2008 August 11

I accept! yahooo I am loved!

August 11, 2008 · by Penny · 7 Comments

Whoo hoo I have bloggy friends! Lori from Beyond the Garden nominated me for an award, and I accept! She said I deserve an award because;

“to Penny Raine for her, out of the ordinary life and love she has for it”

OK, Lori, what is so out of the ordinary about living on a 150 yr old farm with a herd of horses, a couple dairy cows and more than a half dozen children and a hubby who preaches to jail inmates? Sounds perfectly normal to me.

Hmmm, now let me see, I get to give this to 7 friends …… easy because all of these are friends I admire

my dear friend Robin Sampson, who is wise beyond her years, she has several blogs but her main one is Heart of Wisdom
Jenni from One Thing, cause I can relate to her big family funnies
Kimberly Eddy from Joyful Momma who is the picture of “get-r-done” and then some, one of the most industrious women I know
Jennifer from Quiverfull Family who got REALLY saved! and loves to talk about it
my dear younger sister Chelsey from Joyfully Living who is an inspiration to wives and mommas everywhere
Laura from Organizing Junkie, we share a crazy passion for organizing!
and of course my kindrid sister Angela, whom I first met as Japangela when she lived in Japan who is real as real gets, (I love real) even though her blog is on Xanga and too hard to comment on cause I never can remember my xanga password, but I anxiously await her posts that come in my email every morning, and always pray for her cause I love her so much! And yes your Sonny is great! and Good Golly I just read about your matching socks and realized I still have your UN-matching socks!
and last but not least my most admired blogging hero Crystal Paine, of Biblicalwomanhood and MoneySavingMom

Now according to the rules I have to:

Put the logo on my blog
Add the link to the person who awarded me
Nominate at least 7 (or more) others for this award
add links to those 7 on my blog and
Leave a message for my nominees on their blogs

whoo hoo done deal, except I still can’t figure out why I am out of the ordinary, somebody tell me please ….

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Menu Monday

August 11, 2008 · by Penny · 1 Comment

Well, I am sorry to say for y’all but happy to say for us that things menu wise will be pretty much the same around here. We need to plan with what we have and the garden is overflowing with things we love so here goes. I would ask for more ideas of what to do with tomatoes, okra, and peppers except that we are lovin what we have going! So here goes!

Monday- mexican chicken and rice with jalepenos and fresh salsa

Tuesday- Italian pasta salad and bread sticks

Wednesday- mexican bean dip feast with fresh salsa

Thursday- cheeseburger casserole and fried okra

Friday- taco salad with more salsa!

I know, I know, I need to get the recipes written down, but you see I am part Italian and cook with a little of this and a little of that, so I never measure and listing amounts takes some thought . And uhh big suprise, my many daughters cook just like I do, only better.

Don’t forget about my Super Summer Sizzlin Sale! Ends today!

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At the Well- Welcome Home Daddy

August 11, 2008 · by Penny · 6 Comments

This weeks “At the Well” is hosted by Lisa at A Second Generation of Homeschooling

Preparing your home for Daddy’s homecoming at night, training the children in preparing the house for Daddy and making Daddy feel loved and appreciated)

Your Discussion Question:

vHow can we lay a welcome mat of love for our husbands after a long day of hard work?

v How can we make our homes inviting places where Daddy longs to be at the end of a long day?

v How can we involve our children in this process and teach them to show reverence to their Daddy?

At the Raine house things are not nice normal hours. Hubby is a minister (actually we are a ministry family) which means odd hours and lots and lots of them, but it also means a lot of it is with us. So he doesn’t come home every evening at a regular time. In fact some days he doesn’t go anywhere, and then some nights he is preaching at the county jail or the prison until 10 pm. So the key around here is not to make our home pleasant to come home to but rather to make is pleasant to LIVE in. We do our best to plan our schedule around ministry commitments, but things arise unexpectedly often. So we acommodate the phone calls and such. And most often we all minister together. So the key around here is PEACE. We strive to all be in the same place at the same time for at least two events a day. Our morning meeting and supper time. More on that later.