My Simple Woman's Daybook- Oct 31

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Outside my window: it's bright and shiny and cool!

I am thinking: i need to get off this pc and work!

I am thankful for: my husband's job.

I am learning: more about canning and ham radios.

From the kitchen: homemade bread in the oven

I am wearing: black top and multicolored skirt

I am creating: a simpler home

I am going: to change how we waste so much in this house!

I am reading: the book of GALATIANS and Michael Bunker's book "Surviving Off Grid"



I am hoping: that my cat has only 1 kitten!!

I am noticing: my daughter is looking older, so close to her birthday.

I am realizing: that 9 people make more trash than 4. :)

I am wondering: if i will have time to make a phone call.


Pondering these words:

Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:

Around the house: laundry is being put away.


One of my favorite things: coffee!!!

A few plans for next week: more canning.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing:

My Internet Plan

just for my own sanity i have come up with a plan for my internet use. not a schedule but a plan. what websites i visit and how often. then i fit them in as i can.

blue letter bible- om my lands! i love this site. i visit daily . at nite. when i can read in peace! it's the bible, concordance, dictionary, sermons, and muc more at the touch of a finger!

email. i check this about 3 or 4 times a day. i don't sign up for any blogs i don't love and i don't get many by email anyway.
which brings me to my next plan--
i use igoogle for my blogs. that way i can sign up for ones i love and see the title of each post without opening an email. cuts down on time a little and i can pick and choose what to read. i check this at nite after all are in bed.

twitter. i use this infrequently except for giveaway entries. that is 99% of what's on my twitter.

giveaways- i visit 2 sites daily and enter and if i come across a giveaway during my blog reading i will enter. i do this in the morning while the children do math. i sit with them so i am close by to answer any questions. i only enter for items i really want- like homemade soap- or need- like bags of flour :)

coupons.com ,krazycouponlady.com and couponsurfer.com- i go to these coupon sites once a week.

facebook- yes i am back on fb! BUT i am only friends with those i know and love in real life. i was asked to come back by a few of them because it made "chatting" much easier for several reasons. so i check fb once a day or so - usually at nite after the children are asleep- and catch up with real friends, not "famous faces" i know from the web. and no games!

i blog whenever i have something to say. i may have to wait to "write" it down but if i get a chance i hop on and post.

i visit recipe sites and school printable sites as needed. i also google things like ham radios for survival when i need to know something. often hubby and i do this together.

there- that is my plan. to use the computer as a tool. not be used by it!

Radio Communications

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in case of an emergency we have cell phones that will no longer work - tho some say we will be able to text longer than call- and landlines that will cease to work as well. tv and radio will no longer work- and who can trust them anyway! so what are we to do?
dh and i have just started looking into this so i don't have much info yet. here is just a little i have discovered.

ham radios- The problem here is that we are looking for communications during "bad times". During these times, the repeater networks that the "two-meter" band relies upon for distant communication will break down from lack of maintenance.
Also, Ham radio operators would become a threat and the government will be able to simply go down the list of licenses and shut them down.

CB radio. This over-rated, under-powered means of communication in its stock form is best left to the interstates of our great nation. During certain atmospheric conditions, a user would be lucky to talk one mile. Long distance communication is possible when atmospheric conditions permit.
(Tami's note- BUT if you have a good aerial it might be worth it to buy this inexpensive tool. stick with mid-range prices. Galaxy, Midland and Cobra seem to be the best brands.)

There is currently a government agency called the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates and enforces all forms of inter-communication in the United States. . Two-way communication is only legal through strict government guidelines. The very nature of the "ham license" only adds to the "law and order" society which the bureaucrats want to create. This licensing process is simply a means of keeping tabs on two-way communication. Nazi Germany was also interested in controlling
communication as are all totalitarian regimes. In many countries simply
possessing a means of two-way communication is as serious of an offense as
possession of an unauthorized gun.


FRS radios -These radios require no license to operate but lack enough power to have any sort of range, in absolute ideal conditions I would estimate 2 miles , in regular conditions I would estimate 3/4mile range. These are the minimum one should have but by far are the least desirable choice. There is often no one monitoring these channels so a call for help is non likely, as well very little information is passed using these radio.

this info was gathered from 2 different sites-
http://www.solareagle.com/PREP/RADIO101.HTM
http://survivalcache.com/emergency-communications-survival-radio/

Wow!

Gold Medal- in time for the holiday baking!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED= Mrs. White won!!



we homemakers know that baking from scratch is less expensive and healthier for us. and we need good products to work with , so Gold Medal to the rescue and yep i'm having a giveaway! see what you can win!

# Your giveaway winner´s prize pack will contain:
A VIP coupon for a bag of Gold Medal White Whole Wheat flour
# Instructions for conversion (i myself just exchanged one amount for another)
# Cookie Jar
# Recipe Cards

Unlike most whole wheat flours that are made from hard red spring wheat, Gold Medal White Whole Wheat flour is made with hard white spring wheat. So, it´s whole grain, but with a similar taste and texture to all-purpose white flour.


all you have to do to enter is share a favorite recipe with me. if you want to pick a new recipe to try click over to Betty Crocker;s site and pick one!

by the way- i truly enjoyed working with this flour. i made several loaves of bread and a dozen cookies with it. :) i am telling you my honest opinion , regardless of the same winning package i received. :)

giveaway ends next friday nov 3rd.

These Last Few Days

During these last few days

I used a $1 off coupon for a box of herbal tea marked down to 50 cents - so I actually made 50 cents on the deal. By the way, blueberry tea is excellent!

My dog Peanut is healing nicely from his leg amputation.

My son continues to run naked all day long, every day, which is particularly challenging today as it is only 40 degrees.

I have discovered that by stirring around the grounds of the pot of coffee my husband makes early in the morning and simply adding two spoonfuls of my coffee tastes great and saves me money.

My husband and I have spent many hours driving around the eastern part of Texas, looking at scenery and drinking coffee. We have stopped at a few diners along the way - our favorite place to eat.

I won some giveaways - a bottle of household cleaner, a DVD, and a jar of honey

I have been making my own detergent as usual - baking soda, ivory soap, and borax. I prefer a dry version.

I have watched my dog Rosey eat all the gourds off the dining room centerpiece.

I used a gift card from Doorposts that I won a few weeks ago to buy the Ruby doll kit for my girls.

I have seen my daughter Hannah take initiative and wash dishes when they start piling up in the sink, without me asking. She turns 10 next week.

I went out to lunch at a local Mexican restaurant with my friend Tammy. We discovered that by buying one item off the a la carte menu instead of the entree menu and filling up on the free chips and salsa, plus drinking water instead of soda the two of us are able to eat out for $5. at a nice sit down restaurant!

I have begun going out to dinner one time a month with a local church group . Last time we have baked chicken with stuffing and gravy, two kinds of salad and two desserts. It was fantastic and I wanted more!

I have gotten four Christmas presents so far. the rule is each gift must be $5 or less. I did spend $10 on one gift for my oldest daughter but that was because it was so perfect!

I have learned I need to revise my grocery budget. My $100 a week was stretched to $150 a week but now it is heading toward $200 a week so now I will need to recalculate. tough because prices are getting higher and higher!

We have started using a book entitled Simply Grammar by Karen Andreola which follows the Charlotte Mason method. We prefer it over the Rod and Staff that we were using, so if anyone wants to buy a 3rd or 4th grade Rod and Staff English book, let me know.

i tried two new bread recipes, banana and pumpkin spice. Both were fantastic. I served them to my Bible study group and they scarfed them down. i posted the banana bread recipe HERE and i will post the pumpkin later.

I bought my annual winter boots - same as last year, fur lined black. These boots, combined with a pair of thermal leggings from walmart ($8 for a pair) keep me warm even in a skirt in a snow. I was blessed to purchase four pairs of thermal leggings at a yard sale for 50 cents a pair, instead of $8 a pair so now my girls have something for the winter.

I have been stocking the food storage with canned soups and more. I plan on making a few more soups for the freezer and canning some fruits. I also have been stocking up on pet food, cloth menstrual pads, and other personal items. I have found a wahm on ebay who has the best deals for the pads so I have gotten them from her.

i have been reading this about cod liver oil.

and i am also reading here n how to make a solar oven.

what have you been up to? comment please!

News Stories I Don't Want You to Miss

Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?
THIS IS MORE THAN YOU THINK! it shows how parents are being told to lie to their parents and to ignore them. THEY ARE GIVEN CARDS WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO SO! (WITH A SEX MANUAL ATTACHED!)



Disneyland Attractions Contain High Levels Of Lead (AND THEY KNOW IT!!)AND WE TOUCH IT!

Vatican calls for global authority on economy.(THIS FOLLOWS RIGHT ALONG WITH THE BIBLE AND IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN ALL THE WAY!)

Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal?


well the Vatican is supportive of the Occupy Wall Street at least in theory


the TSA takes over our roads now! without the legal right to do so!

Idleness

this week my bible study group talked about idleness. as in- Pro 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

we discussed how easy it is to be idle. we discussed reasons why we felt it was easy to become idle. we discussed what we did while being idle!

what about you? do you ever find yourself being idle? not relaxing for a few minutes, mind you, but being idle?

idleness- sluggishness, laziness, coming from a root word meaning to be neglectful.

ah now we get to the heart of it! neglectful! puts a new light on the word doesn't it?
do we ever neglect our families by being lazy and nor looking well to the ways of our households?

what are those ways? our domesetic concerns, according to strong's concordance.
how do we look well to them? to observe accurately and to see and judge.

what are we seeing and judging? EVERYTHING that our family comes in contact with!
from the foods we serve them, to the tv shows they watch. the video games they play and the friends they hang out with. what they spend their allowances on and how they do on their schoolwork. we are seeing if where they play is safe and judging their wardrobe needs.

both big and little "stuff" is to be observed, seen and judged.

and how do you do that if you aren't there?

we are called to be gatekeepers of our families and if we are lazy, neglectful and slothful we could let the enemy in without realizing it. the enemy can (and will) sneak in or come barreling thru and wreak havoc on our families.

so are you being idle?



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my new banana bread recipe

Prep Time:
10 Min
Cook Time:
1 Hr
Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9x5 inch loaf

Ingredients

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 egg
* 5 tablespoons milk
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 cup mashed bananas
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter or margarine. Beat the egg slightly, and mix into the creamed mixture with the bananas. Mix in sifted ingredients until just combined. Stir in milk and nuts. Spread batter into one greased and floured 9x5 inch loaf pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until top is brown and cracks along the top.

taken from here

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it's called a test- this time

Did You Know Feds Will Temporarily Cut Off All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-you-know-feds-will-temporarily-cut-off-all-tv-and-radio-broadcasts-on-nov-9/

Carpet Cleaning

Carpet cleaners can contain naphthalene (found in mothballs) and perchloroethylene (often used in dry cleaning), known human carcinogens which can cause central nervous system (CNS) effects like dizziness, sleepiness and nausea. They may also include ammonia and synthetic fragrances. The amount of chemicals released from carpet cleaners and deodorizers can be considerable when large areas of the carpet have been cleaned. Children spend an awful lot of time crawling and playing on the carpet, so they are most susceptible.

If you need to take care of basic carpet stains yourself -- a simple mixture of warm water and vinegar with a tablespoon of liquid castille soap should get the job done. If you're planning to have your carpets professionally cleaned, be sure you locate a company who uses products certified by an independent organization like Green Seal. You can also ask them to clean using only water and baking soda, steam or club soda. (Tami's note- i have success with warm water and dawn dishwashing liquid, the original not the new one)

taken from HERE

well, drats!

hubby says we might be cancelling our internet so if you don't hear from me for a few days don't despair! i will go to the library once a week and post something great!

meanwhile- here is a fantastic blog to read- Blessed Homemaking

A Few Homesteading Links

how to drill a well yourself

make an olive oil lamp

16 ways to use whey


how to can pears

FAQS about goats

make a lasagna garden

PRAYER WORKS!

remember when i gave you this

well here is a follow-up letter i received. PRAYER WORKS!

Dear Tami,

Three weeks ago, an Iranian court was prepared to execute Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani for his faith, and almost no one would have known about this brutal atrocity. Today, three weeks after his execution could have been carried out, Pastor Youcef is still alive, and his case has been sent to Iran’s Supreme Leader – because you took action.
Defend Israel, Defund the United Nations

You were the voice for Pastor Youcef; and because you spoke out, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives called for his release, 89 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Clinton urging her to engage this situation to put pressure on Iran, the White House called for Pastor Youcef’s release, and numerous political and public figures added their voices in support of saving this man’s life. Major international media has put the spotlight on Iran’s human rights abuses and Pastor Youcef’s plight.

None of this would have been possible without your taking a stand. Now, as we continue to work with Pastor Youcef’s Iranian attorney, he continues to stress that the only thing keeping Pastor Youcef alive and the only thing that can secure his release is more pressure from the international community.

If you have not already done so, please sign our petition to pressure Iran for Pastor Youcef’s release. Nearly 200,000 of you have signed, and you could help put us over the top.

Today is the last day to sign this vital petition. The ACLJ will continue to work vigorously across the globe on Pastor Nadarkhani’s behalf, but this is the final day for the petition to Secretary of State Clinton. Our focus is now towards working with international human rights organizations and the media to keep Pastor Nadarkhani’s story alive.

I know that so many of you have signed this critical petition, and I cannot thank you enough. However, there is another way that you can help Pastor Youcef and enable us to reach the critical mark of 200,000 signatures.

In addition to forwarding this message, talking with your friends and neighbors, and using the Facebook “Like” buttons in this email, I encourage you to utilize our easy-to-use Petition Drive tool. If you have registered at ACLJ.org, you can use this tool to email our petition and post it on Facebook or Twitter, as well as track how many people sign this critical petition as a result of your efforts.

Pastor Youcef’s life truly hangs in the balance, and reaching this critical 200,000 mark will allow us to continue to show Secretary Clinton, the United Nations, and the international media that the American people truly care about Pastor Youcef’s life and want more international pressure to be placed on Iran.

We are very close to reaching this goal, and your signature or encouragement to someone else to sign could put us over the top. Thank you for continuing to fight for Pastor Youcef as he continues to stand up for his faith.

Jordan Sekulow
ACLJ Executive Director

Why I Have a Schedule Even Though I Hate Schedules

i hate schedules! i hate having to do something at a certain time just because the clock strikes 2!
i hate stopping a great history class to rush into science , just as the kids were finally "getting it"
i hate the thought of not going to lunch with a friend because the schedule says i need to do laundry!

BUT i hate the chaos that comes with not having a schedule!

soooo i prayed. really prayed. i mean - i am not a managers of their homes type- tho i gleaned a lot from their book- but with 7 children i needed something!

and this is what i received from God.

have a schedule but without preset times attached to it. simply write history followed by science on the schedule board but don't have any times to start and end. history class can last 30 minutes or 2 hours . science follows history no matter what time it is.

sometimes we combine lunch with reading time! 2 birds with 1 stone kind of thing!

so that is what we have been doing !


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My Tuesday

my day - Tuesday- started out with dental surgery! i had an absessed tooth that needed removed since the infection was so far down and at 8 a.m i was on my way to get it out!
it went well.
i am still sore but it's a better sore than what i have been experiencing !

i came home and was able to lie down a bit but not really get any sleep.( my pain killers made me sleepy) phone calls kept coming in and kids and dogs kept running out and ... well, you get the picture. i did manage about 30 minutes of napping while the kids ate lunch- homemade mac and cheese- and watched a movie.

THEN we walked up to the public school for the girls' bible classes. it was colder out than i had thought it would be and i was no happy camper at having to walk when my mouth was throbbing but they love their class so.... praise God one of the women who works there stopped and gave us a lift! and our friend was there in time to give us a lift home!! she even stopped for me to buy chicken feed!yay!!

then i watched some tv while the kids played outside. yes- more lying down!

Sarah made potato soup for supper- the kids LOVE this- and we ate it lol. then Michael came home and took me up to the store to buy more milk- we go thru 5 gallons a week- and we got some iced tea also , just to drink and sit quietly before heading home.

when i got home, even tho it was past bedtime, i saw all the chores that had piled up so i got down to business. dishes were washed, floors were mopped- i made my son do it- laundry was put away, and carpets vacuumed.

now i am up later than i should be, checking email etc. but i am gonna be asleep very soon after i post this!

Sign the Petition

for those who do like my "political" posts here is a good one :)

Letting You Know

i have a new giveaway i found! i am so hoping i win this one!
it's the “Write them on the Doorposts” Contest

Contest prizes include $500 in gift certificates to Exodus Books, Wise Decor, and Doorposts. .

(i love Doorposts!
i have used several of their products- and we just received our Ruby doll kit yesterday and are anxious to dive in!
anyway i digress!)

so go on over and ENTER HERE

What if I Have to Work?

you may ask "what about a woman who must work? a single mother? a divorced mom? a widow?"

the bible has answers to these questions.

First off you won't be a single mom if you are following the Word. that said- sin happens in all our lives and sometimes we pay the price for a lifetime.i don't mean the child is a burden for a lifetime- it is the fact that the sin bore fruit. and now the woman must pay the price.

divorced? did you pray about who your mate before you got married? if not then if things didn't work out you have no one to blame but yourself. and you will pay the price.

before you scream at me and spew hatred at me i was that woman! i always believed women should be home BUT i married someone just because i wanted to and it left me alone and with a child that now needed support and it came only from me! so i worked! i dropped my child off at a daycare or at my mom's and i missed more than i can tell you. BUT i made a huge mistake -sin- and paid the price, so please- i am not telling you that you are horrible and deserve bad things , i am stating the truth for both of us!
and yes i am remarried and have 7 children now and haven't worked for many many years.

widowed? the Word is very specific ! 1Tim.chapter 5 has plenty to say. younger widows are to remarry and older widows are to be taken care of by their families.
notice what vs 13 says- if a younger widow doesn't remarry then she will be more likely to start going from house to house.

1Ti 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

so yes God has lots to say on this subject.

i will leave you with this article i found HERE about the duties of a different keeper. compare it with being a keeper at home if you will ~smile

More on Keepers

Continuing on with our study of What is a Keeper at Home (if you missed the other posts here they are: part one, part two , part three and part four

Other keepers mentioned in the bible

1. Prisons » Were under the care of a keeper (Genesis 39:21)
2. Privileges of Saints » HAVING GOD FOR THEIR » Keeper (Psalms 121:4,5)

did keepers at the prisons leave their posts? no way!!

does God leave His post (us) ? no way!





1. ASAPH » Keeper of forests (Nehemiah 2:8)
2. HANANI » A brother of Nehemiah and keeper of the gates of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:2;7:2)
3. HANANIAH » A keeper of the gates of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 7:2)
4. JOASH » Keeper of the stores of oil (1 Chronicles 27:28)
5. KING » Subordinate officers of » The keeper of the wardrobe (1 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22)
6. KORE » A Levite, keeper of the east gate (2 Chronicles 31:14)
7. MERCY » INSTANCES OF » The prison keeper, to Joseph (Genesis 39:21-23)
8. OBIL » Camel keeper for David (1 Chronicles 27:30)
9. SHEMAIAH » Keeper of the east gate of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:29)
taken from Biblegateway.com

now could someone "keep" a gate or a camel if they were not present? if a guard (another word for keeper) leaves his post it gives the enemy a chance to infiltrate the city- well if we wives/mothers leave our posts it gives the enemy, satan, a chance to infiltrate our homes!! remember what satan's first act was- to turn Eve against the admonition God had given her. why would you want to open up that "can of worms" again? why would you want to go against God's word when you know what can happen?!




ok, so what did what did keepers at home do"back then"?
according to William Smith's "Marriage", found in Smith's Bible Dictionary.

The social and domestic conditions of married life.-The wife must have exercised an important influence in her own home. She appears to have taken her part in family affairs, and even to have enjoyed a considerable amount of independence (Judges 4:18; 1 Samuel 25:14; 2 Kings 4:8 etc.).
In the New Testament the mutual relations of husband and wife are a subject of frequent exhortation (Ephesians 5:22; 5:33; Colossians 3:18-19; Titus 2:4-5; 1 Peter 3:1-7).
The duties of the wife in the Hebrew household were multifarious; in addition to the general superintendence of the domestic arrangements, such as cooking, from which even women of rank were not exempt (Genesis 18:8; 2 Samuel 13:5) and the distribution of food at meal times (Proverbs 31:13) the manufacture of the clothing and of the various fabrics required in her home devolved upon her (Proverbs 31:13; 31:21-22) and if she were a model of activity and skill, she produced a surplus of fine linen shirts and girdles, which she sold and so, like a well‐freighted merchant ship, brought in wealth to her husband from afar (Proverbs 31:14; 31:24). The legal rights of the wife are noticed in Exodus 21:10 under the three heads of food, raiment, and duty of marriage or conjugal right.



Taken from HERE
In Bible times, a woman was responsible for keeping the hearth fire burning at all times, as it was vital for food, warmth, and light. It was, in a sense, imperative to life itself. To "keep the home fires burning," so to speak, she had to be a keeper at home in the purest sense! Letting her hearth fires die brought embarrassment upon her home, for she would then have to walk through her village balancing a fireless brazier atop her head for all to see, and beg for another woman to have mercy and "heap coals of fire on (her) head." (Romans 12:20

if we aren't at home , who is tending the fires?

we'll discuss more on a keeper at home's duties next time.


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Off Grid Living DVD Giveaway

i try not to share too many giveaways here becuz response to them isn't that exciting lol BUT i have found one i think some of my readers will be interested in so i am letting you know about it!

Live Ready Now is a great site ya'll need to check out and what better time than when they are giving a way a dvd of a family who built their own huge house (5,000 sq ft!) and a woodworking shop (2,500 sq ft) with only the help of friends and family. They had no experience and little knowledge, but a dream to do it, and they got it done!
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The family in this 5,000 square foot house has no electric bill!

Not only did they build their own house, but they did it all off-grid. It’s never been connected to the grid! And that was new for them as well.

i took these words exactly from their website by the way.

so go HERE and enter to win.

Save A Man's Life

This man is being sentenced to death simply because he believes in Christ. Help him please!
i received this latest news release

We have just received news reports today regarding the life of Christian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani. The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei will personally decide the fate of Pastor Nadarkhani.

The step to involve the most powerful leader in Iran is unusual and demonstrates that Iran is feeling pressure from the international community – pressure from you.

Keep the pressure on Iran by signing our petition immediately. There is still time to make a difference.

According to Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s Iranian lawyer, the court delayed issuing a verdict and “has decided to ask the opinion of Mr. (Ali) Khamenei.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is an Islamic jurist and the final arbiter of questions of Shariah law.

Now that Iran’s Supreme Leader will be considering the case, it is imperative that our top diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, personally intervenes in working for Pastor Youcef’s unconditional release.

We are hand-delivering this petition to Secretary Clinton the moment the State Department opens its doors tomorrow morning. It is not too late to add your name to the list of over 127,000 people who have already signed this petition online. Pastor Youcef’s life hangs in the balance; please sign today.

for more info copy and paste the link below.
http://aclj.us/d5ra

Blasphemous to God?

here is how Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words describes keepers at home ; it is used as an adjective and means:


Home, at Home (To Be; Workers):
"working at home" (oikos, and a root of ergon, "work"), is used in Tts 2:5, "workers at home," RV, in the injunction given to elder women regarding the training of the young women.

sooo we are to work AT HOME.

in working elsewhere we fail the to follow the next admonition of the verse , which is to be obedient to their own husbands. if you work outside the home you are obedient to someone else's husband. (or wife as in today's world). they tell you when to come in, when to eat lunch, if you can go home early etc, your schedule is not your own! it is theirs!

why do we do this? why be keepers at home ? so that the word of God be not blasphemed.!

how would that happen? well remember the verses in proverbs we mentioned earlier? those women were getting into trouble! were they doing anything that might blaspheme the word of God?

please comment on the question i posed. what were these women doing that was blasphemous to God?

The Phrase Keeper At Home

the phrase keeper at home is used only 1 time in 1 verse in the whole bible.

again using the same method of a concordance and then a lexicon we learn that it means b) keeping at home and taking care of household affairs
the phrase comes from 2 Greek words- From οἶκος (G3624) and ouros (a guard, be "ware")

home- using our method, means the inmates of a house, all the members of the family.

so we are to guard all the members of our family.

so since the verse states the word "and" we are to do both- guard the family and take care of household affairs. as a domestic would.

here are examples of women who were not keeping at home as we are being admonished to
Pro 7:11 She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:


1Ti 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

and here is an example of a woman being a keeper at home.
proverbs 31:10-31 and these 2 verses were singled out as examples


Pro 31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Pro 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
so we have examples of what a keeper at home did.(note to self- brush up on sewing skills!)

(i am not writing this out of my own thoughts- this is coming from studying lexicons, concordances, and other texts which give the meaning to these words,)

Sarah is given as an example of a keeper at home, if you study out the word keeper using blue letter bible website.
Gen 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

True and Incorrupt Teaching

Before the edict of Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed was given the first chapter of the book of Titus was written. Remember, there were no breaks in the letters written to the churches as there are breaks in our modern bibles. Chapter 2 goes with chapter one. Paul is dealing with the same situation in both chapters. How do we know this? Because after he is done explaining the problems with the people in chapter one he continues in chapter 2 explaining how to fix things, starting with the word "but" which means , in this case, moreover. so he is continuing his admonition.

What did this first chapter say? Long story short Paul was exhorting Titus to set the church in order. People were taking positions that they shouldn't have been doing. People were saying things they shouldn't be saying. So Paul was "getting God's house in order"

That sets the stage for the second chapter where we find out that Paul tells Timothy to "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

sound- true and incorrupt (using the concordance for the list of meanings and the lexicon for which meaning applies to which verse.)

doctrine= teaching (using the method above it means "that we might be taught)

SOOOOO, false teaching has been flying around town and Paul is explaining to Titus how to fix that. He doesn't have to do it alone- he can use the aged mean and women to do so! vs 2 and 3 And that will be true and incorrupt teaching. vs 1

What Is A Keeper At Home?

I believe that we have diminished the importance of the home.
I think we have taken away the importance or significance of the home as the realm of the woman and placed it in the same category as, say, a job at anywhere else.

We don't value the importance of a keeper at home because , well, so few women truly keep the home .

Yes a woman might stay at home but is she keeping it? Does doing the laundry count as keeping the home? While laundry is a part of housework , which is a part of keeping the home,it is by far not the only thing a keeper at home does!

You can hire someone else to do your laundry. Or mop your floors.Or do the dishes.

We fail to see that keeping the home is much more than laundry, mopping or dishes. The arena which God gave to women is their place in the world, which has been shaped by satan,is to be a fulfilling life-giving entity.

I'd like to explore this keeping at home command with more depth. I'd like to share with you what I learn and I'd like you to share what you have learned.

Let's spend the next while discussing what a true keeper at home does. What she did differently "back then". How things came to be so different today.

If you are interested in this please comment and let me know. If not , we will move along ~smile.

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grocery talk

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mon- ham and beans, homemade bread
tues-tuna wraps
wed- eggs and sausage
thurs-potato soup and extras
fri-pizza

i am bound and determined to spend only $100 a week for groceries.(we have 9 in our family, plus 3 cats and 4 dogs) i usually manage to go over a little bit but not much! i plan to do better tho!

this week i spent a lot on my emergency cabinet supplies- winter is coming!- so i spent more than normal. but it's all good cuz it was necessary. i bought several canned soups since they were on sale and i had coupons. so i did well.

i have made several soups and frozen those also.

a friend gave me several canned veggies she didn't have room for in her new home so i have a lot of those in the emergency cabinet too. :)

some things i do to help along that $100 a week plan
-i have hens that lay all our eggs

we buy a half a cow at a time so our meat costs less. we plan for this purchase ahead of time so we can afford it.

-i am not loyal to any one brand but will buy what i have a coupon for.

-i look for deals wherever i go. for example i recently bought a package of 24 rolls of toilet paper at home depot. we went there for some glass cutting but i saw an endcap of great deals so...i stopped! they had charmin at a fantastic price cuz they were clearing it out. i don't normally buy charmin but i sure did that day!

-i stick with the basics for a lot of meals. beans, rice, potatoes, soups from scratch. i also make meatless meals some.

-i usually garden but with the drought i ain't gettin' nothin'!

-pancakes,french toast, oatmeal, brown rice topped with a spoonful of brown sugar are meals you can make several of when you buy just a few ingredients. and yes- even tho my "stalkers" say brown rice isn't a good meal obviously hasn't read much about it! plus i also serve fruit with it so...

-i don't waste my $ on organic milk. i used to til i read how the cows are treated are the same and the walmart milk comes from cows that are not given the hormones either so... i cut costs there.

i try not to but paper products too much. i buy cloth rags instead.

i make all my own cleaners so i save a lot there!!!!

when i run out of something i don't run to the store and buy it. i play around finding something i can use instead. no syrup for your pancakes? try molasses, honey, or jam. ~smile

i grow my own herbs and use them to make spices. i don't buy little packages anymore!

i tried a less expensive coffee and guess what? i liked it!! so try that on all sorts of things.

i'll share more tips when i think of them but i need to go- i am waiting for the vet to call. my dog was hit last nite by a car and he is having his leg amputated :( but he will be fine! and we already have a paralyzed cat so i guess we attract them! but seriously please pray that Peanut does well.

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