Freebie Friday

 So here are a few of the items I got this week for my Freebie Friday post. These kids sized Dickie cups and a plastic container without a lid - no problem- especially since what I planned to do with it - did not require a lid. 

So I had these adorable butternut squash plants that I needed to up-pot. 

So I got some potting soil and I filled my cups up half way and then I pulled my little plants out of their cells and placed them on top of soil and added more soil and then pressed it in. 

I have some solo cups that I use for this up potting usually but the more I garden the more cups I need some these 6 free cups came in handy. Oops - I forgot to mention that I took a drill with a drill bit - and I drilled some hole into the bottom of the cups, before I added the soil. You have to have a way for the water to drain. 

Here are my lovely butternut squash plants in their new homes. 

I am hoping it cools off some soon so that the next move can be into the ground, but if not I will up- pot these into the large Dickie cups if need be. 

So there you have it my Freebie Friday post! I have 2 more awesome items to share with you but you will need to keep checking in the next couple of weeks. I just don't have the time to post about them right now, 

Another Silver Lining

 So I had done a series on silver linings from Covid. Well there had been another one that I have noticed. 

So you all know that for a while I was volunteering at the little thrift store in a two nearby? I really enjoyed it and it was very hard for me to have to quit volunteering there. But over the last several weeks of me going there - I have come to realize that it is probably a good thing that I am no longer volunteering there. 

Just a couple of little stories to make my point. 

One day as I walked up to look at the things outside - the lady that runs the thrift store and one of the main worker in the back room - were standing outside - looking across the street at the dumpster that belongs to the church associated with this thrift store. Sometimes random people like to dump their trash there - and so if these ladies catch someone dumping they usually will say something to them. Well this time as they were watching they realized that the man was going through the stuff in the trash can. The lady that runs the thrift store - said oh that is fine - as long as he is not trying to dump anything. The lady from the backroom said in a really rude tone - "that is disgusting." And there were several other situations where some very ugly attitudes were demonstrated. 

Then just last week as I was looking in the book section several of the ladies were sitting in the office talking about one of their past workers, a lady who it was very obvious that she was a bit special ed. They sat in the office talking about her for at least 5-10 minutes. And of course they could be heard by almost everyone in the store. It made me so uncomfortable -probably because after I left - I am sure there were discussions about me. 

Anyway - so my point is that there was some negative attitudes about things and such that I would not want to be around all the time. And as have been confronted with these situations - I have realized that it is a blessing that I am not there. 

Now before I end this - I have to say that there are some very nice people there and a majority of the time they are probably good to work with. And if I were asked to return to volunteering there - I would probably say - yes - but would probably only volunteer 1 day a week. I have picked up so many other things that I enjoy doing - that I cant devote 3 days there anymore. And the reason I would say yes- is to work in the book section. 

I had worked so hard to get the book sections looking nice. And by the way this is only one sections of the books. Its about all this bad. It is sad. And when I am there - I try to do a bit of organizing but - it would truly need hours of someone working on it to get it back in shape, but this is why I would say yes- if asked to go back. 

 

You May Want To Keep One On Hand

Sunday afternoon my husband started feeling sick. He was running a low grade temperature and started having diarrhea. Then he began to feel nauseous. Then before bedtime he threw up. And was up several times over night with throwing up. Now these were not the symptoms I had with Covid, but when I looked up the symptoms of covid - these were some of the symptoms. So thankfully I had a test left over for him to take. Thankfully he was negative. 

Here is a photo of the test that we have used. It is from Walmart and runs just under $20.00 for 2 tests.

 

I am thankful that we had that test on hand - otherwise I would have felt the need to get out and hunt down a test for him. By having one at your home - you can take the test without getting out. 

I am sorry if I had already posted about this -back when I was sharing things helpful to have for Covid. But I do feel it is very important information for everyone to have. 

I hope you all are staying well. Get some sunshine, fresh air, exercise and plenty of rest. Take Vit. C, D3 and zinc. All these things and more are great natural ways to boost the immune system and well worth doing - especially in the times we are living in. 

Could Our Eyes Be Opened....

 Every association of life calls for the exercise of self-control, forbearance, and sympathy. We differ so widely in disposition, habits, education, that our ways of looking at things vary. We judge differently. Our understanding of truth, our ideas in regard to the conduct of life, are not in all respects the same. There are no two whose experience is alike in every particular. The trials of one are not the trials of another. The duties that one finds light are to another most difficult and perplexing.

So frail, so ignorant, so liable to misconception is human nature, that each should be careful in the estimate he places upon another. We little know the bearing of our acts upon the experience of others. What we do or say may seem to us of little moment, when, could our eyes be opened, we should see that upon it depended the most important results for good or for evil. MH 483.1 - MH 483.2

Hello! How are you all doing? I hope everyone is doing well. Things here have been busy, you know with all the normal things I do around here - cleaning, shopping, gardening, yardwork and more. I do have a couple of great ideas for some blog posts that I look forward to some time this week to get them all typed out and posted. I also have been blessed to get a few great finds for Freebie Friday posts! And I have a post for best deal Sunday. So hopefully I can get those posts all done this week. Until then I hope you all are well. God bless each one of you in a special way! :O) 

#10 The devil's Favorite Text, More About Jesus

Sorry - I don't know why this didn't post yesterday. But here it is! :O) 

God Has A Law Because...

 "God has a law because there is, in actual fact, a right way of doing things and a wrong way. The right way is right because it sustains life. The wrong way is wrong because it destroys life. There is absolutely no arbitrary element in God character. Things are the way they are because they are, by very nature, that way, and must be that way in order for life to flourish. Do not hear God saying, "If you sin, I'll kill you; but if you do things My way, I'll let you live." Rather, hear Him speak the true reality of the matter: "If you pursue sin, it will destroy you; but if you turn to Me and embrace My love, that love will restore and sustain you for all eternity. God's law=love =life.

Sin=selfishness=death."

~Ty Gibson in his book - "See With New Eyes~ the true beauty of God's character"