Belle's Tales and More: February 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The warm Spring like temperatures in Middle Georgia have inhibited my creativity as far as inside projects are concerned. Usually my writing and sewing are done on those cold wet days of winter we haven't experienced this year. I keep telling myself the cold is coming but the days are flying by and except for a night or two my toes are still warm!
So the sewing is still packed away in containers and Zeb (I do believe he is swimming around in the pool right now) and Lizzy (sunning on the back deck) are patiently waiting on the sidelines waiting for my next adventure. I thought to go back to the original stories and edit them into something resembling grammatically correct writing, but I decided to leave them be and let these be a teaching tool for young writers. I am sure they will get a lot practice correcting my punctuation and sentence structure.

I am getting a little antsy though, so regardless of the temperatures and sunshine, I may have to stay in and do some sewing.

I read Christopher Paolini's last book, Inheritance, over the last week. I know this is suppose to be the end of the series, but as with a good many books I have read, I hope there will be a sequel. Fantasy is fantasy and I can make up any ending I want to the story!

Over the past year I have continued to connect with those I not only graduated with, but also those shared the start of my educational journey. I have found it takes only a spark to bring forth the memories of those days so long ago. I know it is good for the heart and maybe it will keep my brain alert a little longer!

My writing time is up! Just an update - my parents are hanging in there and still getting around, albeit slowly. Mom gave us all a laugh at dinner on Sunday when she lost a cap on her front tooth and was afraid she had swallowed it. All our little ones were aghast when she smiled and had no tooth! The cap was found on her plate and she is in the process of restoring her beautiful smile. Dad really got a chuckle out of this one!

Time seems to fly at the times we wish it would stand still.

Happy reading!
Belle

God's Guidance

"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without partiality, and without hypocrisy." James 3:17 KJV

In Days Gone By

"Happy Is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding." Proverbs 3:13 KJV

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." 1John 2:15 KJV

"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing, My brethren these things ought not so to be." James 3:10 KJV

"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

1 John 4:8 KJV

"Be very careful, then, how you live -- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is." Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV

"Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established." Proverbs 16:3 KJV

"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit." Proverbs 15:4 NIV

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:" Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV

"No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24 KJV

"This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world." 1 John 4:2-3 NIV

"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect." 1Corinthians 15:10 NIV

"A cheerful look brings joy to the hearts, and good news gives health to the bones." Proverbs 15:30 NIV

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?'"

John 11:25-26 NIV

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Tips You Can Use

Pam Cooking Spray
Will dry fingernail polish
Will remove paint and grease from hands
Loosens a stuck bicycle chain

Tea
Brewed Lipton Tea is a great rinse to make your hair shiny
Dump a jar of Nestea in your bath for relief from sunburn

Preparation H
Soothes chigger bites
Smooth on eyes to remove wrinkles and puffiness

Peanut Butter
Removes chewing gum from hair
Removes scratches from CD when smeared on and wiped off
Removes labels from jars and containers
Removes ink off the face of dolls

Mayonnaise
Kills lice and conditions hair
Can be substituted for eggs in cornbread

Vicks Vapor Rub
Rub on bottom of children's feet to break up congestion from a cold
Kills fungus on toenails and fingernails

Kool Aid
Cleans dishwasher pipes and toilets
Substitute for dye in paint
Put in yogart for children't hand painting
Use to make Tie Dye shirts

A Favorite Poem

The Sin of Omission by Mararet E Sangster

It isn't the thing you do;
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.

The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent,
Are your haunting ghosts at night.

The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother's way,
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say;

The loving touch of the hand,
The gentle and winsome tone,
That you had no time or thought for
With troubles enough of you own.

The little acts of kindness,
So easily our of mind;
Those chances to be helpful
Which everyone many find -

No, its not the thing you do,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which give you the bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.