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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Hello? Anybody still out there?

Really, another couple of months and it would be a full year since I blogged last.  I'm not sure that's a record to be proud of.

Days, weeks, and months have been full.  Shortly after my last blog, our 19yo daughter became engaged and planned a June 2011 wedding.  Christmas morning, our 22yo daughter became engaged and is planning a September 2011 wedding.  I've been a mother in law for almost a month now.  I've got to say...I kinda like having an honorary son and look forward to the next one.  Both young men are very different, but are exactly what each daughter needs and wants in a spouse.  I look forward to continuing to build relationships with these guys - it's definitely different from raising daughters!

In April we were 'blessed' (not the word we used at the time) with a small kitchen leak...when the circa 1978 wood cabinets didn't dry out, we knew we had a problem.  Homeowner's insurance covered a full kitchen remodel, hence the BLESSING.  Truly this was from God - we would have not had the funds to do this on our own.  The down side was that it was about a 9 week process where we had NO KITCHEN.  As much as I love to eat out, even I grew tired of it (not to mention how hard it is on the budget and diet!).  Kitchen was finished today and I need to photograph and share.  Maybe later this week.

For now, my sole purpose in blogging today was to share something neat a dear friend of mine has been working on.  Jeanette is the type of friend who loves deeply.  She will stick with you through the good, bad, and the ugly, and will only love you all the more.  She and her husband, Joe, have 11 children.  Not a typo - ELEVEN.  Their #11 is named Daniel and he was born in their hearts and joined their family at about one week old.  In an effort to help offset adoption expenses, Jeanette has put together an e-book entitled, "Beekeeping Made Simple."  It is available at a very reasonable cost ($10) and truly does simplify beekeeping.  If you have ever been curious about such a hobby, YOU.NEED.THIS.E-BOOK!  I have it, have read through it twice, and it is an informative, basic, "real life" manual to get anyone started with beekeeping.  If you have no interest whatsoever in the book but would like to bless the Wood family, please feel free to share this information on your own blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

http://amomentwithmom.com/beekeeping-made-simple/

Blessings ~
Cheryl

Friday, September 17, 2010

Company Girl Coffee ~ 9/17/10

Welcome!  It's noon in California and I turned the coffee pot off awhile ago, in hopes of making a pitcher of iced coffee this afternoon.  It's the middle of September and our temps today are in the low 90's.  Perfect weather for an iced latte!  I am very sorry to say that the "Clean The Desk" project from last week still is not complete, though I admittedly used the vacuum hose and vacuumed some of the larger dust bunnies from the back of the desk.  Paper is my nemesis and it multiplies faster than rabbits.  It's maddening, though I have a pretty nice paper recycling pile growing behind me as I sift and toss.  Maybe there's hope for next week?

I've just launched something exciting (well, exciting to me!) - a new cooking blog!  I've been working on compiling a simple cookbook for my daughters, but have decided to put it on a blog for now.  It's just what it says it is:  Cooking 4 (the "for" was taken!) Newbies.  You will not find anything gourmet, but you will find some simple, budget-friendly recipes that will feed you a little better than boxed mac & cheese (no offense to the orange powdered cheese) and oriental noodles (delicious at times, but not every night!).  Stop by - the first recipe will be posted next week!  http://cooking4newbies.blogspot.com/

On that note, it's time to stop blogging and get back to work!  Have a blessed weekend!

Cheryl

Praying today for:  K; Kate McRae; L, whose father is ill.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Company Girls Coffee ~ 9/10/10

For whatever reason, I can't get the Coffee graphic to paste in here today.  My first time blogging in 5 months and the graphic is rebelling.  Maybe I should have had my coffee FIRST!

Yesterday I had grand intentions.  My list included:  finish a work project, make dinner, and clean my desk.  Any guess which one didn't get finished?  Yup, the desk.  Here are my before and during pictures.  Maybe next week we'll have a finished picture!




As we go into the weekend and the 9th anniversary of such a tragic event for our country, the same day is also my husband's birthday.  While we will remember the lives lost on 9-11, we will also celebrate.  I refuse to allow a terrorist act to ruin my life.  God is in control and I will trust Him for my days!

Thanks for stopping by ... have a blessed weekend!

Cheryl

Praying today for:  Kate McRae (having an MRI today); a cyberfriend's father in the last stages of his life; a friend struggling in her marriage; a couple in deep financial trouble; my husband and daughter, both runners with plantar fascia pain that is keeping them from running.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Company Girl Coffee ~ 4-9-10

Welcome!  Thanks for stopping by, Company Girls!  I’ve got virtual vanilla cappuccinos going today – grab a mug!  If you’ve been following along this week, there have been some great tasks assigned to lead to building sanctuary in our homes.  I was able to stay on task for the entire month Coffeeof March (‘whew!) and have to say that it made a huge difference in my home and my attitude towards it.  There are times my house just feels impossible.  I have a husband who is a wonderful provider, but he has never turned a light switch off in his life, he’s notorious for having several cups ‘going’ because he can’t remember which is his, and he thinks the dining room table is an extension of his desk.  It is easy to feel like a martyr, but when I change my heart and attitude toward creating sanctuary, these ‘flaws’ bother me less and less.  (Well, except the light switch thing – really – how hard is it to turn it off?!  LOL)

I have been buried in work projects and am trying to get much done before a Hawaiian vacation we have scheduled very soon…so it’s time to finish my cappuccino and get back to work.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Praying today for:  Kate McRae, a precious 5 year old fighting brain cancer

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Company Girl Coffee ~ 3-19-2010

Welcome!  Where did this week go?  I hope it has been a good one for each of you!  As I write this, Thursday night, I keep thinking it is Tuesday.  On the other hand, it’s been productive over at Home Sanctuary.  For my own accountability, I am trying to show before and after pictures of one project each week.  Now, in reality, it looks much better than my cell phone pictures show, and I tossed quite a bit.  Any takers on the 8 year old jar of curry, only used once?

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I got this in my email.  While I’ve seen it before, I thought I’d share it here.  I love BibleGateway, but eSword is a new favorite.

The Bible at your fingertips................ Click on any chapter........

Just click on the chapter number you want to read opposite the Book name in the column on the left side.


New International Version (NIV)

Books

Chapters

Genesis

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Exodus

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Leviticus

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Numbers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Deuteronomy

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Joshua

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Judges

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Ruth

1 2 3 4

1 Samuel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

2 Samuel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1 Kings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

2 Kings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

1 Chronicles

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

2 Chronicles

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Ezra

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Nehemiah

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Esther

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Job

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Psalm

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

Proverbs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Ecclesiastes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Song of Solomon

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Isaiah

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

Jeremiah

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

Lamentations

1 2 3 4 5

Ezekiel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 47 48

Daniel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Hosea

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Joel

1 2 3

Amos

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Obadiah

1

Jonah

1 2 3 4

Micah

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Nahum

1 2 3

Habakkuk

1 2 3

Zephaniah

1 2 3

Haggai

1 2

Zechariah

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Malachi

1 2 3 4

Matthew

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Mark

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Luke

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

John

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Acts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Romans

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

1 Corinthians

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

2 Corinthians

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Galatians

1 2 3 4 5 6

Ephesians

1 2 3 4 5 6

Philippians

1 2 3 4

Colossians

1 2 3 4

1 Thessalonians

1 2 3 4 5

2 Thessalonians

1 2 3

1 Timothy

1 2 3 4 5 6

2 Timothy

1 2 3 4

Titus

1 2 3

Philemon

1

Hebrews

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

James

1 2 3 4 5

1 Peter

1 2 3 4 5

2 Peter

1 2 3

1 John

1 2 3 4 5

2 John

1

3 John

1

Jude

1

Revelation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22


Emergency Telephone Numbers


These are more effective than 911

When -

You are sad, phone
John 14
You have sinned, phone
Psalm 51
You are facing danger, phone
Psalm 91
People have failed you, phone
Psalm 27
It feels as though God is far from you, phone
Psalm 139
Your faith needs stimulation, phone
Hebrews 11
You are alone and scared, phone
Psalm 23
You are worried, phone
Matthew 8:19-34
You are hurt and critical, phone
1 Corinthians 13
You wonder about Christianity, phone
2 Corinthians 5:15-18
You feel like an outcast, phone
Romans 8:31-39
You are seeking peace, phone
Matthew 11:25-30
It feels as if the world is bigger than God, phone
Psalm 90
You need Christ like insurance, phone
Romans 8:1-30
You are leaving home for a trip , phone
Psalm 121
You are praying for yourself, phone
Psalm 87
You require courage for a task, phone
Joshua 1
Inflation's and investments are hogging your thoughts, phone
Mark 10:17-31
You are depressive, phone
Psalm 27
Your bank account is empty, phone
Psalm 37
You lose faith in mankind, phone
1 Corinthians 13
It looks like people are unfriendly, phone
John 15
You are losing hope, phone
Psalm 126
You feel the world is small compared to you, phone
Psalm 19
You want to carry fruit, phone
John 15
Paul's secret for happiness, phone
Colossians 3:12-17
With big opportunity/ discovery, phone
Isaiah 55
To get along with other people, phone
Romans 12
ALTERNATE NUMBERS

For dealing with fear, call
Psalm 47
For security, call
Psalm 121:3
For assurance, call
Mark 8:35
For reassurance, call
Psalm 145:18
ALL THESE NUMBERS MAY BE PHONED DIRECTLY.

NO OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IS NECESSARY.

ALL LINES TO HEAVEN ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.

FEED YOUR FAITH, AND DOUBT WILL STARVE TO DEATH

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a blessed week!

Cheryl