Sundays Song

Getting ready to craft

 I posted not too long ago about some fall ideas using mini rolling pins. I have seen more since then and they are not always fall. But I am happy to announce I am in phase 2 of my crafting. Which means I actually bought enough stuff the last two weeks to start my projects. I have the ribbon, cord and embellishments for the rolling pins.

I bought some different paints to go with the different paper I am using.

I bought some fall paper and some pineapples, mushrooms and bees.

Some of the fall ones will be used in a display this fall on my dining room table using these new items I picked up.

I saw a cute little project I want to learn to crochet. Going to see if I can figure it out but it involved fuzzy yarn and little blue eyeballs. We will see if I can do it since I only know how to do a chain stitch.

That's it for now. I am going to start on some of these later today or tomorrow on my day off. I will be sure and show you the finished product.

The Rustic Cow

 Yesterday, I was visiting a friend and he was telling me about this new quaint place he discovered. He decided to take me there so I could experience it first hand. It was so unique. It's located in downtown Newport, TN at 205 East Broadway. I fell in love from the minute I saw the big sign on the window.

And what an adorable door. It makes you feel welcome the minute you walk through it. 

It has a nice selection of eatery and dessert items, hand-dipped ice cream and locally roasted artisan coffees. I for one had to try the grilled cheddar cheese panini. I loved it. They have just the perfect touch of heat to melt the cheese and make the panini without it being charred or too crunchy. It was delicious.

I love the rustic decor. Every time I turned around, there was something new to catch my eye.

And the cow picture in their logo sign just thrills me. I love the country, so anything decorated like this was sure to touch the heart of this old country gal.

Lots of unique things to look at. I love anything that looks like a compass so that caught my eye immediately.

Even the tables and chairs were adorable. They did an amazing job with the decor. Since I eat out at times alone, I loved the idea of a magazine rack for me to browse through while I have a light meal or an ice cream sundae. I am not a coffee drinker per se, but I did try the caramel frappe Aaron had and it was fabulous.

They don't forget the little tykes. Check out Calfs Corner with the child size table and a little bench in the corner. The magazine rack even has kids books in it. They have thought of everything. 

A nice high table runs across the front window with lots of chairs. It would be a great place to get a coffee and sandwich and sit at the window to work with your laptop or just watch the activity in town. 

The tables and chairs go so good with the rustic theme. 

They are actually doing work in the additional room which isn't open yet, but she did let me get some pictures. This will be their bistro that is going to open sometime in the next two weeks. 

I did look at the menu and there are lots of appetizing temptations. Of course, I was a gonner when I saw crinkle cut French fries and an ice cream sundae. Obviously, I will order additional items with the fries. But they had me at the fries and sundae for sure. 

The bistro is going to have the same rustic decor so everything will flow seemlessly from room to room. 

I can't wait for it to open the bistro part. I know we will be going back.

In the dining room we were in, she had the cutest dresser with country style dresser pulls. I just loved it.

Good food, good friends and good  times. That is what I think when I go in the door. I highly recommend the Rustic Cow any time you are in Newport. You don't want to miss this. You can check them out on Facebook @rusticcowicecream. You can book a party, event or corporate meeting by visiting Facebook or calling them at (423) 532-8480.

 

Some new products to recommend

I recently had a stroke. It left me with just a lingering numbness in my fingertips. I was fortunate that it was a mini one and that the after-effects will not require any physical therapy. However, I was concerned about the tingling sensation and discussed it with my neurosurgeon. Because of the type and location of my stroke, it effects the sensation nerves running from my brain to my fingers and toes. It will eventually go away, and I can train the brain to “reconnect”. I just did not like that constant feeling in my hand and fingers. Imagine my dismay when my doctor, a well-known neurosurgeon around town, told me he cannot recommend a prescription for it, but he can tell me that many of his patients have great success with healing using CBD products.

The following week, I was scheduled to go to the USA CBD Expo Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I went with my friend, Aaron, who owns his own company and was going to carry CBD and Delta 8 products. So, we not only went with the intent to look for products to carry, but to do some research on the different types of products. I had many people give me samples to try for my hand and am happy to announce they work. But I want to tell you about the line of products we narrowed it down to in deciding what we wanted to carry.

PureKana was one that made a huge impression on both of us. Aaron suffers from bad back pains due to an incident injuring his back when he was in the Air Force. Add that to my recent health scare and we were so glad to find that this company had many different products that could help with pain. We both found that the PureKana Topical CBD Ointment provided the best, long-lasting pain relief we have been able to find. 

All of the PureKana CBD is non-GMO and contains no pesticides, solvents, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers. They have all their products tested by third-party laboratories, so everything is completely safe for consumption.

Please visit our shop, Toke Lyf Nation, to see what we have so far. More items will be added as we go. Each item has a great description so you can find what you need to fit your circumstances. Let me know what you think.

I will post our link in the side bar so you can come back to it whenever you need to. We are a relatively new small business and we appreciate all your support.

A Blessing for Women

This was written by someone named Heather and shared on Facebook by multiple people. It touched my heart in ways you will never know. I decided that every woman needs to read it so I am sharing for you today.

Have you ever noticed how in the scriptures men are always going up into the mountains to commune with the Lord? Yet in the scriptures we hardly ever hear of women going to the mountains. But we know why — right?

Because the women were too busy keeping life going; they couldn’t abandon babies, meals, homes, fires, gardens, and a thousand responsibilities to make the climb into the mountains!

I was talking to a friend the other day, saying that as modern womanI feel like I’m never “free” enough from my responsibilities, never in a quiet enough space I want with God.

Her response floored me, “That is why God comes to women. Men have to climb the mountain to meet God, but God comes to women whereever they are.” I have been pondering on her words for weeks and have searched my scriptures to see that what she said is true.

God does indeed come to women where they are, when they are doing their ordinary, everyday work. He meets them at the wells where they draw water for their families, in their homes, in their kitchens, in their gardens. He comes to them as they sit beside sickbeds, as they give birth, care for the elderly, and perform necessary mourning and burial rites.

Even at the empty tomb, Mary was the first to witness Christ’s resurrection, She was there because she was doing the womanly chore of properly preparing Christ’s body for burial.

In these seemingly mundane and ordinary tasks, these women of the scriptures found themselves face to face with divinity.

So if — like me — you ever start to bemoan the fact that you don’t have as much time to spend in the mountains with God as you would like. Remember, God comes to women. He knows where we are and the burdens we carry. He sees us, and if we open our eyes and our hearts we will see Him, even in the most ordinary places and in the most ordinary things.

He lives. And he’s using a time such as this to speak to women around the world.

Pizza Time

Many years ago, by experimenting with different combinations and my picky eating habits, my hubby came up with the perfect combo for me to enjoy homemade open face pizza bread. We used Cobblestone Mill white sub rolls, Ragu traditonal pizza quik sauce, pork sausage and Colby Jack cheese. It was a huge immediate success.

Over time, we would try different combos like pizza dough instead of pizza bread.

 

One time I was out of subrolls and my 9 year old grandson Caleb wanted pizza so he experimented with a little help in fixing it like a grilled cheese sandwich with all the same ingrediants betweed bread and grilled.

The subrolls for the open face have always been my favorite.

But if I can find the subrolls, I also love it on flat bread. It makes for a really good pizza. 

After finding all these pictures from older posts today, it made me crave pizza. So tonight I celebrated by making it on pizza dough and it was divined.