GoD And DoG by WJ Francisco

My sister in law emailed me this and I love it! Just wanted to share it with you!

Love Simon's Cat

These are always good for a laugh!!
Enjoy!

Another Black Raspberry Recipe

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Happy Summer and Happy Black Raspberry Season!

It's black raspberry season but hurry and get your berries because it will end soon!

Did you get your black raspberries yet? My sister, niece, and my boys all went black raspberry picking with me this year at Snyders in Chicora. We got quite a few berries even though it started to rain soon after we got there. Actually picking berries in the rain was quite refreshing.

I made some black raspberries pies from my berries and they were tasty! For recipes just look on my sidebar and you will find my old fashion black raspberry pie recipe.

My sister made black raspberry filled cookies. She used her recipe for raisin filled cookies for the dough and then she just took some black raspberries in the center of each cookie and sprinkled sugar on them. They were fabulous!

I tried a new recipe for black raspberries today and I wanted to share it with all you others who like black raspberries as much as I do. It is called~

Black Raspberry Layer Dessert

Crust

2 sticks butter

1 and a/2 cups flour

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 cup confectioner's sugar

1/4 cup milk

Topping

1 and 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

4 cups black raspberries

6 tablespoons cornstarch

12 ounces whipped topping

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and mix well with flour. Press into a 13-by-9inch baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool. Mix together ingredients for filling and pour over cooled crust. For the topping, mix together sugar, water, black raspberries and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes. Cool, pour on top of cream cheese later, and spread evenly. Top with whipped topping. Refrigerate. Serves 12 to 16.


I'd like to introduce you all to the wonderful "Bear" He is the newest addition to our household. We are so happy to have such a cute little puppy. He has been keeping us busy as he is such a curious, mischievous little boy. He sure is fun!

Much of our spring and summer was spent watching ballgames. I'm so proud of both of the boys. We enjoyed watching their games! I'm thankful for all the dedicated people that work so hard behind the scenes to make this little town a great place to play baseball.

Now dear blog friends back to enjoying my favorite time of the year ~SUMMER~

Fun ideas for summer in my area:
Drive in Movies
Baseball games
Visit the Amish (Smicksburg)
Thrifting or Yard Sales
Heritage Days
Bike Riding on Rails to Trails
Crooked Creek Dam
Jordan's or Speedy's for ice cream



ENJOY THE SUMMER!

The Winner

Jean Knee is the winner!

Jean is a crafter and she makes some lovely creations! I met her when I purchased a cute chick on her etsy shop. I used it for my Easter/birthday table setting at Garrett's place since he likes peeps. Check out her crafting talents at her blog!

http://eyecraft.blogspot.com/

The really neat thing is I just won some wonderful prizes from Jean! What a blessing that was! It was just like my very own girly Easter Basket! I loved each and every item! Such pretty, pretty treasures she sent me. All were crafted by her! My heart was singing with joy as I unwrapped each lovely item wrapped in tissue paper.

Thank you Jean for leaving a comment and you will be receiving these two cuties.

In other news,

some things that have been going on here at our house are Garrett's Birthday and Easter on the same day.

My brother Norm and Garrett.

My Grandma and Garrett

I think I might be using this! Actually the one above and the one below!

Garrett has been taking piano lessons for about 6 weeks and now he has a nice keyboard to practice on.

My Mom with Garrett and Brian

In other news, Brian got his first turkey on Saturday! It had a 4and 1/2 inch beard. He got it at 6:30am. I am so proud of him. I'm not surprised with a wonderful teacher like his Dad. Brian gets his hunting and fishing skill honestly from his dear Dad, Marlin.

Marlin cooked the turkey for us yesterday. He made us a lovely meal and we had my Mom and Dad come over to help us eat it. Marlin is actually a very good cook and he makes wonderful scalloped potatoes, turkey, and ham!

After we ate my Dad played some hoops with Brian and Garrett.

Andy is doing great. Andy and I enjoyed the lovely weather of Friday and Saturday. I brought Andy outside while I uncovered the rest of my perennials and planted flowers in my flower boxes. Then we listened to some music as we soaked in some rays. Andy always looks like he is smiling! He is such a joy and a wonderful friend to have! Here is a picture of him after I gave him a haircut.

Domino and Cinnamon our bunnies are doing fine. They also enjoyed the nice weather we had all weekend. This is Domino.

Thanks for visiting!

Love in Christ Jesus,

A Blog Give Away

Hi Dear Blog Friends,

It's a 50th post give away!
I found these cuties at Marshall's and thought of my dear blog friends as soon as I saw them. These sweeties are for one of you sweet blogging friends. Just leave a comment and you will be entered in a drawing to win these two dolls. Drawing to be held on April 16, 2009. Make sure I can contact you in case you win.

Sweet spring is is in the air!

What does spring mean to you? Here are some things spring means to me. My lovely son Garrett's birhtday! My dear Dad's birthday!
Spring means the first hummingbirds coming back to Pennsylvania.
Spring means planting some pansies in my planters becasue they can tolerate the cold evenings we still have in Pennsylvania.

Spring means fishing here in PA! To the trout fisherman it is "Fishmas"

Spring means working out in the yard on my flowers and plants!
Most important spring means Easter and celebrating Jesus's resurection.

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. Henry Knox Sherrill

Oh how I love spring! Thank you dear God for the beauty of spring! Thank you God for Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior your Son!
To make these cute cupcakes check out this Betty Crocker link.
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeID=42245&Source=SearchResultPage&terms=bunny%20cupcake

Life's Storms

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May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us, and through His grace He gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues forever.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17


Dear Blog Friends,

Today we have freezing rain, ice, sleet, snow and just some bad, ugly weather. School has been cancelled to keep the children safe. The day is treacherous, dangerous, and ugly if you need to drive somewhere. Yet, this day could be considered quite beautiful if you are staying home and do not need to drive. The trees are covered in ice and they look so elegant with their shimmery and glistening coats of ice on their leafless branches. The ice sparkles like diamonds in a jewelry store. The whiteness of the snow on the ground reminds me of God's love and how we too can become pure, white and bright through his Son Jesus if we just accept Him as our Lord and Savior. If we admit our sins and transgressions we are forgiven by a loving God. A God who loved us enough to send his only Son to save us from our sins.

Yes, there is an ice storm today which reminds me what about life's storms? What storms in your life are you waiting out right now? When life tosses you about in the winds of the storms we need to remember to turn to GOD for strength and boldness. Psalms 138:3

Here are some bible verses to meditate on if you are weathering storms.

The eternal GOD is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!' Deuteronomy 33:27

They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming,"The Lord is upright; he is my Rock and there is no wickedness in him."

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you: I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4

When we go through life's storms, we need to remember it is those difficult times, when it seems as if everything goes against you and things seem treacherous, dangerous and ugly that our faith in God can help us to find the courage to continue on joyfully and victorious. Life's storms are necessary as they produce strength . They may come along as a check on our faith. Is our faith strong enough to rely on God, or do we run from God? I have learned that I must rely on God. The bigger the storm the more I need God. With GOD you can still be shimmering and glistening even during life's biggest storms.

Love in Christ Jesus,

Pittsburgh

God afternoon dear blog friends,

Today I have been organizing and cleaning my bathroom. I have been inspired by visiting all the links over at Thrifty Decor Chic. There are so many wonderful ideas for organizing over there. Visiting there got me in the mood to declutter and organize. I threw out bunches of old make up and junk in the bathroom. If you need a boost to get in the mood to start organizing just click on the image below and it will take you where you need to go to get inspired!

I also received an email with a video from you tube about Pittsburgh. I live about 45 minutes away from Pittsburgh and really enjoyed watching this. I am posting it to share with you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reTl4OeYBd0

Love Ya,