The Gift of a Bible - UPDATED

This afternoon, my DH and I had a wonderful visit with an elderly friend who lives in a nearby nursing home.

When they were talking about a Christian book store in the city that this gentleman hopes to visit next week, my husband mentioned that he needed to begin looking for a new Bible since the one he uses is coming apart at the binding ~ this was news to me and surprised me because it is less than 10 years old.

Anyways, our friend immediately gave him the choice of 2 brand-new KJV Bibles he still had in boxes that he had purchased several years ago! **One of them happened to be a Bible that my husband has always hoped he'd own one day but thought went out of print many years ago . . .

Both of us were touched and amazed at his generosity and thoughtfulness and ultimately to the Lord who laid it on his heart to present such a wonderful gift in the 1st place :o)

Blessings,


** UPDATED: In answer to Michele's question ~ the Bible he chose is sometimes known as The Englishman's Bible -- the King James Version with Hebrew and Greek notations and references throughout ... a great study Bible.

Craft Room in the Works

It's been busier than usual around here since last weekend as a friend has been staying with us all week and is leaving tomorrow.

My husband has to work tomorrow as well so that means I won't have the car but will have all kinds of time to do some *crafting* ... I'm going to try something new-to-me and just hope it turns out :o)

After almost 9 months of using our table as my crafting place and being frustrated by the need to put everything away before supper even if I'm in the middle of an UNfinished project, I finally decided to use a large table in the spare bedroom on the main floor. It has been covered with all sorts of STUFF and it took a lot of rearranging, but it's now working out quite well.

This BEFORE photo shows my son's old desk lamp that I brought upstairs as well as all the stacks of papers and stuff, some of which were moved elsewhere -- this room was my daughter's 1st room, so it still has the border we put on for her when she was very young and you can see that in the top left corner :o)

This AFTER photo shows the new fluorescent desk lamp I bought at Wal Mart that gives much better light on cards that I'm working on and the 2 - 3 drawer white plastic drawers that I bought there as well that hold all the stuff I need at my fingertips.

Because I was able to move most of my stuff to these drawers, I was finally able to use the bottom wide drawers to hold my 12" X 12" card stock and acid free paper. [I used to have this 3 drawer unit in the front part of the house so I could wheel it to the table and that was just getting too cumbersome to do anymore.]

I do plan on buying more of those 3 drawer white plastic units one day, but there is a LOT of re-arranging that has to be done before that can ever happen!

What you can't see in this photo is a desk that is on the wall to the left of this set-up and it holds a small lamp, a basket of writing material along with a few handmade cards so I can sit down and get a note written to someone at any time ... without having to clear away the table to set it for supper ~ what a difference that makes!

Blessings,

Sentimental Treasures

I am a *pack rat* ... sort of ... ~ my home is relatively neat and things are usually orderly, not cluttered, but I keep things because of sentimental value.

I keep all sorts of things from the past, just in case I need or want them in the future!

I have kept many of the greeting cards that I have received down through the years - from my grandmother, my mom, my in-laws, friends, and of course my husband and our children.

I even have 2 of my old autograph books ~ remember those from yesteryear??

I have a couple of phonics workbooks of mine from Grade 1, a notebook from Grade 3 and several items from High School ... essays, projects and the like.

I have saved many of my childrens' baby clothes thinking that someday one of them might want an outfit or two for their own baby ~ I realize that the clothes might be considered *old fasioned* by then, but that's okay :o)

I have saved most of my childrens' Little Golden Books as well as any others that were favorites as they were growing up. They remind me of times when we cuddled together and shared special moments. I notice on ebay that some of them are now considered *collectors' items* and yet I wouldn't consider selling them!

I have saved all sorts of special drawings and stories that my children did when they were younger and I was teaching them at home.

Although I didn't homeschool them, I always felt better sending them off to school ONLY after I had taught them all the basics at home first!

I have saved so many items of sentimental value that I reailze that I need to get a better filing and storage system so that an item can be retrieved at a moment's notice.

Are you a pack rat? Do you keep items that have sentimental value? Or, are you the type of person who does not like gathering things?

TOP - a drawing by my daughter
BOTTOM - my daughter's portrait of herself in her Brownie uniform that I had used at my old Geocities website and sadly, didn't seem to keep the original drawing :o(