A Hug From Above

Just when you feel that there is no point (to writting).....Bang!!!!!
I woke this morning to check my emails.... assuming of course that I had none (just a wee bit of the ol' P.M.S.-poor me syndrom hanging on :0)

To my surprise I received an email notifying me of a post from Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage. She has nominated me for an award....she said "This blog is new to me; but, it's beautiful, she's got great photos, and it points me to God."

I greatly appreciate her commenting on appearance of my Blog ( cause I do like things that a pretty)... but what touched my heart was her comment that.... "it points her to God".
My sad tired heart just got a little hug...

Because even in the midst of my many messes...
I know that I know, that God is the Be All... I know that He is there, He isn't hiding, He is in plain site waiting for me to look for Him again.... So to have others see Him in what I say...... just chokes me up.

So thankyou Laura for "encouraging a sister in the Lord this day"

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P.M.S.

P.M.S.

Alert!!!!!

will touch base again when I'm no so.......

CRANKY

P.M.S...... doesn't really seem fair, does it?????

Gen 3:16
To the woman he said,

“I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”

I don't see anything there about PMS......

don't worry ladies.... it's all good. See ya in a few days!!!!

:0)

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Canada D-eh!!!!! :0)

Yeah Summer is Here!!!!!!....well sorta :0)

Check out the Campers in hiding....Victoria Rose and a couple of school friends decided it was Camping Time.... Due to the Torrential downpour we got they decided to set camp inside the Gazebo.... seasoned campers LOL ............After a night of talking and laughing, our weary campers slept the morning away.

Who needs a morning shower, the pools more fun..... alot colder, but more fun

I decided to go and buy Victoria Rose a tent of her own....she advised me that Canadian Tire had "Canada Day" tents on sale..... $27.99 a good deal I thought (and patriotic) for a 3 man tent... of course I had to get a sleeping bag and what would back yard camping be without a lantern...

All set for a summer of backyard fun....

Speaking of Patriotic.....well I was anyway LOL..... I have noticed that the American People are a very Patriotic People..... my hat ( if I wore one) is off to you. I wish Canadians were more Patriotic...we (I think) are to flippid... if I may... about the whole thing..... we spend more time complaining about what is wrong with our country and government then we do being thankful for it... Have we really taken a good look at our Country, the size of it, the number of lakes we have, our resources, our friendly neighbour, I could go on and on.... and perhaps I should, perhaps more of us should.....

As part of our Anthem says..... ♫"God keep our land, glorious and free, Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee"♫......that line makes me cry all the time..... God keep our land.... God has given me this piece of land, He watches over it..... He is keeping it free; free from war, free from disaster, free from dictatorship, free from drought, free from famine..... free.

We have a very wise young woman working on the side of Canadians right now....Faytene Kryskow

Check out one of her video's..awesome

This is what we need to be like Canada.




Well I started talking about one thing and as usual I have ended up somewhere totally different... That's o.k. though, God made me this way :0)

Faytene is absolutely awesome, if you haven't already seen her on the Miracle Channel check her site out....

The Call

in Washington D.C.

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Polka Dot Rose

Check Out My Friends @

Karla & Kristi

New and Up and Coming!!!!

Take a Look at some of their wonderful goodies.... you can find these and much much more at

Polka Dot Rose

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Friday Flea Market

Don't forget to check out what is for sale today at Cottage Remnant Closet
Click the Cottage Remnant Closet link to take you there....
Happy Friday

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These Geraniums are supposed to be pinker...not sure what happened with the pictures.

And this fella is supposed to be rich red....dunno!!!
I do not seem to have much success with my digital camera's.... both of them have lousy colour...
Anyone have any digital camera hints they want to pass along to keep colour real???? Anyone, anyone????

This is my fancy shmancy vegetable garden...LOL

Two tomato plants and a couple geraniums, a begonia and a planter of picklin' cuc's....well here's to hoping

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Thanks

A Great Big Thanks, to all of you who have taken the time to visit my sister's blog.

How kind and caring of you all. She is new to the Blog Village, but I know she will not be long in catching up....

I must admit I find it very exciting to see where visitors have come from via FEEDJIT Live... call me strange but I just love seeing all the interesting place that have stopped by.

So thanks again for stopping by Cottage Remnant as well as Romantic Rebel, and please do come again




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Armour of God

Clive Owen may not be the godliest of men, but he did play a roman soldier of honour

Put on the whole Armour of God for the spirit of heaviness, sing in the Spirit and with understanding, oh magnify the Lord.

That's what I heard before I woke up this morning. Now the chorus really goes like this;

(Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,Lift up your voice to God.Praise with the Spirit and with understand,O magnify the Lord. )

Song written by: David Ingles

But for whatever reason I heard it differently.

Funny how you can hear something and never really "hear it". I have heard and sung that song so many times, but today I heard the chorus...well at least my version. To sing in the Spirit I understand, but "with understanding" was always just part of the sentence....until this morning. I get it, I am to sing with understanding..... with my words, words that I understand....out loud, in English.....because that's what I understand..... so.... La La La La La La La... :0)

And my armour, I have not been putting it on.... it has been so far back in my closet the moths didn't even know it was there. Silly silly me.....I guess I figured if I didn't put my armour on, I didn't have to go into battle...........WRONG.

I'm always in a battle, we all are....so why not go into battle prepared, that would only make sense...

How foolish to think that ignoring the battle, it doesn't exist. Dangerous way to think.

Eph 6:13-18
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Now will I wake each day and put my armour on???? I guess only time and life will tell. I would like to think I would, but sadly I think I know myself too well..........I will probably forget I have it.

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Chickadee's

I just thought I would share a couple of photo's of me and my most favorite bird. I absolutely love chickadee's.


My oldest daughter Cassidy and I went to the Wye Marsh Wildlife one afternoon to visit with the birds, I could of stayed for hours.... oh that's right, we did :0)




Someone got chased by a cranky ol' goose, but I won't mention who.....run Cassidy, run!!!

Psa 104:12
By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches.

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Hey Folks!!!!

Check out my sisters blog Romantic Rebel. It's brand new, she will be sharing her antiuqe finds and wonderful make-overs.

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Happy Father's Day

Children's children are a crown to the aged,

and parents are the pride of their children.

Pro 17:6

Me and my dad

My dad about 10 years ago

My dad last year.

Does he look familiar to anyone??? LOL :0)

Can you tell that I love my dad, he is the best. I know that almost every girl thinks that her dad is the best, but I think that mine really is.

Love you dad.

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My Sister does it again.

Can you believe this sofa..... sitting on the side of the road? She was told it was circa late 1800's.

My sister is a magnet, I'm sure of it..... she will find just about anything. So when the question of "can you believe I found this" is asked, I say....yes, I can believe it.

The picture above the sofa was found by her late husband on the side of the road as well. The doll stroller in the corner right was purchased for I think $2.00....







This lovely little arm chair was rescued from the side of the road as well. Can you believe it???? Yes I can :0)


Do you think this girl needs a little shop somewhere to show-off her good finds???? I think so.... I'm sure that even if it was in the middle of the winter and the snow banks were 6 feet high, she would find something put out to the curb....

Looks lovely Michelle, absolutely lovely...... even if it isn't painted white :0)

p.s. Stay tuned to see what Michelle's blog will look like. I will be helping her join the Blogging World, real soon.
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Who Really Matters Here Anyway????

Well I must say at times I can be a very slooooooooooooow learner... silly me!!!!

I have been patiently waiting to find out what my purpose is, why am I here???
I have had many ideas, many thoughts, but I could never really place my finger on, what my purpose on this planet was... after all we all have a purpose, don't we???

Many years ago I had been down to a "Revival Meeting" where Russ Moyer of Eagle World Wide was sharing... I had been to see him a few times before. Anyway he had given me a "Word" from the Lord, and part of what it said was that I had a calling and an anointing on my life to earn money.....so, ah ha.... that must be my purpose on the planet...he said I had a radical call, so ah ha.... I must be going to do something outrageous, right??? Days go by, weeks go by, months go by.... and.... nothing...Hmmm I say.


I don't think that he made it up, I know that what he was doing was sharing God's plan, His desire, His will for me.... whether or not I walk the walk that leads me to that place, that's up to me.... I don't think I stayed true to the path that would of lead me to God's desired choice for my life.
So does that mean I have no purpose on this planet, I was beginning to think so.... until... the light came on last week (told ya I was sloooooow at times ).


Here is my purpose on this planet.

My job is to raise this dear little girl, to provide the best home I can, to share with her what I can about Jesus.

I have not been doing that very well, I have been so busy looking inward I forgot to look around. She is now almost 13 years old, I do not have alot of time left.

The other morning I woke up with a Travis Tritt song running through my head... the words,

"Turn out the lights the competition's over

The stubborn souls are the losers here tonight.....

.........And this romance goes down to foolish pride

Chalk another heartbreak up to foolish pride"

but instead of "the stubborn souls are the losers here tonight".... I heard "the Children are the losers here tonight".

How sad but true is that statement....the children are the ones that lose, they lose every time. They are a product of passion, but they also becoming products of pride.

How many families, how many children lose because of pride... that song is sadly very accurate.

As parents we say that we would die for our children, that if someone came through the door and said someone had to die today, we say we would say "pick me".... great, awesome sacrifice on our part.................but.... what are we willing to sacrifice so that our children can "live"; to live in a home free from fighting, from yelling, from fear, free from torment, from being invisible, from fear of divorce, from abuse, and from neglect.

Are we willing to give up our right to be right? Does being right mean more then our kids happiness???? I think that is a good question to ask ourselves!

Time is very short..... make the best of it for their sakes.

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Eostre (Easter)

Eostre - a pagan Anglo-Saxon Goddess.

• This mythical figure is said to have been the goddess of the sunrise and the spring.
• She is the Teutonic goddess of the dawn.
• The direction of the sunrise, East, is named for her.
• In Norse mythology, the name is spelled Eostare.
• Another considered the Norse/Saxon goddess of spring is Ostara.
• Eastre is believed to be an ancient word for spring.

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Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

Today is my parents 46th Wedding Anniversary....

They were married at Munn's Church in Oakville, Ontario
June2, 1962.♥


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