Laundry Soap

I stopped by Jessica’s today and we decided to make laundry soap.  She had a new recipe she wanted to try.  She got the recipe from here http://aprons-n-pearls.blogspot.com/2012/11/homemade-laundry-soap.html.   But first a picture of our helper, Miss Katie.

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Doing this was lots of fun.  I still think it is amazing that I can just drop by her house and we can do stuff like this together.

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We did change a few things on the recipe.  Our store was sold out of Fels Naptha soap so we used Zote.  Also we used all fabric powder bleach instead of oxi clean and we used purex crystals in the place of the downy unstoppables.  Okay so maybe we changed quite a few things but the basic recipe was still the same.

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When all was finished, she had a pretty good amount of laundry soap.  I think this will be a really good soap to use.  It smells wonderful and has the powdered bleach to keep whites from getting dingy looking.

That’s about it for today.  I need to go start supper.  We are having chicken quesadillas.  I hope you all have a wonderful evening and God bless.

 

 

Gatlinburg Trip

IMG_1108Most of you probably don’t know but this summer Grace had Lyme disease.  This knocked her out of getting to go on the youth trip to Gatlinburg.  She was disappointed to say the least.  She was SO looking forward to seeing the aquarium.

So yesterday and today we were in Tennessee.  This was our Christmas gift from Dave and Jess.  Thanks again both of you.  We had such a great time.  I think you can tell by the look on Grace’s face she is very excited to be there.

IMG_1116We saw so many interesting fish!

IMG_1133IMG_1135IMG_1140Grace even got to pick up a horseshoe crab!IMG_1158When we came out of the aquarium, this is what we saw!

IMG_1189Very exciting!  All the Christmas lights were still up.  It was very beautiful.  The girls and I love Christmas lights.  Hubby doesn’t seem to get as excited as we do but he was a good sport during the trips around town so we could look.  Notice I said trips-we didn’t want to miss anything!

IMG_1197Our view from the balcony of our room.

IMG_1213Julie and the Avengers!

IMG_1241We spent a LONG time in here!  We had a great two days.  This trip was something we had been needed for a while.  Thanks again, Dave and Jess.

That’s all for now.  Enjoy your evening and God bless.

 

 

Hello Everyone!

I FOUND THIS POST AS I WAS GOING THROUGH MY PICTURES.  I AM SORRY THIS DIDN’T GET POSTED UNTIL NOW JAN 10, 2015.  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE POSTED ON JUNE 22, 2014.  MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL OF THIS BUT I WANTED TO POST IT ANYWAY,

So much has happened since my last post.  First off, I want to tell you all that I am still having trouble making posts so that is part of the reason it has been so long since I made one.  I am on facebook though as Donna Mitchell Dawson if any of you want an update on Hubby and I haven’t put anything on here.

Two weeks ago, Hubby had a complete bowel obstruction from the tumor.  They admitted him to the hospital on Wednesday and on Saturday they finally decided to do surgery.  They bypassed the tumor completely with a colostomy.  He is recoverying from the surgery.  He stays very tired but is in good spirits.  He starts chemo on Tuesday of this week.  He will taking chemo pills twice a day and iv once every 3 weeks.  At first they told us the chemo could add years to his life, now there are saying months.  Not what we wanted to hear but as I have stated many times-GOD IS IN CONTROL!

I will try to keep updates on here but if not check on facebook or email me.  I think most of you have my email address.  If not it is d-forgiven58@hotmail. com  Thanks so much for all your prayers and God bless.

I’m Back

IMG_1087Hello everyone!  Well, I think I am back to blogging.  I am going to try really hard to make time for this as I so much enjoy doing it.  So much has went on here since my last post that I could not ever tell it all in one setting.  I will try to bring you all up to date as I make posts.  Hubby is still doing chemo.  He is tentatively scheduled for a scan on the 20th of Jan.  Dave, Jess and kids are settled in a house in Floyd for now.  Jess is expecting baby #4 in April.  A boy-John Luke.  She said as active as he has been so far they thought he would need two bible names.

I took this picture this morning.  God has really been giving us beautiful sunrises.  One thing this walk has taught me is to try to the best of my ability NOT to take for granted the many blessings God gives.  Each and every gift is special.

Well, that’s it for now.  I have been working for two days getting all my pictures back on my blog.  I now fully understand why I do not do computer work for a living. (lol)  I hope you all have a great evening and God bless.

 

Update

Just rec. a call from the cancer doctor–GOOD NEWS!!! The cancer is responding to the chemo, ALL the tumors have shrunk by at least 50%. We will resume chemo treatments on the 30th of this month. THANK YOU, LORD!! I want to say that God is good, however, I don’t want to give the wrong impression. God is good no matter what the scan result would have been. I am thankful for His healing but His healing in no way determines how good He is. Thanks to each and every one of you that have said a prayer for us. Please continue to pray. To borrow a phrase from one of my daughters, Pray for miraculous results!! Thank you!

Baptizing, Picnic, Garden and Surprise

IMG_0779Hello everyone!  Today was our annual church picnic and baptizing.  This young man accepted the Lord as his Savior and was baptized today.  It was getting ready to rain.  If you look closely, you can see a few raindrops hitting the pond.  The rain was much needed.

IMG_0799Here is a picture of one of our little areas in the yard.  You can see the park bench and Mr.  Rooster.  Our butterfly bush had a hard time this winter with all the cold and snow.  We thought it might not have survived but a few blooms made it.  The hummingbirds love the Rose of Sharon bush.  I spotted these two big rocks over the hill several years ago and got Marvin to bring them to the yard with the tractor.  He said that was a first for him.  Usually people want rocks taken out of their yard not brought in.  Now if you look way back past Mr. Rooster you will see my surprise!!

IMG_0805Another swing!!!  The girls and I found the frame to this swing years ago at the dumpster.  Here in Floyd, people set things out at the dumpster for other people to use.  I have even seen appliances sitting out with a note on them telling people what is wrong with them.  Anyway, the frame was pink and didn’t have a swing with it-just the frame.  The first year we lived in Floyd, Hubby made me the swing you see on the frame.  It hung on our back porch for years until just recently when we boxed in the porch.  No porch-no swing.  I told him when he took it down I wanted him to think of somewhere to put it.  It stayed in the building for a couple of years.  The other day the girls and I were gone for a little while.  When we got home, he had put the swing on the pink frame and painted them both.  I LOVE IT!  He sure knows how to get to my heart!!!

IMG_0801Now a few garden pictures.  We were working on putting this fence up around the garden when we found out all about Hubby being sick.  A friend came the following week, put up the remainder of the posts, helped us run the wire and tillered the garden for us.  God is so good.

IMG_0803Well, that’s about it for now.  I hope you all have a great Sunday and God bless.

Tuesday

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Hello everyone!  I hope you are all having a great day.  We have been busy with canning.  We canned some more green beans yesterday and did some pickles today.

Our temperatures this week have been warmer than they were last week.  I forgot to tell you all that we had a cool spell here last week.  SO NICE!  Great sleeping weather.

Not much else going on here.  I just wanted to get some practice in on putting pictures on.  I still have trouble remembering how to do it as it is different from my old blog.  Luckily for me, I have two daughters who can help me with it.  Thanks, girls.

I hope you all have a great evening and God bless.

 

A Busy Week

 

 

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Things have really been hopping around here this week.  We had VBS going on!  We had so much fun and one young boy accepted Christ as his savior and will be baptized next weekend!  God is SO good!!  Sometimes I think we forget what VBS is all about.  Teaching children about Jesus.

George started his second round of chemo on Tuesday.  So far all has went well.  We are so thankful for everyone’s prayers.  We know it is a gift from God how well he is doing.

We have also been busy with garden stuff-putting  squash in the freezer, making pickles and canning green beans.  I also have WONDERFUL news!!  Dave and Jess are moving back to Floyd!!! YEAH!  Dave has gotten a job in Blacksburg and they are looking for a home here in Floyd.  I will keep you all updated on their house hunting progress.

Enjoy your day and God bless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crazy Cucumbers

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Look at these strange looking cuc’s!!  I am not certain what they are but they sure look strange.  I haven’t tried any of them yet so I can’t tell you all if we like them or not.  Tomorrow I hope to make bread & butter pickles with them.

This week has been busy.  George had his appointment on Thursday for bloodwork.  Everything looked good except he does have another urinary tract infection.  She started him on antibiotics.  He is scheduled to begin his 2nd round of chemo on Tuesday July 15th.  We are praying this round goes as well as the first round did.

He is gone this evening with some of the men from church.  They have went down to the shooting range to shoot some clays.  Even though he can’t shoot right now they still call him to go with them.  He so enjoys the fellowship.

Well, that’s about it.  Time to get some supper ready.  I hope you all have a great Friday and God bless.

 

 

Sunday

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Hello everyone!  I hope your week has been good.  Things here are moving along.  George had his surgery on Wednesday to install his porta cath.  It went very well.  We hope this will make it much easier for his iv.  They have such a hard time getting into his veins.  We also found out on Wednesday that Grace has Lyme Disease.  They have started her on a 20 day antibiotic.  Lyme Disease is very bad here in Floyd.

On a lighter note, our garden is doing very well.  We canned 14 pts of pickles yesterday and hope to can more by Tuesday.  We also had our first mess of peas this week and our squash and zucchini are coming in as well.  I love fresh food from the garden.

The above picture was taken last week.  The kids had so much fun playing at the river.  Nothing says summer more than cool water on a hot day.

I hope you all have a great day and God bless.

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