Flood & Snow & Grands

Friday came the flood.

Saturday, the snow.

And the snow was gorgeous.

I guess snow is my favorite!!!

Dog's first snow!!!

Dog's first flood!!!!

The Cows first snow too!

Oh I enjoyed watching the birds out my window so much!

I think we ended up with 3 1/2 inches!

Dog is so brave when there is a gate

 or fence between her and the cows!!

Oh how we love our home!!!

Welcome to the Farm!

Est. 1887

This is "Little Huddy & his daddy

playing in the snow!

The closest thing to a selfie you will see from me!!!

Smile!!!

I put meal worms in my flower baskets in the winter!

This one was looking for them in the snow!!!

This is my deer feeder!

Sweet Hunter asked me what I wanted for my birthday

and I told him a deer feeder!

He said, "That will work!"

Luckily he asked our friend Markus to come help move it up in the yard

before the flood came!

They almost didn't put it high enough!!!

When it snows, I love to take pics!!!

Can you tell??

More of the flood.

Feb. 7, 2020

This is actually the road in front of our house.

We live on a dead end.

Look at all the black birds!!

They came flying in all at once.

I was so afraid they would find my feeders but

they flew out as fast as they flew in 

after they found some food.

Two more of our Grands!

Davis & Asher

They are growing up so fast!

D is 11 years old!!!

A is 8 years old!!!!

This is our most recent calf!!!!

Donnie Boy & Mommy!

3 months old!!!

This is a big bird bath that is up in the yard.

Look how high the water is!!!

The corn crib!!!
Snow. Feb. 8, 2020

Little Huddy is 5 years old!

He is our youngest grand!!!

We have 6 grands!

It is so hard to get pictures of the others.

They are almost grown!

Actually one of them is grown!

We blinked!

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The Lord is my shepherd. 

I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1

Be Blessed,

Val

The Porch At The Farm

This is the Before.

So Sweet Hunter wanted a porch instead of the steps. 

I didn't think much of it because I liked it this way. 

 This is the door

on the side of the house going into the kitchen.

I think it looks good, don't you?

You see, the truth is, I have wanted a big screened in porch on the back of the house

 for quite a while, even before I got sick.
So I will admit I was a little disappointed getting this first.

But what Sweet Hunter wants, Sweet Hunter gets!

(Smile)

So here they go tearing the old steps out.

And little by little it was becoming a small porch. 

Our carpenter called and had a day or two so he came

 and did this pretty quick.

Truth be known Sweet Hunter did it for me.

I love him!
And he always knows best.

This is the After.

So here it is all finished!

Looks pretty good doesn't it?

And he even put a hook on the porch so 

when we bring groceries in we can hook it 

so the screen door will stay open.

I thought that was so smart.

So I guess in the end, I have to admit, he did good again!

I will decorate it with some with plants and maybe a chair when

warmer weather comes. 

Next, will be the big screened in porch I've always dreamed of.  

I'm excited!  It will probably be spring

 before we get started on it.

I have it all planned out. 

Be Blessed,

Val

Lessons From The Past Week

I started last week asking if you had ever kissed your Bible!

I haven't until now.

This was a gift from a Missionary that shared with me

about when they gave Bibles and coats to the women

making these baskets by hand.......how they kissed their Bibles.

I will always look at this basket and think of coats and Bibles.

The rest of the week I taught on how to carve out some "Me Time."

We as women, always put ourselves last.

The same girl that gave me the basket taught me

many years ago to never let a day go by without

doing something for myself.

It's also very important to have

special time for you and your husband.

I know one woman that put her children before her husband.

The children grew up and it was just him and her.

They didn't know each other.

They ended up divorced.

Sad.

We  learned that a marriage is just like a garden.

We have to be careful and not let the weeds take over.

The very best way you can take care of your husband,

is to take care of YOU first.

We are all getting older but you have to

need to be positive about yourself and not negative.

I shared a conversation I had with a friend and

all we did was put ourselves down.

We need to say to ourselves....

I am beautiful.

I am good enough.

I am not afraid.

I am smart.

I am strong.

I am worthy.

I am trusting.

I am not going to worry.

 I am blessed.

I am HIS and HE is mine.

I am the daughter of the King Of Kings!

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Lesson Reminders

Monday, Jan. 9, 2017

1974. Me & my first baby, a boy.

My dream was to be a Mother and a wife.

I always wanted to have a boy

first so he could be the protector for my girls!

We learned in this lesson that babies are so sweet and cuddly but

when they are little are the easiest times.

Treasure them because they grow up while you are not looking.
When they are little,
Your children step on your toes.....
When they are grown,
They step on your heart.

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017

Today we talked about slowing down.

There is always so much to do especially for women.

It doesn't matter what's going on, we still know

that the laundry, ironing, cooking, etc.

still has to be done.

I have learned that if you stay home, you save money.

That's a fact.

Some complain that they can't be home all the time,

but treasure the times you are.

Today is all we have.

I have a friend that encouraged me to not let a day pass that I don't do

something for me.

No matter what I am doing, if Sweet Hunter says....."Lets go fishing!" I say, "yes!!!"

Some husbands never ask their wife to do anything with them.

The housework will always be there.

Lighten up. Go have some fun.

Just keep your priorities in order.

Slow down. Enjoy the process.

"Less speed, more haste!"

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017

Today we discussed  how important

it is to keep a clean house but

not to worry about it being company ready.

If it's good enough for your family,

it will be good enough for guests.

After all, your family is the most important people.

Home is suppose to be where we live and relax.

It also is my place of employment.

I am the manager of my home.

Our homes should be a little piece of Heaven to us.

How can it be Heaven if it's not clean?

The whole point of slowing down is to not get sidetracked

going here to there and there to

here never accomplishing a thing.

All day today I sang this song that a sweet friend sent me.

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know, "Thus saith the Lord!"…

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2016

Cleaning your home and cooking meals for your family, starts with loving them.

It all has to do with attitude.

Sometimes we have to have an attitude adjustment.

Some want to do it all, have the best and go, go, go,

while all the time they have it all right

at home. Learn to appreciate the "little things."

The little things are not out in the world.

They are inside of  YOU.

YOU are home.

Pray for it if you can't find it.

I think Laura Ingalls Wilder captured it best when she said, "And just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric, brightens the whole garment, so women's work at home, while only the doing of little things, like the golden gleam of sunlight runs through and brightens all the fabric of civilization."

Friday, January 13, 2017

Little Things To Do For Your Husband.

1. A clean house.
2. A hot meal.
3. Making the bed for the day.
4. Turning the bed down for the night.
5. Light a candle.
6. Peaceful music.
7. Having his coffee ready the night before for the morning.
8. Putting him first in everything after my Lord.
9. Being frugal.
10. Be kind, gracious & Respect him as your leader.
11. Love him.
12. Being ready when he says, "Let's go!"
13. Listen.
14. Be a wife he can trust.
15. Have his back.
16. Support him.
17. Esteem him in front of others. We don't have to say a word.
18. Be a safe place for him.
19. Be a passionate wife.
20. The most important thing is to pray for him.

And Do it all as unto the Lord.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Proverbs 31:12

Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017

Words.

They tell who we are.

They tell what we listen to.

They tell what we watch.

Words can hurt. Words can encourage.

Words can be forgiven while not ever being  forgotten.

The tongue has no bones yet is strong enough to break hearts.

Words are powerful.

Think before we speak.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Proverbs 25:11

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Apples Of Gold

Many years ago I found a program that I wanted to do at Church for young women.

It was called "Apples Of Gold."

It's a 6 week mentoring program

where you teach young women

how to cook, how to set a table, how to love their future husbands & children that aren't born yet.

Each session included one hour of a cooking class, one hour of a Bible study based on Titus 2:3-5, and a fellowship hour enjoying the food that was prepared.

I immediately had this on my heart.

I think every young woman would benefit from this.

I know I would have loved it when I was younger.

Well, time went on, and I didn't pursue it but it was still on my heart.

One day, it hit me that I could do this via Facebook and probably reach more young women.

Granted I don't follow their lessons exactly because we are not one on one but I love the concept and

have the heart of a teacher.

I have got almost 40 young women that do follow my teachings on Facebook.

I actually feature our farm on there but in the mornings I try to

teach if it is on my heart.

There are over 2300 following my page.

I was married when I was very young and was divorced.

I don't believe in divorce but it happens.

Sometimes we just make mistakes.

So you see, its not that I know everything....that is for sure.

I am married to my "Sweet Hunter" now and have been for almost 39 years.

We have 4 grown children and 6 grandchildren.

I am truly the "older" woman in Titus 2:3-5 and that's why I teach about home on this page.

This is just what the Lord has laid on my heart.

I love HOME and love to share all about it.

Once a week ( probably on Sundays), I will be doing a

recap of my lessons on here just in case there might be

someone out there in blogland that would like to read them.

It is my heart.

Please know that I don't do any of this because I think I know more than anyone.

I ask the Lord to help me teach.

I started this blog because I wanted to help my children and grandchildren to know there is true love out there.

I wanted them to see their Mom & Dad that truly loves.

I wanted them to learn to cook and know how to run a home.

I wanted them to know it's not all about "me" but about others.

I wanted them to know to put the Lord first in their lives.

I wanted to teach them to love their husbands and love their children.

This is why I teach.

Not because I am perfect, but because I am not.

I do this humbly and with prayer.

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The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:3-5

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