WELCOME TO SIMPLY DEBBIE. IT IS MY DESIRE THAT
YOU WILL FEEL AND SEE THE HAND OF GOD THROUGH
ARTWORK, CRAFT PROJECTS, RECIPES, AND THE SHEER
LAUGHTER OF ME LEARNING TO SEW ON MY NEW
SEWING MACHINE. THIS IS A PRAYING BLOG AND
A BLOG THAT LOVES TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
WON'T YOU JOIN ME AS WE GREET 2011 AND ITS'
BLESSINGS, CHALLENGES, AND SMELLING THE ROSES
EVERY DAY. I'LL BE YOUR UMBRELLA WHEN STORM
CLOUDS COME YOUR WAY AND ASSURE YOU THERE
WILL BE A RAINBOW COME AGAIN.










Thursday, January 6, 2011

A BOX OF PURE JOY FROM HEIRLOOM GYPSY

I  WANTED  TO  START  TODAY  OUT,  SENDING

YOU  ALL  MANY  HUGS  AND  TO  TELL  YOU  HOW

MUCH  I  APPRECIATE  YOU.


A  QUOTE

THE  HUMAN  RACE  HAS  ONE  REALLY  EFFECTIVE

WEAPON,

AND  THAT  IS

LAUGHTER

~MARK  TWAIN


A  SCRIPTURE

"A  MERRY  HEART  DOETH  GOOD  LIKE  A  MEDICINE:

BUT  A  BROKEN  SPIRIT  DRIETH  THE  BONES."

~PROVERBS  17:22





HEIRLOOM  GYPSY


I  WAS  BLESSED  TO  WIN  SABRE'S  GIVE  AWAY.

SHE  IS  AN  AWESOME  PERSON  WHO  HAS  A  BEAUTIFUL

BLOG  AND  SHE  IS  AN  ARTIST.   SHE  HAS  AN  ETSY  SHOP

WHERE  YOU  CAN  FIND  THE  BEAUTIFUL  TREASURES  SHE

CREATES.

ON  JANUARY  4, 2011  HER  DAUGHTER,  RAINA,  HAD  SURGERY

AND  THANKS  TO  ALL  YOUR  PRECIOUS  PRAYERS,  HER

SURGERY  WENT  WELL  AND  NOW  WE  PRAY  FOR  COMPLETE

HEALING  WITHOUT  INFECTION  OR  COMPLICATIONS.


MY  CAMERA  JUST  DOES  NOT  CAPTURE  THE  BEAUTY  OF

ANYTHING  MY  HUSBAND  AND  I  PHOTOGRAPH....IT

COULD  BE  THE  PHOTOGRAPHERS...LOL


BEAUTIFUL  POSTCARD  WITH  "PARIS"  THEME.

THE  PINKS  ARE  BEAUTIFUL.

IT  MADE  ME  SQUEAL.

THANK  YOU  SO  MUCH  SABRE.

IT'S  GOING  IN  A  FRAME.


THIS  IS  SOME  OF  THE  BEAUTIFUL  GIVE  AWAY....

I'M  GIGGLING  LIKE  A  LITTLE  GIRL  ON  CHRISTMAS

MORNING...WHAT  A  JOYOUS  WAY  TO  START  OUT  THE

NEW  YEAR......AND  IT  IS  EVEN..........

PINK  BUBBLEWRAP!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!


GET  THE  KLEENEX  LADIES  AND  GENT.......

THIS  IS  THE  MOST  PRECIOUS  PINAFORE  I  HAVE  EVER

SEEN.  OH  LADIES....I  CANNOT  TELL  YOU  OR  DESCRIBE

HOW  PRISTINE  IT  IS  WITH  THE  SWEETEST  ROSES.

IT  IS  STUNNING.

OH  SABRE...HOW  HARD  IT  MUST  HAVE  BEEN  TO  PART

WITH  THIS  TREASURE.

IT  IS  TRULY  A  BLESSED  GIFT.


LOOK  CLOSE  SO  YOU  DON'T  MISS  THIS  ADORABLE 

DRESS  FORM. 

I  KNOW  NOW,  WITH  THE  CHAIR  I  WON  FROM  SUSAN

AND  THIS  DARLING  DRESS  FORM,  I  AM  GOING  TO  HAVE

TO  BUILD  A  DOLL  HOUSE  LIKE  CLAUDIA.

THE  DEMITASSE  CUP  AND  SAUCER  ARE  BEAUTIFUL. 


I  HAVE  ALWAYS  WANTED  SOME  OLD  SKELETON  KEYS.

THESE  ARE  AWESOME  CHARMS  THAT  LOOK  REAL.

I  HAVE  HELD  THEM  AND  THOUGHT  ABOUT  THE  DOORS

THEY  HAVE  UNLOCKED.


THIS  PICTURE  YOU  JUST  GET  A  GLIMPSE  OF  SOME

OF  THE  ITEMS.   DO  YOU  SEE  THE  BIG  ROLL  OF

YUMMY  CROCHETED  LACE...WHAT  A  SQUEAL  OF  SHEER

DELIGHT.

YOU  CAN  SEE  PART  OF  THE  BEAUTIFUL  DOILY.

SABRE  CREATES  THE  MOST  BEAUTIFUL,  DECORATIVE

SPOONS  OUT  OF  REAL  STUNNING  TABLESPOONS.

I  JUST  CAN'T  DESCRIBE  THE  PRESENCE...IT  IS  LIKE

SOMETHING  THAT  BELONGED  TO  MARIE  ANTOINETTE.

IT  HAS  VINTAGE  RIBBONS  AND  BEAUTIFUL  ROSE  IN

CENTER  OF  SPOON.

SABRE...IT  IS  JUST  STUNNING...THANK  YOU...THANK  YOU

SHE  HAS  THESE  DELIGHTS  IN  HER  ETSY  SHOP.


IN  THIS  PICTURE  YOU  CAN  SEE  THE  SPOON  AND  DOILY

ALOT  CLEARER.


I  JUST  HAD  TO  SHOW  THIS  PRECIOUS  PINAFORE  ONE 

MORE  TIME.


SABRE...OPENING   YOUR  GIVE  AWAY  BOX  AND  LOOKING

AT  EACH  TREASURE  WAS  LIKE  OPENING  A  BOX  OF

BEAUTIFUL  BUTTERFLIES...EACH  TREASURE  AS  UNIQUE

AS  A  BUTTERFLY.

YOU  HAVE  BECOME  A  PRECIOUS  FRIEND  AND  THANK

GOODNESS  FOR  YOUR  GIVE  AWAY  AND  JULIE  POSTING

ABOUT  IT...I  FOUND  A  PRECIOUS  FRIEND.



PRAYER  REQUESTS


PLEASE  PRAY  FOR  OUR  FRIENDS  IN  AUSTRALIA  WHO

ARE  HAVING  THE  WORST  FLOODING  THEY  HAVE  EVER  SEEN.

THEY  ARE  LOOSING  THEIR  HOMES,  POSSESIONS,  AND  WORST

OF  ALL  HUMAN  LIFE.  DEAR  FRIENDS  OF  AUSTRALIA  WE  ARE

PRAYING  FOR  YOU!!!!

JACOB  AND  AMELIA

MARIA'S  FRIEND: DIED  IN  A  CAR  WRECK

DEBBIE  (A  HOUSE  ON  THE  LAKE): UTERINE  cancer,  HAVING

SURGERY  JANUARY  11,  2011

ANGEL  DAWN:BEAUTIFUL  10  YEAR  OLD  GIRL...cancer

ALEX:HANDSOME  6  YEAR  OLD  BOY...cancer

JACK:HANDSOME  9  YEAR  OLD  BOY...cancer

SHAUNA: cancer...THE  CHEMO  WILL  CONTINUE  TO  WORK
AND  RESTORATION  FOR  HER  BODY

TERRY  AND  SCOTT: cancer/2nd  battle

DEBBIE  H :cancer  treatment

PAM:2ND  BATTLE/ CANCER

LEILA:  cancer

BONNIE:  cancer....BONNIE  HAS  BEEN  A  FRIEND  OF  MINE

FOR  YEARS...WITH  A  CAPITAL  Y...SHE  HAD  2  CHILDREN...

A  BOY  AND  A  GIRL...I  WAS  BLESSED  WITH  2  CHILDREN...

A  GIRL  AND  THEN  MY  SON....BONNIE  WATCHED  AMY

BATTLE  CANCER  AS  A  CHILD.  I  WATCHED  HER

SON  AND  DAUGHTER  BATTLE  CYSTIC  FIBROSIS...MY 

DAUGHTER,  AMY  AND  I  ATTENDED  BONNIE'S

DAUGHTER,  ANGELA'S...GOING  HOME  CELEBRATION.

SHE  BLESSED  BONNIE  WITH  A  GRANDSON.

THEN  I  WATCHED  HER  PRECIOUS  SON,  BRADLEY  DIE.

THEN  2  YEARS  LATER  MY  AMY  DIED.  I  HAVE  A

HANDSOME  SON  AND  SHE  HAS  FULL  CUSTODY  OF  HER

GRANDSON.  BONNIE  AND  HER  HUSBAND  WENT  ON  TO

START  THE  CHAPTER  OF  COMPASSIONATE  FRIENDS,  HERE

IN  OUR  TOWN...NOW  SHE  IS  BATTLING  FOR  HER  OWN  LIFE

AS  WELL  AS  TRYING  TO  HELP  HER  MOTHER  WHO  WAS

DIAGNOSED  WITH  COLON  CANCER.   WHEN  I  GET  DOWN,  I

REMEMBER  MY  FRIEND  BONNIE,  WHO  IS  CARRYING  A

BIG  LOAD.  THIS  FAMILY  IS  IN  DESPERATE  NEED  OF

PRAYER.

MARY:cancer



CINDY, SWEET  MARI'S  COUSIN: IN  A  COMA  AND  HIGH  TEMP

WILL

ERICK

SABRE

RAINA

SANDIE

HEIDI  POCKETBOOK:SAID  THANK  YOU  FOR  ALL  YOUR
PRAYERS...SHE  HAS  HAD  2  DAYS  FREE  FROM  PAIN

KRISTIE

PATRICIA

LORETTA'S  MOTHER:VERY BRITTLE  DIABECTIC  AND  IN
POOR  HEALTH.

TED

JOHN

JACK

MONTE

FOR  THE  10  -  14  YEAR  OLD  ORPHAN  GIRLS  THAT
DESPERATELY  NEED  ADOPTED...CHINESE  AND  RUSSIAN
ORPHANAGES

ROSIE:A  SPECIAL  BIRD

RICK  T

MR.  WINFIELD

OUR  MILITARY  AND  THEIR  FAMILIES...
WE  SALUATE  YOU  AND  PRAY  FOR  YOU...
GOD'S  HAND  OF  PROTECTION  BE  UPON  YOU
AND  HIS  ANGELS  OF  PROTECTION  ENCAMPETH
AROUND  YOU.




AND  KEEP  YOU  SAFE.

HAVE  A  SUGAR  SWEET  DAY

HUGS

SIMPLY  DEBBIE


7 comments:

ShirleyC said...

What beautiful things! I know you are proud of those!
I'm so sorry about your friend, Bonnie. I always try to look over your prayer list. I have quite a long list of my own in my little book.
If you would email, me I'll tell you more details about the brain tumor, and we'll talk about your new machine. Woo hoo for you!
sclark61149 at aol.com

Chatty Crone said...

Whew - so many people to pray for and they have so much to be sad about. Prayers to all. sandie

Unknown said...

That indeed is a beautiful give away. I always offer a healing prayer for your list and bless you for always thinking of others.
QMM

Mrs A. said...

Hello Debbie,
thanbkyou so much for you nice words and becoming my 81st follower. I am now following you too and can't wait to see what bag you have created and your dress. I would have liked to do the dress but I have too much else going on
I just love the little yellow butterfly that is folowing my cursor around!!!!

Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder said...

Dearest Debbie,

Thank you for your meaningful comment on Dad's birthday! If feels warm from someone living in this country that we adopted. Did you read my story of December 3; Today I turned 17? And October 10; the Miracle in Chile?
As for Pieter, he is miraculously recovered so well that he only needs to take 2 medications, down from 4. Our internal medicine doctor said he'd never seen a patient with such severe symptoms, with such lengthy surgery on so little medication! It must have been for prayers the world over as we have loved ones everywhere. Oh, I forgot one more story, or two... May 6; Liz Vedder our adopted daughter and May 7; Anita Anggraeni our Foster Daughter.
November 23; # 148 and my blog is 1 year old today. That will give you some more insight in whom I am.
In-between I try to get my Internet business (and by appointment only) on the rail for some income. I choose to stay with my husband and I thank God that I did so, looking back to what happened on September 3rd. But it is tough to start things off at this time but I'm determined and I trust in God and all our loved ones on the other side; I BELIEVE in that!!!

We need our prayers for those on your list and we both have so much to be grateful for; we have found true love and we got our health restored.

Lots of love,

Mariette's Back to Basics

CHERI said...

Oh, I'm trying so hard not to be envious!!!! I especially love those little keys and that darling pinafore. Hope many sweet prayers go up for these people. God blessed me today with letting me get good news about my latest mammogram after some concern:) Have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

Hi Debbie!
I am SO, SO, SO happy to hear that you are enjoying your goodies. You are such a kind soul and your prayers have meant the world to me. I have also sent a prayer up for the others on your prayer list. There are so many and how wonderful of you to share these prayer requests so that we can all join in and pray for each other!
Blessings and Hugs!
Sabre' :)