As Keeper of my Home...

Welcome everyone to the Blessed Hearth today..

We are having some lovely Spring temps here in New Brunswick and the reality of Spring is here.. 

Granted, we have a lot of snow but it reduces daily... 

My Mom's tulips came up through the snow.. 

She told me that you just can't stop Spring.. 

Thank the Lord.. smile.. 

So..

With sunshine and Spring weather comes the joy of being at home... 

Even though we are retired I still want to look for ways to improve and to enjoy the role as the keeper of my home..

I want to find joy in the daily routine and to have fun and experience new things..  I always want to celebrate life and to feel creative energy daily.. 

It is important for me to look for inspiration and to be sure that whatever I do that I do it as to the Lord.. 

Even if I am retired.. smile.. 

Is that how you feel?.. 

Some mamas work outside of the home but home is still there at the end of the day and needs love and attention.. 

Dishes need washed, meals made and laundry is always waiting in the wings... smile.. 

If we can enjoy and love our role then life is so much better.... 

When Mama is happy then everyone is happy.. grin.. 

I love lists.. 

I am a list maker or list fanatic or whatever but when I have a list then I can get on with whatever is there for me to do.. 

Tonight I thought I would post a list of a few goals,  projects and even challenges that I am using to inspire me during this Spring season.. 

The photos are a mixture of mine and Pinterest.. 

I seldom use Pinterest pics and strive to use my own but for this post I needed both..

Here goes... 

1.  The number one goal on my list is to study and memorize more of the Word of God..
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2.. To eat a healthy breakfast each morning..

I generally just want coffee... smile.. 

3.  To keep my kitchen clean and organized each and every day ..

This is a challenge.. grin..  

4.. To make good and nutritious meals for Terry and I..

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5.  To finish all of the projects that I have begun...

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6.. To visit somewhere interesting this year to get inspiration and appreciation of home when we return.. 

Perhaps Old Quebec City.. 
our son took this photo.. 

7.. To turn my Sun Room into the space I want it to be..

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8.. To entertain effortlessly often.. 

9.. To enjoy every opportunity I can with my dear family..

Life is short and God has so blessed us .. 

They inspire and enrich my life because I am their Mama.. 

A role that I take very seriously and thank God for daily.. 

10.. To enjoy this old cottage that God has blessed us with and to enjoy sweet fellowship there..

Looking forward to grandsons visiting along with family and friends..  

11.. To spend more time with friends who enrich my life and help me appreciate my role as they do theirs..

12.. To finish the pantry at our old farm.. 
We hope to spend a week there as soon as the snow goes down.. 
Hopefully this is one project that will get well started.. smile.. 

This picture from Pinterst is my inspiration.. smile

13.. To find some old wallpaper SOMEWHERE and paper the stairwell at the farm like this... 

Don't you love this pinterest photo?  

14.  To bake up new recipes for bread from an old cookbook that I found at Good Will..

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14.. To make lots of home made salves, lotions and such..
To improve the herb gardens..  

Even though I have closed my shop I would like to have these type of things available to sell... 

15.. To make my living room a much more cosy spot and try to establish my new style... 

No not Victorian.. grin..

Warm and well loved is how I see it.. 

I read the words British Country somewhere and as I love the pics in the UK Country mags then I think that is it.. 

This was the livingroom in a Julia Roberts movie that kind of turned my crank even though it so old fashioned... 

16..To improve the Keepers of the Home meetings..

To find ways to keep us all  interested and inspired..  

17.. Spring cleaning and redecorating the guest bedrooms.. 

I worked on this one all day today.. 

I have to buy new curtains and my style has changed.. 

Hopefully, this one will be done this week and Terry has the new floor done in another one.. 

We will pick out paint tomorrow for that room.. smile.. 

18.. To sew creations with some of my fabric stash... 

19.. A sweet project that would be lovely for Spring.. 

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20.. the last one I will share tonight.. grin.. 

Lots of jams and jellies.. 

This is all for tonight, dear friends.. 

Hope something here has inspired you all... 

Thank you so much for dropping by and your lovely comments.. 

God bless you in your role as Keeper of your Homes.. 

xo

Linked to.. THE ART OF HOMEMAKING..

and to THE ENCHANTING ROSE...

and to ...So Much at Home..

AND

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