tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46015070722713523292024-03-04T21:55:29.664-08:00Titus 2 Keeper At Home"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-73686906772541456542022-01-23T18:07:00.002-08:002022-01-23T18:07:24.243-08:00titus2keeperathome is back.....<p>hello everyone out in blog land! i know its been years since i have posted here. im kind of hoping some one out there missed me !!</p><p><br /></p><p>well tomorrow is january 24th 2022 and my plan is to post daily or at least weekly. my husband and I are building a new home in a town about 15 miles away from where we live now. they are supposed to be starting it in February and we are both excited about it. i plan on posting all the info on my blog from february till October the mentioned finish date.</p><p>I have been visiting my favorite blogs in the recent months and have been trying to keep up with every bodies goings on. I look forward to reading and commenting as time goes on. </p><p> i have a lot of funny stories to share with you and some not so funny!</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a blesssed week ahead of you and come back to visit whenever you like!<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5</p>~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-75578114134337259282020-04-24T06:00:00.000-07:002020-04-23T17:50:58.497-07:00My little boy turns the big 30 today!!I have redone some of the numbers on this post because I just havent had the time to sit down and write a new post for my blog. Our youngest child turns 30 today. Matthew Thomas William Bates was born way back in 1990 on April 24th at 8:02 PM.<br />
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Happy Birthday Mattie,<br />
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Mattie one month old, May 1990~<br />
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Mattie and Jennifer May 1990~<br />
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Your 4th birthday part with the family at the park in Escalon, April 1994~<br />
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Your first day of school, August 1995, Kindergarten, Mrs. La Rossa, room A-1 Dent elementary Escalon<br />
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Giving Mom a great big smile while playing around on your bunk beds with your new comforter, January 1996~<br />
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Look at what a cutie you were, and still are :) January 1993~<br />
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You always loved to play in cabinets in the kitchen~</div>
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You and Mom at the In and Out burger in Bakersfield on our way to Disneyland,July 31, 2000~</div>
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You and Roger in our Motel room across the street from Disneyland , looks like you are both worn out from all the fun!!!, July 31, 2000~<br />
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Your 16th birthday party, the pirate party!! April 2006~<br />
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Sadly this year you are many, many miles from home in California and I am here in Idahobut I still know it is your birthday and you are in my thoughts as you always are every day of my life.</div>
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Lots of Love, we miss you bunches and bunches. Remember you will always be my little SB :)</div>
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~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-63477863685288172972017-02-02T08:15:00.000-08:002017-02-02T08:15:05.571-08:00Update on moving to Idaho :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above picture is of the choices we made this trip to Idaho. We picked out the granite for the counters and the rest we had already picked out on our last trip. I think it all looks very good together but it was very hard to choose colors because it was such a sunny day so this was my second or third choice as the first choice I had my sunglasses on and boy did it make the colors look so different. We are both happy with our choices and with the progress on our new home. I was so excited when we first got to Idaho Falls that I really wanted to go right out and see the home but it was night time and it was snowing so we had to wait till morning.....oh what a long night that was for me :)<br />
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tile and cabinet color inside the business that is making the cabinets, that floor tile sure looks different when there isn't any sun shining on it.<br />
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This is the color for the laundry room counter, I love the way it looks!<br />
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This picture is taken looking south from our new driveway, after the snowplow had gone through. When we firs went out there it hadn't been plowed yet but our new truck made it through very nicely, I felt very safe.<br />
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We are still on track for our May 22 move date and every day it gets one day closer and I get more excited. We both loved the snow and I especially liked the quietness . You would think you would only have quiet out in Rigby because it is so much smaller than Idaho Falls but it was just as quiet standing outside our motel room. I was just amazed. The doggies alsoo seemed to like the snow also, Molly for sure, Mandy not so much she enjoyed being in the nice warm truck. The first day we were there I wasn't doing very well but after buying some nice warm boots I was feeling much better.<br />
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We also got to meet up with Miranda our interior design person and I so enjoyed seeing her again. I can't wait to meet her husband and children when we move up there and have more time. I have not actually packed anything yet it seems to early but I have boxes and I have been going through everything I come across.<br />
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This last picture is of the sold sign in front of our new home, my favorite picture!!<br />
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So this last visit we met up with the builder, the cabinet maker, tile person, fence person, landscape person and still had time to just enjoy ourselves. We were busy and didn't get to do everything we had planned but we got a lot of things done and questions answered. We feel so much more comfortable with our new home and its progress. It is very hard to have a home built in another state but we are getting through the process one day at a time. <br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-7443278824990761442017-01-01T14:54:00.000-08:002017-01-01T14:54:22.658-08:00Happy New Year! Happy New Year to one and all. I have been horrible at keeping up posting to my blog and I am so sorry about that. With us building our new home pretty much every waking and sleeping moment has been consumed with it. I didn't realize when we made the decision to build a new home so many decisions would have to be made. We are currently in the phase known as framing and our builder has sent us pictures weekly of the progress, but as anyone who reads my blog knows I am not very good with my computer and pictures so I will see what I can do, I may post a picture and then again I may not. Its kind of nice that he takes a picture in the same spot so you can see what has been done. It doesn't look like much in the first picture, but then when you see the latest one you notice a diference. They have framed the basement and hopefully they will start on the main floor soon. Then we will be going up for a visit to make sure the framing was done correctly. If we didn't go up and then noticed something later it would be far harder to correct. I can't wait to go up there. They have snow right now, isnt' that exciting? I have always lived in California in the valley so snow always excites me. I know people who live in snow probably don't like it that much but I really hate the hot weather here so I will be giving up the much disliked hot weather for cold weather. Like I tell Roger, at lease with cold you can always put a coat on or a blanket but in hot weather when you get down to skin there isn't much you can do about it.<br />
I have once again deactivated my Facebook account, figured there wasn't any better time than the first day of the year. I have done this many times before and I always go back and reactivate it but I am really praying this time I can just leave it behind me. I did like keeping track of my kids and grand kids but there have been less pictures of the grand kids as time goes on. They are getting older so there aren't as many cute little things to post about . Jennifer and Chris have busy lives, Kaitlyn turned 10 last October and Dylan will be 13 this coming March. Our little babies (our doggies) are getting all grown up too. Molly turned 13 this past September and Mandy turned 7 in November. I am really wanting to get another puppy but with the house stuff going on I think it's best to wait until<br />
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Okay so I put the pictures up but they are kind of out of order. <br />
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this picture above is the third picture our builder sent us.<br />
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The picture above is the second picture our builder sent us.<br />
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This picutre above is the first picture our builder sent us.<br />
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The picture above is the most current picture with the framing in the basement. I will try and keep more current with what is going on.<br />
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I pray everyone has a very blessed year ahead of them, I am choosing to find Joy in the journey we are currently on. I pray daily that everything goes smoothly. I have started the countdown and we have started going through lots of things here and there. We have less than 5 months but we are praying it goes pretty quickly, though I am sure we will wonder where the time has gone When moving day comes. <br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-69736060197971273392016-10-08T12:46:00.002-07:002016-10-08T12:46:40.604-07:00Finally got the picture thing figure out...........My wonderful husband fixed my picture problem so I am now able to show you the pictures I've been wanting to. The first picture is of a home just right inside of the subdivision. This is not our new home just one of the many homes I thought were pretty and don't ya just love the pretty blue sky with the white clouds, I just love them. <br />
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One of the homes when you first enter the subivision, not our new home just one of many beautiful homes that have already been built there.<br />
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The entrance to our new subdivision, it has this on both sides of the entrance. I thought it was so pretty and yes it has the pretty clouds too.<br />
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This is a picture of a home that our builder built in Idaho Falls, Idaho and the owners were gracious enought to let us take a look at the inside. We both loved it, pretty much everything about it. We loved the floor plan and most of the colors. Our new home will look very similar to this but different colors on the outside. I really love the big giant front porch and they had it decorated so pretty. Can't wait to have my own front porch to decorate each holiday season.<br />
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So there you have it, not many pictures but it kind of gives you and idea of what our new home will look like. The main floor is 1782 square feet and the basement is 1600 square feet. The basement will have 2 bedrooms 1 full bathroom,family room, a storage room, mechanical room and a cold storage room. The main level will have the master bedroom, master bathroom, living room, kitchen, dining room, walk in pantry, laundry room, mud room, full bathroom, office and second bedroom. We are having tile in the entry way that looks like wood flooring and then carpet in the living room area.<br />
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I am so excited to be moving to this new home, it is a home that both Roger and I picked out together and that makes it very special to me. I have lived the past 17 years in a house that Roger and a former girlfriend of his picked out and that has always bothered me. Roger has tried to re do anything I wanted but we are both happy with the new home that we are having built. Neither of us has every owned a new home where everything is what we picked out together and new. When we met with the builder Jake and his draftperson Robyn she made a great suggestion about doing the walk in pantry a little different and it almost doubled the size of it, she has a good eye for things like that.<br />
I also have to tell you about the design lady that Jake introduced us to who took us around to all of the places to pick things out. She was just wonderful. She was so cute and bubbly, she is our daughter Jennifer's age and she was so patient and nice it was almost unbelievable. The first day we left our motel room around 8:30am and didn't get back till almost 5pm. We first met with our realtor Jed in Rigby to go look at lots, we picked out a lot after a lot of going back and forth from Idaho Falls, back to Rigby but we are happy with our choice of Rigby for our new home. The subdivision is about 45 new homes, all will have 3 car garages and be at least 1600 square feet on the main floor. We originally wanted an acre of land but it is so expensive to fence that much land so the lot we ended up with is a little over half an acre.Since we have the doggies we wanted to make sure nothing could come on our land and hurt them. The doggies did very good on the trip even mandy she didn't get car sick once!! We will need to go back up to Idaho at least one or two more times while they are building and then the last time for good to move there. We are hiring a moving company to move our stuff, but we will do the boxing up of everything. We are hoping for a move in date of early to mid May of 2017, but you never know. Seems like something always comes up to derail our plans.<br />
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Praying everyone has a wonderful weekend.<br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-20230984851187076152016-10-07T23:05:00.000-07:002016-10-07T23:05:03.406-07:00A Picture, yes just one!! So here I am at 11pm still trying to get my pictures from my phone to my computer. I can see the pictures on my computer but when I go to add an image to a post they don't come up. I did get this one picture, which is of the rock that will go on the front of our new home and I have no idea how I got it on here. I will still try and get some more pictures on here if I can. I have been up since 5 this morning so I am headed to bed with a great big old headache from all of this picture drama. Blessings,Joann<br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-15167233276455369392016-10-05T21:07:00.001-07:002016-10-05T21:07:58.990-07:00This post has no pictures, not because I Don't have any but they are in my phone and me being the non computer friendly person , I have no idea how to get them out and put them on my computer.<br />
Update on moving to Idaho. We went up to Idaho this past month, we bought a lot for our new home and met with our builder Jake! We picked out the floor plan and his draftperson Robyn helped with making a few changes here and there and both Roger and I are happy with what we chose. We ended up with a lot that is a little over half and acre and are we glad we did I couldn't even imagine the cost of putting a fence around an acre of land. The 6tenths we ended up with is costly enough. I do have pictures of the land and a house we looked at that is very similar to the one we are having built. They are hoping to break ground the first week of November with and estimated finish time of May 2017. I am real excited and I of course think of nothing other than our new home , I think of it daily. It will be so nice when it is finished and I can't wait until we can move in. The part I am dreading is the actual move, the packing and all that entails. I am going to start some serious packing and going through every single item in this house and rate it's priority to us. We are packing everything but are having an actual moving companyto move everything. We are planning on putting our current home on the market this coming springtime. If I can figure out this picture thing I will post again in the next few days. Our new subdivision is called Auburn Hills in Rigby Idaho. We don't have an actual address yet but should have one as soon as we get the building permit. Praying everyone is having a blessed day and week.<br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-31683850598315855222016-08-05T04:30:00.000-07:002016-08-05T04:30:42.865-07:00Idaho Falls, Idaho--here we come!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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molly and mandy all tuckered out on the motel bed.<br />
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the falls right across the street from our motel.<br />
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another view of the falls, they are right in the middle of town!<br />
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mandy and I on the beltway next to the snake river.<br />
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molly,mandy, and I in Idaho falls.<br />
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Our motel in Idaho Falls.<br />
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Roger and I have been talking about moving out of California for years now. It is finally going to happen, hopefully in the next year. His work is letting him work from home no matter what state we live in. So we went on an adventure to Idaho Falls, Idaho.They have a beautiful town a quarter of the size of the town we currently live in and their weather is way better than here. We may even see snow wouldn't that be glorious. We are planning another trip up there this fall and if all goes well we will be starting the process of building a home up there. We plan on putting our home on the market this coming spring and to be in our new home God willing by summer time. I am very excited about it but my does it take a lot of time coordinating things and my stress level has been pretty high lately. I am going to start the process of going through every cabinet and drawer and closet . We are only moving that wich we find absolutely necessary. I will keep everyone updated on our progress as time allows.<br />
Blessings,Joann <br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-83804431390004124392015-07-06T15:14:00.000-07:002015-07-06T15:14:09.360-07:00Monday first day of the week......<br />
My friend Katy over at the country blossom blog <a href="http://www.countryblossom.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.countryblossom.blogspot.com</a> posted recently about her planner and though I don't have a planner like hers I do have chore lists. I have spent all this morning and part of the afternoon, okay it was basically all day going over my lists and redoing them. I finally have them the way I want them but they are in my computer so I still need to print them out. I have also started following Flylady again, I don't care for all the emails but I do like the way it is set up on facebook. <br />
I have also taken some advice of Katys I got from a letter she sent me and today earlier I went to a local gym to see the details for joining. I am going to give it a whirl and pray a whole lot that I enjoy it so I won't be blowing our money. I really liked the place it was suprisingly cool and not too smelly. They have lots of equipment and the nice lady who gave me a tour was really nice and not judgemental at all. I would like to go there just for the treadmill but may go try some of the other things. We will have to see.<br />
Roger and I are trying to plan a vacation for this upcoming September. Sometimes I feel like there is just too much to do to get ready. We are taking the dogs with us and oh that will be it's own type of fun!!<br />
Today is Monday and before I used to clean the living room on Mondays but I have changed so now today is the bathroom cleaning day. It's kind of nice doing it first day of the week just to get it out of the way.<br />
I have gone to the library, post office, gym, walmart and came home. Been home since about 12:30 and now it's after 3pm its getting hot outside so I may need to put the AC on. It's only supposed to be around 95 today so no more100+ days for this week at least that's what the weatherman tells us.<br />
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I will stop writing now so I can go get something else accomplished. have a great week ahead.<br />
Blessings, JoAnn<br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-76430447041610738162015-06-30T15:19:00.001-07:002015-06-30T15:19:52.600-07:00A regular ordinary Tuesday here in CaliforniaToday is Tuesday. There is nothing too special about today its and ordinary day around our home. The doggies are snuggled on the bed and I am trying to joyfully keep my home.<br />
The temperature is supposed to get to around 107' yes you read that right kind of hot isn't it ? Tomorrow it is supposed to be hotter yet.....how can that be 107' seems pretty hot to me, anyway I have the AC on and I'm not going outside if I don't have to. I do however need to keep my eyes on the dogs when I let them out. I don't want them out too long in this heat.<br />
My homekeeping, well that is a whole dreadful story all it's own. Right now the keeping of my home isnt' going that well. I guess I am the problem ! There have been many things that I think have attributed to my lack of homekeeping but really in the end it is my own fault. In order to be a good homekeeper I need to do things daily in my home to make is an enjoyable place for my husband to come home to. I want to do my daily chores joyfully as unto the Lord. It is very hard for me to remember this. I am thinking of putting a reminder of this on my refrigerator so I will see it every time I walk in to the kitchen. <br />
This past week we well I should say Roger has been working very hard on turning our old master bathroom. We are turning it in to a closet. We went to the closet place and they came out and measured everything and we have a tentative date for the install. We also went to home depot to order our carpet and are hoping it gets here in time for the closet people to come and install our new closet system. I am very excited about it and can't wait though I have to. I will post pictures of it after it's all done as right now it's not that impressive looking. . <br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-72639823609730241632014-12-24T09:23:00.000-08:002014-12-24T09:36:48.214-08:00Merry Christmas!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all and a very Merry Christmas to you all! I was going to put up a very long post about my year but have decided that maybe it would be best to leave that particular post till a later time. Our year hasn't been the best so instead of looking back I chose to look forward to 2015. I have posted a few pictures of what my new laptop looks like, I was having tons of problems with my old computer so Roger bought me this new shiny red one for my birthday/Christmas/anniversary/valentines day present :)<br />
This coming year I wish you all peace and happiness and that the Lord will bless you beyond measure. I have always tried to post my goals for the coming year and was going to do the same this year until I realized that I have so many things I need to work on that it would take forever to list them all. I guess my main goals are First and foremost to spend more of my time in the Word of God better than I am now. Next to work on being more joyful in my home keeping and being a good worthy wife. Another thing high on my long list is to live more as Christ and not of the world. So there you have it some of my list of lofty goals for 2015! <br />
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I pray that each and everyone of you has a very blessed Christmas and a wonderful start to your new year.<br />
"Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Jesus Christ." Philippians 3:13-14 My Bible verse for this coming year!<br />
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-30485341886421090692014-07-13T17:09:00.004-07:002014-07-13T17:09:43.078-07:00Starting over.........Hello everyone who reads my blog. I haven't blogged in quite a while and I recently decided to give myself a time of starting over. I have not been the person I was meant to be as for my role as wife and home keeper. For many years now I have just been getting by, doing just enough to get through the day. I have not been the wife that my husband deserves. As long as we have been married my husband has always worked hard every day. I started out working at home very hard also but over time I have let things go! It is so easy to just not do something and when you do it day after day then it becomes a habit. Just as starting to do something new becomes a habit after a while of doing it so does laziness. I don't want to go as far as saying that I am addicted to watching television but I have been known to do nothing all day and just sit and watch stupid shows on the television. I want to stop being so lazy so I have been putting a lot of thought into it and I decided the best way to stop being that way is to just start over. I don't mean like my whole life but in regards to keeping our home and being a wife. I have always had a hard time trying to get all of the things done on my long list of daily things to get done though it was a really great list it was way to long like 40-50 things on it and every day I didn't' do it all I of course felt like a failure. My list was that long because I liked to break everything down into separate steps. Now I am thinking of making a change into more broad things...instead of listing things like make dinner, clean up after dinner, put dishes into dishwasher, clean off stove, wipe down counters etc.... I will be making it more general like kitchen clean up period. I don't' know if this will help with me getting back into more of a routine of doing things daily but of course I won't find out until I try.<br />
Things around our home have had some changes over the past few years that I haven't been posting about, no real reason other than that laziness of mine :)<br />
Almost a year ago my wonderful husband had an idea to add some square footage to our home. I don't remember the exact start date but he has added on a new master bathroom and some extra room in the master bedroom. He did most of the work himself (thankfully he knows how to do that kind of stuff) He had some very very blessed help from his brother Larry who came down practically every Friday for the day to give a hand. We wanted to pay cash for everything so it has been slow going and because one person can only do so much but it is getting there. I originally thought of doing a weekly update on it but then thought to wait till it's finished and just put one big post up about it. I didn't realize how many pictures there would be or the fact that I wouldn't remember when things were done but anyway I will over time put up some pictures of the progress. Last Tuesday we had new carpet installed and we are now back sleeping in the bedroom after having our bed in the living room for about 2 months.<br />
Another thing that has happened since I posted last was that Roger was hit by a car on his way to work on February 18, 2014. He was stopped at a red light and the person didnt' notice the light and hit him going about 50 miles an hour. Roger was taken to the hospital and thanking God he had really bad back and neck pain and some other pains but nothing more serious. He missed some work and our van had to be in the shop for about a week. Roger is still in serious pain most days but not much you can do about back pain as I know all too well.<br />
Roger loved his job working on the Golden Gate Bridge, but sadly he was laid off on April 29th this came as a shock to us even though we knew when he took the job it was temporary it was still very unexpected and of course that wasn't' the worst part April 30th we no longer had medical insurance. Roger is getting unemployment but that is only for 6 months, we hope and pray he is back to work by then but right now we are living day to day. In spite of all of this we decided to go ahead and finish the addition to the house as the only other thing to do was leave it the way it was and we wouldn't know for how long. So that means the decorating part will have to wait as it's not a necessity but pretty much everything else is going ahead as planned. We believe that God has a plan for us and we just aren't' seeing the final picture yet. I know when we do it will be glorious.<br />
The fall after my mom passed away Jennifer, Chris Dylan and Katie moved to Nampa Idaho we traveled up there for Christmas that year and then the following fall Jennifer called and said they are now moving to South Dakota!! Oh and by the way we are leaving Dylan with his Dad. So in September or maybe it was August of 2013 Jennifer, Chris and Katie left Idaho and moved to south Dakota. I really didnt' like the fact that they moved to Idaho but at least it was only a one very long day to drive there....South Dakota is like a 4-5 day trip just to get there. Now with Roger not working things like going on a nice vacation to visit them isn't really possible. I miss them a lot and talk with her quite often. They get lots of snow in the winter and lots of thunderstorms and humidity in the summer. I think the snow would be nice but I certainly wouldn't like the humidity!<br />
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So I think that is all the major things going on for us right now....back to my laziness at being a wife. I have always (since Mattie moved out) had a hard time making a ,sticking to a menu, and grocery shopping economically. Honestly when Roger was working there would be weeks where we ate out more than we ate at home. I enjoy going out to dinner but now we only go out once in a while. I want to get back to making more homemade things but not expensive things. I know if you make things from scratch it should be cheaper but with just the two of us sometimes I wonder if it is cheaper. We go grocery shopping every Thursday and spend about $100 sometimes less and sometimes more but that's the average. Doesn't' this sound like way too much for two people??? Along with my laziness this is something I definitely need to work on soon. My plan for right now is to start Monday July 14th with the new way of keeping my home. I will be working on my plan for the next few days so it will be kind of like an experiment to see how things work. What things work for me and what doesn't . I am kind of excited to see how it will turn out. Praying it will turn out well. <br />
I Believe that being a keeper of my home is what God wants me to be and I have always tried to strive for that joyful part of my keeping my home. I do really want to be joyful about it and not think of it as drudgery doing the same thing every single day. How blessed I am to be able to stay at home and take care of my home and my husband, I may fail miserably at the doing it joyful part daily but I am making changes so I will be able to have a joyful heart.<br />
I have to go get dinner going, have a blessed evening and start to your new week.<br />
Blessings,Joann<br />
~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-67169421806094536072012-04-22T13:01:00.001-07:002012-04-22T13:01:33.862-07:00Eunice Elaine Graser November 5, 1925- April 20, 2012I had a feeling when April first started and my Mom was admitted into the hospital that April wasnt' going to be a very good month. Unfortunatley what I was thinking came true, sadly my Mom passed away on Friday, with all of us at her side in her hospital room. I do thank God for not letting her suffer and for the fact that I know she is at peace. I miss her so much it just hurts my heart.<br />
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I have been posting on my facebook page about my mom and what is going on but I just wanted to post here on my blog to give a more detailed update. Today I have a few minutes to type up a post. April 1 at about 12:30AM my sister called and said she had brought my mom to the emergency room because she was feeling very weak and couldn't move very well. I asked if I should come and my sister said that then they weren't sure what was wrong but they were thinking she is probably anemic so they were going to admit her. Sunday later in the morning I went and visited with my mom, she was in a regular room and they were giving her blood, she was anemic but they were also concerned that it was Lukemia. I went home that evening and the next morning my other sister called and said that my mom wasn't doing very well at all and was moved to ICU, I got there as fast as I could and basically she was very incoherent and very tired. Tuesday came and we were all taking turns being at the hospital with her. We all three of us sisters basically were there all day long. It is amazing how tiring sitting in a hospital room can be. I was exhausted by the time Wednesday came around so only went over for a couple of hours. I went home and did some laundry, and some basic cleaning. None of us had really eaten a meal since this whole thing started. Then on Thursday morning my sister called again at 6:30am and said things were worse and to get there as soon as possible so I called my daughter and told her the same thing. We got there and she had seemed to go downhill quite a bit. One good thing to have come from all of this was that on Thursday a special visitor was coming, the Red Cross had sent a medical emergency message to my son and my nephew so on Thursday at about 3pm he and his wife came to the hospital. Thursday evening we all went out to dinner and it was the first time I had eaten a meal the whole week and it was so good. We dropped Jennifer back off at the hospital and after checking in and finding out what was going on she stopped at our house to give us an update, things seemed a little better and we for the first time since this started got to breathe a little easier. My stomach which had been sick feeling from the first phone call started to hurt a little less, and Thursday night I actually slept pretty good. I woke up Friday not feeling well, I think it may be allergies, my head was pounding and my throat was very sore and my nose was all stuffed up so I didnt' go over to visit because I wasnt' sure it was allergies and you can't go into ICU If you are sick. Okay fast forward to Monday, I went over to the hospital (it's about 15 miles away) and was there for about 4 hours and found out they were moving her to another hospital for kidney dyalisis, her kidneys were not functioning good. I just remember they also did a bone marrow biopsy for the Lukemia, she isn't producing any red blood cells and her white count went from 20, 000 the first time they checked to 46,000 and she does have Chronic Lukemia, they also thought she was starting to show signs of congestive heart failure, but now she isn't....At the new hospital she is in a regular room in isolation as she has an infection (they think ecoli) so you have to put on a gown and gloves to go in the room. This new hospital is much bigger and I dont' care for it much so far. Hopefully she won't be there too long. She was talking a little better and I think her color was better but today I only seen her for just a few minutes as they were getting her ready for the dyalisis. Sorry this is such a long post and after looking back over what I have typed I can honestly say my days may be wrong and things may not be in perfect order but I feel like my brain just isnt' working these days, and I dont' really even know what day it is half the time. I was finally able to get to the grocery store yesterday so at least we have food :) So the final conclusion is that my mom was anemic, she does have Chronic Lukemia and she is now having kidney problems. She received I think about 5 units of blood and some antibiotic and has a feeding tube for now. Please continue to keep her in your prayers. I would like to thank all of my friends, blog friends, and family for all their kind words and prayers. I truly appreciate them all. Mattie, his wife Sara, Jennifer and the kids came over on Saturday for a little while and I was so happy to get some recent pictures of them all. I will leave you with the following pictures May you all have a very blessed week. Blessings,Joann </div>
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"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5</div>~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-35716746257470356682012-03-22T20:47:00.003-07:002012-03-22T21:02:12.371-07:00Happy belated first day of spring!!Spring is officially here. The weather has been anything but springish lately. We seem to be going back and forth between cool and warm and really I would like the weather to please just choose one and stick with it. I have been feeling like I am getting a cold from all the weather changes. Yesterday was in the mid 70's and today about 10' colder. I have been able to have the windows and doors open and I just love having some refreshing air flow through our home.<br /><br />On Tuesday I took every thing off of our bed and washed it all, the mattress pad, the sheets and the blanket and when we went to bed on Tuesday night it felt so nice to snuggle down in wonderfully smelling linens. Tuesday for the first time in a long time I was able at the end of the day to have checked off all my to do's for the day. I continued on Wednesday and got everything done once again, then we came to today, Thursday is kitchen cleaning day which is the one day that takes the longest but I got almost everything done. My back started hurting around 3pm so I called it quits and relaxed for a while. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and I am praying that I can get all I need to buy for under $150. When I need to buy household items plus groceries it always costs a little more. <br /><br /><br />Last weekend I finally finished my new spring purse but I already dont' like it very much.The colors are very pretty and this picture doesn't do it justice~<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nOjhcC_J2D5N8tkMl_qHuAgQ07GuVsARY6j6_EexCaMMVHfeItUWKeoPj2vfCmV6rt6phn8r2f0y6zZUFYKA2Tpocg41E2pEBOb1jNKtNsEVzv9oPLupp6TmeQJdggpZBHd7EyRH_7m/s1600/spring+purse.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nOjhcC_J2D5N8tkMl_qHuAgQ07GuVsARY6j6_EexCaMMVHfeItUWKeoPj2vfCmV6rt6phn8r2f0y6zZUFYKA2Tpocg41E2pEBOb1jNKtNsEVzv9oPLupp6TmeQJdggpZBHd7EyRH_7m/s320/spring+purse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722937006019100226" /></a><br /><br /><br />I think I will try and work on another one in a different fabric and pattern, but we will see. <br /><br />Blessings,JoAnn<br /><br />"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-45227812393511474642012-03-10T14:31:00.003-08:002012-03-10T14:50:56.580-08:00Some of Katies stories...Last Thursday I picked my mom up and we went over to see Jennifer and the grandkids. We had a lovely time. I just have to tell you a couple of different conversations I had with Katie.You have to understand that she is only 5 years old and we all know how cute little 5 year old girls sound when they talk..you have to keep that in mind when reading her stories. <br /><br />I went into her bedroom to listen to her piano and I was sitting on her bed and she was looking very sad, I asked her what was wrong and she said Aiden (her *boyfriend*) isn't her boyfriend anymore and that his mom said he couldn't marry her when he grows up. She was serioulsy sad about this but then she perked up to tell me about Daniel, the next boyfriend but he already had another girlfriend Heather and Heather is Katies friend so she didn't know what to do....until she got Conner as her boyfriend now, and he doesnt' have any other girlfriends. So she said she was happy now with Conner. I know I am old but boyfriends and girlfriends when they are in kindergarten???? <br /><br />Then there was this story~<br /><br />Me and my mom where sitting in the living room with Katie and I asked her what she did in school today. She told me that her teacher asked them to write about their favortie things. Since she loves princesses I asked her did she write about princesses. She said no and kind of rolled her eyes. She said she wrote about Ice cream and New York City!! I thought this was kind of strange and of course asked her about this New York City thing, she told me that her and Jennifer Chris and Dylan went to New York City on an airplane to go have ice cream with her Mamaw (chris's Mom) and she said it so seriously but here is the problem I know for a fact that her Mamaw lives in Arizona so my mom said Oh Katie you are a good story teller and katie got real mad and said it wasn't a story that it really happened so I said so when your mom gets back home (she had taken Chris to work) and I ask her about this she will tell us you went to New York City in an airplane and she quickly said I didnt' say airplane it was in the car! I said you did say airplane...by this time me and my mom are just laughing so hard it almost hurt then Katie said well my spanish word for car is airplane. Oh we laughed and laughed and laughed and then katie was upset because we were laughing so much but we just couldn't stop. Now I know it probably doesnt' seem as funny reading it I think it is one of those things you have to be there to get the full version, because when I told Roger he thought it was funny but he wasn't laughing as much as we were, I think it helps if you see her eyes and her gestures when she is telling us everything. Anyway all in all it was a great trip. I haven't seen them since Christmas and they have both gotten so big and tall. Jennifer said that they only weigh 8 pounds apart. Katie weighs 36 pounds and she just turned 5 in October and Dylan weighs in at a whole 44 pounds and he will turn 8 on March 25th.<br /><br />So I guess that was all my fun and excitement for the week. Roger has been working on putting some sheet rock up in our back shed and the garage, it's a big job and he has been working very hard on it. I am hoping we can take it easy tomorrow, only have a few errands to do.<br />Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.<br /><br />Tomorrow will mark 5 years since my Dad passed away, a very sad day for all of my family :(<br /><br />Blessings,Joann<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-1897783533791006282012-02-26T17:40:00.002-08:002012-02-26T17:48:48.584-08:00Ignorance!!!!!!!!Definition of IGNORANCE<br />: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />First off I am not calling any certain person ignorant but wanted to touch on the subject and why I don't like people being ignorant about things<br /> <br />One of the definitions of ignorance is lack of knowledge and that is what upsets me the most people want to make decisions with out knowing all the facts. I had a group of people do this to me a few years back, just because myself and a friend had a disagreement and that friend decided to not be friends anymore but then all of the group all of a sudden were no longer my friends WHY??? Because of ignorance, they had no idea all that went on, they didnt' know what was said between me and this other person but because of this person I lost those friends too<br /><br />I think if someone has a problem with another person they should try and find out why there is a problem in the first place and remember there is always two sides to every story. Don't just go by what someone else says, find out for yourself and then make your own decision.<br /><br />Sorry but I just had to post this.<br />Blessings,Joann<br /><br /><br /><br />Definition of IGNORANCE<br />: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-41865199825506970682012-02-24T16:34:00.005-08:002012-02-24T17:07:16.750-08:00Lots going on this past week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj6tqpShkdjQ9O8Q0uQ_jKaXoyoLBvWP0W2g49PvdydZAq8UpZH2RcGn3nafYAnNhv0GEHJeGZ_-w01lGbETHeJENqWz20jp7QgzcaWcXRa2OFD7HntCz3pIqTQQOGTKNvAptnTrnteP5/s1600/front+of+keeper+at+home+binder.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj6tqpShkdjQ9O8Q0uQ_jKaXoyoLBvWP0W2g49PvdydZAq8UpZH2RcGn3nafYAnNhv0GEHJeGZ_-w01lGbETHeJENqWz20jp7QgzcaWcXRa2OFD7HntCz3pIqTQQOGTKNvAptnTrnteP5/s320/front+of+keeper+at+home+binder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712866270617745826" /></a><br /><br /><br />I decided the other day to get out my keeper at home binder, one problem-- I had no idea where it was! Can you believe it? What a great keeper at home person I am :) After searching for a few hours and yes it took a few hours to find it I got it all set out to start marking things off that I had gotten done. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is Monday's page, as you can tell No items are checked off isnt' that just sad, I always seem to have good intentions of getting things done but have the hardest time following through and actually doing them. I did get some of the items done but not all of them. I am usually pretty good at doing the morning things though there has been quite a few times when the morning things end up being more like afternoon things :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XEldEkiVBzvOgZ5KUq9rei5hS_k3YR5MGD_73zL1C_Vygs7RBWwmk__DyKy22IavFQQR5BVViuvcHXYWsASixmpSq4Bg8CSmcZ5z2FaI_UbiKUSPfk90B2zRHR3HFLwBbRnZ0kuR6Vqz/s1600/Monday%2527s+chore+list.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XEldEkiVBzvOgZ5KUq9rei5hS_k3YR5MGD_73zL1C_Vygs7RBWwmk__DyKy22IavFQQR5BVViuvcHXYWsASixmpSq4Bg8CSmcZ5z2FaI_UbiKUSPfk90B2zRHR3HFLwBbRnZ0kuR6Vqz/s320/Monday%2527s+chore+list.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712866281340323618" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wednesday's list didn't get much better....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1_skBPgz5PWpKUA2oY_GGfUq81S9Ip2UR2iTHvOy375xeieGQ-lkvQhFb1dAqyuCXROChW6UGNvaHvi_-6NMDT4tQRIQshFO3iEVKawhGC0xGFmcE4VuFrYz_oUTpWhhoqfGVoU26FPL/s1600/Wednesday%2527s+chore+list.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1_skBPgz5PWpKUA2oY_GGfUq81S9Ip2UR2iTHvOy375xeieGQ-lkvQhFb1dAqyuCXROChW6UGNvaHvi_-6NMDT4tQRIQshFO3iEVKawhGC0xGFmcE4VuFrYz_oUTpWhhoqfGVoU26FPL/s320/Wednesday%2527s+chore+list.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712866264802493890" /></a><br /><br />ANd by Thursday I had really given up. Oh I do things just not what I have on my lists, this means another redo of my list of things to get done. I think the list is too long but some of the reason the list is long is that I break everything down so I remember to do everything.This next week I will give it another try and see what I can get done :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbtH0Q1ZIet9FzMfHs1utGrP0A_i-RzVOEDYF3Cn2QnUlswPSd1P_ynzaqatirJ10tZ34uusGWzr_l_Q7_CNBr3uGcmlUzaXOY0sf0Ptmfhk-jbkvd9CvO-epjwREgyf7t6zKjh0INtNs/s1600/Thursday%2527s+chore+list.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbtH0Q1ZIet9FzMfHs1utGrP0A_i-RzVOEDYF3Cn2QnUlswPSd1P_ynzaqatirJ10tZ34uusGWzr_l_Q7_CNBr3uGcmlUzaXOY0sf0Ptmfhk-jbkvd9CvO-epjwREgyf7t6zKjh0INtNs/s320/Thursday%2527s+chore+list.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712866279401653570" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkIDpSvlJHNqzYNE1MCBGyfWL7i6oiRVMuW2PU-XyQNh0dUPntPg0AJMmTLJxOhNB2ssb2uuy8h2kf1Dzjx4cFyGnJia_0ao62MDB1ucyHBB8B5QC_PaobpEGGsz3TJ3edRH3502zm0S-/s1600/gift+from+Treva.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkIDpSvlJHNqzYNE1MCBGyfWL7i6oiRVMuW2PU-XyQNh0dUPntPg0AJMmTLJxOhNB2ssb2uuy8h2kf1Dzjx4cFyGnJia_0ao62MDB1ucyHBB8B5QC_PaobpEGGsz3TJ3edRH3502zm0S-/s320/gift+from+Treva.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712870661685002498" /></a><br /><br /><br />The other day in the mail, I received this beautiful gift from my friend Treva. It is so pretty and so is the card. She put a lot of work into it and I really just love it.<br /><br /><br />Today the UPS person delivered this~<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNG_lsdqTSeJAu6HKZX_nShxdbp53oUaI9J_td8t_1F_vDTPwUVTlplsc-cYlqRf6B3l6-kyeJ9dmcl1R0L45SVnFnh8WzlMFA_yzIMf-qAPXFgY9MA06Md4wvmWaDSCY7dvr_MFJ5nV5/s1600/another+box+inside+other+box.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNG_lsdqTSeJAu6HKZX_nShxdbp53oUaI9J_td8t_1F_vDTPwUVTlplsc-cYlqRf6B3l6-kyeJ9dmcl1R0L45SVnFnh8WzlMFA_yzIMf-qAPXFgY9MA06Md4wvmWaDSCY7dvr_MFJ5nV5/s320/another+box+inside+other+box.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712870669273012050" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ThLiMR0fRLmP4hiRJGnUFM5yRpcG73UqZAjYpY-XZ2-7ooXE5PlfXICse2AzUKe49Re8UbLcvr6g2bEz8cf8oTAVyS6bEXtzssQpFzfWhxoZyIL9cZ9EZzVSCbu1yDboZioh3Z4mMPgP/s1600/new+bread+machine.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ThLiMR0fRLmP4hiRJGnUFM5yRpcG73UqZAjYpY-XZ2-7ooXE5PlfXICse2AzUKe49Re8UbLcvr6g2bEz8cf8oTAVyS6bEXtzssQpFzfWhxoZyIL9cZ9EZzVSCbu1yDboZioh3Z4mMPgP/s320/new+bread+machine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712870679152709282" /></a><br /><br /><br />MY old bread machine stopped working about 2 or so weeks ago and I ordered another one on Sunday and was suprised when it came today. This new one makes a loaf horizontally not vertical though I only use the dough cycle, this one has two blades for mixing so hope that will improve the quality of the dough.. I prefer to bake my bread in my oven.<br /><br />Plan on testing it out this weekend so will see how it does.<br /><br />Today being Friday it was also grocery shopping day and today's total was $125 not very good <br /><br />I got lots of fresh fruits and veggies YUMM!! <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoTeNAPnxYQqVvwKb8lBn7LlZE7ukXC9EBU3U71Hp8Lc3ahifNFy_kn4DhlPSrZCB71hEf-CSplp09uruj7ntY57MvDOi-SJSnNWVqxDMFWMVxjiTKsFCbT3TLxQ25nDWfo2MJm91j10u/s1600/fruits+and+veggies.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoTeNAPnxYQqVvwKb8lBn7LlZE7ukXC9EBU3U71Hp8Lc3ahifNFy_kn4DhlPSrZCB71hEf-CSplp09uruj7ntY57MvDOi-SJSnNWVqxDMFWMVxjiTKsFCbT3TLxQ25nDWfo2MJm91j10u/s320/fruits+and+veggies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712870657443645906" /></a><br /><br />This is the ground beef I get at Walmart, it's only 4% fat and it has such a good flavor and when you cook it up there is very little fat that comes out of it. It cost $4.58 per pound but oh so worth it for the taste.The reason it looks kind of funny is that I pulled it out of the freezer to take the picture of it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AYi7RNV-LHKp2k7Ajb1E-rVvGeoIfTxjJh8KuiKgeLF7AR79-w15PD63QI02VvGJpn2hDZIZwt9IIuaaByTtd7fFdLfEa8EMyyGIiFAdILeJs8ZLjnIbHE50EtGXgd0nuFO7ZC0fgDS/s1600/96-4+ground+beef.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AYi7RNV-LHKp2k7Ajb1E-rVvGeoIfTxjJh8KuiKgeLF7AR79-w15PD63QI02VvGJpn2hDZIZwt9IIuaaByTtd7fFdLfEa8EMyyGIiFAdILeJs8ZLjnIbHE50EtGXgd0nuFO7ZC0fgDS/s320/96-4+ground+beef.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712870655715314098" /></a><br /><br />I certainly hope to have some much more productive days next week. I need to work on my to do lists and I also need to work on my getting sidetracked onto other things.<br /><br />Please have a very blessed weekend.<br /><br />Blessings,Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-85181882537601805652012-02-17T17:40:00.000-08:002012-02-17T17:54:47.349-08:00It is Friday and nothing has gotten done this week :(I have been sick since Monday early morning and this is the first time I have turned on my comptuer all week. I have been checking email, a few blogs and facebook during the day through my phone, but haven't put any new posts up on my blog till now :)<br /><br />Monday and Tuesday I was a total wreck and accomplished nothing, Wednesday I was actually able to get out of bed and sit upright without feeling too sick. Thursday I was feeling better and today I feel even better. I plan on continuing the feeling good part for a while if I can.<br /><br />I have a new Bible that I have been exploring, it has tons of footnotes, explanations, and study helps along with a huge concordance. I am just loving it. It is huge and has lots of pages and pictures. I don't have a picture of it but will try and take one this weekend and post it so you can see just how big it is. I enjoy reading it and have been doing lots of reading lately.<br /><br />I pray you all have a wonderful weekend in the Lord and I plan on being back to posting and tending to my home like I should be.<br /><br />I recently had someone question my being a Titus 2 woman, and I was really thinking about this and figured out a couple of things first of all I don't care what anyone has to say about me :) Second I have never said I WAS a Titus 2 woman, I have always said and thought of myself as striving to be a Proverbs 31/Titus 2 woman. Maybe they don't know what the word stiving means:)<br /><br />No pictures for this post.<br /><br />Blessings, Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-84913860505915791152012-02-05T13:36:00.000-08:002012-02-05T13:48:24.962-08:00This song by Building 429 is a song that just says it all " All I know is I'm not home yet, this is not where I belong. Take this world and give me Jesus, this is not where I belong."<br /><br />I plan on having a joy filled week this coming week, yes I am chosing to be joyful and not worrying about what other people think about me. I have lots of things to do this week and I have to be in a frame of mind to get them done. I read lots of different blogs and there are two out there that really inspire and encourage me a lot.<br /><br />These last few weeks have been hard on me, I have been called all sorts of names by someone of whom I used to be friends with, I was also criticized by what i said in my last post about holding plans loosely so now I feel like I am walking on egg shells so I don't offend anybody else.<br /><br />I am planning by the end of this week to have a tour of my home up but I can't promise anything because I will just have to see where each day leads me. I haven't been on the computer much for a while now, but am enjoying a new Bible I got this past week.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lOtsB4O1p3o?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe><br /><br /><br />Have a wonderful week ahead of you, may it be blessed, Joann<br />"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-11225192498869903292012-01-27T19:06:00.000-08:002012-01-27T19:33:21.851-08:00what a day today has beenToday is Friday and that means grocery shopping day. I had many plans for today that I planned out yesterday, but as someone I used to know said we need to hold our plans loosely because sometimes what we have planned and what God has planned for us do not always work out the same. Too bad God can't send us and email or text ahead of time :)<br /><br />So instead of getting out going early today as I had planned I woke up with both a horrible headache and miserable back pain and that was at 5AM. I ended up laying back down hoping it would ease some of the pain in my back. The dogs decided that my laying down was not a good idea and continued to pester me until I got back up. By then it was 6:30...After taking a shower, feeding the animals, letting them out to play about 3 different times and calling my mom I was finally ready to go shopping. It was now already 11AM, my day was already almost half over and I hadn't even started anything that needed to get done. So I went to Walmart first, bought some groceries there. They sell the orange pineapple juice I like and also the best ground beef that I like so much better than other places.I came home and unloaded those groceries let the dogs out for a few minutes and had a nice big glass of water. Then I went out to the other Walmart in town as I was looking for dog sweaters for the dogs. The first Walmart I went to didn't have any. This other Walmart didn't either so I ended up getting them matching little dog coats made of fleece. Finally I made it to Winco where I do the majority of our shopping. Got my groceries purchased, stopped at McDonalds for a coke (I love coke from McDonalds and always get one after shopping) then I had to make one more stop...at Raleys (another grocery store in our city) they had foster farms chicken breast on sale for 99 cents a pound which is a really good deal. I purchased 12 packages of it. We don't eat much red meat and eat a lot of chicken so this was a great find. I ended up getting home about 3:30pm and put all the groceries away. Then I started dough in my bread machine which I had planned on starting this morning. I also got laundry going also planned on starting that this morning, I guess better late than never. My headache and backache has never felt any better than it was feeling this morning so I was really going slowly on everything I tried to get done today. I was out in the garage changing laundry over from the washer to the dryer and I slammed my finger in the door of the dryer. Now it was no major injury but it HURT A LOT, it actually made me feel sick to my stomach for a while. Now I am sitting here in my craft room it's about 7:30PM and I am still doing laundry, my finger, back and head still all hurt, I am also waiting for my rolls to raise some more. The dough I made today didn't turn out good at all and it isn't raising right...what more could go wrong today??? I dont' even want to know I am ready for bed and plan on heading there as soon as the laundry is done. I made no dinner tonight so when Roger got home from work he had to make himself a sandwich for dinner. I would appreciate any and all prayers so that my tomorrow will not be a repeat of today :) God wouldn't do that would He?? I am sorry if I have babbled on too much I seriously am so sleepy that I don't really remember all that I have written. <br /><br />Blessings, and have a wonderful weekend, Joann<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"To be self controlled, and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind and to be subject to their husbands , so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:5~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-34603480762456793952012-01-26T21:00:00.000-08:002012-01-26T21:12:14.899-08:00Not sure what to do yet...I recently got my haircut short again and I also colored it, it looks so much better than it did.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2psArR17cZZTp-O7BoBU7GBbTEg_Ye-QNeauYMWckK5m-0dx6rTCKlyLoWlq1g7CoLKLUX_LT16m4xUrRlGl9aQ8yShmh_0magraQeoj_W_9cuLZc2XCj6tAM2pAdMXuO9Y4J4oGeJSn/s1600/new+picture+of+myself+1-25-12.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2psArR17cZZTp-O7BoBU7GBbTEg_Ye-QNeauYMWckK5m-0dx6rTCKlyLoWlq1g7CoLKLUX_LT16m4xUrRlGl9aQ8yShmh_0magraQeoj_W_9cuLZc2XCj6tAM2pAdMXuO9Y4J4oGeJSn/s320/new+picture+of+myself+1-25-12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702174881409901010" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well it's been a while since I last posted on this blog, I had started a new one and I am now not quite sure what to do. I love this blog and the title of this blog is very near and dear to my heart but I just got so tired of people commenting about what I post about. I have had many mean comments and good comments and some times the mean ones just get to me and make me want to just quit blogging alltogether. Then I remember why I started blogging and that was for a few reasons. I wanted to find like minded friends....also to keep a journal of sorts for my grandchildren. Well I have met some friends and some non friends and they seem to try to attack me for my feelings. I really can't stand it when someone tries to tell me how to feel, I look at it this way if you don't like what I am posting about then don't read my blog. I was telling my friend DeNiece the other day when we were talking that my blog title says right in it a Bible verse so why would someone who isn't a Christian read it. We both laughed about that. It's like duh!! I wouldn't go to a blog that has Satanic things in the title. So please if you dont' like my blog or what I write about please leave. Thanks!<br /><br />So for now I am thinking of keeping this blog and using the newer one just for my crafts which is so far this year at a big fat Zero...No crafting going on yet and I was so wanting to get at least one thing done before the end of the month. I guess I do have a few days but who am I kidding we all know I won't get anything done :)<br /><br />If you read this blog and like it please leave me a comment that you do I would certainly appreciate it.<br /><br />Blessings,Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-30288159068988966802012-01-03T14:58:00.001-08:002012-01-03T15:13:37.132-08:00Christmas 2011This year for Christmas we drove over to Chris and Jennifer's apartment in Brentwood and had Christmas there. <br />First though I have to tell you the story of the Belle Doll :) Katie has an american girl doll and we had bought some clothes in the princess and me doll line by Disney. We bought two very pretty outfits. My mom also bought her an outfit. We went over to my mom's house the day before Chirstmas and had Katie and Dylan open their gifts from her as she couldn't make it to Jennifer's the next day. We were very sad when the outfit she had bought didn't fit, I dont' know much about any of these dolls other than they are outrageously priced. Now we knew we had outfits that also won't fit. So we thougth about it on the drive back home and decided to go ahead and stop at toys r us and see about getting the doll for her. Well the doll cost a fortune but they did have a kind of good deal, you buy a doll and you get three outfits for free and also a tea service for two. So of course we bought the doll so that way all the clothes would fit. I have to say that toys r us wasn't too bad for it being late in the afternoon on christmas eve.<br /><br />Here are some pictures from Christmas~<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aI9KmyOECsWcKiLWbPtJ6QV5WTOUzHXtafbPkY40WZzpm8Fvox4Z9end8L2VL-MuvFsMV5GiB2HBv4CagxtUswiGlMfkZdlrNOCbsV3mOhxeh8sJ0Zuw3jR-tnIFC3J46-zuD2rQLeRv/s1600/Dylan+with+his+gift+from+Santa+2011.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6aI9KmyOECsWcKiLWbPtJ6QV5WTOUzHXtafbPkY40WZzpm8Fvox4Z9end8L2VL-MuvFsMV5GiB2HBv4CagxtUswiGlMfkZdlrNOCbsV3mOhxeh8sJ0Zuw3jR-tnIFC3J46-zuD2rQLeRv/s320/Dylan+with+his+gift+from+Santa+2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693545344588085746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEp94t-Ta_ggEKu9GlwCEtWx4UwN-VHHnEyb3h0bEKV-MUzbOWM0LYeNRn56nHtVOKrkJH_SJ7LH5liCOzMO5ldCVlKeELcD4nzMTw0Zhr7QJpLRW_JORRXgrZWkQHSdJctYvJOb_mts2/s1600/Katie+with+her+new+Belle+doll.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEp94t-Ta_ggEKu9GlwCEtWx4UwN-VHHnEyb3h0bEKV-MUzbOWM0LYeNRn56nHtVOKrkJH_SJ7LH5liCOzMO5ldCVlKeELcD4nzMTw0Zhr7QJpLRW_JORRXgrZWkQHSdJctYvJOb_mts2/s320/Katie+with+her+new+Belle+doll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693545334444503074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QpFuQGBJXrRZ21mwTlzB4LY11ikL7GGBy_vi0EVCK507Qh1jdgcHjl_ojqiQ0Q1Frddqz6x8dnrfqpx5UBRWHYRR_6diD1XPRdlbc_GF_9OHgO4MEMZb3Bm6moeksybQg8s1fzFosiEC/s1600/Katie+sitting+with+her+doll.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QpFuQGBJXrRZ21mwTlzB4LY11ikL7GGBy_vi0EVCK507Qh1jdgcHjl_ojqiQ0Q1Frddqz6x8dnrfqpx5UBRWHYRR_6diD1XPRdlbc_GF_9OHgO4MEMZb3Bm6moeksybQg8s1fzFosiEC/s320/Katie+sitting+with+her+doll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693545320228219426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI0ekuP6hEb0VwJoc7dNE2spv5bkx_LUfMA4MDr31JuPPk_r1Ok3SGJ4w4SuhJrhPao79x_z_zvWFAMYJoc8Dls-BkFr2Zs_my7YjYXSsd1FpIO5U9vXF6UdCy-suedbo1OhBpxadJEmL/s1600/Christmas+morning+2011+%25233.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI0ekuP6hEb0VwJoc7dNE2spv5bkx_LUfMA4MDr31JuPPk_r1Ok3SGJ4w4SuhJrhPao79x_z_zvWFAMYJoc8Dls-BkFr2Zs_my7YjYXSsd1FpIO5U9vXF6UdCy-suedbo1OhBpxadJEmL/s320/Christmas+morning+2011+%25233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693545313553067170" /></a><br /><br /><br />Not many pictures but we had a real nice time. We ended up going to Denny's for a late lunch and then came home.<br /><br />We got all of our Christmas things down and put away because we were leaving on a short vacation to Oregon for a few days.<br /><br />We left home on Tuesday morning and go to where we were going around 6pm, unfortunately I wasn't feeling well so we ended up not staying except for the one night and then we drove home. We did look at some land while we were up there but nothing looked like we wanted to buy it. So we are still on the search.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hope everyone had a great Christmas, Blessings,Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-5083472474932695022012-01-01T20:15:00.000-08:002012-01-01T20:30:07.224-08:002012 is finally here!Happy New Year to one and all. <br /><br />This post will have no pictures as I am trying to get it done pretty fast and pictures always take so long to upload. I will make a more specific post later this week when I have the time. I will be sharing our christmas and other things going on in our home and lives. <br /><br />This post is about the new year. I was SO happy to see 2011 come to an end. I almost always post about what my goals are for the coming year and each year right before New Years Eve I re read them and realize that I did not accomplish what I had wanted to so this year...no goal list, not that I don't have any just not writing them down for all to see :)<br /><br />There are a few things I do every new year. The most important one is I take about a week or two and sit down and write my children and grandchildren letters. I know this may sound dumb but I do this so just in case anything happens to me during that year they will have something that I wrote to them to remember me by. If this doesnt' make sense that's okay I just enjoy doing it. I try to look back at previous times and write how I felt about things the good and bad things that happen throughout the year. Another thing I like to do is to get my home in order, this almost always starts with cleaning out cabinets...especially the kitchen ones, getting rid of things we don't need anymore and making room for new things, making it just much more convinient to use all of the cabinets and to find things. I also go through my routines and such and try to re do them to where they will work better for me. I also of course sit down and pray, pray, pray for both the wisdom, strength and energy I so sorely lack for finishing anything that I write a list out for. <br />This week I will be busy in the kitchen taking everything out of cabinets one at a time and cleaning both the inside and the outside. Getting rid of outdated or unused things and I love the fact of having everything clean to start the year. This will take quite a bit of time as I am almost always moving slow, but slow and steady I WILL get things done.<br />I truly hope and pray that everyone has a very blessed and beautiful New year ahead of them. <br /><br />This is the ending for all the letters that I write, not all of it but a few words that I feel are very special.<br />I give you two things, life and love, the rest you will have to work very hard for and you will become a better person for doing so. I also print the life verse that I pray for that particular person so they know that I have been praying for them for as long as they were alive.<br /><br />Blessings,Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601507072271352329.post-37802984068760098982011-11-15T16:16:00.000-08:002011-11-15T16:18:24.366-08:00Taking a breakWe all need a break now and then and right now I am feeling like I need one for my own sanity. I really have nothing to even write about right now so will be gone for some time. I hope to be back blogging at the first of the year. I will still be reading my favorite blogs so I won't be gone completely just not posting for a while.<br />Blessings,Joann~JoAnn~http://www.blogger.com/profile/10145460534799468361noreply@blogger.com0