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Happy New Year!
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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I'm Wishing You and Yours A Very
Happy New Year 2023!
Until next time...
Rebecca
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Saturday, January 1, 2022
Happy New Year!
I saw this pretty, vintage New Year's Day card on Facebook this morning and it, once again, reminded me of my dear Grandma Maudie and her love of such things.
Grandma saved every postcard she ever received (hundreds of them) and I am fortunate enough to have inherited that collection when my dad passed away.
I went through the box this afternoon and selected a couple of New Year's Day cards to share with you here. Both cards are well over 100 years old.
The first one is of a lovely winter scene clearly dated 1910 on the front. There is no stamp or postmark on the back, so it must have been hand delivered. My guess is, that the card was delivered to my grandmother in February of that year, because there is a message written on the back in a fine hand that simply says, "Will you be my Valentine." It is signed by a Ruth Kilmer. I do not recognize the name.
The second card is scenic with a wish for the New Year on the front. It says...
A Happy New Year to You
And may each day of it wield new Riches of
Love and Peace and Plenty
Jan 1-1912
Hello! How are you. I am fine. Enjoying this handsome weather. It is just as cold as it can be here. Will close. Wishing you a Happy New Year.
Your Friend, Fannie Sullivan
Ans [Answer] soon!
From my grandmother's postcards we can see that, though the years (centuries!) may come and go, well wishes from dear friends for a Happy New Year can, and do, withstand the test of time.
Blessings to you and yours and Happy 2022!
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Friday, January 1, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR! - 2021
I came across this cute little 'Happy New Year' snowman on Facebook and decided to share him with all of you here!
Happy New Year, Everyone! I pray that 2021 proves to be a year of great blessing for all!
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Twenty-One Things in 2021
It's the last day of 2020 and, as we prepare to ring in the New Year, I've been thinking about some of the things that I would like to do and accomplish in 2021.
This is the third such list that I've made like this. The first was in 2018 and the second was in 2019; for some reason, I skipped 2020 altogether. 😕 Oh, well! Below is a list of twenty-one things that I hope to do or accomplish in 2021.
How about you? Have you thought about some of the things you'd like to do in 2021? If so, feel free to share a few of them in the comments section below and we can cheer one another on as, together, we move forward into a bright New Year!
TWENTY-ONE THINGS IN 2021
1. Purpose and sow daily to gain greater health in every area (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial)
2. In addition to daily scripture study spend at least 21 minutes a day reading 📖
3. Read (at least) 21 books 📚
4. Focus on simple and nutritious foods 🥗
5. Walk (at least) 21 minutes per day 👟
6. Share the gospel of Jesus Christ in person, through the written page, or through tract-passing with at least 21 people 💓
7. Stay politically involved throughout the year by praying for, writing to, and encouraging government officials in every branch and every level as led by the Lord💓🤍💙
8. Attend our youngest daughter's wedding 👰
9. Create our own 2021 "Christmas Club" by completing the 52 Week Money Challenge 💵
10. Post my weekly master to-do list and menu plan here on the blog 📜
11. Deep-clean, purge, reorganize, and rearrange each room in our home 🏡
12. Create a new pantry area 🥫
13. Participate in a 31-day home decluttering challenge 🧹
14. Reroof the house, garage, and shed 🏠
15. Explore four new-to-me trails 🥾
16. Create a herbarium field journal 🌼
17. Organize my life-time bird and animal lists into one place (with photos) 🐦
18. Visit a Missouri state park (or two or three) that I've never been to before 🏞
19. Visit a state that I've never been to before 🌄
20. Create a nature newsletter for children 🐸
21. Write at least two new unit studies for homeschoolers 🦉
That's what's on my 2021 bucket list. What's on yours?
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
2020 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner Free Giveaway
I first became acquainted with Sue Hooley's Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner when my husband bought the 2015 edition for me for my birthday. After familiarizing myself with the planner, it became my closest friend. It went with me everywhere! (Still does! Only it's whatever year's planner we happen to be in at the moment!) 😉
I have used the planners for five years now and what a blessing they have been! I not only buy a copy for myself each year, but I usually buy two or three extra copies to give away.
Last year Sue graciously invited me to be an affiliate for her product. I was (and still am) very excited about that, too, because this is a product that I am familiar with, use on a daily basis, and absolutely love!
Please leave one comment in the comments section below for each entry (and if you're having trouble leaving comments on this blog please email me at proverbs31heart@yahoo.com). One winner will be selected by drawing on Thursday, October 17, 2019. If I am unable to reach the winner within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be selected and contacted. Your entry is only valid if you include a way for me to contact you.
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Speaking of giving copies away, I am so excited to announce that I will be giving a 2020 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner away right here on this blog!
That's right! I will be giving away a FREE copy of Sue Hooley's 2020 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner to one of my precious readers. Will it be you?
In a hurry? Don't want to wait to see if you win? To order planners for yourself or for copies to give as gifts (Christmas is just around the corner!) click HERE.
The giveaway will run for two weeks. It will start today (Wednesday, October 2, 2019) and will run through Wednesday, October 16, 2019. One winner will be selected on Thursday, October 17, 2019 and the planner will be mailed to them no later than Monday, October 21, 2019. To enter for your chance to win choose any or all of the following:
- Leave a comment in the comments section below (or on Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME's Facebook page) telling me why you would like to win a copy of Sue Hooley's 2020 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner.
- Share the link to this post on Facebook.
- Share the link to this post on Twitter.
- Share the link to this post on Instagram.
- Become a public follower of Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Blogspot or comment letting me know that you already are one.
- LIKE Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Facebook.
- Follow me on Twitter (jkswife).
- Write a post linking this giveaway to your own blog. (This is worth 3 entries. Please leave three separate comments.)
- Subscribe to Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME by e-mail.
- Leave a comment in the comments section below (or on Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME's Facebook page) telling me why you would like to win a copy of Sue Hooley's 2020 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner.
- Share the link to this post on Facebook.
- Share the link to this post on Twitter.
- Share the link to this post on Instagram.
- Become a public follower of Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Blogspot or comment letting me know that you already are one.
- LIKE Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Facebook.
- Follow me on Twitter (jkswife).
- Write a post linking this giveaway to your own blog. (This is worth 3 entries. Please leave three separate comments.)
- Subscribe to Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME by e-mail.
Please leave one comment in the comments section below for each entry (and if you're having trouble leaving comments on this blog please email me at proverbs31heart@yahoo.com). One winner will be selected by drawing on Thursday, October 17, 2019. If I am unable to reach the winner within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be selected and contacted. Your entry is only valid if you include a way for me to contact you.
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Happy New Year and No Need To Fear
Happy New Year, Dear Ones! 🎉🎊🎆
Can you believe it? The holidays are over, 2018 is behind us, and all of 2019 lies before us...new and empty...like a fresh canvas! What does the new year hold for you and your family and how will you fill the days that you have been given?
Many people are fearful right now (myself included, if I allow myself to entertain the lies of the enemy), but, honestly, now is NOT the time to fear. As my cousin, Dave, says, "What a wonderful time to be alive!"
There are so many wonderful and exciting things going on in our world today and, what we see in the physical realm, is just a reflection of what's going on in the spiritual realm.
Yes, battles are raging on every front, the weather is crazy and so are the politicians, and everything that can be shaken IS being shaken! BUT that's just how Jesus said it would be just before His soon return! And, while the dark is, obviously, growing darker, as the day of Jesus' soon return grows closer, so, too, is the light growing brighter. There are a LOT of great and wonderful and godly things happening in our world today. Most people just don't hear about them because they're, either, tuned-in exclusively to the world's conduits of information, or else they're so closed off they that hear nothing at all and are left to their own imaginations as the enemy wreaks havoc upon their very souls.
Now is not the time to fear! It is the time to rejoice! We are seeing Biblical prophecy being played out before our very eyes and, even though it may not look like it in the natural, everything is right on target and right in line with God's Word.
This is a WONDERFUL time to be alive and, in the year ahead, I expect that, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are going to see greater and more magnificent things than we've ever even dared to think or dream about!
Don't be afraid! Press into the Word! Put it in your eyes (read it) and put it in your ears (read it aloud...listen to it on CD...listen to preachers that teach Biblical truth) and determine to do so every single day. "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17).
Seek the Lord while He may be found and trust Him to open up your path step-by-step before you at every turn. In the midst of the storm, keep your eyes on Jesus for He is "...the way, the truth, and the life..." and "...no man cometh unto the Father...but by..." Him! (John 14:6).
It's a new year and it's time to celebrate and embrace all that the Lord has for His people! Are you ready to step into 2019 with a thirst and hunger for God's Word as never before? If so, lay it out to the Lord today. Repent of your sins, ask His forgiveness, delve into a good, time-tested, tried-and-true version of the Bible (I recommend the King James, but, if you prefer to use another version, that's fine...just test it against the KJV to make sure that's it really saying the same thing, because, honestly, you can get bibles today that will say anything you want them to say...in the end stick with the time-tested integrity of the KJV), then, put your hand to the plow, and don't look back!
No matter what the enemy throws in your path...no matter what lies he whispers in your ear...you just keep on keepin' on and don't take no for an answer! If God's Word says it, you believe it, because it is the TRUTH! In fact, God's Word is the only truth there is in this world! In the end, what you did with it (receiving it, believing it, and confessing Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior) is the only thing that is going to matter!
Well...that's all I've got to say this morning. I wish each and every one of you a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year and blessings on every front!
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner' Free Giveaway
I first became acquainted with Sue Hooley's Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner when my husband bought the 2015 edition for me for my birthday. After familiarizing myself with the planner, it became my closest friend. It went with me everywhere! (Still does! Only it's whatever year's planner we happen to be in at the moment!) 😉
I have used the planners for four years now and what a blessing they have been! I not only buy a copy for myself, but I usually buy two or three extra copies to give away.
Speaking of giving copies away, I am so excited to announce that Sue Hooley, herself, has very graciously donated a copy of her 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner to be given away right here on this blog! (Thanks, Sue!)
That's right! I will be giving away a FREE copy of Sue Hooley's 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner to one of my precious readers. Will it be you?
Sue has also invited me to be an affiliate for her product! I'm excited about that, too, because this is a product that I am very familiar with, use on a daily basis, and absolutely love!
The giveaway will run for two weeks. It will start today (Wednesday, August 22, 2018) and will run through Wednesday, September 5, 2018. One winner will be selected on Thursday, September 6, 2018 and the planner will be mailed to them no later than Monday, September 10, 2018. To enter for your chance to win choose any or all of the following:
1) Leave a comment in the comments section below (or Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME's Facebook page) telling me why you would like to win a copy of Sue Hooley's 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner.
2) Share the link to this post on Facebook.
3) Share the link to this post on Twitter.
4) Share the link to this post on Google+.
5) Share the link to this post on Instagram.
6) Become a public follower of Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Blogspot or comment letting me know that you already are one.
7) LIKE Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Facebook.
8) Follow me on Twitter (jkswife).
9) Write a post linking this giveaway to your own blog. (This is worth 3 entries. Please leave three separate comments.)
10) Subscribe to Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME by e-mail.
Please leave one comment in the comments section below for each entry (and if you're having trouble leaving comments on this blog please email me at proverbs31heart@yahoo.com or contact me on Google+). One winner will be selected by drawing on Thursday, September 6, 2018. If I am unable to reach the winner within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be selected and contacted. Your entry is only valid if you include a way for me to contact you.
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Speaking of giving copies away, I am so excited to announce that Sue Hooley, herself, has very graciously donated a copy of her 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner to be given away right here on this blog! (Thanks, Sue!)
That's right! I will be giving away a FREE copy of Sue Hooley's 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner to one of my precious readers. Will it be you?
Sue has also invited me to be an affiliate for her product! I'm excited about that, too, because this is a product that I am very familiar with, use on a daily basis, and absolutely love!
The giveaway will run for two weeks. It will start today (Wednesday, August 22, 2018) and will run through Wednesday, September 5, 2018. One winner will be selected on Thursday, September 6, 2018 and the planner will be mailed to them no later than Monday, September 10, 2018. To enter for your chance to win choose any or all of the following:
1) Leave a comment in the comments section below (or Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME's Facebook page) telling me why you would like to win a copy of Sue Hooley's 2019 Homemaker's Friend Daily Planner.
2) Share the link to this post on Facebook.
3) Share the link to this post on Twitter.
4) Share the link to this post on Google+.
5) Share the link to this post on Instagram.
6) Become a public follower of Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Blogspot or comment letting me know that you already are one.
7) LIKE Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME on Facebook.
8) Follow me on Twitter (jkswife).
9) Write a post linking this giveaway to your own blog. (This is worth 3 entries. Please leave three separate comments.)
10) Subscribe to Rebecca's HEARTH AND HOME by e-mail.
Please leave one comment in the comments section below for each entry (and if you're having trouble leaving comments on this blog please email me at proverbs31heart@yahoo.com or contact me on Google+). One winner will be selected by drawing on Thursday, September 6, 2018. If I am unable to reach the winner within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be selected and contacted. Your entry is only valid if you include a way for me to contact you.
Until next time...
~Rebecca
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Happy New Year!
Greetings, Dear Ones!
What a blessing it is to be with you on this first day of a brand new year! It is with great joy and anticipation that I look forward to all that the Lord has in store in the days ahead and I pray that 2014 will be a year of great blessing for you and your family, as well as our own.
In recent months time, energy, and vision has slipped away from me and I'm afraid I've done nothing justice. It is with renewed strength and fresh insight from the Word of God that I determine to take back ground lost over the past several months (years) and move full steam ahead in all that the Lord has called me to do. It may take a little time to regroup and refocus, but, determined to do so I am!
One of the areas that I want to really focus on, and totally recommit to, in 2014 is a fresh commitment to the Truth and integrity of God's Word. For far too long I've allowed the negativity of others to silence me and their wrong actions (and inaction) to detour me. No more!
As the world around us sinks further and further into sinfulness and depravity (and the church into apostasy and lukewarmness), it's time for those of the true body of Christ to rise up, straighten up that full armour of God, and stand firmly on Biblical principle no matter what. It's the only way that we're going to survive all that is coming on, and is even now, in the earth around us.
We don't need to fear anything or anyone. We just need to stand firmly on the Word and put it into practice.
Other areas that I am seeking the Lord's will in and want to focus on in 2014 are health and wellness, debt freedom, and Biblical femininity.
What are some areas that you and your family are seeking the Lord's will in and want to focus on in 2014?
Well, my friends, I just wanted to pop in, say "Hello!", and wish you and yours a Happy New Year! I wish you all the best and pray the Lord's greatest blessings over you and yours in 2014!
Until Next Time...
~Rebecca
What a blessing it is to be with you on this first day of a brand new year! It is with great joy and anticipation that I look forward to all that the Lord has in store in the days ahead and I pray that 2014 will be a year of great blessing for you and your family, as well as our own.
In recent months time, energy, and vision has slipped away from me and I'm afraid I've done nothing justice. It is with renewed strength and fresh insight from the Word of God that I determine to take back ground lost over the past several months (years) and move full steam ahead in all that the Lord has called me to do. It may take a little time to regroup and refocus, but, determined to do so I am!
One of the areas that I want to really focus on, and totally recommit to, in 2014 is a fresh commitment to the Truth and integrity of God's Word. For far too long I've allowed the negativity of others to silence me and their wrong actions (and inaction) to detour me. No more!
As the world around us sinks further and further into sinfulness and depravity (and the church into apostasy and lukewarmness), it's time for those of the true body of Christ to rise up, straighten up that full armour of God, and stand firmly on Biblical principle no matter what. It's the only way that we're going to survive all that is coming on, and is even now, in the earth around us.
We don't need to fear anything or anyone. We just need to stand firmly on the Word and put it into practice.
Other areas that I am seeking the Lord's will in and want to focus on in 2014 are health and wellness, debt freedom, and Biblical femininity.
What are some areas that you and your family are seeking the Lord's will in and want to focus on in 2014?
Well, my friends, I just wanted to pop in, say "Hello!", and wish you and yours a Happy New Year! I wish you all the best and pray the Lord's greatest blessings over you and yours in 2014!
Until Next Time...
~Rebecca
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