Three Tier

 Now that January is almost gone, it's time to start thinking about decorating my 3-tier for Valentine's Day.

I used winter white for January.

I enjoy changing it each month.

Until Next Time

 

Holidays are over and we're enjoying some lazy days.  There has been bad weather and good weather, warmer days and cool days.  Mr D and I decided it was time for another one of our rides around town.  We drove into Pasadena to check on MeadowCrest Church, the church that my SIL pastored a few years ago.  It was severely damaged by a tornado in January 2023 and from what we understand the new congregation didn't have wind insurance.  The building has set in disarray all this time, a very sad sight.  We have some precious memories that took place there, anyway, we drove by yesterday and they have finally leveled it and hauled all the debris away ~ nothing but a vacant slab remains.  I hope they are able to rebuild.  

Back in La Porte we drove past the construction sight for the new 7-11, it will be the fourth one in this little town.  They are so close together I think they're in competition with each other.  I guess the marketing team for 7-11 knows what they're doing, they sure didn't consult me. 😄

We drove through down and out West Main to check on some activity happening out there and it turned out to be not much of anything.  Apparently some type of maintenance crew laid skids through a vacant lot so their equipment would not get stuck.  Sometimes people on facebook can make such a big deal out of nothing.

The new football stadium is coming right along, lots of activity there.  Projected finish date is still late 2024 - early 2025.  It will be nice when finished, meanwhile our team has been playing on a borrowed field at a school in a town over the bridge.  It's hard for me to understand why they couldn't borrow from a school much closer.

  

 It's coming and there's not a thing I can do about it.

It's gonna be cold, brrrr.  

Time to turn up the heat and snuggle in with a good book or movie,  a cup of hot chocolate or some freshly brewed coffee, maybe a cup of hot tea!

Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;

moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.

Daniel Whittle

Until Next Time

St Pat's Day & Irish Blessings!

 Happy St Patrick's Day everyone, are you wearing green??

Saint Patrick was a real historical person who lived in Ireland in the 400s and was used by God to convert much of the island to Christ.

I've enjoyed my St Pat's 3 tier; it greets me each morning and make me smile.

May peace and plenty bless your world

With a joy that long endures

And may all life's passing seasons

Bring the best to you and yours.

From the top to . . . .

. . . the bottom, it's a sight to behold!

May you have love that never ends,

Lots of money, and lots of friends.

Health be yours, whatever you do,

And may God send many blessings to you!

If you look close you will see the little angel Mr D gave me when I was in the hospital last November.

May you have:

A world of wishes at your command.

God and his angels close to hand.

Friends and family their love impart,

And Irish blessings in your heart.

Wishing you a pot o’ gold,

And all the joy your heart can hold.

May the dreams you hold dearest,

Be those which come true,

The kindness you spread,

Keep returning to you.

Shamrocks, the national plant of Ireland, add to the sea of green on March 17. Though legend holds that Saint Patrick used three-leafed shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity, there is no historical evidence to prove it. However, theshamrock has been used as a symbol of the Emerald Isle since the late 17th/early 18th century.

During his life, Patrick became a priest and founded schools, churches, and monasteries throughout the Emerald Isle before his death on March 17, 461 CE.

The meal that became a St. Patrick’s Day staple across the country—corned beef and cabbage—was an American innovation. While ham and cabbage were eaten in Ireland, corned beef offered a cheaper substitute for impoverished immigrants. Irish Americans living in the slums of lower Manhattan in the late 19th century and early 20th, purchased leftover corned beef from ships returning from the tea trade in China. The Irish would boil the beef three times—the last time with cabbage—to remove some of the brine.

Until Next Time

May the Irish hills caress you.

May her lakes and rivers bless you.

May the luck of the Irish enfold you.

May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

Monday Coffee Talk

 Love is happiness that is shown day after day.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, a special day for love.  Mr D and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day, sometimes he'll get me a card or a box of candy and sometimes he'll give me a pretty bouquet of flowers.  Most of the time, he gives me a kiss and I kiss him too, we exchange 'I love yous' and enjoy being home together.  So simple and sweet, so meaningful even after 60 years together,

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, 

you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” 

Nora Ephron, “When Harry Met Sally” 

Morning Routine:

I am a creature of habit.  I have a morning routine that I do every morning.  If something happens to interfer in my routine my entire day seems off.  I'm a late sleeper because I'm a night owl.  I like to be up and having my coffee by 10am because I watch The Price is Right every morning.  After it's over I take my meds and watch the local news.  I take my sugar level before I eat anything which is always something light.  I then do the exercises they taught me in rehab.  Last and certainly not least, I do my Bible study.  Most people do their study first thing, but I find I'm more alert later in the morning.  My mind is clear and ready to recieve His Word.

“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, 

how much a heart can hold.” 

Zelda Fitzgerald

What I'm Studying.

Along with reading a psalm every day, I'm studying as I read through Romans.  It's a study that Crosswalk offered on facebook, so I took it, afterall it was free.

These little treasures hang from the zipper of my Bible.  Each one is a reminder of something or someone special in my life.

“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, 

 love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” 

Jodi Picoult, “My Sister’s Keeper”

Family News:

Tammy and Peggy and their hubbies left Saturday on an eight day cruise.  They love cruises and go often.  That's one thing that just doesn't interest me at all.  I do enjoy the pictures they're sending, it's good to see them having a good time.

Tammy shared this yesterday!

“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” 

Paulo Coehlo,

On This Day . . . 

On February 13, 1866 Jesse James holds up his first bank,

stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association

in Liberty, Missouri

“Love isn’t love till you give it away.” Oscar Hammerstein

Coffee Trivia

Light roast coffee has more caffeine that dark roast coffee.

The longer coffee is roasted, the more caffeine is cooked

from the bean.

Coffee was originally regarded as a wonder drug in Yemen and

Arabia and was taken only at the advice of a doctor. 

Many saw coffee as a brain tonic or as a way to stimulate religious visions.

Around The House

My three tier tray all dressed up for Valentine's Day! 💞

“The people you love deserve to hear it.”  Malanda Jean-Claude

Today's Bible Scripture

 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Colossians 3:14

“Where there is love there is life.”  Charles Spurgeon 

Until Next Time

Three Tiers, Past and Presennt

 I enjoy having a three tier shelf.  I like finding different arrangements for each month.  My first one was wrought iron, it was easy to decorate but the circumference was just a little too small, making it hard to fit some things.

Here it is for Valentines several years ago.

My new three tier, a Christmas gift to me, from me!

This is the top shelf, the 'guest of honor' is my little mug sent to me by a sweet blogger years ago.

This is the middle shelf, 'guest of honor' here is my tear bottle given to me by Tammy and my little bottle of holy water from the Vatican.  This was a gift from my son's girlfriend some years ago.

Psalm 56:8

“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book”

The bottom shelf is where I placed the Happy New sign I made from scrabble pieces.

It looks nice on the bar and I hope to change the items each month.  I like it so much more than the wrought iron one.

As every new year comes I have this same problem.  What will be my word for the year, what will be my focus!  I don't know why I struggle with this, for the Lord always sends it to me.   Just now I was searching for something else to share with you today.  I found this poem and as I was reading I found my 'special words!'

A New Year's Plan

I tried to think of a clever new phrase—

A slogan to inspire the next 365 days,

A motto to live by this coming New Year,

But the catchy words fell flat to my ear.

And then I heard His still small voice

Saying, "Consider this simple, daily choice:

With each new dawn and close of day

Make new your resolve to trust and obey."

"Don't look back, caught in regret

Or dwell on the sorrow of dreams unmet;

Don't stare forward anchored by fear,

No, live in this moment, for I Am here."

"I am all you need. Everything. I Am.

You are held secure by my strong hand.

Give me this one thing—your all in all;

Into my grace, let yourself fall."

So, at last, I'm ready; I see the way.

It's to daily follow, trust, and obey.

I enter the New Year armed with a plan,

To give Him my everything—all that I am.

--Mary Fairchild

My special word for 2023 . . .

Trust and Obey

Until Next Time

March's Three Tier

I spent this afternoon taking down hearts and putting up leprechauns

Get ready for picture overload!

March is a good month, winter is on it's out and spring is on it's way in.

A time for new growth on life's journey.

Until Next Time

Wishing you a rainbow, For sunlight after showers, Miles and miles of Irish smiles, For golden happy hours, Shamrocks at your doorway, For luck and laughter too, And a host of friends that never ends, Each day your whole life through.