coyote creek

Cuevee

2008-05-01T12:38:00.003-05:00

here is a bit better pic

April Happenings of 2008

2008-05-01T10:35:00.019-05:00

Thrift Shopping

I don't think you can really see the extreme detail on the silverware. They say Cuevee silver-warranted on the back. I have not found out much about them at all on the internet. Just that Quaker Manufacturing Company is the maker.

Camping at Palo Duro Canyon

http://www.palodurocanyon.com/

This is a old photo of tabletop rock. It is a favorite trail with a good Geocache near. http://www.geocaching.com/

You cant see them but this is Gary and Justin at table top rock this trip.

A bit of spring cleaning

Justin's favorite breakfast.....will he ever get his fill?

Going to Justin's awards - Akademia and a Letter in engineering.

Working on getting the outside garden areas back pretty.

And the best thing that happened this month - finding a long lost friend!

This is Shanda, she is the daughter of my long lost best friend 16 years ago!

Her mom Malissa, was the first military wife I met when we married and moved to Whidbey Island, Washington State. We became best friends.

How I found her is such a God thing. I have searched for her sooo many times. I really had nothing to go on. She had gotten a divorce shortly before we moved back to Texas, so I didn't know her last name. I did a myspace search for her daughter using only her first name and followed her friends and found a link to her mom. I knew it was my friend - it was all pink with roses!

Newspaper

2008-03-17T21:07:00.002-05:00

There is often not much worth reading in the paper but I loved this!

What if today's society lived by these rules?
By Gene ShelburneColumn

Even the most committed Bible readers tend to find the catalogs of laws in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy tedious. Most of us opt to spend our Bible-reading time in other sections of Scripture.
That's unfortunate, for there among the odd laws we may never understand (such as the command not to boil a baby goat in its mother's milk), we can find rules that should be basic to any decent society.
"If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him," God commanded Israel in Exodus 23:4. You say that's not relevant to your city world? But what if you find your neighbor's iPod or his Lexus where it should not be? Is that any concern of yours?
In Deuteronomy 22:2-3, Moses expands the rule about lost donkeys and oxen. To begin with, he said, if the owner of the wandering animal doesn't live close by, whoever finds it is supposed to take it home and keep it safe until the owner comes looking for it.
Then Moses adds, "Do the same if you find your brother's donkey or his coat or anything he loses. Do not ignore it."
Wouldn't it be neat to live in a community where you know all of your possessions are safe, even when they're misplaced or temporarily away from your safekeeping? Jesus had laws like this in mind when he taught that such rules boil down to loving your neighbor as yourself.
How do you want a stranger to treat your valuables if he comes upon them? That's how you should treat his - whether it's his ox or his donkey or his laptop or his wallet. All through this section of our Bible we find simple rules to protect people we could victimize easily. Long before ADA, God warned his people not to mistreat the deaf or the blind (Leviticus 19:14).
"Return a poor man's pawned coat every night so he can sleep in it," God cautioned the rich. "Pay a poor man every day before sunset," he told bosses (Deuteronomy 24:13, 15). Can you see how rules like this would translate into fair practices in today's marketplace?
Doctors take an oath to do no harm with their medical skills. Leviticus implies that all of us should live by such a rule. "Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life," we are instructed (19:16).
Why should we live by such rules? In every case the reason is the same. Over and over the lawgiver reminds us: "I am the Lord."

Missing

2008-02-24T20:11:00.000-06:00

My camera is back! Justin has had it for several weeks!! This is one of his pictures. He bought his own camera today, a Kodak v1003. Yea!!
Well, that is really my only excuse for not posting.

FEBRUARY

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Pretty

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Oh so pretty and feminine. I love this ipod cover found it at http://www.lamb-lamb.com/main.htm

Resolutions and Random Thoughts on the New Year

2008-01-04T08:25:00.000-06:00

"Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." --Habukkuk 33:2

I want to live this year intentional and on purpose.

Proverbs 29:18 (King James Version)
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

I believe our purpose on earth is to glorify God. The best way to do that is by putting God first
in all areas of our lives.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV) .... Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

"God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of Him" - Max Lucado It's Not About Me

Our deepest needs - Acceptance, Identity, Security, and Purpose - must be met by God.

Matthew 6:31-33 (KJV)
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32... for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

It isn't will we, but when will we put God first.

Philippians 2:10 (The Message)
—even those long ago dead and buried—will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.

Romans 14:11-12 (KJV)
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

God created us to talk with Him. He is eager to hear from us. Our time in prayer is what makes Him real to us. We go to Him as a child and crawl up into His lap and talk to Him. God revels Himself to us when we spend time with Him.

What an honor and privilege to call Him Father.

Gingerbread house

2007-12-22T23:27:00.000-06:00

Before the snow of sugar.

Gingerbread House

2007-12-22T23:18:00.000-06:00

One of our Christmas traditions is decorating a gingerbread house. They are so different from year to year.
We have had this tradition since 1998. I need to make a scrap book of just our houses.

Gary's side.

Justin's front door with the Christmas tree inside.

Dh did a good job on the HO HO HO!

What's on our tree

2007-12-15T16:00:00.000-06:00

Got my 2nd issue of Victoria!

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I always get my Martha before my sister, and I call her and tell her nearly every time. lol
I wonder if I will get this one a tad early too.

This happened where Justin works.

2007-12-05T13:05:00.000-06:00

Suspect Sought in Market Street United Robbery

Police are searching for a man that they say robbed the Market Street United supermarket around 6:30 Tuesday morning.
Police tell us the man entered the store, pulled out a handgun, and then demanded money from the manager. The suspect ordered several employees to the floor during the robbery.
The suspect left out a door on the east side of the building with an undisclosed amount of money.
The suspect is described as a white male around 21 years old, 5'9", 180 pounds and was wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans, black shoes, and a black stocking cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call Police .

I sure hope they catch this guy.

Marriage

2007-11-25T13:21:00.000-06:00

December 6th will be our 18th anniversary.

We married the same year I graduated high school, and we never dated. That's a story in itself. I am quite proud to have reached 18 years. The credit is God's. We have been so blessed to be in a church that keeps marriage as such a high focus. I really can't say we would still be together without the learning opportunities we have had through our church. Marriage is a lot of learning and putting into practice.

This is the basics of what our church teaches on marriage.

- The most important issue in marriage is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This is huge.

- Marriage must be the first priority. (yes before kids, only second to God)

- Marriage is work. There is no such thing as a marriage that operates solely on chemistry or "soul mate" steam.

- Marriage requires teamwork and sacrifice.

- Dominance destroys intimacy and goodwill.

- We are very different from our spouses and must honor each others unique natures and work hard to meet each others needs.

Men’s needs Honor; sex; friendship; home support

Women’s needs Security; non-sexual affection; Open and honest communication; leadership

We must deal with anger every day and not go to bed with unresolved issues.

- Marriage takes faith. Many issues are too big for us and putting our faith in God gives us the grace to deal with issues properly as we invite God into our circumstances. Also, one spouse trusting in God and doing the right thing can turn the worst marriage around.

http://www.tfchurch.org/

http://www.marriagetoday.org/site/PageServer - watch, listen, or download - it's such good info.

The BrocanteHome Puttery Treats Challenge

2007-11-19T16:41:00.000-06:00

For my love of Alison and England, I must enter this!

I love Alison over at http://brocantehome.typepad.com/ she shares ways to make your life lovely with "scrumptious" ways to "create a simpler way of life: a life that celebrates simplicity, authenticity and whimsy." Right now she is having her first Puttery Treats Challenge.

I want to win! How cool would it be to get a "post" from England! England must be so cool. Not just because DH was in England (NAVY) when I told him he was going to be a dad. Not just because DH's family is traced back to two brothers that were from Cornwall. Not just because I love tea and beautiful tea cups, but the challenge is not about England, so on with the puttery treat.

One of her puttery treat ideas was to "Find a blackboard and write yourself a daily maxim; a favorite quote or a line from a poem that makes you smile. Make a commitment to yourself to change it regularly.".....

Mine is a whiteboard I have over my desk. I would post a pic, but it has some other stuff on it too. I really do enjoy looking up and seeing more than just a to do list. So here are three of the quotes.

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it Matt. 7:13-14

We don't manage time we manage ourselves. -Randy Carlson

The measure of a man is not his strength, but the depth of his nobility.

Another one is to "Use the stacks and stacks of vintage linens I know we are all hoarding. Stretch scraps of vintage embroidery over canvas and prop them one leaning against the other on your mantelpiece. Cover a pin board in a tablecloth. Peg a line of pretty hankies across your kitchen window. Use crocheted table runners to scoop back your curtains...."

This is my version in my laundry room. I display them on a vintage baby bed side rail. It's sooo much better than having them in a drawer. They are art on my wall. I have vintage hankies, pillowcases, doilies and a few aprons.

Another one of her Treats

"Delicious Doilies.

Aside from using them for all manner of crockery resting purposes, I've got them in the bathroom and the bedroom, and they decorate my kitchen a treat: looking particularly divine under my kitchen herbs...Thread them on to ribbon and string across your windows so the sun makes pretty patterns on your walls.Sew together to make table mats.Use them in the fridge (Who doesn't want a pretty fridge?)Stitch two the same together and stuff with lavender......."

Ya see, I too have a doily obsession. I did this to my fridge back in February. I used paper doilies. I am now using vinyl Martha place mats, that look very similar. It is easier to clean than the glass, which is a little scratched. I would show you a better pic, but you don't want to see in there now with all the Thanksgiving fixins, its rather a mess.

Mess or not, I do love to read The Brocante Home Chronicles.

Blog? what blog?

2007-11-18T20:26:00.000-06:00

Wow, I am not much of a blogger. It's nearly been a month! I am still undecided on if blogging is for me. Not lookin' like I am very dedicated.
I am inspired to do a post for a give away from Brocante Home. So I will be posting soon.

Canadian Visitor Center

2007-10-27T13:07:00.000-05:00

I wasn't able to get all the pics in the one post so here are some more of the interactive displays.

Canadian Visitors Center

2007-10-27T12:57:00.000-05:00

Saturday we began at the Canadian Visitors Center.
They have done a wonderful job of showing about the town.
They have these interactive displays with all sorts of info on the towns history. The displays are made of parts of the actual buildings or places that you are reading about. They are really neat!!! An AWESOME mini museum.

They even served coffee and cookies.

We all agree that the Canadian Visitors Center was a Big highlight of our trip.

Camping in Canadian Texas

2007-10-27T12:47:00.000-05:00

This is where we camped during the Fall Foliage Festival in Canadian Texas.
Yes we have to leave Amarillo to find trees.

They have BIG trees in Canadian.

This is out the kitchen door.

Estate Sale Finds

2007-10-27T12:35:00.000-05:00

Two Beautiful pillowcases! my picture does not do justice. I also found lace, hot pad, finger tip towel, and not in the pic is a fake ficus tree for my patio.

Chloe

2007-10-18T10:01:00.000-05:00

This is the neighbor's dog, Chloe. I think she wants to be our dog. I must say I liked her from the first day my neighbors got her, and I think she felt the same way about us. She is as big as a horse. At first she did annoy me a bit. She dug under the fence into our yard, and well, our dogs don't like her. Once that problem was taken care of (neighbors put up electric fence). She has found other ways of getting out of her yard. A couple of days ago the neighbor and I arrived home at the same time. Well she came around the corner of their house and ran right past them to us. ( I promise we don't feed her.) That was pretty funny. Yesterday I was leaving to get Justin from school and she climbed in the car with me. It took a little coaxing to get her out. I sure wanted to take her with me. I figured if the neighbors saw me I would really have some explaining to do.

Garden

2007-10-18T09:59:00.000-05:00

Summer is gone. Gone with it is my garden. It was so nice to have tomatoes and fresh veg. and the grill - oh I love the grill.
Not that we wont use the grill in the winter. tee hee hee.
I do tend to cook different meals in the winter than in the summer.
I look forward to a brisket cooked all night long in the oven. That's something I would never do in the summer!

Pumpkin # 2

2007-10-18T09:53:00.000-05:00

Pumpkin # 2 weighs in a 50 lbs.
I thought that was pretty good.
On the news the other day I heard of one over 1000 lbs.
So may be mine is not so big. lol
Oh well, there is not that kinda room in my alley anyway.

The World Today

2007-10-18T09:47:00.000-05:00

Wow how high school has changed in the last 20 years.
When I was in high school things like this never happened -not that i know of anyway.
Living out in the country it would not have been a surprise to find a student (one of the guys) with a shot gun in their pickup. DH had one in his. Now this happens all over, in all towns.
It is so sad.

lol

2007-10-14T18:54:00.000-05:00

Justin's manager at work told him today - "Slow down your making me nauseous." That is sooo funny! I must say, it is nice to hear compliments about him every time we set foot in United. The checker told me today - "I haven't worked here very long, but I have never seen him stand around." I wonder what the people he had to "retrain" think about him. Last weekend one of his managers had him retrain a couple of people on their attitude, spirit, and hustle. Have I said I am proud of him? I am.

Look

2007-10-03T21:29:00.000-05:00

what Susan Branch has on her site for Autumn.
A free apron pattern http://www.susanbranch.com/shopping/shop5-07/pattern.cfm
and some new recipes http://www.susanbranch.com/cooking.html

Pumpkin Update

2007-10-02T16:04:00.000-05:00

Finally cut the pumpkin from the vine.
Weighs just over 40 lbs.
Not to bad for my first pumpkin.

Estate Sale Finds

2007-10-02T15:51:00.000-05:00

I had good luck at the last estate sale. I found the goodies in the photo and 2 old books. One is Mc Guffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, the other a Heath reader. I also found a crotchet tablecloth. yea treasures.

Bragg!!!!!

2007-10-02T15:34:00.000-05:00

Justin is Employee of the month!!! I am so proud. This is his first job, he was somewhat limited in where he could work, only being 15. He has done outstanding! Many customers have called and complimented on how good of a job he does. Always smiling, friendly, mannerly, and such a hard worker. His supervisors have rewarded him with several free meals, an Internet prize (he chose a multi-remote) and he has even received 2 raises. Did I say how proud I am!!! Every time we go up there and a manager sees us, we are told how much they like him. "I wish all our employees were like him." I am so PROUD!

Fall Flowers from DH

2007-10-02T15:26:00.000-05:00

2007-09-23T14:20:00.000-05:00

Oh it's so nice to watch dh make breakfast!

Blueberry pancakes for breakfast, made by dh.

Flea Market finds for today. Table cloth, tea towel and hankie.

Misc. garden pics

Tomato plant mess! I need to give it a cut.

the dumpster will probably be on these pumpkins before the week is over.

Martha

2007-09-18T14:06:00.000-05:00

Ok, Martha talked about blogs on her show today.
Only about 1/2 her audience knew what a blog was.
Martha has 2 blogs. One on my space and the other face book.
She has some very popular bloggers on her show so I'm going to go check them out.

What I like

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is to look at other peoples blogs and drool, or laugh, etc.

Like over at

http://yellowfarmhouse.typepad.com/yellow_farmhouse/

where I am drooling over her caramel dip.

Over at http://cherryhillcottage.typepad.com/cherryhill_cottage/

Peanut Blondies.

The apron at http://www.sommerdesigns.typepad.com/

Is it not the most feminine apron you have ever seen!

All tho for for my main apron fix I go to http://angrychicken.typepad.com/tieoneon/

I have looked at nearly every tea cup from http://www.makeminepink.blogspot.com/

tea party.

and last but not least hilarious Ree at http://thepioneerwoman.com/ .

Can anyone blame me for my blog addictions?

Does it count that I look at these blogs while sitting beside my dh while he watches Ultimate Fighting on the TV?

Well his show is over so gotta go.......

DELETE

2007-09-17T19:50:00.000-05:00

Lemon Meringue Pie for dh

I tried to delete my blog about 4 days ago. It would not delete. I am not a writer or diary keeper or anything of the like. I think blogs are for those kind of people. Oh well, I suppose I might as well give this blog a bit more of a try.

What Families Are

2007-09-10T09:49:00.001-05:00

I hope I can link to John Hagee's message today, it is so good. The sermon series “In Mortal Danger, The Fight For The Family in America" its in the "God's Plan for Husbands and Fathers" sermon. http://www.jhm.org/ Well, I cant link to the specific sermon. I love what he says families are. Here is some of what he said.

If the family falls the church will fall.

Is there a family in your house?
A family is not a house that has a prestigious address.
If you live in a house of gold and there is a war inside, it's a prison by any other terms.
A roof will keep out the rain, the floor will support the tottering steps of an infant or of the aged.
A door will welcome friends or keep out enemies, but that is not family.
A family is not a place with out problems.
There are no perfect families.
There are no perfect marriages.
There are no perfect husbands
There are no perfect wives.
There are no perfect children.
There are no perfect people.

Is there a family in your house?
A family is the picture of mother cooking dinner for someone she loves.
It is the laugh of a baby, the strength of a father.
It is the warmth of loving hearts, light from happy eyes.
Kindness, loyalty, and covenant love and demonstration everyday.
Home is the first school and our first church that I ever attended.
I did not go to school to learn how to pray, when I went to school I knew how to pray.
I learned from my parents what was was right and what was wrong.
What was good in the sight of God and what was wrong in the sight of God.
Family is where you go for comfort when you are hungry or sick.
Family is where - when you have been battered and bruised by the world, and they will open the door and heal you. Like heaven on earth. They will anoint your wounds with the oil of gladness and wrap their arms around you that feel like cords of steal holding you together in the day of storm.
Family is where joy is shared and sorrow is eased.
They will be glad for your success. They will be delighted for your promotion on the job. They will be proud of your making the honor roll at school. They will buy every newspaper on the newspaper rack because you are the high school football hero, or cheerleader, or the business man of the year, or mother of the year.
Family is where mothers and fathers are respected and loved. They are never addressed as old man or old lady. Their names are used in hushed tones of reverence and respect.
In advanced years they are not shuffled in the side lines to be ignored, they are family. Whether they are in a wheel chair or reclining on a couch, because they are too feeble to sit up they are there because they belong there. They are your family; they are your flesh and blood.

Family is where children are wanted and considered blessings from the Lord. They are not looked upon as an inconvenience to your precious career. They are not considered detestable because they might destroy the high school figure of the self-serving mother. They are angels unaware, God sent to your home for a few days until they can be released and make their own life and impact society. Hopefully with the goodness that you have taught them.
Family is where the simplest food is good enough for kings, because it has been earned with the sweat of an honest days work.
Where money is not nearly as important as loving kindness.
Family is where the tea kettle sings with joy.
Family is where one man loves one woman.
And that man and that woman love their children.
And the angels of heaven descend from the balconies of heaven to enjoy the company of that family, that the Bible says are as the days of heaven on earth, that IS family. May God bless it and preserve it.

This part of his message was based on a poem

What is home? A roof to keep out the rain. Four walls to keep out the wind. Floors to keep out the cold. Yes, but home is more than that.
It is the laugh of a baby, the song of a mother, the strength of a father. Warmth of living hearts, light from happy eyes, kindness, loyalty, comradeship. Home is first school and first church for young ones, where they learn what is right, what is good, and what is kind. Where they go for comfort when they are hurt or sick. Where joy is shared and sorrow eased. Where fathers and mothers are respected and loved. Where children are wanted. Where the simplest food is good enough for kings because it is earned. Where money is not as important as loving kindness. Where even the tea kettle sings from happiness. That is home. God bless it. ~Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink

What an awesome message!
Is your tea kettle singing from happiness?

learning to blog

2007-09-09T17:33:00.000-05:00

I see how this could take up a lot of time. it is almost time for the football game and i am making wings from http://www.thepioneerwomancooks.com/ .

Fall is in the air

2007-09-09T17:20:00.001-05:00

and the pumpkins are growing.