds.  Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a zip-lock plastic bag until they sprout.

24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers.  Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone book.

25.  Use as a disposable “snack bowl” for popcorn, chips, etc.

26.  Great in the tool room when separating nails and screws then use in the bottom of containers to remove moisture and prevent rust.


OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO