Bird Craze

We would like you to meet the newest pet in our family. The craze begins and ends with best friends of ours. They have 4 birds and Gabbi loves playing with them when we go to their house. Anyway, her name is Gewel (pronounced Jewel) We had to keep in line with the G thing you know. She loves sitting on Gabbi's shoulder. We are all enjoying her. Enjoy the pictures.

Wordless Wednesday

Don't you just LOVE them dimples?????

Menu for this week

Monday- Chicken Piccata (southern living) egg noodles and brown sugar carrots/pudding
Tuesday-French Toast, sausage/fruit
Wednesday-Rainbow Buffet(vegetarian tray)/ brownies
Thursday-Red beans(Yes Tracy I know, not on Thurs) it couldn't be avoided/ cookies
Friday-Taco bar/cinnamon tortilla chips
Saturday-hamburgers/homemade ice cream
Sunday-BBQ chicken in the crockpot(hubby working)/leftover ice cream if any LOL

Wordless Wednesday- if you know my son....yes, the one in the cage..

Menu for this week

Monday- Meatball sandwiches with carrots sticks/ Desset- c.c cookies
Tuesday-Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, peas/Brownies
Wednesday-Jambalya, salad, homemade rolls/grahams
Thursday-Hamburgers, sweet potatoes, corn/berries and pound cake
Friday-Homemade pizza, salad/popcorn

Menu for this week

Monday- Quesidillas, yellow rice, corn

Tuesday-Red beans, rice, green beans, corn bread and Best Friends(we aren't eating them LOL)

Wednesday- Baked Ravioli, garlic bread, broccoli

Thursday- BBQ chicken, baked beans, baked macaroni, brown sugar carrots

Friday-Chef Salad, garlic bread

Our Family is Growing......

Now I know all of you think you getting great news about a new Barraco baby but...........sorry :(


We just started our new garden. Just one more of my green living ways to check off my wish list. We are going the Square Foot Garden type. http://www.squarefootgardening.com/

I have dragged my butt long enough. I have always wanted to have a garden but NEVER had the time/money or desire to dig up the hard Louisiana soil. I have had the box built for a month. I also have had dying vegetable on my patio table crying out to me daily to keep them alive. It took me this long to get my soil. It didn't cost much. I cannot wait to see my veggies start to grow. We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, bell pepper and marigold to keep 'squitos away. We plan to put in pumpkins in July for the fall and some other things. I also plan on putting in a box for the children. I might tye in an object lesson on sin being like weeds in a garden. If we don't confess our sin or pull out the weeds in our garden it chokes life. Hmmmmmm.

I'll keep you updated on the growing. Of children and veggies.

2 posts in a day. Don't faint y'all.


I took pictures but cannot find my cord to upload. Grrrrrr. I'll post some before/afters when I find the cord. TTFN

Menu for this week

Monday- baked penne pasta, garlic bread, spinach sald

Tuesday- kabobs

Wednesday- anniversary (who knows)

Thursday- breakfast

Friday- pizza with salad

The pillowcase dress

I have always wanted to make a pillowcase dress. I sewed B.C. I used to love it. Well I finally got the Minnie dress done for baby G just in time to leave for Disney World on Sunday. Whatcha think? Oh, let me plug my honey. If it weren't for my hubby I wouldn't have been able to do this. He gave me an hour and lots of encouragement. I love you Pat.

Lessons all over the place

Welcome back. No. Haven't been crying that long. 2 things.
1.) The save to draft button.......very important.
2.) Don't hit the back button. NEVER.

God is still on His throne. Amen? Well, the lessons keep on coming. God is doing so much in my life I am afraid if I post I might be considered "odd". OK if you know me, odder than normal. I struggle with time to do the things I want. Notice I didn't say need to do. There are just things in my day I would like to do and PBJ sandwiches and laundry aren't always it.

God is so faithful. Why His eyes stop on me I'll never know but His word says they do. He saw me that fateful day crying in my laundry room and He knew I needed a touch from Him. He touch was a small smack in the head with the Word. It goes something like this... Matthew 6:33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. We hear it alot but we need to be aware of the words AND the order.

Seek Him. We really could just stop there. Seek isn't passive. It is an action word. Seek Him by reading the Word, then just listen to what He says. He speaks to us by friends, pastors, spouses and if you are really bad like me, your children. OUCH.. Anyway. Seek Him and the things that please Him and then all these things. I believe when you spend your time seeking Him the other things just fall into place. I know this to be true. I cannot tell you I am in the Word like I want to be but I do spend more time talking and even more listening. Our pastor said that prayer should be the knee jerk reaction for a Christian. I believe he is right. I pray about the smallest and biggest things now. It pays.

Sounds strange but now I seem to have time for making baby food( hush I love doing it), playing games with the children and other things I never had time for. I told you none of this is for you. It is for me. I really am trying to live for the Lord. It is so hard because I seem to get in the way of Him all the time. I pray He sees my heart and finds it to be a worthy place to live. I want Him to have all the dried up, old way, empty places in there are bring His healing salve to it and renew it. If my heart is where He lives shouldn't I take more time preparing it than the "earth suit" I inhabit. Hmmmmmm..............................