tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post5089597778821363473..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: New Year's ThoughtsLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-3485653742634372972013-01-02T14:57:55.930-08:002013-01-02T14:57:55.930-08:00Mrs. B. I will mention your post in the next post ...Mrs. B. I will mention your post in the next post I write, hopefully today if I can EVER get out the kitchen ;-)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-9454510932387515232013-01-02T14:04:03.113-08:002013-01-02T14:04:03.113-08:00Thanks to you and this post, Lady Lydia, I had a p...Thanks to you and this post, Lady Lydia, I had a peace-filled, enjoyable day. And I enjoyed a special afternoon teatime as well. If you'd like to read about it you can <a href="http://simplicityandgraceblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/accentuate-positive.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again! I know writing posts takes time and effort, but you're such a blessing to *so many*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90493507377564261662013-01-02T12:10:51.895-08:002013-01-02T12:10:51.895-08:00I'll chime in with the rest, Lady Lydia, and g...I'll chime in with the rest, Lady Lydia, and give you a big "thumbs up" for this post. How very easy to slide into depression just by listening to the daily news! One of your commenters mentioned that the media seems to thrive on keeping us afraid....too true! It's very wearying. <br /><br />Your photo of the pretty dishes makes me want to share a bit myself: for Christmas, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-8087276264303287692013-01-02T10:25:16.571-08:002013-01-02T10:25:16.571-08:00Photography is certainly an art and a skill!Photography is certainly an art and a skill!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-65824123797993353032013-01-01T18:02:09.281-08:002013-01-01T18:02:09.281-08:00If you will click on the title under the picture o...If you will click on the title under the picture of the tea things, you can go to Lovely Whatevers and see that this version of tea set also comes in a white back ground. Just scroll down at Lovely Whatevers to see a picture of it. Both are lovely.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-71903115239417751682013-01-01T17:51:08.763-08:002013-01-01T17:51:08.763-08:00I had an opportunity to get that exact Royal Alber...I had an opportunity to get that exact Royal Albert tea set you have posted pictures of for my 40th birthday from my hubby and kids. I said no at the time because of the price and I just may change my mind! The pink is just my favorite!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294395429348239096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-22369119780394314062013-01-01T16:48:48.507-08:002013-01-01T16:48:48.507-08:00Thank You.....Boy did I ever need to read this pos...<i>Thank You</i>.....Boy did I ever need to read this post. I try and stay away from news and such, but it's hard to avoid it completely and they just seem to thrive on keeping us all scared. I don't have my head in the sand, I know there are *real* problems, but I'm so tired of it being thrown in my face all of the time. <br /><br />This post was like a breath of fresh air. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-42339148896133790542013-01-01T16:38:25.665-08:002013-01-01T16:38:25.665-08:00What a wonderful list and we have much to be thank...What a wonderful list and we have much to be thankful for. I am particularly pleased with the world wide access I have to friends, family and for purchasing things - something I would never have dreamed of as a child. Its also wonderful that we have many choices that we often now take for granted. <br /><br />Yes, we are blessed and often don't realise how much. <br /><br />As for the sewingFinding Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882774610725490491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-36259258395208743842013-01-01T11:54:38.745-08:002013-01-01T11:54:38.745-08:00Thank you for sharing this list. As you mentioned ...Thank you for sharing this list. As you mentioned each item, it was like a little light went on in my mind! <br /><br />There have been difficult events that come so regularly lately, and without warning, that it can be easy to lose sight of what is good in life, and that for many reasons, this time is even greater than any other era of time. <br /><br />I am thankful for bloggers like you who Eve | Inchworm Chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194431691132769984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-37930442719703287002013-01-01T09:53:28.350-08:002013-01-01T09:53:28.350-08:00I really enjoyed reading your very positive post. ...I really enjoyed reading your very positive post. It was a good way to start the New Year. I'd like to add another positive to your excellent list. I have seen a real change in women's attitude to homemaking and motherhood over the past ten years. Many young women, even those from non-Christian backgrounds, aspire to be full time mothers and homemakers. They don't feel perhaps that itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-26453569603385036172013-01-01T00:09:33.684-08:002013-01-01T00:09:33.684-08:00My brother, and cousins sometimes played store or ...My brother, and cousins sometimes played store or school and it was fun to climb trees and pretend we lived in them like the Swiss Family Robinson did in the Disney movie of the 1950's.<br /><br />In reality my family lived close by on the same three acres. Grandparents lived behind us and cousins lived next door.<br />We raised chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and goats. We had no want for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-43514076401969288902012-12-31T20:57:17.784-08:002012-12-31T20:57:17.784-08:00thank you for your wonderful ideas-i will pass the...thank you for your wonderful ideas-i will pass them on to her.<br />BeckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-75486497463507607612012-12-31T11:49:19.258-08:002012-12-31T11:49:19.258-08:00Its a good thing to find the good in an evil world...Its a good thing to find the good in an evil world we live in today....God's Holy Spirit is at work in the hearts and lives of many,turning people back to the simple things in life,while still appreciating the many wonders of todays modern society ...blessings on your new year friend.Simply Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933046149294440134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-81671399559325815762012-12-31T11:45:29.146-08:002012-12-31T11:45:29.146-08:00Thank you for this cheerful post, reminding us of ...Thank you for this cheerful post, reminding us of things we can be thankful for today.Housewife59https://www.blogger.com/profile/12485051347795187632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-81426748584699837092012-12-31T11:08:32.458-08:002012-12-31T11:08:32.458-08:00We used a lot of pretending in our isolated days o...We used a lot of pretending in our isolated days on the homestead, and mother was very good at this. She had read "Anne of Green Gables" when she was a little girl back in the late 1930's and early 1940's and she used that knowledge to pretend that we were on a train one day, and made us into waiters and waitresses and passenters; a passenger ship the next day, using bedrooms asLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63448379316113292302012-12-31T11:05:49.807-08:002012-12-31T11:05:49.807-08:00Internet service is essential in that respect. If ...Internet service is essential in that respect. If you wanted to get a gift for her, you could provide that. But if not possible, then catalogs are great for ordering things you need, even books, and some are free. If you cannot go out to see the world, the world can come to see you. There are so many things to do at home, too. When growing up, we ordered kits of things to do--knitting, sewing, Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-35341782695345110172012-12-31T10:57:34.059-08:002012-12-31T10:57:34.059-08:00It is good to be reminded of the good things when ...It is good to be reminded of the good things when it feels we are overwhelmed by the bad. All we can do is take it one day at a time and do our best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-90032308874405330542012-12-31T08:47:57.869-08:002012-12-31T08:47:57.869-08:00thank you for this. Good reminders. i do have a qu...thank you for this. Good reminders. i do have a question or topic. How do you or others ( I am thinking of your mother in a cabin in Alaska) with isolation? My daughter lives on a 7000 acre cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere.She has 2 very small children.Normally she can get along okay-but there are days when she can't run to the library, etc.& it can really cause anxiety.Her churchisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-20529173161449805652012-12-31T07:20:04.028-08:002012-12-31T07:20:04.028-08:00Wishing you a very blessed New Year. Thank you for...Wishing you a very blessed New Year. Thank you for the example you set and the wise words you speak to us. May the Lord continue to use you as a mentor this year as well. In Him!Think Lovelinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978252657249945553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-35789626524263791032012-12-31T07:02:46.698-08:002012-12-31T07:02:46.698-08:00Thank you for these positive thoughts, Lydia.Thank you for these positive thoughts, Lydia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-2464978384091366022012-12-31T07:01:35.432-08:002012-12-31T07:01:35.432-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567495828621882177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-33302461116526027792012-12-31T07:01:11.500-08:002012-12-31T07:01:11.500-08:00Thank you Lady Lydia for your inspirational post,s...Thank you Lady Lydia for your inspirational post,sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the negativity of this world. You always bring me back to what I am asked to do daily, which is to create a refuge in this little corner of the world that the Lord has been kind enough to bless me with. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567495828621882177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45275775525885192222012-12-31T06:29:45.320-08:002012-12-31T06:29:45.320-08:00My niece attends a public high school and there is...My niece attends a public high school and there is a knitting club and she has learned how to knit, which is really neat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-56839807290793592992012-12-31T06:04:27.134-08:002012-12-31T06:04:27.134-08:00How wonderful to read Liora's note of young gi...How wonderful to read Liora's note of young girls and their knitting, etc...I was not aware of this trend...hope it will be national soon!<br />LMlynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-52513676841645050572012-12-31T06:01:56.192-08:002012-12-31T06:01:56.192-08:00Dear Lady Lydia....
So glad for your reminders of...Dear Lady Lydia....<br /><br />So glad for your reminders of our modern day blessings....that was a help and thank you.<br /><br />LMlynnnoreply@blogger.com