Italian Knotted Border Stitch

Continuous French Knot

Model Trains at Wildwood Park

Selvage Strip Crazy Quilt

Planning a new crazy quilt ..  it's always fun to pull out my supplies and create something new!

#whatif Prompt for 12.22.18

Today's prompt:

       Now, that's classy!

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🎾 #whatif Prompt for 12.21.18

Today's prompt:

     hitting tennis balls against a wall

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Praying and Quilting . .

Anytime I can pause to quilt is a good time to pray .  a time to reflect on what He has brought me out of . . where He is leading me . . and to ask His guidance on my next steps . . I am coming into a season of great change so my prayer life is needing to expand accordingly. Change can be beautiful if done within His Devine Will .   .  He knows best!! 🙏🙌💞📚👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🙏🌎If All Nations Prayed Together🌍🙌

2 Chronicles 7:14
14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

What if all Christians in all nation's around the world took one month and really put this verse into practice?
If pastor's worldwide would call for followers to
*humble themselves
*repent sincerely
*change lifestyles
*pray fervently
🙏

We would, as a planet-wide body of Christ, see amazing drastic change. 🙌

🚶#whatif Prompt for 12.20.18

Today's prompt:

Where do you hike?

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Yes, I've been quiet lately . .

Yes, I've been quiet lately . . honestly, I was down with a weird sinus thing (I think it was trying to melt my brain!!) . . then something happened . . sometimes God puts certain events in our lives to teach us and this event did just that! It taught me to sit back . . be very quiet publicly . . pray fervently . . I have kept to myself . . but have kept closer to God. I have prayed . . not more  . . but more profitably. I have laid out my heart before the Lord but have included almost no one else in hearing my pleas.  . .
Because of these changes my days have been so much more peaceful . . and I've found a new contentment in where I am as well as a closeness to the Holy Spirit as never before.  . . that long deep sad feeling of loneliness and longing for a close girlfriend has completely disappeared! I am so thankful for that!! 🙌
Slowly He is revealing things to me and shoring up my battered heart with renewed hope. He is loving me as I am . . encouraging me to be me .  .  building my future on my strengths . . working with me on my weaknesses.
Yes, I've been quiet these last two (2) weeks . . I've also been ultra-blessed!!

#whatif Prompt for 12.19.18

Today's prompt:

   Best places to play hooky

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Please Come Home

Know that you are still loved here . . and will be welcomed with open arms.
Come home 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🍧#whatif Prompt for 12.17.18

Today's prompt:

  How to make an ice cream sundae

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Psalm 112

1¶Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

8His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

As I sat and did my Bible study tonight this is where the Lord led me. I love when He brings such crystal clear answers and instructions right to my fingertips!! That is the blessing of being one of His precious children 😇
~ continue to fear God and delight in pleasing Him
~ do not be afraid of evil  . . keep heart fixed on trusting Him
~ pray and fast for enemies . . desire of the wicked shall perish

What do I really want for Christmas?
My family restored  . . together again even though we are all a true hot mess . . and then to grow in Him and be led to serve Him together.
So, yes, just all come home . . you are welcome and loved here.

🎄#whatif Prompt for 12.15.18

Today's prompt:

       Christmas p.j.'s

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👸#whatif Prompt for 12.14.18

Today's prompt:

  Princess Pumpkin-Face

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☕🐇 Rambling from the Homestead . . 💻📚

Hey, sorry I haven't been around much lately . . just posting daily prompts . . and I'm not even participating in my own!! I must say that I am still slowly recovering from that weird sinus thing that hit me (a week ago??) so am going overly slow with everything . . 
And then . . Yes, and then . . a new series from a pastor I follow started  . .  How to Fight Your Own Battles  . . how to run to God with all your battles . . not run to man (people). . not post online . . it has changed my life.
Now, I follow several pastor's on YouTube, but Evans Francis really touches my life in ways that can only be from the heart of God. Every day that I watch another of his videos my day is changed . . I am way way more focused on what He wants from my life . . quieter . . introspective . . and looking around more at what I can do for Him to help those with less than me, who struggle even more than I do day to day . .

So, I've been thinking, plotting my takeover of the world 😉
I need to get back on my prayer jug project. . I have been quietly accumulating plastic jugs of various sizes for this project . .
So here's my plan so far:
Set aside clear plastic jugs designated for specific people/situations.
Label each jug . . some with a specific name .. others with a simple colored ribbon . . but each labeled so I can keep them straight 😊
So far I want one for:
~ each of my children
~ daughter's husband
~ 4 grandchildren
~ Mom
~ husband
~ Toledo Restoration Church
~ Akron Restoration Home

. . .and my mind rambles along ticking off ideas of more jugs/people/situations to pray for . .

🐔 I am longing for a tiny homestead . . a few chickens 🐔 ducks 🦆 rabbits 🐇 .. . a nice garden . . veggies everywhere . . need to pray about it . . I know full well I can give God my all and still have all this too . . as I sit in a very very restrictive apartment setting I long for a place to plant some herbs, peppers, etc . . 🍓🥕🌶️🍅 really strongly feeling led to find a place to live where I can have it all . .

Okay, then there is college . . like a BIG dummy I quit college in 1984 after 3 1/2 years of studies so I could get married. . . in all actuality, although my first husband and I were good friends, we were not in love . . I don't recall love being much a part of it all or those words spoken between us . . how sad is that??! "But, I digrees . "
So I was initially an Architectural Engineering major at Fairmont State College in 1981. . didn't know that college was not accredited in my field of study . . smh . . when we moved to Toledo and I tried to transfer my credits to the University of Toledo I was informed all credits in my major could not be applied as core classes and would have to be repeated. My father refused to allow me to retake those classes and demanded that I change my major . . I LOVE to write so I chose Communications/Print Media (journalism). I did okay, well, I survived it ..  even wrote for the Collegian, as the college newspaper was called at that time.
But my heart wasn't in it . .
So I got married so I'd be allowed to quit school and move out.
smh
Wish I'd known I could seek assistance at the school advisor's office!!
And, I digress yet again . . 😉
I've been toying with the idea of returning to school for years and years but it always seemed just out of my grasp . . until now!!
I did talk to both U.T. and University of Phoenix advisor's and realized I needed to first sit down and thoroughly go through the lists of majors available to firmly decide for myself what I want. Yes, first priority is to simply finish college, aka have a degree, aka not be a quitter . .
"Quitters never win, winners never quit." "Joyce's  are not quitters."
Thanks Mom for all the years you repeated those phrases ad infinitum!!
Well, I looked at class listings for both universities and kept coming back to Communication!! LOL . .
At this point I found my schedule had changed and wouldn't accommodate me being in class on campus 12-16 hours/week much less the 24-32 hours of study time needed additionally ..  just wasn't going to happen. This clinched it~> University of Phoenix was the obvious answer.  . . there students take one class at a time and all online!!
So I looked through the majors under Communications . . one was for ex-military. . one was for those wanting to work more in, what looked like to me from the description, a downtown office . . Nope, well, probably not anyway.
But  . .
Communications/English . . Oooooo! The core classes (pretty much all I still need to take) looked like too too much fun!!!! 🤣 And, should I choose to add the necessary classes, I could get a teaching certificate for primary/secondary schools . . and maybe add a couple classes in special education teachering as communication can be such a huge hurdle there (first hand knowledge having raised an autistic son).
My first step is to see if my current laptop, a Toshiba Air is able to be updated to Microsoft 10 (and one other update) . . Then I need to apply to University of Phoenix and get my FAFSA done . .
Sooooo exciting!!

🎄#whatif Prompt for 12.13.18

Today's prompt:

Post a photo of your childhood Christmas🎄

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Latest News from Popton

The date for the  trip  to the old haunted  lollipop  factory, Pop's Lollipops, was cancelled because the ghost of old Mr. Pop threw pop rocks and  vanilla Coke in the  fountain used for mixing chocolate creating a citywide exploding shower!!
Stay tuned for further details. .

Christmas at Wildwood Manor House

Hmm . . Yeti's spending Christmas in Toledo!!

Santa's getting ready!! 🎅

Tea time . .
     maybe with the Mad Hatter?!! 🎩

Supper is served . .

Hanging out with friends and family . .

Stop by again soon!!