Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife is holding a fun blog re-cap carnival. You list the first sentence of the first post of every month of 2009.Here's mine:January"Wow! Where did 2008 go to?"About the New Year 2009February"The "Cent"sible Sawyer has an updated Walmart Deals list, complete with prices and coupons!"Doesn't get much better than coupon … [Continue]
I am Convinced
I am convinced and sure that He who began a good work in me will continue until the day of Jesus Christ, developing and perfecting and bring it to full completion in me.Philippians 1:6 … [Continue]
Twas The Night Before Jesus Came
Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house Not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care In hopes that Jesus would not come there. The children were dressing to crawl into bed. Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head. And Mom in her rocker with baby on her lap Was watching the … [Continue]
This Weeks Menu
I sent DH beef shopping in our freezer in the shed. He came back with steaks, so we're having steak twice this week.Saturday - Sandwiches, schedule was crazy!Sunday - LeftoversMonday - Steak, rice, yellow squash - canned from our gardenTuesday - Baked Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Green BeansWednesday - Turkey Soup, biscuits Thursday - Steak, leftover … [Continue]
Advent Traditions
We've been celebrating Advent for about 5 or 6 years. I can't remember the exact year that we started, but I think it's been 6 years.I found some Advent devotional books that were highly recommended by lots of people. The books had what color candles to use in the wreath, and what the colors meant. A couple of years ago, we started decorating a … [Continue]
Weekly Menu
I didn't take the time to make a menu last week. I learned my lesson! I am feeling lots better, but I'm still going to be concentrating on easy meals. Which isn't a bad thing this time of year. I also need to plan a freezer cooking and baking session, as we're pretty much out of meals, meal starters, and baked goods in the freezer.Saturday - Chili … [Continue]
This Weeks Menu
I'm not going to list our breakfast and lunches anymore, as they usually consist of the same things. Our menu starts on Saturday. I'm still in easy meal mode. But I'm going to have to do a freezer cooking session soon, as we are running out of meal preps. When I sent a kid shopping in the deep freeze, he said we are out of roasts, have 2 steaks … [Continue]

