Urbex in East Toledo

Can you find this truly fabulous tree??! 

🧑Joy Dare📝 June 8- 15, 2019✝️

~8th~ 3 gifts empty . . 
          💟heart waiting 
           📝 other's plans 
            😒 apologies 
~9th~ 3 gifts that made you really smile ..  
          🧑🏽Matt w/kits 🐇
            📚class options 
              🍃breeze 
~10th~ a gift at 8, 12 and 2 . . 
            🧑🏽Matt 
              🥪lunch 
                🌳fresh air 
~11th~ 3 gifts painted . . 
            💄Avon order 
              🛌quilt 
               💗heart 
~12th~ 3 gifts full . . 
            ⛈️rivers 
              💪arm 
               🐰 fluffle 
~13th~ 3 gifts smelled . . 
            ☕ fresh hot coffee 
             🍳 scrambled eggs 
                🍞toast 
~14th~ a gift unexpected, unwanted, unlikely .. 
          💰lottery tickets 
            🍭treat 
              🌳acceptance 
~15th~ 3 gifts in His Word . . 
           👨‍🏫instruction 
            💖Agape Love 
              ✝️ salvation 

😋Joy Dare 🛌 June 1-7, 2019 📚

1st~ 3 gifts orange .  . 
        😋dried apricots (I ate 4)
*:* 
2nd~ 3 gifts funny .. 
          🐰 Penelope, Cupid and Dahlia playing chase 
/*\
3rd~ 3 gifts from today's conversation . . 
          🙏reason to pray 
           🙌reason to praise 
            📚 knowledge 
•|•
4th~ 3 gifts found in Christ ..  
          ⛪ sacrifice 
           ⛪ salvation 
            ⛪Agape Love 
#"# 
5th~ a gift of peace, of hope, of love . . 
           🙏quiet private prayer 
           📖truth in His Word 
            💍remembering what I promised 
°=° 
6th~ 3 gifts ugly-beautiful ..  
             🛌having to wake up 
              🤨grouchy people 
               🙄bossy people 
°+°
7th~ 3 gifts in what you are reading . . 
          📚understanding 
           📚His plan 
            📚growth 
:':

Joy Dare May 13-31, 2019

13th~ 3 gifts found in your mother . . 
           📚love of learning 
             👩‍🏫love of teaching 
             🌸love of gardening 
*0* 
14th~ a gift picked up, put away, put back ..  
           👕shirts 
             👖pants 
              👞shoes 
=∆= 
15th~ 3 gifts about you ..  
            💓 compassion 
              🙏 prayers 
               🍳cooking 
"¿" 
16th~ 3 gifts found in His Word ..  
            💖 unconditional love 
              ✝️ salvation 
                ⏳forever 
^~^ 
17th~ a gift in a box, a bag, a book ..  
              📿baby bracelet 
               🛒 groceries 
                📖hope 
~~•~
18th~ 3 gifts unexpected ..  
           🙂 having 2 real friends 
            💄Avon income 
    (@)
19th~ 3 gifts from your childhood. ..  
                 🐔farm life 
              🚲riding my bike 
         🌳 climbing trees/playing in the woods 
#.# 
20th~ a gift sweet, sour, salty ..  
            🙏hope in prayer 
              ⏳waiting 
                📖truth in His Word 
+°+ 
21st~ 3 gifts found in little people . . 
           ⏳our future 
            🤔open minds 
             💖agape love 
_$_ 
22nd~ 3 gifts that made you laugh ..  
          🐇 3 crazy bunnies 
~@~ 
23rd~ 3 gifts found in community . . 
            🗣️ someone to talk to 
             💡 sharing ideas 
               🆘helping each other 
}°{
24th~ a gift in a plate, pot, package ..  
            🍳nice breakfast 
             🍜clam chowder 
              🍣 blueberry danish 
|^|     
25th~ 3 gifts hard giving thanks for . . 
             👨‍⚖️mistaken judgement 
              😳exhaustion 
             🔊loud neighbors 
ונ
26th~ a gift worn, white, whispered ..  
           🖇️hair clips (paperclips in a pinch!!) 
             ☣️sins washed clean 
           📖His quiet answer/redirection 
/¡\
27th~ 3 gifts found in church . . 
            🙌a place to praise together 
              🙏prayer time 
          🏘️ community 
  *|*
28th~ 3 gifts in today's work ..  
         🤣 joking 
           😊 friendship 
            🍳 a home cooked supper 
•°• 
29th~ a gift @ 8am, 12pm and 8pm . . 
          🕣nice chat 
          ⏱️drive and fresh air 
          🕣snuggling and brushing bunnies 
~^~ 
30th~ 3 gifts blue . . 
            👗new dress 
              ☁️sky behind storm clouds 
                🍧 blueberries on ice cream 
°✓° 
31st~ 3 gifts you made today . . 
                👨🏾Matt grin 
              👴🏾client smile 
            🕜good time driving 

Couponless Haul at Kroger!

I just bought all of this for $44+ change!! Seriously .. 

Bread $0.84 each 

Salami 4/$1 

Oikos 10/$10 

Lala $3.99

Bagged produce was from discount shelf $0.99/bag 

Flavored seltzer water $0.19 each 

Welch's juice $1.99 each 

Seasoned chicken $0.99/lb ($3.61 total) 

Braunschweiger $2.50 

There are definitely some deals to be had if you know where to look!! 

#whatif Prompt for 5.24.19

Me~ 20,287 Days Young!!

 

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!! 

Oak Openings Preserve

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!! 😂

🐌Joy Dare 📚 April 22-30, 2019 🌳

~22nd~ 3 gifts close . . . 

         🚃 New home 

          🐌 Slowing down 

            📚 College 

~23rd~ 3 gifts reflecting . . . 
                   ✍️what was on my list? 
                 📖Whom is in charge here 
                🌳peace in Simplicity 

~24th~ 3 gifts fragile . . . 
             👵feelings 
               ⌚time allotment 
             💤energy 

~25th~ a gift cloth, steel, wood . . 
            🛅packing 
             🚐van runs well 
              🚪home  

~26th~ 3 gifts moving  . . 
            📦packing 
             🚮pitching excess 
              🚃new adventure awaits 

~27th~ 3 gifts ugly-beautiful ..  
            ⏳waiting and waiting 
              ⛅cloudy afternoon 

~28th~ 3 gifts orange . . 
            🍊 tangerines for boys and bunnies 
             ⛔ safety cones 
              🛍️ bag of pellets 

~29th~ 3 gifts in dirt ..  
           🌄 up early to 
                  *sweep
                   *pray 
               

~30th~ a gift given, made, sacrificed.  . 
            ⏳ time and patience 
              🍝supper 
                🕊️ forgiveness 

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 

📚Joy Dare 📖 April 15-21, 2019⛵

~15th~ a gift in a bag, in a box, in a book ..
                   🍳breakfast🥞
                      📱Matt's new phone
                  📖lessons

~16th~ 3 hard eucharisteo . .
                   😥divorce
             🚧changes
                       🌱starting over

~17th~ 3 gifts woven together . .
                  ✝️Christ
                 😊contentment
              👨‍👩‍👦‍👦family

~18th~ 3 gifts inherited ..
              📚love of learning
               🐮love of farming
                 👶love of children

~19th~ 3 gifts square . .
           💤burning the box
             💻 back to college
               🙃 pretending to be "normal"

~20th~ a gift stacked, stashed, stilled ..
            📚 books
              😊 sewing supplies
                😨 fears

~21th~ 3 gifts found in Christ .. 
                      ☕comfort
               🏆reward
                      ⛪service to others 

💑Joy Dare🐇 April 8-14, 2019🚃

8th~ 3 gifts rising up . . 

              💑 happiness 

               🌞summer sun 

                 💯 Matt's grades 

                             ~*~

9th~ a gift hiding, held, heard . . 

              🙏prayers

                ❤️his heart

                   💭His answer   

                             ~*~

10th~ 3 gifts opened up  . .  

             ❤️my heart to His will 

                🚃soon

                  ⛵plans 

                             ~*~

11th~ 3 gifts budding/blooming . . 

             ❤️His plan for restoration 

                🚃new home 

                 🐇snuggly homesteading 

                            ~*~

12th~ 3 gifts worn . . 
             👕red t-shirt 
               👖comfy jeans 
                 💖His love in my heart 
                           ~*~ 

13th~ 3 gifts bright . . 
              👵her smile 
                😊when work is fun 
                 🙃long drive with Matt 
                          ~*~ 

14th~ 3 gifts found looking up . . 
                   📖His truth 
                 🕊️peace in quiet times 
                🚧new direction 
                          ~*~

Forbidden Tree ~ What I'm Learning

3 

Genesis 

The snake was the most intelligent of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say that you shouldn’t eat from any tree in the garden?”

² The woman said to the snake, “We may eat the fruit of the garden’s trees ³ but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘Don’t eat from it, and don’t touch it, or you will die.’”

⁴ The snake said to the woman, “You won’t die! ⁵ God knows that on the day you eat from it, you will see clearly and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ⁶ The woman saw that the tree was beautiful with delicious food and that the tree would provide wisdom, so she took some of its fruit and ate it, and also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 

Yes, the woman listened to the snake and picked the fruit then handed it to her husband. We've all heard that so many times and it seems, IMHO, that most paste the blame squarely on her shoulders alone. 

But look at the end of verse 6: "..who was with her, and he ate it." 

Now, go back to Genesis 2:15-17 
¹⁵ The Lord God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it. ¹⁶ The Lord God commanded the human, “Eat your fill from all of the garden’s trees; ¹⁷ but don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!” 

God initially commanded the man not to eat from the tree of knowledge. Nowhere does it say He gave the same instructions to the woman. As He created man to lead the woman He also left Adam to instruct and lead Eve. 
He was to impart to her how imperative it was that they fully obey God. Adam failed at this. 
Adam was the one who received the message. 
Adam was to lead his wife and be a strong husband. 
Adam, instead, allowed Eve to approach the tree and pick it's fruit. 
At no point does my Bible say, "Adam grabbed Eve and tried to stop her", Adam told Eve no", "Adam grabbed the fruits from Eve and threw them into the river!" 
Adam stood there listening to the lies the serpent told without argument. 
Adam watched his wife pick the forbidden fruit and eat it. 
Adam accepted Eve's offering of the same fruit and ate it himself. 
Yeah, reading my new Bible is fun. . and eye opening!! 

Okay, so I am very slowly reading through my new Common English Bible. Something about this writing makes the words jump off the paper! It's like I'm there with them. The writing is simple, unadorned. Very clear and easy to read. Mind you, I do enjoy books where I have to look up words on every page as that grows my vocabulary immeasurably, but this Bible grows my understanding in the same way. With this Bible, as compared with my KJV and NKJV, I find myself at work longing to be home curled up reading His word. I have felt that before with the others but not the same as this. Before it was to gain wisdom  . . this is to become closer to Him. It may simply be where I am in my relationship with God right now, but I have several other versions of the Bible and don't long to curl up and read any of those.
I would highly recommend trying the Common English Bible app as well as buying a hard copy. I ordered mine from www.CommonEnglishBible.com It has references to where verses match up with the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as including, off to the side, the verses King James VIII added in. Both are extremely nice for comparison as well as authentication. 
Have you tried the Common English Bible?

🙏Praying for You, Dear💗

Praying. . 

  For God to guide you ..  

   Show you His will . . 

  Touch your heart with divine healing . . 

#whatif Prompt for 3.17.19

Today's prompt:

                    Joie de vivre!! 

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Corned Beef Hash and Rice a la Matt!!

Yes, once again I am so spoiled . . And yes, I was served supper in bed!!!

Have a Great Evening!!