Sunday Blessing

O give us homes built firm upon the Savior,
Where Christ is Head, and Counselor and Guide;
Where ev'ry child is taught His love and favor
And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified:
How sweet to know that tho' his footsteps waver
His faithful Lord is walking by his side!

O give us homes with godly fathers, mothers,
Who always place their hope and trust in Him;
Whose tender patience turmoil never bothers,
Whose calm and courage trouble cannot dim;
A home where each finds joy in serving others,
And love still shines, tho' days be dark and grim.

O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever!
We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care;
Their bonds of love no enemy can sever
If Thou art always Lord and Master there:
Be Thou the center of our least endeavor:
Be Thou our Guest, our hearts and homes to share.

From A Christian Home
by Barbara B. Hart

How wonderful it is to grow up in a Christian home. My husband and I have both been greatly blessed! I am so thankful for my dad and his leadership and Christlikeness. I am also grateful that my husband has a strong Christian father.

Happy Father's Day!

Finished Object Friday

It's that Friday again! This has been a busy pasts couple of weeks for me, and probably for each of you as well!

Yesterday I finished my mom's birthday present - not quite a month late. I was going to make her another apron , but it's a good thing I didn't get it done, she decided she would like a tote bag like this one.

I think it turned out pretty cute! She's excited about it, and will get to enjoy it at different times than she would another apron.

The bags are pretty simple and quick, just a couple of hours or so, but they are fun, and really popular right now. This would make a great shopping bag. :)

Now for what you have been waiting for. It's not my only FOF, because I'm not even sure if I am finished. I'll let you help me decided!

This is what I did with the frame I have been teasing you with:

Yes, it's sitting on my little table... I'm not sure where I am going to put it yet. I have been wanting to do something with chalkboard paint for a while. When I saw this frame, I thought it would make a perfect chalkboard! Now I want to do more with this paint. Maybe some flower pots like these.

The only thing I've done with this project is the actual chalkboard. My question, for you paint pros or interior design pros or whoever stops by, should I paint the frame or leave it?

It is "antiqued" already. (By someone that might know a lot more than me about painting frames.) It kindof looks dark to me, though it seems pointless to paint something only to antique it again!
I would probably do it similar to the way I did this mirror. What do you think?


I hope everyone has had a great week! I can't wait to see what projects you have come up with recently! To learn more about FOF, click here. (Sorry I'm getting this up later than I like to, the internet was out until this morning.)

Adventures in My Garden

This has been a rather busy gardening morning! I've been wanting to start a compost bin for quite a while. I like the idea of trash can composting. So Saturday Mark brought me home a bin. Yesterday, he got the holes drilled and I started my compost today. :)

I've been keeping my kitchen compost scraps in a container in the freezer - a tip I read in a magazine... it helps keep the bugs out of my kitchen. :)

In other gardening/fertilizing news, my nice trash men dropped some great fertilizer by my mail box - little fish - about 20 or 30 of them. Rather nasty! But they were pretty much baked on the hot road and I just scraped them off and buried them in my flower bed, Squanto style. If my little rose bush starts growing by leaps and bounds, we'll know why! :)

Speaking of the rose bush, I found what has been eating my blooms - a cute little inch worm. It made me think of the song - although this inch worm didn't get very far. :) (You can listen at right.) It's a great gardening song, anyway.

Thanks for coming along on all my gardening adventures! I hope you all are having a great Wednesday!

Around the house...

On my table:


On my window ledge:


In the crock-pot - chicken and rice:


On the needles:

A sweet little bonnet for friend's baby girl due in Sept. :)
(Ravelry link)

How is your week starting off?

Sunday Blessing

There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.

Chorus:
O there's sunshine, blessed sunshine,
While the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face
There is sunshine in my soul.

There is music in my soul today,
A carol to my King;
And Jesus, listening, can hear
The song I cannot sing.

There is springtime in my soul today,
For when the Lord is near
The dove of peace sings in my heart,
The flowers of grace appear.

from Sunshine in My Soul
by Eliza E. Hewitt

~ The picture is of my parent's hydrangea. Their bush is just beautiful this year! ~