This is our little boogie bear going to his first Halloween party. He didn't last long! :)
Saturday, October 31, 2015
The Force Is Strong With This One!
This is our little boogie bear going to his first Halloween party. He didn't last long! :)
Friday, October 30, 2015
Hay Bales
This week the hay bales were loaded and moved to the barn. :( Our neighbor left them in the pasture longer than he normally does. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing them every day.
Until next year!
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Fast and Easy Way to Clean Silver
I really enjoy using my mother's silver flat ware. It is so pretty seeing those shiny silver pieces on the table but I had not taken in consideration that they do start to turn. :( Polishing all of that silver is an ordeal so I read about this idea and wanted to try it. It works wonderfully.
Line a baking dish with aluminum foil. Scatter of the bottom of the foil about 1 to 11/2 cups of baking soda and pour boiling water over the baking soda and stir until all is dissolve. It pretty much is dissolved when you pour the water over it. Then put your pieces in and let them set 15 to 20 minutes. Then rinse under warm water and dry. I had a couple of pieces that were pretty bad and I still had a couple of small spots. I used a little silver polish and it came right off.
No more hours of standing a polishing silver!!! Yeah!
Line a baking dish with aluminum foil. Scatter of the bottom of the foil about 1 to 11/2 cups of baking soda and pour boiling water over the baking soda and stir until all is dissolve. It pretty much is dissolved when you pour the water over it. Then put your pieces in and let them set 15 to 20 minutes. Then rinse under warm water and dry. I had a couple of pieces that were pretty bad and I still had a couple of small spots. I used a little silver polish and it came right off.
No more hours of standing a polishing silver!!! Yeah!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
My Kitchen
My kitchen is worn and in need of repair. I have some new ideas that I would like to try but with all it's flaws I love this room. There is a saying that hangs in my kitchen that says, "the kitchen is the heart of the home." That's a true statement for our home. I preheat a memory and fold in old friends with new and I've baked many a good laugh in this place. In our well-lived home more than cooking goes on in the kitchen. It has been an art studio, a classroom, a quiet table for two, a greenhouse, a dance hall, and many prayers have been prayed at that window.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
PBS Presentation -NOVA - Noah's Ark
This presentation of Noah's ark was on Saturday and I think there will be a rerun tonight. NOVA has reruns of their presentations so I hope you will watch it.
Cuneiform is the world's oldest writing system that comes from the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. There was a new clay tablet found that is dated 3500 BC that talks about a flood and the instructions were given to an upstanding man at that time with the directions to build a boat. In the special, they actually go to that region to look at the materials and they found someone who stills has a small replica of this type of boat. This was the type of boat used by the Sumerians. It's round and very different. I had never heard of a round boat before. But because this region of the world is so dangerous they go to India and build a replica using the same materials but its still not as big as the original. Very interesting presentation.
In the past 8 years, I have done a lot of research no longer taking in information as fact. I have had to let go of a lot of beliefs that I had always taken as truth. Many times I have shut the lid on my computer and walked away because I couldn't handle any more information that was disproving what I had believed all my life. After several weeks of digesting the information, I would return and continue. I am a lover of truth and I want to know the truth! I realize some people are happy with what knowledge they have, for some it's too hard and then I see other people taking the facts and trying to fit it into their belief system. That's not going to work either.
When I first came into organized religion my sunday school teacher told me, "if you are going to dedicate your life to living and believing a certain way you want to make sure that it is right." I actually took him at his word and started reading my sunday school lesson and the Bible and found out they were leaving out other scriptures that didn't fit into their doctrine. Not only was the sunday school lesson leaving out things the preacher was too. It wasn't long before we left organized religion.
At that time God said, "I'm taking you a way you've never been before" He did. It was the road less traveled and it has been quite a journey and it continues to be. The truth has become a rabbit hole that goes so deep at times, fiction is more believable than the truth.
I'm not saying you have to believe what I believe but if you see that things are not right and you are not happy with your belief system.....start your research because there is a reason you feel that way. There is a saying I have found to be very true, In pursuit of the truth people never start or they don't go far enough. You have to want and love the truth to find it! It's a journey that you have to take for yourself because in your heart you have to know what is truth.
Cuneiform is the world's oldest writing system that comes from the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. There was a new clay tablet found that is dated 3500 BC that talks about a flood and the instructions were given to an upstanding man at that time with the directions to build a boat. In the special, they actually go to that region to look at the materials and they found someone who stills has a small replica of this type of boat. This was the type of boat used by the Sumerians. It's round and very different. I had never heard of a round boat before. But because this region of the world is so dangerous they go to India and build a replica using the same materials but its still not as big as the original. Very interesting presentation.
In the past 8 years, I have done a lot of research no longer taking in information as fact. I have had to let go of a lot of beliefs that I had always taken as truth. Many times I have shut the lid on my computer and walked away because I couldn't handle any more information that was disproving what I had believed all my life. After several weeks of digesting the information, I would return and continue. I am a lover of truth and I want to know the truth! I realize some people are happy with what knowledge they have, for some it's too hard and then I see other people taking the facts and trying to fit it into their belief system. That's not going to work either.
When I first came into organized religion my sunday school teacher told me, "if you are going to dedicate your life to living and believing a certain way you want to make sure that it is right." I actually took him at his word and started reading my sunday school lesson and the Bible and found out they were leaving out other scriptures that didn't fit into their doctrine. Not only was the sunday school lesson leaving out things the preacher was too. It wasn't long before we left organized religion.
At that time God said, "I'm taking you a way you've never been before" He did. It was the road less traveled and it has been quite a journey and it continues to be. The truth has become a rabbit hole that goes so deep at times, fiction is more believable than the truth.
I'm not saying you have to believe what I believe but if you see that things are not right and you are not happy with your belief system.....start your research because there is a reason you feel that way. There is a saying I have found to be very true, In pursuit of the truth people never start or they don't go far enough. You have to want and love the truth to find it! It's a journey that you have to take for yourself because in your heart you have to know what is truth.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The Lie We Live
This was sent to me by our daughter and it is excellent! It is truth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipe6CMvW0Dg
I hope you will take the time to watch it. It's about 8 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipe6CMvW0Dg
I hope you will take the time to watch it. It's about 8 minutes long.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
The Wonderfulnish of October
Just about everyone loves the fall, the colors, the falling leaves, the smells of fall, all the colorful pumpkins, the beautiful mums and I love the little faces of pansies. I love looking at porches this time of the year and seeing everyone's creativity. Fall never is long enough for me.
Speaking of smells, I have our first pumpkin pie in the oven this morning for my sweet husband. He'll love this!
Have a wonderful fall day! xo
Monday, October 5, 2015
Smile
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. Charles Gordy
And sometimes all someone needs is a smile!
And sometimes all someone needs is a smile!
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