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Tag: 30 Days of Thanksgiving

Forgiveness

Posted in Holidays

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.  ~Psalm 103:11-12  Today, I am grateful for the forgiveness of my Lord and Saviour. (Click on image about to go to the 30 days of Thanksgiving challenge.)

Failures in Life

Posted in Holidays, and Thoughts

I truly believe that the Lord wanted me to take to heart this compiled list of failures as in the last week I have received it several times via email, and I just read it in the book I am reading.  I thought I would share… Einstein was four years old before he could speak. Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered “unpromising”. When Thomas Edison was a youngster, his teacher told me he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant…

Crockpot Cooking

Posted in Homemaking

My new crockpot with various size crocks makes cooking much easier.  During the school week (and even on weekends), I enjoy the freedom of being able to toss some ingredients in the crockpot and forget about it until supper time. The aroma of a hot meal fills the house without me having to spend hours in the kitchen.  On days when I’m not feeling well, I’m still able to offer filling hot meals to my family. The crockpot is also helpful when I, uh, forget to thaw out the meat ahead of time.  I can just toss it in the…

Pleasant Surprise

Posted in Family, and Holidays

This morning, Munchkin and I headed off to the library to return her library books.  Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to find any new books to check out, so she was a little bummed.  While we were out, we decided that we would head over to Sam’s Club to see if we could find the gluten free cake mixes that my sister had told me about last night on the phone.  (Since we’re in a different state, I didn’t know if they would have them.)  Munchkin loves carrot cake and one of the mixes was for carrot cake.  I thought it…