Oh Happy Day!

Oh Happy Day! It is technically Thursday, but it is my Friday. We are off tomorrow for Good Friday. Yay!! I just want to say I have been really encouraged these past few days and I just want to thank God and Y'all!!

So I got some more tilling done in the garden yesterday. Always puts a smile on my face because it is coming right along. I have really enjoyed all the family time too. The hubs has been hard at work building a shed and its almost finished too.  of course I will show you :)

Addy loves to help!

the Hubs awesome shed!

The shed is ready for paint. Hubs said I could  pick the color, but I am pretty sure he has changed his mind. I chose red then after much research picked a green, could be john deere green but hey I like what I like :) I will show you what I mean. 

I really like the red, but I really like the green and if it was weathered I think id like it even better. So we will see :) 

So I feel great today. I was able to rid myself of a lot of junk through some intense prayer. Who doesn't love some prayer in the am, I do I do! It has made my morning fantastic! I was even able to encourage someone to do the same thing this am. I really have been thanking God more and more because I have really been able to share more and more. That really makes me happy and excited. 

I heard a great song this morning by Chris Tomlin. It is Whom Shall I fear. Feel free to google that song.

 K-Love has the lyrics and its just awesome. This is a great part of the song and I felt it was so perfect for me this morning...

And nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in Your hands
I'm holding on to Your promises
You are faithful
You are faithful

It is great to have a good song stuck in your head :) I don't know why it took me sooo long to start living my life! I am telling you.. this is great! I can really see a change in me, in my attitude and really everything. YAHOOOOO!  

I want to encourage everyone to really ask God what needs to be done in your life so you can be free of all the gunk you shouldn't be carrying around!! :)

On that note I will share some random pics :) Why not right? :)

me and the hubs working outside yesterday :)

my new fave essie polish!!

my fave glasses 

Matthew 19:26

But Jesus looked at them and said,  “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Are you ready to have some fun?

Well happy Wednesday! Tuesday went especially well, hope it did for y'all. I came home to a deceased armadillo in the driveway. Don't worry no pictures of the actual animal haha. I do however want  to give the hubs credit for moving it to the woods for its final resting place.

the hubs and Addy

Oh I wanted to show this pic of the verse I love that I have on my wall. I mentioned it the other day. 

Love this!

This verse is soooo true! Just saying :)

So one of my sister's came over last night to catch up. I had told her previously that I would like her help praying over the land that seems pretty perfect for us to start farming on. It is almost right outside our front door :) Pretty amazing when we stumbled over it. Ok we did not stumble, it actually was a big aha moment when we finally went to look at it. I will say God is very patient with me :) Any who, I had amazing prayer time. It took me a minute to overcome the weird feeling of talking to land, but God was definitely there and when He knew I needed help sis was right there to keep it going. Thanks sis! I also received tons of encouraging words too! It was really amazing.. I mean REALLY amazing! When God asks me if I am ready to have fun... my answer is YES YES YES!! PS That is really what happened too!

Here is a pic of Our Land. Yes it will be our land. We have declared it! There is 155 acres here folks. This is the start of something really amazing!

Don't let the water fool you, it is prized land .

I cant tell you all how really amazing God is. I do not care how cheesy or cra cra I might sound. Just saying.. If this is crazy, I wouldn't have it any other way. :) God has done so many things for us all. I just have to believe like a child. As I was told today.. they don't complicate things. Oh I am so excited about the future. I know God has all the plans laid out and He is just waiting for me to "get myself out of jail" and ready myself for all the plans! 

PS The hubs had a doctor's appt today and it went great.. yay prayer!

Joshua 1:9  “Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Have a great Day!!

Now I know why farmer's go to bed early...

It's a wonderful day! No I am not always such a positive penny, but why shouldn't every day be a fantastic one. God has blessed this day for me. Love it!
Sooo exciting news folks! I got to use my tiller yesterday. It may be small but it is the little tiller that could! I am telling you I am so super pumped about this working outside. I had to stop, look around at the yard and just breathe. I felt and feel so thankful and amazingly blessed. And folks just because I am happy doesn't mean life is always easy, it just means I know God is with me,Always.

yes that's me just a tilling

 My dad let me borrow his gardening book yesterday. I just thought that was awesome. He even put little notes in the sections that would be beneficial to me. Works for me! At the back of the book he had written in exactly how he had planted his garden 30 years ago! That was just really neat to me. I did a little reading and I think it will be very helpful. At the least I learned broccoli is in the cabbage family.. haha

the borrowed book (with tabs hehe)

this is the back of the book

 This was as far as I got yesterday. The ground was still a bit muddy because of the rain over the weekend, but I had to try it out. It was exciting. I really liked being able to see rows and think where things would be planted. And I did get a little help from my Addy.

MY ROWS

my mini farmer 

 We have already picked out what we wanted to plant for the spring. I think we might have room for a few more things, but this is what we have so far. Woo hoo!!

Our seeds :)

 Last night I came in and made the comment.. phew I know why farmer's go to bed early, that work is tiring. HAHA.. I cant tell you how much I loved being out there with my family and working in the yard. I mean it just felt so great to be working out instead of at a desk. I saw a shirt that I want when the time is right.

Perfection

Can you see that! Yes I definitely want :)


Folks I am just excited about life and what God has planned for my family. You also have to know that when you are doing good the devil will stop at nothing to knock you down. Don't let him. I know you're thinking but I have soooo many problems and then something else bad happens..yada yada. I mean You just have to remember to give your problems to God and tell the devil to leave. We do have that power. We just have to remember to use it.  Life isn't always going to be peachy peachy or easy, but we don't always have to be in the dumps. Remember the more you go in the right direction and do what God is telling you to , you will face opposition, but you can prepare yourself mentally for that. It can come as a personal attack, work related or whatever that seems awful. Don't let it get you and keep you down.


1 John 4:4  You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Hope everyone has a magnanimous (one of my favorite words) day!

It's farming time

Good Morning! I usually am not a fan of Monday's but I woke up today thanking God for a new wonderful day. I need to have early prayer time or my day will be all well crappy. It really really helps listening to K-Love in the mornings and at work during the day. Don;t get me wrong, I am very, very human and still let in the little uglies and allow them to ruin my day. I have to catch those thoughts and tell them where to go!

my hand tiller

don't laugh we were being resourceful with a post hole digger

So update from farm country. We have started our vegetable garden and by start I mean marked off the area. Baby steps folks :) We were doing this completely 1800's style. I mean with a hoe and hand tiller. The next day I thought maybe a gas tiller would really help us actually be able to plant this year. I was even more excited when we got 10% off the price of it, woohoo. Thank you Lord!

Unfortunately it was raining all weekend so I could not start with my new tiller. All i could do is look at it and tell people I got it haha! I get very excited over the little things. I am very excited to start working outside. I told my mom I feel like this is the first step in farming class :) I sure am glad my teacher is God and He gives me plenty of direction. I will certainly update with pictures along the way.

We like to be silly

I just want to end with one of my favorite verses (it's even hanging on my wall at home)
Philippians 4:13.. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
This verse is very powerful. It helped me finish my first(and only so far) half marathon. Just saying. :)




 Happy Monday Folks!!

my Hubs :)

In the Beginning

My AddyBug

First things first.I have a wonderful husband and we have been married for a little less than 6 years. He also has a magnanimous beard, something I have grown to love, no pun intended. We also have a stupendous daughter. We may butt heads on occasion but she is so special and can always make me laugh. She is such a ham. I have also stood firm on my only one child please and thank you. I was convinced I could not handle any more and that God definitely was aware of that and like He says would not give me more than I can handle. See my pattern..I, I, I, I, I... It seems I was going though life with what I thought not what God had planned for our family.

I had been steadily praying and really wanting to hear from God about what he wanted me to do in my life. I wanted to know His will for my family. I just knew that I was meant for big things, I couldn't explain it, but I just knew God's plans were big.

A funny thing happened on a road trip with my very pregnant sister. We had made the trip up to Kentucky for a friend's wedding. Fabulous weekend was had and then time for the 9-10 hour trek home. I was trying to sing (quietly) while I let her rest. We were pretty much in the home stretch, just a couple hours away, going through my favorite little Southern towns with funny names. Any who, I was just minding my own business driving down the road and BAM and i do mean BAM.

the beard and the tractor I would like

I heard  some words. I thought to myself, did I really just hear that. I looked over at my sleeping sis and not wanting to tell her what I heard fearing she may want to take me to a mental ward right then. I just thought some more, prayed some more and it kept coming to me. You will be a cotton farmer. Yes folks.. I heard that. I thought well.. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! Yes the thought of that made me so excited. I could see the vision and it was amazing. There was another detail that I saw. It was another child on the farm that I did not have yet. Hmmm.. Well i immediately said God if that is what I am supposed to do then I want another child. I was and still am amazed at renewed faith and hope. I was finally saying God if it is your will then I am ready to do whatever you will have me do! I really meant it this time and still do.

Here comes Monday. So what a great weekend I had. Oh it felt great great. Hearing from God is the,  most amazing thing I have ever experienced. I knew I had to tell people about what happened. How? How was I going to tell people that I was sane and telling them that I wanted to be a farmer. Oh boy. I could feel the devil come around and kick me down and try to keep me from telling this wonderful event. Well i told my coworker, who is a great friend, and she replied with "If cotton is what you want, cotton is what you will have!" What an encouragement. Then I was able to tell my family and so on. The funny thing is as crazy as it sounds to own and operate a cotton farm they all thought I had lost it because I said I was going to have another child. Was it just me or were they missing the big picture? :)

This is me!

This is where we begin our new chapter. I have been through numerous ups and downs just like the next person. I finally let God take over and amazing things are happening. I know God has big plans for us and I am praying for our family to have faith in this huge process. My mom told me a great verse that I have begun to take with me everywhere. Psalm 138:8. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. Well Hello! God has already worked out all the details. Amazing! I know I have to keep praying to find out which steps to take so we can be ready for His huge blessings. We have to keep focused on what God has already promised and not get discouraged in daily events. I am the first to admit, I have a hard time in that area. Prayer. I have to tell you friends is amazing. Spend time with God, just talk to Him. It's fantastic when you spend that time with Him. You won't experience a better feeling than talking to you heavenly Dad!