The Four Scarbarys

Wordless Wednesday~ Spring is that you ?!

2011-03-02T10:15:00.000-05:00

Cookie Score :)

2011-02-28T12:11:00.002-05:00

I came across a recipe this weekend that I tried and have fallen in love with. I have a love for craisins. I love their tartness and the kids love them as well. I notice a recipe on the back of the bag that I thought was worth trying. After the big taste test....they are kid approved at our house and will definitely be made again.

They are super easy!

Hope you give them a try....enjoy :)

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

2/3 cup butter of margarine, softened

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teas. baking soda

1/2 teas. salt

1 6 oz. (1 1/4 cups) package dried cranberries

2/3 cup white chocolate chunks or chips

Preheat oven to 375* Using an electric mixer, beat butter or margarine and sugar together in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, mixing well. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate mixing bowl. Add to butter mixture in several additions, mixing well after each addition. Stir in cranberries and white chocolate chunks. Drop by rounded teas. onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Makes approx. 2 1/2 dozen.

* I always line my cookie sheet with parchment paper and the cookies never stick :)

*Next time I am going to try semi-sweet Chocolate chips in place of the white chocolate chips for fun :)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-02-23T10:04:00.000-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2011-02-16T10:14:00.001-05:00

My Parents~ King and Queen of the 2011 Senior Prom :)

A New Adventure

2011-02-04T08:57:00.000-05:00

My son is a sports fanatic. Baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer....you name it ....he watches it on TV. The only sports that he has played are baseball and basketball. He was great at both, but with our move, he never found his "nitch" on a team. Well, after 5 years, he has decided that he is going to try baseball again. We are blessed to have a homeschool baseball team in our area. He was a little nervous but went right on out there with the other boys and practiced. He did really well and looked like he felt really comfortable with the other boys.

I was so proud of him! We had to start from scratch as far as equipment goes, so needless to say, we have some money invested now. Bat, batting gloves, mitt ect. But, it will be worth every penny to watch him have fun.

Here he is catching a fly ball....and yes, he did catch it! I will keep you posted on how he does. Between his baseball and my daughter's softball....we will stay busy! But this Momma loves every minute of it!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Friday Funnies~ How to end stress!

2011-01-28T06:00:00.006-05:00

Its time for Friday Funnies again..... I am amazed how fast Fridays come around!

We all deal with stress at some point... Here is a great way to deal with it....

Visit Kim at Homesteaders Heart for more Friday Funnies!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-01-26T10:30:00.000-05:00

Book giveaway :)

2011-01-25T09:50:00.001-05:00

I saw this on Deal Seeking Mom this morning and had to pass it along. Go here to request your free copy of James Dobson's dads and daughters from Family Talk. For U.S. residents only ..... I got mine, now the trick is to get my hubby to read it!!! :)

Meet Kaycee Lee!

2011-01-21T12:48:00.001-05:00

If you have not had the privilege of visiting Kaycee Lee's photography blog, I would highly recommend that you do...pronto!!! She is a very talented, teenage girl that has a true eye for photography and she is having an awesome giveaway!
Her Mother was one of my first blog friends and you could not meet a sweeter family!

Visit her here to enter her giveaway and tell her I said "Hi"

Friday Funnies

2011-01-21T06:00:00.002-05:00

Each week I love to find funny stories for the Friday Funnies...there are so many to choose from! Hope you enjoy.....

Walking down the street, a man passes a house and notices a child trying to reach the doorbell. No matter how much the little guy stretches, he can't make it. The man calls out, "Let me get that for you," and he bounds onto the porch to ring the bell. "Thanks, mister," says the kid. "Now let's run."

Says one humorist: "Life is unfair. I lost my car keys at a ball game and never found them. I lost my sunglasses at the beach and never found them. I lost my socks in the washing machine and never found them. I lost three pounds on a diet -- I found them and five more."

Join Kim at Homesteaders Heart for more Friday Funnies :)

Behind? Not me!

2011-01-20T11:41:00.000-05:00

I love to scrapbook. I haven't scrapbooked in over 5 years. When my kids were babies, I would scrapbook once a month with my girlfriends....something I desperately miss where we live now.

This is a pile of pictures and newspaper clippings from my daughters softball summer. Her all-star team, the "Explosion", won the state championship and went to the World Series in August. Then, that all-star team turned into a travel ball team and they won 4 out of 6 tournaments. We had a blast. This pile is the memories of that adventure this past summer.

All of this.......

is going into .....

this!

Wish me luck :)

Ice, Ice, Baby!

2011-01-19T15:14:00.001-05:00

Living in the South, we get excited when there is the talk of SNOW! Schools, stores and life as we know it comes to a halt with just a few inches. A couple of weeks ago we had snow/ice in the forecast. Even thought we didn't get much snow we did get ice~that would not melt for days. Thankfully, we did not loose electricity during our ice wonderland. Hubby was off for a day and we did have a wonderful time hanging out by the fireplace, roasting marshmallow, and making smores.

Our fountain water was solid ice.

We couldn't even open the mailbox....there was no mail anyway... we live of a rural road and the mail "lady" stayed home for the day!

Josh roasting hot dogs, followed by marshmallows :)

The kids decided that they wanted to camp out in the den and had a blast. I couldn't resist taking this sweet picture. Aren't they angels? (esp. when they are asleep!)

Well, so far that has been our "blizzard" of 2011. The kids are praying for real snow sometime before spring....we will see what happens.

Wordless Wednesday ~ My 3 Blessings

2011-01-19T15:02:00.000-05:00

Friday Funnies

2011-01-14T07:46:00.005-05:00

It's that time again!!!!

During a visit to the doctor, a lady of many years asked him, “How do you determine whether or not a retiree should be put in an old age home?”

“Well,” he said, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the retiree and ask him or her to empty the bathtub”

“Oh, I understand,” she said. “A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup.”

“No” he said. “A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?”

Join Kim at Homesteader's Heart for more funnies!

Have a great weekend!!!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-01-12T16:03:00.003-05:00

Friday Funnies

2011-01-07T08:41:00.002-05:00

A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the
dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the
wind blowing through what little hair he had left.

“Amazing,” he thought as he flew down I-75, pushing the pedal even more.

But looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a State Trooper behind him; blue
and red lights flashing and siren blaring.

He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, “What am
I doing? I’m too old for this,” and pulled over to await the trooper’s arrival.

Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch
and said, “Sir, my shift ends in 15 minutes, plus today is Friday. If you can give me a
reason for speeding that I’ve never heard before, I’ll let you go.”

The old gentleman paused then said, “Three years ago, my wife ran off
with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back.”

“Have a good day, sir;” replied the trooper.

Join Kim at Homesteaders Heart for more Friday Funnies!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday~ The House Divided!

2011-01-05T17:12:00.002-05:00

Go Hawks!!!

2010-12-16T17:11:00.009-05:00

We are a sports loving family. I grew up around sports my whole life, my hubby played football in high school. My kiddos have also developed a love for sports. Josh loves any kind of sport, esp. if it has to do with any Atlanta team- Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers. Annalee loves softball, baseball, basketball and soccer but doesn't care to much for football except for the New Orleans Saints. Her favorite player is Drew Brees.

Last week my sister-in-law called and asked if we might be interested in free tickets to see the Atlanta Hawks play basketball. Considering that Josh and Annalee watch them every time they are on TV, I said "YES"! Insert the fact that my hubby does NOT like basketball, I told her to go ahead and get them for us!

I gently told my hubby what had transpired that day and to say that he did not share my excitement is an understatement! "Oh, boy" he said! I told him that he should be excited for the kids. We would have never bought our own Hawk's tickets so we should enjoy and be grateful for these free ones, right?

Well, he went along with it. We didn't tell the kids about the tickets until the Friday night before. They were so excited!!!

We had no trouble getting to the arena and finding parking. The game was not crowded and we had pretty decent seats and the Hawks won!

Waiting for the game to start....Go Hawks!

Getting the game started. The Hawks are in the White uniforms, they played the Pacers.

The final score! Hawks win! Sorry it is so blurry,,, I guess I moved :)

After the game we asked Daddy if he had fun and he said "Yeah". I later asked him if he wanted to do it again and he said "NO"! What a trooper! :) The kids had fun and that is all that matters, right?!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-16T16:42:00.004-05:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE SCARBARYS!

MAY YOU FEEL THE LOVE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON!

"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and redeemed his people."

Luke 1:68

One Last Christmas

2010-12-06T16:45:00.001-05:00

Sweet Dreams

2010-12-03T13:51:00.002-05:00

Wishing you a weekend of peaceful, sweet dreams :)

Deck the Scarbary Halls

2010-12-02T10:32:00.008-05:00

I love to decorate for Christmas. I love the smell of the Christmas tree and listening to Christmas music that reminds me of the real meaning of Christmas..... the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Bringing out the decorations reminds me of our Christmas' gone by and how fast time truly flies by.

We started decorating the day after Thanksgiving and I thought I would give you little pre-view of our decorations. My sweet little helper was into it this year and was a huge help.

My sweet little Elf

As you can tell from this picture.... Josh was not the least bit concerned with decorating the house. He was more interested in the football game that was going on :) That's my boy!

This tower was the creation made by my little elf. She wanted to see how many snow village boxes she could stack with out them crashing down on her.

I will leave you with a little peak at one of our trees. Check back soon for the photo tour of our finished decorations :)

Hope you are feeling the warmth and love of Jesus this Christmas Season!

Not So Wordless Wednesday

2010-12-01T09:56:00.006-05:00

My little all-star with some of her 1st place trophies she won playing softball this Summer and Fall ;)

What a fun time we had!

Remember Me?

2010-11-29T15:04:00.006-05:00

It has been a while! We have been so busy with school, softball and life that I have not taken the time to blog.

Softball is now over until January and I have a lot to update you on about that. It has been a good break but now I am ready to get back to something that I enjoy and one thing that is just for me:) I have missed all my blog friends :)

Can you believe that it is Christmas time?!

Go Braves!!!!

2010-10-07T05:00:00.002-04:00

My son loves the Atlanta Braves. He can tell you everything and anything there is to know about them. I always tell him if he would pay the same attention to his school work as he does to the Braves he would make all 100's! No matter if the Braves are on a winning streak or a loosing streak, he is a faithful fan.

We have been blessed to be able to go to 2 Braves games this season, Josh and Annalee both had so much fun!!! We always try to make it to at least one game a year. I can remember going to the Braves game when I was in high school. My favorite part was getting the yummy steamed hot dogs. The ones they have now are hardly worth eating. They are steamed like the old ones were.

Well, I don't know how many of you follow baseball but the Atlanta Braves made the playoffs! Josh is so excited! He told us from the beginning of baseball season that the Braves were going to make the playoffs and he was right!

The first Braves playoff game is tonight, so Josh will be planted in front of the TV for the evening doing the tomahawk chop!!!!

GOOOOOOO BRAVES!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-10-06T10:01:00.003-04:00

Fall Fabulous

2010-10-04T10:41:00.011-04:00

I love this time of year! The pumpkins, cooler weather, and leaves changing colors. I have never really decorated for Fall that much but over the years I have collected some things that we really enjoy pulling out of the basement :)

This is our decor so far......

I love this candy dish :) It always sits on my kitchen counter with either these candy pumpkins or candy corn.
These are new to our collection this year.... my DD had to have them :) We waited until they went on sale, of course!!!!

I always have a candle burning in the kitchen.... I LOVE this new fall candle... It really smells pumpkiny :)

That is all I have so far. I plan on getting our pumpkins this weekend..... now that it has finally gotten a little cooler, I am in the mood for more fall decorating :)

Have a great Fall Monday :)

Do it yourself Candlestick idea

2010-09-30T11:03:00.008-04:00

I have always loved candlesticks and especially the over sized ones. I do not love the price though!!!! I came across this DIY candlestick project that was to good not to pass on. This project is definitely on my to-do list. I love projects that are quick, easy and inexpensive!

Visit Katie at Impatiently Praying for Patience for her Candlestick idea. You will be glad you did :)

Happy Thursday!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

2010-09-29T11:13:00.012-04:00

I thought it would be fun to do something different, so I am joining Jamie for her...

I'm LOVING that we are getting some cooler weather in our area. With the change in temperature comes my craving for Coffee. I recently realized that my old coffee maker had bit the dust so I had to purchase another one. I decided on this one.....

I'm LOVING the fact that it is programmable and I can wake up in the mornings to the aroma of fresh coffee!

And, speaking of coffee.... I'm LOVING this Folgers Simply Smooth. This doesn't give me the tummy troubles that regular coffee does.

A cup of coffee isn't complete without a yummy creamer. I love flavored creamers and I'm LOVING this Coffee-mate Cinnamon Vanilla Creme. It is soooo yummy ;)

Laundry is an issue at our house. We have well water that loves to stain our clothes a lovely orange color. I have ruined a lot of clothes over the years since we have been in this house. I have finally found something that will get those set in water stains out as well as other hard stains..... I am LOVING this Oxy Clean Max Force gel stick!!!

It really works wonders :) I can't sing it's praises enough :)

And finally.... I'm LOVING the Bounce Dryer Bar! I would always forget to put the fabric softener in and I dislike those pesky dryer sheets. (One day my hubby went to work with one in his pants..hehehe) The first one I bought really did last right at 4 months! I love the Fresh Linen scent. Our clothes smell sooo good when they come out of the dryer and no static cling!

So there you have it.... My first What I'm Loving Wednesday! Be sure to visit Jamie to get in on more LOVING!

Happy Wednesday!

Semi~Wordless Wednesday

2010-09-29T05:00:00.000-04:00

A girl and her Gmomma and Gdaddy =)

Backdoor Friends

2010-09-28T05:00:00.002-04:00

We have been in our house for 4 years now. It is so hard to believe it has been that long. When we found our house, we loved it but there were a few things we wanted to change. One of the main things was to add steps to our back deck. We felt like there needed to be access out of the back of the house from the upstairs.

Last week we finally were able to add on a set of steps as well as a walk way. It really turned out so much prettier than I had envisioned. I am so thankful to have this finally completed! :)

Before:

After:

We are beyond thrilled with the way it turned out!

Now our "backdoor" friends won't have to see our yucky garage!!!!

Say Cheese!

2010-09-27T13:05:00.008-04:00

I love to take photographs... especially of my children. Years ago I had a wonderful Minolta camera that my hubby surprised me with for Christmas. I loved that camera. One day it just disappeared.... I have no idea what happened...I carried it every where I went.

After that camera, I never really had another that I liked like that Minolta. About 6 months ago my little camera started giving me trouble. I joke with the kids, but it is sadly true, that I have no pictures of them from the past 4 years. :(

Well, a few weeks ago I decided to purchase this.....

I have had so much fun over the weekend playing with this wonderful camera! I got such a great deal on it that I could not pass it up ;

Be prepared to read posts with lots of pictures!

Have a wonderful Monday!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-09-22T10:38:00.003-04:00

Fall Fever

2010-09-21T09:15:00.004-04:00

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the rich colors of the leaves and the cooler days. We have felt a few cooler days here but it is now back to the 90's. I know it is coming though ;)

My dd and I did a little shopping for some new fall decorations for our house. The ones we have are things that I have had since before my kids were born. (15 years) Micheals had a great sale on all of their Fall items, so we had fun.

One of the first things I did was make a new fall wreath for our front door. I knew I wanted something simple but colorful. Have you priced these things in the stores??? They are outrageous!!!! I have made wreathes before so I decided to try again. I started with .....

this....

This is actually prettier in person..... it has some nice multicolor berries on it randomly. I was able to find this in a garland so it was easy to hot glue onto.....

A good ole grape vine wreath.... very inexpensive :)

After about 10 minutes of hot gluing.... we have this....

For a grand total of $7.56, I don't think we did that bad!

What do you think?

How are you getting ready for Fall?

Have a wondeful Tuesday !!!!

Friday Funnies

2010-09-17T08:09:00.004-04:00

It's Friday Funnies again :) Visit Kim at Homesteader's Heart for more funnies!

After losing another tooth, young-old Timmy became more curious about the mysterious tooth fairy.

Finally putting two and two together, he came right out and asked his mother, “Mom, are you the tooth fairy?”

Assuming he was old enough to hear the truth, she replied, “Yes Timmy, I am.”

Timmy seemed to take this news quite well.

But as he headed for the door, he slowly turned back toward his mother with a curious look on his face and said, “Wait a minute mom. How do you get into the other kids’ houses?”

Comfort food......

2010-09-16T16:09:00.008-04:00

Well, yesterday my hubby came down with his first cold/flu of the season :( Aches, stuffy nose and feeling just plain lousy. I know when I fell that way, I always want my Grandmother's yummy chicken and dumplings. So, C&D it is for supper! C&D was my favorite dish that my grandmother made, well that and her homemade biscuits and homemade peanut butter. Anyway... my grandmother was my favorite person in the whole world! My dd is actually named after her.
I have to say that my Momma and my Aunt have this recipe down to perfection just like Grandmother did!

I used Chicken thighs because that is what was on sale ;) I don't want to make a huge batch so I just used 4 thighs.

Cover the thighs in enough water to cover and bring to a boil and simmer until done.

Remove the thighs, leaving the broth in the pot. De bone and de skin then return meat to the broth.

Now here is where modern convenience comes in. My dear sweet precious Grandmother made her dumplings from scratch. I mean with four, buttermilk and all. Our generation has been blessed with these wonderful marvels.......

My Aunt and Momma who are by far the very best cooks I know, now use these jewels. I am sure that my Grandmother would have squealed with delight if she had these "back then"!

After you have put the de boned chicken back into the broth, bring to a boil and add the frozen dumplings in one at a time. Be sure to gently move them around so that they do not stick together.

Cover the pot, reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. The broth will thicken the longer you cook it.

Let stand uncovered for a few minutes before serving so that , in the excitement of wanting to taste them, you won't scorch your precious little mouth :)

The final product.... and boy was it good :) The kids and hubby ate it up!

Happy Days :)

Willies

2010-09-16T08:59:00.004-04:00

As I sit here typing this morning, Mr. Utilities Marking Man is right outside my kitchen window. We are have a walkway and steps added from our drive way to the back deck and need some lines marked. We don't want to be responsible for any cut utility lines!

The reason I even brought up Mr. Utilities Marking Man is because he scared the LIFE out of me a few minutes ago! I was sitting here in my pj's, wishing I had my cup of coffee (another story) when I looked up and there he was..... he gave me the Willies! Have you ever heard of or used that term? My kids use it all the time when they are scared or if something grosses them out!

Now Mr. Utilities Marking Man is leaving so maybe I can get the hair to go back down on the back of my neck!!!

Happy Thursday Friends!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-09-15T06:00:00.000-04:00

Wordless Wednesday

2010-08-25T15:21:00.002-04:00

Wordless Wednesday

2010-08-11T09:55:00.002-04:00

Stuffed Green Peppers

2010-08-10T11:07:00.003-04:00

Last night for supper I made these wonderful Stuffed Green Peppers. I found the recipe at allrecipes.com. You can find the original recipe here.

Stuffed Green Peppers

Original Recipe Yield 6 servings

Ingredients

6 green bell peppers
salt to taste
1 pound ground beef
1/3 cup chopped onion
salt and pepper to taste
1 (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup uncooked rice
1/2 cup water
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed tomato soup
water as needed

Directions

1.Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and remove the seeds. Cook peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle salt inside each pepper, and set aside.
2.In a large skillet, saute beef and onions for 5 minutes, or until beef is browned. Drain off excess fat, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, 1/2 cup water and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese.
3.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Stuff each pepper with the beef and rice mixture, and place peppers open side up in a baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine tomato soup with just enough water to make the soup a gravy consistency. Pour over the peppers.
4.Bake covered for 25 to 35 minutes, until heated through and cheese is melted and bubbly.

My hubby loves stuffed peppers and said these were the best he had ever had :) The kiddos even loved them... I had extra filling left over so I just put it in a dish, sprinkled some cheese on the top and they loved it :P It was really easy to make and so yummy.

Wish I had a picture for you... but we ate them before I thought about it!

Happy cooking :)

Fun times in the Mountains, Part 2

2010-08-10T10:30:00.003-04:00

The Mountains are a very special place for my family. My parents bought their place when I was pregnant with Josh, so both kids have been going since they were newborns. One special place we always visit is the Dairy Ace. It is a small place that has been around for 5o+ years. It has a U shaped eating counter and only seats 12 at a time. The kids love to go eat there every time we are in town. They have the best hamburgers and milk shakes.

Josh, Annalee, Gmomma and Gdaddy waiting on their food :)

The Mountains are full of beautiful creeks and waterfalls. There is one particular water hole that is very popular near my parents house. They call it the Blue hole because the water is so cold. The kids have always like swimming in the deep part but this trip they got brave. They decided it was time to jump off the big rock. I couldn't believe my babies were going to do it!

Here they are looking the situation over. Do I really want to do this? I don't think it was the actual jumping off the rock... I think it was the idea of how cold the water was.... it was freezing!
Annalee jumps.....

Josh jumps......

They loved it and jumped about 50 more times!!!! We couldn't get Daddy to do it... he said he didn't have his bathing suit on..... chicken :)

My parents have a little dog that absolutely LOVES Annalee..... he follows her around the whole time we are there and wines whenever she leaves him. This is always how you found them before bed time..... precious.

Bai-lee boy

Fun times in the mountains, 2010. Hopefully we can make it back in the Fall :)

Fun times in the Mountains, Part 1

2010-08-10T09:56:00.006-04:00

This summer has been a busy one for us but we were able to slip away for a long weekend to visit my parents in the Mnts. They live outside of Asheville, NC. The temperature is so much cooler and we always have a blast when we are there.

The trip is never complete without at visit to the creek to go "Creek Stomping". We have taken the kids to this same creek since they were babies. It is always freezing cold, but they do not care!!! They have a ball. This is also where the local churches hold their baptism services.

This is the view off of my parents front porch.... can you say "Heaven"?

Daddy and his girl taking a walk to the creek.

A little trout that was trying to hide after the kids interrupted him :)

There are always lots of butterflies at the creek drinking. When the kids where little they would catch them with their butterfly nets.... now they have moved on to this......

What is the world are they doing???? in the freezing water???

Here's Josh patiently looking... for...

This.....

A crawdad.... this is the biggest one they have ever caught.... it really looked like a baby lobster.

Here is baby girl, not at all afraid of Mr. gigantic crawdad.

Just to give you an idea of how big Mr. crawdad was.... this is my Daddy's hand holding it.

The loot.... and yes, we did let them all go..... even though Annalee wanted to keep Mr. Gigantic Crawdad. :)

Remember me?

2010-08-09T15:22:00.008-04:00

Sadly the reality that summer is over has hit me..... where has summer gone? We have been so busy this summer with our daughter and have had the time of our lives in the process... More on that to come.

First....

A while back I did this post on "rethinks" . I promised I would post the afters very soon..... well..... that was back on June 24th. Can you believe that? How bad of a blogger am I?! I guess that saying "better late than never" can apply here for sure!!!!

I will go ahead and post the before and the after so you can get a better idea.

Yucky, old Urn that has been in my MIL's basement for years....

Cute little Urn that now holds some pretty pepperoni plant on our deck table. total...$FREE, already had the black spray paint and the plant. :)

Not so bad lamp found at Goodwill..... I'm just not into the "gold" phase anymore....

Nice little buffet lamp that is now in my kitchen :) I traded lamp shades with a lamp in my bedroom and bought a new finial to finish it off. Total....$10.00 :)

I have a few other projects that were completed around the house this summer..... I will do my best to let you in on those later :)

I will be back soon with all the scoop on our summer :)

Have a great week friends!

Dixie Softball~ Georgia STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-15T13:40:00.006-04:00

I am beyond proud to report that this past weekend my daughter's all-star team won the STATE Title!

Dixie Softball Georgia State Champions!!!!!

Annalee, we are so proud of you and your teammates!!!!!!

Now we are busy fundraising to pay our way to the World Series in Van cleave, Miss.! Wish us luck! Go Georgia Explosion!!!!!!

P.S. Annalee's hitting is much better! She hit a game winning 2 run RBI in one game and the team chanted her name in the dugout! It was priceless!!!!

On their way....

2010-06-26T12:25:00.003-04:00

Annalee's all-star team, the "EXPLOSION" are on their way to the State playoffs....They won both games this weekend! She is so excited but has alot of work to do~her hitting is suffering! Your prayers would be greatly appreciatied :) for her and her Momma! I know she can do it and it hurts my heart when she struggles.... swollow that Momma pride :)

Have a great weekend ;)

Friday Funnies

2010-06-25T10:19:00.004-04:00

It's been a while since I have joined Kim at Homesteadersheart for Friday Funnies.... I came across this and just had to join the fun this week.

Hop over to Kim's and get some more laughs!

Happy weekend everyone! :)

A man and a woman go to the carnival every year. Every time the man says,"Anna can we ride them airplanes that goes up for a couple of minutes then comes back down?"

The woman always replied by saying,"We don`t need to spend any extra money on them airplanes,its to expensive.Ten dollars is ten dollars."

Tom, the pilot, said," Larry, every year I hear you say you want to ride my airplanes, and every year Anna says it`s too expensive. I`ll make you a deal, if I do all of my flips and tricks with you in there with me, and you don`t say one word, I`ll give you the ride for free."

Anna and Larry discussed it and decided they would take the deal.They got up in the air and Tom did all of his tricks and flips.

Tom said,"Larry I just knew you`d say something on that first flip,but you didn`t!"

Larry replied," I was going to say something when Anna fell out, but ten dollars is ten dollars."

rethinks

2010-06-24T18:01:00.001-04:00

I am the type of person that likes instant gratification! Can anybody relate? I love to do home improvement projects and really love the ones that are quick and easy. I love to go to Goodwill and Salvation Army to find things that need "rethinking".

Here are a few things I have found so far this summer.... I will only show you the before now because I am to lazy to take the after pictures right now....hehehehehe!! Stay tuned :)

Meet poor Mr. Squirrel.... this baby has been in my Mother-in-laws basement for YEARS! My hubby and I went plundering one day and found him. My Son's room is done in a hunting theme so I thought Mr. Squirrel would be tooooo cute! FREE! Remember, this is before!

Next, we have old yucky pot.... this was in my Mother-in-law's garage and she told me to take it...FREE.... again.... before!

And last, we have a not too bad buffet lamp... bought at Goodwill for $5.00

Stay tuned for the after pictures :) I will post them soon.

Have a great Thursday!!!

All star Annalee

2010-06-23T14:58:00.004-04:00

It has been so long since I have posted about our happenings.... We have been so busy!

Annalee made the all-star softball team this year and we have been hitting the ball field a lot! Her first tournament was this past weekend and they did soooo good!

Her team is called the Explosion and they came in 1st against all-star teams and 3rd against travel ball teams!

She had so much fun and is now hooked! Momma and Daddy sweated like pigs but it was so worth it to watch her having fun. We were at the ball field for 13 hours! Fun, fun!

She has another tournament this weekend.... Friday and Sat. I will keep you posted on how she does! :)

Publix love

2010-06-23T14:49:00.004-04:00

This weeks Publix deals were fun....

Total before coupons.... $63.43

Total savings... $42.18

Total OOP.... $21.25

Not bad for all I got!!!!

Happy Wednesday! :)

Publix and other fun deals :)

2010-06-17T17:09:00.004-04:00

It has been a while since I have posted a great deal from Publix! This week was to good not to show!

3 boxes Frosted Flakes cereal

4 Sobe waters...all free :)

2 packs light bulbs

2 bottles salad dressing (paid me .89 to take these off their shelf!)

4 Tony's pizzas

1 Tombstone pizzas

1 box Eggo Waffles

3 bags Bliss Chocolates...yummy!

2 packs Dentyne gum

2 pts. Starbucks Coffee ice cream

1 bag sub rolls

Total before coupons..... $71.76

Total Savings....$55.46

Total OOP....$16.30!!!!

I forgot to put the sub rolls in the picture :)

I also had to return a cat toy that my daughter had bought. We had used a $2.00 off a $5.00 purchase on the pet isle. When I took it back I told the cashier that we used the coupon and she told me not to worry about it! She refunded the total price which was $5.35! We had a $2.00 profit on that deal!

Later that same day I took the kids by McDonald's for a Ice cream cone and decided to get me one of the yummy Mocha Frappacinos....I ordered a small Mocha(we were in the drive thru). When I got it it was a Caramel.... Yuck.... I went back in and told them nicely that I ordered a Mocha... and they gave me a Large one for my trouble!!! Yummy!

It was a fun frugal day! :)

Poor Daddy

2010-06-11T14:02:00.002-04:00

This will be a quiet weekend at the Scarbary house..... Daddy had some dental work done this morning. He is snoozing as I type. It is so pitiful to see him not feel great. Hopefully he will be back to himself soon!

Annalee has made him some signs to hold up since he can't talk right now. Isn't that the sweetest! I think we will rent some movies later and have a quiet evening!

We love you daddy and hope you feel better soon!

Happy weekend!

Happy Birthday, Josh!

2010-06-04T10:04:00.006-04:00

Today is my sweet boy's 15th Birthday!!!!

I can't believe it!

Happy Birthday, Josh! I am so proud of you and love you to pieces!!! Thank you for making your Momma laugh all the time!!!! You are a precious gift from God and it still feels weird to have to "look up" at you now! That is so not right!!!!

Have a wonderful Birthday!!!!!

I love you ...

Momma :)

6 updates!!!

2010-06-02T11:16:00.002-04:00

There are 6 new updates below!!! Thanks for taking time to check on us!!!!

Time to brag!!

2010-06-02T10:57:00.005-04:00

This school year has been such a busy one for my kids, especially Annalee.

I have been so proud of all her accomplishments this year. With her 11th birthday being last week, I decided it was a great time to brag on her a little!!!!

1. She PASSED the CRCT with flying colors!!!!

2. Her portfolio paper on the state of Georgia scored the highest out of 83 fifth grade papers! Her teacher said she honestly could not find a single problem with the paper! She scored a 5's all the way across the Rubric scale.

3. She meet the standards for her State mandatory 5th grade writing test. She had to go to a testing sight, was given her topic to write on and had to develop her idea, write the rough draft, and write the final draft in 2 hours. She did great!

4. She finished all the requirements to move on the Middle school!!! (there were too many to list!) She is now officially a 6th grader!

5. Her softball team won every game and are League Champions!

6. She made the All-star team and will play in several tournaments this summer!

7. She completed her year in Bible Study Fellowship and studied the whole book of John!

Annalee,

You have worked so hard this year and all your hard work has paid off!!! I am so very proud of you!!!!!

love, Momma xoxox

P.S. This friday is Josh's birthday..... I will brag on him them also!!!! hehehe :)

Happy Birthday!!

2010-05-28T09:23:00.004-04:00

Today is my sweet girl's 11th Birthday! Boy does time fly!

Annalee,

We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished this year. You are truly a blessing from the Lord and we thank him every day for such a wonderful gift. We pray that you will continue to grow in your love for Jesus as you have this past year!

We love you, sweetheart!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

love,

Momma and Daddy :)

p.s. notice her shirt??? I will be back soon with the details!!!

Have a wonderful Memorial Weekend! :)

UPDATE!!!!!

2010-05-27T11:03:00.003-04:00

It is so hard to believe that it has been a month since my last post!! School has taken all of my time lately .... but only 5 more days left!

I wanted to update you and thank everyone for their prayers for Annalee and her CRCT testing. I really appreciate those who took the time to say a little prayer on her behalf.

We are thrilled to let you know.....

she PASSED!!! 6th grade here we come!!!

Praise God!! :)

I will be back soon with updates on what the Scarbarys have been up to ....

Hugs!!

Spring fun

2010-05-27T10:58:00.004-04:00

My hubby and I love to work in the yard. We love to buy things off the "distressed" rack and watch them thrive at home!

Here are a couple of my flowers we have in our yard.... bought off the "distressed" rack!

When we bought our house 3 years ago..... there was little to no yard... Dean and Josh have been working hard to get some grass growing. Their hard work is beginning to show!!!
Here they are getting ready to spread some more seed!

Here is my sweet girl washing the van.... she is always busy doing something!!!

League Champions!!

2010-05-27T10:56:00.002-04:00

We are so excited for Annalee! She has really worked hard this season in softball and really loves to play!

Her team, the Lightning, won the League Championship!

On the way home after the team party she said that she was sad that is was over and she wanted to play softball during the summer. That evening her coach called and told her she made the all-star team! She was soooo excited! We are so proud of her and look forward to seeing her work hard.

She had her first all-star practice last night and it whooped her hiney!!!! It is so different than rec. ball..... but she loved it !!!

Way to go Annalee!!! You have worked so hard this year on so many different things and we are so poud of you!!!!

Easter 2010

2010-05-27T10:53:00.005-04:00

I think this will be that last year that I have a Easter Egg hunter :( sniff sniff!!

Here are some hightlight of our Easter egg hunt....

Annalee with her loot...

All the kiddos..

My bunch... with my other son, Clarke... he is really my nephew but he stays at our house alot so I just call him my other son! I love that kid!

My kids.... Josh is in need of a serious haircut!!!!

Cherry Blossom Festival 2010

2010-05-27T10:49:00.003-04:00

Each year in March we have the world famous..... Cherry Blossom Festival. We love to go downtown and get free Cherry ice cream, cherry coke and ride the free horse and buggy. We usually do it 2-3 times that week. Hey...... I love anything free! :)

Can you see the kids little faces?

Annalee eating her yummy Cherry Ice Cream

We also got to see these cute Sea lions do their show... it is amazing how they are trained to do tricks.... Annalee loved this part!

Annalee decided she wanted a new doo.... so here we have....

The new Annalee! At first I didn't want her to get it cut... but after all,,,, sometimes Momma has to let her do things on her own... one thing about it.... it will grow back ... but... I love it!! It is so much easier for her to take care of it. What do you think?

I would have more pictures of my son.... but he is now officially to cool for the camera! Teenage boys!

Atlanta Motor Speedway

2010-05-27T10:45:00.004-04:00

I can't believe how behind I am with blogging! We have been so busy with school responsibilities.... but our hard work paid off!!! More about that later....

Now... to catch you up with the many happenings of the Scarbarys!!!!

We took the kids back to Atlanta Motor Speedway... I think it was in March?!

My son and hubby love NASCAR so we took the opportunity to go to the race on a Saturday. It is really interesting to watch all that goes on. Annalee and I sat the whole time with the binoculars. The weather was beautiful! We took our nephew this time and he in now officially hooked!

The kids waiting to go in the gate.

Josh and his favorite driver, Jeff Gordon.

Annalee likes Joey Logano

and of course.... Daddy and Clarke like the girl!!!! This drives Josh crazy!!! Dean loves to aggravate him :)

One more day :)

2010-04-29T16:58:00.002-04:00

Thank you to all that have been praying for Annalee. She has one more day of testing and then she will be finished!

She feels like she has done well, we will not have the results for 4 or more weeks.

Hopefully I will be back to the blogging world next week. There has been a lot going on in our household and I look forward to telling yall about it :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

2010-04-26T10:26:00.004-04:00

Happy Monday morning! Annalee is taking her first day of the CRCT! She was excited to get started this morning so I guess that is a good sign!

thank you to all that have been praying for her. :)

She is taking the test on the campus of Macon State College. Josh and I are in the lobby of one of the class buildings enjoying watching the people! Is sure does bring back so many memories of college life for me! I look at all of these "kids" and think about how they have their whole lives in front of them! It is really interesting that we have also been seeing a lot of "mature" age students. Who knows.... by the end of the week, I might want to return to school!!! haha

I look forward to catching up with everyone again! hugs........

2010-04-25T15:23:00.002-04:00

Well, the time is here. My daughter has the dreaded CRCT this week. We have prepared the best we know how....now it is left up to prayer! She knows the material and should do fine!

Would you mind saying a prayer for her this week? The critical days are Monday~ Reading and Wednesday~Math. She must pass these to move on to 6th grade.

Thanks in advance for praying for her!

Happy Birthday, honey!

2010-04-12T09:14:00.003-04:00

Today is my sweet husband's birthday!

Happy Birthday, honey! I love you!

P.S. For the few of you that read this blog.... we have not fallen off the planet.... we are so busy with school and have been having to much fun on spring break! I will be back soon with all we have been up to. Right now, preparing my kids for the CRCT is a higher priority! hugs to all!!

The end is near.......

2010-03-23T11:55:00.002-04:00

I have been absent from blog land for several days.... My daughter has been busy writing her final portfolio paper this week. It is a research paper on Georgia. She has worked so hard and it has consumed us for days!!! She is now upstairs writing the final draft!!! whoo hooo!!! I think I am more excited than her to have this years portfolio papers DONE!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!!! It is finally sunny and warmer today!!!

18 and counting !!!

2010-03-19T09:33:00.008-04:00

No, I am not talking about kids! I am talking about 18 wonderful years being married to my sweet husband!

Sunday will be our 18th wedding anniversary! It is so hard to believe that it has been 18 years. The past 3 have been the biggest blur.... when we left SC it was like our hearts and life stopped. We really didn't want to move but knew that was what God wanted us to do. We are finally feeling better about where we are....we are slow people!!!

We have known each other for 25 years and he still gives my butterflies:) He is my best friend and the love of my life!!

I love you, honey!

Thank you for being my rock and for loving me all these years! I thank God every day for you!

Happy Anniversary!

If you would like to read about our exciting love story visit here!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!! Enjoy the beautiful weather :)

I love Publix!

2010-03-17T15:39:00.003-04:00

It has been a while since I have posted any deals I find with coupons. This week at Publix is awesome!

Here is the loot...

(my darling assistant took the picture for me :) )

total = $61.61

less vendor coupons= $6.05

less store coupons = $4.55

less special price savings = $24.72

Total savings = 35.32

Total OOP= $26.29

How great is that!!! I found some more coupons after I got home so I will be returning later this week!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

2010-03-17T10:45:00.001-04:00

Don't forget to wear green!!!!

Have a great Wednesday!

SHHHH!

2010-03-17T10:39:00.000-04:00

Friday Funnies~ I have a clean Cat!

2010-03-12T05:00:00.003-05:00

Time for Friday Funnies again with Kim at Homesteader's Heart!

How To Give a Cat a Bath Joke

1. Put both lids up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the loud noises, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush three or four times. This provides a "power-wash" and rinse".

6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the here and the front door.

7. Standing behind as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out out, streak through the room and run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Sincerely,

The Dog

My MIL

2010-03-10T09:47:00.003-05:00

Today is my Mother-in-law's birthday! When you look up the word sweet in the dictionary, you will find her picture beside it!

Happy Birthday, Maw Maw..... I love you !

Hidden Treasure

2010-03-09T10:49:00.003-05:00

This week in the Scarbary house it is eat out of the freezer/pantry week. This morning I did the dreaded "see what is in the freezer" trek. It was amazing what was hidden! We will be eating amazingly well this week :) The hubs will be excited :) I found pork chops, chicken wings, chicken tenders, tilapia, pork ribs, vegetable stir fry, tea biscuits, yeast rolls, garlic bread, and lots of diff. veggies that had fallen behind stuff. I know some of these things were in there but a few were surprises! My son saw what I was doing and asked if there was anything in there from when we moved in... gotta love him! No son,,,, I am not that bad :) I haven't tackled the outside freezer yet. It is an chest style.... I think I will wait for hubby to help me.... I am afraid I might fall in :)

It feels wonderful to have a organized freezer....now if I can keep the hubs out of it! He is one of those open the door, throw it in, close the door very quickly before it falls out kind of guy!

Have you cleaned out your freezer lately? You might be surprise what you might find!

Have a great Tuesday!

2010-03-05T05:00:00.001-05:00

It's time for......

One day, a little boy opened the big family Bible and was fingering through it. As he turned the page, out fell a leaf which had been pressed in it. He picked up the leaf and ran to his mother. "Mom," he said. "Look what I found. I think it's Adams underwear!"

A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they though Noah did a lot of fishing while he was on the ark.
"Of course not," said one little boy. "How could he? He only had two worms!"

After church one day, a mother asked her daughter what the Sunday School lesson was about. The daughter replied, "Don’t' be scared, you'll get your quilt." The mother was perplexed and couldn't figure out what her daughter could be referring to. So she called the teacher and asked her what the lesson was. The teacher said, "Be not afraid, your Comforter will come."

On Easter Sunday, the minister was giving the children's sermon. He reached into a bag and pulled out an egg. He asked the children if they knew what was inside.
"I know," said one boy. "Panty hose!"

Please visit Kim at Homesteader's Heart for more Friday Funnies!

Writing dest.... DONE!

2010-03-04T09:38:00.004-05:00

The 5th grade writing test of 2010 is officially over! Thank you all so much for your prayers!

Everything ran smoothly yesterday morning.... I could definitely feel God's presence. I told Annalee about each one of you that said you would pray for her.... her response.... WOW!

I map quested the directions earlier in the week and it said it would take us 48 minutes to get to the testing location. It took us 25 min.! I had already allowed some extra time so when we arrived, we were 45 minutes early! I really think this helped because the test sight was at a library and she was able to look around for some books, one of her favorite things to do!

The topic she was given was perfect for her! She was to write a narrative paper based on the following.....

Some Scientist have developed an underwater city. You were able to spend one day in the city. Write a paper describing your adventure.

I know that this was definitely an answered prayer! This is her favorite style of paper to write! I know it was not a coincidence! It was the precious grace of God and your prayers!

She felt very confident when I picked her up. She was able to finish in the 2 hour time frame and with the 2 page limit!

It will be several weeks before we get her results....I will let you know how she did as soon as I know!

Again, thank you all so much for all of your prayers on Annalee's behalf~ She says "Thank you" also!

I love and appreciate you all!

Happy Thursday friends :)

Thank you :)

2010-03-03T08:39:00.002-05:00

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments and esp. for the prayers for my DD! We will be leaving in a few minutes for the test. Please keep praying :)

hugs.....

Prayer Request :)

2010-03-02T09:56:00.003-05:00

I love knowing that there are a few people that read my blog and leave me sweet comments. I refer to yall as my blog friends to my hubby and appreciate each one of you.

I wanted to ask for prayer for my DD tomorrow. She will be taking a mandatory state writing test. She is a wonderful writer but she is soooo nervous. She is to report at 10:30a.m. and be given either a persuasive, narrative or informative paper. She will not know which paper or topic until she opens her test booklet.

Please pray the she will not be nervous and for her to do her best! I know she can but I also know what it is like to be nervous about something.

Thanks so much in advance for you prayers.... I appreciate each one of you :)

Happy Tuesday!

March?

2010-03-01T09:56:00.003-05:00

This morning when I came downstairs to start school, I looked up at the calendar and it hit me.....it is March 1st? Already? It honestly seems like it was just Christmas time!

I love March. Whenever March arrives I can feel Spring in the air. I love Spring. I feel like I am beginning to awake from my slumber and be alive again! March is also our anniversary month, so it is extra special to me! This year we will be married 18 years! I can't believe he has put up with me that long!!

Speaking of my better half...... I woke up Saturday morning to my hubby, on his hands and knees, cleaning my kitchen floor! I am embarrassed to say that I do no know when the last time that floor has been mopped....I know ......gross! Thankfully we have a floor that doesn't show dirt! Maybe not thankfully after you saw the towel he used! You can imagine my excitement when I saw him slaving away for me! I guess in all honesty.... for him to think that he needed to get on his hands and knees to clean a kitchen floor... it must have been realllllyyyyy baaaaddd! I told him that would be awesome to find him doing the same thing every Saturday morning! Don't you agree? Yea, I thought so!

BTW, We use this to clean our kitchen floor, we use the purple. It is called fabuloso it is smells awesome. We went out Saturday afternoon and when we came back that night the smell was wonderful! Nothing like the smell of a clean house! :)

How was your weekend? I hope it was rest full and wonderful!

Happy Monday friends and Happy March!!!

Bring on Spring~ :)

2010-02-26T07:56:00.002-05:00

The Lord is My Shepherd

A Sunday School teacher decided to have her 2 nd grade class memorize Psalm 23, one of the most quoted passages in the Bible. She gave the children a month to learn the chapter.

One little boy was excited about the task, but he just couldn't memorize the Psalm. Although he practiced and practiced, he could hardly get past the first line. The day came for the children to recite Psalm 23 before the congregation. The little boy was nervous. When his turn came, he stepped up to the microphone and proudly said, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know!"

Join Kim at Homesteader's Heart for more Friday Funnies.

Happy Friday friends :)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-24T11:09:00.003-05:00

Time with my Son

2010-02-23T09:35:00.002-05:00

Mondays are always so busy for us. Just catching up from the weekend, school and Bible study in the evening. Last night my dd had softball practice so my hubby took her and my ds went to Bible study with me.

I was thinking as we were riding down the road how special these times are. I don't get to spend much time with just him. So, as we are riding down the road we began to have a little driving lesson. In 3 months the child will be 15....help me! I began to go over what the yellow line, white line, ect. mean and he is hanging on every word. After about 20 minutes, he says,"Mom thanks for taking the time to tell me this stuff." Talk about a puffed up heart. It doesn't take much for this Mamma to be so proud. He is such a sweet little man ( really big....I have to look up at him now) and so different when he is not around his sister....she loves to drive him crazy sometimes. :)
My hubby and dd had a great time together also. She went to practice and then to the "gas station store" where they paid way to much for a pack of gum and a slim jim.....but had a great time together.

My hubby and I talk about how we are going to miss these moments.... I am just so thankful to God that he has made us aware of the special times so that we will be able to cherish them more.

Have a wonderful Tuesday friends :)

Train up a child in the way he should go,

even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Back to it

2010-02-22T10:30:00.005-05:00

Last week was our winter break and today we are back to it. It hit me today that we only have 3 more months of school left. Seriously, were does the time go? Josh will be 15 in 3 months..... ah... help. I cannot wrap my brain around the fact that my baby will be driving me around town before you know it. Humm.... time to savor the moments. My babies are growing to fast. I think I need a piece of See's Chocolate for my therapy :)

3 years ago

Happy Monday, may your feel God's love in a special way today. :)

I feel and taste the LOVE!

2010-02-19T11:21:00.007-05:00

Well, I must say that I have the bestest blog friends in the whole blog world! I arrived home from running errands yesterday afternoon to find the good ole UPS man at my driveway. He was visiting to drop off a surprise package from one of my dear bloggie friends, Sherry @ Lamp unto my Feet. I met Sherry in blog land about a year ago and have loved getting to know her. She is also a home school mom and we have kids the same age. She is such and inspiration and such a Godly wife and mother. You have to go and visit her.... you will be truly blessed!

So.... want to know what Mr. UPS brought???????

Ready?....

Can you believe it? My sweet friend sent me a box of her favorite Chocolates! See's Chocolates.

I feel so special. Sherry grew up eating these chocolates and has told us all about them. You can read about it on Sherry's blog here

Here is a close up for ya.... can you say DEEEEEVINE!!!??? They are out of this world yummy! I LOVE them!

Thank you SO much Sherry for being so sweet to me!!! I was so surprised and grateful! You are such a thoughtful person and I so wish we lived closer!
I also have a very special hiding place for mine :) They will never be found!!!hehehe!

Honestly, I am having to hide them from myself! :)

Going, Going, Gone!

2010-02-18T10:45:00.003-05:00

Warning..... this is a rambling post... :)

In my last post I told you about the wonderful Flat Bread I made. Well.... I have requests for another one because that one was gone by supper time! Once Daddy got home, it was gone! It reminded us so much of Carrabbas bread... we dipped it in Olive oil and fresh ground pepper! Yummy!

I was doing my quite time this morning and just opened my Bible to see what God had for me. This is what I read...

I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;

when you run, you will not stumble.
Proverbs 4:11-12

Those words were exactly what I needed to hear this morning! We have somethings going on that we are seeking God's guidance in and are waiting for his answer. We see him working through the little things as well as the big. He is a merciful, loving God and we praise him for his love for us. God is so good :)

Annalee has her first softball practice of the season tonight. She is so excited! She had gone back and forth about whether or not she wanted to play until the coach called and wanted to know why she hadn't signed up yet. He wanted her on his team again! I told her it was a big deal for the coach to call and want you on his team so she is pumped! Hopefully, it will be a good season.

Have a wonderful Thursday!

P.S. I just read this article from Jill Savage on living with less. It is very convicting.... go here if you would like to read it. :)

told you I would ramble :)

Hot out of the oven good!

2010-02-17T15:33:00.003-05:00

I love to bake. I just am not that good at it :) I can follow a recipe to a T and it will still come out bad. I have had my share of flat cookies and then other times they come out perfect. I love to try new recipes that I find on blogs! Today I found one for Flat Bread. It reminded me of the bread you get at Carrabbas. It looked yummy and I am here to tell you it is! I made this beauty this afternoon. It was really easy and didn't make a huge mess. Sorry the picture is so dark... no flash remember! Go to the wonderful blog called Our Best Bites for the recipe and a better picture! I highly recommend it!

This will be a keeper at the Scarbary house :)

Can you see it? It is really pretty :)
I would take a picture outside for better lighting but the kids and I have already eaten half of it :)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-17T09:46:00.002-05:00

Valentine's Day 2010

2010-02-15T10:07:00.002-05:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Ours was wonderful :) We started the day off at Church. We heard a wonderful sermon on God's love for us.... what a wonderful message on Valentine's Day. We dropped the boys off at home so they could watch the beginning of the Daytona 500 and Annalee and I went into town and got Subway for lunch. The rest of my day involved me sitting in the recliner napping and doing Sudoku puzzles.

Dean wanted to get me something for Valentine's Day, but with limited funds.... I begged him not to this year. Instead, He and Josh made me the sweetest homemade cards.... Dean drew a heart on notebook paper and cut it out to fold up at the top and wrote me the sweetest note. I loved them more than anything they could have bought at the store. Then Dean cooked me supper AND cleaned up. I felt like I was in heaven.... (see Carrie, you were right.... dreams can come true!! haha)

Now we begin a new work/school week. Spring is closer, I can feel it!!!!

Happy Monday!

Snow 2010

2010-02-13T12:49:00.006-05:00

The kids got their wish... we had about 3 inches of snow yesterday. By lunch time today, it had all just about melted away. They got to build a snowman and have a snowball fight, so they were satisfied :) Looking outside my kitchen window

They both look like wet rats!

Snowball fight!

Lookie, Lookie

2010-02-12T13:55:00.004-05:00

Lookie what I got in the mail today.......

My sweet blog friend Carrie @ Martin Manor Happenings had a give away and I won! Can you believe all of these goodies? A Chili's gift card, Target gift card, Bath and Body works goodies and yummy chocolates! Thank you soooooo much Carrie! I absolutely LOVE everything! You are toooooooo sweet! You really know what I like!!! Sea Island Cotton is my favorite B&BW with Dancing Waters next! Your good! Be sure a visit Carrie.... she is a Mom to two of the cutest kids... You will love keeping up with them and looking at her wonderful photographs. She is quite talented with a lens! Thanks again Carrie!

P.S. For those that know about my camera woes, I found out that my digital camera will take outside pictures but no inside pictures.... apparently the flash is bad. :(

Love

2010-02-12T10:05:00.008-05:00

With Sunday being Valentine's Day, I thought I would share some of my favorite verses from the Bible about love. I am so thankful that I have a family that I can love on! I have been blessed beyond measure!

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
-- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. - Proverbs 8:17

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' – Matthew 22:37-39

Me and My Valentine of 25 years!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!

Ahhhhh

2010-02-10T15:20:00.004-05:00

I am officially caught up with all of my ongoing projects! Yipppeee!! I have sent out 15 monogrammed photo albums, 1 shower curtain, 2 burp cloths,monogrammed blanket and Annalee's portfolio paper on recycling. AHHHHHH!

Now on to CRCT practice, 5th grade writing test practice and lots and lots of school work.

Is it summer yet?

Cherish Each Day

2010-02-10T15:04:00.003-05:00

The past two days have been really sad in our small town. Yesterday morning a 14 year old girl died in a hit and run accident. It really made me so sad because I have a 14 year old son. It happened right in front of my Brother-in-laws house so I got more that I needed about the details. The girl had slept late and was running down the road to get to another bus stop when she was struck. Today they released who hit the girl...it was a school bus driver. He did not realize that he had hit her with the bus. She died instantly and was left there. The bus driver is not being charged at this time because all evidence shows that he did not see or know that he hit the girl.

This is the part that has me really thinking.... the parents of the girl have already stated that they forgive him and they do not want charges brought against him. Talk about forgiveness. It makes me stop and think if I would be that forgiving in something as horrible as losing a child.

God teaches us to forgive.... I hope that I would be as forgiving that quick. What a witness these parents have been.

Hug your babies and thank God for them every minute of every day. This has really made me cherish each minute more :)

See's Chocolate giveaway

2010-02-08T11:35:00.002-05:00

My friend Sherry at Lamp unto my Feet is giving away a BOX of her favorite See's Chocolate. Having lived in the south all my life, I have never heard of See's. I have read a lot about it on Sherry's blog..... she loves them! Please visit her here to enter to win a box..... she says they are really good and who doesn't like to win something.... esp. chocolate! Thanks, Sherry!

2010-02-08T09:40:00.001-05:00

Go here to hear about Tim Tebow's story from his parents....
http://www.focusonthefamily.com

It is a powerful testimony!

Happy Monday!

Friday Funnies

2010-02-05T14:09:00.004-05:00

Can you believe it is already Friday! I am joining Kim at Homesteaders Heart for......

2010-02-05T08:09:00.003-05:00

Don't you just love when you get on a roll and find out that you don't have enough of what you need to finish? Let's back up to yesterday.....

After my parents left yesterday morning, we did some school work and I let the kids have the rest of the day off so that I could finish my many sewing projects. It takes a little while to get in the groove of things but when I do.... watch out! I am steadily going with my photo albums.... I have 15 to make by..... TODAY! I had all the monogramming done, all of the fabric cut out, all I needed to do was sit down and hot glue them together. So, I get 5 done and realize..... I am running out of hot glue sticks. Great. To some this may not seem like a delima.... just run to Walmart, right. Well, a run to Walmart ,or any other store that might have hot glue sticks, is like a 1 1/2 hour trip. We live out in the boonies and the nearest Walmart is not one you would like to visit. Much to my dismay, I unplugged the hot glue gun, and ran by Walmart this morning after my Bible study leaders meeting. Bummer. I guess I will now go finish my 10 photo albums while I watch it rain :)

Have a great weekend and for those Super Bowl Fans...... Go Colts! (don't hold it against me if you are pulling for the Saints... I like them also! My kids like the Colts so who am I to cause a ruckus!)

2010-02-04T09:48:00.003-05:00

I am a push over for chocolate.... any kind of chocolate. I came across this recipe the other day and it brought back sweet memories. My Momma made these all the time when I was growing up. I made a batch last Saturday and they were all gone by Sunday! They are so fast and easy to make so I thought I would share it with you, my bloggy friends!

No Bake Chocolate-Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups rolled or old-fashioned oats (not instant)

In a medium heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine cocoa, sugar, butter and milk. Bring to a rolling boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and add peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until creamy. Then stir in the oats until well combined.

Drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Let the cookies cool until set. Makes about 40 small or 24 large cookies.

If you have never tried these before, I hope you will..... they are yummy!

Thanks for stopping by and leave me a comment! I love to visit new blogs!

Reality

2010-02-04T09:24:00.003-05:00

My parents have gone back home, so it is back to reality. We were able to get all of our school work done while they were here but the extra projects were put on the back burner..... like making a shower curtain, monogramming and covering 15 photo albums, finish Bible Study for leaders meeting at 5:00 in the morning and, oh yeah, a portfolio paper on recycling for Annalee.... yuck!

So, this morning it is back to the grindstone.... Boo.... I really enjoyed the break :)

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-02-03T10:53:00.003-05:00