Enjoying Sunday 10 10 2010

Love the view enjoying being out taking a few pictures

                                         Getting things ready for planting

                                          The White JF Kennedy rose still blooming

                                        The Yellow rose still blooming

Sunday was such a beautiful day here in my neck of the woods . A  warm sunny day to enjoy and  view my roses as I know with this time of year they will soon going dormat
 I planted some more tulips to see burst thru the ground come spring ! I am already looking forward to spring .

Enjoy each day !!!

Multitude Mondays Oct. 4th- 10th 2010 week 20

1133 Monday~~For this day ~~

1134 For sweaters and socks on this cool morning

1135 For Coffee in bed while watching the today show

1136 For kind and thoughtful customers !!!!

1137 For the clouds ...I just can almost see the MASTER taking the tip of his finger swirling them to make the forms .....

1138  For studying about Noah and his faith !!! Quiet time to reflect on this study

1139  Tuesday ~~For this day!!

1140  For my roses and morning glories still blooming in the cool weather

1141  For seeing the peep of some sun on my way to work

1142  For Colorox  yes Colorox my friend !!!

1143  For fresh hot coffee at work !!









1144  For love that is better with each day !!!! (not saying its not up and downs along the journey )

1145  For the smell of my husbands aftershave lingering with me ..............

1146  For this song ....My GOD knows just what I need !!!! (wrote by Jeanette Cooke a lady that has blessed me in her songs )







1147 For having lunch outside in the car sunny and warm !

1148 For that needed quiet study time



1149 Wednesday~~ for this day and being off work !

1150 For the coffee my husband brought to my bed when I woke up

1151 For going getting out of the house and going to ktown

1152 For safety in our driving today

1153 For having lunch compliments of Sams club. ( we got chicken, pasta salad, fruit, and bread samples )

1154 For our dinner out was very nice

1155 For preparing for tomorrow nights refreshing .Banana nugget cookies so yummy

1156 For Me being home when Chuck received a call to come back to the Dr for more test .

1157 For prayer warriors

1158 For the laughter we have shared today over something I typed in google wrong.

1159 For the sky so blue and the water so peaceful !!



1160 Thursday~~ For this Day !!

1161 For getting my bible study finished last night

1162 For Lisa telling me Misty gave her testimony !!!

1163 For finding simple pleasures blog !!

1164 For the ladies bible study

1165 For Lisa's tasty refrestments

1166  For my husband having the door open waiting on me !!

1167 Friday~~ For this day

1168 For people praying for CW

1169 For safety in our travels today

1170  For being reminded of Isiah 40:31

1171  For the wonderful sunshine and such a beautiful day (fall is in the air and I am a spring and summer gal)

1172  For the time to study and learning about Jacob and Israel

1173  For studying Hebrews 11 --the faith Chapter ---  such men of great faith

1174  For GOD giving me all these promises and blessings from his word .

1175  For getting the Brew party @houseparty!!!! cant wait !!!



1176 Saturday~~ For this day ~~~

1177 For Morning Kisses and hugs

1178 For us playing with a dog that loves us so .....

1179  For the job I have and am able to come to work today how blessed !!!

1180  For this song the words have blessed me each time I hear it if you listen ...just listen to the words .......and the blessings ..........wow  makes this gal want to shout PRASIES TO MY FATHER !!!

1181 For the warm evening

1182 For Lisa dropping by to visit and it being warm enough to sit out on the deck !!



1183 Sunday ~~For this Day

1184 For worship serice this morning

1185 For Maragret being able to come back to church I sure have missed this lady..

1186 For the message on being humble ~~Take me and mold me you are the potter and I am the clay ~(kind of person I need to be)

1187 For Aaron being at church this morning and a nice hug from him

1188 For the dinner after church

1189 For the pastor coming by and asking if he could refill our drinks.

1190 For the warm sunny day love it !!!

1191 For Taking some pictures and Lc and the little Cora's they are just to cute

1192 For Champion being so good with kids he is just a love dog !!(love dog that sheds and keeps this gal buzy )

Father I come before you thankful this morning for the many blessings you give to each one not only me but others . For the Simple life that I have and love ....help me to see each blessing and be thanful for each one.
For your love on this undeserving child !!! Amen !!


GOD is so good !!!

Simple pleasures Thursday !!! 10 6 2010

I ran right into something I love Simple Pleasures series this morning which happen to be a Thursday you can click on her blog or the link at the top simple pleasures and blog your simple pleasures.

My first Thursday of simple pleasures

Each morning as I wake my husband brings to my bed a cup of nice hot black coffee and yes its with lots of love that he does this .
Most mornings I am so sleepy that I fail to say thank you or see its love for me that he does this .

For this simple act of kindness brings me much pleasure as I say
It is in the simple things that brings us the greatest blessings

Thanks to my husband for such a simple act of love !!!

I am linking up with Dayle at A Collection of This and That for her weekly Simple Pleasures:

Multitude Monday Sept 27th - Oct 3rd 2010 week 19

A few quotes I found this week that I would like to share and reflect on ..
Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.

Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place you are.

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way ( wow ~~I say thanks for the blessings coming my way )





1079 Monday~~ A new fresh morning for a fresh week of blessings
1080 Thankful that GOD is always in control
1081 Thankful for the warm house on a very cool night !!
1082 Thanking for reading the Miracles of JESUS for our study

1083 Tuesday~~Thankful that I got up on time and for this day
1084 Safety to my early morning meeting and back
1085 For the word impavid, my sister and her words of the day !
1086 For carrying the groceries in my new little cart makes it so helpful
1087 For studying GODs word
1088 Psalms 146

1089 Wednesday~~Thankful for this morning
1090 For stepping outside and feeling the cold air on my warm toes !!!
1091 For friendly customers and sweet kids !!!
1092 For the sunshine on a cool morning
1093 For lunch with Lc
1094 For LC's email that brought me to tears !
1095 For the belief that I have....That is far above and beyond anything coming out Friday



1096 For dinner with my husband
1097 For Connor being at the restaurant we were at !!! he loves the farm life and animals .
1098 For Connor saying watch me KK take big man bites....
1099 For quiet time for studying the word of GOD

1100 Thursday~~Thankful for the good nights rest and for this day
1101 For my husband and Champion wanting groups hugs
1102 For the things GOD allows me to see
1103 For the unseen hand that guides me each day ..this song has been on my heart this morning as I finished this weeks study .......



1104 for this video ....A GOOD DAY
"A Good Day" video - Brother David Steindl-Rast
1105 Thankful that GOD is opening my eyes and heart to the many blessings of each new day
1106 Thankful for the women's bible study ...hearing all the times GOD has been right there for them ...HE is always on time

1107 Friday~~~ For this day ...
1108 For Misty getting off the vent THANK YOU LORD = answered prayers
last night she was 100 percent vent
1109 For GOD always listening to his children
1110 For my husband safety to the ridge and back today
1111 For a good report !!
1112 For CW coming by and seeing me at work today
1113 For a visit from Amon~~ as we always get to talk about the LORD
1114 For our night out dinner and driving around

1115 Saturday~~for this day
1116 For the extra little bit of sleep ~~my day off !!!
1117 For us going out for the day to just enjoy the day and being together
1118 For the new store that opened and I love it
1119 For two new shirts !! Orange and Purple
1120 For the Golden Corral (my husband loves this place)
1121 For safety
1122 For Champion feeling better this evening
1123 For his blessings and answered prayers for Misty who is now out of ICU ~~PRAISE GOD as he hears and loves his children so much sometime we fail to stop and say THANK YOU LORD for the LOVE
1124 For GOD that we can go to him and just want to talk and he listens
he lets us climb up in his lap and tell him all !!
1125 For such beautiful day weather was cool but still beautiful

1126 Sunday~~ For this day ~~for this as all days means so much when you reflect on GOD's goodness
1127 For Aaron standing up to a guy that told him he didn't need to go to church !!!!
1128 For Chili on a cool day ~~yummy~~
1129 For Chuck making me laugh
1130 For Chuck cleaning out his sock drawer
1131 For the warm shower
1132 For talking with someone about Cain and Abel and why GOD favored Abel


Holding to the unseen hand ...........................

Multitude Monday Sept 20th-26th Week 18

1031 Monday~~For this beautiful morning in which I say PRAISE GOD from whom all blessings flow !!

1032 The cool crisp feeling that is out side of the morning

1033 Talking with Gaye on my way to work.

1034 Getting in to see Metcalf Wednesday !!

1035 Coming home to the place I love and the one that waits for me each day I am blessed

1036 Chatting with my Cuz Charlene on facebook

1037 fixing my hummers fresh food and its amazing how they come to thank you for the fresh food

1038 Giving my lady dog treats

1039 Watering my flowers and pruning some of them

1040 Evening porch talks and Prayer with the Master !!!

1041 Thankful that I am trying to do better on my journey !!

1042 Thankful that my husband does most of the dishes each day!

1043 Thankful that the roses I got in Ky a few weeks ago are drying perfect !!





1044 Tuesday ~~God has blessed me with another morning











1045 Thankful to be porch sitting waiting for the sunrise Just look at the sun shining !!!

1046 Thankful for the love I have for nature --breathing in all the beauty that GOD has for us if we just stop and take it in !!!

1047 For being on time for a conference call that I just found out about a few minutes before it started !!!

1048 Thankful for bringing breakfast to work this morning !

1049 Thankful for Lc's nice cake she shared yummy

1050 For times like these

1051 For talking with my husband for a minute

1052 For those good Mennonites potatoes we got

1053 For time I spent with Lady dog tonight

1054 Thankful for my sister in laws and brother in laws I have been so blessed to have them as they are so much more than in laws they are sisters and brothers to me

1055 For Chatting on facebook to my great niece Shelby ~~~so sweet !!!

1056 For Sondia sending me this picture as she knows how I love the Master Artist and how he paints the sky!







This picture was sent from Elk Grove, CA that was taken tonight 9 21 2010









1057 Wednesday~~ blessed to have this day and be up early !!!







1058 Thankful for the early morning hours before dawn to go out and sit on the porch and watch and listen to the lighting and thunder while having my coffee

1059 Thankful for my two words of the day Risible and Verbose !! from my sister who is very verbose !!

1060 Thankful for the safety in my travels to O.R. today



1061 Thursday~~blessed with another morning and 1440 yesterday

1042 My day off !!!

1043 Getting up early to porch sit and have my coffee as I know these days will be soon over as the mornings get cooler ....

1044 Going to breakfast with my husband

1045 Thankful for the RX yesterday one pill to take care of it all I thank GOD !!!

1046 Safety in our travels today

1047 Shopping and not buying anything Thankful I am just a looked !!!

1048 Blessed to have got to Visit Jerome in August we had such a great visit he is out of pain today and in heaven Thankful for all the times of fun I had at their home growing up !!!

1049 Thankful that I finished this weeks lessons

1050 Thankful for a great bible study ....

1051 Thankful that CW gave me some interesting thoughts on some questions I had asked him about faith and believing ...........things I had never thought of for the study week we were in ..





1052  Friday~~ For this day and the nights rest !!!

1053  For my little shopping cart that will help me !!!

1054  For the little kitten that showed up on our doorstep and lady was so sweet with it !!

1055  Thankful that my husband loves all the animals and for him taking it back to its home !!

1056  For the new way changes that have been made to blog spot to help us to be better blogers !!!

1057  For  Sb 's surgery going well !!!Thank you LORD !!!

1058  For my talk with Sherry on lunch ~~Friends~~~ we laughed , we cried, we shared some funny memories

1059  Thankful that I have friends that are lifetime friends even though I live far from them !!

1060  For the workday being busy !!!

1061  For our date night ..dinner and home

1062  for Quiet time to study GOD's promises



1063  Saturday ~~~for this morning ~~ thank you LORD for the beauty of each day may I see beauty in all your creation!!!

 1064  the beauty of  the morning glories ..even the ones coming up Thur the cracks ....a county porch

1065  For sitting enjoying the porch and seeing all the birds

1066  For a talk with my sister in law LR

1067  For meeting a new person running for office

1068  For dinner at the Mexican Restaurant



1069 Sunday~~ Getting to sleep a few minutes longer

1070 For the nice cool morning to porch sit with my Husband and Coffee

1071 For Sunday worship service

1072  For Aaron that he came to church again today

1073  For a day of rest , nap after Church

1074  For dinner with my sister

1075  For a warm shower that makes a body feel good

1076  For my warm fuzzy

1077 For Forgiveness from GOD

1078 For friends being exactly that friends

Father I come before you this morning glad that you love me , shower blessings upon  me from week to week and for the many years of blessings . I PRAISE you for you love for me your child !!!!
I pray that each one that reads this may stop and say THANK YOU LORD the giver of all things good
In JESUS name ...........Amen


Glad to be a child of the MOST HIGH ~~~~~~~~~~~GOD ~~~~~~~~~~~

Multitude Monday Sept 13th-19th 2010 weeek 17

1031 Monday~~ For this day and the wonderful nights rest !
1032 For the ones I know still doing Multitude Mondays
1033 For LC going to the store with me as I felt so bad I thought I might need help
Must have been super tired ! (it's the 29 years) I have to laugh at that
1034 For finishing my week one of our bible study workbook .

1035 Tuesday~~ for sleeping a few extra mins on my day off
1036 For Chuck and I enjoying the beautiful day together




1037 For Chuck asking me history questions ..this is making me learn !!
1038 For getting to mow the grass !!!Love it !!
1039 For trimming some trees
1040 For spending the evening hours outside Love it !!!
1041 For Getting a text from my boss and her text says blessings to you !!!
1042 For V wanting to know what 1440 was !!!



1043 Seeing the rocks the (rock man) makes

1044 Wednesday ~~ Thankful for this day ~~~New blessings

1045 For getting laundry folded before work !!!this I am so thankful for !!!
1046 For fixing Ww soup that tasted better this week !!

1047 Thursday~~Again for this day !!
1048 For walking out in the fresh air and seeing my flowers !!



1049 For getting my teeth cleaned Erica is a great hygienist
1050 For stopping and Getting a Latte !!
1051 For Safety in driving this morning
1052 For having a good bible study

1053 Friday~~ Thankful for this day
1054 For the upper room reading this morning
1055 For my brother stopping by and going to lunch with me !!
1056 For studying my bible study day one for this week
1057 For Brenda and I talking about the bible study today at work
1058 Thank you Lord for being so good to me (beautiful song below )




1059 For sitting outside enjoying the beauty and watching the hummers

1060 Saturday~~ This day !! a cool crisp morning with wonderful sunshine
1061 For studying some in the bible study before work



1062 For having lunch at the park and studying some more in the beleiving GOD
1063 For seeing nothing but blue skies no clouds....
1064 For Carolyn sharing with me and Lisa that Connor who is three asked about her blue ribbion and remembered what it was for !!
1065 For having a home and the shelter it provides

1066 Sunday ~~ For this Day of blessings
1067 For sleeping in this morning until 10:15
1068 For clothes to wash
1069 For food to fix
1070 For Aaron coming to Church today Glad he came
1071 For the evening at the park with my sister and seeing Aaron and blue
1072 For just driving around love to just get out and drive around our area
1073 For a day of just being lazy !!!


Father , I thank you for this past week of many blessings , blessings that I have remembered and blessings I have failed to acknowledge to you > Forgive me for not seeing them or thanking you. I am thankful that you still love me when most days I am unlovable ...PRAISE your HOLY NAME !!!!! I will lift up my hands and PRAISE you for this week !!!In JESUS name AMEN !!

Family History

Genealogy is so neat I have been working on mine for over Thirty years and can say I have loved every Minute of it.
My sister in law and I started this long before Internet and we did this with a lot of foot work and I mean foot work.
We have climbed hills , crossed valley's waded little creeks to get to old tombstone that had been long forgotten . In doing this I have thought how hard our families have had it way back when . With great joy I know that they loved working those big farms and the fresh vegetables they harvested so they could enjoy the fruits of their labors .



on my journey to find each piece of this big puzzle I am been amazed at some of the things that happened way back then that my little mind never thought happened to people so long ago they got divorced had horrible fights there are records that I have where my Great Great Great Grandmother I will use the term she co-cocked her husband for living openly with another woman down the road.... and down the road then was like miles and miles so I know I have some good ole tough blood in these veins . I have always said there is two uses for a cast iron frying pan one is to cook with and the other to co -cock your husband !!!!! :)
I also have several Revolutionary war soldiers that have fought for our freedoms that we have today , Joshia Marcum was one of them here is a little history on him

First, Josiah Marcum stated that he had been told by his parents that he was born May 2, 1759, in Chesterfield County, Va., along the James River although he had no written evidence to prove the date. He continued that when but a child of four or five years, he moved to Prince Edward County. While Josiah was yet a boy, the family moved further westward to Bedford County where he grew to manhood and volunteered for service in the Virginia Militia as an “18 months” soldier. From Bedford, where he was enlisted, he was marched into North Carolina and was in Gates’ Defeat “only a short time” after he entered the service. He was a waggoner as well as a drummer and he explained that it was his duty to drive a baggage wagon filled with supplies to the vicinity of the battle. In his pension application, Josiah Marcum could not establish dates for any of these happenings. But he knew, and stated repeatedly for emphasis that he volunteered “in the spring immediately preceding the defeat of General Gates.” That one statement speaks volumes to the American who cares to turn back the pages of history to an account of the Revolution War years. “Gates Defeat” at Camden, S. C. on Aug. 17, 1780, has been likened to “the darkest hour before the dawn”, in the winning of the Revolution. Lord Cornwallis demolished the American Army under General Gates. The Americans lost over 2,000 men while the British losses amounted to 734. From his testimony, Josiah never forgot that retreat from Camden nor General Gates either. On Nov. 7, 1833, David Adkins, another Revolutionary War veteran, stated that he saw Josiah Marcum at Hillsbourgh in North Carolina in the American Army.” The first time he saw him, a part of the army was being marched out to a place where one of the soldiers was to be whipped. Adkins and Marcum led the procession with fife and drum. Adkins further declared that he saw Josiah Marcum beating the drum in one of the companies stationed at Hillsborough just before the defeat of General Gates. Adkins as fifer, and Marcum with the drum were marched out with a portion of the army together. But after they left Hillsborough, Adkins did not see him again “to his recollection.” Marcum stated that after the defeat of Gates he was marched back to Hillsborough where headquarters were located for a portion of the army. He spent the winter there and on scouting parties all the while continuing to drive the baggage wagon and to beat the drum. During this time he was in Campbell’s regiment under General Stephens who was in charge of the “18 months” men. Then, history tells that out of the defeat came victory. The American victory of King’s Mountain came in October, 1780. By December of the same year General Nathaniel Greene whose loyalty never was questioned, was sent to replace Gates who was retired permanently in disgrace. Then followed the Battle of Cowpens on Jan. 17, 1781 and the “Campaign of the Rivers” in which General Greene played hide-and-seek with the Red Coats along the headwaters of five flooded rivers up and down the Carolina's. By March 15, 1781, when Cornwallis attacked the Frontier Army at Guilford Courthouse, Greene held the line at Guilford after the British had chased the frontiersmen all the way across North Carolina. According to his pension declaration, Josiah Marcum held the line right along with Greene after driving the baggage wagon along the back hill country. By April of 1781, Cornwallis had moved north to Virginia and tried to Capture Governor Jefferson on the way. The last strategies of war were to bring about his historic surrender of Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781. Josiah Marcum could not recall the date but he knew when the war was over. His 18 months of service was completed and he was discharged at Hillsborough Courthouse “in the fall of the year.” He well remembered that on his way home to Virginia, the fruit in the orchards was ripe and “many people refused to let the soldiers have any.” The remaining evidence in the pension declaration tells more of the happenings of later life in the life of Josiah Marcum. In Nov. 7, 1833, his son Stephen Marcum, then 48 years old, stated that he had seen the discharge which his father received when he left the Revolutionary War. It had been “almost 35 years ago” and he remembered well that the discharge stated that his father had served the enlistment of 18 months. Stephen, with another individual, examined the papers of his father looking for the bill of sale of a Negro woman and found the discharge: and “they had some conversation in relation to the Revolutionary War and the old man talked of other times and told many anecdotes of things which happened whilst he was a soldier.” Adding another very human touch to the record, Josiah Marcum stated that his discharged was signed by Captain Tate but “he had it washed up in his pockets about 20 or 25 years ago.” He repeated that he had no documentary evidence but gave the names of three other veterans -- Silas Wooten, Edward Burgess, and David Adkins -- who knew of his having been in the service. His last statement was that the regiment to which he had attached was commanded by Colonel Campbell. “Campbell’s Regiment” is well known in Virginia history. Robert Campbell was a famous Indian fighter before Governor Jefferson gave him a Colonel’s Commission and authorized the formation of additional units to be attached to the brigade of General William Campbell. Many of these men who served also surveyed lands in Western Virginia. Josiah Marcum was one of the few who settled in person and for many years had extensive land holdings on both sides of Tug River in both Lawrence County in Kentucky and Cabell (later Wayne) on the Virginia side. He reared a large family. His descendants in ever-increasing numbers take their places with all degrees of prominence, through all walks of life. That Josiah Marcum passed from this life on March of 1846 a few weeks before his 87th birthday. That for many years he was such an expert blacksmith and gunsmith that he was known throughout the area as “The Vulcan of the Big Sandy Valley.” A review of Hardesty’s History of Wayne County mentions the Silver Creek Church and many of her early members. Among those mentioned are John and Clara (Marcum) Kirk, John C. and Clara Marcum, Moses Marcum, Jacob and Rhoda Marcum, and Rebecca Marcum Copley. Several of the descendants of Josiah Marcum are members of the Silver Creek Church and are very active in the youth program, the choir, the ministry. They are employed as teachers, bankers, coal miners, elected officials, musicians, attorneys, merchants, and doctors. In conclusion, thank you-- Josiah Marcum --for such a proud heritage that I hold dear to my hear !!



Now on to the ............
The Castles are on my mothers side of the family.

Now to talk about Jacob (White Tassel) Castle they called him white tassel due to he was what we would call a albino .
Jacob had at least eight wives all Cherokee except Sowega,who was his first wife.Sowega was a Shawnee Indian of the Kispokotha (Warrior) Clan, from Western Pa. and the mother of his first born,Jacob,Jr. He was one of the earliest pioneers in Southwest Va and the area called Castlewoods,Va is named for him

Jacob's Shawnee name was Taumee or Taumee-Elenee. This name was anglized to White Tassel, however the actual meaning is "Corn Man". This name was bestowed, no doubt, because of his light or white silky hair, which reminded the indians of corn silk. His slender stature also contributed to the reason for the name. He was slender like the corn stalk.

Sowega (Shawnee Indian Maiden):Sowega married Jacob(White Tassel)Cassel in 1736 in Lancaster Co,Pa. Soon thereafter she change her name to Mary Elizabeth. She was a Kispokotha ( Warrior Clan) Shawnee. Waupaathee is swan in Shawnee, therefore Sowega must denote some effeminant action of a swan.,perhaps "Gliding Swan" or "Swimming Swan". The Shawnee had 34 tribes (gens or clans) or name groups, as they are sometimes refered by. The Shawnee child is named by the elder of the tribe or gen of that particular division of the nation. In this case it would be the Kispokotha (Warrior Clan)."They generally bestow a name descriptive of some act of the animal or bird which is the totem of the infant named".(Trowbridge:1939,p.26)." "Women receive names within their totem tha convey an idea of softness or effeminacy". In general Shawnee "names are always more or less descriptive of some event which has occured,or of particular anticipated points in the character of the person, or of the animal which is their totem or name group."(Towbridge:1939,p.27) Therefore it is fairly safe to assume that Sowega is a name that identifies some effeminate nature of behavior of a swan.