A Little Catch-Up Post

Hello everyone....

How art thou?  

I am happy to finally get here to post.  

It seems that every time I get on I begin with an apology for being so far behind in catching up with you.. 

Nevertheless... 

Here we are once again... smile...

Hope all is well and you are having a grand summer.. 

The last time I was here was in May and still Spring.. 

Here in New Brunswick today it is a very rainy muggy Sunday.

It is a downpour outside.. The window is open and I so love the sound .... 

The drop in temps are a treat but I was telling Terry that I believe this is the first time in a very long time that I will be happy for fall temps... Can you believe it?

  Just so hot here as it is in many more places and much worse so forgive me for complaining... 

We have been coming and going and doing this and that like everyone else.. 

We did have our daughter, Shonda home for a couple of days doing a bit of painting and decorating for her Momma... 

Here she is consoling her Dad!  Lol!  

It will be all right Dad...you can trust me!  haha..

No... I really don't remember what that little bit is about..  😊

We now have a green kitchen... I just love it!

                                                                                                                                                                                              

I keep changing things around ... 

But it will get done after awhile.. 

Just a few bits to do... 

I am so slow!!

Oh well.. Terry says to take my time and enjoy!

He knows my love of puttering..lol..

Now that it is summer we have taken a few little counry drives.. 

One to the Bay of Fundy of course..  My go-to as you all know..  Then one down to Truro, Nova Scotia and to Calais across the border another day... 

Here are a few pics... 

 

Some of these are just here in our own little area of the province.. 

A few food pics from the last month.... 

Homemade Broccoli, Mushrooms and Spaghetti , Lemon and Parmesan..

Rhubarb Crunch

No Knead Bread and Goulosh...

Pork Chops, Potato Scallop, Peas and Homemade Beet Pickles.. 

A few make and do things... 

FudgeSicles.. 

Found the recipe on the web.. 

Just a package of instant chocolate pudding, 3 cups of whole milk and a dash of vanilla... 

Terry thought they were okay but I really like them. 

You can use a lower fat milk but for the first time I did use whole ... 

Found the greatest popsicle molds on Amazon.. 

They are silicone and come with wood sticks and wee bags to put them in.. 

A bit expensive but if you are the popsicle queen  then they are worth it..lol.. 

I even make dill pickle ones which are my all time fave.. 

You have to be a genuine dill pickle lover, though.. 😏

 

Mason Jar for flowers.. 

a bit of modge podge and a seed packet ... 

picking daisies.... 

My sweet cousin, Philip surprised me by making me this little stormy weather shelter that I can sit in and drink my coffee.. 

Enjoy the wind and rain and just have fun... 

I so appreciated it.. 

The dear thing... 

I haven't been to the farm much except on the hottest of days, took a sun stroke and just not doing too good up there so haven't enjoyed it as much as I will later on when it cools down and the wind comes up..  

Terry got his precious flag up and was not as scary as in the past at times.. smile.. 

We have enjoyed a few lovely meals out here and there... 

One of my all time fave places.. 

East Side Marios.. 

I love pasta and only have it once in a blue moon there. 

We most always have the salad and soup and garlic bread.. 

This pasta was so good.. Bacon..... !!

I am pathetic.. I know!! 😙

A sweet old  pic I found in my files.. so love geese.... do you?

A book I read.. 

So good!  

Not my usual type of reading but this had me not able to put it down.. 

Sad but beautiful.. 

Christ was the answer... as He always is... 

Well dear hearts this is all for today.. 

It is not great but at least we are in touch.. 

These last are just some family pics.. 

Father's Day and such...

Don't we love our families!!

God has truly blessed us as He has you.. 

My Mom used to tell me that Gram always said that we all think our's are the best.. 

And they are, eh?  To us!! 

Thank you so much for dropping by.. 

I hope you are doing well..

Leave me a note if you have time and I do put a bit more on Instagram if you happen by.. 

@blessedhearth.... 

Take care of yourselves and your sweet families..

Remember that Jesus is the Answer to whatever problem you may have.. 

Hugs from me to you...

Some of our May days....

Hello everyone..

How are you all?  Better then I am right now, I hope...

No, not really!  I am just very frustrated at the moment...

I have literally been hours trying to get this post up but I go two steps ahead and one step back.. 

I had to come into our old desktop and I see the spacing is off... Ugh!

Anyway.. I think I will go to the bottom of the post and write a few words and that will be it for tonight...

 The next few pics are of our Mother's Day celebration and it was a beautiful day! 

Filled with family and church... 

It was so great having our children there at church together.. 

We missed our youngest who is in Alberta but he had called the night before and again when we returned home.. 

Shonda and Dave surprised us by surprising us at church and then taking us out for dinner...

 

Then we were all invited to Trevor and Tammy's for a beautiful BBQ supper... 

Two wonderful meals in one day!  And lots of gifts!  I so appreciated everything but most of all were the memories that were made... The grandsons had a few laughs with their grandparents about this and that.. lol.. I can't keep up!  But just so much love and joy!  I thank God for the blessing of all these dear ones.. Near and far!  

My grandsons are blessed with wonderful parents and I have never had a moments worry about their parenting!  And I am thankful! 

 Anyway.. This computer seems to be acting better than my Chrome Book.. I think I need a few more instructions from them boys!  smile.. 

A sweet funny pic from our youngest son the other day.. He was showing me the smoke in Alberta... I told him that I would rather see his face and this is what I received!  He is so funny but so sweet!  😊

We are so praying for Alberta and the wild fires in that province... Send the rain, Lord... 

My husband brought these to me for Mother's Day! The dear man!

We finally had a day at the farm and it was lovely! 

Waiting patiently for lunch... 

Chicken and Spaghetti.  A celebration meal... smile.. 

A pic of the old stove from last year.. 

I have been working outside and have only had one day to tidy up.. It will be back to rights soon, I hope.. Anyway... it is what it is... I guess.. 😏 

On my last post I was saying I wanted to paint this old buffet of my Aunt Emily's... 

It took me awhile and of course Terry did half at least!  lol.. But it is finished although everything is not as I want it yet.. So this is just a peek shall we say.. I couldn't find a pic of some of the changes that I meant to include .. I just am not going through trying to get pics up here again.. 

So next time.. Ok?  

Did some ironing of old linens.. How I love them.. Do you? 

I changed out that mirror over the buffet and a few little projects.. 

Tried to make an old old calendar picture into a painting.. Turned out fair but the picture is so sweet.. Will show that later too.. 

Man, I have to hurry up... I am usually in bed by now.. There has to be an easier way to do this.. If I would just post more often I wouldn't have half the work.. I am truly whining today, eh?  Forgive me! 

We took a few country drives but not many.. I do have a whole post on one and will hopefully do it by itself and soon.. 

But here are a couple.. 

And here are some food pics from the last while..

And some make and dos... 

Homemade Laundry Soap... 

And a little tip for your garbage can.. 

These were on Instagram but not all of you are on there.. 

The laundry soap recipe is here on the blog.. If you can't find it just leave me a message and this tip is just putting some essential oil on a couple of cotton balls and putting inside your garbage can before you place your bag.. 

Keeps it so much fresher.. I use lavender and teatree but it is your choice as well as the amount.. 

Doesn't take a lot.. 

I am including this little advice 

Great advice, eh! 

Modern lingo! 💗

We had more company this post .. 

Last time it was Mr. Rooster but now we have geese, ducks, and such.. 

I wish I could keep them.. But they only visit... 

Dustin said it is pretty good when the freezer food comes to you!  Haha!

Then I had a bouquet of gorgeous and smelling beautiful Mayflowers.. 

So love them.. 

My friend had a gorgeous bouquet and Terry said it looked like they were on steroids!  So many blossoms!  😊

Then the other day I received this beautiful bookmark all the way from France... 

It was made by a dear missionary friend who does this lovely tatting!  I love that craft.. 

It was precious and I put it in a precious place!  

Thank you again, Mike... 💗

Well, dear hearts, this is all for today.. 

Shows how much I love thee.. No supper and past bed time.. Lol.. 

 

Take care and I hope to hear from you ... 

I love your sweet notes.. 

And I am so sorry for the whining and the mistakes and the ...... 

You know what I am like by now.. 

God bless you and your sweet families!  

Pray for me and I will pray for you.. 

We need each other in this time in history... 

Hugs from New Bruswick, Canada...