A Day With Friends

Spent the day with a couple of good friends doing a little shopping.  

We went to the ware house sale at Herrschiners, they have everything from material to scrapbooking supplies and more.  You could look and look and still not see everything.

After we were done at Herrschiners we went for ice cream at.....

~Cold Stone Creamery~

So many choices......

more choices.....

They make the ice cream on a marble slab in front of you....my choice, coffee and butterfingers!

Soooooo good on a hot day!

Special friends are a blessing.

"A good friend is hard to find, hard to lose, and impossible to forget..."

~Cheryl~

The Grands

Last night had our son and his boys here for supper.  They can eat us out of house and home when you get the three of them together.

It seems like not that long ago our son was just a little boy and now I look at his boys and they are growing so fast.  Catching up to dad, where does the time go.

Love it when the grandsons spend the night, they are so much fun.

Grandpa will be having help making our Friday night pizza!!

Have a great weekend!

~Cheryl~

~A Needed Reminder~

You know when you have those times in life when deep down inside you know that God is in control.  He sees the big picture that we can not see, but you just need a little reminder.  I have been having some of those days.  We are trying to sell the house we lived in up north before my husbands job was cut.  In the last couple of weeks we have had to replace the septic system and the hot water heater. Now our renters have told us they will be moving at the end of the month. 

I know that God is in control, He has done so much for us since we have had to move.  The verses that the Lord gave me when we found out we had to move were:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8~9

I go to these verse often.  I love how God will bring a verse to me or how the message in church will have just what you need.  Yesterday, God used the saying on the front of our church bulletin.  My husband was looking at the bulletin and leaned over and pointed to the bottom of the bulletin, this is what it said....

The Lord Guides and Provides ~ He is all we need!

We both smiled when reading it.  I thought thank you Lord, even the bulletin can be used to give me a gentle reminder that God is in control and will take care of us.

~Cheryl~

Cloud Watching

 

Saturday afternoon we had some storm clouds that went around us.  Enjoyed standing out and watching the clouds as they passed over.

   Reminder of God's promise to us.

 

The beauty of God's handy work!

~Cheryl~

Hot , Humid, Wet & Finally Cooler

We have been having a heat wave here in central Wisconsin.

The garden has been growing fast with all of this heat and humidity.  Thankfully we have also been getting some rain, the other night in a couple of hours we had 3 ~ 1/2 inches. I know some parts of the country can use rain, it needs to dry off here some, our clay soil is getting saturated.  Today we are enjoying cooler less humid weather!

The beans and potatoes have grown together.

The zucchini plant has really grown, starting to see little zucchini.  My yellow summer squash plant is looking good but the little squash is rotting.  Have only gotten one so far that was useable.

The wind and rain on Tuesday night tipped over some of the pepper plants.  Have tried to stand them up again, the ground is just to wet.

The wind also knocked the tomato plants off the fence.  Before you could walk between the rows.  Will need to try and get them back up off the ground.

Enjoying fresh produce from the garden.

~Cheryl~

Fresh Lettuce Salads

We have been enjoying lettuce salads from the garden.

This is our new favorite.  It is very light and refreshing.

Strawberry Lettuce Salad
~with~
Poppy Seed Dressing

For the salad use whatever lettuce you have.  I had Red Romaine, Baby Romaine, and Buttercrunch.
To your lettuce add sliced strawberries and pecans.
~you could also add blueberries~

Poppy Seed Dressing

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbls. apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbls. poppy seeds

Blend the first 4 ingredients together, add poppy seeds. 
Store in the refrigerator.

Sent an invitation (with fixings for a s'mores) to our grandsons to come and spend the night on Friday.  We will have pizza on Friday, chicken and dumplings on Saturday.  

We are enjoying cooler weather for a couple of days!

~Cheryl~

WINNER IS!!

THE WINNER IS...........

LINDA FROM

  PRAIRIE FLOWER FARM

Linda chose the cherry sundress.