Spiritual Sunday

Here's a beautiful promise:

Psalms 32:7

"You are my hiding place; 

you will protect me from trouble 

and surround me with songs of deliverance." 

       Selah

When I was a little girl growing up hearing my father preach, he once devoted every Wednesday Night Bible Study to the book of Psalms.

One Psalm, every Wednesday. 

Of course, he split Psalms 119 into sections.

I don't know how long this took for him to 

"Preach his way through the Psalms"

But I do remember enjoying these sermons. 

In fact I enjoyed them so much when my dad was packing up his library to move I asked for his sermon books on Psalms.

They now sit in my library and I love to open them up and read them and picture my dad studying for hours over the sermons he wrote.

Selah.

I remember my father explaining the meaning of this word found so frequently in the book of Psalms.

He simply said, "Think on that."

So I will do as my father instructed me many years ago,

I will think on the above verse

and not be so fearful of the coming year. 

Thank you Daddy!

Please take some time to read other encouraging posts over at Spiritual Sunday.  

Enjoy your day!

Powerful

Powerful, beautiful, true...

One day I will rise and meet my Saviour. 

One day I will hear the angels sing, "Worthy is the Lamb."

What a glorious day that will be!

Apple Dumplings

I found this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's Blog.  

I love her blog.  I love her recipes.  

They're so easy to follow and she posts tons of pictures along the way.  

These are the best apple dumplings I've had in ages.  

And they're so easy. 

HOWEVER, Pioneer Woman uses 2 sticks of butter!  

The first time I made them I followed her recipe all the way. 

But thought, too much butter, too fattening!

I decided to use much less...just 1/2 a stick of butter.  

The original recipe calls for 6 oz. of Mountain Dew.  

I used about 4 oz. 

Here's what you need:

2 cans of crescent rolls

2 apples

cinnamon and sugar mixture

1/2 stick butter

4 oz. Mountain Dew

Peel, core and slice the apples.  

Place about 2 to 3 apple slices at the top of one crescent roll, 

sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar...

Roll the crescent roll up...

Place crescent roll in a 9 X 13 pan sprayed with Pam...

Melt the butter in the microwave.  

Pour the butter on top and around the dumplings.  

Sprinkle the tops with more of the cinnamon and sugar mixture.  

Now, take your 4 oz. of Mountain Dew and pour around the dumplings.  

Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes until golden brown...  

Don't they look delicious...

YUMMY!

Feel free to add ice cream!

Life Just Got Interesting

The Colonel called with some news last Wednesday. 

Guess who's going to Afghanistan? 

Come on, take a guess.

Okay, I'll give you a hint.

The Colonel.

How long will he be gone?

Oh, just a year.

WHAT?

Yes, a year.  

He reports to Ft. Benning, GA on December 12th.

For those of you counting, that's in about 5 weeks.

He was home over the weekend and we told the kids. 

They seem to be doing okay with everything. 

Me...well that's another story.

I'm dealing with it.  It's beginning to sink in.

I know it's going to be a hard year, but the Lord gave me a promise.

It's found in Joshua 1:9

"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

Thank you for your prayers!

A Great Quote...

"The task ahead of you is never as great 

as the power behind you."

Hope you all have a great weekend. 

I could use your prayers.

Thank you.  

A new follower of mine, Shay, posted this cute Q & A 

on her blog a few weeks ago.  

I thought I'd play along. 

Enjoy!

When is the last time you we're surprised?

About a month ago.  

The Colonel ordered a book for me that he had seen years ago in 

one of our favorite book stores.  

He could only find it used, but it was such a sweet surprise.  

If you were granted one wish right now, what would it be?

 

Should I do the politically correct thing and ask for world peace?  

NO.  

I really would love to be 20 pounds thinner.  

Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with and what was it about?

The Colonel.  

And our "deep conversation" probably was about music and my piano playing.  

A lot going on there.  

Is there a certain moment that you can replay in your head perfectly? 

 

Yes.  

Don't want to go into detail.  

Has to do with my father.  

You never know what you have till you lose it. True or false? 

 True.  

Three thing's your scared of? 

Only three?  Where shall I begin?  

Terrified of something happening to the Colonel and my children.

Flying.

My daughter driving to school.

  

Believe it or not, I'm terrified of the drive to her school.  

It's about 30 minutes away and the road clings to the mountain.  

My mother loves the view.  

I'm too terrified to take my eyes off the road to notice ANYTHING.   

Anytime I have to make the drive, I always take someone with me...

Usually my mother so she can enjoy the view.

What is your favorite season, and why? 

Fall.  

The colors are spectacular.  

I'm continually amazed that God could have had everything just die and turn brown and ugly, but HE chose to make the process beautiful.

  

What is something you can't do, but have always wanted to?

Okay, here's something only people with curly hair will understand...

I've always wanted to be able to pull my hair back in a ponytail!

What is the most memorable thing that has happened this year? 

Taking on our latest house project.  

It might turn into one of the three things I'm afraid of. 

I promise to post pictures soon!

 

What states/country's have you lived in, and where do you want to retire? 

I was born and raised in Queens, New York and still consider myself a New Yorker.   

Attended college in Missouri.  

Lived on Ft. Benning, Georgia for 5 months.  

Lived in New Jersey for 11 years and now live in Pennsylvania.  

I really enjoy our house and couldn't think of living anywhere else!

Well I hope this didn't bore you too much!

Join the fun.  Let me know if you do!

Busy, busy, busy...

 

I know WE'RE all busy. 

Work has been wonderfully busy. 

I know some of you might say, "Wonderfully?" 

 I'm grateful for the work. 

Grateful to be able to bring a little extra income into our household 

and not have to leave the house!

Michael is doing much better. 

But then again he always does good while he's on an antibiotic.

He went for blood work on Friday. 

Everything came back PERFECT.

We went back to the specialist on Friday as well.

He wants Michael to take allergy medicine in addition to his antibiotic. 

I've heard from quite a few people that have been struggling with a lingering cough.

I know everything will work out.  

I know he'll be okay. 

Enjoy your day!

Thank You!

I cannot begin to tell you how surprised I was with all the 

wonderful comments 

you all left for me here yesterday.  

I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and prayers for my son.

We went to the doctor yesterday and they did a flu test on him which came back negative.  

Sort of glad about that.

Sort of not.

Would have just loved an answer to what is going on in his body.

The doctor said it's the same upper respiratory infection he's had since 

Labor Day.  

Same cough.

More antibiotics.

Michael is going for blood work today. 

He has an appointment this afternoon with the specialist he saw 2 weeks ago. 

Thank you for praying for him.  

Enjoy your weekend!

Sick, sick, sick...

Michael. 

He's sick.

He's been sick since Labor Day.

He came down with a typical upper respiratory infection over Labor Day weekend.

Which then went into bronchitis.

Which left behind a terrible, annoying cough.

He has been on some sort of antibiotic since Labor Day.

We went back to the doctor 2 weeks ago for the same thing...the cough.

The doctor thought maybe it was a slight case of asthma.

So off to a specialist...who runs all these tests and thankfully determines it's not asthma.

Another 2 weeks of antibiotics and guess what?

He comes home sick from school Tuesday.  

He tells me 90 kids in his school are out sick.

90 Kids.  

It's not that big of a school.  

He laid on the couch for the rest of the day and then around 8:00 started throwing up.  

I couldn't get an appointment with the doctor yesterday.

They're booked solid.

Something's going around. 

REALLY?

I have an appointment for him this morning with the doctor.

If you can, please say a prayer.  

I hate to see him sick.    

This is one of my favorite pictures of Michael with his Opa.  

If my dad was still alive he'd be over here sitting with Michael on the couch 

watching TV with him.

 And Michael would love it.