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Gone to Shipshewana!Well, I am back now but that is where I went this morning. My cousin just moved to the area this summer and so I called her and then went over and rescued her from her unpacking.I have really been needing some time away with some of my family lately and this is just what the doctor ordered. She totally spoiled my munchkins and we had a chance to reconnect. It was great to have someone to talk to that actually knew the people that I grew up with. She is actually my second cousin...but since I was raised by my grandparents...it is more like she is just my cousin. She is only slightly older than me and her kids are about 2 years older than mine. So this is going to be great having her close by. Anyway, I needed to get there to get some more jelly jars. Wal-mart ran out (big surprise) and I didn't want to pay the extremely high prices at Rural King. Since I needed some more gluten free supplies...and I was free today...I thought why not. I like it when I can be spontaneous like that! So much of my life is now planned out and such that I can tend to feel boxed in at times. It does a body good to just drive sometimes! So I ended up getting some jelly jars, some 1/2 gallon ball jars (for use as canisters), some cheese (totally necessary if you go to Shipshe), and the some gluten free flours. I needed some sorghum flour...which is nearly impossible to find in this small town, I got some more oat flour, and some brown rice flour...which they had never had when I was there before. Now my little guuy will be able to have some of these chocolate chip cookies that I just got a recipe for! More importantly...I am feeling refreshed and ready to get busy! This has been an extremely trying week for me and I am just glad to be done with it. I have prayed about some problems that I have been having and left them with the Lord and now I just pray that they stay there (since it is really out of my control anyway). So now I think I will go and relax on the coch with the kids. I will not be going to the market tomorrow because we are to be having rain off and on throughout the whole weekend. Our garden really needs it and I need a break anyway! Blessings! MrsC 01:37 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {1} - post commentWho has the power over my life??I know strange title. I was at my friend AmyJo's blog the other day and she had posted a post about a friend of hers that was thinking of leaving HSB. One of the things AmyJo brought up was how sometimes we let other people have power in our lives. This really hit home. I have been dealing with someting similar, I have been letting one person have power over my life. This person basically has used me and pretended to be my friend for over 2 years. I thought she was a Christian but she has shown me how people can come across as one thing and be something so totally different. That part doesn't matter as much as the fact that I was letting what she had done to me keep me from doing things that I liked doing. One thing that Amy Jo said was " Don't let that person have power over your joy or peace level." "Don't let other's rule your life" this is so true . Now please don't get me wrong, I am a Christian but that doesn't mean that I don't ever make mistakes or do things or say things I shouldn't, but if I do something wrong I have the decency and courage to say I did this wrong and to please forgive me. If I have a problem with someone I will go to that person as the Bible says to do in Matthew 18:15 "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass agains thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained they brother." So my conclusion in all of this (and I thank Amyjo so much for saying what she said) is that I am not going to let anyone but God have power over my life. I will not let one person steal my joy or peace and I plan on starting to do some things that I had stopped because of this person. She is only one person and if anyone "sides" with her then there isn't much I can do about that. I have so many different things going on in my life that I don't have the time to worry about such silly things. "Brethern, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14 I will be pressing toward the mark and high calling of Jesus. I will not let anyone steal my joy or my peace and I certainly will not let anyone have power in MY LIFE!! 01:30 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {1} - post commentNeed Help PleaseAlot of people in my house have alot of stomach problems. From acid reflux, to constipation and bleeding ulcers. I was told along time ago by a good friend of mine that her sister in law made her families own bread and that she never bought store bought bread.She said that not one person in that family had any problems with their stomachs. I recently read an article about homemade bread being better for someone with stomach problems. I would love to find some recipes on home made bread and to ask anyone if the store bought wheat flour is good enough or should I try and get it from a health food store. If any one has recipes or good ideas I would be forever grateful...
Love, Rebekah 12:54 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {2} - post commentGustav and Summer UPDATES!!!!!
WE HAVE ELECTRICITY AGAIN! There were several "Thank you, Lords" and "Hallelujahs" spoken (loudly) around here by my hubby and I when the power came back on yesterday at 5:pm!! I even found out today that at least one of our grocery stores is up and running and has replenished what they lost. So after being shut in for days I'm off to the bank and the store today. I hope I never take those things for granted again...try going for very long without your bank, grocery store or gas station... As for my daughter,
12:15 - September 5, 2008 - comments {2} - post commentPut THIS on your blog, Mom!!I went outside this morning to put some clothes on the line (mostly new fall things for the girls, from the thrift store that is closing out its clothing section and has everything half off) and my children said, "Come look at our tent, Mom!!" "I built it all myself!" "I couldn't have made such an awesome tent if I was an only child; I'm so glad I have a brother and sisters!!" Those were all from the same child, by the way, and he saw no contradiction in any of those remarks, so I chose not to as well.  They asked if I would put the tent on my blog and when I said I would (as soon as the laundry was hung out) they proceeded to ask if I would put "this! and this! and this!" on my blog as well.   and one more shot, of the back of the tent:  All the materials for the tent were found around the yard (even the blue and white striped sheet- yes our yard is a mess, why do you ask?) and I was not enlisted to help in any way. Pretty good work, I say. 10:58 - Thursday, September 4, 2008 - comments {4} - post commentTaco SoupBelieve it or not...IT'S SEPTEMBER!! Those cooler temps are on the way! I LOVE fall...it's my FAVORITE time of year!! Along with those falling temperatures that invite us to pull on our favorite sweaters, collect pumkins, go on hayrides and build bonfires comes my desire to make wonderful, hearty soups and stews! One of our family's favorite cold weather soups is Taco Soup!! Oh...it is yummy, stustaining, it's even attractive to look at in your bowl. Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<>< TACO SOUP 1 lb. ground beef or chuck ~ Brown beef, drain; add onion, peppers, 1/2 of the cilantro and cook until onions and peppers start to get tender. 11:08 - 2008-Sep-5 - comments {4} - post commentFinal Storm Preparations & Oh Yeah, The Ants Were Right!
It seems that Hanna is heading our way. We are now under a Tropical Storm Warning/Hurricane Watch. The forecasters say that we should "feel" the brunt of the storm during the early morning hours of Saturday. I like it much better when these kind of storms come in during the day. Just listening to howling of hurricane force winds with no lights on in the house is a scary experience. We won't evacuate for this storm. We'll ride this one out. We made it through Fran with 120 mile an hour winds. Hanna's winds are expected to stay between 65-75 mph. We feel safe enough where we are and that's about 45 miles from the coast. Now, that other storm out there, Ike, looks to be a different storm altogether Here goes the list of the final preparations: Wash all clothes I really should have paid more attention to those ants that invaded my home earlier in the summer. They really are a sure sign of a hurricane in our area. They have ALWAYS shown up in the house, everywhere, before hurricanes come. I should have listened to hubby. Please keep us all here in southeast NC in your prayers. I know that The Lord is in control of all. I just get a wee bit apprehensive when these storms come our way. Bless all who pass this way and for those who are in the path of this storm, stay safe! Amanda <><
08:13 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {3} - post commentHanna, go away and don't come again another day!All of the outside chairs and such are put in the garage out of harms way. Dh and I worked on this before he went to work this morning. Dh didn't know if he would be home afterwork or if he would have to work later (this evening or for a week Today is a "scheduled" day off for our homeschool. We need a break every six weeks, cleaning one day(Tuesday) and today is a free day. I stocked up on books yesterday so I will read. One more load of clothes to wash and dry. I will try and have supper finished by 1:00PM. Never know when the power will go out. We will use paper plates and paper towels if it does. That saves a bunch of mess in this situation. Hope everyone has a blessed day. Say a pray for us and all the people in the path of the storm. God Bless. I 08:25 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {2}Sarah PalinAs a hockey mom myself, she is dead on right when she says:"The difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is lipstick". So I was gonna pull the R anyway.....just with my nose held. NOW I can pull the R with a smile on my face. She is a snapshot of the 'typical American family'. She was a PTO mom 10 years ago. ONLY in America can you be a PTO mom and 10 years later, be the Vice President of the United States of America! Her dh is a blue collar. Her son is joining the Armed Services. Her youngest has Downs. Her teenaged daughter made a wrong choice and is now dealing with its consequences. She didn't run to the dr. to have her baby slaughtered. She chose life. She hunts. BIG game. She's got spunk. Something America has been robbed of. I am sure, just like me, old girl has some skeletons in her closet. I am also pretty sure, it isn't that she is tied to terrorist. I am pretty sure her preacher doesn't hate white folks AND America. I am pretty sure she's not a muslim, or comes from muslim decent. I am pretty sure she's not a socialist or communist. She may have bones in her closet, but I'll bet they are bones like mine or the gal down the street, not like the "big politicians" running against her!! In a perfect world, where there was no sin and we all followed God's Word.........she'd be home. Adam and Eve did a bang up job in the garden making sure that didn't happen. It is a refection of our public education (primary, and secondary) that there are NO MEN worthy of the VP nomination. It is the product of the 'feminization of our sons" in pre-school, cub scouts, boy scouts, Sunday School, Youth Group, public and private schools, colleges and so on. It is also the product of the elevation of women over men. We can sit back and point our 'Holy' finger at everyone, but guess what............what are we doing?? Sitting at our computers whining and crying about how wrong it is. Sure. But what are we doing to 'change' that direction. I mean, in the real world? Are we teaching a class? Are we mentoring? Are we reaching out to a lost world? Or are we sitting in our Holy Huddle of 'like minded ones' pointing fingers??? She's a hockey mom. I know what a "good" hockey mom is made of. She's got my vote!! 08:10 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {2} - post commentWritten Wednesday, not posted til Friday!Well, we did it, we restarted school! It's been a very strange summer for us – almost none of the things I hoped to do got done, mainly because it never stopped raining long enough to do them! We did survive Pony Club Camp, and having the kitchen floor ripped up, and the sitting room carpeted. We took a couple of trips, though not very adventurous ones, until last weekend when we left the animals with a friend and went up to wild, wet Wales for a Homeschool Conference. It was a wonderful time of fellowship, and we came back refreshed, and ready to begin again. I guess God knew I needed the help, because our close encounter with the notion of christian school had left me a little disconsolate. So today, we had a kind of trial run day, since tomorrow we are off to see a friend, and then Friday we will hopefully have another run through, and then Monday we can begin in earnest – and then I shall feel like autumn is here. 07:00 - Friday, September 5, 2008 - comments {2} - post comment
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Summer, she is expected to be in the hospital on into next week we know. They are trying to reach her Urologist but haven't been successful due to the phone systems being down in the city where he is. They have found that one of her kidneys is not emptying like it should. It's emptying at about half the speed her other one is and there is a blockage. That's probably why she's been swelling so much. All along it's been kidney stones and infections but now kidney function? That worries me a lot. Poor thing. Thank you for remembering her in your prayers. God bless you for that!
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(Read my post about the ants from earlier this summer. Trust the ants people!
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