Proverbs 31

Over the past 5 months or so I have been digging deep in Proverbs 31 trying to understand the woman God calls us to be. Proverbs 31 is a letter written by a mother to her son. She is telling her son what he should look for when he's searching for his wife. I have to be honest when I first really read Proverbs 31 I thought to myself this is crazy, how in the world can I be anywhere close to this? I was overwhelmed, I just wanted to put my bible down and figure it all out later. The more time I have invested in the word and praying about it, boy have I prayed about this, the more at ease I feel about myself. I have realized I'm not so bad after all but I also have a lot to work on. God wants us to study this and find areas to work on not just snap our fingers one day and wake up and boom we're a perfect woman serving the Lord. In the scripture the Proverbs 31 woman cares for her husband, children, servants and the poor. She also, wakes up at the crack of dawn, stays up really late, plants a vineyard, sews our own clothes, our family’s clothing, the tapestries and beddings! Shew, talk about a long day. But let me fill you in on something, she didn't do all of that in one day that's all a description of a life time of work. Being a woman of God takes a lot of sacrifice, discipline and organization. You should have your priorities in order and you should daily be in the word and have full confidence in the Lord. If you feel as strongly as I do about this then pray about it, a lot, and the Lord will slowly begin to change your life. I got very discouraged in May because I could not see anything changing in me nor was I getting any praise from the man I love for improving on my homemaking skills and trying to tackle most everything on my own. But I am slowly starting to see good results of my hard work and I LOVE it! No let me clarify something I am totally not saying I NEVER ask Jeremy to help me because I do when i'm in a pinch for time but I feel it's my responsibility to do the majority of the house work, cooking and so on. Jeremy is an awesome cleaner and puts all he has into whatever I ask him to do so in other words he doesn't do a halfway job. Also I will be working soon, we hope, so I won't be home as much as I would like to be able to fulfill all of my Proverbs 31 goals but I am still going to keep striving to do my best around our home, have my bible open daily and take care of my hubby! Jeremy and I now have a goal set for our family. I want to work for about a 1 year and we will see where we are financially and see if we are comfortable starting a family! It's an exciting thought but seems so far away. I am being patient though and not pushing the subject =). Our goal will lead to more of my Proverbs 31 goals. I plan to be a stay at home mommy so in order to do so we have to be financially comfy. My take on starting a family is lets get started! I know the Lord will provide for us and we will be fine but my other half doesn't exactly want to just live payday to payday and that's fine!  


Enough of my babbling....

I want to share two books I have been reading on Proverbs 31. One of them is FREE and the other is $5. They are both obviously similar. GMG and WLW Proverbs 31 Ebook that is free has videos to go along with it and Pursuit of Proverbs 31 has more discussion questions with it. I have both of the links to these books below! I hope you have enjoyed reading a little that's on my mind and I hope I encouraged you to check on or two of the books or to atleast read Proverbs 31 and think about what it has to say!

Feel free to ask any questions you might have!

Crock-Pot Pizza

From tasteofhome.com

Crock-Pot Pizza

Ingredients

1 package (16 ounces) wide egg noodles

1-1/2 pounds ground beef or turkey

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 jar (26 ounces) spaghetti sauce

1 jar (4-1/2 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained

1-1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

1 package (3-1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni, halved

3 cups (12 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

3 cups (12 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese

Preparations 

• Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, mushrooms and Italian seasoning. Drain noodles.
• In a 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray, spread a third of the meat sauce. Cover with a third of the noodles and pepperoni. Sprinkle with a third of the cheese. Repeat layers twice.
• Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until heated through and cheese is melted. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Yard Sale Finds!

Last Saturday Fort Hood hosted a post wide yard sale. I had a yard sale of my own in October so I had nothing to put out. Besides I didn't want to participate I wanted to SHOP! I asked Jeremy to go along with me, I thought it would be a fun day together! He said he would without a fight, so sweet of him! So we got up early had a yummy breakfast at home and started our adventure of yard saleing for the day at 8am! (that's when it started)

Guess what we found at OUR VERY FIRST STOP!!!

Primitive Decor! Yes I know so exciting!!! 

My house is decorated in primitive decor! 

I got everything you see here for $10

I got an adorable lined, for real, picnic basket! I will get lots of use!

I got the letter that spell out "America" for my guest room. It's decorated in Americana.

I got 3 different candle holders (the tall white one in the back, a large green star candle holder and a metal star candle holder.)

I got 6 primitive NicNaks.

3 branch bundles (I kinda gave those a name)

and last but not least...my two favorite things I got...

My maroon and tan primitive star trays!!!! I have been looking for trays like that for a while! 

Hubby got a few computer games and a BB Gun. He got the BB Gun to scare the birds and squirrels out of our yard because he just put down grass seed and they keep picking at it. 

We got done with our yard saleing adventure around 12 or 1pm. We have so much fun just riding around post and being together! Fun date if you're needing suggestions! 

Martha

Spring has Sprung!

Just wanted to share a few pics of our Easter decor! 

Check out all the yummy eats we shared with friends of ours! 

Happy Birthday Buttons! I grabbed some snacks for the doggies to munch on to celebrate Buttons turning 4! 

These two cuties are Buttons and Hogans buddies, Lilo and Stitch (our friends doggies).

Sign for my side door :).

And my primitive bunny that sat of my buffet!

Happy Easter! I get free photo greeting cards made just about every holiday and hang them on the fridge! 

Dyed eggs with Elizabeth and Indigo! 

And then dyed eggs with the hubbster!

Picnic gear ready to go! 

This is the view of the pond at our favorite picnic spot at a park in town! 

And a few pics from our first time there with the doggies! 

And now i'm taking you to my yard where my pretty plants are! 

Trunk full of flowers!

Just planting away! 

Can't take the credit for this one I bought it this way!

I had extra flowers so I got creative and went around the house looking for something else to plant in and this is what I found! Turned out good! 

Favorite spot! 

See our kitty, Zoe, in the window here?!

Easter Morning! 

My best friend and I! So in love with this man :).

What? I'm how old?!

Well this is about a month late...Oh well!


I turned 22 on March 22nd! I had a great birthday. I shared the day of with hubby and friends of ours. Our friends Laura and Jason took us to see the mid-night showing of The Hunger Games...it was awesome! The next day hubby and I went on a little road trip!!


Our first stop was in Austin, TX. We stopped to eat at Green Mesquite BBQ. So yummy!

After our tummies were full we made out way to Laredo, TX to watch a friend of ours, Sean Spencer, in his first Bellator fight. It was a big deal! 

HE WON!

Sean and Jeremy after the fight! 

Look at those blue eyes my hubby has...love them!

The next day, Saturday, we made our way to San Antonio for WINTER JAM!!!! Winter Jam is BIG christian concert, and we LOVED it! 

Having a great time at the concert! 

One of the many bands we heard that night! 

The following day, Sunday, we headed home. We enjoyed our little get away but missed our fur babies so much. Before I move onto the next topic here's a view of one of the many fields of pretty blue bonnets we saw on our drive! 

Early in March my mommy came to visit us!!! We very much enjoyed her visit although a lot of it I was sick...crazy allergies :(.

Mom took us out to eat  at Rudy's BBQ for my birthday! 

After dinner we went for frozen yogurt!

This was a pretty shot I got of the sun set the evening we went out to eat!

Auntie Martha got mom and I pedicures for our Birthday! Thanks Auntie M!

My sweet gifts from mom and dad

I love my outdoor decor! I collect Willow Tree angles and this year they got me the "Mi Casa" angle since i'm always welcoming people into our home! And I LOVE my Thirty-One Organizer! 

This was from Andy, Elizabeth and Indigo! They got me a cute silverware/napkin holder basket! This will get lots of use for cookouts!

This was from Angela & DJ! Angela and I are making Edible Arrangements a thing between us! We will send each other one on special days! 

And my sweet hubby gifted me with $100 to shop with and a yummy ice cream cake! 

Thanks to everyone who made my day special! 

I am so blessed and so loved! 

This is my birthday verse! 

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. - Lamentations 3:22

Martha