Pages

Showing posts with label Scripture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scripture. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2021

Happy Tuesday

 Happy Tuesday

I have seen and heard some very disturbing things lately. I knew it was just a matter of time. I know there is not much I can personally do about it, but I can pray and I can trust the only One who will reign supreme forever.

I follow a gal named Kaylene Yoder. She is one of the nicest people who encourages others and offers so many resources to use free. It is hard to find much that does not cost lots of money today.  I don't know anyone who doesn't need some encouragement.  

I don't have an opinion especially at social media. You can argue, and fight and lose friendships and even phamily but one thing I know to be true is Jesus is going to return and when He does I want to be ready. I feel sad when I know someone personally and their salvation is unceretain. But I have come to realize, God has a plan for each life and I can not change anything. Only He can so I will be as happy as I can, stay comfortable and do what I think is best for myself. These words I am sharing encourage me tremendously, especially on difficult days. 

I am sharing some of my favorite Scripture, because it encourages me:

Psalm 9:9-10  The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,  a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalm 46:1-3  God is our refuge and strength, an ever=present help in trouble.

Psalm 34: 10b Thise who seek the LOrd lack no good thing.

Isaiah 26: 3-4  Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace- because they trust in you.

Joshua 1:9  Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you, wherever you go.

2 Corinthians 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

Job 5:11  He sets on high, those who are lowly. and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 

John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.In the world you will have tribulation, but take heart, I have overcome the world. 

Perhaps it has encouraged you too.



Thursday, July 8, 2021

Feline Friday


 Feline Friday Do you think this cat is being truthful?


This cat thinks he is an airplane. Like children, a cat and or a dog would rather play inside an empty box than play with the expensive toys inside. 


The Lord cares about living creatures. He is not concerned with color, he created man/woman in His own image. He created animals to use for good not to abuse or harm. The bible is filled with Scripture showing how much God cares for all His living creatures.

Do you subscribe to any magazines? I use to get many of them but today I only keep up with a few. I use to get Good Housekeeping, I love Bon Appetit and Better, Homes and Gardens along with Southern Living.
 



This dog cracks me up! Is it really Friday already? Y A Y ! It means for me, I get 9 whole days, God willing, with my sweet husband Avery. He is on vacation . We will celebrate Hannah's big birthday bash Saturday. We will have all week long to do somethings we have beein missing. We heard a favorite pizza place in Colorado Springs, Fargo's is back in business after nearly a year hiatus! SO grateful for this. 

It will be so nice to go back and have pizza with our phamily. 

Fargo and Sophie have greeted guests since December 1973. Boy oh boy, was I a youngster back then barely in my first year of college. 

Having participated in the Tuesday 4 blog hop and talking about my blogging experiences throughout the years, I started to think of people who blogged and then left for whatever reason, Here are a few of them:

Linda  lives on a Kansas farm. She is an Alaska born girl living her life out on the plains of Kansas. She and her husband Phil are the most amazing CHRISTian couple. Their mission has always been to bring people  to Christ.  I miss the days of her blogging and keeping up with the farm and their kids and grands. What a wonderful person Linda is. She is the most amazing friend and I had the pleasure of meeting her, Phil and their daughter Tressa on a trip to Sterling, Kansas to watch Nick run in a college XC Meet. I love Linda like a sister and she is always there for anyone who needs prayer.  I really wish she had the time to come back to blog.

Barb I have known Barb since age 13. She was my first pen pal from Tiger Beat magazine. Back in the day when you could make friends without fear of meeting a kidnapper or get involved in some horrible situation. She is the one who encouraged me to blog. I miss her keeping up her blog. Life happens to allof us, I just wish she could come back and journal all the things she has had to deal with regarding health issues for both herself and her sweet hubby. Did I mention I was her maid of honor when they married in 1977? We keep in touch, still today.

Shannon This lady is one of the sweetest kind hearts I know. She had a wonderful blog, a journal of sorts. She has a business JunkFlirt and she repurposes old furniture and whatnot. Her talent is incredible and she suffers from a disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis. She suffers in pain more than I could even imagine yet she preserveres and works hard on her business. I know a bit about the disease because my great cousin Mike has it. He wrote about on his blog Life in BoJon Town because the illness strikes many people with an Eastern European ancestry. Mike knows I would like to see him blog again. He has the most colorful language of anyone I know who blogs but he has not had an easy time with his health. I loved when he told stories of our childhood neighborhood. He always say, no matter where I live, Bojon Town will always be my home. I feel the same way he does. Mike also knows I will take any opportunity I can to badger him about blogging. He has a real knack for writing and all those stories, they warm my heart.

Angela is another blogger who I miss so much. She had a blog hop called Tuesday Show and Tail. It was so much fun and I keep bugging her to come back to blogging too.

I didn't write this to slight any other blogger that stopped but if you read this and know others, please give us all a shout out. I use to have this crazy dream that I was given the opportunity to travel America in one of those luxury RV's. I would dream that I traveled from states A to Z and would track down each blogger I knew in each state. Wouldn't that be the coolest job ever? The thing about dreams, no one can take them away from you.


In memory of my old neighborhood, my folks and all those amazing great BoJon's I know Goodnight and Sweet Dreams. May God bless each one of you and may we live to see another day all together now, God willing.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 Thankful Thursday I am truly thankful today for so much. I am going to list it here:

1. Phamily - without them, where would I be? Having Hannah and Jake here for a while is a blessing of which I am thankful. As I was typing away, Harrison James came creeping into my bedroom and scared the dickens out of me! He was laughing so hard. Goodness, I love his laughter.



2. Hard Work - getting ready for Hannah's birthday bash this weekend. Rebekah and Hannah and Jake washed down the patio and cleaned off the tables and chairs. Then they started to trim the giant pine tree. Which led to more cleaning. Hannah and Jake were up on the roof cleaning the gutters. Jake cleared the gutters and now everything is so good. Thankful for them and all the hard work.

3. Free Firewood- it has been in the 90's and we keep hearing maybe breaking 100 ( no no no please Lord no). So firewood would be the last thing on your mind right? But Hannah and Jake will cut up the big branches that fell and take them home for their winter warmth. So very thankful.

4. Baseball - It is hard to have a day go by that I don't mention baseball. I am thankful for it. Thankful for my dad that played semi pro ball long before I was thoughts about. Thankful for my mom who also played the game and two brothers as well. I played it and enjoyed it but I don't think I did enjoy it the way my mom did. I suppose she played in a different time and everyone loved the game. I was timid ( I know it is hard to beleive) so I was not as forceful as some of the bigger girls who were really good. But I have always loved the game. Now we get to watch Brody play his T Ball. Thankful



5. Games- Thankful for all the fun kid games we have. Harrison is the master of Banana Blast and Candyland. He is like Grandfather Avery. Ha Ha Ha - winner winner, I say they are both two big chicken dinners!! Brody is the puzzle master. He puts those together so quickly with Grandpa Avery and Rebekah too. Blake is our little smartie. He does everything Brody does. So he can count to 10 and he knows all his letters and colors. It is amazing to watch these little ones grow up.

                                  

                                       Thankful for all good things in my life and for all of you too. 

I always like to leave some wise words for you to read and hopefully share. 

 Some humor to make sure you smile more.





Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday


God loves the animal world. He must smile down at all those that protect animals from predators, harsh climates and all the woes of the animal world.


Bro is a fashion guy. His pjs and rain boots. He is such a fun kid!


He and Blake find great joy running this spreader up and down the lawn.

Life is more fun when youhave a brother.

Rest well and spend the night quieting your mind from all the days affairs. Hopeful we all meet here again tomorrow. Goodnight.


Monday, July 5, 2021

Happy Tuesday

 Happy Tuesday

Last night I posted one of the several photos we took yesterday. You know, with this bunch, you try to get it perfect. This is about perfect. Leo was facing forward and we were not looking at his hind quarters! These people make me happy. So much so that I did not get a single thing done that I should have. Tomorrow Avery will go back to work and I will be sad. I love spending time with my sweetheart. But I can get  my laundry caught up, clean my house somewhat and get back to blogging and commenting. We had so much company today. 


These ribs cook all day long. It is so hard waiting, waiting, waiting. But they are so good. The whole day was perfect. Unlike today where I overate everything I should not and finally had to drink my peppermint tea to settle my tummy. Tomorrow will be a better food day and I am happy about that.


I get Maxine today. I have a hard time passing up desserts!
 


Have you ever had a bad day like this one? HaHaHa! Leave it up to Loretta to find this humorous share.

Prayers get answered and I am happy and thankful and grateful for that. Logan is the cutest soon to be 2 year old. He's speech is soooooo good. We prayed so hard for him when he was born so early. But look at him now and that curly hair. It seems so unfair, boys with long lashes and perfect curls.


We were so anxious when Logan was born so soon. But God, whatever His plan is, knows all, and he does care for us. I am happy Logan is a happy boy.
Tarrah and Ella. When Ella came as a three month early CHRISTmas Eve surprise we prayed hard and so many others prayed too. Ella is such aperfect sweet little girl. Tarrah is no longer in heart failure and waiting on the transplant list for her kidney. Pray works. God answers.

My father spoke directly out of the Book of James. Oh how I love this book. I am so grateful God listened to each prayer sent up for Tarrah and Ella. I am so happy they are here with us today.


Time for rest and dreaming. Someone I know, also named Anne, had a horrible dream, I think more of a nightmare. She was dreaming of her late mother, that she was still alive and she was searching for her. Satan was putting stumbling blocks in Anne's path. Please pray for Anne. She recently has been helping a friend, Thomas, who had a bone marrow transplant. He has no phamily,  Anne and her husband were helping him as much as they could. She has a stressful job and to top that all off her sweet boy Thackery, a beautiful feline has been hit with many health issues. No matter what the doctors say, Thackery prevails. Please pray for all of them. I think Anne has a heavy heart with all that is going on and she was so very close to her mom. Satan does what he can to steal our joy, steal our salvation, steal anything he can get his hands on. Please pray for Anne and her loved ones.

Jesus came to save souls, Satan to try to steal them.

I am grateful for each one of you and pray I see you here tomorrow. Have a restful night.

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Happy Fourth of July

 

Fireworks view from our yard. It was a wonderful July 4, 2021. I did not get too many photos as the wifi was wacky, everyone everywhere on it so the service was not great.


Fireworks from the top of the world.


Jeremy, Frabklin and Avery. It was a great day. Zach made us ribs for dinner and he slow smoked them all day long. Sigh... I need some photos of those.


A firecracker for the Fourth of July.


The Littlest Patriot Please visit Aw....Mondays

 


We had the best of times with all those kids who were able to be here with us. More fun next weekend for Hannah's big birthday bash.


The reason we have lasted as long as we have had this nation.


Love is...agrees with me today!


Sweet dreams until next time. Love and Hugs and Many Thanks to all who stop by. I am still making my way around comments. Thank you. 

On July 1, Blogger will no longer support the "Follow by eMail" (ie Feedburner) format.
However, you can still follow me here at
https://mytatascottage.blogspot.com

Saturday, July 3, 2021

INDEPENDENCE DAY

 


 
Oh Maxine does it every time. I need to heed Maxines warning here on "extra crust". She is hilarious and snarky all rolled up in one.


All my ancestors were immigrants. They came from other parts of the world to have freedom and a better way of life. I will never disrespect their memory and their sacrifices for anyone in this world. I truly believe if it is better elsewhere, why aren't unhappy people  already there?

God Bless Benjamin Franklin. 




Hannah's surprise birthday cake courtesy of her sister Rebekah. More birthday week fun to follow.


Sweet Dreams. Hopeful tomorrow will bring us together again. 

On July 1, Blogger will no longer support the "Follow by eMail" (ie Feedburner) format.
However, you can still follow me here at
https://annesphamily.blogspot.com

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Wordless Wednesday

 Wordless Wednesday


"He stretches out the North over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. " Job 26:7

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Happy Tuesday

 Happy Tuesday I'm late for this date. It has been so hot in the 80's and 90's. I just have a hard time finding any energy to do anything. So I putter around my house and find little projects to clear up. At least this evening, the heat has calmed awhile. Last night we were hit with heat but my sisiter-in-law and her my friend Lorna, both saw tornadoes touching down not far from where they were. 


There were lots of photos of the tornadoes touching down all around  about twenty-thirty minutes North and East of us. This is am image from social media.  Fortunately Lucy and her phamily and Lorna are all safe.


This girl came to visit twice today. Once with her grandpa and grammie and once with her mom and dad. She is quite a character and twice I caught her walking without help , If you tell her you see her she will sit down. She is quite a character and this face will always make you happy.


Shea's daddy celebrated his birthday yesterday June 7th. Goodness, I remember when he was born. Like Rebekah, he took his time. Happy Birthday to an amazing grandson. Here he is from his high school  graduation with Jeremy and Brittany and Addy.


Time flies. Here we were with Colton at his graduation too. 


I found a birthday card Maxine will share with you....the inside of the card says, "Too bad I can't remember what it is!" Ha Ha Ha Snarky Ms Maxine.


One of my favorite MLB catcher's Thurman Munson would have celebrated his birthday yesterday too. He perished in a plane crash at age 32 in 1979. He would have been 75 years old. I saw the Yankees play once in Anaheim California but it was in 1980. I never had the opportunity to see him play in person. Baseball was different back then. Today it is so political and  going the way of the NFL. It is a sad time for me. But I will always remember Thurman Munson and cherish the memories I have of him.


I found this Corrie ten Boom quote and it gave me great comfort during the loss of Sharon and Jessica.


Words to ponder.