SistaChick: Here's goes nothing!!

SistaChick: Here's goes nothing!!: I have really wanted to try my hand at blogging? I have been researching information about it and how it works.  I would like to blog about ...

Here's goes nothing!!

I have really wanted to try my hand at blogging? I have been researching information about it and how it works.  I would like to blog about anything really. If there is a product or service that would make a moms life easier or bring a smile to someones face I would like to be apart of it. So if anyone knows how or can give me ideas on getting connected let me know. So for now I am just going to jump in with both feet and do it. Right or wrong. I will learn as I go. Yes! Sometimes it is the hard way but sometimes it is not so bad. I should gain lots of experience from it. LOL I am needing the sun to shine today to get motivated but as always the SON is shining bright! Have a blessed day!!

Homemade Bread

I had a very fun weekend making homemade bread. It turned out great!! This will definitely become a staple in our house. It is so easy and great tasting.  My kids helped me make it too. It turned into a great learning tool for them.  They learned the importance of measuring and following directions. Plus it showed them how much love and work goes into making dinner. Being a little more frugal in our home saves money which is great! I love Pinterest and have created a board called frugal.  That is where I have pinned all frugal recipes and ideas. Follow me as I try to make small changes in our lifestyle to save!

I finally did it!!!

I finally did it!! I made a batch of homemade laundry detergent.  I am so proud! It was so easy I recommend you at least try it and see if you like it. I was kinda leery at first. Well, I am it and it smelled great!! Okay so I was still not convinced that it would clean good.  I immediately started a load and couldn't wait for the load to finish.  I opened the lid and was impressed. They looked great and smelled great! Now final test. The dryer! I waited for the dryer to finish and I loved the results! Now I am off to make some homemade fabric softener.  I will let you know how that turns out soon!!

A Godly Example

Terrific Thursday

Good morning!! I hope you are having a terrific Thursday! If not you should be because you are alive and breathing. God has blessed you with yet another beautiful day! As I was reading in Ephesians 4:29-32 "29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." It struck me that how many times a day do I offend or sadden the Holy Spirit? You know I don't think that I have ever really stopped to ponder on that but I did today. I am a saved child of God, bought with a price, and yet I don't stop to think what I just said could have made the Holy Spirit sad. Do our children make us sad with their words? Do siblings or friends? Or maybe the person in line at the grocery store? Yes! Yes! Yes! It happens on a daily basis. Yet when one of these offends us with our words we think on and go over the words time and time again. Trying to figure out why they would have said that. Well, we need to do the same when we speak a word of hurt, ugliness, hatred or anger because when we do we might think oh no one knows I said that or thought that. WRONG!!! The Spirit knows and it just saddened him! Even though the words may not escape out of our mouth it still is hurtful. God doesn't want us to speak or think things that are evil and mean. He only wants us to be filled with things that will spur us on spiritually. Let's not grieve the Holy Spirit! The key to this is prayer!! We can not change things on our own. In James 5:13-15 It says, " 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." We need to pray, pray, pray so our tongues speak praise!

Mandisa - Overcomer