It's back!!!!

Can you identify this plant?

Did you identify this plant before scrolling on~~~

A little background would be....I love patchouli.. in making my next order of this oil...I was to find the cost has sky rocketed... :(

Patchouli essential oil
(Pogostemon cablin)
Origin- Indonesia
Method of Cultivation- Organic
Patchouli essential oil organic $78.40 for 16oz link to site~

So in my much disappointment I decided to take this plant into my own hands. So yes, here I am growing Patchouli for my own passionate desire of the scent of oil of patchouli~~~will I make it into oil...well...that will be an option, but I will harvest the leaves for my own sachets. I do not desire to surrender my life to a life without the scent of patchouli!!!

For To Me....To Live.....Is Christ.....Philip. 1:21

Check this version out hun...
Song~ originally by DC Talk
this version by Chasing Victory
~lyrics~ below video..

Separated, I cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head
'Jesus Saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze, my death is gain
I've been marked by my Maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty, they see me as weak
Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

What will people think (What will people think)
What will people do (What will people do)
I don't really care (What else can I say)
There ain't no disguising the truth (Jesus is the way)
Lyrics site~

At The Legends Cafe

To see a larger version of a particular picture, just click on it.

Fire and Ice Festival

Here are pictures of some of the ice sculptures.

Snow Geese

Every year we have the enjoyment of watching the Snow Geese in their northern flight ...

Picture taken on February 14, 2009 (front~Canadian Geese - back~ Snow Geese)

Greater snow geese migrate north to the eastern arctic region in spring. Their flyway population is 800,000 and growing by about nine percent annually. Waterfowl biologists are concerned the birds may exceed the carrying capacity of their breeding grounds in the near future without some sort of intervention. The birds are already overtaxing the food sources of their winter range in and around coastal marshes from New Jersey to North Carolina. ~ full story here ~Game Commission ~

Here is a picture of the Snow Geese in flight.

Snow Geese Photo

Making Home~made Valentines

Every year our family makes home-made Valentines for each other.

NEWSFLASH!!!

I know another Scott's video... Well as much as I thought I was going to take a break from posting his videos~~he comes out with another video. This time a video with an update of what's been going on... Although he didn't use a video site that I am familiar with, you can check the video out at his site~ But you will have to stop his playlist and then go to the newest video named Newsflash! One on One with Scott and click play there...
Scott's-myspace
Or you could go to this site and click play on the video~
Scott's-videosite

Okay, :) I just figured out the video site... you should be able to play the video below. Thanks...

NEWSFLASH!!! One-on-One with Stapp... from Scott Stapp Entertainment on Vimeo.

It's a Quilt Thing

Living room quilt~

~the back~

Girl's quilt~ ~the back~

Master bedroom's quilt~

~the back~

~close up of the stitches ~

What do you want to do tonight?

Remove starfish from our live rock….?

This is us removing the starfish infested rocks.

Helping to find those little starfish.

There’s one…Closer view~

Here’s a pic. Of the starfish we flicked in the sink~
Close up view~

When you have a saltwater tank one of the things you try to encourage is the growth of coralline algae. (The purple color on the live rock.) …but the starfish decided to eat the beautiful purple coralline only to leave behind these white spots. Yea, now we have a speckled live rock (not cool!)

Closer View~

Found another one… So after 3 hours of fishing for starfish from live rock we set the rocks back in the tank.
Observing… only to see another starfish!…oh and there’s another~ Using tweezers we pulled 14 more of those pest… starfish that are speckling our coralline algae… As we all know it only takes two to make a colony. So now that we know they are in there ~ destroying our purple coralline… We will be keeping an eye on our rock…for no starfish seen will be left to roam again!

Creed~ "Inside Us All"

There's a peace inside us all....it will help you carry on~~

When I'm all alone
And no one else is there
Waiting by the phone
To remind me
Im still here
When shadows paint the scenes
Where spotlights used to fall
And I'm left wondering
Is it really worth it all?
There's a peace inside us all
Let it be your friend
It will help you carry on in the end
There's a peace inside us all
Life can hold you down
When you're not looking up
Can't you hear the sound?
Hearts beating out loud
Although the names change
Inside were all the same
Why can't we tear down these walls?
To show the scars were covering
There's a peace
There's a peace inside us all
Let it be oh, can't it be your friend?

Awesome!!! Scott Stapp Performs National Anthem at 18th Annual Champs Sports Bowl Orlando 12/27/08

What's This Life For?

Sometimes this song makes me question why...

~ at times we live like we need to settle the score with God.

... that is what Jesus' life did for us,

remember to accept this gift

as we celebrate Jesus' life~

Hurray for a child

That makes it through

If there's anyway

Because the answer lies in you

They're laid to rest

Before they know just what to do

Their souls are lost

Because they

could never find

What's this life for

What's this life for

What's this life for

I see your soul, its kinda grey

You see my heart, you look away

You see my wrist, I know your pain

I know your purpose on your plane

Don't say a last prayer

Because you could never find

What's this life for

What's this life for

What's this life for

What's this life for

But they ain't here anymore

Don't have to settle the score

Cause we all live

Under the reign of one king

But they ain't here anymore

Don't have to settle no damn score

cause we all live under the

Reign I said we live under

One king

One king

One king

But they ain't here anymore

Don't have to settle no god damn score

cause we all live

under the reign

I said we live under

One king

One king

One king

But they ain't here anymore

Don't have to settle no god damn score

cause we all live under the reign of of one king

Working on Christmas Unit Studies

Our family enjoys taking this time of year to learn about Christmas Symbols. So for the next 3 weeks we will be working from ~~

http://www.athomeschool.com/unitstudy/christmas_symbols_index.html

Learning to make pies....

touch of sadness

Another touch of sadness for you
Gee, did we think this could be true
So as we thought Coco was a boy
Apparently he is a girl
For he-she gave birth to several young ones
Yet you found them to have died.

As I searched information, I found this~
A female's first litter is very small.
A certain percentage of females die giving birth.
Abortions and stillbirths are not uncommon with guinea
pigs, and females are not overly maternal in caring for their
young.
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/critters/guin_pig/GuineaPigCare.htm

(Great)

So yes, life can bring things our way
What can I say
But as you walk on through
Know His strength to be true.

Diligence

Working on learning while taking care of his injured foot.

Well...

Well, I thought it was a good day to hang up laundry and cut the grass...

...then, it decided to snow.

Veterans’ Day~ Remembering my Dad

He served on the USS Intrepid.

The Intrepid~then...

The Intrepid today...

Bush wistfully salutes veterans on Intrepid in NYC

Former USS Intrepid crewmembers await
President Bush and First Lady Bush.

(Photograph by Kathy Willens/AP)

President Bush surround by veterans and veterans families.
At left is Intrepid Museum co-chairman Richard Santulli,

and co-chairman Charles de Gunzberg is at right.
(Photograph by Kathy Willens/AP)

More on this story today~
click... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_veterans

or

http://gothamist.com/2008/11/11/president_bush_at_intrepid_rededica.php?gallery18281Pic=5#gallery

~Our Stone Tavern~

Through this door is what we decorated as

Our Stone Tavern~

The view through the window of the door....

Should of had a better mega-pixels.

View through the open door.

We feel Blessed

We were blessed with trim boards.

So I painted them for the top of this cupboard.

Then with my nephew's skills of putting the trim together.

We are enjoying the beautiful finished work.

Thank You!

Also we have been given these Boston Ferns.

I love having ferns on my back porch over the summer...

Finding a place for these ferns in our sunroom took some time~

For this room is like putting together a puzzle.

Our Latest Finds~

This is an add from back in the day~

for the bookcase we found.

Another find is this old trunk...

a much needed find to hold my pictures which are in a cardboard box in the attic in extreme hot and cold temps...

So this will make for a better place to store them.