Urbex at Mansfield Reformatory

This seems to be the favored flooring  . . 

🍳Omelettes!! 🍳

Diced steak, summer squash and green peppers slowly browned in garlic-infused honey.

Then add eggs, mix thoroughly. 

Top with your favorite cheese. 

When it's time to flip, turn off the heat so it stays moist as it finishes cooking.

Enjoy!! 🍳

Making the Grade!!

Makes a momma proud. Not all his classes looked like this but he's still a work in progress . . An award like this is highly motivational!!  

Day 143/365

Great Northern Beans

Slow simmered  . . I didn't have any ham so I cut up chopped steak and browned that first, then added beans, seasonings and simmered slowly .. 

So Yummy!! 

Down My Rabbit Hole . .

Sometimes I want to hide in my rabbit hole . . like burry my head in the snow. . you know, out in that hole that goes to the cavern under the parking lot . . you know, the cavern we're all pretending isn't there . . 

But, let me tell you, although camping out deep in a cavern can be a nice break for a while, eventually we all have to resurface and engage in some human contact. 

So, I've been thinking about my lists . . even created a new way to do my lists ..  too exciting! 

But .. 

This morning, as my client snoozed, it dawned on me that I had four (4) solid lists for hard items [ministry, finances, housing, homesteading] but I was totally missing a soft list!! 🙄 

There was no list of comfy happy fun things ..  

That's not good . . so I need to rethink things. .  Yes, some items in my other lists fall under the soft list, 

But . . 

I really do feel that the soft list should create the other lists. 

The things I love and long for should dictate where I live and how I make enough money to survive. 

So, I will do a bit of a rewrite . . 

Then I'll share .. . 

First on Patreon then here .. . 

Stay tuned!!! 

🙏📖👵🏖️🍝🐈🐇🐔🏕️⛵

A Good Son

Many have son's, but are they good son's? What constitutes a truly good son?

There are so many possible answers to these questions, and, really, the answers can change as the years pass. 

And there are stages son's go through where a parent can't help but worry.  . . moments when it seems a new girlfriend has eaten their brain and is now running the show . . when they ride their bikes down concrete steps or jump off a fire hydrant onto gravel to show girls they can land on their feet  . .! 

But then . . they bring us flowers . . cook us supper . . happily hang new miniblinds to replace the ones we broke (true story). They are the boys who bring their girlfriend to church and sing along with your favorite Christian radio station!! 😂

1000 Marble Challenge~ weeks 951-955

~ house hunting

~ bunny fun 

~ long talks about grades 

~ shopping for hoodies 

~ sleepovers 

~ hiking Oak Openings Preserve 

~ hiking Cullen Park 

~ new-to-him bike 

~ long bike rides with a friend 

~ catching up schoolwork 

Hiking Toledo with a Friend

Exploring is always better with good company! 

🎉Joy Dare 🤗 March 19-31, 2019🎊

🐇19th~ 3 gifts eaten ..
☕coffee
🍔cheeseburger
🥛sweet tea

🐇20th~ 3 gifts that made you laugh. .
👴🏾fun client
👨chatting with Matt
🙏prayers answered

🐇21st~ a gift salty, sweet, just right . .
👵 caramel yogurt from Mom
☕fresh hot coffee
🌃evening at home

🐇22nd~ 3 gifts found in His word . .
📖life lessons
📖His rules
📖comfort

🐇23rd~ 3 gifts found in women today ..
👵strength
🙏prayerful
📖well read

🐇24th~ 3 gifts spoken . .
👨soft voices of 3 polite young men
👨hearing their plans/hopes
👨soft evening chat with Matt

🐇25th~ a gift sung, written, painted  . .
🎶"Thy will be done . ."
📱blogs
🚃bright future

🐇26th~ 3 gifts almost gone . .
🏢time there/lessons learned
👩‍🎓time till I go back to school
⏳time for getting right with God

🐇27th~ 3 gifts redeemed ..
😣my bad attitude for His loving attitude 😊
🚃blessings for obedience
🙌hooe for fear🤔

🐇28th~ 3 gifts entwined .  .
✝️trusting Him
🙏prayers
📖His promises

🐇29th~ 3 gifts of His promises . .
✝️salvation
📖 safety
🙏grace

🐇30th~ 3 gifts uncovered .  . .
😊 trust
🌱new Avon client
⏳time

🐇31st~ a gift heard, held, hoped for . .
🗨️her answers
🤗His plan
🍹new patron

¿Dondé Esta?

A few pics from local urbex courtesy Matthew Joyce. 

1000 Marble Challenge~ week 947

🏢 apartment hunting

👕 laundromat 

⛺ camping plans 

📚 studying to improve grades 

💤 sleepover 

🍽️ chores 

👩‍👦 family teamwork 

Tbt~ "Growing Up?"

Hard to imagine my sweet chubby-cheeked little boy has grown up so fast . . yet he's still his own man and dresses purely to suit his own needs!! 

1000 Marble Challenge~ weeks 943-946

More blessed weeks! 

~ church as a family 

~ apartment hunting 

~ spoiling the bunnies 

~ helping with chores 

~ hanging out 

1000 Marble Challenge ~ weeks 939-942

*Church 
*ER visits 
*New bunny 
*Learning about relationships 
*Fun hairstyles 
*Cleaning together 

¿Done?

A family drive can turn up the prettiest sites! 
Have you seen this? 

All My Latest Tidbits!!

Hey, here I sit feeling totally blessed and wanting to share with you what's going on. I have found a new outlook on my future. I have come to terms with some things in an amazingly content way.
First of all, marriage. Yes, I still believe that, as he and I both fully understood God's will for marriage, we are bound to be obedient to that. But  . . . I can also clearly 'see the forest for the trees' and know that, although (as far as I can tell) he has not biblically remarried, he has been living with the same woman off/on for 10+ years and seems content that way. I have prayed for him and for marriage restoration since we divorced in 2002 to no avail and I know God will not force anyone to follow Him.
Hector's choices are what they are.
And my life must go forward for Him regardless of what anyone else does/doesn't do.
We all know God forgives (look at the life of King David) and goes on to use people in mighty ways but that is no excuse for deliberate disobedience. Yet, I also know my ultimate calling is to be a pastor's wife and that will require me to eventually get remarried.
But definitely no rush.
I am content . . so content.
Second, our housing situation. Where we are is not acceptable in so many ways (I promise to blog those after we are moved and free of this place!!). I am planning to buy a used trailer, rehab it and live in a local trailer park. This would give us our own home where we would have control of maintenance and repair (ie: consistent heat/hot water).
October 25th can't come soon enough!!
Third, I am getting a French Blue Angora Rabbit  . . hopefully Friday evening. I haven't named him yet . .  and I will be setting up a blog just for bunny activities.
                     🐇 ~ Names ~ 🐇
🥕 I need a cute name for my rabbitry as I'll have pedigrees rabbits
🥕 I need male and female names for rabbits
The first rabbit will be a male.
I was thinking of naming my rabbitry 'chapelier fou lapin' which is French for Mad Hatter Rabbitry . .  not sure if this is available . . or, actually, I think I prefer a variation on that name!! Then I could name my rabbits for the Wonderland characters but use the French translation.
What are your thoughts?

Appropriate Hiking Friends

Exploring is so much better when you include your craziest most out of the box wildest thinking friends!!
That's why I go exploring with Matt!!

Love in the Art Museum!!

A trip to the Toledo Museum of Art with Matt and Rachel. Their first date was a hike with her family. Their second date was to the  Toledo Museum of Art.

Working archeological puzzles together.

1000 Marble Challenge~ week 935-938/1000

~ church
~ urbex
~ new girlfriend
~ zoo
~ Pokemon go
~ cleaning the apartment
~ overnight at Grandma's

Matt and Rachel

They are just too cute!!