Rabbit Trails

So, I get up this morning, and the rag-rug fairy tied all my rag-rug pieces together and had them wound in a nice ball.  I think I will leave more out tonight and see if it can happen again. OK.  I like Ross now.  These shoes were $1.49.  Purple velvet DUCK SHOES.  IN MY SIZE.  My plans are to go into that store every time I get groceries from now on.  Can't beat $1.49 for some of the neatest shoes in the world. I have seen this in a couple of places on blogs and the internet in general.  I was fully planning on ordering one....but our Kroger store had them for $12 something.  We've made 6 or 7 cups of coffee with this in our K-pot....and I am tickled to have it. I can now buy fun kinds of ground coffee.....not to say that Wal-Mart store brand decaff is a fun brand, but it's what I always used to drink.  And I lived. These are useful, not beautiful.  I need useful when I garden.  I bought some very low cost sni...

I've been wanting to go to this Red Robin for quite a while now. The other night, we did. This was our second choice, Plan B. My husband gave it a 4 on a scale of 1-10. I thought it was more like a 7. Our waitress needed some polishing. The hamburgers we got were good..... but around $8-$10 each. I think I need to go again so I can have a more informed opinion.

I wouldn't mind meeting the person that designs carpet for motels/hotels.

There are some things I do to make dish washing more fun (?)........I bought this little container at the SPCA thrift store.....Billy charged me too much for it, but that's another story.  If everybunny puts their dirty silverware in it, then when it's time to do dishes, all the silverware is in ONE place.  I hate to have little unsteady piles of dishes waiting to be done.....like some sort of game....and this seems to help.  We also stack plates and bowls........this also makes shorter piles and less tipping and tumbling.  The kitchen, by choice, does not have an automatic dishwasher. If you have LOTS of dirty dishes, that means you have lots of help to do them.  It kind of evens out.  If there are only two of you, then there are only two people getting dishes dirty. I also buy fun dishrags.  I do like the netting on one side, and cloth on the other.  These were from Ross.....I don't go into that store very often because it's usually a mess. ...

I sing a little song with my Sunday School girls.... In the middle of a seed buried deep so deep a real little plant lay fast asleep. I tell the girls inside those little bitty seeds may be a beautiful zinnia , or a radish , or cilantro , or a huge sunflower . How neat is it to have a little black seed that looks like a speck of dirt turn into moss rose , or larkspur ?   I love seeds.  I collect them and save them from year to year. I bring seeds home from New Jersey.....Colorado......Kansas. People send me seeds, too. Seeds from a friend's gardens make sweeter flowers. Tonight when I mowed the back yard, I left some little patches of henbit to grow so they could go to seed. All I want in the back yard is henbit and grass.   Maybe some clover for Donut. I've never ordered seeds from a catalog. I've never needed to. Because of our mild winters, most of my plants re-seed themselves and multiply....whether or not I like it. Take my 4 O'clocks. REALLY. Come and t...

Two men look out through the same bars One sees the mud, and one the stars. Taken from: Poems That Touch the Heart, A.L. Alexander

"Back of the loaf is the snowy flour, Back of the flour the mill, And the back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower, And the sun, and the Father's will." God will be with us, day by day. Take even the smallest things to Him in prayer.

When digital cameras came into being..... Olivia started putting them on our computer. On Picasa. I thought everybunny did Picasa.... just like I thought everybunny studied Kansas history in 4th grade. If you don't have a picture program,  Picasa is free and fun. They just added all sorts of things you can do with  your pictures. You can *1960* them. Put them in frames. Put a soft color on the outskirts of your picture. You can brighten things up. I love digital cameras. They are very sympathetic to mistakes. This is one of the few places in life that you can make a mistake..... and delete it. And it's really gone. That's why we should be so careful with our life. Ponder The Path Of Thy Feet God can and will forgive, but the consequences of your sin won't disappear. Friends and family can and will forgive, but the consequences of your sin won't disappear. A ruined life takes one day at a time, just like a life that pleases God. One day at a time. Col...

We were so glad and blessed to have Brother Dave and Sister Pat with us last week-end. We haven't seen them for years. We've been friends with them since our Pleasant Valley Baptist Church days. Nothing like seeing old friends walk up the sidewalk to your front door. Brother Dave is a true missionary, he loves what he does. Sister Pat is right there beside him. She is a cancer survivor. She is a REAL letter writer. She gave me all of her used school books. I loved getting them from her. Not because they were free, but because  she wanted ME to have them. She plays the trumpet and always does a special. Brother Dave is a fixer-upper. He builds things and tinkers. They love the Lord and want to see lost souls in Mexico come to the Truth. Brother Dave was part of my husband's ordination at Pleasant Valley. May the Lord continue to bless their ministry..... and keep them safe.

Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss; he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.  -  Thomas Brooks

Why write letters?  To stay connected to people and to stay connected to depth. Given the ease with which letters accomplish that objective, it is hard to think of stamps as expensive. Why Write Letters by Donna Schaper

This carpet made me want to play Parcheesi................ (a game similar to Wa-Hoo and Sorry) Which did you play growing up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi

The whole idea of piddling is to kill time, but without any great effort at all, or even really meaning to. If one piddles correctly, time just goes away, without regret on the part of the piddler, or even any particular notice. One does not march off to piddle. One meanders. And even when one heads off to do it, one may not go to piddling right away, because one might have to loafer a little first. But loafering is another story. http://www.southernliving.com/community/rick-bragg-southern-journals-00417000077105/ Read the full article and see if you are a true *piddler* I surely am.

Only one life, t'will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last.   -  Anonymous

  Yes, I always start with a cup of coffee.  I get up at six, James goes to work at 6:15.....gets home around 7:30.   I read my Bible in the morning and think about what I need to do for the day.  I usually have a list so I don't forget things.  Right now, my list should say: don't EAT. When it's chilly in the house I like to have a candle lit.  This one didn't last very long.  I tend to like brown candles!  Heather got me one for Christmas, it's *very* brown. I turned on some music, it's so nice to be able to listen to our old albums........you just wait! One of these days I'm going to figure out how to *convert* albums to cd's. I got this women's shirt for a song at a thrift store..........it was a very small, medium....so I decided to make a bag out of it. When old candles burn to the bottom and go out, I melt the remaining wax and put it in this cup.....it makes the house smell good, but it's not the same thing as a cand...