Beautiful Prayer of the Day

"Lord Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Inflame my heart with a burning love for you and with an expectant faith in your saving power. Take my life and all that I have as an offering of love for you, who are my All."

New Linoleum

New Linoleum - a cheap and easy update.

Kitchen before

Bathroom before

Kitchen after

Bathroom after

My Baby is Growing Up

My little Joy Joy wants to know how everything works.  She wants to write her name.  Awe...and then I asked if I could just rock-a-bye her tonight.  My baby is growing up too fast.

Homemade Granola

Granola is surprisingly expensive & surprisingly easy to make.  I don't eat it, but D does. Here's my little cook helping me:

All dressed up to cook. :) 

Happy birthday to me--my theme song

We've sung this song so many times in church this past month that I'm claiming it as my goal.  It brings tears to my eyes every time. Love, love, love it. Simple yet sweet.  A good song from my childhood and growing with me. 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God And His righteousness; And all these things shall be added unto you. Hallelu, Hallelujah!
	Ask, and it shall be given unto you; Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Hallelu, Hallelujah!
	Man shall not live by bread alone, But by every word That proceeds out from the mouth of God. Hallelu, Hallelujah!

Lemongrass EOs

Here are my 5 favorite ways to use Lemongrass Essential Oil:

1. Use 1 drop of Lemongrass with some Fractionated Coconut Oil and rub onto sore muscles. 
2. Rub 1 drop of Lemongrass on the bottoms of the feet each day to support healthy thyroid function. 
3. Place 1-2 drops in a veggie capsule to take internally to support the digestive system, as well as to combat candida. This works especially well if you have issues consuming dairy! (I recognize that ingesting essential oils internally is a controversial topic! Therefore, if you have any questions regarding this topic, please contact your holistic practitioner, and if you're not comfortable ingesting the oils, then simply rub 1-2 drops over the stomach.)
4. Diffuse: 2 drop Lemongrass, 2 drops Thyme, 2 drops Eucalyptus, and 2 drops Basil for a natural insect repellent. 
5. Rub 1-2 drops with some Fractionated Coconut Oil on any areas of the body that are retaining fluids. The oil can help reduce edema and improve circulation. 

Sleepless Nights...again

 I truly believe that the human body knows what's going on before  we cognitively comprehend it.

 Late August and early September I was having trouble sleeping. I haven't had this much trouble since  my pregnancies and infanthood of my babies . I would wake up at about 1 o'clock stay awake until three or four in the morning and have no rhyme or reason for it except I thought I was pregnant.

Three weeks later I get a phone call to take in a baby, short-term or long-term, we don't yet know. He comes with terrible sleeping habits which we are working on with him.  It is slowly improving as he increases his trust in us.  Call it coincidence, Call it a God thing, call it what you like.  But I truly believe my body knew that something was coming before I did.

 I am still amazed that mothers can survive on the little sleep that we get.   I thought caring for a baby and limiting your sleep came with pregnancy, breastfeeding, or hormones.  But it turns out it is such a God-thing that he gives to parents.   If my kiddos can't sleep, one of us will usually crawl into bed with them.  While we don't sleep well, we still wake able to make it through the day that the Lord has made.  ;)

Amazing how our Creator created us.