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Seven Sisters Treasures #18

Posted on Dec. 4, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

For all those who wanted to see our tree decorated...here 'tis!  Be looking for a whole post on this :-)

 

Quote of the Week

          "The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled hearts."
A.B. Simpson
  

 

 

The Bookshelf

 

Dr. Ida: Passing on the Torch of Life

by Dorothy Wilson

 

 

 Dr. Ida: Passing on the Torch of Life

 

 I love reading the story of Ida Scudder...it is inspiring and neat to read!    She had just recently graduated high school and did NOT want to become a missionary as her parents and most of her relatives had.  That all changed when she was called 3 times in one night by the husbands of Indian women who were dying and wanted her to treat them...they did not want her father, a man, to see their wives.  All three wives died in the night because of the lack of a woman doctor, and Ida felt that God was calling her into this ministry.  I was a little concerned at the beginning that it was going to kind of have a feministic flavor, but it really does not.  Ida was never trying to "outdo the men"...she was doing was God called her to do.

~Jessica 

 



Videos of the Week

 Surprised Kitty

Orchestra playing the

"Barn Dance"

from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" : )

 

 

 

The Recipe Box

 More Thanksgiving/Christmas recipes!!!

 

Coconut Cream Pie

Pie Crust:

1 c. flour

1/2 t. salt

1/4 t. baking powder

1/3 c. shortening

Cold water or milk

          Mix together first three ingredients.  Cut in the shortening with a pasty blender, or two knives, until the shortening lumps are the size of small peas.  Put in a small amount of water (approx. 4 T. ) and mix until dough forms into a ball.  You may have to add a little more water.   Roll out the crust and place it in a 8 or 9 inch pie plate.  A way we like to do it is roll it out right in the pan, so that you don't have to transfer the crust into the pan.  You can crimp the edges to make them look pretty, too : )  Line the crust with foil and bake at 450 degrees F for 5 min.  Remove the foil and bake for 5 min. more.  Set aside.

 

Coconut Cream Filling:

  1 c. sugar

1/2 c. flour OR 1/4 c. cornstarch 

1/4 t. salt

3 c. milk

4 eggs

3 T. butter

1 1/2 t. vanilla

1 c. coconut

extra coconut for garnish

      In a medium saucepan combine first 3 ingredients; gradually stir in the milk.  Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.  Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 min. more.  Remove from heat.  Separate egg yolks from whites.  Set aside whites for meringue.  Beat yolks slightly and gradually stir 1 c. of the hot mixture into the yolks.  Return egg mixture to pan; bring to a gentle boil.  Cook and stir 2 min.  Remove from heat and stir in the butter, vanilla, and coconut.  Pour filling into the baked pie shell.   Prepare and spread meringue over pie, sealing to the edges.   Sprinkle coconut on top. Bake at 350 F for 12 to 15 min. or until meringue is golden.  Chill.   Note:  you can skip the coconut to make a vanilla cream pie if you prefer!

Meringue:

4 egg whites

1 t. vanilla

1/2 t.  cream of tartar

1/2 c. sugar

  In a small mixer bowl beat egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tartar on medium speed until frothy.  Turn mixer to high speed and gradually add the sugar, a little at a time, and beat until stiff, glossy peaks form.  Immediately spread over pie.

 

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 We love this online magazine!  Click on the picture to go to their site.

 

And now...who won?!

 Join Me at The Homeschool Post!

           I don't know how many of you have already went to the official announcement at the site, but  while we did not officially win the Homeschool Blog Awards in the "Best Teen Group",   Feelin' Feminine did!      We are SO happy for them!  

    A  HUGE thank you to all who voted for us!  Even though we didn't win, it was super fun to watch those polls!  We probably checked them 10 times a day, at the very least!!!

 

 

  

 

 The Knights Fair Maiden

We have had the privilege of having Scott and Kelley over at our house this weekend...it's been so much fun!  Be sure to check out Kelley's blog :-)

 

 

 

Cute Quotes

              Noah loves shorts...even in December.  Isaiah, the complete opposite, loves his "big pants"---which is what he calls long pants :-)

         Today we were getting ready to go with Scott and Kelley to hear him speak about his book.  We tried telling Noah he should probably stay and take a nap, but he was really wanting to go.  Mommy said, "Well, okay, but you will need to sit still and be quiet, and you need to change into some long pants."

He thought a little bit and said, "I guess I'll stay."  : D

     However, he must have decided that he likes Kelley and Scott more than his shorts, because he changed into some pants, and came anyway! 

 

 

  Instead of cute quotes in words, we decided you could here it in sound!!!  This is one of the Fireproof scenes, when Caleb is rescuing Lacey from the burning house...acted out by Noah and Isaiah!  If you listen closely you may be able to here Isaiah say "Get the girl! Get the girl!"

 

For those of you who can't see the video, click here :-)

Note: The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #17

Posted on Nov. 20, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

  

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

-Oscar Wilde

 

 

The Bookshelf

 "Relic Quest" by Robert Cornuke

  This book is about his adventures in looking for the lost Ark of the Covenant, plus locating the real Mt. Sinai.  It is especially neat because it is written from a Christian perspective.  He also writes about being skeptical of the Bible's account of Noah's ark and other stories.  He eventually came to use the Bible as his guidebook when on these expeditions,  and found so many neat things!   I highly recommend this book!         ~Jessica

Relic Quest: The True Story Of One Man's Pursuit Of The Lost Ark Of The Covenant

 

 

Also by Robert Cornuke, about his search for Noah's Ark : )  I've just started reading this one, but it looks like it should be just as good as "Relic Quest" : )

Ark Fever (Legend Chaser) 

 



Videos of the Week

 Funny sneezing baby panda--click HERE.

 

Once, we got an e-mail with the following story:

 "Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a
doubt that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage. But
no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although
they could see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or
problems: first the water meter, then outdoor pipes, indoor  pipes,
underground pipes, faucets, toilets, washer, ice maker, etc. -all to no
avail.
 
 One day Jim w as sick and stayed home in bed, but kept hearing water
running downstairs. He finally tore himself from his sick bed to
investigate, and stumbled onto the cause of such high water bills.
Apparently this was happening all day long when they were not at home.
Knowing that few would believe him, he taped a segment of the problem'
for posterity."

 Click HERE to see why their water bill was so high : )

 

 

The Recipe Box

 Thanksgiving Menu: Gourmet Potatoes

 

  6 med. potatoes

2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese

1/2 c. butter

1 1/2 c. sour cream

1/3 c. chopped green onion

1 t. salt

1/4 t. pepper

2 T. butter

paprika

     Dice the potatoes and boil until soft (about 20 min.).   In a saucepan over low heat, combine cheese and 1/2 c. butter; stir occasionally until almost melted.  Remove from heat and blend in sour cream, onion and seasonings.  Fold in potatoes and turn into a greased 8x8 pan.  Dot with the 2 T. butter adn sprinkle with paprika.  Bake, uncovered, in 350  F degree oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.  We also like to make this one up a day or two before, so that all we have to do is put it into the oven on Thanksgiving Day : )  For our family, we usually double this : )

 

Farmgirl Favorites

USS Macon St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise slideshow   

       Our grandpa was on the USS Macon during the St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise on July 30, 1959       It was the first time a war ship had been on the Great Lakes since the Civil War.

  While we don't know if he is in any of these pictures, it is neat to see pictures of the ship he was on, during the time he was on it! 

 

  

 We love reading Jocelyn's blog : )  Everything from "The Weekly"  with the "Laughter is a good medicine"  (my favorite!) to her everyday posts.  Be sure to check it out by clicking on the button below : )

 

 

 

 

Cute Quotes

 Noah: "Leah, I just threw the apple for my ree-hee-ree to get it, and Isaiah just took it." (His ree-hee-hee is a horse).

 

Anna was telling mommy about how they were very close to running into a deer on the way to or from somewhere, and Noah asked, "Anna, are you telling the truth or no?" ....which, she was by the way

 

 

Note:The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #16

Posted on Nov. 13, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

   

 "Doing nothing is doing ill"

 

                 "We must out-love, out-serve, and out-sacrifice any others who claim to have a way to solve life's problems."              --Anonymous

 

The Bookshelf

 

 

 

 



Videos of the Week

 Isaiah (our youngest brother) T-Tapping--"T-Tapping Toddler"

Have you ever seen two cats race on a treadmill? Check it out here!  It'll get you laughing really hard!

 

 

  Something to Laugh About

 

 

 Something else to laugh about

        A few days ago, I brought up a Word document to start writing our Christmas newsletter.  I just barely got it started, and told the rest of the girls to feel free to add to it.   Later, I came back and here is what I found from my dear sister Susannah!  Remember how I said that she can be a clown sometimes?!  Enjoy!

 (In case you wonder who "Pooh" and "Rue" are:  Pooh was our dear little inside dog who 'wrote' our last Christmas newsletter, and the year before, "Rue" the cat was co-editor.  Both have died since .)

   ~Jessica                                                               

  

          "And in memory of Rue…who was going to help Pooh last year….or was it the year before? Maybe it was two years ago? Now that I’m thinkin’ about it, I think it was two and a half years ago.  You know, I may just not know…or it could have been three and one quarter years ago. Maybe whoever is reading this just doesn’t know….maybe I know. Maybe I don’t know. Maybe I might know. Maybe I think I know and I really don’t know, but I think I know that maybe I don’t know that I know. Am I confused? I don’t know! Maybe I don’t know that I am confused! Or MAYBE, I have no idea what I am writing! Do you know? Maybe you don’t know! Maybe you “think” that you know that either you know or don’t know! Are you confused? You don’t know! Maybe you do know that you don’t know, OR, you don’t know that you do know! WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? Nothing of course!  I’m not talking! I’m TYPING!!!!  Heee heee heee heeee!!!! You are probably reading all of this, and wondering at the same time, “WHY am I reading this?” Maybe, you thought you should have stopped at the first word. But the first word lead you to the second word, and the second word lead you to the third word. And you just couldn’t STOP!!!!!  WHY? Because…..that is just the way you are!! J  Have a nice day!!!!"

 

 

The Recipe Box

 

Sweet Potato Casserole

(since Thanksgiving is coming up, we thought we'd share our favorite Thanksgiving dinner recipes) 

 

1 1/2 c. sugar

8 c. sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 c. melted butter

1 1/3 c. canned milk

3 t. pumpkin pie spice

4 t. vanilla

 

 Topping:

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

2 c. chopped nuts

1 c. flour

2/3 c. melted butter

2 c. coconut

 

        Mix first 7 ingredients.  Place in a greased 9 x 13 pan.  In another bowl, combine the topping ingredients.  Sprinkle over the top of the potato mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.  We like to make this a day or two ahead and put it in the fridge, that way it is one less thing to dirty up the dishes on Thanksgiving day Smileys

 

Farmgirl Favorites

 

 

 8 notes.com has free sheet music for many instruments!

 

 

Free Smileys.org

      Some of our favorites are the working smileyscomputer smileys, and talking smileys!  There are lots more!  To our younger readers... please be careful of which smiley category you click on.  Not all of them are nice!

           Smileys                   Smileys                 Smileys                      Smileys

 

 

 

  

 

 Click on the banner to go to Ann Voskamp's blog.

 

 

 

Cute Quotes

 

November 7th, 2009  by Leah

  Noah said to me tonight:

 Noah:  "You know Fireproof?" 

  Leah: "Yeah"

  N: "You know when the house is on fire?  It's a brick house!"

  L: "Yep"

  N: "And I thought it was a stick house, or a strw house, or a siding house, and I couldn't see, and I was like 'huh?' "  

 

 November 2, 2009  by Jessica

  Cassia was making our hairspray*, and as she was cutting up an orange for it, Noah smelled the oranges and wanted to eat some.  We said, no, that it was for hairspray. 

"What is it for?"  he asked.

I was being silly with him and said, "To make me beautiful!"

 He replied, "And make you smell beautiful, too, right?!" 

"That's right!"   :-D

 

*Yes, I know...kind of strange to make hairspray : D  But it works, and it's cheaper and healthier!  We found this recipe at Jocelyn's blog : ) 

Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls 
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Seven Sisters Treasures #15

Posted on Nov. 6, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

"I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once."
                                                                                                    —
Daniel Boone

 

 

The Bookshelf

 

"Understanding How Other's Misunderstand You"

(The DISC Personalities)

By Ken Voges and Ron Braund

Understanding How Others Misunderstand You

 

 

 

"One Minute After You Die"

by Erwin W. Lutzer

One Minute After You Die: A Preview of Your Final Destination

 

 

Videos of the week

Want to laugh?  One day we got on YouTube and found all sorts of videos of laughing babies--it just makes you laugh to hear them laugh!  Here are two of the best!  The last one should make you laugh, too, only it isn't about babies .

 

Twin Baby Boys, Laughing at Each Other

 

Laughing Baby

 

Gold Miner  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipe Box

 

 

Fudgy Brownies

The best brownies ever!!

 

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cups chopped pecans, optional
  • Confectioners' sugar

 

  • Melt butter and chocolate together; stir until smooth. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans if desired.
  • Spread into a greased 9" X 13" baking pan.  Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Cut into bars. Yield: about 24 brownies

 

 

 

Farmgirl Favorites--Harp Websites

 

 

 

Dusty Strings Home Page

If you like harp...this is a fun website to go to.  You can hear clips of the harps being played .

 

Harps of Praise

This website also has clips of their harps being played : )

Girl Playing Harp

 

 

 

 

This store is just perfectly wonderful  : )  They have everything you need, harp-wise : )

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Little Miss Giggles

 

      I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago, and especially enjoyed her post, "How my weirdest hobby can help you!"    She shares my name, and my love for lists...and giggling .

                                                                                                                                                    ~  Jessica

 

Cute Quotes

Noah:  "We were running and all my breath is out!"

 

 

November 1st, 2009  by Leah

 

        Tonight while reading "This is What Would Happen if Everybody Did" to Isaiah, we came to the "Always cry?  This is what would happen if everybody did" and I pointed out to him all the people crying.  He said, "n', spank them!"  Then we came to "stay up?  This is what would happen if everybody did"  He saw all the people with their mouths wide open (yawning) and said, "spank, spank, spank!"

 

 

    Noah got a birthday card in the mail from some friends of ours and said, "Bekah!  Look at my card!  And they spend me a dollar!"

 

 

 

  October 23, 2006 by Jessica

 

   While riding in the van one day, Bekah asked me, "How do you spell a hundred?  One, zero, zero? 

"Yes"

"How do you spell it in numbers, like A, B, C, D?"

 

 

  

     November 8th, 2006  by Leah

 

    This morning Noah and Isaiah were crying, and Charissa said, " I wish we could just we-wind this!" (rewind)  

    I would rather fast forward : )

 

 

Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls

 

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Seven Sister's Treasures #14

Posted on Oct. 30, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

 

Quote of the Week

      "If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest."

"Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future."

                                                                                       ---Corrie Ten Boom

 

The Bookshelf

 Two books by Christmas Carol Kauffman (she has many more too!).   These are really wonderful books!  (Click on the book to go to the review.)

 

 

 




Videos of the Week

 

Don't let the beanbag get you!

 

"Hold that thought God. I have to check my e-mail!"

 ~Both by Joshua Harris



Another one...

Are you ready?

 

 

  Something to Laugh About

~Why city folks shouldn't move to the country (this is an actual poster)

 

 

 

The Recipe Box

Chicken-Cheese Crêpes 

 

 These are good with yummy oatmeal rolls! 

 

Chicken-Cheese Crêpes

6 tablespoons of butter

1/3 C. flour

a dash or two of salt

2 C. milk

1 C. chicken broth

1/2 C. shredded Swiss cheese (I also used cheddar cheese....mainly because I didn't have enough Swiss :-) 

2 T. snipped parsley

Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce

2-1/2 oz. jar sliced mushrooms, drained and chopped

10 oz. frozen peas

2 C. cooked and chopped chicken

1/2 C. chopped red bell pepper

12 basic crêpes (recipe below)

Paprika (optional)

 

For cheese sauce, in a medium saucepan melt butter. Stir in flour and salt. Add milk and broth. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly. Stir in cheese, parsley, and hot sauce. Cook until cheese is melted and then take out 1-1/2 C. for later. Stir in drained mushrooms.

For filling, cook peas and drain. Combine peas, chicken, and red bell pepper and the reserved cheese sauce.

Spread 1/4 C. filling over the unbrowned side of each crêpe and roll them up placing them in a greased 12" X 7" baking pan. Pour the sauce over the crêpes and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 370º F. for 18-20 minutes. Makes 6 servings.

I double the chicken-cheese crêpe recipe and do one and a half recipes of the crêpes.

 

Basic Crêpes

In a bowl combine 1 cup of flour, 1-1/2 cups of milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt and beat really well.

Spoon about 3 tablespoons of batter into a heated and greases skillet and cook until light brown. Cook only one side. Grease skillet occasionally. (The unfilled crêpes freeze well [up to four months] by placing a piece of wax paper between each one. )

Enjoy!!!!

 

 

 

Farmgirl Favorites

 

 The Teapot Shoppe has lots of neat teapots, teacups, teasets, tea accessories and more!

 

  

 

 Penguinlover

 

 Click HERE to see her blog

 

Cute Quotes

  The other day Charissa was looking at a road map that was only of one city. She was trying to find our town (which was not on there) and said, "I can't find where we live!"  Noah replied, "That's because it's not our world---we live in a different one!"

     
Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls

 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #13

Posted on Oct. 23, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

        One day while out in the barn, our goat Bethany was making the funniest 'smiling' faces!  She did better than this when the camera wasn't out, but this gives you an idea of how ornery she was being!

 

Quote of the Week

             "Thus saith the Lord; cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

            "For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

             "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

             "For he shall be as a tree plnated by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

                                                                                                          Jeremiah 17:5 - 8

The Bookshelf

 

 

 Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity

This is probably the best book that I have read on this subject!  It is wonderful for all ages of girls, and is so helpful in showing you what you should be doing, before you meet your Prince Charming :-)

 

 

Hinds' Feet on High Places and Mountains of Spices (Christian Classics for a New Generation)

   Hind's Feet on High Places is an allegory of a girl named Much-Afraid, her journey to the mountains with the Shepherd, and how she is transformed into "Grace and Glory" by Him. 

  Mountains of Spices is the continuing story, where she comes back to the valley with the Shepherd and wins her relatives over to the Shepherd's service.

 

 

Videos of the Week

 

Need some motivation to...

 

Exercise?

Pick up after yourself?

Recycle?

The above links were found at thefuntheory.com .

 

 

 

The Recipe Box

 

 Pumpkin Bread

this bread is almost as good as pumpkin pie!

1 (15 ounce) can pumkin puree

4 eggs

1 c. oil

2/3 c. water

2 c. sugar

3 1/2 c. flour (Susannah used all whole wheat, and it was delicious!)

2 t. baking soda

1 1/2 salt

1 t. cinnamon

1 t. nutmeg

1/2 t. cloves

1/4 t. ginger

            Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour three 7x3 loaf pans.  In a large bowl, mix together pumpin puree, eggs, oil, water, adn sugar until well blended.  In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.  Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.  pour in to the prepared pans.  Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.  Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Makes 3 loaves. 

 

 

 

Farmgirl Favorites

  

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                          I was "blog-hopping", and found THIS!  OH MY!  We are SO excited!!!! Can you tell?!  : D

Click HERE to find out more : )

 

 

  

 

 We found this neat idea over at Beach Vintage.  She picks up mismatched plates at flea markets to use as her everyday dishes.   Such a pretty idea!  Click here to read more about it : )

 

 

 

 

Cute Quotes

 We keep a family journal in which we write down all the funny little things that little people say, or just fun things that happen.  This time, I decided to type them out here as they are in our journal : )  Enjoy!

 

 October 14th, 2009   by Leah

       Tonight Noah was going upstairs with me and was turning the light (stairway light) on and off, then ran up the stairs and was going to do it from  there, but I put the downstairs switch half-way so the light wouldn't turn on.  He tried it upstairs several times, and when I asked him what he did to it, he said,

"I don't know!  It was just working and now it ranned out!"

 

October 18th, 2009  by Leah

      The boys were supposed to be laying down on their blankets going to sleep, but while in the other room, I heard them making some noise.  When I went into their room, I saw them both kneeling beside the girls' bed.  Isaiah looked at me (he had already been in trouble for getting off his blanket) and said, "Um, I doing prayers."

       And while writing this, I am hearing more noise... 

 

        

 Parting Picture...

 

     
Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try and post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls

 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #12

Posted on Oct. 16, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

Quote of the Week

             "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoiceing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts."

                                                                                                                Jeremiah 15:16

             "And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and thy shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord."

                                                                                                                Zechariah 10:12

The Bookshelf

Assumptions that Affect Our Lives

by Christian Overman

Assumptions that Affect Our Lives

To see an overview of this book, click here.

 

 

 

 

Video of the Week

Candid Camera--Weekend Smile

        Note:  After Sunday, we have no idea what the next Candid Camera will be--so this endorsement is only for this weekend .

Animator vs. Animation 1

 

 

 

 

 

The Recipe Box

 

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

      This pumpkin ice cream is as good or maybe even better than Dairy Queen's Pumpkin Pie Blizzard : )  It is very rich!  Those of us who usually like 2 to 3 scoops of ice cream were fine with only one or one and a half scoops of this yummy dessert : )  

 

  Sugar Cookie "Crust" Recipe:

1/3 c. butter

1/3 c. shortening

2 c. flour

3/4 c. sugar

1 T. milk

1 t. baking powder

1 t. vanilla

dash salt

      In a large bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 or until softened.  Add about half the flour.  Add sugar, egg, milk, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.  Beat until combined.  Beat or stir in remaining flour.  Roll out dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 min. or until lightly browned.  Let cool.  Crumble into small pieces. 

Pumpkin Ice Cream Mixture:

2-15 oz. cans pure pumpkin puree (or about 3 1/2 c. of homemade cooked pumpkin puree, well-drained)

3 c. heavy whipping cream (if you don't want the ice cream quite as rich, try 2 c. whipping cream and 1 c. milk)

1 c. sugar

1/2 light brown sugar

1 t. salt

1 1/2 to 2 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. ginger

1/2 t. nutmeg

1/2 t. cloves

About 3 to 4 cups of the crumbled sugar cookie crust

         Place pumpkin puree into a strainer lined with cheesecloth for 15 min. to drain any excess water.  Gently heat heavy cream and sugars until small bubbles form around the edge of the pan, stirring often.  Do not boil. Remove from heat and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.  Let cool to room temperature (I cooled mine in the freezer to make it cool faster : ).  Beat pumpkin, sweetened cream mixture, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves with an electric mixer on med/high speed for 3 minutes.  Pour mixture into an ice cream machine and freeze for 20 minutes, adding the crumbled cookie pieces during the last 5 min. of freezing.  Makes 2 quarts.

 

 

 

 

Farmgirl Favorites

A fun website to get dress ideas from : )

 

 

Something else, just for fun...

 

...Lurking Smileys!

 

 

 

  

The Knapp Family Journal

Some IRL friends of ours whose blog we really enjoy reading : )  Be sure to check out "Toady Takes A Ride" and over at Mr. Knapps blog, "The Return of the Stunt Toad"  : )

 

 

 

 

Cute Quotes

 

 

       While going through a town on the way home from the Creation Museum, Noah noticed that their stop lights were different.  He told Leah, "Some people have black stop lights in the world, and we have yellow."
     Jessica and Leah were at the computer when Isaiah came running out to the sunroom and scrambled as fast as he could behind the green armchair.  Susannah hollered from the kitchen, "Isaiah has cats in his mouth....!"
     Leah didn't here what it was that he had in his mouth so she asked, "He has what in his mouth?"
     Noah replied, "Cats".
     Leah: "Cats?"
     Noah: "Yeah, but they're not real ones."
 They were little wooden cat heads to a game we have.
    One evening our family was looking at an old house in town, and Charissa saw a "Spongebob Squarepants" in the upstairs window.  She told Bekah, "Oh brother!  See  that thing with the smiley face--that cheese thing--what's it called?"
   Susannah sent the little girls and the boys out to shuck corn for supper and Noah, all excited asked, "Are we going to eat them on the corn cones?!"

 

 

 

 

Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try and post every Friday, although I am sure that some of you have noticed it's been quite a few Fridays since our last one : D  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls

 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #11

Posted on Aug. 7, 2009 in Seven Sisters Treasures

 

 

Quote of the week:

 

    "Many Christians are like young sailors who think that the shore and the land are moving when it is the ship that they are on that is moving.  We can count on it that God has not moved."          

                   Elisabeth Elliot


 

  The Bookshelf

 These books are fun to read, even if they are way below your reading level : D

                                                                                                                            Jessica

       


 No More Water in the Tub!

 


Video

 Are women born this way?!

                               ~this is very funny, and very cute!

 

 

 

Recipe of the Week

Lemon Custard Ice Cream

Here we thought we had the very best ice cream recipe, and now we've found one even better!  It's almost like Ritter's frozen custard : ) This recipe is from Taste of Home's 2005 annual cookbook.  Next time I make it, I am going to skip the lemon juice and do 2 T. vanilla instead : )

2 cups sugar

1/4 c. flour

1/4 t. salt

4 c. milk

4 eggs, beaten

3 c. heavy whipping cream

1 c. lemon juice (or 2 T. vanilla if you'd rather have vanilla than lemon)

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         In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Gradually add milk.  Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir fo 2 min. or until thickened. Rmove from the heat; cool slightly.

        Whisk a small amount of the hot milk mixture into the eggs.  Return all to the pan, whisking constantly.  Cook and stir until mixture reaches 160 degrees and coats the back of a metal spoon.

       Remove from heat.  Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 min.  Gently stir in the cream and lemon juice (or vanilla).  Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard.  Refrigerate for several hours, or overnight.  (We refrigerated ours for about 5 hours.) 

       Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze.  Refrigerate any remaining mixture until ready to freeze.  Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in a regular freezer for 2 to 4 hours before serving.  Yields 2 quarts.

     To ripen the ice cream:  After you have shut off the ice cream freezer motor, take it off of the bucket, then place a plastic sack over the top of the ice cream cylinder.  Finish by covering the  sack and the whole top of the bucket with more ice.  Replenish ice as it melts until the ripening time is over.

  

Farmgirl Favorites

 Blue and White Make the Whitest White


"It is said that color experts can distinguish about 300 shades of white, and if you look at all the things around you that are white, you will notice the many different shades. Some are a pink- white, some are yellow-white, etc. The white which is the brightest of whites is one which has a slight blue hue..." more>

I use this all the time for my white laundry--usually about 10-12 drops for a small to medium load.  We found this at a Kroger owned store, but you can also order it online.   ~ Jessica

 

    

Joyous Notions Blog!

 

 Joyous Notions is hosting a giveaway of their wonderful magazine right now!  We are currently subscribed to it, and it is wonderfully full of homemaking things and instructions.  Our last issue had a "Honeybee Tea" with recipes, instructions on ribbon embroidery, how to build a desk, and LOTS more!

 

Cute Quotes

 

 Today Noah was getting ready to help husk corn and asked Susannah,

"Are we going to eat the corn on the cones?"

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Isaiah:  " I shut off Peter!" 

(I shut off computer!)

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Rebekah held up a cloth napkin that matched her dress and said,

"You can tell my dress is fainting!" (fading) 

 

 

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Note:
  The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try and post every Friday. Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls

 

 


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