Frugal buy!!

This is a picture of the new curtain I made for the living room and a new sun catcher I got for .99 from CBD!!!

a closer look at the sun catcher

a closer look at the curtain :)

The curtains cost me $1.25 a piece to make ! Pretty and frugal ...just the way I like it!

Have a blessed day!

Just some fun!

We got the baby a baby pool, but all he wanted to do was stand in the bucket we got out so the kids could fill water guns! LOL

DD enjoying the pool :)

DS just lounging around!

DS just riding the waves! It took days just to get him to even get IN the pool! He will ONLY get in if he can ride in the "boat"...lol...kids! He sure does have fun though! Even DH and I got in the pool over the weekend :) Now it's raining..and cold...so these pictures are nice to see right now :)

the garden

This is just a picture of our chicken coop, I thought I would include....it's right by the garden :)

These are our strawberry plants

This is our potato garden...we also planted pumpkins in the empty space you see on the right.

this is a picture of our "main" garden...I couldn't get the whole thing in...but we have planted peas, onions,carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, brussel sprouts, beans, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucc., asparagus, rhubarb. I can all the veggies and put them up for the winter :) We LOVE our garden and the blessing that it is! God is so good!! We love to see His hand at work! Have a blessed day!!

SHOCKED!!!!!

My 9 yr old daughter and I went into a nearby public library last night and as we were checking out I looked over to where the computers were (in PLAIN SIGHT!) and saw a teenage boy looking at pornography!!!! I was SHOCKED! So, I was trying to tell the librarian, who was hard of hearing, that this boy was looking at trash on the computer without drawing attention to myself or alarming my daughter, this was not an easy task! Finally she heard me and took care of it, but wow!!! Are we not even safe to go to the public library?? Why don't they have net nanny on the computers??? I am so thankful that my daughter didn't glance over that way, wouldn't that have been so sad? She would have been corrupted and a little less innocent in that moment, all at the library! Sad times!

kim

homemaking

Recently I have noticed myself saying that I was bored. What is that?? I happen to LOVE Mondays, it is house blessing day! The kids and I work on the house all day and ask God to bless us and we thank Him for all we have, it is ALL His, but He has blessed us with it :) Anyways, as I am going from room to room looking around I can name off a hundred things that need my attention (along with the help of the kiddos), so I wonder why am I bored? Just say that I was to get EVERYTHING done or just wanted a break from housework, isn't that the time I should use to play with the kids, make a special meal, work on a craft, read a book, you know the fun things! I am shocked at myself sometimes, and grateful for the Lord showing me the way...because if I was leading...that would be trouble! LOL...
So, today I am feeling extra blessed and encouraged! Like I said I LOVE Mondays! Hope you all are finding joy in homemaking, and seeing all that we have to do in a positive way!
Have a blessed day!

Only God~

My kids at our Mother's Day trip

Only God can create such beautiful things! We should take a moment to reflect today!

Have a Blessed day!

WHAT...flowers & reptiles?!?!

I had a lovely Mother's Day! It started on Friday! DH got me flowers, then Sat. the kids gave me gifts, flowers & bird feeders...then on Mother's day we went to Reptile Land! I HATE snakes and lizzars...lol...but the kids LOVED it and had a GREAT time! I was very thankful to be a part of it :) We also ate lunch out and got ice cream later on. It could not have been better! I feel like God has blessed me much more than I deserve! Hope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend!

Kim

Special Day

Today is DH's B-day. This is a picture of the "mural" the kids made for Daddy! We all got him gifts for the garden, shop...and the baby got him socks...lol...The kids made him cupcakes and decorated them by themselves, and I made him a 9x9. Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing!! :) The kids picked out trick candles that won't blow out! We went to a grocery store that has the BEST meat around and bought big steaks to grill....and we will have ice cream later on. It should be really special. His mom is going to stop in and give him his favorite pie (strawberry rhubarb!). He will be a happy man :)

We have a busy weekend ahead! Tomorrow is the Mother Daughter banquet at church, we are going with a friend and her daughter :) Then we will cut grass. Sunday is church and Mother's Day! What fun! I am so blessed!

Have a GREAT day!!!

Kim

New curtains in the making!

This is the fabric I got at Walmart yesterday to make new curtains! It was only $2.50 a yrd~ so the curtains will be much cheaper than buying them pre-made :)

The first fabric (paisley) is for the shoe room...the second fabric (brown) is for two valances in the living room, and the last fabric is for two full length curtains in my room. I am trying to redecorate my room in red and black....that may sound cheesy, but I am doing it in red roses and black accessories. I think it will be romantic :)

Have a blessed day!

Kim

WOW!!! It's been a while!

It sure has been a long time since I last wrote! LOTS has been going on. We are getting finished up with school, getting the house all cleaned out and organized...the garden planted, we started mowing, my FIL had back surgery so we have been helping them out...church...family...KIDS...friends...you know, all the usual stuff :) LOL
Today has been CRAZY! I got all 5 kids ready and out the door to go to Walmart as DH's b-day is Friday, we were going shopping for him....we get there and it's CLOSED!! the power was out! I decided to NOT wait....we went home. I put the baby down for a nap, he climbed out of his crib and messed his room all up by the time I got up there he had toy boxes tipped over and the room trashed! ARGG...time for a big boy bed, I'd say! Then I had two more kids to put to bed and cleaning to do, so we have not yet made it to the store. The baby is back to sleep and all is well in the world. I still need to go because the cats need food. Oh well.
The Lord has been working in my heart and life so much as of late it is amazing! We have such a wonderful God, don't we :) He is showing me MANY areas where I need major growth, for that conviction I am pleased! We are studying the Fruit of the Spirit right now...so there is LOTS to learn!
I am working on getting school ready for next year. I have most of my stuff bought, but it is a mish mash of materials. I like them all and am grateful to have them (very frugal finds, I might add :) So, I need to really spend some time putting that all together, and making sure that God is in the center of it all!
I am working on sprucing up the house, but in frugal ways...so that has been keeping me occupied too...fun!
Well, I hear my baby...so I am going to try to load all 5 kids AGAIN and head to Walmart...then home for cooking supper, finishing wash, and running the sweeper...and cleaning the baby's MESSY room! LOL
Have a blessed day!!

Kim