Showing posts with label Friends - Amazing Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends - Amazing Friends. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
My Friend LaRue
Isn't this just the cutest idea for curtains? My friend LaRue gave me a little "tour" of her new home out in Wilsonville and I just begged to take a picture of what I thought was an incredibly creative and cute idea for curtains - using aprons!
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Look What Someone Sweet Sent Me
Got home from a day being out. . . and to my pleasant surprise . . .
Someone so thoughtful sent me these . . .
Thursday, February 14, 2008
I Have Wonderful Girlfriends!
Musical Man, darling older daughter and younger daughter (and their hubbies), five fabulously funny grandkiddos and gorgeous (cause of their hearts) girlfriends - wow, what more could an on-purpose woman want?
Jen made this yum dish today. And Pami made the above on Monday (granted my photo op session definitely doesn't do it's taste or display justice - sorry Pami). I knew the moment we walked in her home we were in for a treat and something yummy was being served for our couples breakfast.
While hanging in the kitchen as Pami made simple and yummy beautiful, she couldn't say enough about this recipe that I just have and will make very soon.
Middle Eastern Chicken Pot and Butter-Nut Couscous
1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs,
chopped into bite-sized pieces 1 onion,
thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic,
grated or chopped 1 cup shredded carrots
1 fresh bay leaf
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
Pinch ground cinnamon
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup chopped dried fruits - pick 1 or combine: figs, pitted dates, apricots, sultanas
1 lemon, zested and juiced
3/4 cup pitted mixed olives,
chopped 4 cups chicken stock,
divided 2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons pine nuts
1/4 cup slivered or sliced almonds
1 1/2 cups couscous
Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a deep skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil ripples add the chicken and brown 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Add the onions, garlic, carrots, bay leaf and season with spices, salt and pepper, cook 5 to 6 minutes. Stir the fruits into the chicken and vegetables, add the zest of the lemon, olives and 2 1/2 cups of stock. Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes more. Sprinkle with lemon juice and turn off heat. Remove bay leaf.
While chicken simmers, melt butter in a sauce pot over medium heat. Add nuts and lightly toast for a couple of minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups stock and bring up to a boil then stir in couscous. Cover and let stand 5 minutes.
Serve chicken over couscous, or vice versa, and garnish with parsley.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Friendships and Relationship in 2008 - New Years Resolutions
These are the only days we have to make things as right as they can be. As long as you have breath, you have hope and opportunity. My husband calls them the Glory Days.
If you knew that you were going to stand before Jesus, tomorrow, how would you view your life today? What would you do different in the relationship you have with your husband, your children, your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, and those who you say you love?
How do you need to grow as a friend indeed? What prejudices do you hold against people? How aware are you, with those judgments held, of your protective stances?
How many churches have you attended (lately)? Are you mad at the authority of the one you attend now? What issues with authority do you have? How will you deal with them before you stand before the ultimate Authority?
Have you gone from church to church looking for the perfect place that fits your list of what you think "church" should be? Do you go with your own secret agenda in mind and have you gotten mad that your agenda wasn't respected or put into place?
What kind of friends do you keep? Do you keep only the ones that agree with you? How do you show love to those friends? Have you burned bridges with old friends? If so, why? What did you do? How did you make a judgment against them?
What will Jesus tell you on That Day about those judgments? Who are you jealous about? Why?
My husband writes:
There are many kinds of friends: high-school friends, friends you grew up with, fair-weather friends and then, there are true friends. And among true friends there are friends that are distant and there are friends that are with you in the trenches; friends that you are partnering with. The "partnership-friends," mainly those who are in your congregation*, are to me the truest friends.
[*your congregation: fellow followers of Jesus with whom you meet on a regular basis to worship God, learn of His word and encourage one another; believers to whom you are committed, and leaders to whom you are submitted]
What makes a friendship rich and meaningful is ....read the rest here.
This year, might be your last. Who will you reconcile with? What bridge will you build half way so they can have the opportunity (their choice) to meet you in the middle? Do you have the relational skills to know how to build the bridge half way? Are your skills based on Bible?
What pastor do you need to ask forgiveness of? What leadership authority do you need to go back to and acknowledge that you were critical and gossipped about them?
What parent do you need to go to and ask forgiveness of - for not respecting or honoring them in that position?
What will your new resolution be in light of friendships and relationships for 2008?
Sunday, August 05, 2007
our friends from china - richard and park
richard and park are two great guys from China.
they've spent the last nine months in the US training
to be pilots. this was their first camping experience.
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Saturday, September 30, 2006
we are rich - so rich!
It's not easy for us to forget how rich we are. When I say rich - I mean with people's lives surrounding Michael and I. Not only do we have two beautiful, God-fearing daughters, along with their amazing husbands, but five precious grandchildren who are always making us laugh - BUT - we get to be surrounded by the lives of the most awesome people who call Desert Streams Chapel their home church.
Today, Michael and I headed home after a morning of being in a few small groups and as we approached the homefront we saw a small crowd of familiar faces waving and smiling. There was Mark and Jennifer and Trey and Hannah. There was Wes and Kelly and Juanita and Linda. There was Anita and Nathan and Konstantinos - who spent his visit fixing the hall toilet which has been "exploding" (our grandkids word for a stuffed potty) the past week (in spite of Michael and Gerald's multiple attempts at unplugging whatever it was that prevented the "stuff" from going somewhere else.
Ok - these people - precious ones - and a few others like Mandy, Alice and Judy came over to bless Michael and I for Pastor's Appreciation. They wanted us to have a Martha Stewart home and dinner experience. Every empty pot was filled with color - something I've been intending to get to but haven't. When I say every pot - I mean every - and our Earth Boxes too were filled with vegetables! Anita even told me that they drove to John's Home Depot because it has the nicest plants - my goodness - his store is just about half way to Texas.
So, not only flowers, but food. Can you imagine walking in to this amazing smelling Turkey dinner cooking and can you imagine being told that the "second team" would arrive later to prepare the food, set the table and - can you believe it - clean up.
Ok, I cried. I am so blessed and rich to have friends who serve me and love me and don't judge me because the guest bathroom has been exploding. Michael and I are beyond blessed to be loved and served by the saints at DSC.
Around 4 p.m. Anita and Linda show up - pair about 10# of potatotes and begin to set tables. Rose shows up and then Joannie. Angels. Gifts. Women of God who serve. What a precious sight. My friends. Partners in the Kindom.
Dinner is served - and Michael and I, Mark and Candace, Gerald and Jenni are seated like royalty in the dining room - to be served this meal of thanks. We actually get to have some sweet adult conversation while these precious women eat with the fabulous five. I'm sure they were entertained sweetly. Simon even told his Mountain Parable. Sweet.
Clean up - if flowers weren't enough - if a Turkey dinner wasn't enough - these weary servants washed my feet by cleaning up. Oh, God - we are rich...so rich.
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