Happy Birthday Beautiful .......................

Happy Birthday Jadyn !

Grammy & Papa love you

Christmas Cards and Turkey Sandwiches...........

....... is about the extent of my day.......... I think I love turkey sandwiches better then the hot turkey although dinner was beautiful yesterday.

The girls spent the night with Grammy & Papa eating blueberry pie and watching
"Home Alone " over and over . Papa fell asleep first , then Jadyn ......... while Alianna and I were up past midnight .

Today I am doing the laundry , listening to the rain, eating a turkey sandwich and writing out Christmas cards!

Taking the weekend off , so I will catch up with everyone on Monday!!!!!

Hugs and Prayers, GG

Happy Thanksgiving.........

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving ............

Lord, as I sit down with my family to a Thanksgiving table once again, I want to thank you for Your faithfulness to me.

For bringing Jonathan and I home safely where we belong at this moment. You have ordained for us to be here .

Lord, you have been with me in every waking moment of this year. Through joy, tears, laughter, the loss of our beloved Roger, through sicknesses, and victories and tremendous heartache. You have never left me for a moment, never once at all.

Your Grace truly is sufficient for me. Your peace and Your presence nothing can compare with .

Thank you for always providing for our needs everyday ~ for food and shelter and clothing. And for the many, many extras You provide that I so often take for granted.

Thank you for my precious husband, my family and friends who make my life full and special . Thank you that even when we are miles apart, we are bound by the cords of Your love. There is no distance in your Spirit.

And I thank you that I live in a country , the United States of America , where I am still free to worship You and to read your Word. To come together with the family of God in praise and Worship. To open our home to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To use every venue available to lift up the Name of Jesus.

Most of all, I thank You for Your Son Jesus Christ, who is the “light of the world”. The Bread of Life, my Lord and my God. When I turned to Him, so many years ago , He flooded the darkness of my soul with the light of His love. Set my feet on a path that You have prepared for me.

Thank you that He not only died for my sins , but that He is alive today at Your side ~ hearing my prayers and preparing a home for me in Heaven.

Thank you for all that You have given me as a Christian:
The Holy Spirit who is Your presence in my life, the power to live for you, the grace by which I stand in Jesus,
The word of God that is a light to my path. Brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ all over the world who encourage and love me. O, Lord, how truly rich I am! Thank you for all You mean to me. I love you beyond words Jesus. I love you beyond words my precious Lord.


Psalms:100:4: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalms:100:5: For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

God Bless each of you; Happy Thanksgiving !
Hugs &Prayers, GG

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Happy Anniversary.................

~~Happy Anniversary Jonathan ~~
Love Always & Ever,
Ella

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Grammy Goo's Coconut Custard Pie

I am so excited that I found my Grandmother's recipe book

Karyn my dear friend @ http://theteakettlecorner.blogspot.com/

prayed her lost prayer and I found it Whoo Hoo.

I use this recipe only at Thanksgiving to make Coconut Custard pie for my Daughter and Plain Custard pie for my sister.

This recipe will make two 9 inch pies. I just make one of them coconut and the other plain


Coconut Custard Pie

1 1/2 Cup Sugar
5 Eggs
4 level tbsp flour
5 tbsp melted butter
4 Cups of Cold milk
Pastry for two 9 inch pies

1 Cup of Coconut -flaked

Combine Sugar, eggs and flour. Add butter and milk . Pour into pie shells . put 1/2 coconut on each pie . ( omit the coconut if your making plain) . Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes , then reduce heat to 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Yield two 9 inch pies.

Blessings, GG

Treasures ......

My Sweet husband made this lovely
little "buffet" table for me a couple of
years ago and I just love it .





It is such a simple little piece. But it can serve so many functions.



It has resided in many different rooms of the house . I love it very much.

My husband often surprises me with things that he has made that he knows that I will love. He always knows just what to give me.

I think he is pretty incredible. He was hand-picked for me from our Lord. I think he is quite awesome
and after all these years I am still
pretty smitten with him.


Blessings, GG
Song:6:3: I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine

In Christ Jesus........

I won't try to explain what it means to be "in Christ"....... I am still learning all that God has for me in Him. God's Word explains it better than I ever could. Check out all the incredible blessings of being "in Christ Jesus"

The riches that we have in Christ Jesus.
　
Ro:3:24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Ro:8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Ro:8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Ro:8:39: Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ro:12:5: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
　
1Co:1:30: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
　
1Co:15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

2Co:1:21: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

2Co:2:14: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
　
　
2Co:3:14: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

2Co:5:17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2Co:5:19: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2Co:11:3: But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Ga:2:4: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Ga:3:26: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Ga:3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Eph:1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Eph:1:10: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
　
Eph:2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Eph:2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Eph:2:13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Eph:3:11: According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Ph'p:2:5: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Ph'p:3:3: For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
　
Ph'p:3:14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Col:1:4: Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

1Th:4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1Th:5:18: In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
　
1Tm:1:14: And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2Tm:1:9: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

2Tm:1:13: Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2Tm:2:1: Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2Tm:3:12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Ph'm:1:6: That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

1Pe:3:16: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

1Pe:5:14: Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Hugs & Prayers, GG

Tom Turkey Hot pads from Country Woman Magazine ....

These are cute ..... I actually made them a couple of years ago.

BONUS CRAFT!

Tom Turkey Hot Pads
Expect to gobble up compliments when you crochet these whimsical hot pads from designer Beverly M., Apache Junction, Arizona. These turkeys are sure to make a return appearance year after year.

Materials Needed (for one):
Worsted-weight yarn—3 ounces of white ( Beverly used Red Heart Soft White yarn);

and small amounts each of brown, gold, green, orange, red and yellow
Size J/10 (6mm) crochet hook
Two 7mm glue-on wiggle eyes
Fabric glue
Yarn or tapestry needle
Scissors
Gauge: Working with two strands of yarn as one, 3 scs and 3 rows = 1 inch. Slight variations in gauge will change the finished size a bit.
Finished Size: Turkey hot pad measures about 8 inches wide x 7 inches high.
Directions:
HOT PAD: Working with two strands of white yarn as one, ch 21.
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hk and in each remaining ch across, ch 1, turn: 20 scs.
Row 2: Sc in each st across, ch 1, turn: 20 scs.
Rows 3-20: Repeat Row 2: 20 scs.
Ch 10, sl st in last st of Row 20 for hanging loop. Fasten off.
Use yarn or tapestry needle to weave in all loose ends.

TURKEY: Body: Round 1: With brown, ch 4 for first dc, dc in fourth ch from hk 13 times, join with a sl st in top of beginning ch: 14 dcs.
Round 2: Ch 3 for first dc, dc in same st, work 2 dcs in each remaining dc around, join with a sl st in top of beginning ch: 28 dcs. Fasten off.
Head: With brown, ch 4 for first dc, dc in fourth ch from hk 13 times, join with a sl st in top of beginning ch: 14 dcs. Fasten off.
Beak: With gold, ch 2, sl st in second ch from hk. Fasten off. Use yarn or tapestry needle to weave in all loose ends.
Feather: With red, ch 7, sc in second ch from hk and in each remaining ch across, work 2 scs in last ch, sc in each ch along opposite side. Fasten off.
Repeat to make one feather each of orange, yellow and green yarn.
Feet: With gold, ch 4, sl st in fourth ch from hk, ch 4, sl st in fourth ch from hk. Fasten off.
Finishing: Use yarn or tapestry needle to weave in all loose ends.

ASSEMBLY: Referring to photo as a guide, glue body and then head to hot pad. Glue feathers around top outer edge of body and feet to lower edge of body. Glue beak to center of turkey's head. Glue eyes above beak. Let dry.

ABBREVIATIONSch(s) chain(s)dc(s) double crochet(s)hk hooksc(s) single crochet(s)sl st slip stitchst(s) stitch(es)

Blessings, GG

I got an excited call

From my sweet cousin Christine, she is more like my sister than cousin.

She called me two mornings ago , almost out of breath to tell me about something growing up the fence in her garden area.

I know her pretty well , and I said to her ......... Is it like a vine and does it have red berries in a yellow almost paper-like shell.

Yes, she said .......How did you know .

I know that Christine loves pretty things and loves country decor.
And while she has a love for it , she does not like to craft.

She told me excitedly she has this "stuff" growing everywhere.
I thought "treasure" , she thought........Ella, could you make me a
wreath for my front door.

I sure can Cuz, I told her. Just don't cut it until your ready for me
to make your wreath because it dries very quickly. So we are going
to make a lovely wreath for her door sometime very soon. I'll post a
picture to let you know how it comes out.


Bittersweet is one of my favorite things to decorate with during the season
And while I am blessed to have an ever increasing vine along my fence. My
dear cousin has an abundance of it

Blessings, GG

When did Blueberry Pie...............

Become part of our Thanksgiving Dessert table???????????

I really don't know how this made it's way onto the menu this year.

We always have the traditional Pumpkin, Apple, Squash.

The got to have Custards with and without the coconut for sis and darling daughter.

The made with love creme pies Boston creme and Banana creme.

Lets not forget the various sweet breads and fruits.

But blueberry pie ??????

We usually ask each member of the family what special pie they would like.

It never changes. Each one every year picks the same pie . Even the dreaded MinceMeat Pie especially for Aunt Sandi.

When asked this year , out of the eleven immedite family we got 4 votes for blueberry pie.....

Alright, I can go with the flow. I'll find a blueberry pie reciple or talk to my dearest friend in a pinch Mrs Sarah Lee.

What is on your dessert table this Thanksgiving????

Blessings, GG

Be of Good Courage...........

To be discouraged is defined as to deprive of courage, hope or confidence.To become disheartened.

When we place confidence in ourselves it is not a sure foundation.

Our hope, Our confidence and our sure foundation, comes from living our faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Charles Spurgeon looked upon dark hours in his own life and said :

" I bear witness that I owe more to the fire, and the hammer, and the file,

than to anything else in my Lord's workshop.

I sometimes question whether I have ever learned anything except through the rod.

When my schoolroom is darkened , that is the time I see most ."

Psalms:31:24: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Hugs & Prayers,GG

Thank You ...........

So very thankful for every service member in our military who has served our great nation . For all the brave men and women serving now. For the families and loves ones who have sacrificed and are sacrificing now. May God Bless you, protect you, and surround you with His peace and presence.

With all our love and Prayers, GG

I'm praying for you.............

What are you really committing to when you say to someone , "I'm praying for you" .............

When you tell someone your praying for them, you are telling them that you care enough to take their petition before God on their behalf.

Your saying that you value them and have compassion for the need that they have.

Your saying that your willing to stand in the gap , to enter into intercession for them.

Your saying you will travail in prayer for them.

If you are not really committed to pray then tell someone their in your thoughts .

God will provide saints that will come along aside them in prayer.

1Tm:2:1: I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

Often waking intercessors in the middle of the late watch of the night to pray for

someone they may have never met.

Col:4:12: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

And then there is our outstanding example of Jesus our great intercessor.

Heb:7:25: Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

It is a wonderful priviledge to pray , especially for the Family of God.

Eph:6:18: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Hugs & Prayers, GG

Grammy-Goo's Beef Stew.......

This is an all-time year round favorite in my home. But more enjoyable now when the days are brisk but sunny......

This is an all day cooking stew in my big stock pot which is 12 -14 quarts ......

Grammy-Goo's Beef Stew

4 lbs of beef cubed to desired size. I usually cube mine a bit larger than bite size

3 lbs of potato's cubed

3 lbs of carrots sliced

4 large onions diced

1 Sleeve of celery sliced

4 -5 pkgs of Beef flavoring - I use Goya -

3 Cups of Stewed tomato's

1 Cup of sweet peas

3 Tablespoons of Extra virgin olive oil.

10 quarts of water

Seasoning, to taste

I use:

2-3 Tablespoons of parsley
2 Teaspoons of cracked black pepper
1 Teaspoon of Garlic salt
5-6 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon of thyme

Adjust and use what your family likes.



In your stock pot add your oil and half your onions. Cook for 2-3 minutes to get the onions coated and heat your pan. Increase your heat to moderate and add your cubed beef , brown your beef in the bottom of your pan until all beef is brown and the onions are tender. 20-30 minutes.

In a 2 cup measuring cup add one pkg of Goya beef flavor slowly stir in 2 cups of warm water until the bouillon is dissolved. Add to the pot . Reduce heat and cover cook for about 10 minutes.

Add carrots, potato, celery, and half of the water cook 1 hour , occasionally stirring the pot.

After an hour add all of your remaining ingredients celery, tomato, remaining onions, beef seasoning and all other seasonings and cook on low through the day 6-8 hours on low adding more or less of whatever you think you need.

This is a family favorite ...........Sometimes I will make stew "dumplings" on top. I use the Bisquick recipe right on the box and follow the instruction they give. A crowd pleaser in our family and often on the menu..... Enjoy


Blessings, GG