Dec. 1, 2009 - My favorite little Christmas book!
I love thrift shoppes!
Seriously, I haunt them!
And a thrift shoppe is where I found this darling little specimen!
I thought it looked just cute at first, but then...
See? How cute is that?
...and that!
Isn't he cute? Look, joyfully bringing gifts to his true love, with his little page offering a towel too! ah!
The Lords A-Leaping are a hoot.
"Go home, go home, go home with Bonny Jean..." (Brigadoon)
Aw,I love the illustrations! So vintag-y and ever so festive, even if the guy looks like a girl at times...but hey, its Disney...
Hope you all have a good week! I will try to post more later, but I have been so busy lately:0
onedaymore
Nov. 29, 2009 - Young Maiden's Day Book - Nov. 29th
If you would like to join "A Young Maiden's Daybook" or see other's daybooks, please go to hskubesgal's blog! Thank you!!
Today...
Sunday, November 29th, 1:27pm
Outside my window..
Gray and sprinkling, at 36 degrees. This morning I woke up to a pretty dusting of snow.
I am thinking...
Ummm, about this post.
I am thankful for...
Thanksgiving Day! A time to think on everything we're blessed with and to spend with family.
I am wearing...
jeans and a white long-sleeve t-shirt
I am reading..
2 Timothy & Proverbs (KJV)
"Hitty" by Rachel Field
"So Much More" By Anna Sofia Botkin and Elizabeth Botkin
"Blue Denim And Lace" By Dr. Jack Hyles
The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine
I am creating...
An old-time dress, & a quilt. And I should finish figuring out Christmas gifts and start working on those.
One of my favorite things...
Elsa's sweet greetings!
For education this week...
All regular school things, along with teaching young children (AWANA), sewing, and probably other life skills.
A keeper at home skill I am using/learning...
We use Christian Light Education books for Home Ec., I'm in the sewing section.
A godly character trait I plan to work on...
Soft words and actions.
Scripture I am memorizing...
1Cor. 10, and keeping 1Cor 2 and 9 fresh in my memory.
I am praying for...
my friends & family, and others that come up...
For the rest of the week...
This afternoon we have Christmas musical practice at our church.
Tuesday: My Dad's birthday
Wednesday: AWANA and decorate for Christmas (we always do it the day after Dad's birthday - never before.)
Thursday: Bible Quizzing practice
Friday: Nursing home volunteering
Saturday: Bible Quizzing competiton
A picture thought I'd like to share...
Our little Elsa helping mom clean.
Thanks for reading!! God bless!! ~Amber
Nov. 24, 2009 - Elsa
Our little Elsa puppy. We've only had her for only 11 days and she already looks quite a bit bigger!
What are you all doing for Thanksgiving? We are going to our Grandma and Grandpa's house, along with our other Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, 4 year old cousin, and other Uncle for lunch. And I think we're bringing Elsa with. Have a wonderful day!
Amber
Nov. 8, 2009 - Young Maidens Daybook - November 8th
If you would like to join "A Young Maiden's Daybook" or see other's daybooks, please go to hskubesgal's blog! Thank you!!
Today...
Sunday, November 8th, 09 4:51pm
Outside my window..
It's pretting dark out now and 57 degress (not bad). But wow, dark at this time of day already!!
I am thinking...
About this post and the salad I am eating.
I am thankful for...
All the blessings and health we've had!
I am wearing...
jeans and a green t-shirt
I am reading..
2 Corinthians & Proverbs (KJV)
16# in the original Elsie Dinsmore series (sort of, right now I'm mostly rereading the Winnie the Horse Gentler series)
"So Much More" By Anna Sofia Botkin and Elizabeth Botkin
"Blue Denim And Lace" By Dr. Jack Hyles
The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine
I am creating...
An old-time dress, a quilt. And I was doing a knitting project but I've hit a snag.
One of my favorite things...
Bible Quizzing
For education this week...
All regular school things, along with teaching young children (AWANA), sewing, horse riding, and probably other life skills.
A keeper at home skill I am using/learning...
I'm sewing a small quilt for Home Ec. class. I also feel like baking this week. Oh, and I'll probably be cleaning too.
A godly character trait I plan to work on...
Oh, there's so many I should work on... meekness, not being so shy but not doing all the talking either (I don't know if that will ever happen though :-) being a Godly sister and daughter...
Scripture I am memorizing...
1Cor. 10, and keeping 1Cor 2 and 9 fresh in my memory.
I am praying for...
Prayer requests from our church, our country, and others that come up...
For the rest of the week...
Wednesday: AWANA (my mom, sister, and I do the 3-5 year olds). Friday: the long awaited day - we're getting our little Leonberger puppy!!! And I'm sure other things will arise.
A picture thought I'd like to share...
As some of you may know or have hinted from my mentions of it - our church has started a Bible Quizzing team! We memorize chapters (this year from 1 & 2 Cor. and Titus) and then every first Saturday of the month we compete against other teams. Well, last time we didn't do so well - let's just our team got 3rd place (last place) every time and I only answered two questions correctly. This time we got four 3rd places, one 2nd places, and two 1st places!! And this time I got fourteen questions answered correctly!!! Anna got five! So just to say, we are having allot more fun now!! Below is a picture of us quizzing last month, sorry, no pictures of this time.
Thank you for reading! ~Amber
Oct. 30, 2009 - Our Own Leonberger Puppy!
We are getting a puppy in two weeks!!! After our beloved Boston Terrier died two month ago (read post), mom's been searching all over for a dog - preferably a large dog to gaurd. Our top two were the Leonbergers and the Bernese Mountian Dogs. Well, we finally found a little Leonberger in our price range yesterday!!! She's still only 5 weeks old so we can make the 3 hour drive to get her in a couple weeks. This is our puppy's papa, Braveheart, or Braver. Don't you just love the name. This is our puppy's mama, Sweetie Pie. She is from Canada. The Leonberger is a giant breed dog with it's foundation in the Newfoundland, Great Pyrenees and Saint Bernard breeds. The breed's name comes from the city of Leonberg, Germany. According to legend, the Leonberger was bred to look like the lion in the town's crest. It is a LGD (Livestock Guardian Dog) good at pulling carts & sleds, search & rescue, enjoys water play & hikes, and surprisingly, agility. It guards with it's size, not with it's teeth and is very loyal to it's flock and family. The average female (much smaller than the male) is about 27" - 29" to the shoulder and about 130 lbs.
Here she is, currently she is called "Dark Green & Orange" since that is the color of nail polish they put on her nails to tell her apart from the rest. Obviously we will be finding her a better name. 
Excitement abounds at our house!!! We will now be busy getting ready for a big dog - a big change from our little dog!
Thank you for reading! And thanks to mom for letting me copy most of her dog post to make it easier for me!! 
God Bless, Amber
Oct. 28, 2009 - Happy Birthday to Sara
Today is the "Little Woman"s birthday. She is 10, though she wants to be called "1-teen".
Classic Sara.
This is a photo from her party. In this photo we have Sawyer(from Cats Dont Dance), Maid Marian(of Robin Hood fame), Cinderella (the Ever After one), Captain Jack-ette and Annie Oakley.
Happy 10th Birthday Sara!
onedaymore
Oct. 25, 2009 - Young Maiden's Daybook
If you would like to join "A Young Maiden's Daybook" or see other's daybooks, please go to hskubesgal's blog! Thank you!!
Today...
October 25, 09 4:42pm
Outside my window..
It's wet and cloudy (it's been raining sooo much!) at 48 degrees.
I am thinking...
That dinner (Garden Taco Rice) is tasting good!
I am thankful for...
That we have the hope of Jesus Christ, as things in this world get worse and worse atleast we have Jesus! Others don't!
I am wearing...
A white long sleeve shirt and a blue courdroy skirt (what I also wore to church).
I am reading..
1 Corinthians & Proverbs (KJV)
16# in the original Elsie Dinsmore series
"So Much More" By Anna Sofia Botkin and Elizabeth Botkin
The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine
And a occasional "Country" magazine
I am creating...
A knitted shawl (all done with that! see post below...), an old-time dress (I really need to get working on that one - I'm borrowing the pattern! Though, I need her help on it now.), a quilt, and a belated birthday gift for a friend - sorry!
One of my favorite things...
Good friends!
For education this week...
All regular school things, along with teaching young children (AWANA), sewing, horse riding, and probably other life skills.
A keeper at home skill I am using/learning...
Sewing and probably other bits and peices of things.
A godly character trait I plan to work on...
Oh, there's so many I should work on... meekness, being a Godly sister and daughter...
Scripture I am memorizing...
1 Corinthians 9, and keeping 1 Cor. 2 fresh in my mind (we're part of Bible Quizzing).
I am praying for...
Unsaved family, our country, and others that come up...
For the rest of the week...
Wednesday: AWANA (my mom, sister, and I do the 3-5 year olds). Friday: nursing home, Saturday: A Harvest Celebration with friends (instead of Halloween). There may be a Bible Quizzing practice and horse lesson this week also.
A picture thought I'd like to share...
My cat "Midnight" and I reading a Country magazine - he didn't stretch out his paws like that until I turned to that page with the cat on it!
Thank you for reading! ~Amber
Oct. 25, 2009 - Sharpie Vs. Germex
Okay everybody, as you know, I do a lot of weird things, and a lot of weird thing happen to me. Well, this time it was a weird, unfortunate thing that happened to me. Maybe it was one of those serendipitous kinds of things
My friend
Then Matt, a kid that sits near me, raises his hand for the teacher, because he needed help with his paper. I hurriedly stacked my books on top of the huge red stain on my desk as the teacher came over to help Matt. As this was happening, two precious minutes were wasted that I could have been trying new ways to clean up my desk.
The teacher went back to her desk and I immediately took my books off the stain and started scrubbing away.
With only two minutes to go Emily suggests to me, “Try some Germex, it’ll take off anything.”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
“Just try it, what do you have to lose?” She asked.
I was thinking, “My life, that's what I’ve got to lose, my life.”
Well I tried it, and it worked! The Germex took it right off. I cannot even begin to describe the relief I felt when I saw that it came off.
But there was still a problem. I had this huge puddle of red Germex on my desk. Just then Matt raised his hand again. I quickly set my books on my desk, thinking to myself, “Great, now my books are going to have red stains on them, now I’m really in trouble.”
The teacher came over to help Matt then went back to her desk. I picked up my books and to my surprise my book covers kind of shed the liquid so nothing got on my books.
Then about one minute before the bell
If I had not gotten it cleaned up I would have confessed to the teacher, but since I got it taken care of, I didn’t see the point.
Oct. 18, 2009 - Off the Floor
Yeah, so I guess the very pathetic number of people (the numbers are pathetic, not the people...I assure you) who read this poorly tended blog must have something against chickens. I got all of one comment! And from a very unlikely source. I shall say no more.
Since my last post, I have graduated from sleeping 6 inches of the floor to a full sized bed! Woot! It is so wonderful! But the real thing that makes me happy about this bed is that my own Papa made it for me.
Here he is putting it together. (I did help, I promise!)
Beautiful, is it not?
My bed is looking so much more decent without gobs of junk all over the place...I have Mom to thank for that.
In celebration of getting the bed set up, I got a bad cold and my flu vaccine. Yay...
Happy Halloween! (All Saints Day or All Hallows Eve the celebration of the communion of the saints and God. Just have to articulate:)
onedaymore
Oct. 18, 2009 - Knitting Project Complete!
I had been working long and hard on a my knitted shawl and finally finished it a few days ago!! You can find the free pattern here. It is pretty easy - all you need to know is the garter stitch and how to increase one stitch at the beginning and end. It just takes some patience to get it done!!!
Sorry, I guess that's about it! God Bless,Amber
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