Prayers for Hawaii

                 My ♥ and Prayers go out to the people of Lahaina Maui, 

               as well as everyone else affected in Hawaii by the recent fires.

 

 

Rolling Tides

 

                            It seems we all drift from time to time in things.. Our seasons of life may be gentle and serene and other times tempestuous and rocky. The past several years I have felt more of the tidal waves knocking me down than that of solid footing on the ground. I have found my mind forgetful, and my heart weary with the conflicting emotions I have inside, despite where I may be. 

     When asked if one is  ok, dare not say because in truth for the most part people dont want to hear the nitty gritty of how someone is feeling,its makes alot of folks uncomfortable..and maybe its because they cant fix it.and if you ever experienced emotional abuse of being told for many years that "you shouldnt feel that way" to " Your feelings are your problem,You Need to Fix Them" or even sharing them only to have what ever grievances you share be turned around on you.. You just learn to say with the universally accepted "Im Ok". Then gosh forbid you have a blow up moment down the road and people around you act shocked. 

Just as ocean tides roll  onto the beach changing the landscape of it, smoothing rocks, scattering the sand in different directions.. the tides of life can have a way of changing a person and the perceptions of that persons life. Some changes can be good and necessary and other times its not and leaves jagged edges on a persons soul.  

 

 

 

America The Beautiful

 

                       O beautiful for spacious skies,
                                    For amber waves of grain,
                                   For purple mountain majesties
                                       Above the fruited plain!
                                          America! America!
                                  God shed His grace on thee,
                             And crown thy good with brotherhood
                                     From sea to shining sea....

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 I hope each and everyone of you had a wonderful and safe 4th of July. Our family has had so much going on this past year that our festivities didnt take us anywhere except to our own back porch.  Here are but a few random Patriotic decorations I put out this year, to help get us all in the Spiriting Mood and festivities.

                                       Our Hall Bathroom: I enjoyed how the small Pitcher

                                                                   and Star Fish, gave the 

                                                                reality of Sea to Shining Sea theme.

 

                                               Even the Hutch helped boost in the Spirit of Things.

 

                                        I decorate this little tree year round for the Seasons and Traditions. 

              Then it was time for the Light Show: Our little Town here in Southern Oklahoma, tries really hard to put on a great show.. everything about it is privately funded by those of us who are able to donate. No matter how big or small the donation is, it goes towards bringing FUN to EVERYONE.

                 This year we just walked up the hill and watched it from our Barn, and when the Town was done, my eldest son lit what he had left over from years past. Baby G enjoyed it so much she asked me the next morning if we were watching Fireworks again, to which I replied.. "Yep, Next Year." 

 

                 So as we all went about celebrating the greatest breakup ever in History, thanks to our Founding Fathers.. I also want to take this moment to remind everyone the wise words of the late and great President Abraham Lincoln and President Ronald Reagan
. His words are very fitting for today and the unfortunate state of our Country in the present, and what will be our demise if we dont start Repenting, and Turning this Nation back to a TRUE NATION UNDER GOD..(the God of Abraham, Issac and David).

 

 I pray for the peace of this nation and the peoples that are in it, I pray that each of our hearts will be softened to the LoRds will on how we should be conducting ourselves unto one another, and that our Leaders no matter the political party will be mindful of every citizens that they have been privileged to govern over. I pray for a return to the Old Ways.. so that our Nation can Prosper for my Children's Children and many more Generations to come.

My Little Curly Q's

In a blog that has since been unrecoverable, I had a post on the curly q's of our Baby G and how cute they were a top of her then little head. Today I am typing on the fact that we dont just have 1 child with swirls of sweetness, but TWO kiddos with curls!

But I will back it up to the best of my ability on what I do remember regarding Baby G's hair raising post.

When Baby G was born she had a light downy of hair coloured in red, and upon further inspection you would see swirls. Those swirls eventually grew into curls once her hair finally began to come in and cover her round little cherub head. 

 

 Its been a learning curve on how to keep them swirly do's ... well swirly! They frizz so easily when she sleeps on them and often times wakes up looking like Albert Einstein... Hair all wild and in a mess. I continue to learn the proper caring and "feeding" if you will of curly hair, for instance I dont wash her hair but now 2 times a week and I make sure I am using gentle baby shampoo.. and when I dry her hair after Tub Tub Time as we say in our household..I make sure to gently squeeze with the towel and not jostle the hair, then I apply coconut oil to her scalp and ends.. especially since we have hard well water and it makes our hair and skin a little more susceptible to drying out. So far its been helping.

 So having one child on the homestead with cute ringlets of curls, just wasnt enough.. Nope the LoRd would have it, that we needed 2 babies with swirly do's! Thats right when my husband and I had our second together, little did we know when Tater Tots hair would actually grow in to notice a difference, he too would have them same little curly q's as his sister. 

The same hair care rules apply to him, wash maybe twice a week, gentle squeeze drying and lather the coconut oil to preserve those strawberry blonde locks of his.

As I look at how much my two youngest stand out with their curls, I think on the fact how interesting genetics really is. I mean you have here two adult parents with straight hair, My husbands is brownish with red in his beard ect, I on the other hand, growing up had very strawberry blonde hair and as I have grown older it has become more of a darker red, would think maybe our children would have straight hair.. and either one of our hair colourings. But if you go outside our little molecule family you will see that really, Greg and I are the Odd ones of our individual respective families. Gregs brother and a majority of his family are curly, my side is the same as well. So it was really just a guesstimate that our kids had a 70% chance of having Curly or wavy hair than lets say a 30% straight, since curly/wavy runs dominate in the family genes. Hair colour could have been the same.. but I like to think that the LoRd answered a prayer when I prayed for (at least when I was pregnant with Baby G) one little red head, with big beautiful eyes.. And he granted me that.. and it appears Double Blessed.. For I have TWO strawberry blondes with big beautiful blue eyes. 

Irish Blessings

  Top of the Mornin' to ya'll

 Did you bounce out of bed and dance a little jig like a leprechaun to get your morning going?

  Or did you like me, slide out of bed and hit the coffee pot? 

Regardless  Its a beautiful day to wake up and be Irish, or even pretend you are!

So you better make sure you are wearing GREEN, as not to get pinched. 

  So tell the Truth, How Irish are you?

a teaspoon? A tablespoon, half cup or more? 

I cant say I am fully from Ireland, I also have British and Scandinavian blood in me. 

Regardless of the amount of your green veins, isnt it fun to enjoy the day and partake in the festivities it brings?

  For me, I make the modern typical Irish Supper.. Corned Beef and Cabbage... Mmmm

and when my older two children were much younger, we would watch the Veggie Tales Story on how Saint Patrick's Day came to be..

Now obviously through the centuries and years..and somewhere lost in translations.. we traded the Truth for a bit of folklore and fantasy, and its how we now ended up with a day of drunkenness, and shenanigans with pots of gold promised at the end of a rainbow.. 

 

 BUT ...Like did you know Saint Patrick.. he was not Irish at all?! He was actually British who had been taken captive by Irish Pirates and brought to Ireland to be a slave..sometime in the years since being captured he was able to escape and return to his beloved home country. While back in Britain he came to know the LoRd more strongly, and during his time of growing in his Faith, he felt the LoRd beckon on his heart to forgive the people who had taken him captive and return to them and preach the Good News and teach them Forgiveness. So he listened, returned to Ireland.. and became a missionary. 

       Which is pretty neat in my book.. What do you think?

Well my friends from across the fence, my little Lassie and Laddie are awake and I must once again tend to my homestead. I shall leave you with this Irish Blessing. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentines Day

                                 

     

 I can definitely say that Vintage Valentine Cards are quite adorable and cute..

 but nothing speaks to the heart directly than that of a H♥me Made Valentine.

Our Little Spunky Farmgirl making her daddy a cute 

Valentine with the sticks she found in the yard.

Lets STICK Together Valentine 

 

Love Doesnt Have To Be Complicated♥♥♥ 

 

 

Crazy Train

 

 You know the saying, when it rains it pours?!Well its not just some cute slogan for a salt company.. Its a real life humdinger!

Just as we are coming down the roller coaster ride with one, we find our selves going back up the tracks with the other, and let me tell you.. Seems every month we are dealing with something or other and the antics seem to be getting more and more as the years come and go.

Let me see if I can discreetly describe whats happening with out going into too much personal detail. 

* Snarkisms, Late nights, Shoulder Checks, Stealing Someones Personal Information, Your Not My Real Parent kind of  attitudes.

If I am being very real and honest here, its this kinda of S**t day in and day out that makes you question if you did the right thing.... because where is the protection and support for the folks who are on the receiving end of "abuse" by the very ones they promised to protect.