One of the ornaments for the giveaway
 Snowball, ornament number one for the Milestone giveaway... see post below to enter!
We found a house
Posted by m j on 2008-Nov-19 at 08:22
We found a house we like. It is a 7 bedrooms, 4 baths 4200 square feet and on almost 3/4 acre, only for 350 thousand!! , we are in California remember. We were emailed it and just loved the pictures and how it sounded. We went to see it and it is two house not one house! Ugh!!! Why do they not tell you that when you are looking at a few to see? They know what you want, so why do they waste my time??
We are going to look at another one, but this one is smaller only 3 bedrooms, 2 bath and 2300 square feet , but it has the land we want.
We are just looking at this time as we still have our ranch and love it there. We will see where and if God wants us to move, but we keep looking.
God Bless, mj
Happy Birthday Susan and Stacie
Posted by Lisa on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 06:50
Ok I am a little late, but I want to wish my 2 daughters Susan and Stacie a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. Sue's was on saturday the 15th and Stacie's is today.. WE LOVE YOU GIRLS!!
Mom and Dad
Giving 3 days straight
We sure do know how to stretch out a good thing here. We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving for 3 days! Can you imagine the leftovers?
The good thing is that I will be contributing to the various meals not making everything for 3 days.
Whew!
Thanksgiving Day will be spent at my parents’ home. I’ll be bringing spoonbread and my famous Triple Fudge Brownies. Mr. Steady will be fixing up his scrumptious Dirty Mashed Potatoes. I think the girls and I may make a loaf of bread too.
The Day After Dinner, as it is now known, is spent with Mr. Steady’s parents. We cherish this quirky tradition as it means we get to spend some great quality time with his parents (it’s a gi-normous family). A few years ago we sucked Mr. Steady’s sister and kids into the tradition- since her hubby is always working that day. Foodwise: we try to keep to serving leftovers- another tradition. Mr. Steady does fry a turkey breast because we just love it. We have leftover mashed potatoes and spoonbread, his mama brings cranberries, a pie and a Jell-O salad. His sister brings her amazing potato rolls and at least one veggie side dish. I laughingly make a boxed stuffing mix to round it all out.
This year my sister and her hubby have invited the family to their home for the Day After After Dinner. [This is the “off year” that my siblings each spend with their in-laws on TG day.] Since this is a first I don’t know what the plan is. I am currently waiting for my sister to inform me of what I am bringing to the event besides myself and 4 other hungry souls.
I have to admit I’m getting a bit antsy as I’m working on my grocery list. I’m a bit of a nervous-ervous. I don’t normally grocery shop during Thanksgiving week. But Mr. Steady and I are hoping for some better sales in the local flyers and so we have put off some of the holiday shopping. Yikes!
We made this week a pantry week so that we could save this week’s grocery money, combine it with next week’s and hopefully stock up on some things.
Still, it makes me feel like I’m waiting until the last minute to get all my ducks in a row . . . .
Exciting News and a giveaway for you.
You guys know that I am not normally a twice a day blogger, but today I am just so tickled that I have to share a few things with you!
I am about to reach a blogging milestone!!!
... My blog is nearing 50,000 visitors!!! Can you believe that. Now I have had quite a few more page views, but actual visitors is almost 50,000! Those of you who have stopped by and actually read what this gal from Georgia's blog has to say... or at least look at the pictures. :)
Ya'll have blessed me a bunch and I want to bless you right back. I am going to be compiling a prize. And I will give this out Friday! So make sure you leave me a comment on this post by then.
I know that it will have a few handmade ornaments in it for sure, but who knows... I might think of a few more things to add.
***I will update this as I decide! :)***
Also... You all know of my LOVE of Vision Forum. They still have the opportunity for you to receive FREE shipping on any order of $20 or more! That is a great deal in itself, BUT it doesn't stop there! There is 20% off their Beautiful Girlhood Collection and so much more. Check them out.
And last but CERTAINLY not least!!!!!!!
My SISTER is going to have her baby!!!!! She has always had her babies early. Her first was 6 weeks, second 4 weeks and now our new little one will be here by the weekend!! She has done so beautifully through this whole pregnancy, I am so excited! She is almost 37 weeks with him and we are thrilled! She is going in early because she is leaking fluid... but she is dilating also... so whooopppeeeee!!!! Another precious little nephew to hold soon! :)
So to celebrate this fantastic week... I will be hosting the giveaway! Make sure to enter, tell your friends and help me celebrate this big week!!
Love to all...
My Cup Runneth Over...
Baby Steps
I believe that all too often we forget the beauty of baby steps.
Little ones gather their courage and take little chances and begin making those memorable baby steps. Little by little... inch by inch...
As we grow we can forget how important those small first steps can be, we want to get somewhere, we want to do something... NOW, not later. And instead of making small steps toward that goal, we jump in, jump ahead and can really make a mess of things.
All of this analogy to say, that *I* remembered how vital baby steps were yesterday while homeschooling the children. I had been setting a task in front of my eldest that she simply was not ready. So I stopped and held her hand and let her wade through some of the problems she was having... taking those small baby steps... something, if I had opened my eyes, I should have done a long time ago.
Baby steps might not get you to your destination the fastest... but, slow and steady will eventually win the race... and it just might be, that they are more stable and sturdy once they get there. :)
My Cup Runneth Over...
Fires in California
Posted by m j on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 10:00
I do not know if you see on your news things about California , but we are having major fires. We have 6 going and 3 of them are close around us. We live in Chino. Chino Hills was Chino to, until they changed it to Chino Hills ( it was always just called the hills) because they did not to live in a city that has a prison. Carbon canyon is also part of Chino Hills (Chino). We live a few miles form Diamond Bar and Corona. We have fires all around us. We are praying for the people who lost their homes and for all the people helping out. So many people lost it all.
People were evacuated 3 miles from us. It has been very smokey and it looks like it snowed due to the ash. It is fall but we have been in the 90's. Hubby had such a hard time getting home from work on Friday. The 3 freeways were closed as was Carbon Canyon. It took him over 2.5 hours to drive the 17 miles home!!
God Bless, mj
Pictures of Marty's life
Posted by m j on 2008-Nov-18 at 09:31
I am posting more pictures of Marty.
Marty as a pup:
As a young man:
 At Disneyland :
   Different Christmas pictures taken at Disneyland:
Him with one of his puppies:
As you all can see we love this guy a lot!! Marty was a part of all our lives everyday. I am still developing rolls of film. As I find pictures of him I will post them.
We miss him so very much.
P.s here is one of the poor guy dressed as Snow White:
 He just love to be with us and his sisters, even if they painted his nails and dressed him up as a girl.
God Bless, mj
Amazing day
Posted by Faye on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 05:55
It was near 80* today. Is it really November 18th??? Both hubby and I took the afternoon off and spent it together, riding our bikes. We put on about 70 miles today, part of it near the river and it was soooo gorgeous, I wish I had had my camera. The trees are bare, the grasses yellow with a small stream winding through near the road, reflecting the flawless blue sky....
Hubby on our last 'river' ride...
Time to go and make some supper.... I have thawed chicken legs in the fridge - perhaps I'll just fry them, and make some quick macaroni salad. Sounds good from where I'm sitting anyway, lol
The MIX
I’ve been getting lots of requests for me to share my Christmas trail mix recipe. I’ve been wanting to do it as a picture post for the fun of it but haven’t assembled all my ingredients and containers yet.
And it’s not on the agenda until after next week- So I’ll share without pictures for now and then add the pictures later . . . . .
With that said- I must warn you that I change this recipe every single time I make it. I figure it just adds to the surprise.
First I’ll share the basic mix and then boggle your minds with my switcheroos.
Basic Christmas Snack Mix
1 large package Christmas M&Ms
1 pound chocolate covered raisins
1 pound white fudge covered pretzels
8 cups cinnamon graham cereal
Mix it altogether and package in air-tight containers.
Please note that I have never ever made it this way. Yes it is quite simple and I’m sure it would be truly delish. But I just can’t help myself. I must tweak recipes.
So what do I do?
Well, there was the year I couldn’t find white fudge covered pretzels- so I used yogurt pretzels instead. Yummo. Combine that with dried cranberries. Also- I’ve taken to purchasing the fancier bags of Chex mix that come out around Christmas time. Of course I purchase them when they are on sale- buy one get one free.
Last year I used Chex Chocolate Turtle mix- 2 bags. Added in 2-3 cups of cranberries, the M&Ms, 1 pound yogurt raisins and a 28 oz. package of white fudge pretzels. Excellent.
In the past I also found an apple-cinnamon Chex mix and added more dried apple slices, M&Ms and dried cherries.
I love the look of the red dried cherries and yogurt raisins/pretzels.
I often double the recipe due the high demand for this yummy mix. I keep costs as low as possible by looking for sales on the pricier items- like the Chex mix and M&Ms and buying the raisins and cranberries in bulk at an Amish store.
I will post again when I’ve got all of this year’s ingredients assembled to give you the 2008 version.
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