Today is Our Anniversary .....

Today is our Anniversary.... 12 years. Can it have been that long already, and yet.... it seems that we have been together for a lifetime.

Eric, I treasure each moment. Each and every day I thank God for sending you to my door. And I look forward to the rest of our journey together.

I love you my husband, my lover, my best friend, my life......

Here is the Living Room....

Here is the view from the dining area (see Ripely.... I can only get a picture of him if I sneak one in when he is not looking...LOL) The bookshelf by the front door holds our bibles... that way they are easy to find and can easily be gotten when heading out the door for services. Above the bookshelf is a letter rack with key hooks... my keys hang there now and I don't lose them ...... as much.



I am using my antique vanity as an entry table... and the chest acts as extra seating when the house is full of visitors. I keep large floor pillows under my "entry table" for the kids to lounge on while they stretch out to watch a movie.


Here is the view from the front door...those bookshelves hold our movies and a few picture boxes..... most of the furniture in the house is either yardsale finds or hand-me-downs.... I don't mind decorating on a tight budget! (See the nice new TV.... we had to replace the small 19" after Jed decided to help "clean" it with half a bottle of bathroom cleaner.... the poor TV dripped cleaner because he had cleaned it so well.....LOL! (The new TV was the last of our big purchases for a very long time!)


This is the view from the hallway leading to the kids rooms.... we don't have a coffee table.... with the kids taking up most of the floor space during a movie we just keep the center of the room open.


See the curtain on the TV cabinet.... that is where the TV traditionally goes.... the new TV was too big for the opening so we put in the sound system's woofer instead.... and to keep certain little hands from the woofer... I made the curtain and put it in place with a couple of tension rods.... I like the effect.

The sickies have visitied....

I was up most of the night with Jed.... he has caught whatever it was that Eric had over the weekend.... running a bit of a fever, sore throat, stuffies and all that goes with it..... then this morning I was given the news that the girls have it too..... I am letting them sleep in.

Travis seems to have a touch of it.... the stuffies and a sore throat, but thankfully no fever and he feels up to heading off to school. (He opted to stay in public school.)

So, I will be nursemaid to the sickies........

Wednesday's Word

Proverbs 12:14 From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.


Time and time again God tells us through His Word that we harvest what we plant. Just another testimony that it is our lives that the world looks to. What do you want your life to say about you?

Look and see what I've been up to today......

So Eric's grandmother had given us the last of the peaches off of her tree so..... I made peach freezer jam.....




Peach Freezer Jam

Ingredients:

4 cups peeled, crushed fresh peaches
1/4 cup fresh strained lemon juice
1 package (1 3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin
1 cup light corn syrup
5 1/2 cups sugar

Directions:

Measure peaches into a large kettle; add lemon juice. While stirring with a wooden spoon, slowly add the pectin. Let stand 20 minutes; stir every 5 minutes to blend pectin with fruit. Add syrup and blend well; add sugar and blend well. Cook over low heat to about 100°, just warm to the touch. Do not allow mixture to become hot. Pour jam into jars to within 1/2-inch of top. Cover jars at once. Let stand until jelly consistency. Store in freezer until ready to use. Store in refrigerator once jar has been opened.
Makes about 8 half-pint jars. (I got 9 out of it today)

Then ..... you remember those fresh blueberries.....yep... more freezer jam....


I had such a hard time keeping Mia out of the blueberries.....

No Cook Blueberry Jam
Ingredients:

1 qt. fresh blueberries (or frozen)
4 c. sugar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 bottle liquid pectin

Directions:

Have ready 5 or 6 jelly jars (about 8 ounces) or freezer containers. Remove stems from berries; discard wilted ones; rinse well. Mash with large spoon or potato masher. Mix berries and sugar well. Mix lemon juice with pectin; add to berries and stir well for 4 to 5 minutes. Pour into containers. Let stand room temperature overnight. Store in refrigerator or freeze.

I doubled the recipe and got a total of 11&1/2 jars of the blueberry jam.



I have also hung out 3 loads of laundry and the girls have had their school lessons, and I made a quick trip out to Wal-mart..... now we are resting up just a bit before we go and take down the laundry..... it sure is hot....95 F but feels like 101...... whew.

Blueberries!

Well, our very good friends David & Heather gave us a gallon of fresh blueberries! Whooohooo!!! How great is that! ........SOOOOOOO..... I made a Fresh Blueberry Crisp for dessert tonight......

Here is the recipe....

Blueberry Crisp

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups blueberries

• 1/4 cup margarine, softened

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 1 cup self-rising flour

• 1/2 cup milk

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

• 1 cup boiling water

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.Place the blueberries into an 8x8 inch square baking dish. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Stir the flour into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Spoon batter over blueberries. Mix together the remaining 3/4 cup sugar with the cornstarch and pumpkin pie spice. Sprinkle over the top. Pour boiling water over the whole thing.Bake for 1 hour then let set for 10 minutes to set..... serve with vanilla ice cream (or whipped topping).

Can you believe I even stopped long enough to take a pic before digging in....lol!




MMMmmmmhhhhhmmmmmm good!!!!

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