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Photo blog & GOOTThis week the boys have been sick. Samuel is lots better. He seemed to have an ear infection and be teething, and I panicked and gave him lots of echinacia when his ear began draining gunk out of it (he told us it hurt frequently) and put a drop of colodial silver in it as well. He never complained after that. Elijah has been coughing, and we put GOOT on his feet in a desperate attempt to help him. He'd been coughing for half an hour, we applied the GOOT, he was much improved for about 2 hours. We marveled. We took the socks off. Shortly thereafter he began to cough again, painfully. So we put socks on him last night with more GOOT and put it on Samuel as well. I didn't wake up to hear Samuel cough once. Hooray! Our house does smell like an Italian restaurant and I crave garlic bread, though!!!! Samuel, my sick one. Holding cheese sticks he could never bring himself to eat!
He fell asleep like this. The weight of the pillow must have felt good???
I canned 18 pints of new potatoes despite the boys been sick.
Elijah sleeping . . .
Elijah playing with our cat. The kitty was flipping his tail around and playing with him - they both really enjoyed it!
Jonathan made Elijah his first fort while Samuel was asleep. Elijah just crawled right through it! We were a bit suprised, since Samuel was VERY cautious about stuff like this at Elijah's age. However, Elijah has certainly proved over and over that he is not his brother! He was fearless and Jonathan was thrilled that he enjoyed it!!!
I went and picked blackberries Thursday night. It was very warm. I can stand the heat when I'm not pregnant, but it was obvious to me this time that I was! LOL It was 92 degrees when I started and 87 when I stopped, but I picked 10# of blackberries. And it was SO WORTH IT when I got home! (I had two boxes but only one is pictured below.)
Elijah loved them!
Samuel and Daddy enjoyed them . . . .
And the stains came out of the carpet and off of Purple Boy!
So all's well that ends well . . . at least when it came to our blackberries! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! ~Ashley~
Freezing Sweet Corn w/picsI bought 12 dozen ears of corn and Jonathan and I put them up yesterday. Here's how it all goes down. You get about one trash bag of corn husks per box of 4 dozen.
You throw the mainly de-silked ears in a big pot of boiling water. Stick the lid on for 5-6 minutes.
Take 'em out, put them in cool water in the sink.
I have done this by myself, but not this quantity. So, my wonderful husband cut the corn off the cob. (Oh, and this part tends to get backed up pretty easily so after a while he had quite the pile to work on!)
Elijah woke up from his nap part-way through, so he chilled on the floor chewing on a corn cob. This whole process is not really hectic, so we were able to keep a good eye on him. Though for a while I was husking, boiling, carrying them to the sink, then bagging the cut-off corn. I was busy!
This is the end result. After 2.5 hours, we had 45 meals of the best sweet corn EVER! Each bag has 3 cups in it, which is a big deal, because in past years we've only put 2 cups per meal. But now there are more than just me and Jonathan around the table! And Elijah already shows great promise as a Champion Eater. So we increased it to 3 cups, and I tried not to think about the extra 22 meals or so we didn't have as a result. I would much rather enjoy my boys and watch them eat corn than have more corn go farther! But I also may need to buy another box of corn or two this summer yet!
Anyway, this is how we do it. ~Ashley~ Making Kefir From Powdered Cultures
Fill a clean canning jar ¼ full of kefir. Pour milk to the top of the jar. Cover and leave out at room temperature for 12 to 18 hours. And that is it!!
Gather your ingredients together
And enjoy!
Hope...I have been waking at 5am and using this time to prepare for the day both spiritually and physically. Elisha kept asking me to wake him a half hour before the other children so that he too could have some quiet time with the Lord. Yesterday, I woke him at 5:30 a.m. as we entered the library to read the Word I was filled with a sense of Hope. At that momen,t the reality hit me that because of Christ I can awake everyday with Hope! Hope of seeing the impossible made possible, Hope of being a witness to God in action! An excitement sprang forth in my heart; there are so many "impossible" needs in my life and yet at any moment my God, the God of the impossible, could speak life into them and they would become possible!I shared my thoughts with Elisha and we both pondered our lives as His children! What Hope and Joy fills my heart to think about it. I walk with expectation that at any moment, at any turn in life, I could bear witness to the impossible becoming possible! Amazing.. simply amazing! Just think about it, Our God has been doing the impossible since the very beginning! Nothing is impossible for our God. As I type this I am reminded of how many "Impossibles" I have personally seen become possible only because of Him! Let me share with you a few things I have found in His Word as I pondered this Hope that lies within me! Grab yourself a cup of tea and come... come study His Word with me! Hope is mentioned 133 times in the Kings James Bible. The World defines hope as: a feeling of being hopeful - wishing for a positive outcome. (The hope we have within us is not based on "wishing" is it dear friends? It isn't based on feelings either! For a hope that was grounded on emotions would not stand the test of time nor would a wishful thought carry us through the storms of life! Only a hope rooted in Truth can stand the trials of time and the storms that come!) The Bible defines hope as: confidence (Job 31:24 strongs #3689) a place of refuge, security, trust (Psalm 16:9 strongs #983) expectation, faith (Romans 4:18 strongs#1680) It is the Lord that makes us hope (Psalm 22:9) I just love Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. Did you notice that it said our "flesh" shall "rest" in hope!! It is in our faith of Him and all He is that our flesh is quieted and we find rest! Praise God!!! I love Romans 4:18 which says: Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be How many of you have reason to be "against hope!?" Your situations looks "impossible" right? Take heart dear friend! NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR GOD!! Let it be said of us, "Who against hope believed in hope" so that we too may receive the blessings and the promises of the Lord! Oh, there is just so much more to share... so many more verses on HOPE! Share your favorite verse on Hope with me. I would love to enjoy His Word right along with you! With much love, Mrs. Joseph Wood (on behalf of the entire Wood family who is living every day with HOPE) I did this for the freezer this morning..
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11:49, Saturday, July 19, 2008 .. Posted in Garden/flower/vegetables .. 3 comments .. Link I did up seven quarts of zucchini and one quart of blueberries for the freezer. It is so hot and humid here today. I will pick more blueberries and beans and zucchini when the sun goes down tonight.. have a nice weekend. Thanks for stopping by Sister Brenda
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