Let's Talk! Tuesday & Happy Wednesday

I didn't get around to posting yesterday, but still wanted to do Let's Talk! Tuesday. 

A few things to talk/ramble about...

1. Dan and I went to Olive Garden for lunch yesterday..yum!

2. Went shopping for a gazebo and yes we came home with one!  Dan and my nephew David are going to put it up today. We didn't get the clock that they show in the pic.

 

3. This Saturday, July 3 is our little town's 4th of July celebration.  There are fireworks over the lake at dark. During the day there are vendors in town and city-wide garage sales.  It is a very busy, fun day. We always invite family and friends over to spend the day/evening and hang out with us. This is year will be especially fun because Dan doesn't have to work that night and he is planning a huge cookout!

4. I am thinking about and getting excited about VBS at our church, the last week of July! I am teaching pre-primary age. The theme this year is..

The Egypt File~Decoding the Mystery of LIFE

Well, I better say bye for now. Lots to get done around here!

God bless you!

xoxo

It's Monday!

Come visit me at my swd. :-)

xoxo

Sunny Saturday Smiles

Happy sunny Saturday! It is sunny right now, but rain is in the forecast for later.

It has been a productive day so far.  Did some grocery shopping at Meijer, cleaned and straightened the pantry, did some laundry and cooked Dan's dinner/lunch.  

Yesterday I came across this absolutely wonderful song/video.  This song makes me smile....

Have a happy weekend, God bless!

xoxo

summer flowers..make me feel fine..

Happy Wednesday!

Here are a few pics of some of the flowers in our yard.

xoxo

Hot Weather & Water Sprinkler Fun

I haven't posted here in nearly a week, yikes!! 

 Summer is in full swing now, hot, humid weather and all!  I am not going to complain about hot temps because for one thing we have AC, thank God and I do enjoy the change of seasons. My favorite season, Autumn is next.  :-)

Mr. B, aka, Bentley loves playing in the sprinkler! Here are a few pics from yesterday.

Have a great Wednesday!

xoxo

~funky farm~

This afternoon I was shopping at one of our local grocery stores, Kroger, and I found this cute bottle of bath & shower gel, funky farm.  I will admit I mainly purchased it because of the clever name and the cute design on the bottle.  Taking a closer look at the label I was pleasantly surprised to see that it is made in England, the company is Baylis&Harding.

Have a great night everyone.

xoxoxo

Let's Talk! Tuesday

Ok, time to ramble about some random things...

1. Dan and I took our  nearly 11 month old "puppy", Bentley to the vet yesterday to get weighed.  He weighs 63 lbs. And he is very active and strong, need I say more? lol

2. Today was a fun morning with Dan, we went to a few nurseries, bought a rhododendron and two  small ornamental Chinese Maple trees, they are called  Red Dragon.

3. Why does it seem the older I get the smaller the print is in the phone book?

4.  Called about a children's Moonwalk rental for our family reunion coming up in August. I was told I could rent a mechanical bull, $700 for 4 hours. I don't think so! lol

5. Why is it I do not like the taste of coffee, but I love the smell of coffee and I love to eat chocolate covered coffee beans?

6. I am 51 years old and I just learned today while watching the animal channel that chimpanzees can't swim.

7. Sometimes we have to love people from a distance.

8. I love quiet moments with God and loud moments with God.

                                                Happy Tuesday
                                                      xoxo                     

~Monday News~

 Happy Monday!  The master bath remodel has been finished for months now, but I finally found a new shower curtain that I love!!  This pic and the link below from a great website I found. I couldn't get a good pic of the shower area in our master bath, so I went looking online.

I bought our shower curtain from a local store, Meijer.  I know I won't buy the matching towels, but I am considering the soap dish, tooth brush holder and the pump dispenser, which I would use for lotion.


I have posted my Simple Woman's Daybook as well. The link is over on the right!

Have a blessed and happy day!

xoxo

Lovely Weekend

Saturday was my niece, Megan's high school graduation party! Lots of fun with family and friends. I didn't take a ton of pics because it was a very hot and humid day and most weren't enjoying having their photo taken. :-)

I made Texas Sheet Cake for the party. Rich and chocolately, so always a hit.

Today has been a wonderful Sunday. I love Sundays! Church was awesome, great praise and worship, great preaching and it's always great to connect with our church family. 

Baby Tabitha is doing fabulous!!!  She is healing much quicker then expected and the doctors are amazed! God is SO Good!!

Have a blessed Sunday evening.

xoxo

Vote for Dawn Hall

Happy Thursday!
 Just a quick post, to share a couple websites and ask you to vote for Dawn Hall, to have her own cooking show! 

This contest is through Oprah.  I have  all of Dawn's cookbooks, I love all her recipes. Her recipes are delicious, healthy and aren't time consuming in preparation.
Dawn's website~ Dawn Hall Cookbooks
Voting for Dawn ~ Vote For Dawn Hall
Recipes~ Some of Dawn's recipes
Thank you friends!

Also, thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers for baby Tabitha!

I just received this update~ Tabitha's heart is beating strong and in good rhythm and the doctors are pleased. She even opened her eyes this morning and was brought off sedation a bit. Please continue to pray for healing and no infection as God continues to do His great work in her little body.

Take care and God bless!
xoxoxo

~Blessed Wednesday~

Happy Wednesday, what a blessed day!

The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."  
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

Praise God, Tabitha's surgery was a sucess and she is doing well.   Thank you all for the prayers.
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This morning I went to my ladies bible study Spring Brunch. It was nice to relax & chat with all of my friends there and enjoy some yummy food!  My Mom is a member of the group too, so that makes it even more special.
Everyone brought a dish to share. I took Crescent Roll Cheesecake Bars.  They were delicious if I say so myself!

Here is the recipe if you want to make them, very easy.
Crescent Rolls Cheesecake Bars

Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Chill: 1 hour
Makes 36 squares
Ingredients:
Cooking spray
2 (8-ounce) blocks 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 (8-ounce) cans reduced-fat refrigerated crescent dinner roll dough, divided
1 large egg white
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Coat a 13- x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray; set aside.
3. Combine cream cheese and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
4. Unroll 1 can of dough, and press into bottom of pan.
Chill the bottom layer of dough to help the cream cheese spread more easily.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough.
5. Whisk egg white in a small bowl. Unroll second can of dough, and place over cream cheese mixture. Brush top of pastry with egg white.
6. Combine sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over pastry. Bake 25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and puffed.
7. Chill in refrigerator 1 hour, or until cool; cut into squares. Store up to 3 days in fridge. (Serving size: 1 square)
Nutrition:Calories 97 (48% from fat); Fat 5g (sat 2g, mono 1g, poly 0g); Cholesterol 15mg; Protein 2g; Carbohydrate 10g; Sugars 6g; Fiber 0g; Iron 0mg; Sodium 156mg; Calcium 11mg

Enjoy the rest of your day. This evening I will be at church, helping with the children, Rainbows!

xoxo

Let's Talk! Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

Some random things from me this week....

1.  The weather is beautiful today, sunny and temps in the 70's.
2.  I love to read and have too many books started at one time!
3.  Filled the bird feeders this morning, which I know will be empty again by mid afternoon.
4.  Praying for everyone who is affected by the horrible tornadoes in our area this past weekend..so sad.
5.  Missing my hubby Dan today he had to work a 12 hour shift.
6.  I am enjoying working on my blog(s) again, thank you dear friend Judy!
7.  We are now into the Mayfly/Junebug season..icky bugs.
8.  Love planting flowers and gardening, even if it ruins my fingernails...I don't like wearing gardening gloves. :-)
9.  Missing Mackinac Island.
10. Love my kids and grandkids..they are all so awesome!

Also asking for prayers for baby Tabitha, she and her family are very precious to us.  Tabitha is less then 2 weeks old and she is having open heart surgery early tomorrow morning.
If you would like to know more, please contact me by email or private message on facebook. 

Be blessed!
xoxo

Tornadoes & A Rainbow

Hello friends!  You may have heard about the horrible storms and tornadoes that we experienced here in our area Saturday night/Sunday morning.  Thankfully we didn't experience any damage to our property and all of our loved ones are safe and unhurt. It was one wild night, the storms were very loud to say the least! I have never heard so many sirens going off at once.

Here are a few links to read about what happened both in Michigan and Ohio. 
Tornadoes Sweep Through Midwest
Tornado damage in tens of millions of dollars
Tornado in Dundee, Michigan
Slideshow of Ohio Tornado Aftermath

On a happier note, here is a pic of a rainbow that appeared yesterday in our neighborhood after a brief rain shower. God is so good.

This photo only shows a small portion of the rainbow, it was actually very big. It was hard to get a good a photo with clouds moving in and out.

Take care everyone and have a joyous Monday.

xoxoxo

Put-In-Bay

Dan and I took a day trip to Put-In-Bay!

 Put-in-Bay is a small summer resort vacation destination located on South Bass Island in Lake Erie's shallow western basin.
This morning we drove to Port Clinton, Ohio..about 1 hour from our house, then took the Jet Express over to the island.

Did some sight seeing and shopping..

The Historic Doller House and Winery 

We ate lunch at The-Boardwalk Upper Deck.

We ate outdoors on the deck, great food and the view was beautiful!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! God bless!

xoxo