Carrie and Sara are now vegetarians . They eat healthy food and tease me about some of "recipes" that I gave them when they got married. The most famous being :
any pasta
can cream soup
sour cream
any meat
I very seldom use recipes when I cook. I just make it up as I go along.
So, this morning I found this recipe in a magazine
This ones for you Carrie
Chicken Spaghetti
box of spaghetti
can chicken broth
mince onion and garlic seasoning
butter
mushrooms
package seasoned chicken
can of cream of chicken soup
sour cream
milk
processed cheese
This does not seem to go with Carrie and Sara's healthy non-processed food life style cooking
The sad thing is, my first thought was, that sounds good.
It's a process.
Learning how to eat healthy when you are old is very very hard.
Maybe, I should just stop cooking and eat at "The Square".....when it opens
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Fleetwood Fall
Life is good for the Fleetwood family......a very very busy Fall season. Any one of the things that is going on in our family is enough to keep the entire family busy and excited. Put them all together and you have the:
Fleetwood Fall.
We are going to have a grandson soon.
We are very excited to have another little one join our family and pray for healthy Moma and baby
My baby boy is getting married to the girl I have been praying for - for years.
We are very excited to have Megan join the family.
Our daughter Carrie is having her year long photography project for CRMC: "Art on the Wall" gallery opening Oct 24 at the Colquitt County Arts Center.
We are so proud of her and this once in a life time opportunity to give back to her community.
The Viohl/Fleetwood adventure called the opening of The Square is just around the corner.
This will be a life changing challenge for these two families. We are so proud and are waiting in anticipation to see what this new business can do for our community. Downtown Moultrie seems to be coming alive with new growth and excitement thanks to this new generation.
Mark and I are bouncing around with projects all over while still maintaining our little business.
Fleetwood to-do list
9 shows
clean out the barns
and storage rooms
at old house
Church
go to the Square to paint
showers
decorate new building outside
go to Lowes
take care of girls for Doctor appointment
clean house
meet with Megan about reception
and rehearsal dinner decor with
Jane and Susan
buy paper products
Sara and David home
family meal
Bible study
WMU
Tennis Match
Take Becca her book bag
Watch Riley and Jet for busy parents
find a new camera
clean up again
Go to Lowes
cut grass
clean out storage unit
hang ceiling tiles
call Doctor about Mark's heart check up
buy groceries ( who has time )
take out trash
pick up pizza
Update Red Cross status
go to Lowes
Do report for business
sales tax
Mom's gone
Mom's back
What are we going to wear for:
opening
wedding
rehearsal
remember to eat right
remember to eat
take lunch to the guys at the Square
Go to Lowes
take Viohl Kids where they need to go
pick up sweet girls
feed the family again
Set up for show today at Farm Bureau
go by hospital to visit friend
get gifts to newly weds
Riley's birthday
quiet time
Phillip is leaving a long to-do list for the Square
While He and Carrie do beach photo shoots
Expo coming
get pictures for power point ready
find bottles and wash
blood work next week
drug store this week
skillet festival next weekend
find all cast iron
calico coming
cancel mule day
Wedding 2nd
baby due 7th
Becca birthday 7th
Sara's birthday 8th
my birthday 9th
I plan to take a nap for my birthday
and just think
Thanksgiving and Christmas
are just around the corner
Pray for my crazy busy family
Fleetwood Fall.
We are going to have a grandson soon.
We are very excited to have another little one join our family and pray for healthy Moma and baby
My baby boy is getting married to the girl I have been praying for - for years.
We are very excited to have Megan join the family.
Our daughter Carrie is having her year long photography project for CRMC: "Art on the Wall" gallery opening Oct 24 at the Colquitt County Arts Center.
We are so proud of her and this once in a life time opportunity to give back to her community.
The Viohl/Fleetwood adventure called the opening of The Square is just around the corner.
This will be a life changing challenge for these two families. We are so proud and are waiting in anticipation to see what this new business can do for our community. Downtown Moultrie seems to be coming alive with new growth and excitement thanks to this new generation.
Mark and I are bouncing around with projects all over while still maintaining our little business.
Fleetwood to-do list
9 shows
clean out the barns
and storage rooms
at old house
Church
go to the Square to paint
showers
decorate new building outside
go to Lowes
take care of girls for Doctor appointment
clean house
meet with Megan about reception
and rehearsal dinner decor with
Jane and Susan
buy paper products
Sara and David home
family meal
Bible study
WMU
Tennis Match
Take Becca her book bag
Watch Riley and Jet for busy parents
find a new camera
clean up again
Go to Lowes
cut grass
clean out storage unit
hang ceiling tiles
call Doctor about Mark's heart check up
buy groceries ( who has time )
take out trash
pick up pizza
Update Red Cross status
go to Lowes
Do report for business
sales tax
Mom's gone
Mom's back
What are we going to wear for:
opening
wedding
rehearsal
remember to eat right
remember to eat
take lunch to the guys at the Square
Go to Lowes
take Viohl Kids where they need to go
pick up sweet girls
feed the family again
Set up for show today at Farm Bureau
go by hospital to visit friend
get gifts to newly weds
Riley's birthday
quiet time
Phillip is leaving a long to-do list for the Square
While He and Carrie do beach photo shoots
Expo coming
get pictures for power point ready
find bottles and wash
blood work next week
drug store this week
skillet festival next weekend
find all cast iron
calico coming
cancel mule day
Wedding 2nd
baby due 7th
Becca birthday 7th
Sara's birthday 8th
my birthday 9th
I plan to take a nap for my birthday
and just think
Thanksgiving and Christmas
are just around the corner
Pray for my crazy busy family
Monday, October 7, 2013
Week five of Gideon
Oh how I wish that our hero could finish well.
God can still use his life to teach us to:
"Trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not into our understanding
In all our ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our path."
Gideon went from the timid, frightened, depending on God , Hero
to a vindictive, angry, reacting and retaliating leader
of an large army dispensing cruel judgement.
The domino effect began when he stopped asking God and
started reacting to the actions of those around Him.
He traded in a close relationship with God
for the adoration of others.
He forgot who really won the victory
and became "The Man"
Our Sunday school lesson says to leave retaliation to God
Mark says to respond not to react.
The lesson says to trust God
to make all things right
in that day the wicked will be judges
and the faithful will be rewarded.
Mark says, Payday some day
Today's devotion quoted D.L. Moody
"True faith is Man's weakness leaning on God's strength
When man has no strength..if he learns to lean on God,
He becomes powerful."
The sermon on the Radio tells us that Jesus is our example
when He was on the cross,
"Father forgive them, for they know not what thy do."
His power is seen in what he has
the authority and power to do
and chooses not to do.
To be like Jesus:
" when we have the desire to be critical of others,
take that as a cue to bless and encourage them instead."
respond with positive
instead of
reacting with negative
J-esus
O-thers
Y-ou
God can still use his life to teach us to:
"Trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not into our understanding
In all our ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our path."
Gideon went from the timid, frightened, depending on God , Hero
to a vindictive, angry, reacting and retaliating leader
of an large army dispensing cruel judgement.
The domino effect began when he stopped asking God and
started reacting to the actions of those around Him.
He traded in a close relationship with God
for the adoration of others.
He forgot who really won the victory
and became "The Man"
Our Sunday school lesson says to leave retaliation to God
Mark says to respond not to react.
The lesson says to trust God
to make all things right
in that day the wicked will be judges
and the faithful will be rewarded.
Mark says, Payday some day
Today's devotion quoted D.L. Moody
"True faith is Man's weakness leaning on God's strength
When man has no strength..if he learns to lean on God,
He becomes powerful."
The sermon on the Radio tells us that Jesus is our example
when He was on the cross,
"Father forgive them, for they know not what thy do."
His power is seen in what he has
the authority and power to do
and chooses not to do.
To be like Jesus:
" when we have the desire to be critical of others,
take that as a cue to bless and encourage them instead."
respond with positive
instead of
reacting with negative
J-esus
O-thers
Y-ou
Gideon week four
For Gideon week 4, I was in the mountains of Kentucky have trouble with signal and kept losing blogs.
So, I will go over what meant a lot to me. It was about the patience of God in dealing with his children.
Grace = getting what you do not deserve
Mercy = not getting what you deserve
She used Gideon's gift to have us look at our own gifts. Gifts given to us by God, to be given back to God, for Him to use when and how He chooses for our good and His glory.
Hiking through the mountains, I thought about what gift God may have given me and I came up with this.
I think God wants me to be His cheerleader
To exalt Him
To praise His word
To build up His children
I have been a cheerleader most of my life.
I had four brothers, so, I naturally gravitated toward sports
My sister was a very precise cheerleader, with a perfect split and perfect movements,
very thin and looked good in her uniform, every hair of her long straight hair in place.
I could not do a split , my hair was a mess and my movements were okay at best
But, I was very enthusiastic and very vocal (imagine that)
and I knew the game. I knew when we were on offence and defense. '
When we needed a first and ten or to hold that line.
To be God's cheerleader, I need to know and grow.
I realize I am still a mess, and make bad moves.
But I am very enthusiastic and learning more every day as I study His word and pray and grow.
I hear Him tell me constantly, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workmen that needth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
On page 102, she asked us what practical things could we do to prepare our gifts to be used by God
I wrote:
Practice,practice,practice
Study, study, study
Pray, pray, pray
Take the time effort and energy = sacrifice that is pleasing to God
She gave us 4 steps to giving our gifts to God
Prepare it
Present it
Put it down
Pour it out
See how God uses your gifts.
So, I will go over what meant a lot to me. It was about the patience of God in dealing with his children.
Grace = getting what you do not deserve
Mercy = not getting what you deserve
She used Gideon's gift to have us look at our own gifts. Gifts given to us by God, to be given back to God, for Him to use when and how He chooses for our good and His glory.
Hiking through the mountains, I thought about what gift God may have given me and I came up with this.
I think God wants me to be His cheerleader
To exalt Him
To praise His word
To build up His children
I have been a cheerleader most of my life.
I had four brothers, so, I naturally gravitated toward sports
My sister was a very precise cheerleader, with a perfect split and perfect movements,
very thin and looked good in her uniform, every hair of her long straight hair in place.
I could not do a split , my hair was a mess and my movements were okay at best
But, I was very enthusiastic and very vocal (imagine that)
and I knew the game. I knew when we were on offence and defense. '
When we needed a first and ten or to hold that line.
To be God's cheerleader, I need to know and grow.
I realize I am still a mess, and make bad moves.
But I am very enthusiastic and learning more every day as I study His word and pray and grow.
I hear Him tell me constantly, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workmen that needth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
On page 102, she asked us what practical things could we do to prepare our gifts to be used by God
I wrote:
Practice,practice,practice
Study, study, study
Pray, pray, pray
Take the time effort and energy = sacrifice that is pleasing to God
She gave us 4 steps to giving our gifts to God
Prepare it
Present it
Put it down
Pour it out
See how God uses your gifts.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
God's patience
In session 4 of Gideon, Priscilla used a lot of verses to explain God's patience
So, I decided to look them up tonight.
"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above and beyond all that we ask or think or even imagine according to the power that is at work in us." Ephesians 3:20
I can just see Priscilla at a conference talking about God doing abundantly above and beyond what we can think or ask, or imagine. Beyond
Beyond
Beyond
Anything that we can think or ask or even imagine.
He is able.
Exodus 34:6A
The LORD GOD is merciful, compassionate and gracious...
slow to anger, long-suffering and abounding in loving-kindness and truth.
Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in POWER
She took 1 Timothy 1:16,15,14,13,12 and discussed them backwards from 16 - 12
to explain that Paul was an example of God's perfect patience.
Even tough he declared himself chief among sinners,
God showed him mercy and abundant grace and love
by strengthening him and using him
to serve Him by serving others
1 Peter 3:20
"God showed his patience by waiting while Noah built the ark to send the flood."
Genesis 18:26-33
Shows us a discussion between God and Abraham....."will you spare this place for the sake of
50.....45.....40.....30.....20......10 righteous people?" God agreed to spare the nation if only....
they could find 10 righteous people in the entire nation.
In Jonah, God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent and sent a reluctant prophet.
Titus 2:11-12
"The grace of God has been revealed bringing Salvation to all"
2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slow about His promise to return.
But patient, not willing that any one should perish but \
wanting all to come to repentance,"
From Genesis 4:26 where during the time of Enoch,
"The men began to call upon the name of the Lord"
To Judges where, "Everyone did what was right in there on eyes"
God has shown His patience over and over again for His people
From Adam and Eve in the garden where sin came into the world
To Jesus, who came to die and bring hope back into the world
God has been showing his patience and love for his people.
So, I decided to look them up tonight.
"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above and beyond all that we ask or think or even imagine according to the power that is at work in us." Ephesians 3:20
I can just see Priscilla at a conference talking about God doing abundantly above and beyond what we can think or ask, or imagine. Beyond
Beyond
Beyond
Anything that we can think or ask or even imagine.
He is able.
Exodus 34:6A
The LORD GOD is merciful, compassionate and gracious...
slow to anger, long-suffering and abounding in loving-kindness and truth.
Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in POWER
She took 1 Timothy 1:16,15,14,13,12 and discussed them backwards from 16 - 12
to explain that Paul was an example of God's perfect patience.
Even tough he declared himself chief among sinners,
God showed him mercy and abundant grace and love
by strengthening him and using him
to serve Him by serving others
1 Peter 3:20
"God showed his patience by waiting while Noah built the ark to send the flood."
Genesis 18:26-33
Shows us a discussion between God and Abraham....."will you spare this place for the sake of
50.....45.....40.....30.....20......10 righteous people?" God agreed to spare the nation if only....
they could find 10 righteous people in the entire nation.
In Jonah, God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent and sent a reluctant prophet.
Titus 2:11-12
"The grace of God has been revealed bringing Salvation to all"
2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slow about His promise to return.
But patient, not willing that any one should perish but \
wanting all to come to repentance,"
From Genesis 4:26 where during the time of Enoch,
"The men began to call upon the name of the Lord"
To Judges where, "Everyone did what was right in there on eyes"
God has shown His patience over and over again for His people
From Adam and Eve in the garden where sin came into the world
To Jesus, who came to die and bring hope back into the world
God has been showing his patience and love for his people.
We can pray
Big Mike walked up to the front of Mom's church on crutches and sang. He had hip replacement and due to complications has been in pain for some time. I love going to church with Mom and to see the same faces that I saw when I was a little girl. This church is struggling, suddenly without a preacher, but the core group keeps on keeping on serving God and praying. I wrote down a few words from the song that Mike sang.
I can pray
calling on your name
What can I do
to bring them to you
and my words
don't get through.
Till the walls
come tumbling down
You can pray.
The Lord hears
us when pray
We will pray
Will you pray?
I know that when I have a prayer request
That I can call Mom and her church will
go to the throne of God and pray.
Now I feel like we need to pray
for this special church called Faith.
I can pray
calling on your name
What can I do
to bring them to you
and my words
don't get through.
Till the walls
come tumbling down
You can pray.
The Lord hears
us when pray
We will pray
Will you pray?
I know that when I have a prayer request
That I can call Mom and her church will
go to the throne of God and pray.
Now I feel like we need to pray
for this special church called Faith.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Living Word
Woke up at Mom's at 5:30 this morning. My Bible was in the car,so I grabbed one of Mom's Bible. This one was given to her in Memory of her Daddy, my Granddaddy, Ezra Simpson. It is a large print, (nice for early morning, dim light reading) red letter, King James version. In the front of this Bible, I found these words The Living Word.
From the creation in Genesis with the words, " In the beginning God Created", we see God is active with His plan and purpose. Max LaCado says that, God is always active, even when we can not see it. He created a world for His crowning glory Mankind. "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He Him , Male and Female, created He them." Genesis 1:27
God's love is revealed throughout the Living word of God
The Word of God:
lives
breathes
and acts
through the lives of people
In the Living Word we see:
God's love in action and
God's ultimate sacrifice
The Living Word
teaches wisdom
equips
reveals God
gives practical advice for life
allows us to spend Time with God
The Living Word is:
Truth
our only Hope
the Good News (Gospel)
our Daily bread
(are you starved)
relevant today
His love Letter to us
God's blueprint for a Blessed life
The living Word of God tells the greatest story ever told
We are to live the Living Word
B-I-B-L-E
B asic
I nstructions
B efore
L eaving
E arth
From the creation in Genesis with the words, " In the beginning God Created", we see God is active with His plan and purpose. Max LaCado says that, God is always active, even when we can not see it. He created a world for His crowning glory Mankind. "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He Him , Male and Female, created He them." Genesis 1:27
God's love is revealed throughout the Living word of God
The Word of God:
lives
breathes
and acts
through the lives of people
In the Living Word we see:
God's love in action and
God's ultimate sacrifice
The Living Word
teaches wisdom
equips
reveals God
gives practical advice for life
allows us to spend Time with God
The Living Word is:
Truth
our only Hope
the Good News (Gospel)
our Daily bread
(are you starved)
relevant today
His love Letter to us
God's blueprint for a Blessed life
The living Word of God tells the greatest story ever told
We are to live the Living Word
B-I-B-L-E
B asic
I nstructions
B efore
L eaving
E arth
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