My First Job

In October, I applied at Jo-Ann's for a part time seasonal worker. A week later I was called in for my first interview in my life, I was very nervous but I got the job. So I started to learn how to cut fabric, ring people up at the check stand and learned (still learning) were every thing went in the large store. This week I was asked to stay on past seasonal help!! And I gladly excepted!!

Now I believe that this job was directly a God given thing, for I needed to be able to save money, and the only place that I really wanted to work (if I had to choose out side of the home) was Jo-Ann's. The only place I applied for was Jo-Ann's and the job I got was at Jo-Ann's. God really had his hand on this. Though I do not believe that I will work there forever but only to occupy my young life and save money for the future. God was also really looking after Dad and my life, for this winter dad's work slowed down. Because of Gods providence I was able to help out with some of the things that we needed around the house.

I know that women are called by God to be mothers, homemakers and wives. But in the middle time of life, between children and wives, I think that we as young women do need to occupy our time with something. Going out and getting a job may not be for every one. But this is what I believe God has called me to do for the time being. With each day stepping closer to what He has in store for me in the future. God has a plan and a purpose for my life and I all I can do is pray that I will follow His guidance. "For everything there is a season, and a purpose under Heaven" -Ecclesiastes 3:1

Well this is my new news!! I wanted to share the news long ago but I got busy with work :) And so I thought now that I am hired on past a seasonal worker, I had to to tell you!! Oh and the pictures are from google!! :)

Until next time!

~Rebecca

Tea Time!!

I was very excited to hear that my good friend, Mrs. Hardy was coming into town. But I was even more excited, when she told me that she wanted to go out to lunch!! After a couple of tries to get together, We were able to go out this last Wednesday, and she told me that we were going to a Tea House. Well I got even more excited, for I have never been to a tea house before. So after a bit of a drive, we found the little tea house. Its name is The Lavender Tea House, As you can see below the name fits!

(Sorry some of the pics aren't straight, it was raining)

Here's the cute door!

And the sign!!

This was actually taken after tea but

I wanted it close to the top, they had the place decorated for Christmas

So at our table we had flowers,

and a candle

This is part of the room from were I was sitting,

You can see the entry way, through the door.

Here is the right side, from where I was sitting.

The place was so cute!

Then we ordered our tea and lunch, this was my tea, I had

Peppermint Candy, Which was like peppermint but sweeter.

Here is my cup of tea!

Here is Mrs. Hardy's she had Lavender Earl Gray,

Which was good I tried it

And here is her cup of tea!

Though I didn't use them, here are the cream an sugar

Now onto lunch, we had Cucumber Cream cheese sandwiches,

Chicken cashew sandwiches, a sweet bread with jam, and fruit!

Then for desert, we had a little bit different plates, for I had the Christmas one and Mrs. Hardy had the regular, So this one was mine, the tall thing was chocolate and orange cream, almond cake, fudge, sugar cookie, gingerbread man, and fruit cake. which was allot of desert, and I didn't eat it all.

Well we enjoyed the beautiful rooms, and the warm tea, but most of all, being

able to catch upon what God has done in our lives since we last saw

each other. And because of this fun outing I will be going to allot more tea

houses, in the future.

Hand Bag Give away!!

I found this blog today, and she is giving away a really cute hand bag!!! You just have to do a cuple of things in order to enter!!
So here is the link to this give away, thefaithfulelvenprincess.blogspot.com Hurry because the offer ends December 6th!!

Officers Row

Dad had a meeting on officers row, which I decided to go with him, because it was a beautiful day, and I wanted to get out and enjoy it! So I took my little camera and walked around taking pictures. Here are a few that turned out well.

This was at the Fort Garden

Pumpkins!!

Corn Rows

This is one of my favorite parts in the garden,

the covered trellis, I always think I am stepping into

a different world when I walk through

This was against the side of the forts wall

as the sun was setting.

I really liked this one!!

Officers row, or street.

The bright light, to light the way

I enjoyed taking these pictures along with the nice walk, and fresh air.

I hope you enjoyed them as well!

Whipple Creek Trail

About a week ago ( I forgot I had these pictures and this post to make) Dad and I thought that we should go on a hike, because it was such a beautiful Sunday afternoon. So I started looking up trails around here, and this one came up. It said it was a moderate trail with a few hard parts. So we decided to try it. When we got there we saw allot of horse trailers parked. Which meant there were going to be some horse riders along the way. I thought the trail was okay, there were some muddy spots, but I didn't mind, I was just to excited to be outside enjoying the last bit of the summer weather. It was a fairly easy trail and we didn't find any real "hard parts", it was just like taking a stroll down the lane, except we had to drive there :) Here are some pictures along the way!!

If you look at this tree, you can see the middle stock fell out

of the center and was still growing leaves.

One of my favorite things to do is to explore God creation!

Hope you enjoyed!

A better Home Economist

I am always looking for new ways to save money for our home. I like to make food that will last for a few meals, like a whole chicken, I can roast one day, the next day make something with the chicken and then the third day make a soup out of the boiled bones and the left over chicken.

I have also looked into doing this kind of thing for other areas of the way the house is run. Like today I make dry Laundry Soap and dry Dish Washing Soap. It was quite easy. Here is the recipes.

For Dry Laundry Soap you need:

1 Cup Washing soda

1 Cup Borax

2 Cups finely grated Fels Naptha

Mix all ingredients, before use mix well again,

use: 2 TBL For a full load

1TBL For a 1/2 a load

Dish Washer Soap:

1 cup Washing Soda

1 Cup Borax

Mix well, Use 2 TBL per load,

it is also recommended to use about a Tbl of white vinegar

for the rinse cycle, this helps with the give a shine.

These things were quite cheap to buy for the amount of use,

Borax 4.07

Washing Soda 2.70

Fels- Naptha 2.24

For total of $9. 01

I bougt all of these at my local Winco, but I am sure they can be found at other places. I have made one batch already and I still have almost a whole box of both borax and washing soda, and a little more than 3/4 of the naptha bar.

There are also different versions then the ones I used , there are liquid versions also. I found my recipes online, and made the one that looked good to me. I have been using these recipes for some time and I really like them, they make my clothes smell good, and my dishes clean.

Another place I like to look is a blog called Money Saving Moms, though I am not a mom, I find all kinds of things on there. This lady, posts about 10 posts each day, her posts are of coupons, free samples, free events, and tips that are useful. I visit her site at least once a day.

I also like to compare prices, I have found that cheaper is not always more, to pay more you can get more. I have found this with going to the dollar tree, though you are only spending a dollar for 4 rolls for TP you can find 50 rolls at winco for less money then if you were to buy 50 rolls at the dollar tree.

What do you do to help your family save money? I would be interested to here your family's way of being a better home economist.

Have a great day!

Multomah Falls

About two weeks ago, I went with my Aunt Desi and Uncle Mark, My cousin Andrew and my second Cousin Nick, who were all in town for my Aunt Audra's wedding, Went to Multnomah Falls. By mistake we took the scenic route there, which was neat, we found that there were allot more falls then just Multnomah in the area. In fact there are 13 others besides Multnomah, of course we didn't have time to visit them all but we got to see a few of them. Here are a couple some pictures I took along the way.

First stop was Vista House

The inside

Looking out, from the top, this was the right side

And this was the left

The next place was Latourell Falls

Here it is from a distance

Here it is standing in front of it, as you can see I couldn't fit it all in one picture :)

This was at the bottom, we didn't hike to to top

so I am not sure if this was the falls or the bottom of the falls,

either way it was still pretty to see

Then we finally made it to Multnomah,

I am really happy with this picture

On the bridge, on the way to the top

This is the wonderful view from the top, After a 1.2 mile hike up,

which seemed longer, it was well worth it

This is the view of the falls from the top,

if you look closely you can kinda see the bridge,

it is about in the bottom middle area right were the splash of

water is on the rock. Crazy to think we are 600 ft. up

This was on the bridge, when we were coming down.

I can't believe that this bridge that I was standing

on was constructed in 1914, That is amazing!

And that is the end of a beautiful day spent enjoying God's creation. I don't see how anyone can deny God when you look at the work of His hands. Truly Amazing!