This week has just flown by and it's been so much fun! I have so enjoyed participating in Making Your Home a Haven. It has been a huge motivator for me.
This morning after getting everyone up, dressed, fed and off to school, I sat down with a cup of coffee for my quiet time. My days just go so much better when I spend some time in the Word. Today I read Matthew 22, 23, and 24. It really reminded me that I want to always be in the mindset of waiting for the Lord's return.
I did a quick "swish" of each bathroom, more laundry, and some organizing in the girls' room. Today I listened to Big Band music as I worked. I love that we have satellite radio on our TV. I don't watch TV nearly as much as I listen to the radio.
Today's theme is inviting and giving so I decided to bake some pumpkin bread and share with my neighbors. I used up every bit of my flour on last night's pizza crust, so I had to make a quick run to the store first. I also got the ingredients to make "haystacks". They are Greg's favorite candy and I haven't made them in ages.
I spent the afternoon in the kitchen. Here are the haystacks. I usually lay them out on wax paper, but I was out. The foil worked just fine.
I made little tags for the mini loaves of pumpkin. I found a poem that Monica wrote and printed it one side. I printed "pumpkin bread" on the other side so they would know what they were getting. I didn't have any really cute fall themed paper, so I resorted to this bright orange.
I wrapped up the bread, tied the tags on with curly ribbon and put them in the basket. We waited until about 5:30 when we thought people would be home and the girls delivered the bread. Everyone was really sweet and seemed pleased to have the bread and the girls really had fun with it. I'm hoping to do this soon for the neighbors on the other side.
Bobby asked me why we were doing this and I told him that we want to be nice. He jokingly said "If you're nice people will think you're weird". Unfortunately that's probably true, but this time it worked out OK (at least I think it did). :)
We had "brupper" tonight. I made Belgian waffles, bacon, eggs, and orange juice. It was really good. I tried something new by baking the bacon (how's that for alliteration?) and it worked out well. It goes much faster than pan frying it or cooking in the microwave.
Hope you all had a wonderful day! Be sure to head over to The Homespun Heart to read more haven posts.
8 comments:
I think we are kindred spirits in the fact that we clearly both adore all things retro! Come by and visit anytime at Wife Happens. Take Care. By the way I love the Brupper idea, very fun!
Lovely post...you've made me hungry now, for the Word and for bacon! ;)
OK, let me say I am glad you put that in there about looking "weird", because as i was reading the post I was thinking, "This seems like such a nice idea but people would think it was weird and that I had an alterior motive or was trying to sell something."
Isn't it just terrible that that is the state of our communities and society today that we dont know our neighbors and how awkward thhught of trying to care for them is? Anyway I hae decdided to do Christmas baskets for the neighbors, I did tins last year and they were well-received.
Great post!
Oh I love baking the bacon also...it is so much crisper and doesn't make the house smell "fried" for days on end.
Speaking of laundry....I've got to go put mine in the dryer....
Hi! I'm new here. My name is Holly and I have a devotional blog.
I've been married 28 years and I've always been a house wife. There have been brief stints when I've cleaned other people's homes and there have been heavy duty times of volunteer work out side of the home but all in all- HOME is where I LOVE to be!
I look forward to reading here.
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That was such a nice thing to do for your neighbors! I'm sure they all appreciated your generosity and kindness.
I like the pumpkin bread idea and I think your bright orange paper was just perfect.
We do something similar on Christmas Eve when my little boy and I go up and down our street giving Christmas cookies to our neighbors. I don't have a pretty poem to go with it though! Your packaging was SO cute! :)
Love brupper - it's an all time fave in our home!
Hi! Thanks for stopping by...I am really enjoying my new camera now. It is SO much fun! :-)
Karen
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