Changing Header color

Does anyone know how to change the block above where it says Homemakersheart? I want to change it to purple, but don't understand the HTML.

Computers are not one of my strong areas. My experience with computers is along the lines of Word, email, web searching, bits of blogging, and an off button if it starts acting funny. LOL!That's when my loving husband comes to the rescue.


God's peace.

St. There'se's prayer

Over the past 24 hours I have come across several stories or references to Saint There'se, The Little Flower. I figured God was trying to show me something and I just wasn't gettin' it. So He was a bit more forward about it last night. I was on several blogs last night, just trying to gain some spiritual inspiration as a Catholic homemaker. Several different ones had St. There'sa's prayer posted and I thought, Ok I'll pray it for posterity!

St Thérèse's Rose Prayer Novena

O LittleThérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love. O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands ….. (Mention specific requests) St. Thérèse, help me to always believe as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen

I prayed for Saint There'se to help me see if God wants us to buy a house in the town we are moving to in a couple of months. We drove up last week and it has left me anxious. We had come down to discussing renting versus buying and that made me even more in turmoil because rentals are normally in not so great a shape. My mind has been obsessed with this whole move, husband's retirement from active duty, the call God has spoken to each of us that he is to go to college at this particular school (more on that later.), and finding a home. The home to me is the foundation of the family, not to mention where I spend most of my time. So finding the right one is important, so is staying within our means. We had prayed all week, prayed on the 15hr drive home, and pray each night for direction.

A friend said maybe God hasn't shown you the house yet because it hasn't come available. Those were words of wisdom coming from God, I'm sure of it. Chris and I were able to widen our focus and let go a little.

Well, I got wrapped up again. Until I prayed the above prayer. I prayed for St. There'se to show me a white rose if we are to rent and a red rose if we are to buy. Within minutes, MINUTES I got my first answer. A beautiful red rose that was on a blog. My feelings were shocked and in awe. Then I thought "oh that was just chance, she needs more time than that surely!"

This morning I was reading more in a bible study I'm doing called Women of Grace. There were references to the Catechism, and I thought if I'm trying to learn more about God's call for women then I better go get the darn book and read some more on what the auther was speaking of. I opened the book and there before my eyes was a flattened, dried RED ROSE! Praise God for saints!

I have thanked St. There'se many times, though I don't normally pray for the intercession of a saint, I will consider it again after this.

May God grant you peace today. And if you are in turmoil and can't deciphor God's Will for you, I would encourage you to ask for Saint There'se's intercession.

Loveliness Fair ~ Baking

I have ran across a wonderful group of ladies that participate in what's called a Loveliness Fair. This one is hosted by Cheryl at http://sweatpea6797.typepad.com/my_thoughtful_spot/.

My story to share is Baking failures I can laugh about now! It happened almost 17 yrs ago on Thanksgiving when my husband and I were dating. We decided to invite several families over, since he is active duty and most military families don't have "family" nearby. I didn't grow up cooking and had never cooked anything beyond mac-n-cheese and Jiffy blueberry muffins. If it didn't go in the microwave I didn't cook it.

So, it was a cold Thursday morning and we had a lot of baking to do. Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, rolls, Turkey, Ham, and all the fixin's. Yep, pies on the same day...I used to think I was super woman (still do sometimes). We got up at 6am to start the baking. The last pie I did was Pecan and it did not set right. I felt discouraged and re-reading the directions, I thought I had followed them exactly and figured "oh it will set when it cools". I couldn't put it back in the oven because the turkey had to go in. The next thought was "Put it in the fridg., that will make it cold and it will set." So I opened the door to put it in and laughed, no room. "Now what! I know, I'll put it in the garage, it's cold in there!" So I put it in the garage hoping it would set by the time we had dessert.

Several hours later, we were gathering all the pies and desserts. I remembered the Pecan, so I went to go get it. I felt excited because Pecan Pie is my husband's favorite, no, it's the only pie he eats. As I went to get the pie out of the garage, I just stood there and wanted to cry. It was still soup!!! I carefully brought it in and everyone laughed, except Chris. He just smiled, gave me a hug and poured some Pecan "soup" in a bowl to eat it. LOL! He is so sweet. We all ended up laughing, I had heard many other Thanksgiving horrors as others tried to cheer me up. I am grateful for their kindness. Rest assured, today when I make Pecan Pie, I follow the directions exactly...and pray a lot while it's baking!

God's peace,
Dee

Supper is served

This would be my honey being onry! I'm so grateful God gave me a husband who can have fun and keep me on my toes.
Menu: White Bean Chili, steamed broccoli w/ butter, cranberry juice (from concentrate) and my supplements for the evening.

This is so easy and has quickly become a family favorite for our winter recipes.

Destination-New Orleans

Our hotel, Bourbon Orleans, is on the left and the Cathedral is smack dab in the middle!
Chris & I at breakfast, it was very tasty.
Bourbon Street sign. All the shudders on the buildings are all originals. The locals just shut them and locked 'em up when the hurricane came. Things used to be built so well.

This was neet, I hope you can click on it to read it. Couldn't get the house, my back was to a fence.

This is the inside of the St. Louis Cathedral. The altar is in the front and the images on top are awesome, painted in gold.

My dear sweet husband brought me with him last week when he had to go to New Orleans for a couple of days. I was so excited to go, mainly to get away from all my daily "duties" at home and give me a chance to work on creating my menu's. I've been working on a 4 week menu of Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners and greatly enjoyed the quiet time in the hotel room to work on the winter menu's. Chris went to his meetings and I worked at our hotel room. As a homemaker I see my work as things like the menu planning and making sure our meals are nutritional balanced.

We got to stay at the Bourbon Orleans, which is right in the heart of the French Quarter. Yep! It was an interesting and scary night life. Gratefully Mardi Gras was not going on. The cool part was if I stood at the front door of the hotel and looked to my left, the St. Louis Cathedral was right there. So, I got to go to daily mass on Thurs and Fri. It was awesome. I'll post some of those pictures too.

We got to eat traditional cajun red beans and rice. Whoa! Spicey spicey! But awesome. The day we left we had breakfast at this quant little restaurant called Petunia's. My omlete covered my whole plate. We mostly ate in the hotel room (shh). I brought food and a single burner, and an electric teapot. Hence, I could still spoil my husband by making him (us) breakfast each morning and me lunch. He was like a little kid, sitting there in the hotel room with a hot breakfast and his Bible on the table. What a blessing for me.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Hugs,
Dee