Kathiey's World

Thank you, Lord, for the shadow of your wings.  Thank you that I find protection, fatherly encouragement, direction for my path,  and your endless unfailing love in the shadow of your wings. Thank you because you uphold me in all things, and because of this, I have the strength to sing:-) Happy Monday, Everyone! KathieyV:-)

Getting ready to descend the gorge at Watkins Glen Park in NY.  My new buddies and I were ready with cameras in hand and over 800 steps ahead of us. So let's get started.  As usual, I will have informational quotes from Wikipedia in italics... Watkins Glen State Park/Wikipedia Watkins Glen State Park  is located outside the village of  Watkins Glen,  New York , south of  Seneca Lake  in  Schuyler County  A friend of mine looked at my photos and asked if I walked across on the log in the photo below. The answer to that would be "No!" that did not even enter my mind:-) The 1000-acre park's centerpiece is a 400-foot-deep (120 m) narrow  gorge  cut through rock by a stream – Glen Creek – that was left  hanging  when  glaciers  of the  Ice age  deepened the  Seneca valley.  The Road Scholars are all about education.  They taught us all about the types and layers of rock we would see on this journey.  It made me pay a bit more attention

  Music has been my source of hope and strength since I can remember. As a child, I remember singing along with the Hermans Hermits and The Monkeys for hours on end. As I entered my teen years, I loved rock music and listened to it every chance I got. As a teen, I gave my life to God and began to listen to contemporary Christian music. I loved the hope and encouragement found in the lyrics. Over the years, with all of its ups and downs, I found positive messages in the music that helped me deal with whatever came my way. I could not have anticipated the power of music in my life when a devastating life event occurred. My husband left me after a 37-year long marriage without any warning. I was in shock and quickly fell into depression. I felt I had no lifeline and no hope, and then I remembered the music. I began to listen to my favorite Christian radio station. Even on the days I did not feel the desire to listen, I forced myself to do so, and it did help. In listening every day, I fou

  When I was a child, I had many "special places" where I would go to seek peace and quiet from my, sometimes, complicated life. I remember I would find solace in the trees, literally. There was a large tree in the field behind a barn we had on the property. I remember many times climbing that tree where I had one limb that became my retreat. When the world became too loud and confusing, I would find my spot on that limb where I would sometimes pray, sometimes rest, and at times just breathe.  There was another tree in the woods behind our house. This tree had a ready-made stump. The stump was about two feet above ground level and surrounded by newly formed shoots from the still-living tree. When I needed quiet, I would walk into the woods, find my tree, and sit hidden among and protected from the chaotic world by the shoots that surrounded me.  In my twenties and thirties, I found peace in music. I was a member of a praise and worship team at my church. My role was to sing b

 Here is the latest five books I have read with a mini review.  It was a pretty good reading period for me.   (There is an Amazon link to each book.  If you are interested in a bit more information, just click on the link.  I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the link and buy anything at all, I get a percent of the sale with no cost to you...thanks:-) ********************************************************************************* Book 1  "When You See Me" by Lisa Gardner Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Detective Good Reads Rating-4.30 My Rating is 4/5 on a scale of 1-5 Click on photo below to go to Amazon.         Overview I found on Amazon. "FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D D Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to

It is still chilly here in NC, so I decided to try a new recipe that I found in a Better Homes and Gardens cooking magazine.  The soup is called Meatball and Vegetable Soup with Pasta.  I looked over the recipe... Then I gathered my ingredients.... Here is the recipe...I did make a few adjustments that you will see within the recipe... Ingredients 3  14-ounce cans  beef broth 1  12- to 16-ounce package  frozen cooked meatballs 1  15- to 16-ounce can  Great Northern beans or cannellini beans (white kidney beans), rinsed and drained 1  14.5-ounce can  diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano, undrained (I used petite cut diced tomatoes without spices.  I added my own basil, oregano, salt and pepper, and a pinch of garlic) 1  10-ounce package  frozen mixed vegetables 1  cup  dried small uncooked pasta (such as macaroni, small shell, mini penne, or rotini)     Crusty bread (optional)     Shredded Parmesan cheese (optional) ( This was a very nice touch:-) direct

 I have a double oven, which I love.  A double oven gives you the ability to make several things at two different temperatures to have some flexibility in making your meals. I am not thrilled with any of the appliances I have from GE.  They all have issues, and they are only four years old.  The ice maker on the GE fridge makes loud weird sounds and is very slow.  The GE dishwasher has issues with the rubber inserts that I guess protect water from escaping.  I have not had problems with leakage, but I have had to reinsert the rubber fittings more than once.   Now to the double oven.  Yes, it is pretty and has worked well for the most part.  The problem is that more than once, a code pops up, and the oven won't heat.  Each time this happens, I think to myself that I will have to call an electrician or an appliance specialist to help me, and that could cost hundreds of dollars. The first time it happened, I consulted YouTube and found an alternative to try, and it worked.  In many ca