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here is a photo of my DS christmas stocking it is Shepherds Bush Robert, I actually had finished the stitching for this the year before last ,but only sewed it together in time for the Christmas just gone.
It was another sunny day here but it was back to work for me so I had little time to enjoy it and managed no gardening time at all .Hopefully tomorrow will be equally as nice as I have a few plants that need planting, including another beautiful Hibiscus with huge bright pink flowers which I just had to have.
This evening I stitched away on my cushion and with a bit of a push I might be able to get it finished tomorrow ,I also have a few small things which need finishing ,so hopefully I will have time to get to some of those as well, ahh so little time so much to do! Take care.

Josephs' Christmas Stocking. - http://crosstitchandcoffee.blogspot.com/feeds/4887513628601126793/comments/default

[-] Ever said that? In a restaurant, more than likely, most of us have. But have you ever said that to... God, perhaps? Have you ever thought, "I'd like to have faith like so-and-so", or, "I'd love to be able to let go in worship like so-and-so"? I have; I've thought these and more, many times. I've said in posts before (yeah, last year when I last posted... get off my back!) that I'd love to have a passion to learn more about Christ like my friend Meredith. Meredith and I have never met, and may never until we reach our final destination one fine day, but I stumbled across Meredith's blog by not-so-accident one day and was just blown away w/ her yearning and passion. I was embarassed in fact, that I was a preacher's wife and didn't have half the passion I saw in Meredith.

Welllllll, here we are, over a year later, and it seems I've let a whole year slip by without even caring that I am still not there. It breaks my heart that I have pushed 'pause' in my relationship w/ God due to life circumstances; there is no excuse. Yes, I made a major move w/ my family to follow a ministry calling. Yes, I had a daughter 11 weeks early and yes, she was hospitalized for nearly 2 months. Yes, it was stressful transitioning her to our home. Yes it was stressful transitioning US to a family of 5. Yes, it's been a stressful year being away from family. Yes, life gets that way, BUT IT IS NOT AN EXCUSE!!!!! HELLOOOOOOOOO! Not-so-ironically, I typed in the wrong web address for a friend of mine's blog earlier, and it took me to her old blog, where there was but one post lingering. It was about giving everything to God and not focusing on our lives and what was and wasn't about them, but focusing on God and others, and then our lives would in turn of course make more sense! I replied to this post before realizing it was old and written earlier this past year, but then I realized there was definitely a reason I'd run into it! It is NOT ABOUT US!!!!! Nothing in this life is. IT IS ABOUT GOD. And when we come to realize this, which is difficult b/c we are human, we will all be a happier people. Yeah, even happier than after that mocha latte'!

The problem is that we just don't get it. We live our daily lives. We fall into our daily routine. We become something that we don't realize we've become until it slaps us in the face. It's so easy. Go to work. Go to church. Read your Bible. Pray. Eat. Sleep. Wake up and do it all over again. We don't want to become robotic in our walk, and yet we do. Mac Powell, lead singer of Third Day, once said, "Within our lives no matter where we could go, or who we could see, or who we could meet, or what we could earn, or be given to us, or accomplish, there is nothing in our lives that will ever come close to the greatness of knowing Jesus Christ." So then why to we put so much emphasis on everything but???? Good question!

WAKE UP!!!!!! And this time, REALLY WAKE UP!!!!!!! I'm ready! It is time to step over the edge into a spiritual journey w/ our Father that is out of the ordinary, far beyond mediocrity, OUT OF THIS WORLD AWESOME!!! I'm ready to go, and I'll take whoever wants to go w/ me ;)

"... but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

God is much stronger than your espresso.... rely more on Him!!!!

"I'll have what she's having!" - http://coffeewiththepreacherswife.blogspot.com/feeds/2267654416534888447/comments/default

[-] Must be because it's my very layout for this new year, but I really had a blast about this challenge and never scrapped so quickly for a challenge... tada! Here it is:


Can't wait to see Mel's layout ;)

Sabine

Quicker than quick! - http://coffee-tea-ria.blogspot.com/feeds/561090876642694668/comments/default

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This morning DH and I went to a lovely garden shop ,we have been driving past this particular shop for years but have never stopped there before ,it was a little on the pricey side but had some interesting plants and gift items I will definitely be visiting it again soon! The lovely Hibiscus did not come from there it was bought the day before at my local garden centre which was having a sale, as you can probably guess gardening in taking up a lot of my time at the moment lol.
I also got round to making some delicious apricot conserve today which is delicious and my pantry shelves are beginning to fill with the hard earned bounty of the garden.
On the stitching front I am trying to finish off a Erhman cushion I started last year it is based on the paintings of Klimit ,but I have to say it has been hard going as half way through I decided I didn't really like it lol.Never mind this year I am determind to finish at least some of my growing piles of UFO's.
Well thats about it for now Take Care.

A fun day Gardening - http://crosstitchandcoffee.blogspot.com/feeds/3145725645274375434/comments/default

[-] Don't know for you Mel but I am totally ready to start with this one!

Have you seen it? It has been posted on Hummie's World forum here:

My challenge for you is to
1) Rip and tear a photo into three or more pieces! (that's a photo, not papers!)
2) Use journaling on your layout (something I stress is SO important).

This is a challenge to be completed by both racers.

The prize for this first challenge is a set of templates, how cool is that?!
And Hummie has provided us with some tutorials on how to rip and tear our photos!

So now, off to look for a photo to tear and rip...

Are we ready for Challenge #1? - http://coffee-tea-ria.blogspot.com/feeds/2189439700790885927/comments/default

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CC: 1 Shot Coffee - http://purecoffee.blogspot.com/feeds/3548451748362573494/comments/default

[-] ... the Race is starting tomorrow!!!
Don't know where and when in the day will be posted the first challenge but can tell you I am already in the starting blocks, lol.

Ooops, almost forgot to wish everyone here a Wonderful New Year!

Countdown... - http://coffee-tea-ria.blogspot.com/feeds/4490858997908482190/comments/default

[-] January 1-31: Psalms 1-31
February 1: Psalm 32
February 2: Psalm 33
February 3: Psalm 34
February 4: Psalm 35
February 5: Psalm 36
February 6: Psalm 37
February 7: Psalm 38
February 8: Psalm 39
February 10: Psalm 40
February 11: Psalm 41
February 12: Psalm 42
February 13: Psalm 43
February 14: Psalm 44
February 15: Psalm 45
February 16: Psalm 46
February 17: Psalm 47
February 18: Psalm 48
February 19: Psalm 49
February 20: Psalm 50
February 21: Psalm 51
February 22: Psalm 52
February 23: Psalm 53
February 24: Psalm 54
February 25: Psalm 55
February 26: Psalm 56
February 27: Psalm 57
February 28: Psalm 58
March 1: Psalm 59
March 2: Psalm 60
March 3: Psalm 61
March 4: Psalm 62
March 5: Psalm 63
March 6: Psalm 64
March 7: Psalm 65
March 8: Psalm 66
March 9: Psalm 67
March 10: Psalm 68
March 11: Psalm 69
March 12: Psalm 70
March 13: Psalm 71
March 14: Psalm 72
March 15: Psalm 73
March 16: Psalm 74
March 17: Psalm 75
March 18: Psalm 76
March 19: Psalm 77
March 20: Psalm 78
March 21: Psalm 79
March 22: Psalm 80
March 23: Psalm 81
March 24: Psalm 82
March 25: Psalm 83
March 26: Psalm 84
March 27: Psalm 85
March 28: Psalm 86
March 29: Psalm 87
March 30: Psalm 88
March31 : Psalm 89
April 1: Psalm 90
April 2: Psalm 91
April 3: Psalm 92
April 4: Psalm 93
April 5: Psalm 94
April 6: Psalm 95
April 7: Psalm 96
April 8: Psalm 97
April 9: Psalm 98
April 10: Psalm 99
April 11: Psalm 100
April 12: Psalm 101
April 13: Psalm 102
April 14: Psalm 103
April 15: Psalm 104
April 16: Psalm 105
April 17: Psalm 106
April 18: Psalm 107
April 19: Psalm 108
April 20: Psalm 109
April 21: Psalm 110
April 22: Psalm 111
April 23: Psalm 112
April 24: Psalm 113
April 25: Psalm 114
April 26: Psalm 115
April 27: Psalm 116
April 28: Psalm 117
April 29: Psalm 118
April 30: Psalm 119
May 1: Psalm 120
May 2: Psalm 121
May 3: Psalm 122
May 4: Psalm 123
May 5: Psalm 124
May 6: Psalm 125
May 7: Psalm 126
May 8: Psalm 127
May 9: Psalm 128
May 10: Psalm 129
May 11: Psalm 130
May 12: Psalm 131
May 13: Psalm 132
May 14: Psalm 133
May 15: Psalm 134
May 16: Psalm 135
May 17: Psalm 136
May 18: Psalm 137
May 19: Psalm 138
May 20: Psalm 139
May 21: Psalm 140
May 22: Psalm 141
May 23: Psalm 142
May 24: Psalm 143
May 25: Psalm 144
May 26: Psalm 145
May 27: Psalm 146
May 28: Psalm 147
May 29: Psalm 148
May 30: Psalm 149
May 31: Psalm 150

2009 Psalms Reading Plan - http://coffeeatmytable.blogspot.com/feeds/995393755047425633/comments/default

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Resolved for customers: Be a better tipper, perhaps. Order drinks with fewer calories, maybe? Resolved for baristas: Wish customers a great day with even greater sincerity. Try to gossip less about fellow baristas, maybe? What are your resolutions? Discuss this or anything Starbucks-related in the open thread.

OPEN THREAD conversation-starter: Your employee/customer resolutions for 2009 - http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2009/01/open-thread-con.html

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First I thought I would post a couple of photos the first is my eldest daughters Christmas stocking it is Brett by Shepherds Bush .The second photo is the table runner I made ,it is appeared in the Christmas Quilting Arts magazine I love the bright colours they make me smile every time I look at it.
Today was spent making Zucchini pickle I planted one plant a few weeks ago and have had enough zucchini off it too feed a small village, apart from the usual ways one eats zucchini we have also had a chocolate cake made with it and now I have resorted to pickle, I also have an interesting slice I want to try.No doubt I will have much the same problems with tomatoes in a few weeks as there seems to be plenty on the plants.
Well thats it for now I'm off to do some stitching Take Care.

How Does Your Garden Grow? - http://crosstitchandcoffee.blogspot.com/feeds/419301373071644141/comments/default