Lovely China Is Made To Use...

 

Would you be willing to share your fine china?

I first saw this very pretty tableware in a little thrift shop about 20 years ago!

Well;

Little did I know that my dearest best friend had also seen this set and of

course loved it. As we have very similar taste!!

"Good Taste"

Well, she went back to this little thrift store to buy it.

And it was gone, her heart sank, I am sure;

And  she inquired of the Lady that owned the shop;

And she told her, well, I just sold it to a lady a little bit ago.

When she found out that it was me,

 I am sure she was glad that a total stranger had not boughten it!

It was at least still in the family!

I did tell her this, 

We will share it!

 I will use it for a few years, then it will be your turn!

And that is what we have done.

We share this lovely flowered dish set that takes us back to our younger days.

When she came to my home for a

 Luncheon or tea time we used this lovely set.

And, now she uses them for when I go to her home for a luncheon.

I have found a treasure in an earthen vessel...

Friendships just don't happen,

 We must use and treat them like fine china.

Don't just take them out for a special holiday;

We want to be used and thought of daily.

Maybe just a prayer for them!

Or a quick TXT

(Don't be driving)

Email takes only a jiffy to send one!

A card by Email is so much fun!

Thanks Lydia...

Remember snail mail?

You write a letter and mail it;

The U.S, postal service mails it to their door!

Damage Control...

 

Lavender And Lovely

Peace And Grace

Saying nice things about other people...

Open your mouth and I will fill it!

What is coming out of your mouth?

We are only given a few hours everyday to impact others!

Did your Mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say

"Don't say anything at all"

Now, if we would heed this wise advice from our Mothers,

It would be a much quieter place in this loud world!

It is getting so loud at times we can hardly think;

And when others will only say things that bring discord and unrest.

We can learn to exercise mouth control;

Or we can call it damage control...

One thing we must teach our children and ourselves is it is almost

Impossible to retract a statement,

Unless of course you are a lawyer or a liar.

It can take only a few short words to bring destruction or harm to little ears.

Or to break a woman's heart!

Or to crush a man's ego!

Remember the words?

The sinking in the pit of your stomach;

Your heart literally feels broken.

Your continence just falls!

A wound has resulted...

All because the tongue was wagging or bragging!

A gentle reminder Dear Ones;

Stick and stones may break my bones.

But words can't hurt me!

Who really believes this?

Accentuate The Positive...

Author: Andreas F. E. Bernhard

Accentuate the positive;

How do we maintain a gentle and quiet spirit?

 The Lord has asked us women to have a demeanor of this quality.

In the hectic days we live in and all the distractions that seem to just,

Pop up like that silly game. You know the one where you have a 

HUGE Hammer to whack the head back down into its hole.

Well, I feel that even that will not work because we are using up,

Our much needed energy and strength for little or no gain.

I love the scripture that tells us (How to) have this quality!

It is not working harder or faster;

But rather taking captive what you're thinking about.

An Example:

We can just become overwhelmed with all the dishes we have

after making supper. But what we need to do is think of,

how nice and tidy the kitchen looks after they are done.

We can bog our brains and thinking  by just allowing the

 Thoughts about this is too much to handle.

Call me Pollyanna if you want; but I have learned this one thing;

The dishes will still need to be done!

So I am going to make the best of things most the time!

Learning to take pleasure in all that I have to do!

Hard some days?

YES...

Real hard some days!

Turn on some lovely music, hum and sing!

We must help this world with its spiral down thinking.

We must be the homes that have an atmosphere of peace.

A Husband and Children need a sanctuary where they feel safe and loved!

Not perfect and a show place or museum!

Take some time and sit and allow lovely thoughts

 to fill your heart and mind!

Gibson Girls Hair Styles And How We Can Have Lovely Hair...

 

The Gibson Girls became the standard of femine beauty from the 1890-1903.

A "Gibson Girl" portrait by Charles Dana Gibson, Note: This iconic image was selected by the U.S. Post Office for a 32 cent postage stamp first released on 3 February 1998

Their First Quarrel, a 1914 print by Charles Dana Gibson.





Titled Picturesque America, Anywhere Along the Coast) in beach attire!

I am not sure I can hardly stand going to the beach or swimming pools any longer

 I feel that our lack of clothing is so shocking.

Not to mention setting your Husband up for what He tries to avoid everyday!

If you would like to see all the different magazine covers from the 

Ladies Home Journal

Just click link below

style covers of the last 125-years-of-ladies-home-journal

You may want to read some history of the Gibson Girl Look!

Click Here

I loved the hair styles and the feminine looking clothes they wore.

But I know so many things that come from fads and design

 And these different movements

 have brought changes that we have all seen and felt.

Some of them have been good, but many have left us not,

looking or acting like ladies anymore.

I just think we can make a few personal choices to keep our hair,

and clothing modest and feminine.

Hope you enjoyed these lovely images!

I do believe woman are experimenting with longer hairstyles.

And looking quite lovely, I think.
I think a woman at any age can have hair that is amazing!
Clean and brushed and curled or straightened!
Using a shampoo that says for Volume on it really helps.
Only use your cream rinse on the ends of your hair.
One way to wear your hair in a bun that has some puff to it;
Is by curling your hair before pinning it up.
 My trick is to put your hair up on top of your head for a few minutes
 before you arrange it into a bun. This allows for a bit of volume.

I am also very interested in seeing women take the lovely
 Silver and gray hair that
  comes as we age. And to embrace it and allow it to grow long.
Or maybe a lovely cut, shaped to their face.
Keeping it well trimmed and using a shampoo that is made for
Silver and white hair, really makes it shine!
I think God knows what looks good on us as are skin tones will change
 from when we were younger.
The gray and silver streaks look so much more becoming.
As we all know the roots that grow out always really tells the truth.

Our hair is to be are soft and lovely feature!

Courting And The Kiss...

One thing we can all attest to is this;

Kissing gets the motor running...

The time before marriage is the time our connecters are alive!

We are hard wired this way;

When I kissed her lips...

His lips were hungry...

I think after all these years for myself and my two grown children;

I would now advise to help them decide not to kiss until the wedding day!

Old fashion, and out of touch you may say;

But I now know way more then I did many years ago.

When the engine gets started; it starts getting louder as you step on the gas!

Every kiss is like stepping on the gas...

Vroom, Vroom baby...

We were the typical homeschool family

Jumpers and long hair!

Keeping our children safe and instilling Godly values.

But as the children were getting to the time of thinking of a wife or husband.

As we had always prayed for their mates.

I just missed the part of suggesting at least NO KISSING,

till the wedding.

Extreme, not practical. Silly, weird!!

But I know...

The KISS

Will, get the motor running and then we get into a place

Where we can start to be compromised.

As Orkel use to say

"I am wearing you down baby."

Being close and kissing will most likely turn into more...
No KISS, is innocent!

Remember those of us who have been married for a long time;
It's still in the KISS
Make it a good one!