SUNDAY SCRIPTURE~ WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE TROUBLE IN YOUR LIFE, PART II

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsGkqVZ9BtNJNRxYihAocOaIvgFIA8AL65yuMwM-fOqUq6iUNNfrl9buf9GVcWzzGBeqGHnPW2YevdcJahUulNDP83kmAuBclqAHVMib0-iHL2IQIv56S3zbRS0hgs86vbwJbEMGzWi3m/s1600/SS+5-5-13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsGkqVZ9BtNJNRxYihAocOaIvgFIA8AL65yuMwM-fOqUq6iUNNfrl9buf9GVcWzzGBeqGHnPW2YevdcJahUulNDP83kmAuBclqAHVMib0-iHL2IQIv56S3zbRS0hgs86vbwJbEMGzWi3m/s640/SS+5-5-13.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br />This week we are still talking about what to do when trials come knocking at our door. One thing is for certain... they will!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week we discussed the WHY of  a trial. If you missed that post, click <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/04/sunday-scripture-what-to-do-when-you.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week we will discuss the HOW of getting through them...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Most of us, when faced with a trial, can become worried, upset, distracted, angry, frustrated, annoyed, snarky,baffled, moody, and a whole lot more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trial, even little ones, can be very uncomfortable. The really mess up our plans!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We learned last week that a trial is a test. It is an indicator... it indicates FOR US what our faith looks like... and in WHOM we have faith in... ourselves or God!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We also found out that if we go through a trial, big or small, there is something to be joyful about. A trial, if done God's way, can mature us and make us more Christ like. If we try to flounder our way through it, most likely it will break us down!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, how does God want us to go through troubling times in our lives?  This is a very important question that we should be asking... and it is life changing if we know and OBEY what God tells us to do in those hard times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To find out how to go through a trial we need to go back to the book of James.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:5 says...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If any of you lack (deficient) in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God Who gives to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly without reproach or faultfinding, and it will be given to him".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My son Christopher hated school projects. And our school loved them and assigned them liberally! Sometimes, instead of doing them in a timely manner he would put them off to until the last minute. And then, when he could not put off the dreaded task any longer, he would panic... he was in BIG trouble!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You see, we had a rule in our family... if you did not do homework you could not play sports. And Chris was all about sports!!! And we were all about being consistent!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He would eventually come to his Daddy or me asking for help. Because we loved Christopher we would help him... but not do his work for him. When he was young that usually looked like helping him make a plan... and then sitting up late into the night until he got the project done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God is our Heavenly Father... or Abba... Daddy! He loves us and wants to help us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:5 starts out with the word "IF". The Greek word for IF really means..."KNOW FOR SURE". It really does not mean IF.  So God is saying... KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LACK THE WISDOM TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM THE WAY I WANT YOU TO.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of us can handle a trial OUR way... but that is not the way God wants us to handle them. He want us to seek Him out... to seek out our Father... and ask HIM for the wisdom to handle each trial.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And God says that if we ask Him for His wisdom in times of trouble that he WILL give wisdom to us... and give it to us liberally and ungrudgingly... without fnding fault with us or disapproving or discrediting us! Now doesn't that sound loving? It sure does to me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is waiting with open arms... God lovingly wants to pour His wisdom over us, and give us the tools to come through a trial His way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The question now is... Do we believe God can give us wisdom to get us out of trouble... and... do we want to get out of trouble God's way?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:6-7 says:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Only it must be in faith (believing) that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating or doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates or doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the sea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything (he asks for) from God".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As Christopher got older, he go better at coming to his Daddy and me to ask for help. He learned to come  to us as soon as he got a school project.  We would help him map out a plan of success... one that, if he would work on his project a little bit each night, would have the project done right and in time AND with much less stress!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes he would follow the plan and sometimes, well... not so much!  When he would follow our wisdom he was successful.  But, when he fell back into into his old habit of putting off a project until the last minute... I called that his default setting... he would find himself in a familiar mess again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I remember one night about 1:00 in the morning, Christoper came up to our bedroom in a panic. Shaking me awake he moaned, "Mom, I need your help... I'll have to stay up all night to get this project done".  Before I could answer, his Daddy, who was awake by now, answered.  "No son, we gave you a plan. You will have to work it out for yourself. We are going back to sleep."  That was it! Christopher left the room without another word. He knew his Daddy meant business! Bobby turned over and went back to sleep. I stayed up and in the dark of our bedroom worried about my precious son. I knew Bobby was right, but I still hurt for my son!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God, our Father is ALL Wise! He knows the trials you are in and just what you need to get through them and become mature in the process.  HE  has a plan!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He promises us that if we go to him he will lavish us with His wisdom! But we MUST... let me say this again... MUST believe that GOD will do this... and believing we must follow the plan He gives us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just like our son Christopher... if we follow God's plan we can get through our trials and come out better in many ways.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But please hear this... God's plans are not always our plans! We might have our own ideas how WE want a trial handled... we might not want to go through a trial and do it God's way. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God's wisdom in a trial is available for all. But if we doubt and waiver... if we fall back into our comfortable "default settings" God says we will receive nothing. He wants the best for us. Many times our way of handling things are the easy way out... the way of least resistance... the path of destruction. Our plans in times of trouble don't grow us! God's wisdom does!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We could have done the projects for our son, or run to help him when he disregarded our original plan... but how would that have helped Christopher in the long run?  Chris learned a very valuable lesson when he had to stay up all night working on his project.  The next day he went to school exhausted and with a very poorly done homework project. He also came home sick that day and could not go to football practice! Although my heart ached for him... I knew we had done the right thing for him. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were teaching him. Teaching him to obey... to find the way of wisdom... we were teaching him that actions have consequences. All valuable lessons!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God is our great teacher too! He wants to teach us into Christian maturity. Move us on the right path... the path of looking more and more like Christ. So each trial can have a positive, although sometimes painful, effect on us.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's review what we have learned...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* Come to God in trials and ask Him for His wisdom in handling it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* ASK!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* Don't doubt that He WILL give you wisdom... a plan!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Believe in God... don't waiver! Believe in the wisdom He gives you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* Stay with God's plan no matter what. Don't let a trial's circumstance have power over you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Know that if you do waiver and do things your way God will have no part of it.  He has nothing to do with self destruction!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now it's time for homework... don't put it off! Start today!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Memorize James 1:5-7. Read it every day... three times a day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:1-7 needs to be a part of all of the very fiber of our souls!!! God's word is so wise and practical and  helpful to us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, I will not be checking homework... that is between you and God!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div> </div>

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EAT THAT FROG?!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX34UptEp-kN9lVQZOOk29905NX1YZ4Am4QmuPSbdegn5ZpQ8VWZqYUxMDo_r4YsMAwkT3PqnTT5i_XGdEzwuAoMb_kkBQEM262waqNCud-_7Ui6gBXNZD4wsqB6g54F1j4hgmLexKrS1J/s1600/Eat+That+Frog.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX34UptEp-kN9lVQZOOk29905NX1YZ4Am4QmuPSbdegn5ZpQ8VWZqYUxMDo_r4YsMAwkT3PqnTT5i_XGdEzwuAoMb_kkBQEM262waqNCud-_7Ui6gBXNZD4wsqB6g54F1j4hgmLexKrS1J/s640/Eat+That+Frog.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />I'm just a taddy bit overloaded these days! Lots of unfinished projects... and little time to tie up loose ends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever feel like that?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I get like this my motivation wains! Being overwhelmed = doing nothing!  Here's what I do to help put me back on track...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I MAKE LISTS!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND</div><div style="text-align: center;">Re-read an old reliable book called</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">EAT THAT FROG</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The premise of the book is... if you knew that you had to eat a frog every day... and some days that frog was very big, very juicy and very ugly... you should eat the frog first and get it out of the way! Now pretend the frog was the worst and hardest task you had that day... eat it first! Many of us get stuck (me, especially) thinking about all the hard things we have to do. It's better to use that energy and just do it. And do it purposefully! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">In three weeks and one day we are hosting a COUNTRY CELEBRATION here at StoneGable for Christopher and his new bride, Abigail.  So exciting!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, I have lists as long as my arm for the Country Celebration... but I am eating them at a pretty good pace! Because of the celebration, the long list of other  "to-do's" have come to a halt!  I'm only nibbling on a couple of them until after the wedding.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a list of the other "frogs" on my plate right now...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Clean the garage~ this is a big, big, ugly frog that will wait...for now!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few things Bobby and I are working ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Finish the dining room chairs...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two chairs done and two in progress. Four more to start...   BIG FROG! I told you it would take years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOXTMsSQrcfdgKSs1fWPlj30iePmlHKWUyA1DlAT7wJ9Wy8OOLcsBeLz2iQ97e3UGLz5VOWNB3kQRFLlpl6Tni-Hv4u35aF9onZsWlMvkzeEV96OwBlrtw_hNv5-u8LzFIjYwhXcAfQ6V/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_5249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOXTMsSQrcfdgKSs1fWPlj30iePmlHKWUyA1DlAT7wJ9Wy8OOLcsBeLz2iQ97e3UGLz5VOWNB3kQRFLlpl6Tni-Hv4u35aF9onZsWlMvkzeEV96OwBlrtw_hNv5-u8LzFIjYwhXcAfQ6V/s640/Copy+of+IMG_5249.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*Make curtains for the living room and dining room...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another monster frog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2NCQST-HLTZSX8wvsvVDQLHrdZ_7LDVypYTzEazwejd7SAcKfc2lIirzj7bfhWXL_-dEyZY_a15JC15j0zy12a-06-9VoGD-7OUUTCgpQWgl3T1fPrQDxre4hixCo_k01coh8oMShEjD/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2NCQST-HLTZSX8wvsvVDQLHrdZ_7LDVypYTzEazwejd7SAcKfc2lIirzj7bfhWXL_-dEyZY_a15JC15j0zy12a-06-9VoGD-7OUUTCgpQWgl3T1fPrQDxre4hixCo_k01coh8oMShEjD/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6126.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">fabric</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Find a bombay chest or another piece for the wall between the window and the door in living room and paint it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still on the hunt for that piece!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Frame the beautiful sea fans from ETSY that go above the bombay chest I have yet to find!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP14SRHgMQmh5ixPppUXOH4GTnJshUY2Lm5-1S9VglZqlIFAzUfMJ4UgItnF1PPJvFftmYNeXDDWFbN7zZ6tkMKx3MuDNCkiu8bjx9QWWK9smBF_5qr7yFFGKdKku_GSqAHkwefUw5BXa/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP14SRHgMQmh5ixPppUXOH4GTnJshUY2Lm5-1S9VglZqlIFAzUfMJ4UgItnF1PPJvFftmYNeXDDWFbN7zZ6tkMKx3MuDNCkiu8bjx9QWWK9smBF_5qr7yFFGKdKku_GSqAHkwefUw5BXa/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Strip the foyer, the stairs and the upstairs hall walls of the wallpaper and repaint them...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Repaint the white buffet in the foyer Country Grey.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-gdDTU-JdyLHNCvg5JM-1IcaFlm11L_vwT-GDCywDbEgD0E2cHjoWIcJJgGFw2pzPWAFVjA4O1yeEBZooRwbvlRfBl0bPu61Wun1FdUyBEUW8VsYTiBfbQl3a1is6__caUct7yxIab8e/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-gdDTU-JdyLHNCvg5JM-1IcaFlm11L_vwT-GDCywDbEgD0E2cHjoWIcJJgGFw2pzPWAFVjA4O1yeEBZooRwbvlRfBl0bPu61Wun1FdUyBEUW8VsYTiBfbQl3a1is6__caUct7yxIab8e/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4552.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are just a few things we are working on with help...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Paint the Family Room and Breakfast Area and Kitchen ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bobby has always done all the painting and wallpapering in our homes. But I finally convinced him to let someone else help us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the Benjamin Moore Springfield Tan in these rooms... but my family room is too dark! I just can't go through another season with a dark room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May 13th our painter will be here to transform those rooms... so I will have to pick out the right color by then. This is not easy for me. I'm not good at seeing a small patch of color and deciding if it is perfect for the entire room!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* Knock out the wall in the family room and add big big windows and transoms!  This is on the two year plan. Bobby is not quite ready to take a bite out of this project. I may need to sugar coat that frog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-RR5d9Dp4hng41r0fqroyrd_wPgSf14_DaTvNwzXOwQ8xhGNuqQFXUdRMz2Y7jGdnZrjy4NTlhME0mJYZC27sN3I463MA53LxYBhcGCwITb-igUfyjvw-C_P4y4BxDO6Kz3DiPlOqIOi/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_3314.JPG+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-RR5d9Dp4hng41r0fqroyrd_wPgSf14_DaTvNwzXOwQ8xhGNuqQFXUdRMz2Y7jGdnZrjy4NTlhME0mJYZC27sN3I463MA53LxYBhcGCwITb-igUfyjvw-C_P4y4BxDO6Kz3DiPlOqIOi/s640/Copy+of+IMG_3314.JPG+1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*And because the family room connects with the breakfast room and the kitchen... it all must be painted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGbibCuq_1cV0xYO-cyP1JtLg-iHwHNbzGkeenfSHXVSjKLP54BSel_MEzc_Whw1sRwMw8g92jaCLpIa91yZIrCANS9Z2381cgOXINZEvRP32QrtLq-X9GIA0OPbdUi-KV-Xrc-v-37py/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGbibCuq_1cV0xYO-cyP1JtLg-iHwHNbzGkeenfSHXVSjKLP54BSel_MEzc_Whw1sRwMw8g92jaCLpIa91yZIrCANS9Z2381cgOXINZEvRP32QrtLq-X9GIA0OPbdUi-KV-Xrc-v-37py/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1300.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* New garage doors..,.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of our garage door finally bit the dust. I ran into it years ago and we keep getting it fixed... but those days are over! So it needs to be replaced. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It seems like everything at StoneGable is beginning to wear out. We have lived large here for 18 years and now we are in replacement and redo mode!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm thinking carriage house garage doors will look nice on our garage. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* Front porch stairs repaired... for some reason, this winter was really hard on or stone and slate stairs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The mortar has begun to crumble. They need to totally be redone! I am still negotiating a price.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Outside beds mulched and weeded. We have done this ourselves for years and years. Last year we had someone else do it... and it was so freeing!!! This year we will be able to use that time to get our veggie garden planted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpCrUIkGJdTLVgVKNS7TplFG34wlnGiQ8gfq6WNcm8DhT8BufM_utJ4FX2PIeWlXbGfCgl5TMw3kjqU207nHBvbQptR8GoJIUFGCvsMPVu57wR6Ct9x2t1mEA3Us7QVgD2io0zL2_B9j-/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_8569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpCrUIkGJdTLVgVKNS7TplFG34wlnGiQ8gfq6WNcm8DhT8BufM_utJ4FX2PIeWlXbGfCgl5TMw3kjqU207nHBvbQptR8GoJIUFGCvsMPVu57wR6Ct9x2t1mEA3Us7QVgD2io0zL2_B9j-/s640/Copy+of+IMG_8569.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots and lots of BIG FROGS here at StoneGable! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because each project is so big, we are choosing one and eating it one bite at a time until it is done! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first frog will be the curtains... and the ongoing project of the dining room chairs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the book, EAT THAT FROG, the author tells how to break down big jobs so they can be handled or "eaten" in little bites. I have followed this formula for years! This is a great reminder for me. When I am overwhelmed, it's good to have the steps to get moving and motivated again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2683661585185?r=1&cm_mmca2=pla&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book_5To14-_-Q000000633-_-2683661585185" target="_blank">HERE</a> to see the book.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever get overwhelmed? What productive things do you do to get moving in the right direction? Please share!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div> </div>

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I'm just a taddy bit overloaded these days! Lots of unfinished projects... and little time to tie up loose ends! Do you ever feel like t...

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PEPPERONI ARTICHOKE BREADSTICK FOCACCIA

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaMTD7g8skjCf9QAakZwwYPfuh96Vow_-KmZ7oS028WwiE8ynB0YSCXah1AoWS7vjoQXxywPZL8MFEdbZOzmVw9XnEc3jlzv-k-dGFMuLNjVSVS082sSvvnQqUtEpOhhkkCta3HjKPtbY/s1600/Breadstick+Focaccia+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaMTD7g8skjCf9QAakZwwYPfuh96Vow_-KmZ7oS028WwiE8ynB0YSCXah1AoWS7vjoQXxywPZL8MFEdbZOzmVw9XnEc3jlzv-k-dGFMuLNjVSVS082sSvvnQqUtEpOhhkkCta3HjKPtbY/s640/Breadstick+Focaccia+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, this does taste as good as it looks! Easy to make and soooo yummy, BREADSTICK FOCACCIA has quickly become a family favorite here at StoneGable. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKncOnnsE0f1jB-enEr2IaV5Xcg79bNFxHSdVYKDjatJcgu6AENHsOJPOt5nIhsJzSRKzEPuHPmX5Ll6tGTV35Bi5Epokbf_lxbxbElFMn7rF4p91tn6t-10tWxUyPKTtHkoExhD5RdSa/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKncOnnsE0f1jB-enEr2IaV5Xcg79bNFxHSdVYKDjatJcgu6AENHsOJPOt5nIhsJzSRKzEPuHPmX5Ll6tGTV35Bi5Epokbf_lxbxbElFMn7rF4p91tn6t-10tWxUyPKTtHkoExhD5RdSa/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6330.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br />This recipe falls into the<span style="font-size: large;"> "IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE"</span> category. It can be morphed into so many different tastes.  Today's focaccia was made with pepperoni and marinaded artichoke hearts... plus some roasted vegetables we had leftover in the frig!<br /><br />How about making a sweet breakfast focaccia using cinnamon sugar and butter! YUM!<br /><br />There are as many options as you have ideas!<br /><br />And the great bonus is that it is soooooo pretty... a real swirly treat for the eyes!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Auz0rl8R3gFEHGJNwuXtins66U_UOyWp4croL9fAdIi5K6XkrL0apYmP0j6U-g_zEPu610itAAjeKA2GNHAQORMO3oe0reOHAsohg3CMPdFzNRIBc0Gy9yRMDtxL3jGmbcFhwR2YBBct/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Auz0rl8R3gFEHGJNwuXtins66U_UOyWp4croL9fAdIi5K6XkrL0apYmP0j6U-g_zEPu610itAAjeKA2GNHAQORMO3oe0reOHAsohg3CMPdFzNRIBc0Gy9yRMDtxL3jGmbcFhwR2YBBct/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6346.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">PEPPERONI ARTICHOKE BREADSTICK FOCACCIA</span><br /><br />1 can of Pillsbury Refrigerated Breadsticks<br />pepperoni, one package<br />marinaded artichoke hearts, small jar<br />olive oil<br />basil, fresh and cut into chiffonades<br /><br /><br />Preheat oven to 375degrees.<br /><br />Remove breadsticks from can and separate.<br /><br />Starting at the center of  a parchment lined baking sheet begin to coil the breadsticks into a loose spiral adding pepperoni and artichokes as you go. Make sure to pinch the ends of the breadsticks together.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBfJ_l2DAaNCGnmhWqF3fe4BXP1jcpIMEycCgLjCmbKWhAbFU4Cna8IQvEq1fHdgXmlcUbXDnqCNZ-6c1vups2p5SZ0_zLhtpY6HF6OIkYOoU4wFDbKGxzZlw2cpRP9ei3A3vabEE_Qwt/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBfJ_l2DAaNCGnmhWqF3fe4BXP1jcpIMEycCgLjCmbKWhAbFU4Cna8IQvEq1fHdgXmlcUbXDnqCNZ-6c1vups2p5SZ0_zLhtpY6HF6OIkYOoU4wFDbKGxzZlw2cpRP9ei3A3vabEE_Qwt/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6303.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26KuIWEN96i6Bt0y4a4_9BbXTQSCJswjPYa1adUCaw5qFZbnezmihqffA1yZCdBYh6lN9zEtN-2kOG81sqjHEOvQ39ZHLG5kQy_N_gJkN0Z89lYuA7v1H6I4RMlNcB4XWY3n7AXHUAKKy/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26KuIWEN96i6Bt0y4a4_9BbXTQSCJswjPYa1adUCaw5qFZbnezmihqffA1yZCdBYh6lN9zEtN-2kOG81sqjHEOvQ39ZHLG5kQy_N_gJkN0Z89lYuA7v1H6I4RMlNcB4XWY3n7AXHUAKKy/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6311.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><br /><br />Lightly drizzle with olive oil.<br /><br />Bake for 20-25 minutes, until browned and puffy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9iKlsbyoBsMS0bPCIUbqoiSTq5DjNrvg2Gxcb7Q3dCOe_jQvCujJ4Vd13PjWsi0S6VpS3uPhNA8p9UddrsFRqehkcA6-lKgZuvxU4j9uw7s2FgVdnYs3-pKuEOZM3-aB1iu6Mw57tV37/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9iKlsbyoBsMS0bPCIUbqoiSTq5DjNrvg2Gxcb7Q3dCOe_jQvCujJ4Vd13PjWsi0S6VpS3uPhNA8p9UddrsFRqehkcA6-lKgZuvxU4j9uw7s2FgVdnYs3-pKuEOZM3-aB1iu6Mw57tV37/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6330.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Drizzle with more olive oil and sprinkle with basil.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_3MX5FffpCwml0rXYXg4iFUqZ-9WHG2C58ePzzjrvz4XisuppYMzFIGoZR8YAzsnFLUeuq6tmxAoVyQY-OqgDowO0Xh-Vq0AA7aTsCS0WtR038ixmLYl-XhOG7vlxedzHD1hg_tlDsE8/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_3MX5FffpCwml0rXYXg4iFUqZ-9WHG2C58ePzzjrvz4XisuppYMzFIGoZR8YAzsnFLUeuq6tmxAoVyQY-OqgDowO0Xh-Vq0AA7aTsCS0WtR038ixmLYl-XhOG7vlxedzHD1hg_tlDsE8/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6345.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Cut into wedges to serve. I like to serve a dipping bowl filled with marinara sauce on the side.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QXADGirv4TJhvDuMqfDbsFU_3HulYpNq82vXnq-ND-N9TkTxUso1ozKs4Xi2iIvWtbDj0aOzvygThcEN602tSU99CRamERC6X0YPQvIrMUHDXXSK59XSZxS7rEheny26h9r0PJ7GkcqG/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QXADGirv4TJhvDuMqfDbsFU_3HulYpNq82vXnq-ND-N9TkTxUso1ozKs4Xi2iIvWtbDj0aOzvygThcEN602tSU99CRamERC6X0YPQvIrMUHDXXSK59XSZxS7rEheny26h9r0PJ7GkcqG/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6353.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Other options:</span><br />bacon<br />pesto<br />cheese<br />ham<br />chopped broccoli<br />caramelized onions<br />pancetta<br />roasted garlic<br />sundried tomatoes<br />chopped black olives<br />fresh herbs<br />roasted red peppers<br />chopped mushrooms<br />anything you can put on a pizza!<br /><br />For a sweet treat... add cinnamon and sugar. Make a glaze out of confectioner's sugar and milk and drizzle over the top.<br /><br /><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/pepperoni-artichoke-breadstick-focaccia" target="_blank">PRINTABLE RECIPE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQQbX247Z0KDJwHH9v2PZiStuLvJp18dCyr83qRVGnCLqOxSvpXfhC_NXmKKLm81jbJQsXz0oKPrjsVtu_lLWbbyXmFl3-E-Qd-V7Ulzx3fJm4jzU1STdYsrBBiZVYMB4lmm1PI4PCmQ5/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_6347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQQbX247Z0KDJwHH9v2PZiStuLvJp18dCyr83qRVGnCLqOxSvpXfhC_NXmKKLm81jbJQsXz0oKPrjsVtu_lLWbbyXmFl3-E-Qd-V7Ulzx3fJm4jzU1STdYsrBBiZVYMB4lmm1PI4PCmQ5/s640/Copy+of+IMG_6347.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br />ENJOY!<br /><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyhPLHADEiYyi0aHNjecHG_2Ycl8jE24kHlVPghQsDt6BNBqU7-74scFBYDnO6vulFbq-oQbjSZbJiOyRX0-TnacNuBZQFFVJPA1bQ5WyphcgkDAPU7yDI9Puaz9-niLEc_DvYe9HN7vW/s1600/Sidebar+Invitation+OTMM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyhPLHADEiYyi0aHNjecHG_2Ycl8jE24kHlVPghQsDt6BNBqU7-74scFBYDnO6vulFbq-oQbjSZbJiOyRX0-TnacNuBZQFFVJPA1bQ5WyphcgkDAPU7yDI9Puaz9-niLEc_DvYe9HN7vW/s320/Sidebar+Invitation+OTMM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm7PQbqaK2uZZxcXRYEEpHJ780aZOaekX3mYl_k0k3OWSyXtZqUALploGCVHIdxSsnCa1Tit74LVqm-ghHZ1B4B_B6qkhVDp6IjNADm38BzxG35icO5c2rekofND3xkACVn1heiH49EQ7/s1600/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXm7PQbqaK2uZZxcXRYEEpHJ780aZOaekX3mYl_k0k3OWSyXtZqUALploGCVHIdxSsnCa1Tit74LVqm-ghHZ1B4B_B6qkhVDp6IjNADm38BzxG35icO5c2rekofND3xkACVn1heiH49EQ7/s320/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/2013/05/foodie-friday.html" target="_blank">FOODIE FRIDAY</a></div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div></div> </div>

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