Today I am thankful I know my Savior, Jesus Christ.  I have so many blessings in my life I can not begin to count them.  May the Savior find a place in your heart this holiday season.

Being thankful...

Today I am thankful for my awesome husband.  I am very blessed!

Today...

Today I am thankful for home.  Within its walls I feel safe from the world.

Where did the time go?

Here it is almost Thanksgiving!  What happened to October?  I keeping thinking I am so busy but I look around to see what I have been busy doing and there is no evidence of business.

I am knitting a shawl and a scarf.  I hope to have the scarf finished in a few days.  Pictures will be posted on Ravelry.  I am anxious to get the shawl finished too but I needed a break from the lace knitting.  There is also some dyed fiber in my basket that is waiting to be spun, not to mention a trunk full of fiber I have accumulated.

Enough of things that I need or want to do.  This is the Lord's day and I learned some very important points today at church.  One is I need to be closer to Him and to do that I need to read my scriptures every day.  Not just sometimes, but every day.  If I get to know Him then I will be able to become like Him, not just wish for it.  It will take effort on my part.  He is doing his part, has done his part, now it is my turn.  My sister challenged me this summer to read The Book of Mormon by the end of the year.  I started out but did not get very far.  I don't know if I will finish by the end of the year but I am going to start reading daily again.  After all this is a time of taking stock of all our blessing and what better way to give thanks than by spending time partaking of His words.

Today I am thankful for Jesus Christ and the blessing he so freely gives me.
What are you thankful for?



 

Fall

I love fall!  All the beautiful colors and feeling the crisp air.  I like to hear the crunch of leaves as I walk through the yard.  Pumpkins, apples, fire for roasting hot dogs, fresh baked pumpkin bread, the company of family and friends.  I certainly enjoy the blessings of fall.

I picked up walnuts out of the yard today, two five gallon buckets full.  I am guessing I can pick up four more buckets, however I am not sure I want to pick that many walnuts.  My sister has started collecting walnuts also, and she has plans to buy a wonderful walnut cracker she says will make the job of harvesting walnuts easier.  Hm mm, I am thinking maybe we should work on this task together.

I am about halfway finished with a shawl I started knitting in the spring.  I am anxious to get it finished so I can make another one, or maybe some Christmas gifts.  The Christmas gifts will have to be ones that can be completed quickly though, as usual I have too many irons in the fire.  I am also taking a college class, which so far I am enjoyng.  My first test week was this week, hopefully I passed.

How fast time flies!  I want to savor each and every day that Heavenly Father gives me.  May you each find time to count your blessings and give thank for the gifts we are given.

Project finished

I finally finished the baby blanket.  Sorry to say I did not get a picture of it.  I got to meet baby Olivia however, and she is just beautiful! 

I have a couple of shawls in progress that I need to get finished.  I have started working on one of them again.  I really want to get it finished so I can do other projects.  I always seem to have several unfinished objects  tucked in drawers and cabinets.  I love the feel of natural fiber in my hands and creating things that I hope the recipients will cherish and enjoy.

I challenge you to finished an unfinished object this fall.  I am hoping to finish the one I am working on soon.  Happy knitting, crocheting, or crafting!

Tiny Bird

I love a good storm!  And we had a good one last night.  I sat on the front porch with my husband and watched the trees bend with the wind and the leaves dance through the air.  And then, almost right in front of me, a little bird flapping his wings for all he was worth, but not getting anywhere against the wind.  After a few short seconds of watching him a gust of wind lifted him up, and over the house he disappeared.

I marveled at his courage and determination, this tiny creature fighting against the elements.  Do you sometimes feel like that little bird?  I know I do.  Are we not told in the scriptures that the Lord watches over even the tiny sparrow?  Is he not watching over us too?  We must have courage and determination to keep flapping our wings, and faith that the Lord will watch over us and lift us up and over whatever obstacle is in our way.

I wish you well with your flying!  And may the Lord lift you up.

As I read my favorite blogs I often wonder how these very talented ladies do everything that they do.  They write books, create knitting patterns, spin beautiful yarn, plant gardens, raise families, and on and on.  I am envious of their many accomplishments.  My list of things I want to do just grows longer.  I think of all the reasons (excuses really) I don't work on my list.  But I think at the top of the reason list is I am afraid.  Afraid to make the commitment of time and resources some of the things on my list require.  I just need to jump in with both feet and start running.  Or at least walking.

Have any of you been afraid to start something?  To make that commitment?  How did you overcome your fear, or whatever was holding you back?

Food for thought, mostly for myself.  If you feel like sharing your experience please do so.  Hopefully your experiences and stories will help me overcome my fears (excuses).

Cooler weather today, what a wonderful blessing.

I started crocheting a baby blanket for a co-worker this evening.  After working with natural fibers, somehow acrylic just doesn't feel right.  Anyway, she is due in two weeks.  Do you think I can get the blanket finished?  I hope so.

I also went out and brushed the horses.  My Warrior is such a sweet spirit.  My husband's Pepper is sweet too.  She has learned that I will kill the horse flies that land on her so she will almost knock me down to let me know she needs help.  I am so glad it has cooled off, they are much more comfortable this evening.

"Know this that every soul if free, To choose his life and what he'll be.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Hymn book #240

Have I mentioned that it is hot?  We do not have AC at our house, need I say more.  I have not been doing much cooking these days.  Our local pizza shop/gas station has become our preferred place to get our dinner.
Not much is getting accomplished on the spinning and knitting front either.  It is just too hot to have a lap full of wool.
I hope you are finding ways to stay cool.

After a very long absence I am here, at least for today.  It has been so hot that not much is getting accomplished here at Prairie Star Farm.  However, today we had a break from the heat, rain fell and cooled us off.  My husband also attended the funeral a good friend today, so I guess the rain was fitting.  He brought home the program for me to read, the following poem was inside.

Thou are my own, my darling and my wife;
And when we pass into another life,
Still thou are mine,
All this which now we see
Is but the childhood of Eternity.

I paused to think how brief this life is and how we should appreciate who and what we have in our lives on this earth.  And to remember, we are building our relationships for eternity.

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you..."  John 14:27