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• Dec. 16, 2009 - 1000 Gifts
#112. the pitter patter of little feet,
#113. brilliant sunshine gleaming through the windows after a month of rain,
#114. watching my 8yr old encouraging his 5yr old brother to learn to skate,
#114. tea with a friend,
#115. the first soft white snowflakes falling to the ground,
#116. the blessing of children,
#117. Hubby's delicious pasta & chorrizo,
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• Dec. 10, 2009 - God's Recall
This landed in my inbox lately and I thought I'd share it here:
RECALL NOTICE:
The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units
manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the
primary and central component of the heart.
This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units
code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in
all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed
"Sub-sequential Internal Non-Morality, " or more commonly known
as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed.
Some of the symptoms include:
1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component
7. Fearfulness
8. Idolatry
9. Rebellion
The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this
defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of
charge to correct this defect.
The Repair Technician, JESUS, has most generously offered to
bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no
additional fee required.
The number to call for repair in all areas is: P-R-A-Y-E-R.
Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the
REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair
Technician, Jesus, into the heart component.
No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control
Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believers'
Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of
these fixes.
WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without
correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to
dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit
being permanently impounded. For free emergency service, call on Jesus.
DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall
action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be
permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that
facility. Thank you for your attention!
- GOD
P.S. Please assist where possible by notifying others of this
important recall notice, and you may contact the Father any time by
'Knee mail'.
Because He Lives!
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• Nov. 20, 2009 - Cute Quotes
I love the cute things that kids say.
Here's a couple that make me smile:
Later in the day, after we told the kids that we would be having another baby, my 5yr old son piped up with:
"Mama! You're going to need four arms! You're going to have to grow another pair!"
"I am?"
"Yeah, for the new baby!"
He's probably right!
My sleepy 3yr old daughter wandered through to breakfast the other morning and said:
"Is it Christmas time?"
"No, not quite yet."
She replied "After breakfast will it be Christmas time?"
(Congratulatory flowers from my mom!)
Have a wonderful day!!
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• Nov. 25, 2009 - 1000 Gifts
#104. 13 month old 'chatter',
#105. a few golden rays of sun shining on dark clouds to greet me in the morning,
#106. the promise of another blessing to be added to our family,
#107. scarlet red leaves,
#108. hearing the wind in the trees, soothing,
#109. puffy, white cotton-ball clouds,
#110. 'mom' fellowship,
#111. Saturday morning coffee, hanging out with the kids in pyjamas,
Thank-you Lord!
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• Nov. 30, 2009 - Today's Daybook
Outside My Window...grey, cloudy, slight breeze, rain is coming,
I am thinking...about all of the things I'd rather be doing(like Christmasy stuff!) and not the things I should be doing(like school, housework, groceries)
I am thankful for...a roof over my head and beds for my family to sleep in,
From the learning rooms...we are well into our studies of Canada, but not going as fast a I had thought and maybe this will take us two years to get through! I'm feeling like we need something to spice it up though.
From the kitchen...lasagne from the freezer for dinner tonight, working on my menu plan for the rest of the week and I really want to do some Christmas baking today, but I know I have other things I need to do, so maybe tomorrow!
I am wearing...maternity jeans(can't believe I had to pull out maternity pants at only 13 1/2 weeks!), black T-shirt, green sweater, slippers,
I am creating...a Christmas atmosphere in my home,
I am going...to a homeschool co-op meeting tonight,
I am reading...Bleak House by Charles Dickens and Hold on to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld,
I am hoping...to have my Christmas shopping done a little earlier this year,
I am hearing...the beep on my dryer telling me the load is done, 5yr old telling 1yr old "No", I guess he's touching something he shouldn't!
Around the house...bathtubs need cleaning, laundry needs folding, and little white lights twinkle in my kitchen window,
One of my favorite things...the quiet of the morning and a hot cup of coffee,
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: start (and finish!) my Christmas cards, get our family picture developed to send with it, watch dd's ballet class, bake,
Here is picture thought I am sharing...
From our field trip to a flight museum a couple of weeks ago.
For more of The Simple Woman's Daybook click on the graphic at the top.
Thanks for stopping by!
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• Nov. 18, 2009 - Blessings Abound!
My heart was pounding.
I looked in the first window, you know, the one that tells you if it's working properly.
Then I watched the second window.
Sure enough.
It was working.
The second little blue line appeared confirming a positive test result!
I went upstairs to my bedroom and sat quietly in my rocking chair.
Back and forth...contemplating.
After a few quiet moments, my husband came in and he knew.
He knew that in a few short months we'd have another cuddly little bundle to hold!
Yep!
Baby #7 is on the way!!
I'm already 12 weeks along and due the first week of June.
My other 'little baby' is only just 13 months and so I wasn't really ready for this kind of news. Don't get me wrong, we LOVE babies around here and they are truly a blessing. I just wasn't expecting this so soon and needed time to adjust to the idea before we began telling others.
It still doesn't feel real yet, except for the nausea.
Although it's tapered off a bit now, I've never had nausea this bad with my other pregnancies.
And the tiredness!
I need a nap just about every day!
I'm amazed that such a teeny tiny baby can make you so tired!!
As for cravings, the only thing I've really craved is milk.
And, of course, with every pregnancy, I crave ice-cream!
My pants are already beginning to get tight, which is freaking me out just a little.
With my first pregnancy, I don't think I started showing til I was 18 weeks!!
So. we'll have to juggle around the bedrooms again and figure out how we're all going to fit in our van, but those are minor adjustments. I'm just thankful we have a house to put them all in!
And June is a lovely time to have a baby(we already have 2 June babies). We'll get a good year of school in before the sleepless nights ensue.
And I'll have given birth before the heat of the summer.
So that is our Happy News!
Thanks for stopping by!
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• Nov. 9, 2009 - Still Here!!
Martina Carrying Breakfast on a Tray, 1904
"She did not know anything about a great many things,
but she knew a great deal about loving and cooking
and a woman can go far on that."
From A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery
I love that quote! It's so true! Loving and cooking(which go hand in hand) wraps up what we as moms do every day!
Nothing else is as important.
And if I have any readers left out there,
I am still around, occasionally. Life is full this year and blogging seems to have taken a back seat.
I always have many, many ideas for blogging, but alas, at the end of the day I cannot bear to sit in front of my computer screen.
I make no promises to be here more frequently, that would be in vain.
But I will post when the Lord gives me something to say and I can snatch away a few moments of time(like now as I'm waiting for the lasagne to defrost).
As for the goings on around here:
- A couple of weeks ago Hubby(who did most of it) and I did some bulk cooking and have 30 meals in our freezer! Yeah!
- My sweet Baby has turned one and learned to walk. Fun times!(Busy times!)
- We are well into school, although not moving as fast through our Canada studies as I hoped. I may also need to re-evaluated my son's science curriculum as it seems to be quite challenging.
- The kids have been enjoying a homeschoolers ice-skating group on Fridays.
- Dd just finished a session of horseback riding lessons and the instructor said she was a 'natural'.
- The boys continue to make 'stop-motion' Lego movies with the camera and I have to weed through their hundreds of pictures to find the ones that I took!
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- I'm reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens, it's incredibly thick and I'll need to renew it a few times before I'm done!
- Hubby and I celebrated 15 years of wedded bliss in September!
- God continues to provide for us in the way of hand-me-down clothing. He is so faithful!
One post I do plan to make soon is about the Pre-School Activity Bag swap I organized this year. Stay tuned for that!
Blessings!
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• Nov. 3, 2009 - 2010 Olympic Torch Relay
With all of the excitement that has been building on the news about the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay starting in Victoria and making its way up Vancouver Island, I just had to take the kids to see it in real life :) Plus I have to admit that I really wanted to see it myself *grin*. So we made the trip to Campbell River and found ourselves a nice little spot to hang out near the 50th parallel to wait for the runners. As it neared there were tons of police vehicles monitoring the traffic and then the big red Coca Cola truck was the first thing to come into view :)
As the Coca Cola truck was passing by us they started hopping off of it and gave all 3 kids flags & these really cool coke bottles that have fibre optics in them so they randomly change colors from green to blue to red. They were a BIG hit in the car on the way home in the dark *grin*.
Next vehicle in the relay entourage was the RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) truck pumping out the tunes while they danced around on it. It was like being at a parade *grin*.
Once the sponsors had gone by we could finally see the flame! At first all we could see was fire floating above the heads of others watching ahead of us and then it finally came into full view. That baby was really burning! I think the fact that it was starting to get dark really made it look even more impressive than what we had seen on tv :)
And there it goes. It was only seconds from the time it came into view to the time it went past us but it was so worth it to see the excitement on the kids faces as it burned right in front of them :) We never made it to the new Spirit Square downtown Campbell River where the torch finally ended by lighting the cauldron on stage because the crowds were so fierce but we found a nice little spot right in front of the fireworks display *grin*. It'll be great memories for all of us as we may never get the chance to see it again :)
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• Oct. 29, 2009 - Tot School
Here are a few of our recent activities within our Tot School!
My youngest children enjoyed matching numbers using this Scarecrow File Folder activity.
We read Goodnight Moon with our FIAR Club. Here is a paper we did with that.
It was a coloring picture. They colored in the items in the room in crayons then to make the room green. They used green watercolor paints. (They love painting!)
We also did a few fun Tot Tray activities. I was organizing the Tot activity cabinet and these activites my youngest wanted to work on.
This one is just placing marbles on the suction cups of a patterned bath mat piece. I found some fish shaped ones. This is a fine motor skills activity.
This one is a color sorting activity. The ice cream bowls and scoops I found inexpensively. I put those three colors (blue, green, & Yellow) of pompoms in a container. They had to take the color ice cream scoop they wanted and use it to sort those colored pompom balls into the matching bowl.
The picture below shows two other things (characters) my little Tot is currently enjoying:
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• Oct. 29, 2009 - Sausage & Bean Soup ~ Recipe
With the snowy cool weather upon us I thought it would be the perfect time to share a recipe for one of my favorite soups :) I actually took these photos during the summer months when I had an odd hankering for hot soup during a heat spell! LOL
Ingredients:
Roast chicken bones left after meal
1 whole head of garlic
2 or 3 ribs of celery
3 or 4 carrots
5 onions
1/2 pound of bacon
6 sausages
pepper & salt
basil
Start by grabbing a large stock or soup pot and add your chicken bones, peeled carrots & onions and the entire head of garlic. I love to cut the head of garlic horizontally across the middle so that it opens up the making it even easier for that wonderful flavor to escape. Don't worry about the skin on the garlic as you are going to strain it all out before finishing your soup :)
Once you have all of your veggies in your pot fill it until the water level is just under the rim and place it on the stove. Turn the heat on high until it comes to a boil. As soon as it boils you can put on a lid and turn it down to low so that it can gently bubble away for a couple of hours to infuse your water with all of the yummy flavors.
While you are waiting for you chicken stock to cook you can start to get your meat ready for frying. Take your half pound of bacon and slice it up. I cut mine about a 1/4 inch thick but you can do it thicker if you like. There are no rules to how chunky your bacon has to be!
I love using our homemade sausage for this soup which is a garlicky beef & pork blend but you can pick up any of your favorite flavors at your butcher. If you want a soup with a little bit of a kick you may want to find yourself some spicy Italian sausages! To prepare your sausage for frying take a sharp knife and slice through the outer casing and peel it off of each of the sausages.
So it's been a couple of hours or perhaps an entire afternoon if you got busy and forgot about your simmering stock , but now it's time to strain it. Taking your largest colander and another large soup pot, place the colander into the empty soup pot and pour the hot stock into it. Be very careful trying not to splash any of the hot liquid onto yourself. Quite often I actually wear my oven mitts when I do this to protect my hands from splashes and steam burns :) Let your colander drain a couple of extra minutes to catch the final drips of stock and then place both the stock and colander of bits to the side for later. If you have chickens the boiled veggie leftovers is a delicious treat for them :)
Now that your soup pot is empty again, return it back to the stove and add your chopped bacon and sausages to it. You are going to fry them right in your soup pot. That way you won't loose any of the good flavors. Fry until nice and brown :)
As soon as you have browned your meat you can add your homemade chicken stock and all that's left to do is to season it with salt and pepper. I LOVE adding basil and usually add about 3 tablespoons of dried basil as I don't have any fresh at this time of year, but that's not set in stone and if you hate basil just leave it out and add your favorite spices :)
Mmmm, so delicious and I think I've got some fresh Portuguese rolls that are just begging to be dipped in it *grin*.
Enjoy!
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