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Friday, March 9, 2018

Sabbath Music - Praise Adonai

Shabbat shalom, Gail-Friends. I hope your week has been good. Mine has been busy. Lots happening around Golden Cottage lately.

We had a wonderful Purim celebration and, as promised, I will share a couple of photos. Of course, we had lots of hamentaschen. You know the Jewish saying, right? "They tried to kill us. We survived. Let's EAT!"

We had a puppet show about Purim - the story of Esther. If you're not familiar with this traditional Jewish celebration, be sure to click on the Purim link on the right side of this website. You'll find my past posts to fill you in. This was the lovely curtain that covered the stage:

Here's Queen Vashti. Boy, was she dramatic!

We had photo opps with King Ahaseurus and Queen Esther.

The King

And the Queen

Our teenagers put on the puppet show, and each person had to make their own puppet. It was so much fun. Hilarious!

We had a Hamen-head pinata filled with candy. The kids had fun beating him in the head till the candy fell out! We had a special guest -- you won't believe who stopped by. I'll have pics next week.

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Are you ready to be still? Are you ready to turn away from the world and spend your special day with Adonai? He's waiting for you. This song, Praise Adonai by Paul Wilbur, always refreshes me on the Sabbath. I hope it does the same for you. Praise Him. Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

His Valentine Finally Arrived!!

FINALLY! My husband's Valentine gift arrived today. He was so excited! What can it be?????

Hmmmm.......

Finally, the box opened, the wrapping removed and VOILA!

It's TRUMPY BEAR!!!!!

Yep! This is what you buy for the man who has everything!!!

Trumpy Bear even has a certificate of authenticity!!! And an American flag cape!

We took lots of pictures!

Our dog loves Trumpy Bear!

Posing with our Sweet Land of Liberty flag

He's a good ol' rebel, just like Jem....

He's going to go bike riding with us after supper tonight. I'll have pics later!

Make America Great Again

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I sometimes share my posts with these friends:
Spiritual Sundays GRAND Social      Modest Mom Monday Link-up      The Art of Homemaking Mondays
   BLOGGING GRANDMOTHERS LINK PARTY     Share Your Cup Wednesday Wordless Wednesdays Classical Homemaking Link-Up
    Favorite Things Home and Garden Thursday at Delightsome Life  Paula's Weekend No Rules Blog Party Friendship Friday
Sunday Thoughts Link-Up
OVER THE MOON LINKY PARTY!

Friday, March 2, 2018

Sabbath Music - Chag Purim

Queen Esther (aka Amanda Wilson)

We're celebrating Purim tonight, along with our weekly Erev Shabbat service. One of our young ladies has organized a Purim puppet show and we're excited to see it. I'll have photos next week.

If you're not familiar with this fun holiday, be sure to see some of my past posts HERE
You can see some of the fun we have as well as learn about my famous hamentaschen recipe.
(just scroll down)

Every year, we remember the faithfulness of Hashem by reading the book of Esther. We also are reminded that we all were born for such a time as this. He wants to use US for His Kingdom assignments.

We'll be singing, dancing, making lots of noise, eating, and having lots of fun and fellowship. Here's a traditional Purim song for you to enjoy: Chag Purim

And here's a fun contemporary song by the Maccabeats, Purim Song

I'll tell you all about our celebration (with photos) on Thursday this coming week.

CHAG PURIM!

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