Happy Birthday Grandma...

Today is my Grandma's birthday, I will not mention any age, but I will tell you how wonderful she is and how she affects my life.

10 Grand characters of my Grandma

1. Her willing attitude

2. Her Infectious Cheerful spirit

3. Her Helpful heart

4. Her good-natured joy

5. The way she loves me and my family

6. Her Giving attitude

7. Her Many Virtues

8. Her non-argumentative attitude

9. Her way with children

10. Her Love to help around the house


My grandma is a good example on how never leaving your spouse in sickness and in health and what it truly means. My grandpa had a stroke in 1994. His condition worsened over time. He went from walking to a walker, a wheel chair, and was finally bedridden. My grandma could have put him in a nursing home where they treat them with no real love. But, she didn't, she stayed with him unconditionally for thirteen years. He passed away in Feburary 2008 with Grandma at his side. This story shows what marriage really means. My Grandma is a true example of couples and their devotion to each other.


I love you Grandma!!

Feelin' Feminine Challenge day #3

Today I wore a brown shirt and a pink skirt.

Feelin' Feminine Challenge day #2

Today I wore a dress with a long sleeved shirt underneath. I pulled my hair back into a pony tail.

Health tip of the day- To keep healthier this season, after being out in public gargle some salt water. Just add a half tea spoon of salt to a cup of water and stir together. Use a cotton swab dipped in the glass and swab your nose and gargle with the glass.( Before swabbing your nose, blow your nose to get as many germs that might have creeped in, out.) I have not gotten sick except for once which was my own fault for not gargling enough. I gargle before bed, in the morning and if I have been out, after I get home.

Feelin' Feminine Challenge day 1#

Here is my outfit for the day. A light pink shirt, brown cardigan, cranberry colored skirt and gray leggings.

Natural beauty tip- For clean skin instead of using acne cream, cleanse your face at night with vinegar. (Preferably apple butter vinegar. Normal vinegar tends to sting your face a little.)


Have a blessed day!!!

What did you wear today?

Feelin Feminine Challenge

The Feelin Feminine challenge is a great way to encouraging girls and women to be more feminine.
Modesty does not have to boring and bland. You can be stylish, modest, and feminine. So this week I am going to wear skirts and dresses every day. With this challenge you are supposed to post a picture for each day, of what you wore. So, I am going be starting the challenge on Monday. Check back soon and Check out Feelin' Feminine website on my sidebar. It is an encouraging website.

I'd like to here your opinion on my wardrobe and on what you like to wear!

Blessings to Y'all!!

Musical Instruments

Instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Violin and so on, are wonderful ways to build discipline, hand strength and much enjoyment.

My father played piano when he was little and then began instructing us ( My two sisters and I) in Piano, when were old enough to actually learn something. I was six when I started. I liked it a lot. But, it took much patience to start the beginnings of something. Much drilling, practice, and concentration. As I progressed I began to dislike it. Wondering why my father would make us play an instrument even when we didn't want to. Through these last couple years, I am really enjoying it. I am so glad that my father pushed us on even when we didn't exactly like it.

My father said when we turned thirteen we could either pick out another instrument to play or another activity that would give us the same discipline piano did. When I turned thirteen, I did not want to give up all the training and practice that I had worked on with the piano. So instead of quitting piano I decided that I would also take on Violin. About a month ago I started Violin and I simply love it. It would be a lot harder for me to practice Violin if I didn't have all that built in knowledge of being able to read music, musical theory, and hand skills. ( I suggest having some other musical training before starting Violin. It is a little harder than Piano.)

All this said Piano and Music in general is such a great way to build skills and learn discipline.

This post is not really thought provoking, but I wanted to post on this subject!

Many Blessings!

Do you play an instrument if so, which one and do you like it?

Thoughts on my mind..

First is First, Thanks giving. I love the 26th it gives some thing to celebrate and gives us time to think about how blessed we are. But I don't like how society thinks of it. Last year I heard a commercial that was basically saying " Be thankful, to be thankful" We shouldn't be thankful to nothing. God is the way of all good things. When we are thankful we should firstly be thankful to God from whom all blessings flow.

The song "Santa Clause is Coming to town" is another example. The words go. " ...So be good for goodness sake..." We as Christians should not be good for "goodness" sake, but for God's sake, to glorify him we should be not only be good, but to strive to be like Christ.

Now that I have that said, Praise the Lord for all the blessing found in my life! Thank you Lord!
Here are some pictures of how God is working in our lives and on earth. He using his hand all around to make beautiful things. Such as these leaves.







More thoughts

My Favorite things about the holidays:

Every Christmas my sisters and I make home made gifts for our parents, grandma, and each other. This is one of my favorite things about the holidays that I love. Also on my agendas, I am knitting a quilt. Who knows when I'll be finished. I'll post a picture of when I'm finished, though. :)

I also love getting our tree for Christmas. We go to a tree farm near our home every year. It is a very memorable time. Then, when we get home we decorate with all our ornaments, and play Christmas music.

I love the cold, sharp wind and air, for a change instead of the heat.

And best of all it a time to Celebrate Christ's birth. God's gift to us. With out his gift we would be lost with no one to show us the way.


My least favorite things about the Holidays:

There only on complaint but a very long one. It it that my birthday is the day after Christmas making it so close that it's not as enjoyable, as it could be. Your probably saying Well, don't you get more presents with Christmas and your Birthday together? Yes, but It's almost an over load of presents and excitement to my over excited self. To make sob story more dramatic. You get no presents during the rest of the year. :( *Sniffle* Now your probably saying "Come on, Leah that hardly something to cry over. Yes, I should be glad that I was even born. ;) But I had to write something in this section.


Well, that's all for my jumbled thoughts as the holidays near! For now, at least.



What are your favorite parts about the holidays? What about the draw backs that you have found?

Have a blessed day!