Blue Monday

Good morning

Sally at Smiling Sally hosts a Blue Monday. Since I am all about blue I thought it would be fun to join in today. Take time to visit Sally to see lots of other blue posts. Some of you who visit me often will recognize these photos.

My home is filled with blue: blue books, blue china, blue pillows, blue glass, blue teapots. My garden has many colors of blue blooming throughout the summer.
My first quilt design, called Blue Plate Special:
LOTS of blue plates.
Do you have time to stay for tea? It is a beautiful day so we can sit out on the deck. We can sit in blue chairs and drink from blue mugs!
Hope this is a happy Monday for you!

Rhondi xo

Thankful Thursday

I was out of town for a couple of days and had this set to post automatically while I was gone, but for some reason it didn't. I apologize to all of you who posted your Thankful Thursday yesterday. Today I am thankful that we are away for 2 days to Catalyst, a church leadership conference near Atlanta. There will be 12,000 people in attendance and the pastor of our church has the honor of being one of the speakers. There will be awesome music too and I will be inspired, encouraged, and come home with an renewed zest for life. The timing of this conference couldn't be better!

There are lots of others joining in Thankful Thursday today. Click here to see a list of all the participants. I'm sure they would love it if you left a comment .

What are you thankful for today?

Rhondi xo

Don't Worry Be Happy

What a day we are living in. I hardly want to listen to the news any more. Every day there is something more discouraging happening. It makes me just want to stay in my little home and "play house".

I have a little book called Streams in the Desert, which I read each morning and this morning the first words I read were" Do not begin to be anxious" The author certainly read my thoughts this morning!
This is what it said: "To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying? It never made anybody strong; never helped anyone do God's will; never made a way of escape for anyone out of perplexity. Worry spoils lives which could otherwise be useful and beautiful."

For me, trusting in God helps take away the worry.

A soak in the tub can calm and relax those tense muscles that accompany worry.
A nice hot cup of tea can calm you.
A walk in the woods on a beautiful fall day can refresh you and remind you that life goes on, one season always follows the next.
For all of you that are already feeling the effects of our economy's problems, I hope you can find a way to not worry. For me it is knowing there is a God who cares about all of us and who loves our country.



Rhondi xo

A Little Bit of Fall

Fall is really here now: cool mornings, leaves changing color, pumpkins appearing everywhere. Time to bring a little bit of fall inside. I filled a beautiful old teapot with berries.and arranged it with a nice "bittersweet" garland I bought on sale at Michaels and draped it along the mantle.

Just a little bit of fall in the house.
Hope you are experiencing a beautiful fall where you live too. Bring some inside!

Rhondi xo

Just a Lovely Day

Hi
What a beautiful day it was. The sun was shining. The air was a little cool this morning. It was just the kind of fall day that makes me want to be busy in the kitchen. So I made my husband's favorite meal: porcupines, which are meatballs with rice cooked in a tomato sauce. I also made some chocolate chip cookies.
The porcupines are simmering in a pot and the cookies are done. While the chocolate chips are still warm and melting I am going to have a cup of tea and enjoy the new Issue of Romantic Homes. One of the articles is by one of my favorite bloggers, Kim from Daisy Cottage. What a nice relaxing way to end a lovely day.
Rhondi xo

Thankful Thursday

On this Thursday I am thankful that there is a God who I can turn to and trust in times of trouble, like we are going through right now in the US, a God created the universe and parted the Red Sea. I am thankful for the word of God which enourages me and reminds me of who God is and whathe can do. I am sure there are many of you who are praying that people of integrity, who speak the truth will be elected, people who will put aside their party affiliation and work for the good of our country.
I am thankful that I am in a country where I can vote for who I think will do the best job.

Click on the daisy on the right to visit other friends who are joining me today in being thankful.

What are you thankful for today?

Rhondi xo

How Do We Get Out of This Mess?

Good morning friends
I am sure many of you are watching what is going on in the news in the US and wondering what is going to happen to our economy. I got this email yesterday. I thought you might find it interesting.

The Birk Plan.

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child.

So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 ! in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves.

Pretty good plan? I think so.

Rhondi xo