Thursday, September 12, 2013

Things I Hated as a Child I Love as an Adult.
Peppers-
Onions-
Naps-
Jackets-
Shoes-
Books-
Avocados-
Corn Tortillas-
Old People-
Butter-
Spicy Food-
Taking Baths-
Skiing-
Vitamins-
Banana Bread-
Church-
Fish-
Documentaries-
Tweezers-
Cold Medicine-
Alone Time-
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Things I Loved as a Child I Now Hate.
Pixie Sticks-
Kraft Mac and Cheese-
Playing Dolls-
Glitter-
Riding My Bike (Birthing a child changes a lot of things)-
Margarine-
Playing in Mud-
Cocoa Puffs-
Fruit Loops-
Caption Crunch-
Care Bear Movies-
Rainbow Bright Movies-
Strawberry Shortcake Movies-
Easy Bake Ovens-
Doing Barbie's Hair-
Halter Tops-












Sunday, May 26, 2013

Lessons I have learned this week - I can't let someone else's actions determine or effect how I live my life. Don't leave your tomato plants out on the deck in the wind. If I want to go on vacation I need to stop spending money on dumb stuff. My kids won't always choose the right. I can love my kids (kid) when they (he)are acting stupid. Increased vision = motivation. Kids grow too fast. Eating too much food makes you fat.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Health Benifits of Baking with Natural Yeast

Making our own bread is not new to us. We have made most of our bread for the past two years. The benifits i have seen from making bread are.... 1 - Save $. 2 - It's nice to mix up a batch of bread when we run out instead of going to the store. 3 - Using up some of the 800lbs of wheat I bought on a whim 6 years ago. 4 - Stress release. So the past two weeks I have been making bread with Natural Yeast or Wild Yeast. If you don't know what this is you can learn more from Baking With Natural Yeast by Melissa Richardson and Caleb Warnock. I'm not going to lie, it has been a lot more work than my usual making bread start to finish in one hour. Baking with natural yeast is a process. Just keeping your yeast (our new pet) alive is a process. But some of the benifits I have already noticed are.... 5 - I have been able to wake up before 7 every morning alert and ready to go. If you know me at all this is a modern day miracle! 6 - I have had some of the best sleep of my life. 7 - My skin looks clearer and brighter. I have struggled with acne since I was 9 and my skin looks better than it has in a long time. Also the dark circles and puffiness have diminished. 8 - My crazy teenager has not been so crazy, he has actually been almost pleasant. 9 - I have been able to think clearer, some of the fog has lifted. 10 - ENERGY!! After only two weeks this is amazing. Even though it is more work the health benifits make up for the hard work. Proverbs 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Book of Mormon is the key to us not being deceived.

"The Book of Mormon narrative is a chronicle of nations long since gone. But in its descriptions of problems of today's society, it is as current as the morning newspaper and much more definitive, inspired and inspiring concerning the solutions of those problems.
"I know of no other writing which sets forth with such clarity the tragic consequences to societies that follow courses contrary to the commandments of God. It's pages trace the stories of two distinct civilizations that flourished on the Western Hemisphere. Each began as small nations, its people walking in the fear of The Lord. But with prosperity came growing evils. The people succumbed to the wiles of ambitious and scheming leaders who oppressed them with burdensome taxes, who lulled them with hollow promises, who countenanced and even encouraged loose and lascivious living. These evil schemers led the people into terrible wars that resulted in the death of millions and the final and total extinction of two great civilizations in two different eras.....
"No other written testament so clearly illustrates the fact that when men and nations walk in fear of God and obedience to His commandments, they prosper and grow, but when they disregard Him and His word, there comes a decay, that unless arrested by righteousness, leads to impotence and death. The Book of Mormon is an affirmation of the Old Testament Proverb: "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people" (Prov. 14:34). President Gordon B. Hinckley
Ignorance is rejecting something you know nothing about. Read the Book of Mormon!