One more week...

Until I leave for VACATION! woHOO!


I can't wait - two weeks - no work - no internet - no cold?
I am so hoping it is ~warm and sunny~ in Missouri!

Here are some photos from when we went last year:

A NEIGHBORING FARM:

THE "POINT" WHERE WE FISH & SWIM & BARBECUE:

NORFORK LAKE @ SUNSET:

And here are some photos of our house and pond. The boat ramp to Norfork Lake is only 1/4 mile down the road, which is perfect since my DH loves to fish! We'll be driving down with his 17' bass boat.

FRONT YARD:

BACK YARD:

OUR LITTLE POND:

You can see it is so beautiful, and I am looking forward to spending some time there!

On the agenda:

Fishing

Boating

Tractor Driving

Birdwatching

Barbecueing

Relaxing

Sight Seeing

of course for me...Photography!

and maybe some tubing and swimming if it's warm enough!

Spiritual Journey Scripture Challenge

(Link is at the bottom of the post)

This weeks scripture is a beautiful passage from Song of Solomon Chapter 2 Verse 12:

Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

Here is a preview of the gift:

Isn't this the perfect scripture for scrapping some beautiful spring photos! If you use the gift for a layout, I'd love to see it, you can leave a link in the comment section!

NOTICE-----> The Spiritual Journey Scripture Challenge is taking a break!

Since I'll be leaving next Saturday for 2 weeks, without internet while I'm gone,
I'll need some time to catch up on everything when I get back, so the scripture challenge will be return in May!

Here is the Link for this week's gift - enjoy... May God's grace be with you and his blessings be many!

Donna

BYOGB

OK if anyone is even interested, here is the contents of my grab bags at Plain Digital Wrapper.

The scoop is you can buy one bag for 50 cents, or all 4 for $2.00. The other designers have tons of bags to mix an match also.

Each of my bags has two items as listed on the previews in the store.

Plus all my other stuff is 20% off.

The contents have been leaked all over at the Digismack blog anyway, and I must add that some hurtful and mean comments have been made there.

To top it all off, I just got home from having a root canal. Ouch. The first of two appointments. So I am am very sore, very tired and SO not looking forward to going back next week.

So here are the previews:

And a link to the store:

Plain Digital Wrapper

Happy Easter!

I have a few photos to share...First up is a tom turkey with his tail up in fan. There were 12 of these beauties out near the barn yesterday, and this one was nice enough to pose!


And here is another lovely couple that stopped by for a visit earlier in the week:


We kitten-sat for my son's cat, Milkshake, a couple weeks ago, and here she is finally brave enough to say hello to our cat, Noodles.


Aren't they cute!

I can't believe it's Easter so soon! We had a relaxing day and a nice Ham dinner with the boys and Henry's girlfriend Michelle. We went to a 50th birthday party last night - lots of laughs and dancing...boy I am tired after that!

The scripture for this week is Matthew, Chapter 28 Verse 7: And go quickly, and
tell his disciples that he is risenfrom the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

Allelulia! He is Risen!

Here is the Link for the Scripture Challenge Gift.

Spiritual Journey

Enjoy and ~Happy Easter!

Donna

Corned Beef and Cabbage!

Like it? Love it? Hate it?

We love it at our house! Mmmm.. Easy to cook too. Put the Corned beef in a pot of water ( I use Mosey's Point Cut) and cook for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours before adding the cabbage. I add onions carrots, parnsips, onions, turnip, potaotoes, for a wonderful medley of vegetables and beef - it is SO good!

I cooked it yesterday. The leftovers are just as good today! So that's that!

And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to ya!

Other stuff...
Here is a page I finished this week:

Credits: Background from Little Jake by Kathryn Balint. Photo Frame by Katie Pertiet.
Stitching by Lisa Whitney. Top Border by Vera Lim, on top of stamped border by Jen Wilson.
Scalloped paper on top, used as an overlay by Tina W. from Trevors treasures Charity Kit.

Fonts are MCO Hand Stamped Alpha, and CK Alis Writing.

I have a new set at Plain Digital Wrapper - I forgot & never posted it here on my blog!

If you purchase it today through tommorow night - it's 25% off! The Regular price is $4.99, but you can grab it for $3.74!

----->>>>> My entire shop is 25% off for St. Patrick's Day! The discount will show up once the items are in your shopping cart.

Here's a link to my shop at Plain Digital Wrapper

And here is a page I made with Flea Market Garden. Love the iron gate!



AND if you're here for the Spiritual Journey Scripture Challenge - it's below!


Here is a preview of this week's Spiritual Journey gift. This is the last week for Galations - Chapter 5 Verse 22:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

The theme for this last week is patience, and there is an hourglass and an old iron clockface for the gifts to remind us all that God's good things do come to those who wait. Maybe not in our time frame, but certainly in God's. We all must be patient, and listen for his word, and seek his plan for our lives.

Here is the Download

Thanks for stopping by :)

My Stepmom...

A while back I said I would post some pictures of my stepmother who passed away 4 weeks ago. So here they are. The first one is when she was very young. The second one was taken in August 2006. She was 63 years old then. We were on vacation in Missouri, and brought her to see her new baby grandson, Andrew.

She was married to my Dad for 30 years. They divorced in the late 90's, and I know she was very sad about this, and lonely, too. But she did find happiness through new friends she made. We met many of them in our visits, and also after she passed on. She was also active in her church, especially working with the Sunday School children. Children were always the brightest thing in her life, she loved having them around. Back when she still lived up here in the Northeast, she ran a daycare for many years. She watched my older son Henry when he was very young, and he was very close to his beloved Nana.

Journaling Reads:

This is my stepmother, Linda Anne Taylor, when she was a small child. She was born on March 22, 1943. I love this photo of her - beautiful bright eyes, rosy cheeks,
and those sweet dark curls. Linda grew up in Windham, Maine, with her two brothers, Richard, and Edward. She graduated from Windham High School on June 14, 1962.

She married my father, Carol Martin on May 1st, 1965. She then became stepmother to a mischieveous 3 year old (me) and went on to raise me alongside my 3 half sisters. Nancy was born on January 11, 1967. Jean arrived on September 13, 1968, and Julie was born on May 4, 1971. We grew up together in our House on 14 Cook Street, and I have so many wonderful memories of our years there. Linda sadly passed away from us on February 8th, 2008. She had many caring and wonderful friends in her new home in Arkansas. This page is dedicated to her family, her friends and to all those who will miss her.

Credits:
Background is from Vintage Linens by Amy Wolff.
Blue BG is from Garden Gnome by Digital Couture at Elemental Scraps.
Ruffled Ribbon, flower buttons, and paper border by Corina Nilesen.
Laced ribbons by Jen Wilson.Blue flower by Shabby Princess.
Flowers and leaves by Misty Cato. Stitching by Natali.
Worn Canvas Alpha by me at Plain Digital Wrapper.



Credits:
Background by Helen Ehrenhofer.
All of the following are from Trevor's Treasures charity kit:
Ribbon Tied frame is by Vickie F. Scalloped Vintage Paper by Tina W. Vintage Swirl and striped BG from ON designs. Heart by Michelle Godin.
Painted Heart by Lauraskathi.
Blue Frame is by me - A free gift from the Spritual Journey forum at Plain Digital Wrapper. Dried flowers and leaves by Jen Ulasiewicz - KB and Friends. Paper tear by Grace Bennett.

[[[ Yawn ]]]

I should be in bed right now! SO tired!

But I wanted to post this week's Scripture Challenge. So we'll get to that at the bottom of the post!

I did finish up Spring Sparkle - it's up for Sale now at Plain Digital Wrapper for only $2.99:

I hope to have some more new stuff by the end of the week!


Oh and here is a page I scrapped with the beautiful flowers from my friend Susan. The Printer's Blocks are from Kim Hill - aren't they awesome?


The rest of the credits are right here: Background is from Garden Gnome by Digital Couture at Elemental Scraps.Pink Background by Natali Desigsns.Frame is my own design. Printers Blocks by Kim Hill. Leaves and ribbon by Genevieve Sass.Fonts are Carpenter ICG and Bremen Bd BT.

I also grabbed this cute Alpha by Christine Haskell:

It's on sale at NDISB for only $1.69!

Here is this week's Spiritual Journey Scripture Challenge:

This week's Fruit is Self-Control.

Galations 5:22 ~ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
We all have things in our lives that we struggle to control. God made us in his image, but we do not have his perfection. So wedesire, covet, and yearn for things that are not always things we can have or should have. Some of us struggle with food or money. Some of us struggle with the desire to compete with our neighbors, freiends or relatives. To practice self-control, first think aboutwhat your struggles are...then ask the Lord to help you overcome them.

The only thing I could think of this week as a sybolism was that of keeping control of spending. So here is a little piggy bank and some word art to remind you to save those pennies! I realize this may be hard to do after the enabling above, but I couldn't resist ;)

Here is the Link

Enjoy :)

G'night all!

Can you feel it?

Spring?

It's coming! Oh maybe not as quickly as I'd like it to...but it will be here soon.


It's a dark and dreary, raining day here in New England. At least it's not snowing. But to cheer me up, I have these beautiful flowers on my kitchen counter:



Click on the photo for a close-up to see just how lovely they are!

They were sent to my work yesterday by my dearest and best friend...Sue. She is an angel. Always there for anyone who needs her. She is loyal, loving and beautiful inside and out. I am so lucky to have her in my life! ~XX~OO~

Today I think I'll just putter around. Clean the house a little more. Work on my digital designs.
I was feeling lousy last weekend, so I never got to the scripture challenge, but it wiil be back for tommorow! And coming soon to PDW...Spring Sparkle and Flea Market Garden.

Here are a couple sneek peeks: