I just love the Gooseberry Patch cookbooks that I have.  I don’t have this one; but, it shows my thoughts exactly!  My husband and I enjoy hospitality.  In fact, I just signed up to be the hospitality hostess for my homeschool support group. 

I invite YOU to COME ON OVER to my new blog and see me.   Please leave me a comment and let me know you’ve come by!

God bless!

Laura

Come on over and see me at my new blog!  Just click anywhere on this post!  I’ll be waiting!

God bless!

Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

Happy at Home

Beginning July 1, I will be blogging on my Blogger blog.

Come & See.

Laura

Now  a Blogger blogger.

~smile~

I am, by nature, an introvert.

God, by nature, likes to stretch us beyond our comfort levels.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

I, by nature, wanted one child.

God, by nature, gave me four children!

Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

I, by nature, want to create.

God, by nature, wants to create.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

He understands your many responsibilities, the many things that pull on you as a woman. You must ask Him to help you find the minutes here and there.  You must ask Him to show you how to organize your projects in a way that will work for you.

For example, when I’m working on a project, I will often pin or sticky note a note to myself to tell me what the next step is, so that I can go back to it without rethinking it.  I also have several projects going at once.  So, I try to do all the cutting out that I can at once.  The next time, I try to do all the marking I can at once.  Next time, it’s all the pinning I can do at once.  Then, all the sewing I can do at once.  Then all the pressing.  I’m sure you get the picture.

I want blocks of time.  God gives me minutes.

I’m trying to learn to discipline myself to use those minutes more wisely.

Laura

Happy at Home with my four wonderful blessings!

6, 8, 10, and my teenager

If you’d like to see a photo of my blessings, you can find them on my other blog, Harvest Lane Cottage.  Just scroll down on my Day Book entry.

I’m working a a washcloth like this one; but I’m using a varigated blue cotton yarn.

I’ve also spent a fair amount of time working on menu plans.  I hope you’re having a productive week.  I was hoping to get my wicker chair painted.  Perhaps that will be next week’s project.

See what the other ladies are doing over at Shereen’s blog.

Blessings!

Laura

Happy at Home

This is my first Thankful Thursday post.  It seems a good thing to record things for which we are thankful.  A few years ago, when all looked bleak, I started a thankful journal.  I had to.  It was during a time when there was so much bad in my life, that I had to find those good things to thank the Lord for or I’d not have made it. 

So, here we go….

Philippians 4:6 is a life verse for me.

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

 Things for which I am thankful this Thursday…

my marriage is permanent, no matter what…

clean air to breath…

I have hope in my Jesus for all my troubles…

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me…

I am more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus…

my children are healthy…

my husband has found some temporary work…

God is in control…

It’s going to be alright….

Those are my thoughts, I thank you my Creator God for all of these things. 

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Now, go see what the other ladies are thankful for at Iris’ blog.

Have a blessed day!

Laura

Happy at Home

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas A Edison

Well, I spent quite a bit of time photographing items for my shop.  I cut out some aprons; but, I haven’t got them sewn up yet.  I don’t have any new photos to share.  I’ll have to work extra hard this next week.  There’s a bit of gentle pressure to keep moving on projects with this weekly show and tell.  ~smile~

Go on over to Shereen’s blog and see what the other ladies have been making!

God bless and have a productive week!

Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

My Amy and I made butter today!

I just had to share a few photos.  She was just so cute!  I don’t know when she’s had so much fun!

First, we put the heavy cream that I’d skimmed from real live cow’s milk into the Bosch mixer.  We mixed it until Amy practically squealed that it was butter.  The mixing caused the butter and the buttermilk to separate.  I poured off about a pint of buttermilk through a small strainer into a pint jar.  My Matthew, 17, immediately suggested I make biscuits…maybe tomorrow.  Here’s Little Amy putting the butter into my Grandma Bern’s old mixing bowl. 

Next she washed the butter.  She absolutely loved getting her hands into it.

Finally, all the buttermilk was rinsed out. 

It was time to squeeze out the last of the water.  I drained it and put it in the refrigerator for a bit to firm up.  Then I pulled it out and worked in the salt.  Last of all, I packed it into Tupperware to keep it safe.

It was great fun!

Oh, I added a set of cards to my shop.  I have more items to come including some cute little socks with crocheted lace trim. 

SCRAPBOOK STYLE FLO… harvestlanecott… $3.00	Crocheted Cotton Di… harvestlanecott… $4.00
Crocheted Cotton Di… harvestlanecott… $4.00	Crocheted Dishcloth… harvestlanecott… $4.00
Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade harvestlanecottage.etsy.com

Have a great day!

Laura

Happy at Home

Sabine!

Please e-mail me with your address Sabine and I’ll get your book out to you.

Thanks to all who commented.

Laura