Eternal Encouragement-Organizing Happiness

 It's time for me to share about one of my Eternal Encouragement experiences. I received the January newsletter in my inbox and opened it up to read. I'm Excited and I hope you will be too.. Enjoy!  So today I will share the e-book Organizing Happiness.

 I have heard it said that “7” is God’s favorite number. God never stated this unequivocally but there are more than 700 references to the number “7” in the Bible. From the Seven days of Creation to the Seven Days of Revelation, Scripture is saturated with the number seven. In fact, to even attempt to list all of them would require … seven pages!
 Of course there are some more things that support “7” as a special number. God said it takes seven times seven to repair our wrongs. He created seven main planets and He created the universe in seven days. And of course, you’ve heard of the seven Gates of Heaven and “Seventh Heaven.

”I hope that you enjoy this little book of “sevens” and that you are blessed by it seven times seven.
 Mrs. Lorrie Flem

 I learned a lot be reading this book. I'm pretty good at organizing.. But There is always room for improvement. I keep up with 2 households mine and my in laws. My husband and I take care of his elderly parents. I am organized  most of the time. We have gotten appointments mixed up, forgotten. prescriptions lost or not refilled. We have all been there. But we have come along way too!..

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Acts 2:21

 We have no reason to be discouraged or fear! God Himself will help us with the training, education,
and creation of new habits in the lives of our children and ourselves – habits that will last a lifetime
and make you happier!  Mrs. Lorrie Flem

 This book is a very helpful tool for Women and there families. The tips on creating new habits and getting rid of old habits will make all of us Happier!! I encourage you to download this helpful book.
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December/Janurary

Our Christmas was good this year. We Started off celebrating Dutch Christmas with Steffon's  Parents.(His Mother is Dutch). It is also  Sarah's Birthday.. It was double parting!!! Then came pulling out all the stops decorating for Christmas. We try to make every holiday as special as possible for Steff's
parents(whom seem to be getting older faster).
New Year came with a bang! We celebrated at home with good food, family and some movies. Now that the New Year is here. We the are excited to see what the New Year will bring !

October/November

AWWW.... Nice Cool Weather . Perfect for Ghosts,Monsters,Turkey and Dressing. This is our favorite tie of the year. This is the time when we enjoy warm bread from the oven. Maybe cuddle by the wood burning stove.
I better stop there! We recently enjoyed a little trip to the pumpkin farm. It was fun!! We stuffed a scarecrow, and picked out several pumpkins for carving. See pictures below. If you want the address sent me an email and I will send you the link. I will post more pictures as I download them.

August 2011

We are having a blast! We started volunteering on the Austin Steam Association every other weekend. It is a fun way to spend a weekend!

Starting in  couple weeks we will also be volunteering at the Baptist Children's home. Sandra will be baking and Steffon will be doing electrical and building maintenance.  We hope to enjoy this as much as we enjoy Austin Steam Train.

Our garden did not survive the heat this year. But at least it lasted till the end of July. Sandra is looking into getting a hoop house kit so that we can start the garden during the winter and have it finished by early summer.

June/July/August 2011

We are all doing good. We recently we out to Sandra's favorite peach farm and got peaches.  Boy they were good!!! So good the bushel lasted a week! She has plans to go back in Aug. to get more peaches. The garden is doing well. We hope it continues even in the Texas heat!
Steffon is enjoying school and learning alot. He survived his first test and if he keeps up the good work will be at the top of his class. We are all excited for him!

Sandra has picked up a teaching job starting in January. She will be teaching self sufficiency starting January 10 2012 at Austin Community College. She is so excited and thrilled to share her knowledge and skills with other people in the community.

We all recently took a field trip to the local Lavender farm. If you have never been invest in the time to go. It is a good experience and the smell of the lavender is awesome!

February,March & April

We have been busy. Hopefully we will get everything done in a few weeks.
The Garden has been dug up and planted for spring. Plans are in the making for the fall Garden. We are hoping that all the plants we planted will produce all summer. We planted 12 tomato's, 6 watermelon, 12 pepper plants, potato's, onion's , garlic, grapes,blackberry, raspberry and blueberry.
  Quilts and other projects have been run through Sandra's sewing machine right and left. She has set a goal of getting her sewing projects done. And getting all 4 sewing storage containers down to 1. I think she is down to 2 1/2 containers now.. Go Sandra! You can do it!
Steffon has been busy with training and learning the electrical trade, and in my free time reorganizing and repacking stuff in storage. I helped Sandra with the garden.

We have also stayed busy with our four legged children. Our Golden Retrievers Bo and Luke. They love to run and chase each other in the yard.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We are looking forward to the New Year and all the exciting activities that are heading our way.

   Bo and Luke are a year old now. Wow! they are big boys now. There favorite activites are Sleeping, Doggy Treats and being chased in the yard.

  Our garden is in the process of getting ready for spring. We are adding new plants, berries and fruits. We are hoping all our fruits and vegetables will do very well this year. With the time we spent reading books, studying magazines and all the back breaking work. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a successful garden.

   Sandra is getting her canning list together for some canning now and when the garden is ready. She is digging through all her booking and pulling the best recipes from last year and adding new recipes to try.

She is hoping to coordinate the canning with her cooking recipes in hopes to cut the grocery bill even more than what she has. Her goal is to only buy what you cannot make, to keep the grocery bill for 4 adults at 80.00 every two weeks.

 We added two homesteading items to our homestead this year. We added a wood burning stove and a cast iron bath tub with claw feet. Steffon already refinished the stove and we have enjoyed it several times. The Tub will need a professional finish and we hope to get that done soon. Both will be in full use on our future farm.

Our Christmas was wonderful! We spent it with our family's and enjoyed all the good cooking, visiting.