Book Review:Life Application Devotion Book

I recently had the chance to review this Bible Devotion book. This is a devotion book from the Life applications study Bible. It takes on different parts from the life of Jesus. It goes by the week with a different part from the life of Jesus and each day it gives you a devotion to study each day. It's filled with a wide range of topics on the life of Jesus and gives you bible verses to go too and read and what part of the bible it is coming from. It is very well put together and easy to follow along. A very good book if you want to have certain topics on the life of Jesus each day to learn and have devotions. Very nice Read to take you through his life and to learn more about Jesus.

I received this book free from Tyndale for my honest review.

Book Review:The Wonder of your Love By Beth Wiseman

Katie Ann is a Amish Woman who lost her husband to the English world and then he died in a accident. She was pregnant with his child. Eli has been a widow since losing his wife 17 years before and raising all his children on his own. Now with all his children grown and out of the house with children of their own. Eli comes to a wedding in the town where Katie Ann is and is attracted to her. He has his own plans for travel and being free though after raising all his children alone. She is just a new mother starting out in motherhood. They become fast friends but can he put aside his own plans and can she forgive her former husband for the hurt he had caused her so both of them will follow God's plan? I found this to be a sweet love story based in the Amish life. I love Amish fiction and Beth Wiseman has proven her wonderful writing again with a wonderful book in the 2nd book in the series Land of Canon. I got the book on a Monday and Finished on Tuesday. Great read and I recommend it to anyone who wants a nice little read.

I received this book free from booksneeze for my honest review

TV Gadget:Deal or Dud

We were at a thrift store the other week and everything in the store was 50% off:) Mom found a brand new one of those tv gadget things that are suppose to make brownies perfect. So she bought it for like two something and she tried it. It made the best brownies and she also found another use for it...cornbread!!

 Once you pour the batter in and it has baked,all you do is pull out the thing after it cools and you have perfect squares.

 It makes 12 of what you make:) This was after supper when I took the picture..lol

So was it a deal or a dud?

DEAL!!!!!

Book Review:Where will you go from Here? By Valorie Burton

Have you ever found yourself in the Ditch? Fallen and can't seem to get out of it. Weather it be by a setback in life such as Divorce,Money problems or Health problems. Sometimes you didn't even see it coming. In this book she shares different things you can do to climb back up again and live again from your setback you have fallen into. She give different quotes,Bible Verses and also real stories from people who found themselves down and climb up again. I found this book to be very good and enjoyed reading it. I found myself taking notes and writing down the quotes and verses she wrote. If you have faced a setback or something that has totally blindsided you this is the book for you. You can choose to stay down or choose to get up and face the setback head on. Good book and read!

I received this book free from the publisher for my honest review

Biscuit Donuts...

So when I was in like 4th grade..a long time ago..lol:) Our teacher one day made this recipe with us and it was so easy to make. It has stuck with me for a long time. I have not made it in forever but for some reason I thought of it today and thought you might like to try it sometime.

1 Can of Biscuits

Choice of Toppings for Different Flavors (Icings,Sugar,Sprinkles,Etc..you get the picture,anything good..lol)

Take the biscuits and take a Bottle top from a Soda bottle and press into the middle making a hole and putting that dough aside. Then drop each Biscuit into either a Hot Deep fryer or Pan with Hot Oil turning them over on both sides to cook and cook til golden brown:) Take them out and drain the excess grease off on a paper towel. Simple as that! Then you take a top it with whatever topping you like:) You can also take a bag and shake them in powered sugar as well. Simple right? Oh and those leftover pieces that you cut the circles out well roll them babies up in a ball and you got donut holes you can cook and make:) I have seen online where you can get very creative with these. You can cut the middle of donuts into different shapes like Hearts,etc...and then cook the shapes:) So there you go a fun a simple way to make cheap donuts at home:) Yummy and Cheap:)

Good Morning God...

Good Morning God

By Helen Steiner Rice

You are ushering in another day

untouched and freshly new.

So here I come to ask You God

if You’ll renew me too?

Forgive the many errors, that

I made yesterday, and let me try

again dear God

to walk closer in Thy way.

But Father I am well aware

I can’t make it on my own.

So take my hand and hold it tight.

for I can’t walk alone.

Lookie what I got..

So have you guessed what this is yet? It's an Indian Arrowhead!! It's not fake either it's a real live Indian arrowhead:) A man that works with my dad has been telling him about them. They are real easy to find in this area and the man hunts for them and sometimes they sell for like up to 10,000 dollars. My dad told him I thought it was interesting and he gave my dad one to give me!!! I am not sure how old it is? It could be up to 1000's of years old!! It's so cool to know that a Indian handmade this out of rock so long ago. I love History!!

What has happen to the Hymn Book?

Me and my Mom has been pondering a thought recently. Why are so many churches leaving the Hymn book behind? Why do some make you try out for the choir? Why are some doing away with choirs? What happen to just singing out of the old Hymnal Book and singing from the heart? What's with all the fancy gadgets where there are lights everywhere and the lyrics are on the wall? Sorry but I still like the old fashion way of opening up a hymn book and singing from the heart. People can have their modern ways but I think I like the old path just fine. It was good enough and worked for generations. God does not change. Why should we change worship ways to please man? Sorry but I guess I am just an old fashion Hymn book singing gal. It was good enough for people before me and good enough for me now. God bless the churches that still take a stand for the old fashion way:)

Just one day Closer...

Hey my bloggy friends!!

Hope all is well in your corners of the world. So I decided to take a break from facebook for awhile. I just get tired of it sometimes of it..lol. Plus I just want to focus more on other things and writing more on this blog. I get so tired sometimes and I am wore out here lately. Mentally I am just wore out from the OCD. I am on 3 different meds right now and I feel no change. I know there is no cure for ocd,but you would think the meds would take some of it away and give me some rest from it. It just really wears me out to go through each and every day I wake up. I am not trying to grumble or complain. I try to smile in spite of the trials I face,but it just gets hard sometimes. I still though praise the Lord for his many blessings and getting me through the days. I have no answers for why I go through what I go through. I pray for a healing and miracle everyday. You know what though. I just keep telling myself that if I don't get healed on this side. I'm one day closer to heaven and oh will I find my healing and perfect peace there. So my friend if your going through something. Just tell yourself "I'm one day closer to Heaven" where this will pass over in glory:) God bless you all.

Today I remember...

Today may we remember all the lives that were lost and people changed forever 10 years ago. God bless all the families who lost love ones and God bless our Troops for serving our country and protecting America. God Bless America!!!

Port Royal State Park,Tennessee

Today I went down the road right near our house to a State Park and took a walk. It was nice and peaceful and filled with history. I was the only one there so I had it too myself:)



 Part of the Trail where Indians walked on the "Trail of Tears"

 "Trail of tears Trail"

 "A pretty little River running through"

 I think this Steel Bridge was made in the 1880's

 What's left of an old bridge I think

Such a very peaceful place it was. I enjoyed my time there. I also enjoy seeing History still alive for that is what started America,we should never forget our Ancestors and History:)

Climb til your dreams come true

Climb 'Til Your Dream Comes True

 Helen Steiner Rice

Often your tasks will be many,

And more than you think you can do.

Often the road will be rugged

And the hills insurmountable, too.

But always remember,

The hills ahead

Are never as steep as they seem,

And with Faith in your heart

Start upward

And climb 'til you reach your dream.

For nothing in life that is worthy

Is ever too hard to achieve

If you have the courage to try it,

And you have the faith to believe.

For faith is a force that is greater

Than knowledge or power or skill,

And many defeats turn to triumph

If you trust in God's wisdom and will.

For faith is a mover of mountains,

There's nothing that God cannot do,

So, start out today with faith in your heart,

And climb 'til your dream comes true!

Great Song!

So I got a new favorite group. Dailey and Vincent:) My blogger friend told me about them and I just happened to catch them at the Grand Ole Opry when I was there. Below is one of my favorite songs by them!! Enjoy!!

Sweet Poem

The other month my sweet cousin sent me a poem and a saying in a card she mailed me:) It was by one of my favorite writers. I took the poem and did the following with it:)

 I put the wonderful quote in a frame and below and I put the poem in a frame and added 2 pictures I took while coming up the mountain to our new home in Tennessee:)  I just love the poem and thank my cousin for being such a blessing and sending it!!

Sweet Thoughts and Other Random Talk

Hello Blog World,

Hope this post finds everyone well:) Don't you just love those sweet little surprises that come your way? This past Saturday I was having a bad day with my Ocd and was just really wore out from it. I was in my room and my dad passed me a package that came for me in the mail. I opened it up and it was a beautiful needle point sewing of Teapots in a frame. My blogger friend had made and sent this too me with the sweetest card that made me tear up and was words I needed to hear at that moment. Isn't it wonderful how the Lord sends something to you right at the moment you need it? Thank you Lord for the blessing and for my sweet Christian friend for taking the time to make and send this to me:) You can visit Erica's blog by going to the right sidebar under links and going Aunt Erica:)

This past weekend we went to Goodwill. They have on the first Saturday of every month a 50% off everything in the store sale. I love it!! I got a pretty picture,A Journal, Little Women and Anne of Green Gables movie all for 5.48!!! What a deal. Tomorrow on Labor day at another thrift store they are having 50% off everything sale. I love their sale day at that store. I hope to go:)

It's rained all day this past Sunday and I loved it!! It has not rained hardly at all since I have been here and I loved it!! Hopefully it will cool down. It's suppose to be in the 70's this week compared to 100 we have been having. Bring out the coats..hahaha..Can't wait for cooler weather:)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor day and God bless!!