LIFES LITTLE GARDEN: Just For Me

Monday, April 5, 2010

Just For Me

I just cannot believe that someone did this just for me!

This makes me want to learn to knit.

Look at this. Is this not beautiful?

And not just one scarf but two!!

I am amazed that someone can do something so beautiful.

These pictures do not do these scarves justice.
They are so pretty. For more pictures click here!

And look at the beautiful card and Starbucks mug that came with it.
Thank you Martha!

You went way beyond what you should have!

16 comments:

Pat said...: Very pretty and I'm sure you will wear them well. Be sure to take photos when you do wear them (which, I realize, might not be until the weather gets cool again). That was a very nice gift.; April 5, 2010 at 10:27 PM
caknitter said...: You're so welcome, Valerie.
I'm glad you liked everything and that they arrived intact. :-); April 5, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Anonymous said...: That is beautiful!! I love the color and the detail. What a blessing!!; April 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM
webbsway said...: Aren't friends just so wonderful!
In this case I think we could say - "Sweets for the Sweet"! They are beautiful !

Thank you for visiting - I am always so grateful for your visit. ;)

O - have you noticed that you do not have to get out on the ICE lately! Isn't that great!; April 5, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Allie said...: GORGEOUS - what a truly lovely gift! Makes me want to learn to knit too!; April 5, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Anonymous said...: So very feminine and the detail is lovely!; April 6, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Elaine/Muddling Through said...: It is our kindnesses to each other that make the world a better place. Both scarves are beautiful! What a very good friend you have.; April 6, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Brenda said...: Beautiful. You are blessed with the gift of a good friend who does lovely work.; April 6, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Connie said...: Beauiful, it is so good to have good friends! Have a BLESS day!; April 6, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Amy said...: OMG These are beautiful. I love chocolate brown.

I only know how to crochet. I don't think I care to learn to knit. It is much harder and every mistake shows.

Have a wonderful day.; April 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Darla said...: Well that should make you smile! Very pretty..; April 6, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Unknown said...: They are beautiful! Someone is a very talented knitter!; April 6, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Anonymous said...: very beautiful. I can knit but that puts my knitting to shame...I need to learn to knit like that!

Blessings,
Joyce Marie; April 7, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Carole Burant said...: I'm always in awe of the talent out there, you included!! Such beautiful scarves and you really deserve surprises like that because you're so good to all of us as well:-) xoxo; April 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Alice Grace said...: Oh, my! Those are so gorgeous! Amazing that one can create such beautiful work. Martha has outdone herself with these scarves! I love them both! congratulations on this wonderful gift!; April 8, 2010 at 6:22 AM
Chandramouli S said...: Beautiful! I love the cable patterns that you can make with knitting but I am a crochet man!; April 10, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Help us to get our priorities straight and choose joy. Let us always be thankful and content even in the storms because we all know it’s going to rain. Help us to be ready. We also know that sunshine follows rain and joy comes in the mornings. Thank you Lord.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

I Work For A King

I Work For a King

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

Flylady Routines

Morning Routine

Have you made your bed?

What's for supper?

Get dressed.

Unload dishwasher/Wash dishes

Laundry

Swish & Swipe

Afternoon Routine

Declutter 15 minutes

Do something fun just for you!

Bedtime Routine

Pick up house before going to bed.

Plan for tomorrow today so we will wake up and smile.

Focus on Me.

Daily Schedule

Monday:

Home Blessing Hour/Catch up Day

Zone: Laundry room

Tuesday:

Free Day

Zone: Bathrooms

Wednesday:

Desk Day

Zone: Living areas.

Thursday:

Gofer Day

Zone: Bedrooms

Friday:

Baking Day

Date Night

Zone: Craft room/office/Kitchen

Saturday: Play Day

Sunday:

Church/Rest

Some Of My Favorite Movies

*The Bridges of Madison County

(My all time#1 favorite movie)

~Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep~

*An Affair To Remember (My #2!)

~Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr~

*The Notebook (Top 3)

~Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams~

*It's A Wonderful Life (#4)

(Excellent-Never gets old)

~James Stewart & Donna Reed~

*Something's Gotta Give (Top 10)

~Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton

*Love Story (1970)

Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'neal

*A Walk To Remember

(Romantic, Heartbreaking, Emotional)

~Mandy Moore & Shane West~

*The Bridge over the River Kwai

~War Movie~ (Excellent)

*Brief Encounter

(Oldie but goodie Love Story 1945)

*To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

~Gregory Peck ~

*Sorry Wrong Number (Horror 1948)

Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster

*One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest

WARNING Rated R but very good!

~Jack Nicholson~

*Gone With The Wind (Wonderful)

~Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland~

*Cool Hand Luke (We both love this one!)

~Rated PG Paul Newman~

My New Years Resolutions

To be content
To give thanks in all things
To take joy
To give grace
To receive peace

For from Him
And through Him
And to Him
Are all things.
To Him be the glory
Forever.
Amen.
~Romans 11:36

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Study to be quiet.
Mind my own business.
And work with my hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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To be a better Wife, Mom, Gran, Granddaughter, Sister, Daughter, Aunt, & Friend
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To take every opportunity to be quiet.
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To slow down and smell the roses
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Me Time
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To Show Myself Friendly
Proverb 18:24

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

www.stitchinbythelake.blogspot.com

Thank you Marlene for blessing Granny!

Stay At Home

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.

Longfellow (song)

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller