My Lilla Rose business is now also on home party rankings where you can find out a little bit more about the company!

If you would like to check it out go here!

Don't forget that I joined other Lilla Rose consultants in the be the hostess that wins the mostess.

All hostesses in January and February that reach the $200 sales level will be entered into a chance to win our grand prize of $700 cash, a $200 shopping spree with their consultant, and a 31 bag to put all of their new flexi's.

We also have a second place prize of $225 and a $50 shopping spree with their consultant.

I would truly like to help someone win this awesome prize. Please comment if you would like any more info.

A new year, a new focus

Since this is a new year! I have chosen to choose a word for this year. Something to focus on. Something to work on. Some choices would be focus, diligence, attentiveness, etc. you get the idea! Well I chose Joe as in my husband Amish Joe. I am choosing to focus on him. To try and be a better wife to him. To give him all the love and support I possibly can.

Did you choose a word for this year?

What was your word, what are you choosing to focus on this year?

Want to see some other people focusing on their husbands this year?
I am linked up to:  Sarah Mae's website

Lilla Rose

I have joined some other Lilla Rose Consultants to offer this to our January and February hostesses! Leave a comment if you would like more info.

I loved my flexi-clip so much I started selling Lilla Rose.

I am excited to share that we are having a great sale! Just visit here!

My husbands favorite meal!

I don't even remember where I got the idea or what they called this recipe. What I can tell you is that my husband really enjoys it  when we have this his favorite meal.

Ingredients:
Roast Beef
A-1
Green Bell Pepper, Orange and Red too(sliced)
Onion,sliced
Sliced Cheese(Your favorite)
Submarine Buns


Here's how I make it:
I put all the sliced veggies in a skillet with some A-1 and cook until things start to get soft.

When the veggies are almost done I put the roast beef in 2 stacks in another warm skillet with the sliced cheese on top, just until the cheese starts to melt.

When everything is done I put some more A-1 in the bun. Then I add the roast beef with the veggies being stuffed in last.

I cook a roast and then slice it for this meal. I freeze the slices in freezer bags in just the 2 stacks that I want so that I can pull it out one bag at a time. We also freeze the buns with 2 in each bag.

Oh, and for the sliced cheese I get a few slices of pepper jack but my husband prefers a horseradish cheese from the deli. Again, we just get a few slices each.

We always wait to eat this until after the kids have eaten something else. This saves us money, and makes it our special meal. However, it also means that I don't know if the kids would eat it.

I am linked up at Joyful Mothering! 

It has officially started!

Summer has started for us. Yes we are still trying to get our school done.

However, we have started our re-enacting season.
 We spent Memmorial Weekend at Greenfield Village I'll try to post some pics later.

This next weekend we are off to another event close to our home. I thought it was funny that my Mom
made a comment about waiting for my niece and nephew to get out of that thing called public school before she can leave. She is just so used to me adjusting our schedule to leave when we want that she forgot about them attending public school. It struck me as funny. Must be those funny pregnancy hormones sneaking up on me. At any rate perhaps I will have some pics to share after this next event so that I can better show you what we do.

Gratituesday!

Well today I am thankful for our upcoming vacation. We leave in *gasp* 3 days. As always I have some very supportive help.

Several people have lent us carry-on size bags.

Family and friends are taking the kids so I can get things done. My grandmother is taking the kids today so I can get everyone packed. A close friend is taking them Thursday afternoon so I can do some last minute cleaning before we leave on Friday. Thank you God for providing this wonderful support system for my family. You are so good!

I am linked up at Gratituesday!

Gratituesday!

I am grateful for a wonderful husband! This past Sunday my husband stood with about 50 other men and did a courageous ceremony at our church. He took classes for several months and then did this ceremony. The pastor as well as one other witness also signed the paper. This is so that they can be held accountable for each other. This amazing RESOLUTION is now framed and hanging by our coat closet. Reminding both of us each day what he resolved to do.

Thank God for a godly leader, husband, and father! The first resolution is about being the spiritual leader of the family. So in answer to the song "Where Are You Men of Courage?" One of those amazing men is living right here in our home!

Thank you Jesus!

Join us for Gratituesday at Heavenly Homemakers!

Salt?

In a recent sermon our Pastor called us to be the salt of the Earth. I have been continually reminded of this sermon. Last night is a home fellowship it came back to me as we were reminded that sharing our faith with others is normal. The best way to share our faith is to live it out and freely share our stories with others. Thumping them on the head with our Bibles is a true turn off sure to make them stop listening.

 We need to be in this world but not of this world. So as were are different and just being ourselves we are salting the Earth. We need to remember that too much salt with destroy the same as it can destroy a meal. Just a little goes a long way.

 So as you go about your day let your light so shine that you are salt while not trying to be. Let God guide you as you salt for Him. Remember to thank Him for this great honor. To salt and lead His chosen people and guide them to Him.

I am linked up at Our Simple Farm!

Gratituesday!

So, it is Tuesday and again!

Today I am greatful to my friend Sarah Mae! She wrote a new e-book called Frumps to Pumps
 You can get the book for Nook or Kindle starting today! Or, you can get the PDF for free. Just follow the link to her book to get all the details!

Thanks Sarah!

Gratituesday!

This Tuesday I am grateful for a caring Mama. In just over 5 weeks we are all heading down to Florida. By all I mean my beloved, our 5 children, my mom, sister and grandmother. My mother demanded that DH and I plan a night out while she stays with the kids. Since there are so many different options down there than we have here this is great. Thanks Mom!

My wonderful Beloved's eyes lit up when I shared this with him. We are going to do a dinner/show combo that we couldn't afford to do with the kids. I am so excited and grateful that we are going to have a special night on the town while we are in Florida!

I am linked up over at Heavenly Homemakers!

So, What are you doing?

What are you doing to stay in the Will of God? Do you spend time in his word daily? If so do you get up early or do this while the kids are busy? Do you pray all day? Do you have separate prayer times?

How are you sharing the Word with your kids? My beloved and I are trying to just read to the kids from the Bible. We have tried different devotionals just haven't found one for us yet. My beloved is reading a plan that the church handed out. I try to read about 10 chapters a day. My version of the 90 day plan. I read when I get a chance and when I get up before the kids. I want silence when I read. The kids are just too much of a distraction. I also try to pray as I think about things throughout the day. My Grandmother prayed about everything. If things went wrong or we couldn't find something her first thought was always prayer. I truly hope I pass this great legacy on to my children!

Now it is your turn to share what you do or are trying to do.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! What exciting or new things are you doing for your Valentine today?

I am planning to finish cleaning the house, make my husband pepperoni bread, his favorite dinner and cinnamon rolls for dessert. I have also recently started calling him my beloved. I think it is a sweet way to talk to each other and it is certainly hard to say in a harsh or raised voice. This has helped us in other areas. Today is a great day to start calling your spouse by a sweeter name. Perhaps they will pick it up and refer to you that way as well. I know my husband calls me his beloved as well as I call him my beloved. Give it a try and see what happens.

Remember Jesus is Lord!

What is Love?

That's right I asked what is love? With Valentine's day approaching next week I think a lot of us are focusing on what we should get on this special day.

But I ask you is it what your wonderful husband does on this day that says he does or does not love you?

Love is in the everyday, the here and now. It is not some day marked on the calendar. Does your husband surprise you with your favorite take-out-meal or dessert? Does he fill up your car with gas so you don't have to? Does he help with the children just to help you?

We have only one car so my wonderful husband always fills the gas tank. He often will tell me to feed the kids but wait for him to get home to eat myself. Only to surprise me with my favorite Gyro from our favorite restaurant. Sometimes he even gets the kids a pizza just to give me the night off. He often sneaks me some of my favorite types of chocolate which vary with my mood. My wonderful husband can follow my moods and knows just when I need these little things. He will often help me with the kids just because. I am not saying he is perfect I am just saying that he tells me he loves me in these everyday things.

So even if your husband misses Valentine's Day, is he telling you everyday in the here and now that he loves you? As my dear friend Courtney from Women Living Well says why not focus on giving this year instead of receiving? The bible does say it is better to give than receive. So, head over and read her post then tell me what special things you can think of to do for your husband this Valentine's Day.

Remember you are a blessing!

We are very excited!

We announced to the family at the various Christmas gatherings. Number 6 in on the way!

We are very excited! Just so that no one asks. We use our midwives and have no ultrasounds. We deliver at home not knowing whether the baby is a boy or girl until that precious moment when they are born!

God is so good to us!

Obviously loosing weight will not be on my radar for this new year. Make sure you let me know as an accountability thing what your new year's resolutions are.

31 Days to Clean!

Sarah Mae has written an awesome book called 31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha House the Mary Way

This book is so great for those that are not born organized. For those of us so busy that the little things get left undone and then you don't know where to start. It really makes you think about what is most important. It also helps you figure out what your cleaning style is and what will work best for you.

Have you ever got excited to make up a schedule only to become discouraged and unsure when it came to the actual doing part? Then this book is for you!

Head on over for your chance to win!

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Lilla Rose Giveaway @ A Wise Woman Builds Her Home

A Wise Woman Builders Her Home is having a Lilla Rose giveaway!

They have gorgeous headbands!


Wonderful and elegant Flexi-clips!




For 3 days only they are offering free shipping on orders over $20.


Of course I had to share their flexi of the month. How elegant this could make anyone feel!


 Head on over  to a Wise Woman Builds Her Home now for a chance to win a certificate for Lilla Rose up to $15!

Thankful!

Yes, I am thankful!

This time I am thanking the Almighty for shedding blood for me. Did you know that when Jesus was on the cross he was thinking of you and me? That's right friends! Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice freely given for us!

There is NOTHING you can do to earn the sacrifice of the cross. Jesus truly paid for all of your sins.

The laws of Moses are NOT relevant to us today. The law was given that man might see. That man might understand that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. God didn't want the blood of animals He wanted man to realize we needed Him. To cry out for Him. To say that we are not good enough and that we never could be.

Then Jesus changed all of that by being our unblemished lamb. Now all of the laws MUST be filtered through the cross. What God has made free is free indeed!

So, today I am thankful that Jesus shed His blood for me. Though I was just a sinner stuck in the rut now I am a child of the Living God! And you can be too!

Join us for Gratituesday at Heavenly Homemakers!

Vision Forum

Just in case you have not heard of them. I wanted to share a little bit about Vision Forum.

Vision Forum has edifying products for the whole family. I could honestly shop their website for the whole family for Christmas and have everyone happy! Not to mention that all of the products are from other Christians. How great is that?

Now of course I must share with you my own weakness when it comes to Vision Forum. They have Christian Books, that's right I am an avid reader and anything that can help equip me as a wife, mother, child, or servant of the Most High, well I am all for it.

So, do us both a favor and head over there to see what you can get for yourself or your loved ones this Christmas!

God is GOOD!

Another thankful post.

I know that I am behind in posting if I am supposed to be posting daily about my thanks.

I have so much to be thankful for that is sometimes difficult to list just one and then remember what I said so that I do not repeat myself.

So, this time around I am thankful for a free nation! Where I am free to believe in and assembly with other believers of Jesus Christ. Where I am also free to homeschool my children without government interference. let's not forget that I am also free to bear arms.

Today I am asking for any of you to tell me what you are thankful to be free to do here in the United States. Please share what you are thankful to be doing here.