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June 2012 · · Taken at Rolling Meadows Ranch, Lake Kissimmee State Park, Lake Wales, Florida
June 2012 – Birthday gift from Danny 2011. I’ve been wanting a good name for a favorite place of mine- of ours. I come here to talk to Bobby…. I’d been thinking along the lines of “OUR”…something….Danny surprised me by saying he wanted to call it “Bobby’s Cove”. He’s trying to make it the OFFICIAL name of this BODY of WATER. Water Management and the State Park ok’d it. Just waiting now.
September 5, 2015
Bobby’s Cove is the official name for the cove. It is not listed on any of the maps in the area. That is ok by me.
We were calling a section of this area “Our Hidden Path”. When we first moved here there was no path through this area any more. It was totally grown over. Danny and I had looked at the map and wanted to see this section of the cove. SO we blazed out own little trail. Little by little.
Our hidden path has been underwater most of this last year due to flooding.
From Sarah : I will write about THIS PAST WEEK IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS later on in this post. I held off starting this week even though I posted Week 1 last week.
“Welcome to week two of Quieting Your Heart for the Holidays. Here are the resources for this week…
In the guide (find link below), you’ll find that I have selected scripture to read on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On the alternate days it’s my hope that you’ll dig a bit deeper. For example, you could… look scripture up in your favorite commentary, read it in the interlinear Bible, look up words you want to gain a deeper understanding of, and watch sermons on the topic.
WEEK AT A GLANCE – FREE Printable Below Week at a glance is a synopsis of the study guide. It can be used as a book mark for your Bible, or you might want to put it up on your fridge as a reminder of each week’s focus. I printed mine out on card stock, and I’ll be keeping it in my Bible.
WEEKLY QUESTIONS – For those who want questions for reflection or group study, I’ll have new ones each week.
BIBLE VERSE CARDS – FREE Printable Below
Each week I’ll give you seven cards. There are 30 in total. I cut mine out, hole punched them, and put them on a little binder ring so I can meditate on one scripture/day. They’re so cute. I love them! These cards are a keepsake you can use for years to come. I picked Bible verses that remind me of the REASON for the season.
PRAYER JOURNAL
You don’t need to pick up a copy of my prayer journal to do this study with us. That’s totally optional. You can use any journal you have. In fact you could use a simple piece of paper. What I encourage you to do is to use your journal to journalize daily prayers, and to give thanks for a few things each day.
You might also use the journal to diarize the holiday season, making it a keepsake you’ll want to hang on to.
THE BLOG
I’ll be posting on the topics each week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Come here to glean encouragement and share in my thoughts.”
From Sarah : I am starting this wonderful study today. I wasn’t prepared for it when Advent started last week. I could blame it on the fact we were in Plant City until Tuesday of the first week. I had plenty of time to get ready for it here. I could have shared the first week on time but I chose family (In my case , Danny) and held off. Lighting Advent candles at a B & B could have been done. We had the whole house to ourselves. I still chose not to. I wasn’t ready (in my heart ) to begin. My HEART WASN’T QUIET. I am beginning Quieting Your Heart For The Holidays today, Sunday, December 8, 2019. I will continue the 4th week after Christmas. That will work for me because I celebrate Advent / Christmas through January. I always have. I haven’t begun to get ready for Christmas this year. I still have my few Thanksgiving Knick Knacks out. Not really wanting Thanksgiving to be over. I am Still waiting for MY HEART TO QUIET.
MY HEART hasn’t been QUIET in a very long time. I was praying that our mini- vacation would bring us closer and in a way it did. Yet, NOT IN THE WAYS I NEEDED IT TO.
Dannyreally has no clue how unhappy I have been . Yes, I have tried multiple times to tell him. He shuts me down every time. He believes I should forgive him . That I should have been able to get past what happened last February. What happened long before that. He doesn’t believe he betrayed me when he was TEXTING OTHER WOMEN. SEX-TEXTING EVEN. That is wrong no matter how you look at it. He has never once said he was sorry. Even if he wasn’t wrong. That it wasn’t cheating. That it wasn’t a betrayal. Danny hurt me and continued to hurt me and THAT WAS WRONG. WORSE IT WAS CRUEL. There was no hiding it. I was confronted every day. Every time he was on his phone. All day and night. He isn’t texting ANY OF THEM NOW. NOT BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE WAS WRONG BUT BECAUSE HE LOST INTEREST. Dannyhas women that he texts every day. He’s not SEX-TESTING them or doing anything really wrong, EXCEPT THAT IT BOTHERS ME. He texted the WHOLE TIME WE WERE IN PLANT CITY. THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE IN OUR ROOM AT THE STRAWBERRY HOUSE. I REALLY DON’T CARE THAT HE TEXTS CERTAIN WOMEN. HE HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS ONLINE. Whatbothers me is when he texts them 24/7. ESPECIALLY DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER.
We were there for 4 days. The last photo shown was at lunch our first day. We had only been in PLANT CITY an HOUR. We were unloading the car or rather I was unloading the car at the B&B when I walked in on him texting . I admit that I didn’t handle that well.it brought back TO MANY MEMORIES OF OUR LAST VISIT TO THE STRAWBERRY HOUSE WHEN HE WAS SEX-TEXTING. GRANTEDthis time the texting was a rail fan and there wasn’t anything wrong with it EXCEPT THAT HE DID IT THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. The person that he mainly texted all weekend WAS ANOTHER RAIL FAN. SHE IS ALSO IN HER 60’S. SO , IT’S NOT JEALOUSY . THERE IS NOTHING THERE. THEY HAVE BEEN “FRIENDS” ON YOUTUBE FOR A YEAR OR SO. Other than a few comments they had never really texted. Kathy was feeling sorry for herself over the HOLIDAYS. She was lonely. I get that. I WAS LONELY! I AM ALWAY LONELY WHEN DANNY IS HERE. THE ONLY THING I ASKED DANNY TO DO WHEN WE WERE ON OUR TRIP WAS NOT TEST THE WHOLE TIME. WELL, I DID ASK ONE OTHER THING……I WANTED SEX BUT MOST OF ALL I WANTED TO BE CUDDLED AT NIGHT. I WANTED US TO DO THINGS TOGETHER. I WANTED THE CLOSENESS. I NEEDED THE TOUCHING. I WANTED TO COME FIRST.
This past week IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS was NORMAL. Meaning Danny went to work. The rest of the time, EXCEPT FOR A FEW MINUTES IN THE MORNING AND MAYBE 20 MINUTES WHEN DANNY GOT HOME HE WAS IN HIS COMPUTER ROOM.
For those of You that are late getting started WITH THE HOLIDAYS this year here is :
“I don’t want to overwhelm you today, but I have a lot of resources to offer you for this study. You’ll find all of the links below the descriptions. I hope you enjoy them!
THE STUDY GUIDE – FREE Printable Below
We officially begin our study today. However, today is only the introduction. We don’t start in on the study guides or the prayer journals until Monday. I wanted to give you the resources early so you were ready to go on Monday morning.
In the guide (find link below), you’ll find that I have selected scripture to read on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On the alternate days it’s my hope that you’ll dig a bit deeper. For example, you could… look scripture up in your favorite commentary, read it in the interlinear Bible, look up words you want to gain a deeper understanding of, and watch sermons on the topic.WEEK AT A GLANCE – FREE Printable BelowWeek at a glance is a synopsis of the study guide. It can be used as a book mark for your Bible, or you might want to put it up on your fridge as a reminder of each week’s focus. I printed mine out on card stock, and I’ll be keeping it in my Bible.
WEEKLY QUESTIONS
For those who want questions for reflection or group study, I’ll have new ones each week.
BIBLE VERSE CARDS – FREE Printable Below
Each week I’ll give you seven cards. There are 30 in total. I cut mine out, hole punched them, and put them on a little binder ring so I can meditate on one scripture/day. They’re so cute. I love them! These cards are a keepsake you can use for years to come. I picked Bible verses that remind me of the REASON for the season.
PRAYER JOURNAL
You don’t need to pick up a copy of my prayer journal to do this study with us. That’s totally optional. You can use any journal you have. In fact you could use a simple piece of paper. What I encourage you to do is to use your journal to journalize daily prayers, and to give thanks for a few things each day.
You might also use the journal to diarize the holiday season, making it a keepsake you’ll want to hang on to.
THE BLOG
I’ll be posting on the topics each week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Come here to glean encouragement and share in my thoughts.
FIND ME ON THE WEB
Look for my daily journal entries on Instagram. Here’s my URL: @timewarpwife
I don’t even think you need an Instagram account if you’re just looking. If you do have an account, then you’ll know what I mean when I say, use the hashtag #quietingyourheart
Find us in our Facebook group: Bible Journaling. I’m sure that many of the readers including myself will be sharing their journal entries.
Follow me on Facebook. Click the like button in the header. And if you’re not getting my notifications on your homepage, click the “like” button and choose “get notifications.” Facebook changed their algorithm about a year ago and started hiding the pages we like. Argh!”
From Sarah: BEFORE I CAN REALLY START ADVENT AND THIS BIBLE STUDY, I NEED TO FIND MY ADVENT CANDLES. Have a wonderful week. Happy Sunday, Love and Hugs, Sarah
Why oh why did I switch to the ”New For Me” Block System? I did it last thing last night. BEFORE I knew anything about it Probably very simple but for now it’s a pain in the neck. Kind of what my mood has been today. I have been fighting a Migraine. So far, I have held it at bay. Head still throbs though as does the rest of my body So I am very THANKFUL the MIGRAINE isn’t that bad.
I AM THANKFUL for my new chai latte tea mug. It’s huge. It was inexpensive. It’s the “simple things” that usually bring a smile to my face.
Danny was off yesterday and today. He managed to get our yard mowed. It had been over a month. Our John Deere finally bit the dust earlier this summer. We have been using a lawn mower from the park. When they aren’t using it. When it isn’t broke. LOL More on the John Deere later. Anyway, our yard looks better. Now all he has to mow is the bunkhouse and the area in back and beside it. The RV site. Most of all, he needs to mow the mile drive and the entrance to Rolling Meadows Ranch. Plus he needs to fix a water leak here on the property. Near the house. There were a few raindrops on the car yesterday but that was it. We need rain so badly.
These were taken a few months ago.
Not much else to add to this post. I need to upload photos so I have recent ones to add here. My candle is glowing. Drinking a Chai tea. Have great rest of the week. Love And Hugs , Sarah
Hello From Lake Kissimmee State Park And Rolling Meadows Ranch
I have a question:
Fall, where are you??????????
It’s been in the upper 80’s. A few days ago it was 89 degrees outside. That my friends is not AUTUMN. No ways near it.
I have had trouble finding things to be thankful for this year.
Until I see :
Driving home from the park. 2 Momma deers and their babies.
I have so much I need and want to share.
For now, on this first day of November,
I am THANKFUL for the joys I see every day. It’s the “Little Things” in my life that make me the happiest.
Happy November!
Love Sarah
Our first visit to Hooters together. Our first date.
Animal Kingdom
Cinderella Castle at Disney World. There is a story to go with this picture. Another time and place.
Cinderella Castle at Disney World. There is a story to go with this picture. Another time and place.
Let’s just say I am very glad he talked me into going.
Every girl, young or old, should see Cinderella’s Castle at least once in their life.
Pine Island Early Christmas Morning : My first Christmas In FLORIDA,
My FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT BOBBY.
Easter Sunday. 2007 Danny had just started at Lake Kissimmee State Park . We were living at Camp Mack Fish Camp or River Resort. I caught the biggest fish that day. A mud fish.
