Show and Tell Saturday~Handmade

**Then Sings My Saturday is next post down below this one**

It is Show and Tell Saturday again. Today's theme is handmade. Well, since I don't make many things...because I just don't have the time...I have lots of ideas in my head that I'd love to do. So...since I committed many months ago to participate in Pay It Forward...I had to make something with my own little hands.

Shhhhh....don't tell my 3 ladies that they are going to get one of these 3 crosses that I just finished tonight...but they are. I'm just not sure which one is going to which lady. I guess, I will have to number them and use Random.org again to be fair :-) LOL!

They turned out just like I had them pictured in my mind. I found the pattern online, already had the board, went to my mom's to use my daddy's woodworking shop, cut them out, sanded, brought them home to fix some booboos, took them back to my mom's this morning to sand somemore, brought them home, stained them, let them dry, decorated them with mosaic glass tiles, put the hanger on the back and waaa laaa...finished!



For more great Show and Tells...visit Kim at Homesteaders Heart.

Have a blessed weekend!!!

P.S. I will link up...when I wake up :-0

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Show and Tell ~ Pets

It's Show and Tell Saturday again! Today, we are showing and telling about our favorite pet(s).

My favorite pets are my precious little Maltese girl, Biscuit, who is 5 years old and our tabby, Tiger who is 10 years.Tiger loves our son, Tyler and sleeps with him every night. He will sit outside his door and cry, paws at the door to get his attention if the door is closed. If that doesn't get his attention...he will grab the cord that runs under his door to his XBox Live and yank on it until Tyler opens the door. Tiger is a very loving and affectionate cat who always tolerates Biscuit.

Tiger loves our son, Tyler and sleeps with him every night. He will sit outside his door and cry, paws at the door to get his attention if the door is closed. If that doesn't get his attention...he will grab the cord that runs under his door to his XBox Live and yank on it until Tyler opens the door. Tiger is a very loving and affectionate cat who always tolerates Biscuit.

My precious little girl is Biscuit. We got her in January '04 and wheb she was 8 weeks old, weighing 1 lb. The picture here is her when we first got her with a toilet paper roll which was as big as she was. She is the sweetest little girl that I've ever had.

She is with me 24/7 and is spoiled rotten. She tends to get an attitude if she is left at home alone when I go somewhere that she isn't allowed to go. She started out going into my bathroom and turning the trash can over. She doesn't tear anything up, just strews it all over the floor. I started shutting the bedroom door, then she went into my office and turned that one over. I started putting my office trash can up on the desk and she moved on to Tyler's room. She is also know to get into things left on the end table in the living room. We came home from church one Sunday to find an entire bag of Cheetos dumped in the floor. She didn't eat them, but just wanted us to know that she was upset that she got left at home.

She goes everywhere we go, if at all possible and has only been boarded once. We even bought a camper so we didn't have to find hotels that would allow us to have a pet. She loves to go to the pharmacy and the bank because they keep dog treats for her and she knows it. She jumps in my lap, rest her chin on the edge of the window and patiently waits for her treat.

When I started trying to talk Roger into letting me get a Maltese. He said "I don't want no fluff dog, I want a manly dog". Well, he had "sucker" written all over him because the first thing out of his mouth when he comes home is...where is my baby girl and he's not talking about me.

She knows when it is time to go to bed and if you get up, start toward the bedroom...she grabs her squeaky bone and is ready to go to bed. If we don't go soon enough to suit her...she starts making these funny noises with her mouth open and curling her tongue...we say she is talking to us.

She is just like her momma...she loves to sleep in. She was snoring the other morning when I was getting ready to take Tyler to school that I had to get up to go see what the noise was...it was her snoring. She sleeps in the bed with us...actually, she sleeps between us. Most mornings when you wake up...she is laying with her head on the pillow beside you with the covers pulled up to her shoulders...just like a human.

She thinks she is human. She knows exactly what I am saying to her. When you put her out to potty at night before bed, you have to watch her or she tries to sneak back to the door like she went. I open the door and ask her..."did you go potty?" and she will duck her head (in shame), turn around and walk back to the grass and goes potty. She is so smart.

Can you tell that I love her so much? I do...she is precious!!! Ok...I know, I'm not normal but I do love her and she loves be back :-)

For more fun Show and Tells...visit Kim at Homesteaders Heart.

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Show and Tell Saturday

Welcome to Show and Tell Saturday...our host, Kim at Homesteaders Heart has set the theme this week as a book that has inspsired you to be better than who you are (other than the Bible). Hopefully, I'm not the only one who is cheating but I can't pick just one book...it has taken several to help me to be a better wife, mother, friend and Child of God.

My picks today are for becoming a better wife: His Needs Her Needs by Willard E. Harley, Jr., and Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian. As a better mother of a teenager: Every Day I Pray For My Teenager by Eastman Curtis and as a friend and Child of God: Total Forgiveness by R. T. Kendall. The other book...A Book of Prayer by Stormie Omartian is a book of all the prayers that Stormie Ormartian has written in The Power of a Praying Woman, The Prayer That Changes Everything, Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On, The Power of a Praying Wife and The Power of a Praying Parent. This is an awesome, handy little book...packed full of prayers for praying the Word of God over your situation.

The book for praying for you teenager...is not just for teenagers but can be used for children of all ages and adult children as well. This is an awesome scripture filled, very powerful prayers on every single subject or situation that involves our teenagers and what they are facing in our world today. It has 5 sections: Spiritual Life, Bondage-Breaking Prayers, Relationships, School Needs and Life Skills. Example topics: Spiritual...The Call of God, Confidence, Grace and Favor, Renewing of the Mind and Resisting Temptation (29 in this section). Bondage-Breaking...Abortion (had or contemplating), Addictions, Anxiety, Cult Influence, Gangs, Hate, Promiscuity and so many more (42 in this section alone). Relationships...Acceptance, Controlling Sexual Desires, Dating Standards, Disloyalty From Friends, Future Spouse and Peer Pressure (34 in this section). School Needs...Academic Achievements, Cheating, Choosing a College/Major, Favor Among Peers, Favor in Sports and Teacher Relationships (15 in this section) and Life Skills...Budgeting Finances, Career Choices, Employer/Employee Relationships and Preparing for the Future (12 in this section).

If you are battling with unforgiveness or if you are angry for "no" reason...check out this book...Total Forgiveness. I have blogged about it and how God delivered me from many things that I never thought I had a problem with concerning forgiveness. Awesome book! To read more about my battle with forgiveness...click here.

I will just ordered yesterday from Amazon another copy of Every Day I Pray For My Teenager and A Book of Prayer to be used as a giveaway coming soon.

I also pre-ordered Stormie's new book The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children Book of Prayer...due out in July. I know many of us have adult children that aren't living for the Lord and I think this book will be an awesome tool in praying effectively for our adult children.

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

4 Days Late But I Wanted To Play

Kim at Homesteaders Heart hosted a new meme this past Saturday called Show and Tell Saturday with a new theme each week from something in your home. I missed out but was reading it this morning and I wanted to play anyway...even though, I'm late. I will try to do better this week. This could be fun.

The theme was antiques...I have a number of pieces that I have either inherited , some that my dad inherited and refinished or I bought and refinished. I love antiques...mine are not all functional but beautiful to look at.

I am showing my two favorite pieces. The first one is my grandmother's antique radio and record player. It worked when I was a kids but the wires have dry rotted and it just looks pretty now.

My second one is my great-aunt's hall tree that sits in my foyer. I love this massive old piece.

Hope you enjoyed my show and tell...even, though, I'm late :-)

Have a wonderfully blessed day!