Thursday, May 15, 2008

A few corners of my home. ( A scrap by scrap glance)






Says it all.












New projects!











Beatrix Potter,Still a children's favourite.







A pastel portrait of my irish paternal grandmother at 21. She lived to be 103.

Emmy's clay jug.






Kitchen windowsill. With a fircone found by Bujana on a trip to the park!










This blanket was crocheted by my Granny and has wrapped up 3 generations of babies!




Emmy's present for her littlest sister's first birthday!


Tilly and her apple!





All I can say is. There are alot of girls in this house!


And Girls = sparkly stuff!




Prayer beads for small hands








Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Simple Devotion


I came across some words today that I really needed to hear over @ . The Simple Woman
They were so to speak a "salve for my soul."
I have been so busy recently in so many different parts of my life and I have felt a little out of focus!
There are times to pray and times to act. Yet action can only be purposeful when it is inspired by prayer.
First things first:)
This quote from the psalms keeps finding it's way into my mind like a little light peeping through the cracks of a drawn curtain.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
There is no accomplishment in even the greatest achievement without God's blessing.
Yet there is priceless value in the smallest offering given in His name.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4:8
So here it is! I am no longer out of focus. The motion blur has settled.
A Simple view yes.
Yet an abundant one.
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Sunday, May 11, 2008

the simple woman's daybook

This looked like fun from The Simple Woman @ http://thesimplewoman.blogspot.com/
It's called the simple woman's daybook. If you would like to join in simply link your blog by clicking on The Simple Woman site!

Outside My Window... I see long shadows gaze across my front lawn. It's been a beautiful sunny day. Down the end of the street some children are playing with a bat and ball. A little girl with curly hair walks by the side of our garden wrapped in a towel down to her ankles. Most people have had their paddling pools out today. The faint scent of somebody's barbecue singes the mellow air.
I am thinking... Of how still and peaceful everything is. The birds are singing so loudly, even they are happy when there's not a cloud in the sky! I'm thinking how I hope this weather lasts through till September!
I am thankful for... Aftersun!!! heehee! oh and of course sunscreen! Good friends, cool drinks, the way my husband has fun with our children, makes me love him more than ever. Ice cream, happy girls.
From the kitchen... Today it's simple! Hotdogs, salad, fruit, icecream, prawn crackers, pitta bread and hommous, fresh orange juice, (not all in the same bowl together of course!)
I am wearing... Blue jeans and a yellow cotten smock top
I am creating... Hopefully as much as I'm able a happy atmosphere in my home for my family.
I am going... To take my daughter to the neighbour's house so she can go with her to walk her little dog.
I am reading... Mainly just the bible at the moment.
I am hoping... To have a lovely day tommorrow with my husband who has a day off work!
I am hearing... Birdsong and chattering girls.

Around the house... Not much because we've been outside all day! Which is nice, as it means no toys to pick up heehhee!
One of my favorite things... Seeing all my kids having fun together, helping eachother.
Being woken by sunlight and blue skys and cheerful birdsong.
Strawberries and cream tea,
a sense of contentment.
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Spending as much time as I can outside with the kids, making the most of the good weather. Posting some letters and outfits to our sponsor children. Learning to bake a bannana cake. I absolutly love bannana cake yet I've never baked one myself before. Now is the time!
Here is picture thought I am sharing...(

Boo in a dress Emmy made her!

Friday, April 18, 2008


Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bujana's letters

Bujana sat forlorn upon the toy box.
“ What is the matter?” I asked,
“I tried to post these letters to Emmy, but they are just blowing around. I cant get them!”
There, in the garden, were a bunch of papers and drawings she had posted through the letterbox in innocent expectation that they would reach Emmy who was at school.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

AWARENESS


MORE FROM THAT PROVOCATIONS GIRL:0)

In Jesus



The LORD your God

is with you,

He is mighty to save.

He willtake great delight in you.

He will quiet you with His love.

He will rejoice over you

with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17



We are God's

WORK OF ART,

created in Christ

Jesus to do good

works which God hasprepared in advance

for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10



The LORD Himself

goes before you and

will be with you;

He will never leave younor forsake you.

Do not be afraid;

do not bediscouraged.

Deuteronomy 31:8



If God is for us,

who can be against us?

He who did not spare his own Son,

but gave him up for all of us --

how will he not also, along with him,

graciously give us all things?

Romans 8:31-32

Yeshua on the Mount


Be thou a bright flame before me,

Be thou a guiding star above me,

Be thou a smooth path below me,

Be thou a kindly shepherd behind me,

Today - tonight - and for ever


Columba (?521-597) Irish monk and missionary in Scotland

eXPANSION





Whether we focus on things we want or do not want,

the truth is that what we focus on expands.


from Provocations

Breaking News

Breaking News

God is trying to grow us here, so let's surrender to the process.

Check it out!

AWAKENED



Help us, oh Lord, to be Your servants,

Your vessels of love across this earth.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008


***sPARKLE gIRL***


Boo was being suspiciously quiet upstairs this morning. When I checked to see what she was doing I found her covered in glitter ( from Emmy's pretend play make-up bag)


What has happened to you? I asked.


"I turned into Sparkle Girl" She replied.

A pRAYER fROM sOMEONE sPECIAL



Dear Lord,


I thank you for this day.

I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.

I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.

You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.

Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you.

I ask now for Your forgiveness.


Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.

Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.

Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.

Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil.

And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.


And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray.

It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits.

I know t hat when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.

Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others.

Keep me strong that I may help the weak.

Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others.


I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way.

I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood.

I pray for those who don't know You intimately.

I pray for those who don't believe.

But I thank you that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things.

I pray for all my sisters and brothers.

For each and every family member in their households.

I pray for peace, love, and joy in their homes, that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.


I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God.

Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..


This is my prayer.

In Jesus' Name,

Amen.


Monday, April 14, 2008

fOR HIS gLORY




"See things as they affect God and not as they affect you. Is what happens for God’s glory or your own? If you follow God's way, then all will be for God’s glory."


The Will to Love

One of the points made by Fr. Schryvers in The Gift of Oneself is that our will is always about love.

"The life of the will, its need, its irresistible tendency, is to love. If the love is regulated, the whole will is good, the entire man is good. If the love is not regulated, the whole will is perverse, the entire man is bad.This is what Fr. Schryvers in the extract above calls a “perverse” will."

If my answer is “because I love God”, then my will is going to be a holy will.

From Si Fractus Forte

Peanut




Peanut loves to play peekaboo with a difference.
The difference is that she plays peekaboo throught the dolls house windows!!!
When she peeks through the windows on one side I peek through the windows on the other. heehee!
She loves this game so much and so do I.
She's a pickle!

By the way, today Peanut took two unaided steps!!!

She has been standing up, wobbling then falling down on her little behind for weeks now!
The cute thing about it is that when she falls down she claps and cheers herself for just, well, being so clever I suppose. heehee!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

My Emmy




Emmy just turned 10!

I can't believe it!

It feels like yesterday that I was looking into my beautiful little girl's milky blue newborn eyes in the morning light of a beautiful Spring morning.

March 1st is the first day of Spring, and it was certainly the begining of a new life for me, that wonderful Sunny, Sunday morning at 8: 28 exactly.
As I came out of the labour ward into the bright light of the corridors I heard the soft gentle music of a song that will always and forever remind me of my little (big) baby girl.

"Here comes the sun little darlin"
Here comes the sun... and I say, it's alright, it's alright.

Emmanule Jade you are... my lil' sunbeam I whispered to myself.

The first thing I noticed about my little baby girl were her incredibly long eyelashes. She had big gentle eyes like those of a baby calf.

Something that made me smile was that for a week after she was born a little tuft of hair stood on end upon the top of her head. However well we shampooed it, it always dried into the same style!

Her little legs remained curled up into the shape of a frog, just as they had been in my belly for at least a month and her mouth was small and soft as a rosebud!

My little Emmy jade grew into such a jolly little girl. She would talk to anyone. When we were at holiday in Norfolk when she was 3 she stopped beside an elderly couple sitting on an old bench and began talking to them about the seagulls on the sands, her little pair of binoculars swinging happily around her neck.
Old people have always liked her quaint old fashioned ways. She always gets on with them!

Emmy loved to play pretend and often curled up in a blanket telling me quite earnestly that it was her nest and she was a baby bird just about to crack out of her egg!

She has always had the most wonderful imagination,. Oh how I would love to get lost for an hour in that little girls thoughts.

What an adventure I would have!

Her cheeks have always been rosy and round and the first nick name that came into my head for her was "cherry pie" This very shortly was shortened to just "Pie" however.

My sweet Pie.
Until she was 5 she had the softest baby hair on her temples that would only grow to around an inch long. I used to call them her " fuzzies" I would kiss them as I held her close to read a story or chat and she would say. " Are you snuggling my fuzzies Mummy?" heehee!

As she has grown the sun has begun to tan and dapple her cheeks with freckles and her green eyes are turning with the Autumn leaves to a lovely golden hazel.

Sometimes she reminds me of a bambi deer:0) Her golden brown locks and cinnamon dusted cheeks:0)

As she has grown I can only marvel at her.

Whatever she does, she puts her whole heart and soul into.

She has such an innocent, joyful, fun nature.

She is so very special.

Whoever she meets takes a little piece of sunshine away with them.


When Emmanuelle was born I new that God was with me. Even though he never left me, it was she who helped me to realise his love.

Because...

She brought a little piece of heaven down to earth in her small baby hands.
And she gave me the gift of life with her birth.
I love her so:)