tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post8524556360914111409..comments2024-03-29T05:18:36.107-07:00Comments on Home Living: Building Faith in the New YearLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-16339354377977573612013-01-21T15:56:36.834-08:002013-01-21T15:56:36.834-08:00I usually have the news on as I make dinner in the...I usually have the news on as I make dinner in the kitchen, last night I switched to the British series <i>Country House Restoration</i> and sat down to dinner much less frazzled. I then watched a news bullletin after dinner to stay up to date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-80169258390641089362013-01-15T16:06:35.315-08:002013-01-15T16:06:35.315-08:00Hello lady Lydia, please if you would,include me i...Hello lady Lydia, please if you would,include me in your personal email updates. Thank you much Donna Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24657965059578436892013-01-10T00:39:12.221-08:002013-01-10T00:39:12.221-08:00I'd like to get your newsletter, too.I'd like to get your newsletter, too.Lillibethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857189417720272826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-80208768456458222102013-01-07T06:48:17.323-08:002013-01-07T06:48:17.323-08:00Sign me up! Carlotta Royce at thehomeschoolhomemak...Sign me up! Carlotta Royce at thehomeschoolhomemaker@hotmail.com.<br /><br />By the way Dear Lady, we are up and running and I am ready for our interview.<br /><br />I am posting this on my facebook, you are always full of loving encouragment.carlottanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-86831206025522878602013-01-05T19:34:03.615-08:002013-01-05T19:34:03.615-08:00Excellent post and the encouragement was much need...Excellent post and the encouragement was much needed AND appreciated. Thank you dear friend! <br /><br />Also, I've closed my blog and hope to do a newsletter as you do. I'll be sure to include you in my mailings!<br /><br />AngelaMrs. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251390460925434278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-71324981749305394912013-01-05T09:50:31.063-08:002013-01-05T09:50:31.063-08:00I added to the last paragraph in the post that I a...I added to the last paragraph in the post that I also have a personal email update with things I do not include in my blog, which consists of current sewing projects, hospitality events, and room painting or house re-design that I'm currently involved in,with some before/after pictures occasionally.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45168486351334645662013-01-04T22:12:46.632-08:002013-01-04T22:12:46.632-08:00Gail, that was lovely! I wish i had the same talen...Gail, that was lovely! I wish i had the same talent for writing poems as good as that!jackie from nycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54326428811764031662013-01-04T19:51:50.250-08:002013-01-04T19:51:50.250-08:00How very fortunate we are to be able to encourage ...How very fortunate we are to be able to encourage each other as we strive to keep the home fires burning, each in our own little corner of the world. I am thankful to be reminded of all the good and lovely things mentioned here. I was going through an old box of photos lest night and came across this little poem I had written 19 years ago when my children were small. Thank you for allowing me toGailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-73863348286743676552013-01-04T18:29:07.263-08:002013-01-04T18:29:07.263-08:00HOmemakers and homeschoolers are very involved in ...HOmemakers and homeschoolers are very involved in the political process and in preventing drastic laws from taking place in the US. Because of this they are more aware of things that are going on. For that reason they are likely to be innundated with a lot of hype also, that does not matter, particularly the end of the world doom and gloom type of news such as: the economy will collapse, there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-74867227834547171432013-01-04T18:03:56.785-08:002013-01-04T18:03:56.785-08:00What a timely post! I'm a "news junkie&qu...What a timely post! I'm a "news junkie", but it doesn't serve me well, for many of the reasons mentioned in your post. <br /><br />I find the world situation depressing; the mess in our country frustrating and maddening--and I just need to leave it all alone for awhile and concentrate on more positive and uplifting things.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing. I've been enjoyingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-18514730750034296032013-01-04T15:59:02.981-08:002013-01-04T15:59:02.981-08:00Thank you. We are having new floors put in our ho...Thank you. We are having new floors put in our house, but there was a problem with the laminate, so we have to wait 3 weeks for a new shipment to arrive. We will be living on our subfloors for at least a month. I must have lamented this once too often, because my younger son said, "Should I tell our friends about the family tragedy?" "What tragedy, honey?" "The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-39105806668670202822013-01-04T11:20:32.183-08:002013-01-04T11:20:32.183-08:00I bought a yearly planner and made little stars on...I bought a yearly planner and made little stars on days that I've decided to mail something to my grandfather. He's 87 years old and lives in a nursing home. He doesn't like phone calls because he is hard of hearing, and has no email. So I'm going to send him a little card every month since he loves getting mail. I was quite lax last year, only sending him cards for his Sarah Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887966641411778673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-42504349390433280502013-01-03T19:51:21.568-08:002013-01-03T19:51:21.568-08:00You mentioned sending a gift once in a while to so...You mentioned sending a gift once in a while to someone. When I send hand written correspondence I like to include a wrapped tea bag or two<br />so the other person can enjoy it while reading my letter or note. Sometimes I send photos or include a pressed flower with a scripture. Just something to let them know how special they are and that I'm thinking of them.<br />However a gift package Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-50063866065467320122013-01-03T16:51:53.750-08:002013-01-03T16:51:53.750-08:00Wonderful thoughts, Lydia.Wonderful thoughts, Lydia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-79595555246539201252013-01-03T14:01:49.714-08:002013-01-03T14:01:49.714-08:00I also wish to thank you for your lovely reminder ...I also wish to thank you for your lovely reminder about keeping on the bright side. Through temperament and upbringing, I tend toward the melancholic view of things. <br /><br />I am also struggling with an attachment to news and blogs that deal with the cultural chaos that we are living through. We gave up our t.v. about 6 years ago. However, the internet has become habit forming for me as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45836816417377553302013-01-03T13:34:42.768-08:002013-01-03T13:34:42.768-08:00I was so pleased to read this post as, coincidenta...I was so pleased to read this post as, coincidentally, I had just decided TODAY that my word of the year is FAITH! My faith has been growing (after a period of confusion) and I loved having these calm and sensible ideas to help. I feel so glad that finally I have my priorities right.<br />I am so glad of our desr Lord and the sweet opportunities we as home - makers are given to be quietly in His Alex https://www.blogger.com/profile/13677926811045888256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-55611956752076218942013-01-03T07:10:43.648-08:002013-01-03T07:10:43.648-08:00This is a wonderful post. It is an important remin...This is a wonderful post. It is an important reminder, and one I needed this cold winter day. After reading your post, I was able to see past the bone-chilling cold we are enduring here today to the bright blue sky. The days are already getting a little longer and we have another minute of sunlight at the end of almost every day now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-25134360780874234402013-01-03T04:59:56.507-08:002013-01-03T04:59:56.507-08:00Lady Lydia,
You do not know how encouraging this ...Lady Lydia,<br /><br />You do not know how encouraging this was to me this morning... I have had a ton of emails sent to me about dooms day and the end times being this year. I can feel a tightening and sickness come over me when I focus on these things. I had made the choice not to watch the news or read anything along these lines but instead to focus on whatever things were lovely. I am glad sunnyskiesandsweetteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05411963709035869592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-323670916825718972013-01-03T04:55:00.686-08:002013-01-03T04:55:00.686-08:00Thank you so much for this wonderful post, I am bo...Thank you so much for this wonderful post, I am bookmarking it for future reference. Positive thinking and renewing our minds with the Word is so important. I love your idea to send a surprise to someone in the mail each month, I'm definitely going to start doing that!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426649248840375486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-38756654335386882612013-01-03T03:37:15.250-08:002013-01-03T03:37:15.250-08:00What a lovely uplifting post for the New Year ! In...What a lovely uplifting post for the New Year ! In these stringent times I think a lot about my parents,and how they brought us up in the 1940's and 1950's.They worked so hard to give us a good life in spite of the rationing and lack of material things.They grew all of our vegetables,sewed,knitted,made or repaired toys,furniture etc.We were also given a great moral grounding for life,Rosemary UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736660949097379171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-134958358526399362013-01-03T01:55:50.982-08:002013-01-03T01:55:50.982-08:00Its a beautiful list and your ideas can make all t...Its a beautiful list and your ideas can make all the differences in a home.<br /><br />I have started a "gratitude" list - each day I plan to write down one thing that has made me feel blessed and I am very grateful for. I have decided to use a little diary that a friend gave me, some people place these into a jar. It makes you look back and reflect over the day and its a time to thank Finding Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882774610725490491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-16271652040945954582013-01-03T01:37:31.405-08:002013-01-03T01:37:31.405-08:00This post is so uplifting. I am keeping it for ref...This post is so uplifting. I am keeping it for reference. I think I will add it to my book of good cheer, which I keep on my side table. When I have cleaned my kitchen then I'll read it through again. We need to hear this over and over, and speak it to each other and to our families. What a privilege to share cheerfulness and the security of knowing that God is in control. 'Be careful forHousewife59https://www.blogger.com/profile/12485051347795187632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-70704838362237824122013-01-02T23:48:31.335-08:002013-01-02T23:48:31.335-08:00Excellent advise Lydia, thank you for sharing. I&...Excellent advise Lydia, thank you for sharing. I've been implementing many of them myself and they do work.<br /><br />Mrs. J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63834757312365757322013-01-02T19:45:09.608-08:002013-01-02T19:45:09.608-08:00Sour, gloomy talking just does not get anything do...Sour, gloomy talking just does not get anything done.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-46184768560960705772013-01-02T19:24:07.434-08:002013-01-02T19:24:07.434-08:00I am so glad I no longer have tv for viewing the n...I am so glad I no longer have tv for viewing the nightly news shows...even my cat is more at peace!<br />LMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com