FRIDAY NIGHT... DATE NIGHT...

Happy Friday everyone.. 

A very short posting today my dears.. 

Terry and I were listening to a Christian radio channel yesterday (VOAR in Newfoundland) and Greg Smalley was doing an interview on behalf of Focus on the Family..

They were talking about a free date night challenge that they are doing.. 

It was such a great interview and so many wonderful ideas for not only couples in crisis but also for everyone who is wanting to invest in their marriage..

He spoke of how marriages are not on cruise control and that each day we need to put energy and time into keeping it current and effective.. 

I have posted before of the time many years ago when Terry and I were in a crisis.. We both wanted our marriage to work and decided to set aside every Friday night for Date Night..

It proved to be beneficial and we have continued it ever since..

 We do not always go out but there is usually  something special about this night.. 

At Keepers of the Home meetings we encourage couples to set aside an evening just for them..

Date Night is an investment in time to help you to honour and value each other..

A time to learn about each other..

It should not be a time of discussing family problems but of having fun together..

Focus on the Family have so many wonderful and FREE ideas on how you can make your marriage work..

Sometimes couples just need help... 

Good Christian help is a blessing and worth looking into..

God loves you and he loves your marriage..

It is the will of God for your life and you need to do all you can to help you both get through the valleys.. 

And yes, we all have our valleys..

Forty one years later Terry and I agree that it was worth every effort we made to keep it together..

The rewards dear hearts are priceless..

Looking down the dinner table on special family days and seeing our children and their children is just one way that I count as blessing..

There is nothing that can replace that..

  

Here is the link so you can check it out if you are so inclined..

DATE NIGHT CHALLENGE

It was lovely having you visit..

I know that this posting is not for everyone.. 

But it is certainly necessary in a lot of families today.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you all. .

Love and Prayers.

Faye Henry

Arranging things...

Good evening everyone.. 

How art thou?  

I thought I had better get to posting a picture of little gift that my Mom gave me the other day.. smile.. 

I didn't mean to keep you guessing but we were blessed to attend Bible Study last night and then today I was working at a project or two .. 

Anyway... here it is...

A very old print of bluebirds.. 

Precious, eh!

I noticed it in her little den and started making some broad hints.. grin.. 

And as you know she caved in and gave it to me.. 

The dear thing...

 I know I am a pain but she told me when she comes here next she expects to leave with her arms full... lol.. 

This probably would not be every one's taste but I love old stuff..

Actually, before we visited them we had gone to a thrift store and I had bought this little cloth for two dollars..

I am sure that is why I noticed her print.. smile... 

Anyway, I brought them both home....

I tea dyed the cloth because that is how I prefer them..

And then I remembered this little nest and eggs that I had on one

 of the tables.

So... 

I put the three of them together..

This pic does not do them justice.. Sorry about that.. 

But you get the gist... smile..

I had also posted about the bread I had made for our Valentines dinner that didn't happen... 

Well, not here at home, anyway... smile..

I used the THIS RECIPE and just made one large french loaf.. 

Brushed on some olive oil and sprinkled on some kosher salt just after it had raised.. Oh.. I made 3 slashes with a sharp knife.. 

Baked it in the oven for 40 minutes and voila.. 

I had planned on using it for the centrepiece.. smile..

As I had a bunch of thyme I made a small crock of herb butter to go with it.. 

Just mix up a stick of butter and a tablespoon of olive oil, a small crushed clove of garlic and some fresh herbs.. 

Arrange it all  on a bread board and everyone will enjoy the centrepiece.. Right?

I thought you might like this neat little way of fancying up your table once in awhile with some old silver.... 

Lacy napkins and a piece of lace.. 

I saw something similar on Pinterest (of course) and did my own thing.. 

I came up with the idea of using some old music sheets for place mats.. smile..

It is nice to be fancy sometimes, too.. 

We don't have to do bread and butter all the time.. 

Right?

I need to tie up the ends of some of my last postings and questions.. 

A lot of you emailed and asked about the Keepers of the Home.. 

I am hoping you don't mind waiting a bit as I am guesting on a blog about it in a few weeks .. I will answer all your questions then..  OK?

Now, thank you sweet ladies for dropping by and for your wonderful comments.. 

And welcome to all of the new ones who joined the site.. 

I will visit your blogs very soon..

Terry is back home again (thank you, dear Lord) and so my time is not my own.. grin... 

I do have something very important to share with you all tomorrow, I hope.. 

So.. check back if you can.. 

I am not trying to be mysterious but it is too complicated to go into now and I need to check out a few things before I mention it.. 

smile..

Psalms 117

1.  O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

2.  For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.. Praise ye the LORD..

LOVE TO YOU ALL..

Red is for Valentines and old barns...

Hi ladies.. 

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day.. 

My dear husband surprised me by taking me out to a wonderful dinner...

I had this evenings menu all planned and had even made the bread when he came in from outside and instructed me to get ready as he was taking me out.. 

Lovely...

So... 

I did not get a chance to do a valentine type of post that I had planned..

Here is the best I can do.. grin..

Red is for Valentines and for old barns.. eh?

I took these yesterday on our way to the city.. 

and our lovely flag ...  

I could watch it dancing in the wind all day..

I have a thing for flags blowing in the breezes.. smile.. 

Happy Valentines Day from Canada... 

eh!!

Love to you all...

xoxo

A snowy blowy kinda day....

Good Evening my dears.. 

Winter has finally arrived in all it's glory here in Eastern Canada.. 

It is nice, really to be back to normal, I think.. 

Canada without snow storms and cold weather just does not feel right somehow.. smile.. 

Over the weekend we received about 30 cm. here in Eastern 

New Brunswick.. 

Most churches in the southeastern part was cancelled yesterday morning but we had service last evening.. 

Sunday without church is not normal, either... smile.. 

These pics were taken this morning... 

Beautiful, eh!

The sun was shining so lovely...

It seems so nice and still ... 

And very cold..... 

-22 degrees C.

The wood fires are burning.. 

Notice the smoke coming from  the chimney over on Main Street..

We had to go to the city later this morning.. 

Our snow blower broke and Terry had to buy a part to fix it ...

The winds had picked up and were blowing like crazy...

The fields looked like they were full of  waves billowing towards the shore ... 

We stopped into Moms for a few minutes and they had a huge flock of seagulls drop by for a visit.. smile..

My step father loves birds of any kind... 

He feeds crows, peasants and ducks all year round... 

Mom gave me the dearest present while we were there... 

It was in her little den and I said how much I liked it.. 

She told me that I could not have it right now.. smile..

We laughed about it and sat and had a lovely cup of tea and a piece of her homemade apple pie.. 

Mom always has pie made... 

After Gerald had shown us the puzzle he had finished we thought we had better head for home.. 

It was so cold ... brrrr....

We were in the car and ready to leave when she comes out on the step and says to wait a minute... 

Out they come with THE PRESENT  and told me to take it home... 

Wasn't that sweet!! 

Tomorrow when I get it put  in the right spot  I will try and take a pic to show you all.. OK?

We came home and Terry got the fire going good and I made 

SUPPER... (CLICK FOR RECIPE)

So good on a cold Winter's night.. 

Now he is having a snooze while I chat with you all.. 

Thank you dearies for stopping by and visiting... 

I enjoy your company and so look forward to hearing from you..

 Take good care of yourselves and your dear families.. 

Love to you all.. 

xoxox

A Keepers of the Home meeting...

Good Evening everyone.. 

Just giving you a little post tonight about our day.. 

I was up and about early this morning...

It looks to be a very dreary day out there.. 

A big snowstorm is forecast for later on today but for now we are getting ready to go to our KEEPERS OF THE HOME meeting.. 

yeah!!

Sammi is wondering where on earth is that woman going to this early in the morning.. grin..

I need to get some coffee made for Terry and I to drink in the car on the way and then he will  load all of the stuff that I am taking.. 

The roads were slippery up here on our end but as we drove closer to Sussex the roads were a little better...

Thank goodness, my dear man decided to drive me..  

We arrived a bit early so we could set up tables and chairs and get the coffee going .. again... grin..

We had some lovely company today.. 

It is nice when they come the first time and even better when they

keep coming... 

It was nice to have Maureen today... I hope I spelled your name right.... smile..

And Susan and Lori back again.. Dear hearts...

Everyone got busy making breakfast... 

Toast, eggs, bacon, fruit salad and more..

Orange and raisin muffins... 

with little heart picks.. 

Our sweet sister Nancy came and brought us a treat.. 

Her homemade dark and white chocolate bark.. 

Delicious!!

And there is dear sweet Emily... our youngest Keeper.. grin..

Another new baby was on it's way today and we can't wait to meet him or her??? smile..

Dear Char...

I brought a bottle of sprouts to show the girls.. 

I thought it was funny that only the younger ones were interested and wanted their own kit to start at home.. grin.. 

I know they will be as hooked as me by the next time we get together.. smile..

Also... a wee tip ... 

Those peanut butter or mayo jars are perfect for sprouting but also for freezing left over soups.. They don't break... 

And then it was on to the lesson... 

Colossians 3: 12-17

Colossians 3:12-17

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity

A reminder of how the Lord holy and dearly loves us..

How he loves our family units and we are His valentines..

That the minute we put our feet on the floor we need to remember that this home and it's occupants are loved by God..

He loves families and they are His will..

To use the attributes of compassion, kindness, humility , gentleness and patience towards each member of our family....

We discussed how we could use each one of these virtues individually to improve our family life..

And to strive to work toward unity in our homes by binding them up with the everlasting string of love...

We are so thankful in this day when everything is working against family units that we can put our trust and hope in God..

We strive to put Him in the centre and head of our homes..

With that finished  we began working on our craft for the day.. 

They made the  craft that  I shared with you in the last posting

 TEA LIGHT LAMP..

Some used recipes, music paper or old mags and pictures.. 

Quite a variety.. 

Did you know that you can make your own modge podge by mixing half of a bottle of white glue with half of a bottle of water and shake it all up.. 

I saw that on Pinterest, too...

All in all we had a lovely day.. 

Our numbers were down but we still had a great time of fellowship.. 

On the way home it was snowing really hard.. 

As you can see... smile.. 

We have about 30 cm. down now, I think... 

How is everything in your world?  

Some of you are having Spring and we are just getting our Winter.. 

That's OK, though... 

Thank you, sweet ladies for dropping by.. 

Tomorrow is the LORD'S DAY... 

I don't know if there will be church or not.. 

The winds are howling out there and the snow is blowing about.. 

I hope to hear from you all... Love reading your sweet comments.

I picked up a few things today to finish some projects that I have been wanting to finish... 

Hope to share them with you all soon.. 

God bless you all... 

Hugs.

Old photo tea lamp tutorial and a wee blessing...

Hello there my dears... 

Can you believe it is the middle of the week already? 

February is passing by much quicker than January did, I think... 

What a beautiful sunny day we had.. The days are getting longer and pretty soon old man Winter's back will be broken as my Gram used to say.. I don't believe he had much of a back bone this year, eh? 

Oh well... 

I have a little how to for you all tonight..

As some of you know we redid our BATHROOM..

Just click on the word bathroom there and you can see our frugal redo.. 

Well, I had made a wreath for the bathroom  that I had seen on Pinterest with some old photos that I had collected..

Then the other day I saw a tea light but done with old papers and I decided to do one with old pics to match our bathroom... 

Here it is..

It is different from the one that I saw 

on the web...

Anyway.. here we go.. 

You need some old pics or copies of some.. 

You could use ones of your family or whatever..

When I had my craft business I had bought boxes of pics from our dear friend, Julia.. 

I can hardly believe that I am still using them..

All I used for this lamp was a cheese whiz bottle that I had saved.. 

You could use a mason jar but I did not want to waste one.. smile..

Using a pair of scalloped scissors for scrap booking cut some of the edges if you like..

You don't have to do that, though..

Make sure that you have enough to overlap all the way around the bottle..

Pick out two pics and cut out a heart or circle and make sure you place them on opposite sides of the bottle..

I then glued the hearts on that I had cut out, too..

Using modge podge or white glue cover the backs and hold on for a minute.. 

Using your finger rub the picture on good and then over lap another one.. 

Begin with a solid pic and then go to one of the cutouts and work your way around to the opposite side and place your next cutout pic.. 

Do you get it?  smile..

There are only 2 cutout pictures..

So that the light can shine through..

Keep going until finished and use a wet cloth the whole time to wipe away excess glue.. 

Let dry but make sure you have it cleaned up well.. OK?

I did not modge podge the outside and there was plenty there when I was trying to anchor the photos.. 

You could give it a nice coat of modge with a sponge brush, though..

Inside you can use old buttons or whatever for a nest for your tea light..

I am quite sure my dear husband will want me to use a battery operated light.. 

Did I tell you I have been restricted as far as REAL candles go?  grin..

Be sure and tie a lovely old piece of lace around the top.. or jute or ribbon.. 

Lace and old photos how great is that?  smile.

Do you know what was written on the back of this old pic??

Sept. 12, 1953 I think it was 53.. 

Korea.. 

I wonder who those lads were?

And now before you all go and try to make your own lamp please come into my sun room with me..

Just for a second.. 

I took these pics earlier today..

Beautiful out there, eh!

I know that I had showed you a pic of the buds but look... 

The lavender has bloomed!!

Spanish Lavender in Eastern Canada in February!!

Inside the house of course but still.... smile..

It smells so wonderful, too.. 

Oh, the dear sweet little blessings that the Lord gives us daily.. 

Little heart pricks that says.. 

I love you, girl...

Right??

So, thanks again for the sweet visit..

Welcome to the new girls who joined the blog.. 

I LOVE your comments.. 

They make me smile or even laugh out loud.. 

I am so glad I posted last night after all.. 

Your comments made it so worth it.. 

Love to you all..