Morning View

 

Every morning I see this beautiful view! My limelight hydrangea out of my bedroom windows! What I don't normally see is the screen on the windows, but my phone camera really caught it in this photo!

I took a short video, too!

Then I came into the office (which is in the next room) and opened the window and took this video. The sounds of summer!

An online friend shared this graphic the other day. I was shocked. 

By the end of August it will be dark here by 7:00 pm! Wow!

We had a quiet weekend. Which was lovely.

I sent Sarah and Dave a Happy One Week Anniversary text! That week went by fast! Just like life!

Everyday we have the chance to live the life God has for us this day. We make our plans but God directs our steps.  So when we have those days that don't go to plan, let's remember that God knows and let's lean into Him for direction.

Our days have been mild this past week, and the evenings cool, and it feels like Autumn, but it's only August so I know we will be heating up again. In fact, just looking at AccuWeather shows that next week will be hot and humid! But down into the 60's overnight. 

Meteorological Autumn begins September 1st, and astronomic Autumn begins September 22nd. I go by meteorological Autumn, which is easier. September, October, November are the Autumn months. Otherwise you have Autumn running until nearly Christmas!

Anyway. 

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

Information Friday

 Hi Friends! This is a bit of a personal post and an information post today!

I wanted to share some pictures of the wedding last weekend.

We had such a wonderful week and the wedding day was delightful! Perfect weather for the outdoor service, great food, fun photos. I'll share some of the professional photos when we get them!

We thank God for Sarah and Dave, and pray that they will continue to seek him and walk closely with him all their days! My parents recently celebrated 66 years of marriage and I hope Sarah and Dave do one day, too!

Now to some news.

These subpoena's are about the Epstein case. Ghislaine Maxwell recently met with the DOJ regarding what she knew about Epstein. No one had ever questioned her before. Jessica Krauss from House Inhabit has investigated and followed the Epstein case before most people were paying attention to it. I've learned a few things from her. 

1. After Maxwell and Epstein broke up, he had other women who functioned in his life as Ghislaine did, and yet only Ghislaine was arrested and charged. Also there was some non prosecution agreement yet they broke it and went after Maxwell.

2. Virginia Giuffre changed her story often. She accused Alan Dershowitz and when he fought back and denied it, she changed her story and stopped accusing him. 

3. The famous photo of Prince Andrew is photoshopped. The information only came out after he had paid her off. Several people she accused paid her off and she dropped her cases against them. 

I believe that some of the story around Epstein may have been filled with false information (remember when Trump said as much?) to distract from what Epstein was really doing which was money laundering for powerful people. Not that there wasn't s*x going on, but not sure anymore about exactly how old people were etc.

Prince Andrew and Fergie used their friendship with Epstein for money. She is notoriously known for lavish spending and debts. Andrew as the younger son of the Queen was dependent on her for income, and housing.

I'm taking a wait and see position.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has started the ball rolling on a Federal Grand Jury to investigate Russia Gate. This is going to be incredible!

The Durham Annex papers show that Hillary Clinton gave to ok and paid for the Steel Dossier and began the narrative of Trump colluding with Russia. Comey knew, Brennan knew, Obama knew, but they all wanted to get rid of Trump. They wanted people to think that the election of 2016 was interfered with and that Hillary really won!

Her job as president would have been to continue to destroy our nation as BHO did, and get us into a nuke war with N. Korea.

You know it's bad when this was the concern from these agencies under Biden!

I'm for this!

Let's make America great again, and the people of the nations will be more at peace and prosperous, too!

Getting The Guest Room Ready For Guests!

 

This room has mostly sat empty for months, with the occasional granddaughter sleeping over. A few weeks ago, I bought a little bit of art for the room.

I love navy blue, but I don't use it a lot in my house. Sarah had these navy blue blackout curtains that she left in this room, so I decided to use them as a jumping off point. We had queen sized navy sheets, too, which is great. 

I found this Van Gogh Giclee canvas on Amazon and purchased it for this room. I love the colors in it and new it would be perfect over the bed.

We put a small desk in here and a chair by the window. I am going to put a plant or two in this room as well. It's a bit motel like at the moment.

There is a wooden cabinet in this room too, and that holds homeschool materials.

I want to put a rug in this room as well, though that may not happen before this weekend! We'll see. 

One of Tim's sisters will be staying this weekend, then our friends will move over from the Inn they are staying at for a few days. 

It's going to be so fun!

Information Friday

Happy 66th Anniversary to my mom and dad! They are seen here at 17 and 20 years old with their mothers, my grandmothers. Tim and I are going out to dinner with them tonight to celebrate!

This week leading to the wedding will be full of family and friends, and potato salad making, and floral arranging! I'm very excited!

So Tulsi Gabbard the DNI put out a bombshell statement last Friday regarding Obama and his administration putting out false information about Trump colluding with Russia. As we all know, this was used to hinder and distract Trump and his administration.

Trump spent a lot of time on Monday while the press was in the oval office, talking about this. 

I felt like he was trying to bait Obama, to get them to make a statement. Which they did.

Former President Barack Obama has released a rare statement on “Russia-gate” after President Donald Trump accused him of committing “treason.”

“These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement published by multiple outlets Tuesday.

“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” Rodenbush said. “But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one.”

“These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction. Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes,” he added.

Rodenbush also mentioned the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee’s 2020 report that found Russia used resources, including Republican political operative Paul Manafort and the WikiLeaks website, to try to influence the 2016 election in Trump’s favor. The report did not conclude the Trump campaign engaged with Russia to help carry out the alleged conspiracy.

Then Tulsi dropped this information which refuted the Obama statement.

And it had information about Russia having info on Hillary Clinton.

We dodged a bullet on Hillary! Can you imagine if she had won that election in 2016?

The media ran with this story instead of demanding that the administration provide proof of Trump's collusion.

I believe that now that this administration is exposing it, agents who saw what was happening are willing to talk about it.

I don't know if they can get Hillary and Obama. Glenn Beck lays it out in this video.

However I don't think Brennan is going to go down without a fight or possibly without taking Obama with him. We'll see.

There are those who say that the Supreme Court's immunity ruling means that a president can get away with anything during their administration. That is not true. The immunity doesn't have to do with crime committed or breaking the Constitution. It has to do with decisions made, such as going to war, that some might want to prosecute them for after their time in office.

Now to other news of the week! 

Have an excellent weekend friends!

Weekend

 

One of my favorite things this time of year is Amish roadside stands with eggs, produce, and flowers!

Tim stops regularly and buys a lovely bouquet. They are inexpensive compared to stores, and they are usually fresh from the garden!

This one is full of Lisianthus and Zinnas! 

We had a good weekend. 

On Saturday I cleaned our guest room (Sarah's old bedroom), and got it ready for guests who will be staying with us for the wedding. In the middle of that Tim came in and said that Wes was going to come stay over night.

Wes, our son in law, was leaving their house to the girls for Sarah's bachelorette weekend. The girls went downtown to a bead place and made bracelets and then went to a fancy restaurant for dinner. They spent the rest of the weekend swimming in their pool, watching movies, and eating.

Wes helped Tim trim up some trees on our property and Kyle managed the burn pile.

I made nachos for dinner, and we had a relaxed evening.

Sunday after church, we took our little grand girls to a local McDonalds that has a huge play place. They had a blast! My parents met us there and had lunch with us, too. 

In the evening we went to a gathering with the couple who've been doing Sarah and Dave's premarital counseling, Dave's parents, and Sarah and Dave. This is a time for us to answer questions, about our own marriages, to give unsolicited advice to the couple, and to encourage them. It was a sweet time.

Today they are getting their marriage license and the count down is on!

I ordered dresses for our grand girlies - matching ones - for Isla, Klaire, Kaidence, Stella, and Kennedy! They are so cute!

They're going to be so cute!

Next week will be busy with family arriving, so I don't know if I'll get to post much, but I'll try! I'm trying to get lots of photos, too!

I hope you are all well!