For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Wednesday Hodgepodge
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Tuesday 4 - Art
Art
From Annie: "Hi Friends and welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we give you 4 questions each week to ponder and answer. It also gives you a chance to see how other Bloggers feel about things and an opportunity to make new friends.
This week let's talk about art."
1. Are you artistic in any way and if so, how so? Knitting, crochet, drawing, painting, writing lovely word art, home décor, lovely meals? There are many ways to be artistic. I do not knit except by loom or by knitting machine. I do crochet. I don't draw, paint, write lovely word art and I'm okay at home decor, and lovely meals...not really.
2. Does any art hang on your walls or grace your tables or shelves at home? How about your front door or windows.. what about your yard? I do have several of my sister's paintings and drawings. She was awesome but unfortunately her strokes took that away from her. This is one of her pencil drawings that I love.
I also have paintings from my daughter.She drew this for me a long time ago and I still love it Here's one from a few years ago. I think she sold it though.
3. Do you have a favorite artist or artists and do you have a favorite piece of art? I'd say my sister and my daughter are my favorites. But I also love Norman Rockwell and Thomas Kincade
4. Home décor can be art. When you bought things for your home did you plan out the décor or did it all just fall together. Was there a theme? I've always said my decor style is Early American Garage Sale. My mom and sister are both awesome at decorating and I think sometimes that intimidates me. But I buy things and display things I like. And that makes me happy. I bought a couple fall things yesterday to put out and I have some from past years also. Hope to put them out this week.
I hope you enjoyed your visit here and that you link up and participate too. The link is at the top of the post at the blue word Art.Monday, September 18, 2023
Bits of This and That
Good morning. It's a beautiful day here so far. It's currently 61 degrees and sunny. The high for today is 75. Perfect!!!! My sister just texted me and we're heading out shortly to go to Hobby Lobby and Joann's. It's always a fun time going to those stores with her. Yay!
Our weekend was nice and mostly quiet. Friday we went to lunch with hubby's mom and had a good time. We had fish from Long John's, and that was good. But the best part was all the good conversation. I know I probably say this about every time. But his mom is just so much fun to talk with and we always have the best time together,
Saturday, hubby and I went to a favorite pizza place for lunch. I had a small pizza (and ate the leftovers for supper) and hubby had spaghetti and meatballs. Then I ran into Krogers and got a few things and stopped and got a Starbucks drink and spent the rest of the day at home, doing some housework and watching a Hallmark Mystery movie and then a couple of shows we are currently binging in the evenings,
Sunday we went to church both morning and evening and had a nice nap in between. Below I will post the pre-recorded Sunday Sermon. It was a really good one about Abraham and waiting by faith from the Hall of Fame of Faith, Hebrews 11.
I hope you had a chance to worship this weekend and I hope you have a lovely day today. Thanks for visiting,
Cathy
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Wednesday Hodgepodge
1. Did you watch any coverage of the 9/11 services on Monday? How do you feel on this day some 22 years after the events occurred? Share more if you want to share more. No, I didn't watch. I hope we will never be attacked like that again.
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Happy Birthday! |
Monday, September 11, 2023
Bits of This and That
Good Morning. We had a nice weekend.
Friday morning we slept in a little and then went outside and sat on the front porch for awhile. It was so beautiful out and we both enjoyed being outside and so did Lucy.
Looks like I need to clean the porch rails. I had a hummingbird feed hanging over this spot and it has left a mess. lol |
After that we picked up hubby's mom and we went to Olive Garden for lunch. Good food and good conversation...just what I like.
That evening we watched a movie and enjoyed just relaxing at home.
Saturday morning we again spent time on the front porch. I think we may be doing a lot of that this fall if the weather stays decent. We had Mexican food for lunch and went to the grocery and then home for the day. Again we watched a movie and read, etc.
Sunday we had Sunday School, Church and Bible Study in the evening. All were good. After evening service we met up with 2 other couples and had dinner at Frisch's and again good food and conversation...my favorites.
Below is the pre-recorded copy of Sunday morning's Sermon.
Friday, September 8, 2023
Friday Photos
Lucy relaxing while we were watching TV one evening this week. |
Well that’s about the only photos I have this week. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for visiting.
Cathy
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Currently - September 2023
Today it's time for the September Currently Post. You can link up with Jennifer here, as she is the hostess. In September, we are talking about what we're currently loving, seeing, dreaming, eating, and using to decorate.
Currently I am:
Loving: Some of the cooler weather we are having. Last week was gorgeous, this week is hotter, but this weekend it's supposed to cool down again.
Using to Decorate: I still have up most of the summer decorations, but I'm planning to take them down and hopefully start putting up some fall things. I'm planning to use what I already have from past years. The one thing I may buy is a mum for outdoors.
That's it for today. Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day.
Cathy
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Wednesday Hodgepodge
1. It's National Read A Book Day...whatcha' reading? Half-Price Book Store had a 20% off sale all weekend. I typically read books on my Kindle or my iPad...but I couldn't resist going to the sale. I bought a book for my daughter that completes one of the sets that she has and I bought myself 3 books from the clearance rack. The one below is what I'm currently reading.
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It is so good to know my salvation doesn't depend on what I do, but instead on what He has done. |
Thank you so much for visiting. I hope you have a great day!
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Tuesday 4 - Planning
Planning
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Seeing ahead |
A wise man once said that most people fall into their lives. They don't plan and carry out what they would like to do, they just fall into things through circumstances. Others plan and prepare for life. They know the kind of person they want to spend their life with, the kind of family, home or job they wish to have and make a concerted effort to follow through.
So what about you?
1. Did you plan to be where you are right now in life or did you just end up where you are? I didn't do a lot of planning until more recent years.
2. What plans did you make for your future and what plans do you have for the future now or are you just marking time? The longer I stayed with the job I started at age 19 (which I never intended to stay there until retirement) the more I knew it was where I was supposed to be.
3. Do you live where you want to live or would you have done things differently when planning where to live? I live right where I want to live. As we get older, we are starting to think about a smaller place that would be easier to take care of...But then again, we'd like to update this place and just stay. We'll see what the future holds. Time will tell!
4. What is planned for this coming Autumn?
- trips or plans with family or friends? No plans, but am almost always up for something.
- vacations? Just made reservations for our annual trip to Myrtle Beach.
- holiday plans? Nothing planned yet.
- Reading list? Whatever strikes my fancy.
Thank you for joining in to make Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 a success.
Cathy
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Tuesday 4 - Toys
Toys
Annie says "Hello. It's time for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4. I hope you are enjoying them. I welcome ideas for questions or themes, so feel free to let me know.
Could we talk about toys? Toys are important to children and sometimes to adults as well. There are memories tied up with toys we loved, toys we miss having in our lives. We found comfort in them, excitement with them and just fun times over all."Monday, August 28, 2023
Share 4 Somethings - August 2023
I'm linking up with Jennifer at Overflowing With Thankfulness for Share 4 Somethings. The prompts are things we loved, read, learned and ate in August.
Loved: I'm still loving our crochet group and I love that I finally finished this baby blanket. I've got another one started. I'll have to show a picture here sometime when I get a little farther along on it.
I'm also loving our Open House Prayer Time at our church every Tuesday morning. Hubby just opens the doors of the church, the lights are muted and there is soft worship music playing and scriptures on the screens to encourage worship and prayer. We've been doing this for almost 2 months now and everyone seems to enjoy coming to the church to pray. Some come in for a few minutes and some stay a lot longer. It really is a wonderful way to pray and just spend time with God. There is no visiting or talking (unless you want to visit outside on the way in or out) or anyone leading. It's just you and the Lord.
Learned: I can't think of anything specific right now, but I know I've learned things from the sermons and Bible studies I've listened to this month.
Ate: Hubby took me to Texas Roadhouse for my birthday and I had a delicious steak and we also hit Red Lobster this month and some wonderful shrimp dishes. No pictures, but they both were very good. But probably my favorite meal was made at home. Hubby cooked a big pot of green beans with red potatoes and chopped pieces of ham. Then we had some corn on the cob and I had fresh tomatoes given to me by my sister and a church friend. Definitely, my favorite summertime meal.This picture is from July, but it was the
same thing this month, except we
didn't have the blueberry muffins.
Well that's my 4 Somethings for August. Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a good weekend.
Cathy
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Wednesday Hodgepodge
If you look close, you can see the pink fan and a glimpse of my new haircut. |
Here's the fan not plugged in. |
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Tuesday 4 - Summertime Easy Living?
Summertime Easy Living?
♫Summer time and the living is easy says the song. So how is summer going for you? Let's talk about it....."
1. How has it been so far? I think it's been a really good summer. Life is good!
2. What have you been doing this summer? Blogging, reading, crocheting, watching TV and Mystery Movies in the evenings. Spending time with family and specified times of praying (Tuesday mornings, Open House Prayer Time at Church and then August 31 Days of Prayer). I also went to Texas for my daughter's wedding. As I said in #1, it's been a really good summer.
3. What are you going to do? Any plans? As far as I know, there are no special plans except to celebrate hubby's birthday later this week and next month our women's Bible study group will be starting up again.
4. It's been hot in most of the country but here on the Jersey coast it's been perfect so far. Not too hot, not too cool but just right with breezes. How are you weathering the heat. Any tips on staying cool on hot, humid days? Clothing, food, drinks, fans, air conditioning? Let us know your secrets to keeping cooler. I'm doing okay with the heat. I figure that I survived an outdoor wedding in Texas late in July, so I should be able to handle whatever August in Ohio throws at me. lol I always make sure to have something nearby to drink so I don't get dehydrated and I stay inside with air conditioning as much as possible on the really hot days. I have a little fan that plugs into my iPhone and I carry that almost anywhere I go, just in case.
Hey Annie, Thanks for these questions and for the link-up. Thanks everyone else for visiting.
Cathy
Monday, August 21, 2023
Bits of This and That
Good morning:
It's a beautiful morning, but it's going to get really hot as the day goes on and it will be really hot all week. But that's okay because we are blessed to have air conditioning.
We had a nice weekend and the weather was really nice...not too hot at all. It was pretty quiet for us. We went out for lunch on Friday and Saturday and took something home for lunch on Sunday after church. Saturday evening while watching some TV, I also scrubbed down my bathroom and did some laundry.
I read a good book (you can see in my sidebar for Good Reads what I read). And I started another one. We watched some TV and really just relaxed this weekend (actually, we do that most weekends.).
I finished this baby blanket last Wednesday and I've started another one.
Here's a pre-recorded copy of the Sunday morning sermon.
Cathy
Friday, August 18, 2023
Friday Photos - Everyday Images #15
Kym from A Fresh Cup of Coffee has a link up for "Everyday Images" and below is the list of prompts of August. Kym says: "I am sharing my photos every other Tuesday, along with my prompts for the next two weeks. You can use all or some of the prompts for your own photo posts, or none of the prompts and just link up a post featuring your photos. Simple rules: Your posts must be family-friendly; the photos must be your own; and the post must be mostly photos. If you do share I'd appreciate a mention and link to A Fresh Cup of Coffee on your post."
Vintage - Piano Babies are porcelain figurines used to hold a shawl that served as a piano dust cover back in the late 1800's and early 1900's. |
Hidden - Hiding God's Word in our heart is very important |
River - The Little Miami River yesterday afternoon |
Spot in Town - Beautiful Gazebo in our town - sorry about the barrier stuff, but the farmer's market was going on in the parking lot. |
Yellow - Tis the season for school buses again. |
Another Yellow - Beautiful house in our town |
Forever - God's Word is forever! |
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for our our sweet Lucy. She is 10 years old today. I can't believe we've had her that long. Unfortunately for her, she had a vet appointment today to get her boosters. He said she is very healthy and I'm praying we'll have her for a lot more years.
She's a pretty hyper dog and she's definitely strong-willed. Much more so than either hubby or myself. But we love her so much. She keeps us on our toes and she makes us laugh a lot. Here are a few pictures of her through the years.
Thank you Jesus for giving us this little girl. Happy 10th Birthday, Lucy!!!