tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48998750278171037792024-03-05T21:15:11.330-05:00Life in Northern New YorkAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-20356133950108527232015-07-22T12:38:00.004-04:002015-07-22T12:38:59.399-04:00I stink at this.....blogging, parenting, etc etc etc. My kids have no desire for church, for serving Christ anything to do with church or God. Same goes for my husband. I know where the fault is to blame......me! It hurts my heart to see my family this way. I want to spend eterinity in heaven with them. I need to get right and get to praying daily for me and them before its to late.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-28997272828550664942013-01-09T14:53:00.000-05:002013-01-09T15:15:40.738-05:00Ever Feel?Have you ever felt like something is missing in your life? I know I do.......family, long ago friends but mostly a Titus 2 and/or a Proverbs 31 woman in my area. Someone I can learn from locally.<br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-63051271289317168202013-01-02T09:42:00.000-05:002013-01-02T09:42:01.764-05:00Hello 2013!<br />
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I've been really bad about blogging. To many excuses to mention.<br />
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This year (I pray) is the year I am able to accomplish many thing on my list. Main one is getting out of debt so I can stay home!! (This is my specific request for prayer as of now and your prayers will be greatly appreciated)<br />
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I honestly never thought I would want to be a stay at home mom/wife but 2 years ago the Lord really started working on me and the more He worked the more I felt my home needed me more than the world. Yes my children are older but they still need me. For the year I got to stay home, I was in heaven. I began to notice how our home improved. The ill tempers stopped. More smiling and joking! I was able to attend ALL of my children's school activities. (My youngest has told me he don't like the fact that I have returned to work. He wants me home). I have found that since I've gone back to work, I have been VERY LAZY. I don't want to do nothing but sleep in late and only do the minimum when it comes to chores and pleasing my husband. I so need to seek God's guidance and direction with this. I know in my heart of hearts my place is my home.<br />
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I would love to be able to find some kind of work I can do out of my home. My problem is I'm not a good sales person and I don't want to be the person who calls people on past due bills. I want to be able to make products to sell (and make a profit from it). Any suggestions? My mom would love for me to become a 31 consultant. (again the sales thing). Pray that I will intently search for God's plan for me. All I know is I want to be a stay at home mom/wife again!<br />
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My husband has been so sweet. He knows I don't want to work outside of our home and he's trying to help and support me. I know the long list of reasons for my working outside the home. Mainly financial. I know we need to create a budget and STICK TO IT. We have done the classes, we have the resources but the LAZINESS kicks in and I don't want to do it. (No wonder why being lazy can get you in trouble.)<br />
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Sorry for the rambling and the whining. Please pray for me!!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">"Beloved, God has never failed to act in goodness and love, HIS love prevails.....Hold fast to your faith. Steadfast in HIS word. There is no other hope in the world." ~ David Wilkerson</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. " They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." ~ Jeremiah 29:11</span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-55837700967808607792012-09-17T11:16:00.000-04:002012-09-17T11:16:17.289-04:00After a very long break, I guess it's time to update.<br />
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Last year we went on vacation as planned. What wasn't planned was the phone call stating the company I worked for had sold and I would be coming home to no job. But I wasn't sad or depressed. Yes, I would miss most of my fellow co-workers, but in all honesty it was an answer to prayer.<br />
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I've gotten to be a stay at home mom. It's been wonderful but also financially stressful. God will provide! I have started quilting (speaking of which I need to work on the one sitting in my bin) I enjoy being in the kitchen provided a wonderful dinner for my family. The kids seem to like the fact I'm home and can attend more of their school functions.<br />
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My oldest left for college. Lasted about 5 months and returned home.<br />
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My middle son has been working hard in school. Making the honor roll (proud momma) and joined the local fire department. He is really enjoying being apart of the drill team.<br />
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My youngest is also working hard in school and has loved doing sports. Unfortunately he broke his wrist this past Saturday during a scrimmage against some of the local teams and looks like he will be out the rest of the season.<br />
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Bear is always working hard. When not at work it seems like someone somewhere has something they just NEED for him to do.<br />
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In the beginning of the summer I was hired at the local post office and a temporary rural carrier. I've really enjoyed the work. I only work a couple hours a day when needed so I still get to be home in the morning to put the boys on the bus and I'm here when they get home and I'm able to start dinner and have it ready by the time my hubby is home from work.<br />
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Sorry for the lack of pictures. My laptop is being stupid so I'm using one of the kids.<br />
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God has been working on me in some areas of my life. I'll attempt to share one of these day.<br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-54263014579432338262012-07-15T13:24:00.003-04:002012-07-15T13:24:39.525-04:00E-gad......I so need to find a moment to completely update everyone. There has been a few changes in our household. Stay tuned!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-25077424777702953912011-08-22T09:53:00.001-04:002011-08-22T09:57:05.236-04:00WOW.....has it really been that long?Rewind.....19 years ago today.......place.....Chapel on Fort Drum.........event.........wedding.......<br />
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Shhhhheeeesssss.......has it really been that long ago? 19 years.....3 kids.......and I don't know how many moves later.......here we are......<br />
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This year for our anniversary we will spend at least 22 hours together traveling south to Georgia for a much needed vacation. I am soooo looking forward to seeing our "<em>Southern Connection"</em>. I'm quite spoiled to begin with by this wonderful man and I'm looking forward to all the years that God will give us on earth and then to eternity in heaven.......<br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BEAR!!!!</span></em></strong>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-64564265977438466352011-07-25T13:40:00.001-04:002011-07-27T09:15:10.085-04:00Summer Harvest!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our garden is doing fairly well even tho we haven't had a lot of rain. My dh and his uncle set up an irrigation system to collect rain so we can use that to water the garden but like I said lack of rain.....so anyways.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We picked about 20lbs of cucumbers the other night with help from dh cousin's girlfriend. She was all fired up about helping and had a ball helping dh pick them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-49559508427079040442011-06-23T09:17:00.010-04:002011-06-23T09:40:44.467-04:00New ChapterFor the past 2 weeks my family has been preparing for a new chapter in our lives. Life with an "adult" child. Our oldest and only daughter graduated from highschool this past Friday. (Where did the time go?)<br />
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My family from Georgia made the trip up to be a part of this special occasion. It was such a blessing to have them here with us.<br />
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</div>We had a small graduation party with them here and plan on having a larger one for hubbies side of the family at the beginning of next month.<br />
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</div>Pictured with my sweet daughter is her BFF who is also graduating this year. We are hoping the weather will be nice so the school she attends will hold the ceremony outdoors so we can also attend and cheer for her.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">My Grandmother and Aunt left Sunday morning and my parents left out Tuesday morning. Really wished they could have all stayed longer but life must go on and work was waiting. Hopefully we will get to see them in July for the Battle of Bull Run Reenactment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We finished up Saturday with all the young men at my house getting a hair cut. ( Needless to say non of them have very much hair right now....lol)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-42497097934569615072011-06-03T11:38:00.000-04:002011-06-03T11:38:21.608-04:00Annual Camping Trip<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend. The last couple years we have been going camping with my inlaws and cousins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We like to go up to Eatonsville. They have state land there so it cost us nothing to camp. It has beautiful falls there (normally the kids like to "ride the rapids" down but this year the water was to high for my liking)</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My guys did a bit of fishing:</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had our daily clean-up:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">My youngest enjoyed bike riding around the area with his cousin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8MPu2Zgw4WdLo4IkVJJBCl2Q54O7P7DO-pH5Q4nrHtNv4LqUtaEVwvsmipfmyajU4cNvKYdWfvn0qLocJp7JMDcUQAzAc4edb7IFiukgiPfVVi6tLi-2HZZHBAfwxwoMsG8AZ0ZmSgKZ/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8MPu2Zgw4WdLo4IkVJJBCl2Q54O7P7DO-pH5Q4nrHtNv4LqUtaEVwvsmipfmyajU4cNvKYdWfvn0qLocJp7JMDcUQAzAc4edb7IFiukgiPfVVi6tLi-2HZZHBAfwxwoMsG8AZ0ZmSgKZ/s320/DSC_0153.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Memorial Day.....what does this day mean to you?</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To me it means a day of remembrance and honor to our soldiers who fight to give us the opportunity to be free. Growing up an Army Brat, I've seen first hand the struggles and rewards that our soldiers endure. Deployments, field missions, hardship tours and oversea tours are not easy, but it's the career that was chosen and for some they really enjoy life in the military.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you will see I have quiet a few "favorite" soldiers:</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">My dad is a career soldier. He retired after 31 years of service to our country. (So of course he's my #1 favorite soldier).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Command Brigade Sergent Major</strong>~~wooooohoooo.......(so loving my daddy <3)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My dear hubby (dh) and his younger brother (yb) also have served in our armed forces. Dh served in the Army and yb served Air Force. With the training they received during their time of service they have been able to acquire employment happily working along side our men and women in uniform.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One who has followed in his father's foot steps and is proudly serving overseas today. Thank you ECM and your family for serving our country and keeping us safe!! (Love Ya <3)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One I have yet to meet but married my best friend. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PJF thanks to you and your precious family for serving 20 years for our country and congradulations on your retirement!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidizms21beSa-Qwqe8DgsoFlSha1G4Ds7hh-B1diVaKbxZ4QbCAJt6V0EdQfJMWHXW_lrlNW7bMadXqjo451dd6_fAzGlGBbk1feQYM6FDqpaEUsW0wxcvE8Ipk-wQvSxQhGXDA_5qTdqr/s1600/carrie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidizms21beSa-Qwqe8DgsoFlSha1G4Ds7hh-B1diVaKbxZ4QbCAJt6V0EdQfJMWHXW_lrlNW7bMadXqjo451dd6_fAzGlGBbk1feQYM6FDqpaEUsW0wxcvE8Ipk-wQvSxQhGXDA_5qTdqr/s320/carrie.jpg" t8="true" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A co-workers brother who is actively serving our country. JRM thank you for yours and your families service to our country. I for one greatly appreciate it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIODlBVenoB9MvJ9kqsIQkoHGxjqyL_FdZxzIPdzdF1-z_DQ-phFYnN4GWsAH_pilz0g0RBoVYjox99rcRR0z2UZKrqbUE4rAefxDmVO5M8t343lCJrBUbcWJdOLB2f4JGmXwUMUl6MjzL/s1600/jades+brother.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIODlBVenoB9MvJ9kqsIQkoHGxjqyL_FdZxzIPdzdF1-z_DQ-phFYnN4GWsAH_pilz0g0RBoVYjox99rcRR0z2UZKrqbUE4rAefxDmVO5M8t343lCJrBUbcWJdOLB2f4JGmXwUMUl6MjzL/s320/jades+brother.jpg" t8="true" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who is your favorite soldier? Leave a remark and share....</span></u></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every family knows someone who is serving or has served in this great countries Armed Services. Many do a couple years to learn a trade, there are the career soldiers and then there are the soldiers who serve and pay the ultimate price to keep us free. They are fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers.....the best friend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To the families whose loved one has given this sacrifice.....<strong><em><u><span style="color: red;">THANK YOU!!!</span></u></em></strong> Your dedication, service and love for our country will never be forgotten. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So if you see a soldier this Memorial Day weekend, take a minute to shake their hand, look them in the eye and tell them you appreciate what they do for our country. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you know a soldier, send them an e-mail, text or even take a minute and call them. Tell them you love them and thank them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And for the soldier who gave the ultimate sacrifice, be still, remember and offer thanks to that soldier and their families because of them we have this special holiday and because of them we will always remember.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-78839273035391825052011-05-24T13:21:00.000-04:002011-05-24T13:21:53.304-04:00The Simple Woman's Daybook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyaC071s4ogL4uMg6PO3FkIIU48eDr_Wis4ah-aG_Ze4IrW6WSKLZGNAJyYhorL8eEXx8_u1mhPeGgFXoz-2UJHRHgkJpM4eU8oGpvkffYwZ6M5tBt775-YjREMsk6GWkIUSnrMUDPrjx/s1600/simple-woman-daybook-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyaC071s4ogL4uMg6PO3FkIIU48eDr_Wis4ah-aG_Ze4IrW6WSKLZGNAJyYhorL8eEXx8_u1mhPeGgFXoz-2UJHRHgkJpM4eU8oGpvkffYwZ6M5tBt775-YjREMsk6GWkIUSnrMUDPrjx/s1600/simple-woman-daybook-large.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FOR TODAY</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Outside my window...</strong>gloomy with a slight breeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am thinking...</strong>of the knitting project I would like to get done and the list of things I need to complete by Thursday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am thankful for...</strong>God blessing me with my wonderful hubby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>From the kitchen...</strong>Pot roast in the crockpot with veggies and rice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am wearing...</strong>Brown denim skirt and a yellow shirt with a pink hoodie</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am creating...</strong>a list of things I need to pick up from the store before Thursday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am going...</strong>to my first Zumba class tomorrow night....(wish me luck)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am reading...</strong>Martha Peaces~The Excellent Wife</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am hoping...</strong>to spend time with my family from out of state this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I am hearing...</strong>K-Love and associates talking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Around the house...</strong>finishing laundry and general cleaning</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>One of my favorite things...</strong>spending time with my hubby at the end of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A few plans for the rest of the week:</strong> Start work in the garden, final preparations for the weekend and dr appointments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here is picture for thought I am sharing...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #868686; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/">http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/</a></span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-19548709434453290382011-05-24T10:07:00.000-04:002011-05-24T10:07:45.548-04:00Our weekend!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Saturday was quite busy. Lots of yardwork that needing attending. We've had alot of rain lately so our grass was about to over take the house. Dear hubby and the boys worked at tilling the garden plot to get ready for our planting season. I worked on our strawberry patch with our daughter and her boyfriend.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMIvTyVwx-BAGI9-Y6WGRiy91fdKvKtHu2Cj_2OpuDPe_oHohB1S6zik_WXV8GyGi0B884oNoZ-iitf1tAzjkD6QmchHmsRvDTy_koUWy1M5C-PU_ls6hrc1VLbjjFCoR49bLQhmdRDz4/s1600/strawberries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMIvTyVwx-BAGI9-Y6WGRiy91fdKvKtHu2Cj_2OpuDPe_oHohB1S6zik_WXV8GyGi0B884oNoZ-iitf1tAzjkD6QmchHmsRvDTy_koUWy1M5C-PU_ls6hrc1VLbjjFCoR49bLQhmdRDz4/s320/strawberries.jpg" t8="true" width="191" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 5 years we lived here this is the second time the strawberries have been moved. Hopefully they will do well here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our crab-apple tree is BEAUTIFUL this year. I love the pink flowers and watching the humming birds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQC9mgKKGnJZ81F0Zb9vapx-GKH550bh1ta7MfDvXRkYLHZO7n80IOwq1ELm32LEudzEmU_a69VDYteHbfRNtJDra6D3wIu2u6PweAfjrCSPXZLOqldTA1f7UY0CM-iaB3EKWCikcuWb2A/s1600/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQC9mgKKGnJZ81F0Zb9vapx-GKH550bh1ta7MfDvXRkYLHZO7n80IOwq1ELm32LEudzEmU_a69VDYteHbfRNtJDra6D3wIu2u6PweAfjrCSPXZLOqldTA1f7UY0CM-iaB3EKWCikcuWb2A/s320/tree.jpg" t8="true" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We even did some planning for the upcoming weekend. Hopefully all goes well with these plans.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By the end of the day we did what we always love to do and that is having family over to sit around the bon fire and visit. Kids playing hide and seek in the dark (quite funny watching them come out of no where). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr55dBST7gcQxgyGUS2LEXoLrCMBPRf8abMhONi3q-j5gUQpMGCdNiesg8veaJRdb3nW8lPUrId4ZcjLVZSrEfuC3K8pZbpMiHZ3PedT_Nm5bVjwp1NuQDCcmuBebpiMXAteP6dHfD6f9/s1600/bon+fire+52111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr55dBST7gcQxgyGUS2LEXoLrCMBPRf8abMhONi3q-j5gUQpMGCdNiesg8veaJRdb3nW8lPUrId4ZcjLVZSrEfuC3K8pZbpMiHZ3PedT_Nm5bVjwp1NuQDCcmuBebpiMXAteP6dHfD6f9/s320/bon+fire+52111.jpg" t8="true" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday, dear hubby worked on a vehicle, kids took advantage of the dreary day and slept in and I was off to church.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How was your weekend? Was it busy or laid back?</span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-85368006933209346572011-05-10T14:57:00.003-04:002011-05-13T15:20:31.451-04:00What to write about?<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been giving this blog thing some thought. I'm still trying to decide what I want to post about. Yesterday, while working in the yard, I had plenty of ideas on what to write about but where do I start? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I guess I've decided to start with my life here in NNY, (probably a good thing considering that the title to this blog...) I moved up here 20 years ago with my parents. My dad was stationed at the local military base. I met my husband in high school. We married 2 months after graduation and so our life began. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After 3 kids and almost 19 years of marriage, we have our own little piece of heaven outside of the town my hubby grew up in, in a county with more cows than people. We don't own much property but our 2 1/2 acres is plenty for what we want. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I love our home. It's over 100 years old and at one time use to be a working dairy farm. (go figure) We bought it 5 years ago from a wonderful family who owned the home since it was built. I tell dear hubby all the time we didn't buy a home we inherited a family. They still stop by from time to time to see what improvements we have done to the old homestead. Granted we haven't completely renovated the whole house just a couple of room: ie~the bathroom, kitchen and the boys rooms (even tho no room is 100% complete yet) </span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899875027817103779.post-67322920782800986502011-05-09T15:00:00.000-04:002011-05-09T15:00:19.078-04:00First post<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been "stalking" blogs for almost a year. I've wanted to start my own but what do I say? The blogs I've seen are wonderful. These ladies are very creative with their talents and their love for the Lord is inspiring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So....where do I begin. What do I say? hhhhmmmmm......</span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842114764061319408noreply@blogger.com0