Celebrating!

God brought us together and we are one in Him. He is our fortress, our protector, Mighty God.
His mercies are new every morning. He will never leave us nor forsake us.

We had dahlias at our wedding so that's why they are featured here on our anniversary page. The photo with us by the F-4E was taken at the Evergreen Space Museum in McMinnville, OR, just this Thursday. One time to get close to something we heard alot when we were on base in England and New Mexico. If it hadn't been for the Air Force we'd probably not met then there would have been a different story. But God wrote our story and that's why we are celebrating!

My Man's Hands

I am not married to a farmer nor do we live on a farm. Sometimes I wish we'd got a piece of land in the country but we couldn't afford it when we were getting our double wide manufactured home almost 22 years ago. Instead we live in a small town that has some farm land behind us. This summer we needed to do something with our front lawn. It was non existent as we'd killed it all off in anticipation of getting some sod from someone, at a good price. But that never materialized so we took matters into our own hands. We borrowed the tiller from the hardware store (free) where I work. We put gas in it and cleaned it up b4 the return. Hubby donned his outdoor clothes on the hot late morning and tilled up the ground. We added some leftover garden and potting soil from the previous year to the hard ground.

Loving my man's hands!
He tills the ground.
He uses his hands to work for a living as well.
What more could I ask from him?
His hand in mine on walks,
at church or a movie,
his hand on my shoulder when he bends down for a kiss good bye in the morning
when I'm at the breakfast table eating breakfast.
Sometimes it's with mouth full of cereal!
His hands moving when he talks, teaching Sunday school.
His hands....important!

This is a resting chair that hubby ate his lunch on. I brought out sandwiches and pop for lunch, into the garage. It was a nice little lunch together, something we usually don't do...a lunch in the garage? Why not! This chair is one my mom repainted years ago in her orange kitchen phase. One of many old chairs that were redone and I needed to keep a couple. One of these days I will strip it and make it look better. Grass seed was planted Aug. 8 and some started coming up the following Monday.



Fast forward to Oct 1, here is our lawn with lovely Oregon rain. I couldn't get any photos without some rain spots on camera. The lawn has come a long ways from tiny seeds. It's amazing that the seeds still are germinating. We can't wait til it all fills in. There is more seed to fill it in now that there is cooler weather.

This is my dory fisherman whirly gig I bought some years ago when visiting the coast. I've recently replaced the metal support since the original one rusted. I am enjoying it again. I enjoy it when the wind is blowing. It can scare me at times as well. It makes noises sometimes in the wind. But it is fun to have.


Last photo is of my hydrangea. It didn't do well this year but I enjoyed it none the less. I have enjoyed our short summer. How about your summer? Now it's fall and we are enjoying the fall leaves among the wet roads and raindrops on our walks in the ever growing darkness of the night that's getting earlier each day.

Stay Home Sunday

Today is Sunday. I usually go to church but my sleep deprivation last night prevented me from going to church with my hubby as usual. My left foot hurt badly last night and I finally got up and went out to the living room. I turned on a light by the tv and picked up a blanket, pillow and "The Help" book I've read one chapter of and laid down on the couch with my feet elevated. I read 2 chapters and started on another....well, I better go back to bed. Wake up time came but my body wasn't willing to budge from the warm blankets. My spirit was sorta willing but it couldn't convince my body to rise from the bed. So I went back to sleep after telling hubby I wasn't going to 1st service, maybe 2nd service. I woke up an hour and a half later, rolled over and went back to sleep for awhile. Waking up, I just laid there and finally realized the time and turned on The Fish radio station and listened to praise music for awhile. I loved it and one brought me to tears...You are my hiding place, sung by Selah. Oh so beautiful song.



On the few and far between Sundays that I stay home from church I watch Bayless Conley on TBN. Not knowing what time his program comes on makes me search the tv listing from last week, since the new paper isn't in yet. So I have time to eat my cereal. Then watch him then watch another program with Jeff Shreve. I'd not watched this program before but he was talking about what we do when life changes without our permission. It works with anything in our lives from loss of a job, a death, our finances, our marriage and many more. Pastor Shreve used Joshua 1 as a basis of sermon. How Joshua was to move on after Moses died. He was to take the Israelites into the promise land. He was to remember the Law and read it daily and to remember what to do in life. God also told him that He would never leave him nor forsake him. That is for us today! Did you know that? He quoted Hebrews 13:5 and said in Hebrew God said he would not never never leave you and he would not never never forsake you. WOW! In English it doesn't read correctly but in Hebrew it means a lot to those who believe in God and are a born again follower. You can hear his message on this link....FromHisHeart.org
I am glad I stayed home because I needed to hear this message. I am still struggling with the a financial issue from last Oct. Now I see I need to move on because I've grieved about it enough. My life is now a new normal with God. Have a blessed week with the Lord my friends.

"Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have;
for he said,
'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'
Hence we can confidently say,
'The Lord is my helper,
I will not be afraid,
what can man do to me?' "
Hebrews 13:5-6 RSV