The end is near.......

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 !!!

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!

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!!!!

Don't forget to wear green!!!!

Have a great Wednesday!

SHHHH!

Friday Funnies~ I have a clean Cat!

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

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

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!

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!"



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Writing dest.... DONE!

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 :)

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 :)

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?

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~ :)

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!"




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Happy Friday friends :)

Wordless Wednesday

Time with my Son

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

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!

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!

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!

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

Valentine's Day 2010

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

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!