This little guy

This is Nehemiah. He is 4 years old and is my sister, Lisa's youngest. People will ask what do you call him for short ? Well....we call him "Nehemiah". We just love this little guy, and being the youngest in his family he has the ability to get away with things.......... when they come to our home and stay Nehemiah loves to climb up on his uncles lap. My husband loves it. It works out so good when my sister comes, her kids are so quiet when it is time for us to go to bed (early) and don't hear us when we are up...very very very early. My mom and dad would have just loved this little guy, they are not here.....we are here....so we get the chance to love him ALMOST like a grandson...and his siblings too. My house is always in better shape after Lisa has been here--yes even after her 5 children and this time there were 2 of my grandsons. I am too in a different sort of way, I think many of you know what I mean.

~~deby

Free Roses to color

These are a free download you can get from
The Angel Company
(click to enlarge)

When I colored them I used mainly COPIC markers
You can use Sharpies or also the BIC markers.
You CANNOT use watercolor types, your ink
from your printer will bleed....and it will be a mess.
I used my ink jet printer.

These are some of the prints I have done. I print them on cardstock and just relax and color. I think it is a relaxing thing to do. I plan to turn mine into cards.

Here is the uncolored one on top. Go here

to check out the download. The Angel Company also has other FREE downloads that you might want to browse. I am a Coloring book kind of girl, so this has been fun.

~~deby

Don't settle

"No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.

--Guy H. King

"Don't settle for a life lived in your own strength and effort. Ask God for His power, depend on it for a fruitful Christian life, and give Him the glory as He works on your behalf."

--Terrie Chappell, "It's a Wonderful Life"

Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much-James 5:16

couldn't resist

I couldn't resist showing this picture to you all of our newest grandchild. Her mom posted this and I just thought it was sooo sooo sweet...that look seems to me she is sending her Nana (moi) a little kiss, dontcha think ? I do.

~~deby

I am needing

Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

~*~*~*~

These verses are going through my mind today.

I am needing to trust the Lord for so many things,

AREN'T YOU ?

I am so thankful when the Holy Spirit will

bring verses to mind. The WORD of GOD

has the ability to nail matters of the heart.

~~PEACE~~

deby

(painting: Claude Monet "Parasol" )

your time

"Spend your time in nothing which you know

must be repented of;

in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God;

in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed;

in nothing which you might

not safely and properly be found

doing if death should surprise you in the act."
~ Richard Baxter
(posted awhile ago, on Susan's "By Grace" blog)

some do, some don't

Some do, some don't ....I do...I iron. I don't have a basket of ironing. I hang things up from the dryer and then iron what I (we) are going to wear that day. I found that when I had ironed clothes hanging in the closet, somehow they would end up getting to wrinkley for my taste. So ..yes I do iron...not everything, not sheets or pillowcases (once in awhile pillowcases for the guest bed)...but just about everything else....always my slip....under my skirt..you know wrinkley slips can show through.....and I have a husband that buys me a Rowenta iron...and we use it until it dies and then we get another.....I know not everyone IRONS...oh well....I do...and hope I can, until I go home to meet the Lord...I just like the way ironed clothes look on a person, and I scoff at the words, permanent press, who are they kidding ??

~~deby

Plus Size Swing

When I was a little girl one of my most favorite things to do was to *swing*. I could get in a swing and and it would seem like the cares of day, would seem to pass away. It was so relaxing. I can close my eyes and recall some special times in a swing, just like it was yesterday. I remember one summer evening, swinging to moonlight and belting out this song:

He's Everything to Me
In the stars His handiwork I see,
On the wind He speaks with majesty.
Though He ruleth over land and sea,
What is that to me?
I will celebrate Nativity,
For it has a place in history,
Sure, He came to set His people free,
What is that to me?

Til by faith I met Him face to face,
And I felt the wonder of His grace,
Then I knew that He was more
Than just a God who didn't care,
That lived away out there
and .....
Now He walks beside me day by day,
Ever watching o'er me lest I stray,
Helping me to find that narrow way,
He is everything to me.
(repeat 3 times)
By Cliff Barrows

NOW.....now.....
I am older....not that old...but loved this picture.
I would love a swing. A "Plus Size" Swing.....I think, I might be tempted to swing in the moonlight and still belt out that song. Oh, would it feel differently now...the words through the years have taken on such a depth of meaning. My heart has been changed....just the thought of swinging on my *Plus size swing* sounds so good to me.....maybe I should watch Craig's List for such a thing....what do you think ?
~~deby

ouch--I needed to read this today

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,

sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

~*~*~*~

I read this today...and it hit me.

The effect of pleasant words....

In a day when sarcasm rules, and the jesting

can go overboard, I know I can cross the line

in this area of my life. They say there is a lot of truth

in jest. I know I have been wounded by such words.

I am sure, I have wounded others as well.

I am so thankful for how practical God's WORD is--

I know this is a area I need to work on.

~~deby

Comfy Buds

My daughter sent me this picture

of my grandson and their dog, Shelby.

I had to look close to see exactly

where Shelby was.

Oh...I wish I could sleep like that...

~~deby

Grandma's Garden

This painting is called:

"Grandma's Garden"

by Robert Duncan

For some reason I just LOVE it.

I like the colors, the look...

it is peaceful to me.

You can buy it here

plus go have a look at his other work.

All posters.com also sells his work.

Just thought I would share.

~~deby

Meet our First Grandaughter

Introducing:

"Kaitlyn Grace"

7 lbs.

19 3/4 in.

~*~*~

Her very proud and thankful parents

Matt and Gina

Our son and daughter in love.

We are so thankful, so thankful

We are praising the Lord for her birth !!

They have been "trying" 7 years !!

She is our FIRST grandaughter and

joins our 7 other grandsons !!!

We are thankful for all of our grandchildren.

They are all a blessing !!

~~deby

Lavender FREE

~~Lavender~~

Can you just smell it ?

It is one of my mostest, favoritest, most wonderful

fragrances in the whole wide world.

Well, Bird Brain Designs is offering this

FREE PATTERN HERE

You know, IF you don't stitch you can:

Learn to

or

print this and trace it on to cardstock and

color it and make cards with it.

Bird Brain Designs also has other freebies.

I just had to share this pretty tea towel.

Let me know if you do something with the pattern,

I would love to see it...

~~Deby

breakfast ?

"If you lust after bacon and eggs with your eyes,

you have already committed breakfast with your heart."
C.S.Lewis

(thank you to Mrs. Julie Fink for sharing this)

no surprises

I hope that, in these ever changing days
that this will be an encouragement for someone out there.
There are no surprises for GOD,
HE IS ON THE THRONE
HE IS IN CONTROL
HE SEES the BIG PICTURE
I believe we are LAST DAYS BELIEVERS
~~deby

Deby, M.Y.O.B.

Proverbs 26:17

He that passeth by and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,

is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

~*~*~*~*~

I have this verse marked in my Bible:

"M.Y.O.B."=

Mind your own business

~*~*~*~

I love how the WORD of GOD

is always right on target to situations in life.

Don't you?

~deby

Can you see it ???

Can you see it ???

Yes..it is the

SUN
and...

BLUE SKY

Summer is arriving in my area

It is Glorious !!!

I love this view from my home

They say it might get to 90 !

I do have AC but I just don't want to turn it on

until

I HAVE TOO...

oh..but the BLUE SKY

I am so excited !!!

Perfect day for the

RAPTURE

welllll...anyday is...

and I am READY !!!

~~deby

change at my house

I am ordering food from a company called:

"Azure Standard"

The above map shows where they deliver.

I pick mine up in my town.

The people who are the pick-up point,

make no money for doing this.

I order straight from the company

and pay the company...

not the pick up point people.

This is my first order. I am buying all organic,

their prices are cheaper than my local stores.

You do not have to buy such big sizes.

This has been a VERY unhealthy time of my life.

I am trying, within our budget to eat more healthier.

It is work, especially on the days I feel so crummy.

I had bloodwork done at my naturopath

(which my insurance does not cover)

that showed which foods I am sensitive to.

so now I am staying away from:

ALL DAIRY, EGGS, WHEAT,YEAST,and a few

other things. I am not on any artifical sweetners or sugar.

I use stevia. It is a BIG change. I am doing what I can.

I am thankful my husband is not a picky kind of guy

and he is so willing to try new things.

I am reading, researching....yet knowing

that these things that are causing my body so much

pain and fatigue may be here to stay.

I am not doing it *perfect*, there is no such thing.

Sometimes it feels like I am getting nowhere, fast.

I am just sharing a good food source for those who might be interested.

They have a extensive catalog which they will mail to you.

They sell more than just food.

To sign up all you do is give a email and create a password.

Go have a look.

~~deby

Season Tree...Patriotic !

Done with Curly ribbon and flags.

I used the Flags that come on toothpicks.

I cut off the end and strung thread through them

This little bird enjoys the top of the tree.

We still turn the lights on now and then

A favorite Scripture underneath.

~~deby

The furnace

I read this when I was reading my Bible this morning:

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver;

I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

~*~*~*~*~
This brought me comfort

maybe it will you too ?

~~deby

They have arrived

They arrived here this evening.

We fixed Rib-eye, Baked Potatoes, Broccoli

so thankful for your prayers.

These are two of my grandsons

that are on their way back home after

living on the East Coast....I am counting the days.

~~deby

~~ will you join me ?

See this family ?

Would you help me out?

They are coming back to Washington State.

This mom, mother-in-law, and Nana is so excited !

Well, they are on the road officially from the East Coast.

They have many many miles. They are both driving.

So would you join me in praying for my daughter and her

sweet family as they return home ? I am sad for their many

friends they said "see you later too", but oh so happy to have them

close by once again. You know when your friends are Christians

there are no forever good-byes.

I will let you know when they arrive.

Thank you dear blog readers.

~~deby

PS....thank you for the sweet comments and emails

since I have returned to blogging more. I appreciate them so much

I would wear a hat

Today I saw this picture I had saved. I can't tell
you where I got it, but it sure put a smile on my face.It just looks appealing to me. I don't think it is the aspect of wanting to
"take-off "or "runaway" but just to feel the GLEE that these two ladies do.
I wouldn't want to do something irresponsible,
just maybe a little lighted-hearted jaunt or even a little road trip with a friend. I don't think I would even need a map,
I do like the thought of a convertible....maybe even a hat.
Yes, I would need a hat as my hair would be a MeSs !!! I just think it looks fun, that is all. I have VERY fond memories as a child of lots of road trips.
I have great memories as a wife, mother and as a empty nester,sister and friend.
Yes my life has consisted of many,many,many hours on the road.
Many days on the road.I Hope the Lord allows some more, if not, that is okay. I will smile at pictures and cherish memories.....
~~deby

not in my yard, please

This is our new grass that was put down and
has lovingly been watered by me. This young
mom loved it here. Sure she is sweet, but I am sorry
I do not want anyone messing with this grass.



Tucked underneath her wings were three little babies.
~~~~ahhhhh........
I still don't want them on my lawn. Don't they
know I don't play Farmville anymore?


My beloved had to do a light sprinkling of the hose
to get her out of her comfort zone, my new lawn.


"Fine,"she said..."we will find a new home."
Aren't they just so sweet, though ? I thought so.
~~deby
Stay tuned hope to REALLY get blogging again....

it is everywhere

It's everywhere....it is called:

Scotch Broom

It is a weed and you can see it everywhere you look.

It was brought to this area many years ago

but it is now illegal to use as a garden shrub or to plant

more of the seeds. People hate it. When it is

not blooming it is a really ugly plant.

My husband loves when it blooms

as, yellow is his favorite color.

....it is deceptive isn't it.

Kind of like SIN...

Those are my thoughts this morning.

~~deby

To read more about this plant go here