Simply Forgiven

GOD - Preserve OUR Families, OUR Leaders, OUR Country

Blessings to ALL,

As many of you now know, my familiy unit has collapsed. I still believe in GOD being the center of our home, our family. I still believe that we, as Christians, should fight to restore and keep Christian values in our homes, our government, our nation.

Our country has been in a declining state. We have allowed unGODly changes to take  place over time. We have become complacent in the fight for Christian values. We have allowed prayer to be taken out of schools. We have allowed same sex marriages. We have allowed babies to be slaughtered in the womb. We have allowed the media to portray immorality and violence as the norm.

It is time NOW for the Body of Christ to stand in unity and reverse the curse that is on our land. We need to join together, repent, and cry out to God for deliverance.

I am a part of a movement to restore this nation back to her GODLY heritage. You can join forces with us.  I urge you to get involved and make a difference. The majority in the country is Christian, but we have become the minority. We have lost our voice. Speak up now, stand up with me and many others at: http://1nationundergodforever.com This is a non-profit organization whose purpose is:

 “One Nation Under GOD Forever is a KINGdom Minstry which is commissioned by GOD HIMSELF as a catalyst for the marshalling and mobilizing of the Body of CHRIST, a.k.a. “The CHRISTian Alliance”. For the goal of organizing and effectively employing  the multiplied millions of CHRISTians who live in every state in America, to mount a triumphant offensive, by utilizing methods which are civil, educational, vocal, political and economical; to restore GODly Order, to rectify spurious legislation, and to propel the Body of CHRIST back to Her rightful position of influence in society.”    BEHOLD !  The Kingdom of GOD is assembling as a Body all over our country. Join us today and be a part of this Awesome move of GOD. The time is now!!! for all the Children of GOD (in America) to stand up, speak up, and follow up. Join us and become part of the solution, rather than just observers of the problem. Get involved in the 1 Nation movement today.  Please understand that the purpose for membership, is to perpetrate a Divine Mission. Children of GOD,  this is a call to action. THIS….IS GROUND ZERO – One Nation Under GOD FOREVER !!!   (taken from 1 Nation web site - A.Julius Culbreath)

Therefore, my beloved brethern, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding  in the work of the LORD, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the LORD. 1 Cor. 15:58

Love you ALL, Chicken Girl

Life has changed but The LORD is STILL my Rock

Hello friends,

It has been such a long time since I have posted. The last few months have been a trying time for me. Things have changed in my household.

My husband and I have split. It is just Litte Guy and me now. We have moved to an apartment. We do not live at the house anymore.

It has been a big adjustment for us. I know that my God is in charge and that we will be fine. I still believe in the sanctity of marriage. It is just not happening for me right now.

The Lord is my strength, my rock, my salvation. Psalm 61

God is our refuge and strength. A very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1-2

The Lord has stood with me and strengthened me. Praise God!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

More Lancaster Co. PA pics

Hi all,

These are the photos from the Lancaster County Pennsylvania trip we took in August. I know almost 4 months ago. I am a busy momma.

We visited a train museum in Strasburg. I read about it in Family Fun Magazine. The museum was great. The place was huge! They had old trains and modern trains. You could even get in some of the trains. It was an awesome place.

This is Little Guy shoveling fake coal into the coal bin. He loved that!

And Yes he has a safety harness on. I made it for him the day before we left. He is too big for the ones you buy at the store. I really don't care what anybody thinks, this keeps him from running off. Because of his sensory issues, it is painful for him to hold his hands. He is quick and is overly friendly with anybody. Has no fear and little impulse control. I only lost him once on this trip. It was just for a second, but still scared me. He followed a man who had a dog.

This is the toy train museum. It was amazing. Lots of the pieces were animated. Check out the Amish barn raising. The men's hammers would move up and down. How cool is that?

Little Guy was fascinated with it all. Notice his identification tag pinned to his back. This was a circus. The little people in the big top actually performed.

I tried to get a picture of Little Guy, but he was acting silly. Still cute though.

This was another musuem. I was thrilled to see my childhood train in the museum. My parents bought this for me for Christmas. It came from Sears. It was the 1976 Lionel American Flyer Bicentenial Train. It is probably worth something now. Too bad I didn't keep it.

This is the front part of the train.

Back part of the train. Check out the Sears car.

You could push buttons and make different things move.

The admission to the museums were reasonable. We also took a train ride across the street on an old fashioned train. We had a nice trip.

Check out the rest of the photos in my next post of where we stayed on a working farm, etc.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Pennsylvania Amish Country Photos

These are photos from our August vacation in Pennsylvania Amish Country in Lancaster County. We visited the towns of Paradise, Bird-In-Hand, and Intercourse. I read about these places in Wanda Brunstetter's books. She even talked about restaurants and places we went to.

I was fascinated by the laundry. LOL. I took serveral pictures as we went out driving.

A lot of the laundry was pulled up high on telephone or electric poles. They used a pulley to get the laundry up and down. This just cracked me up. (It doesn't take much to amuse me!)

I think that I will mat and frame these photos and put them up in the bathroom.

This is a buggy parked beside a car in Paradise. The Amish worked right beside the English in the stores and restaurants.

This is the "parking lot" for the families at a church service at a member's home.

I loved seeing the towns and mostly the people. They were simple and peaceful. Something that I am striving for.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Little Guy is well, Laundry soap is well, Soul is well

Hi,

I am thanking God that my Little Guy is well. He had had high fevers at night and low fevers during the day last week. I took him to the doctor, and he had an ear infection in both ears. One was worse than the other.  I was concerned that he had the H1N1 flu. The doctor said that if he started coughing at all, to bring him back in. I guess that is a big symptom of that flu. The little boy in our neighborhood, died of pneumonia, a complication of the H1N1. After 2 days of antibiotics, Little Guy was getting much better. He is now completely well.

We still do not have our stove hooked up. We are relying on space heaters for heat. It still is a little chilly here in the mornings.

My laundry soap that I made turned out good. I used unscented Dove soap instead of the Fels Naptha. They have the Fels at Kroger here. I used the Dove though, because it is gluten free. I paid around $5 total for the box of 20 Mule Team Borax and the Washing Soda. I didn't count in the bar of soap. I think that there is enough in the boxes to make laundry soap for us about a year? Maybe less. Not bad at all. Or should I say, "Not bad a tall".

I finished the sewing I was doing for my nephews. They needed costumes of their favorite animae characters for a convention. I think that I did a pretty good job. I meant to take pictures, but I forgot to do that. We had the fitting at my moms on Sunday. She was cooking dinner for the family (my adult children and their children) and Little Guy and me. I had to bring over Little Guys food to make, and I brought over 2 dozen eggs and brownie mix. I made GFCF brownies too. I made deviled eggs. My granddaughter loves those. Anyway, my hands were full, and I forgot to bring the camera. Guess I can't remember everything.

I am excited to do some more sewing. I have a bag full of Juice Pouches to make things out of for Christmas. I have a few ideas. If anyone has any ideas, please send them to me.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Little Guy has the flu

My Little Guy has the flu. He has a high temp at night and a low temp during the day. Last night, a 5 year old boy in our community died of complications from the H1N1 flu.

Please pray for Little Guy and the rest of our family. This flu scares me. It is hard on the young the news reports say. Little Guy has a doctor appt. tomorrow for a medicine check up, so I am glad that he is seeing the doctor, so she can keep an eye on this flu.

We have taken the last 2 weeks off homeschooling. We have been working on Relationships / Discipleship / Discipline. It has made a big difference in OUR behavior. I am so thankful that God works with me to improve myself, my family. Thank you God!!!!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Grandbabies and Laundry Soap

I am thankful for my two little grandsons. They are sooo cute. Just recently the family all came to visit. I took a picture of the boys on my rug.

Aren't they adorable. Elliot on top is 5 months old. Jesse on the bottom is 6 months old. Jesse we call Big Guy. He is a chunk. They are at the attention wanting stage (okay, I guess they are all at that stage!!! haha). They just want you to talk to them and they just smile like you are the greatest thing in the world. What a blessing these little fellas are.

I am getting ready to make homemade laundry soap. I have never made this before so wish me success.

It is very cold in my household. The temp is around 62 degrees inside. We bought a pellet stove in the summer, but it is not hooked up yet. Hopefully we will get it hooked up this week. We have a space heater but I feel cold. I just want to crawl under the covers and stay there. I don't like cold at all. I have something called Raynaud's disease and my feet, legs and hands get cold very easily. This is painful for me, so right now I am not feeling very comfortable.

I am thinking about going to my mom's for a while to do some sewing. I am making costumes for my twin cousins. They are going to an animation convention in November and I am making costumes for them. Their parents wanted them to pay me for the fabric and such that I bought for them. I decided to have them tutor Little Guy in exchange for the cost of materials and labor. They are in high school and can use this for community service as well. My mom volunteered me for this without even asking me first. I really didn't have the extra time for this, but decided to turn this into a win/win situation for everyone. I have enoyed sewing the costumes as well. I think that I may branch out and make some other things as well.

Well, gotta go, my feet are freezing off. Maybe making some soap will warm me up.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Work in Progress

I am a work in progress. I have just started working out at a local gym. My mom suggested we go. She said we need to get out more. I happened to agree with her.

We found a fitness place not too far away. I live in the boonies, so I have to drive a bit to get anywhere. The gym has free childcare! woo hoo! This is giving me a break from Little Guy, giving him somebody to play with, and getting us out of the house for a while. I usually don't add anything to our schedule, but I think that I really needed this. Something for me.

I love it!! I find working out exhilarating!! It has been about 14 years since I have been actively fit. I have my own personal trainer. He tells me what I need to do and encourages me. It's great. It is amazing what a little encouragement can do. I needed a dose of that too.

In the mean time, I hear this little voice inside. You know, the Holy Spirit. He says. . . girl, you need to work on the inside first. Gotta love that Spirit!! So I am obeying. I am getting a complete overhaul!!! This old girl will be as good as new!!!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Fall portraits

I finally got my camera card working again. I tried to take some fall portraits of Little Guy (and his kitty). I still am not satisfied yet with THE ONE I will print multiple copies of for friends and family. In the one by himself, he is wrinkling his eyebrows. Also, I don't like his pose in the one with me. He just went limp for some reason.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Lazy day

Today has been a lazy day. I didn't have to take dd to college today. So that was a nice break. I didn't get dressed until after noon today. The chickens were quite surprized to see me feed them in my nightgown and robe. Complete with wool socks (i have cold feet) and sandals.

I have been busy with pumpkin painting lately. The housework has taken a back seat. We had the kids and their families over yesterday. There were 14 of us. Yesterday was dd's 20th birthday. She used to be the baby of the family and the only girl. I can't believe my baby has grown up so fast. Where did the time go?  We had a birthday dinner for her. She was happy to have the family all together.

I am glad that I didn't take the time to straighten up like I usually do. I was painting the last of the pumpkins when everyone started to arrive. After about 10 mins., the place looked like a tornado hit it. With two baby grandsons, one 4 year old grandson, one 5 year old granddaughter, and one 5 year old son, toys were scattered everywhere in a matter of minutes. Diaper bags, baby seats, baby blankets, you name it, were strewn everywhere.

I did take pictures, but I am having camera card problems, so I can't share. Boy would I like to. Those grandbabies are adorable. They smile when you talk to them. They are sooo sweet.

Well, I guess I better go. I have to stop at the Library, Post Office, Pharmacy, Dr.'s Office, and Pumpkin Patch. Then later, if I have any energy left, I will take dd out shopping.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Matthew - A Gift of God INSPIRING STORY

I have been praying for several things.

1) Little Guy would be calmer.

2) A connection, or even just toleration from my dd towards Little Guy. My dd doesn't care for Little Guy. He is all noise and all movement all the time. Dd does not care for either of those. She is sensitive to all that. Also, she was our spoiled only girl and the baby. Now with Little Guy she is not the baby anymore.

3) Reminder of why I fell in love with hubby. We have been stressed out, and I have been aggravated with him. I want to be a good wife and give him the respect and love that I should be. I asked God to let me see the good things in him and not concentrate on the negative things.

GOD IS FAITHFUL. HE HEARS OUR PRAYERS.

Last week an older kitten came to our house. We didn't want him. We have several cats. We didn't want the responsibility nor the added vet bills. We have indoor only cats. We wouldn't let the cat in the house. We just put out food and water on the porch and made him a little house. We referred to him as Porch Kitty.

Well this cat took up with Little Guy. Animals don't usually like Little Guy. He wallers animals and is loud. Our cats and dog avoid him. This cat though, loves it. He purrs everytime he gets around Little Guy. The cat always wants to touch him all the time, even if it is to sit so close to Little Guy that they are touching or to lay his paw on him. Little Guy was sneaking the cat in the house. Yesterday Little Guy was on the computer and the cat was laying across his lap. It was sooo cute. I just couldn't make the cat go outside. They both looked so content. I had to take a picture. I told hubby (who was totally against this cat too) that I would put the cat outside after I took the cute picture. Hubby said, "Oh just let him stay inside for a while so Little Guy can hold him".

I then made the 2 hour round trip to pick up dd from college. I came back and Hubby had put another litter box in Little Guy's bathroom and put out food and water for him. I am like what?? Hubby said he just didn't have the heart to put him outside when the cat and Little Guy need each other so much. I was moved to tears. I was reminded of what a big soft heart that Hubby has!!! This was why I fell in love with him.

In the meantime, dd has taken an interest in this cat. She is talking a lot to Little Guy about the cat. Helping him to be gentle etc. Usually she doesn't pay any attention to Little Guy, but now she is listening to him talk because she wants to hear how the cat is coming along. They are bonding. Never thought it would happen. I would have been happy with dd tolerating him. Now they are actually getting along. AMAZING!

We named our cat Matthew, which means Gift of God. It truly is!!! This cat stays right with Little Guy. Slept in the bed with him all night. The cat calms him and purrs loudly. I think the vibration from the purring calms him. It is like the cat knows Little Guy has special needs and sticks closer to him than a brother.

GOD IS AWESOME!!! Answered my prayers in one sweep. I could have never planned something like this. Would never even thought about adding a cat, or even finding one with these special abilities, to our household. You KNOW this is DIVINE intervention. So exciting!!! So thankful!!! THANK YOU LORD!!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Ahhhhhhhh A Break!

Little Guy has a new friend. Yesterday, I went out on the front porch and this older kitten comes running up the street, up the porch steps and in the gate of the porch. Just like he knew exactly where he was supposed to go.

The cat looks like a stray. He is about 8 - 10 months old. He is intact. He was skinny. We fed him (I know. . . I know) and gave him water. He was hungry and thirsty. He is a sweet mellow cat. He lets Little Guy carry him around and waller him. The cat hung around of course last night and was waiting on Little Guy to feed him this morning. Little Guy is out on the porch right now with a ball of yarn.

We don't need any more animals. We already have 3 cats, plus my daughter's cat. 4 cats and one elderly dog. 5 Chickens and one fish.

But it sure has been nice to get a break from Little Guy. He won't go outside and play unless he has somebody to play with. Without the babysitting kids here this year, he has been lonely. He is under my feet, on my lap all day. Now with his new friend, he is out on the front porch playing. I have had time to get a few things done. One more kitty won't hurt will it? :)

Well, got to get back to housework and painting pumpkins. Have lots to do.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

One Nation Under God Forever

Hi,

A good friend of mine is gearing up a movement to glorify God in this country. He has started a website called One Nation Under God Forever. His name is A. Julius Culbreath.

Text taken from his website (with permission):

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My goal and the purpose for this website is to provide an effective vehicle which makes it very easy for every American believer to unite and coordinate our efforts as the 'Body of CHRIST' to correct,to restore and to maintain the moral posture and spiritual vitality that of necessity, mark us as a CHRIST-ian Nation. Our goal should certainly be to ensure that the blessing of GOD is truly on this Nation. In order to accomplish this we must remember what JESUS said;

"Ye are the salt of the earth:but if the salt have lost his savor,wherewith shall it be salted? it is therefore good for nothing,but to be cast out,and to be trodden under foot of men. - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid."

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Please check out his website and share with others. Join us in the Christian Alliance. Here is the link. Also I have a link on my sidebar to his site.

www.1nationundergodforever.org

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Freezing Fresh Pumpkin

This is a great site. I learned how to process pumpkins to make puree to freeze for later recipes. They have easy instructions with pictures. They have instructions for others as well such as canning info. Take a look.

Happy Harvest!

www.pickyourown.org/freezing_pumpkin.htm

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Pumpkin Time

Hi, It is a very busy season for me. I just love Fall. It is my favorite season. The colors are my very favorite. Reds and golds and the oranges.

I paint pumpkins for a local market. I have been doing this now for 13 years. I can't believe that I have been doing it that long. 13 years ago, when my son was 14 years old, his teacher in Art class asked all the students if they wanted a job painting pumpkins. He was the only one in the entire school that came forward to work. I helped him with this, the whole family did really. When he stopped painting, I just continued.

It is something that brings me joy. It is nice to have some extra money, but I enjoy it so much that I think I would do it without pay. For about 6 weeks, I paint, paint, paint. I paint gobblins, ghosts, sunflowers, etc. I will post pics as soon as my camera memory card gets fixed.

I asked the woman who owns the market, if she would save her squished and dented pumpkins for me to feed to the chickens. The smaller ones that I paint are the sugar pie pumpkins. They make great pies. Last year, I had a couple extra and made puree and froze the pumpkin. I made great pies at Thanksgiving. This year, the owner is saving any dented ones for me. I will be able to freeze more this year. Yipee!!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Meltdown Town

Hi,

I haven't been on the last two weeks much. Little Guy has been having one meltdown after another. Mommy sure has felt like having some meltdowns of her own. LOL Wouldn't it just be great to throw yourself down on the floor (gently of course) and wail and kick and scream. Just once. Can you imagine the looks on your family's faces. ;)

We haven't schooled much in two weeks. It just hasn't been possible. I really felt like giving up the homeschooling thing. Then yesterday, Little Guy finally realized that letters make sounds!!!!! These kinds of victories are soooo sweeet. He realized what the purpose for letters were. It was a giant leap for him. I had checked out the DVD "Leap Frog, The Letter Factory" from the library. He loved it, and understood it. It is a great DVD. I highly recommend it.

Little Guy wanted to write his letters then on paper! This is something I have to practically force him to do. He was so excited. I was excited. The goal for this year was to recognize all the uppercase letters and be able to write them. And to recognize some of the lowercase letters. Now I am having to set more goals for him in this area. Wooo Hoooo!!!!!

I just ordered some Kindergarten curriculum for him. Alpha Omega Life Pac - Kindergarten Math and Kindergarten Language Arts. He is familiar with the CD ROMS they put out. "Rev up for Reading" and "Rev up for Arithmetic". He loves the characters. The Life Pacs have the same characters in them, so he will like that. They also have "Rev up for Writing" too. I also ordered "Color Phonics". The "Color Phonics" CD ROM shows how to hold your mouth to make the sounds. Little Guy is all visual and LOVES the computer. He uses the CD ROMs he has over and over and over again. They are great for special needs kids.

I can't wait til his order comes in. I get excited about new curriculum coming. I will be watching the mail!!!

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Simplifying

I have taken a break today and been on the computer a bit. I am thinking of what I have done to simplify my life. I thought I would share some of these with you.

1) Started online banking / paying bills. It is easier to keep up with my account. It is easier to just key in the amount of the bill and send it off. No envelopes or stamps to use.

2) Got rid of the credit cards. This was a financial goal as well, but it is nice not to have to worry about the due dates and such too.

3) Grocery shop no more than 2 times a month reducing the amount of trips we have to make, saving gas and time.

4) This is a biggie, especially for homeschoolers. Reduce outside activities for the kids to only one at a time. (This doesn't include church activities - but even these sometimes need to be limited). This seems to be hard to do. Spiritual time, family time, educational time is the priority. The chances of a child growing up to be a famous football player or baseball player, dancer, etc. are slim. Finding time to guide your children spiritually, being a role model, teaching children about chores, family life, etc. are vital.

5) Reduced the amount of THINGS I have. This included toys, what nots, clothes, even make-up and furniture. Shared the excess. Keep only what we need. It is easier to maintain, easier on the budget.

6) Got rid of the TV. We have one upstairs in the bedroom. (Hubby can't live without it.) Took out the tv downstairs. I do let Little Guy watch certain DVDs. The shows on the tv were just not fit to watch. Some of the cartoons and the shows with pre-teen and teens on them undermined our family values.  It is amazing how much extra time I have now.

7) Got rid of our home phone. This we didn't really use. We use our family cell phones. This was one bill we didn't have to pay anymore.

Note: we did just recently add the phone back. We saved 20 bucks a month on our cable bill for a year (including the added phone) if we signed up for a phone for a year. I do not even know what the number is. Funny I know. I didn't give the number out because it is a temporary thing. I just use it for when I call about medical bills and such when I have to be on hold to save on cell phone mins.

8) I have added some frugal things, but I don't think that they go in this category, so I won't list them here.

I am sure there are a few more, I just can't think of them right now. I am curious what others have done.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Simplify & Delegate

Good Morning!

I am looking for more ways to simplify. My college age daughter and her fiance moved back home recently. Her finance's dad had kicked her finance out of the house (strange family they are). We let him stay with us. He is such a nice young man. They have been seeing each other for 3 years now.

Anyway, my daughter is not staying in the dorm this year. The college she goes to raised their tuition and housing this year. Her financial aid and scholarships did not cover it all. She hated living in the dorm, so she is commuting. It is an hour drive. We took her the first two years she went as a high school student. Last year she stayed in the dorm. I was glad for the break. It was difficult taking her to school and back. My husband and I and her finance took turns taking her, but it still was hard.

My daughter does not drive. She is scared to death. She had her temps before and let them expire. She got them this summer. I have to drag her out to the car and practically force her to drive. She breaks out in a cold sweat and just shakes. Poor thing.

So I take her. This means a 2 hour morning commute and 2 hour afternoon commute. It is a lot of time taken out of the day. So I decided that I would set a plan in place for dinners and housework and such. With four adults living in the house, I believe we can all work together. With the new schedule, I cook on the days I don't transport. Hubby cooks two days a week (He wants to cook all the time or eat out). DD and FS (future Son-in-law) cook on the weekends. I will plan the menu ( have never done this before - Hubby won't cooperate - he likes what he wants when he wants it).

We usually keep the freezer and the pantry stocked. So I won't have to purchase groceries too much differently than I do now. Pizza night will be Saturday night. Fridays will be fend for yourself night. FFY night. This will be for leftovers, cleaning out the fridge etc. or take out.

The last week we have had to get food from the deli or fast food because there has been no time for cooking or anything because of all the driving, working, schooling, etc. This got expensive real quick.

If anyone has any suggestions for menu items, let me know. When we make pizzas, I use a lot of leftovers. Chicken, hamburger, steak, etc. for the toppings, so I try to keep that in mind when I plan. We need leftovers for lunches too.

I usually don't delegate tasks, but this is a have to with as much time as Little Guy needs for therapy, homeschool, and fun time, attention, etc. I like to do things myself, but then when I can't get things done, I feel overwhelmed and stressed. I just don't feel right when things are out of place and not in order. I pray that the new schedule will work. I'll keep you posted.

Love in Christ, Chicken Girl

Chickens Gone Wild

I got up yesterday and looked out the back window of the kitchen. I saw that my chicken pen gate was open wide. There were no chickens in sight. I didn't see any feathers or any signs of a struggle. I thought that maybe some neighbor kids were playing a prank and let them out.

I called for Little Guy, and we looked all around the yard but no chickens were to be found. I figured that they couldn't have gone too far. We looked and looked. No chickens. We were going back in the house after giving up and heard a baaawwwwk baaawwwwk. I leaped for joy (literally). I ran around to the side of the house, and there they were. All five of them, enjoying the scenery, exploring the side yard.

Little Guy caught two and I caught two and took them back to the pen. Little Guy is the best chicken catcher. For the onery chicken, Blackie, I took a stick and herded her back to the pen.

I hugged them as I was carrying them back. I was sooo glad to see them. I am glad that nothing happened to them. I can't believe that I am attached to chickens. LOL.

We figured out that Little Guy had left the gate unlatched. I have been checking it now every day. Little Guy has started doing more chores and one of them is to feed scraps and grain to the chickens.

Never a dull moment at my house. I like dull. hee hee

Love in Christ, Cathy

Baking Morning

Have been baking all morning. I made 4 loaves of Zucchini Bread, 3 dozen Zucchini Muffins. I have frozen most of it. It is GFCF. I cut the loaves in half to and put in a zip lock baggie to freeze. I put 6 muffins each in baggies to freeze as well. The GFCF food goes bad quick so I can just pull out enough for 2 days at a time.

I would love to get a hold of more zucchini. Usually people are giving it away at this time of year. I would like to make some regular Zucchini Bread for the rest of the family. Everyone eats the GFCF stuff, but the ingredients are too expensive to feed everyone on it. So I usually make 2 kinds of everything.

Here is the recipe:

Zucchini Bread  or Zucchini Muffins (GFCF)

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup oil

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp. vanilla

1  1/2 cups cornstarch

3/4 cup rice flour

3/4 tapioca four

1 Tbs. Xanthan

1 Tbs. cinnamon

1 Tbs. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

2 cups fresh zucchini, grated

1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

1/2 cup raisons (optional)

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2) Beat eggs until foamy. In sep. bowl, mix dry ingredients and add to egg.

3) Grease 2 large loaf pans and fill half full with mixture. (cover with foil after 25-35 mins. to keep top from getting too brown) Bake 1 hour 10 mins.

4) For Muffins, grease and fill 24 muffin tins half full with mixture. Bake 30 mins.

Yummy!!!