Gathering at the Well

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Today, let's look at these questions:

What am I allowing myself to be influenced by?

Women I admire. Color combination that are beautiful. Sewing Pattern images that give the image that I would feel comfortable. The knowledge of figure shapes is vital for the best fit.
Face shape to be thought about for the neckline to be the most flattering. I think to flatter the face is much more dignified than to place focus on bust. I want men to look eye to eye with me.

Who do I allow to dictate to me what I should be wearing?

The clothing that has been provided me. Dictations are not a part of my attire. I dress in what I feel is appropriate given the place and person I am with or going.
My daughter will correct any tummy showing (shirt too short at the hem) and I love it! We are rather modest just because we do not want to gain inappropriate attentions/intentions. We also consider our bodies as our treasure and we guard them. My daughter wears shorts (just above the knee) under a dress if she wares one. If I feel attractive in it or if it is clean and well maintained. I address the color palate for this is knowledge gained as in what color most flatters you.

How am I representing the God I claim to love and live for?

He is my friend, I would never want to intentionally be an embarrassment to any friend of mine.
Self respect examples the character. I find no need to "claim" to love and live for Him....just being and living within the character that I chose should tell of the love and friendship I have.
Living with friendship and compassion for my fellow humans is how God feels about us...
Many claim and offend those who watch them.
Ask me I will express my faith. I do not push it or "claim" it. What I have watched in my years are how others find a comfort to be able to come to me and ask me what it is that I have that makes my life different. My life is a line and the kindness the hook. I cast out the life I live and if the hook is snagged then the line is naturally drawn in. God never pushes Himself on us. He wants us to want Him.

Do I know the details of how God wants us to live as well as I know the details of what is in fashion?

More so. It is the heart the character again. I do think that simple knowledge of how fit and color apply makes any look timeless. It is the freedom of being fresh and innovative that throws it in the face of being "told" what to do.
I am aware of the color trends and the type of fabrics.

Am I seeking to become conformed to the image of Christ...or the image that our ever changing society throws in front of our faces?

This question seems a bit condemnation in tone.
Seeking is one thing accepting the transformation is another. LOL

Menu Plan Monday

The kids love Chicken kabobs
Soak the wooden bamboo skiers so they do not catch fire.
Just slice the meat into long strips and accordion it onto the stick.
Some times into bites with veggies from the garden (and or store)
It is a family favorite!

A cold pasta salad is just the thing here in our hot summer.
Veggies from the garden will accent it and frozen peas.

Starting the day off with all clean dishes.
The way of Good Monday Morning!
Thank you my Darling for the extra help.

Setting all the plastic ware together and stowing it away.
This left after the big family project Sunday.

When the rain tank was purchased the fellow sold these to me.
$8. each four of them were obtained to store my bulk goods.
Baking and cooking from scratch calls for the basic ingredient to be purchased in a bulk form.
Flour (ground), beans, soy bean (eventually) to make our soy milk and sugar

The garden yields its produce to take in to considerations for the weeks menu.

We have been keeping up on a clean kitchen.
This the week begins with wind behind me.

The family task...
As I lay in my repose Sunday Morn I thought of the day and those things to be tended and those hearts to be taught.
I saw this and walked into teaching the children.
Dove and Dash emptied the refer and then we separated the left overs into those things that were waisted. We all took good look at them and spoke about the cost to our budget of those items.
Left pause for thought.
Then the kids learned how to rinse a cloth and to dip it into soapy water and wring it. That a challenge for kids.
They washed down the inside as I sorted and washed fruit.
They emptied the drawers and learned about the use of water as the best solvent.
They were impressed at how much easier it was to scrub after it soaked a bit.
"cool" said Dash

The pride found in this task showed on the face.
They then brain stormed how much more efficiently we could reload the goods.
Showing them that those things we use a lot could be placed in a way as to not have the door opened all the way.
They identified the source of the cold air as electricity.
Gathered that we paid for that electricity and then the lights in the little minds went on!
It was so cool!

The spills they cleaned up were
"gross"... to quote a Dove
Now they understood a bit better the consequences that I have shielded them from. You could just see it on the face.
Now they are tending to the details after themselves a bit more consciously.

Dove said
"mom , lets have a left over night"
So now they also understand how doing this every week keeps us safe from things growing.
Funny those things... as Dash noted
"bacteria?" yep said I that's right.

I am so glad that I did not just think it was going to be a battle. They really had a good attitude. Dove wanted to do the meats herself. I taught them the dial on the drawer about the chill factor.
Now this is a strange thing to do yes.
This is home school to the base.
You see as I told them few kids are even taught how to tend to their homes and to the foods that they eat.
We have often had those around us get food poisoning.
Now the kids have a better understanding of how to keep themselves safer from food born illnesses.
Thank you kids for your good work.
We are a good team.

Weekend Review (about my hero)

Hello
Lately I have been thinking about my thread worn dresses.
Looking at old pictures I realize the dresses I use as day dresses are 6-7 years old!
Well used and I got my money out of them.
It is time.
Time to think about the new ideas and styles that might bring a little lift.
I like the one shown in blue stripe.

These are cute.
Summery fabrics I though might be easy care.

Dash and I did a puzzle over the weekend.
It was mom time. Son time too. :)

My Hero
Our Daddy Man was at it again this weekend trying to shake the bugs out.
The steering column has a grown to it that is a bit annoying and a rattle that is far more than just a bit of an annoyance.
He took the steering column apart to try to find the source.

Smart man he shaded the window. Mind you it is hot here!

Oh mercy!
He did discover the grown unfortunately it looks like this effort was not the solve for that.
The rattle did improve though.

Maden voyage on the Chevy
We took it to the Grand Parents to use it on the freeway.
It road well.
We learned a bit more.
My Husband /protector
is so careful to Keep us safe
on the road.

We have these yet to replace and to load this camper back up.

My husband our (earthly) provider
who always does the responsible act that keeps our provision ready.
We thought that we would need to sell it before the Chevy came to us.
So now just like the house I am moving back into it this week.
God's humor
:)
Dash said "It will be clean and fresh mom".
You see I detailed the camper when it was up for sale.
I am so grateful it did not sell.
:)

Monday Morning Heros

To me I think of those who are examples of who and how I long to be.
Those people by a show of character example such great courage.
They are the ones who pull us through, reminding us of how temporal all of this is.

This brings me to consider those who suffer with the same attitude as if they were in the best of times. A true hero is one who delights in their Maker without regard to feeling.
Good or bad the love they focus upon the God, Councilor and Savior of their souls.
Not moved here nor there but firmly planted.
Rooted feasting upon living flowing waters as an old oak beside a stream.
During drought sinking deeper, reaching deeper the root to find the water table below.

I so admire the character that compels me onto this excellence.
Those who come outside of themselves to offer kindness, even while facing personal challenges. They speak kindness to that one who needs love.
They may have nothing of this world to offer but yet they give freely of the love that thrives within them.

This morning I bid you a garland of roses to adorn you beautifully my friend.
Denise (Shorty Bear)

Thank you all for the prayers and kindness

I love you gals!
Your awesome!
My levels are MUCH better this evening.
We just got done with finance and budget. Were tight but good and it is a big relief to see that the ends all meet and that we will be able to give the family Three camp trips over the next two months.
Really a relief to have that task done for June/July. We have met some good goals. Nose to the grind stone. Considering the ant.
We are going to sleep and keep up the efforts to get plenty of sleep.

Settleing the mind and the

Alright I'm back here.

Thank you girls, yes Dianntha this is not good on my health.
Having a stress disorder can cause for my chemistry to get out of whack a bit when I am over stressed. I am not able to cause the stress hormone to regulate like normal folk it will just stop mine well it got worn out and messed up. I began feeling chemically depressed last night and have took my medication and am functioning with the kids and my chores. Dash wanted attention so my sleeping end was hindered. Daddy man was out working on the truck. I awoke and listened to Dash as he lamented the dissatisfaction that Dove did not want to play with him at sunrise. She wanted to sleep. So then we played a game of battleship, started a puzzle and at the last few moments that I thought I could stand his sniffling (due to his fine motor the boy at 8 can not blow his nose!), he decided he wanted to take a break. (thank God) I filled his need for one on one attention up! I have kept the chores light today. Finished the budget and now am sitting here just resting.

My balance feels like it is coming back up. I had some pretty bad memory stuff today. My friend was on her way to bring her child over for a play date with my kids. She had called and was on the way. I had gone to the garden and was startled to look up to see her. I had totally overlooked a conversation just 20 minutes before. I just went out there to settle try sunlight and tend the dogs and the chickens.
I told Steve of it. I am going to take my ease today.

Having to explain what I witnessed (having to do with a child and po*n) in that nan no second of offense on my monitor, to two women and several male law enforcement officers was a bit traumatic given the recovery I have known myself of early childhood torture and abuse.

I think I was grieving not only the suffering of those in that image but of my own youth.
Of the evil in this world. Sorrow over took me. Sorrow and loneliness really took me it was like a vice on me. Then one of my followers left and it hurt my feelings too much. I think I was just too tender.

So Now I have more ( in the image) children this Mother of many. Many of those children of mine are of the heart and of intercession. I have known several who may have lost (suicide) in this realm and made it to go and to be with God. This event has risen much of that into my heart.
Those who have gone on before us, because of what they have known here. This is a tough world.

I think this will be the last I speak of it.
It is, needs to be finished.
I will begin a new post and just fake it tell I make it!
Love you all. Sometimes that is just what I have to do.
Fake it till I make it out of this muck. Man I hate it when this depression hits me. It is a chemical thing. It will improve. I have some remedies and kindness you have shown is a real help in that way. maybe just a good cry.

Good Morning

Hi

I have lost one of you who follow

Blogger is broken and I am not able to remove that khimer follower.
All I can do is offer them kindness in the hope of them turning around.
I do not know who this individual is.
I have done all I can to contact the proper authorities.

I am so sorry to have lost you my dear follower. If I have hindered or offended you in any way it saddens me.

It is that I must remove the follower list to conserve my reputation.
At least it appears in the eyes of others.
I know who I am.
I am a woman of honor.

A perfect example of how we effect one another in who we choose to be and how we choose to live.
Khimer please remove yourself
from my
followers.
Thank you.
I have offered you kindness and now your choices are harming me.

Friday Funnies

The summer camping season is upon us
A little marginal perhaps but it sure made me laugh

Last year we took the family camping .
This man with his two large pit bulls just came a walking into our camp site.
Now we were away from any other camps by a good 1/8 Th mile.
He just had no seance of respect of boundary.
I had two kids in my camp I was terrified.
Those two dogs came right up to the camper door and did the marking like the image too.
Steve yelled at the man to get his dogs out of camp.
We had the walkies talkies and I called him and he came with a big stick.
Scared us all!
The man had the audacity to be offended that we were upset?

I really got a kick out of this sign.

Please pray

The women and children of Cambodia face terrible suffering as human smuggleing for the s** trade is rampant.
Slave human cargo under go the unspeakable.
Please pray .

I found myself asking for the wrath of God to come down and fall upon those who travel to suffer these souls.
May God exact a penalty upon them.
May his vengence afford freedoms for these who are captives of vile men and women.

here are a few sites that are comforting in the rescue of these dear souls

here


In the states...
here

here
here

Slavery still exists Do we only stop when we are free?
Even if it is even all we can do It is something that we can do.

Thankful Thursday

Hush a by to my soul
Into His hands I commend them.

His still and perfect peace.

Beauty surrounds me in the eye of those so noble.
Grieve me a sore heart as sorrow in compassion.

An adoring Son to giggle in my embrace
Back scratch turns tickle
My soul is full.

To whom much is given much is required.
A heart readied for task prepared for the time it is called upon.
No trial is useless.

Understanding

Many a moccasin
few my own
trodden now through the dust of time
The timeless array of sand.

Return I to lace now my own

Laced secure sound and sober
readied for prayers
intercession.
It is all abut him
non now of me

joy is in even sorrow
It is in knowing when your heart may be called upon.

Joy in turmoil
torture and pain.
Joy is His presence.
Time and again.

Finding there a solace
a place of reprieve
Regardless the status, race or creed.

Of this all is Holy
for It is He fills need.
His presence there as suffering proceeds.
It takes one away into a higher plateau
With vantage distant repose.

Canyons of worry
Off precipice will fall
When cast yee your burdens when to you
He calls.

Driving the white truck to a friends the street lined with those desperate from Mexico.
Wanting day labor, with pleading eyes...
First pasted I one, I laughed aloud.
He excitedly flagged at me, seeing the older work truck approach.

Then came the to curb as I drove down the street.
Many eager eyes begging for work. Each face darted toward that coming white rig
Pick me, pick me...
Sorrow...I began to cry.
Souls kin left at home in bad lands sparse and lean.
How blessed am I an American dream.

Mine this evening a grateful heart.
Oh of course you know this is my part.
Always one of great reverent gratitude full.
called to come to aide the poor with the intercessions made able by trial I bore.

Does God heal
of course...
that the true disease.
who knows however what the ailment is for
Whether us or another
down the dusty worn road
moccasins lased with torn strapping
feather thin souls.
Perhaps like me you may share
your old worn shoe
will be like a new one
to those who have non.

Krispy Kream for *A's*

Hello my Friends. Wherry this evening it has been a full day. A day that I have many occurrences that are to be as children kept for prayer within my heart. Literally.
Having done all I can do I stand.

Back into the beauty that life has afforded me after my own long personal journey.
Worth the fight I'll tell you.
Freedom is grand.

So we all swam at a friends today after all the interviews and such.
We had a wonderful time together.

My friend told me that the Krispy Kream off Power Road and south of the 60 on the west side of the first light South of the freeway....Were giving students a free doughnut for every A on the report card up to a half dozen each!
I took the them on a special quest for the reward.
It was a bit hard to find the shop but they more than honored it.
the clerk said that the manager had told her that not only they get the free doughnuts but they could choose from any of the variety of special ones.
She spoke to each by name and praised them and patiently gave them the time to make their choices. It was so loving.

She told the Students I had in tow that Mom gets one of each of the half dozen. I said nothing and allowed the m to choose all 6 to their liking.

She then looked at me and said well done Mom, Good job! She then asked me to choose two for myself. I did so and then thought as they were coming fresh off the belt , told her to put one of my choice back so I could get one of the fresh ones for the Daddy Man.

When I got out to the truck I realized that not only did she give me my two choice she also gave two others for him!

A gift given to our family today by a very generous company and a very lovely young woman with an obvious heart for education and family.

They each ate one and a half put the lid on and went and got themselves some pretzels.
All life should be afforded such kindness.

An issue solved

To you who joined as my last follower... Hello, I see you, although I would rather close my eyes.
I am so very sad that your need for attention is so deeply rooted. The wound in your heart must just be vast. Negative attention is not what you deserve as a human being so I will not give it to you. However I would hope that your life can turn around and you could become the person who you were originally destined to be. You have sold your soul. You could be bought back through Gods love. Just ask Him for your freedom. Forgiveness is a moment away in your creators eyes.

Your link to my blog is a hindrance to me.

Please remove yourself as a follower.

Thank you, I do appreciate it.

This is a family blog and your po*nogrphy is not appropriate nor welcomed here.

To those of you my friends who may be effected as Blogger has a flaw and we cannot remove a follower from our end. This is why I have deleted the list of followers. Until blogger fixes this bug this is my only recourse.

To any of you who my have clicked on the icon and witnessed the sad state of this soul, I am so sorry for what you have viewed.

Please my friends pray for this soul. They are trapped apparently in a demented tormented lifestyle that is exacting a huge price upon them.


Anonymous said...

I believe you can block any followers you choose via your Blogger Dashboard. Click on the area next to your blog listing where it shows the number of followers and you can then see each one individually. Go to that particular one and select the block option. Hope this helps.

Thank you

It will not work, blogger has an issue. We are not the only ones facing it. After an extensive search. We have tried the fix over and over.

Word Filled Wednseday

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Creativity can turn the most difficult of task into a work and a wonder.

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Great the day
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Alright breakfast begins...

Dogs get a good romp.

The queen found one of my garden sticks.

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I found this meme last night.

It was so refreshing to look at all of the beauty so thought I would share it with all of you

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This mornings loaf

Home grown family weekend

Wow that was a fun family time!
This week end was full of good things for our little crew.
Once My Honey hung the pot rack the reality of 15 ? year old pans showed the need.

However before that project began...
I awoke to an army of ants that found this house of good things too irresistible.
An ant invasion called for a massacre of great proportions.
My sweet loving man was steeping in Sunday Morning.
His body a bit worn from the automotive work of Saturday.
We have all been extending a lot of energy for some time here.
We took turns sleeping in and feel so much better that we are now going to bed
(on purpose)
much earlier!

This bag of organic goodness to the rescue!
A little goes a long way.
Non toxic to us (except if you breath it).
It is like a microscopic glass and the critters just can not survive it.
It is dirt!

I had to build a bridge they could not cross, then I sprayed bleach water on them.
Worked real well.
We pulled the oven out and sprinkled the d. Earth around all of the baseboards.

Diatomaceous Earth
This bag was a bit of an expense $20.
It however goes a long way. It will be incorporated into t he garden soil as a preventative for nematodes and such. Earth worms are not bothered by it.
The house is now sprinkled all around so far the issue is changing quickly.
NO MORE ANTS!
Well consider the ant...
sluggard gets the ants...got to keep up on top of them.
ARG!

Well the dogs got my prize winner tomatoes
:{
This was all there was left except three more I hope to get before they do.
Amazing flavor here! It is end of harvest now for them.
Fenced next fall!

As you can see our pans are well used.
This just will not do!
So as it is needed (like beyond it) , Task set to accomplish once the dead (ants) were buried.

Steel wool (the dollar store one worked better than the soaped one from the grocery)
and Bar Keepers Friend
Good stuff!
Yes my elbow is in need of a little greasing...done ran it dry.
(took a lot of elbow grease )

Cant let a pan stay clean for long around here.
Blueberry pancakes and maple bacon.
I hide the real maple syrup
:}
It is my little private stash. My sister brought me some from Connecticut.

A mid afternoon family snack.
Too cool to just go pull it up out of the garden.
I am so loving this crop.

The flavor of these is just so amazing!
A real good turn out.
(low nitrogen for carrots)

Nothing tossed out the chickens finished off the greens.

It was fun to open up the BIG box of toys Monday for the children to sort through.
It was Christmas in May!
We all worked through the last of the boxes in hopes to finish up the space and return the car to the garage for the sake of shade.
Many papers and a box of files were tended too. Take so much time!
We stopped mid day...

Steve even sorted his tools!
Wow This is really coming back together.

We took the kids to the public pool, it was so crowded we went on to the next one.
Ont he way we found a peach orchard, the kids got the adventure of picking some fruit.
Of course they were pulling on me to leave. I could of just hung out there for a long while.
Alas with only a small amount of cash and two kids eager to swim...
boo hoo

We found a better pool and spent a few hour swimming together. It was so nice to do a family time.
At the end of it we took the kids to get Krispy Kream doughnut.
Oh the joy!

Well supper was due the tummies and the doughnut high would ware off all too soon.

So I set to the bbq as soon as we got in.

Home grown tomato
fresh from the earth not 15 minutes before we ate them
home grown carrots.
Home grown onion from last week...
London Broil.

My coal went out!
I have never had that happen before.
I used this stuff.

It lit fast and hot full of the fume of lighter fluid.
They went out though mid BBQ.
It might have been a bit of my error for the lid was down.
It must of not gotten enough oxygen the lower gates were only half open.
Even so that had never happened before.?

(smoke in my eyes)
My new swim suit worked well for me.
I think I am beginning to relax and accept myself a little better.
Perhaps I am just getting tired of being discontent and not changing.
Denise sent a nice Red Hat my sister sent it too.
A video type thing that was really cool.
About the changing season of being a woman.

We had a fun supper and watched Big Fish the movie.
Well better said the kids watched the end through as we were called just as we had finished our meal.
Called that is by the buyer of the truck.
We spent some time with them out side, the father of the fellow finding a long ear in our visit.
He really needed to just be heard.
He had just lost his elder mom who pasted in March.
We shared many things of the spirit.
He told me of how he had invested $400,000 as a loan to a friend who's child went successfully through drug rehab. The woman has no way to pay him back though.
Think of it. He has little to nothing left, yet how rich he is in the greater things.
I admired this fellows compassion.
I know few would save a life like that.

Well the deal is finished.
Truck sold money deposited...NEXT? :)
HA!
So the week ahead is laundry, laundry!

I have 10 pounds of fresh picked peaches to put up and bread to bake.

I have been reading a bit of
Watchman Nee ..Spiritual Man.
Good stuff.