tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35735050285868504792024-02-20T08:23:31.861-05:00Rie's News and ViewsMarie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-80333556610491579652023-02-04T12:06:00.000-05:002023-02-04T12:06:12.258-05:00Year-end Letter 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmMVCC_q--kaIA-eFE4HB_aHERMCQHd_SbKCgnINiO_FDaANvcjdkjDJiitUm4yNmV9uBXahw4WMkAGB7FGAQ1iyu0rxNRj8UqUa250haFQ9uoh6It7yDtc16HlkWOh0PI2Pqn6hBzUEmtRcbNd_q817gGmp9LRoIHpCBnpwUplOvK4wi7kr6BJhvDQ/s1621/Screenshot_20230204-105818_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1621" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmMVCC_q--kaIA-eFE4HB_aHERMCQHd_SbKCgnINiO_FDaANvcjdkjDJiitUm4yNmV9uBXahw4WMkAGB7FGAQ1iyu0rxNRj8UqUa250haFQ9uoh6It7yDtc16HlkWOh0PI2Pqn6hBzUEmtRcbNd_q817gGmp9LRoIHpCBnpwUplOvK4wi7kr6BJhvDQ/w400-h266/Screenshot_20230204-105818_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span>The winds of change still blow through history's pages,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Each day reveals a world that's not the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thrones and powers rise and fall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bondage reigns... then freedom calls,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But for every generation, Calvary still remains!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This song by <a href="https://youtu.be/C_FlX77qcV8" target="_blank">Garment of Praise</a> came to my mind as I thought over the past year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So many things change. People. Events. Positions. Weather. But God! He remains a constant. His Word is a guide for our lives. So faithful. It always feels like a breath of fresh air when I sit down to read The Word! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thomas and I celebrated our 27th anniversary this year. We finally took a long-desired outing to celebrate. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCylznWT6FJguA6EHw8jBXq6zJF7mdH9BHEo4K7VuCvxQwyRYTT2_s1gobNWIt2MVT2wvRUYAdoUIWJSnmO7K5ApQFpVI9rUbQmPCsuYRV7Fq2qewfgHBnUWwvnwk-RkOD56_XD99cSldxTehD_6ieoxkTFQnsZcdGZV4w9dCcg_M6xscNkin9EYZzyQ/s2880/20230204_114416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCylznWT6FJguA6EHw8jBXq6zJF7mdH9BHEo4K7VuCvxQwyRYTT2_s1gobNWIt2MVT2wvRUYAdoUIWJSnmO7K5ApQFpVI9rUbQmPCsuYRV7Fq2qewfgHBnUWwvnwk-RkOD56_XD99cSldxTehD_6ieoxkTFQnsZcdGZV4w9dCcg_M6xscNkin9EYZzyQ/w400-h400/20230204_114416.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p><br /></p>These gray-haired old folks are looked at a bit questioningly when there's a 3-year-old in tow. Yours? Or a grandchild? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thomas remains busy with all the hats he wears. The door business slowed down a bit in the month of December so some projects got done around home here. A water line and electric lines were buried out to the barn. A small shelter was added to the small barn where they milk the cow so that the cow and her hay can have a little place to be out of the weather. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The big kitchen has been worked on some more. I'm looking forward to the day when it will be completed! A four-and-a-half-day power outage gave the guys some time to get some painting done. Thankfully a paintbrush needs no electricity. We're getting a room ready for Diana so she can move out of our room. It's high time!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My life is filled with girls where it once was filled with boys. My sister Doris's four girls come on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday weekly. Between lessons, food, laundry, cleaning, and all the 101 things a mom does, I keep ever busy. Kilmeny Stoltzfus helps me on Wednesday and Friday and that is a huge help! I couldn't do it alone, that's for sure. Gwen spent some time in TX this fall and then Maxie did. That lightened the load to have only 3 of them at a time. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstCZJWb_8NnqKsXdWDcouuzWaDICVLqd0ls3lC6Q5ajknoaLzd7IxXpsmBT7t47HsllJS2ouC8psD-L6ykqelBDCkpQU3yM4MkWCeEDeVxurZJ377gu0lVQkp4k03K_dv95BRAgjYc6lD_Fc3UwD6YNKAByeXRFQNxilJzVcJLYjcGJ-isFer2Z618g/s2880/20230204_110359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstCZJWb_8NnqKsXdWDcouuzWaDICVLqd0ls3lC6Q5ajknoaLzd7IxXpsmBT7t47HsllJS2ouC8psD-L6ykqelBDCkpQU3yM4MkWCeEDeVxurZJ377gu0lVQkp4k03K_dv95BRAgjYc6lD_Fc3UwD6YNKAByeXRFQNxilJzVcJLYjcGJ-isFer2Z618g/w400-h400/20230204_110359.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p><br /></p>Stephen and MaryBeth are busy in their own home. He works for Hillside Structures, painting their buildings. He has little side gigs, one of which is roasting coffee. MaryBeth worked for The Bakery Barn for part of the year. She does well at keeping her home, ministering to others, and steadying her husband. The big news at their house is... a baby is on the way! </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zxs0cT4UYfkpeb3a8FSNx_jRnLBKh1piRR8_n3aUwbwH6tJETQBdN8lJrH0xlB0PZl-rJXVyia4TZySuJ_VOnRCQZYZj0F_JSLncisbshDdm79Km00loNMUYPQyocnNHblgwSdlMAQ9q-gafA2_aNMUr-OTLTFE7wtjjLTSSB-8Eg5Kk6FSEo5uQTw/s1625/Screenshot_20230204-115227_Gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zxs0cT4UYfkpeb3a8FSNx_jRnLBKh1piRR8_n3aUwbwH6tJETQBdN8lJrH0xlB0PZl-rJXVyia4TZySuJ_VOnRCQZYZj0F_JSLncisbshDdm79Km00loNMUYPQyocnNHblgwSdlMAQ9q-gafA2_aNMUr-OTLTFE7wtjjLTSSB-8Eg5Kk6FSEo5uQTw/w265-h400/Screenshot_20230204-115227_Gallery.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p><br /></p>Austin (23) is in his second year at Allegany Boy's Camp in MD. He is really not far away from us! He is able to come home on some of his off days. Or the guys from here will run up there for an evening of basketball with him. He was able to spend a little more time with us over Thanksgiving and Christmas. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUG3gbEiVHyV5V_XfTd1PRZ7WwXWaOBSO24LrJPSIv02UhakCcO6SlVgPbWUzmwEPJvxaH31Gqahf_RwB6eZU9lAM_UsokodmWNSGAwXm5vhFJyYebl95PnS0ujqJZrM7H0OkLM7UxpmKBcwL5luBgy-WwqP7Tl24fOhutAmrknxcrFeNlT1k8XDlkw/s1621/Screenshot_20230204-105858_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1621" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUG3gbEiVHyV5V_XfTd1PRZ7WwXWaOBSO24LrJPSIv02UhakCcO6SlVgPbWUzmwEPJvxaH31Gqahf_RwB6eZU9lAM_UsokodmWNSGAwXm5vhFJyYebl95PnS0ujqJZrM7H0OkLM7UxpmKBcwL5luBgy-WwqP7Tl24fOhutAmrknxcrFeNlT1k8XDlkw/w400-h265/Screenshot_20230204-105858_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhnZsYGNwD_9l27Ue80rvRZEtg-mh5__hLtdVA5Te3vBhtdavzYc2H_BQH7L32mXyJeigalk4onXfBRXvduy02daoMyeherKm8CRoQT2iTqABWkxXHWCOWWEbgyTEPThbhBaHRJyUKawwE69wXRQplRLhrb9ogkaW3Whi7wTb3lIgGezqqsoX3WlKSA/s1621/Screenshot_20230204-110004_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1621" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhnZsYGNwD_9l27Ue80rvRZEtg-mh5__hLtdVA5Te3vBhtdavzYc2H_BQH7L32mXyJeigalk4onXfBRXvduy02daoMyeherKm8CRoQT2iTqABWkxXHWCOWWEbgyTEPThbhBaHRJyUKawwE69wXRQplRLhrb9ogkaW3Whi7wTb3lIgGezqqsoX3WlKSA/w400-h266/Screenshot_20230204-110004_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjFTUksNE0wJpvfxaej_x0eOzZ7wUC7MruI3u0AGMwG3LPaURpoUgQfmEIISOMFIcKdFrvssE7uEffxdn8aV3kdgS76nViDLwPjhcUFoBlDiR75vFqJ5cdkb5eiMmvFoYiExla6euFkoqjUQtay0xmKXBhte1Nr6XGHWXphJw0Z7ewdyZRBDWyshLAw/s1457/Screenshot_20230204-105931_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1457" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjFTUksNE0wJpvfxaej_x0eOzZ7wUC7MruI3u0AGMwG3LPaURpoUgQfmEIISOMFIcKdFrvssE7uEffxdn8aV3kdgS76nViDLwPjhcUFoBlDiR75vFqJ5cdkb5eiMmvFoYiExla6euFkoqjUQtay0xmKXBhte1Nr6XGHWXphJw0Z7ewdyZRBDWyshLAw/w400-h295/Screenshot_20230204-105931_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZtctti4NgoWXuLocCR_29Klm0iFc0iflwggjTewVSMRau2OCmqedcDbWr1Kfrk080fcSDOP6NX-qO3FPLk6XlAId-Mv9NZGZi1P2JNoC_kN5y18TL1eO2WHyiwH47NpiGXdKE_xfEbadQNJ8gUt5ynUo-k5D7flvQLIv9gZQG5EAmXHL7TNEYW13Uw/s1441/Screenshot_20230204-110031_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1441" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZtctti4NgoWXuLocCR_29Klm0iFc0iflwggjTewVSMRau2OCmqedcDbWr1Kfrk080fcSDOP6NX-qO3FPLk6XlAId-Mv9NZGZi1P2JNoC_kN5y18TL1eO2WHyiwH47NpiGXdKE_xfEbadQNJ8gUt5ynUo-k5D7flvQLIv9gZQG5EAmXHL7TNEYW13Uw/w400-h299/Screenshot_20230204-110031_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p><br /></p>Matthew spent a lot of time this year studying and taking training to be a firefighter. He passed a number of tests to obtain his Firefighter One status. When they had the company supper this month, those who had answered 100 calls received a prize. He had just run his 100th call that morning. He recently purchased his first car. He turned 21 in November. It's hard to believe that the 3rd one is that age already. He is taking over part of the door business. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarNfImEaaJnGYaxRSvpm-szGFPH_3ZBAuZjgzjDrLYENeRI74jKy2sKMvr555_1fWqHM4kKo43v7b1SA_FpXr4xbmL8qqAemX0UHe9OzQAmMxFCj_IK8_KVHfc0LEfa2Ce-17gzo5UVZora0CmvV6uO73sh8GqdFwLknZzVMOIX0yczVZuWn18vnjkA/s1600/IMG958818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarNfImEaaJnGYaxRSvpm-szGFPH_3ZBAuZjgzjDrLYENeRI74jKy2sKMvr555_1fWqHM4kKo43v7b1SA_FpXr4xbmL8qqAemX0UHe9OzQAmMxFCj_IK8_KVHfc0LEfa2Ce-17gzo5UVZora0CmvV6uO73sh8GqdFwLknZzVMOIX0yczVZuWn18vnjkA/w300-h400/IMG958818.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt50zSYwbCmeh1fFHBqzLC7R5wqtIsHifazc7YUUU1szMn9Bxuv5mYhB6A0WvZ0pS9GSLWejtqcgt9njwj5W-JWIAm6MBvreW8lliZk555XjcrqiqmjYj8ryv0TpAfvjil4coFVxkb1palgYHzRkMGAKX3ivNiQ9hss1z0YlB5QKK6naXLLbStM_jRw/s2880/20230204_112255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt50zSYwbCmeh1fFHBqzLC7R5wqtIsHifazc7YUUU1szMn9Bxuv5mYhB6A0WvZ0pS9GSLWejtqcgt9njwj5W-JWIAm6MBvreW8lliZk555XjcrqiqmjYj8ryv0TpAfvjil4coFVxkb1palgYHzRkMGAKX3ivNiQ9hss1z0YlB5QKK6naXLLbStM_jRw/w400-h400/20230204_112255.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Melvin (18) is a steady, dependable guy. He does the majority of the gardening and orchard work around here while still doing his part in the door business. He and Matthew work together as a team to install doors. Melvin also does a lot of woodworking and faithfully keeps us supplied with kombucha. He is Diana's favorite brother (although Matthew is a close second) and he will often care for her when Thomas and I need to leave. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJCa_5lR7WdZvEW63011cYrARfxwYzX0Y6B4zca9sPs54_mZZP0gtBlQhMV0tW8xt2-Nqhc8IGqf37wtCJEkm1U0QksVTY6sTKdjr38ToM8szyG8Jufn5dHhftJYF0V2ZKSz-2Htx2y4FEPFnFzVjYgSynJdevo_WrU-mRpU17QsWp00l8fhd82ztYA/s2880/20230204_112729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJCa_5lR7WdZvEW63011cYrARfxwYzX0Y6B4zca9sPs54_mZZP0gtBlQhMV0tW8xt2-Nqhc8IGqf37wtCJEkm1U0QksVTY6sTKdjr38ToM8szyG8Jufn5dHhftJYF0V2ZKSz-2Htx2y4FEPFnFzVjYgSynJdevo_WrU-mRpU17QsWp00l8fhd82ztYA/w400-h400/20230204_112729.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Christopher (17) is still a kind of floater around here. Sometimes he's here at home helping with the heavy work around here. Sometimes he's out on the job with Thomas and sometimes with his brothers. He is a writer and spends a lot of time working on his books. The last year or two have been a time of extreme physical growth for him. Now there are many giants moving around in our house.</span></div></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrOWfB1u3gg-VjINiq4Uc1SQ-qFDqEdgo7SLFDQAH4xMpmcYw-0cvmJ-VDfpRnVjxLNeaXuelayCJgacx_xTqxsENoSmKXR7gWIGuuipdnCkIzWwmb0KKadM7-4dRH0QAwRbYrjlsVsYOhP0CB3Ihbj-MmkoyuwpzpfN31lSZ550hvsgbIwS5FMPERg/s1621/Screenshot_20230204-110611_Photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1621" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrOWfB1u3gg-VjINiq4Uc1SQ-qFDqEdgo7SLFDQAH4xMpmcYw-0cvmJ-VDfpRnVjxLNeaXuelayCJgacx_xTqxsENoSmKXR7gWIGuuipdnCkIzWwmb0KKadM7-4dRH0QAwRbYrjlsVsYOhP0CB3Ihbj-MmkoyuwpzpfN31lSZ550hvsgbIwS5FMPERg/w400-h266/Screenshot_20230204-110611_Photos.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UkW5crFXpvk0EfIIzlMIBOpG4EUwWkKWPkffLa14ZQokkDEH8Z66LBTuXvfSw1V9_jyGu-8MwPg5q1uF6a1gRz3Wli6VzGL0dcX1ZzfBls_zSyNB-YklatSqqBNQLWnt-6FYJTHC_JxFAtWRUOvr3-hDaKp69ixHzc7sdwKGUjcDI-yCEYMzV4snvQ/s4032/20221124_144705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4032" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UkW5crFXpvk0EfIIzlMIBOpG4EUwWkKWPkffLa14ZQokkDEH8Z66LBTuXvfSw1V9_jyGu-8MwPg5q1uF6a1gRz3Wli6VzGL0dcX1ZzfBls_zSyNB-YklatSqqBNQLWnt-6FYJTHC_JxFAtWRUOvr3-hDaKp69ixHzc7sdwKGUjcDI-yCEYMzV4snvQ/w400-h185/20221124_144705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Diana continues to grow in stature and knowledge. She has a unique life, living around adults. Of course, there are the few days she gets to spend with her cousins. She has learned a lot about sharing and playing nicely with other children. She and Meg are 3 months apart in age and are rivals-best friends-worst enemies. I recently started a kindergarten curriculum with her and she's just drinking up the learning. Reading a book to her is a sure way to win her heart. She uses quotes from books in her daily speech. And then, she's still just a 3-year-old and has temper tantrums and stubborn streaks. She also has a huge imagination as she plays with a whole family of dolls and teddys that she has named. I don't know where she gets the names but she remembers each of them by their strange names. Artema, Exa, Oxa and Pada, to name a few.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqHzVGbRBVqUnSLjTmp2mPuoEE_G4bPQiUaR0XpMYmWlD95M-A0kVHJZIm4LQvoSramRITWGgcdUjmi6YvqGJJiOqmNCOJ-fJ5y0zELzjJgxyc4dH1blVVJVFeri0gQsH0zdbEIoK5PqS7WubDYt0-RxlfU471e80scDzcDbAG3JSV3iPLATIUOkdOw/s2880/20230204_103741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqHzVGbRBVqUnSLjTmp2mPuoEE_G4bPQiUaR0XpMYmWlD95M-A0kVHJZIm4LQvoSramRITWGgcdUjmi6YvqGJJiOqmNCOJ-fJ5y0zELzjJgxyc4dH1blVVJVFeri0gQsH0zdbEIoK5PqS7WubDYt0-RxlfU471e80scDzcDbAG3JSV3iPLATIUOkdOw/w400-h400/20230204_103741.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UoBHDjAMdLKfylhBqvXVdG2Fy3PStKui9ZPYlwDosqxRkjJ6BShqNruwo86iefwhjBClfyKBRm300Y4xipuGxwhRnXqHoAGFbf9dLv2Eh5D8BN4WOwE7PSKOkXIv2IoPVyO38H8YG_nv1l8JDP5uOOWsnpXwFDmgNtDcZq3QLSaG5WtDaGU6FYedig/s2880/20230204_115735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UoBHDjAMdLKfylhBqvXVdG2Fy3PStKui9ZPYlwDosqxRkjJ6BShqNruwo86iefwhjBClfyKBRm300Y4xipuGxwhRnXqHoAGFbf9dLv2Eh5D8BN4WOwE7PSKOkXIv2IoPVyO38H8YG_nv1l8JDP5uOOWsnpXwFDmgNtDcZq3QLSaG5WtDaGU6FYedig/w400-h400/20230204_115735.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And so we're moving into a new year, which is really just one new day at a time. The beauty and light we are able to walk in, as we fill ourselves with light from The Word and stay connected to the Vine, are incomprehensible. How are we, as lowly worms of the dust, allowed to fellowship with the King?</span><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAJBiVmaGEui2Ev38DeJkmemPSCWMTc9BQylWdgi6CUUAs3k-e1yZJKQs1dJKfMeMIqsdHqKsIzZgrad7fQPz295ayw-ydZ_v-bZ_qzZ5A1m5v9HXr0Q9hxuJJq-oAKMQMfy3dN0G5aQnTzWMF6UCq7p9C9NJXYdOjgwW8nvWlRChZjgJ_IghVfL5qQ/s1980/20221216_083136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1860" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAJBiVmaGEui2Ev38DeJkmemPSCWMTc9BQylWdgi6CUUAs3k-e1yZJKQs1dJKfMeMIqsdHqKsIzZgrad7fQPz295ayw-ydZ_v-bZ_qzZ5A1m5v9HXr0Q9hxuJJq-oAKMQMfy3dN0G5aQnTzWMF6UCq7p9C9NJXYdOjgwW8nvWlRChZjgJ_IghVfL5qQ/w376-h400/20221216_083136.jpg" width="376" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Go with Jesus! </span><p></p>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-42608127472367492262021-02-28T17:39:00.000-05:002021-02-28T17:39:09.589-05:00Saturday Musings (Feb 27)<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It's a grayish day. The sun almost shines through but the clouds persist. The cold, cold winter has ceased to trouble us for awhile. I love the warmer air! It makes me think of life. The cold is like death. </span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba9573d5-7fff-0189-dd52-e6ce578ef047"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sitting here, holding a sleeping baby, I will write while I have the opportunity. What else is Google docs for? </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My days feel unproductive many times. The to-do list remains undone. But baby care wasn't on the list. Yet it is the most important thing I could be doing. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Diana enjoys "helping me" do whatever I'm doing. She is very interactive, very sociable, most content to be with someone. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But it must be someone she's comfortable with. If you respect her, she'll warm up to you pretty soon. If you try to force yourself on her, you're a marked person. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All that to say, she sticks quite closely to Mama during the day. I try not to carry her around too much, though she begs to be held. She's a solid chunk and my back protests the abuse. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She's using more words. She loves to eat. When she has eaten up her portion, she'll hold up her bowl and say, "Mo". When I'm preparing a snack for her, cheese slices, apple slices, or whatever, she'll ask to have it in a bowl by just saying, "Bowl." </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She loves I Spy books and will let you know she wants to look at one by saying/asking, "By?" (“Spy?”) Coming near the woodstove or oven, seeing steaming food or drink, she says, "Hot!" For some reason, she loves to find pictures of owls in books. Often when she's looking at a book she'll be asking "owl?" It's amazing how many books actually do have at least one picture of an owl. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thomas has been suffering this past week from wounds received when a garage door spring let loose unexpectedly. He got a nasty whack and cut on his hand/ arm. His chest also got a beating and he's been dealing with bruises. His left hand has not been very useful, though only bruised as far as we know. Not broken. Matthew, Melvin, and Christopher have been doing the door work while Thomas supervises. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the days when Melvin is at home, he spends a lot of time pruning trees. It’s one of his favorite things to do! He's experimenting with grafting fruit trees this year. A number of citrus and avocado trees are growing in our house, which he started from seeds. I think he needs to build a conservatory. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Speaking of citrus, we've been enjoying delicious oranges and grapefruit from California this winter. We just got our second order of two cases of grapefruit and one case of oranges. Hearing one of the ladies at church say she makes concentrate from lemons and freezes it, I also ordered a case of those. Fresh tasting lemonade in the summer will be awesome. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That is as far as my musings went on this Saturday afternoon. I'll be back at a later date.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFcKAlCqUuhaHhibZGUSJ1rTX3tLd7yAyV1j0G8RKRN_7r1QjPbosSERDUq4aO7GtnUaFYSxIwRg0NA403-7rnluQQltOCCRMn8nbrVD5Q_ATYOBbEOLzP9qZAwV8fOy9Vrj3ZSPUShBy/s2880/20210126_122221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFcKAlCqUuhaHhibZGUSJ1rTX3tLd7yAyV1j0G8RKRN_7r1QjPbosSERDUq4aO7GtnUaFYSxIwRg0NA403-7rnluQQltOCCRMn8nbrVD5Q_ATYOBbEOLzP9qZAwV8fOy9Vrj3ZSPUShBy/w400-h400/20210126_122221.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><br /></span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-61256700444646331302020-12-06T15:58:00.000-05:002020-12-06T15:58:07.924-05:00Stephen's Wedding<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> November 14 was the big day for our son Stephen and his sweetheart, MaryBeth Miller. They worked together at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Penn-Valley-Christian-Retreat/117429271608449" target="_blank">Penn Valley Christian Retreat </a>and learned to know each other quite well. It didn't take them very long to decide they wanted to spend their lives together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Photography doesn't rank high on my to-do list when I'm around people. MaryBeth's sister-in-law asked if she could get a picture of the couple before the wedding because she thought she'll not get one if she doesn't do it then. I decided that was a good idea and followed suit!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC5JDgj2ekdSiCugkUNywOhwAuolmepz6bN41mbax3Y_-KJbUGEaVX5VDllFWIOxTpqFdeiAvwiQ4gci_9CEwAJY7JZSoTMI_fTy5-RvqUTxBzouksy65jqIe0-u5RqwnmmAapUnPfOf6/s4032/20201114_100410.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC5JDgj2ekdSiCugkUNywOhwAuolmepz6bN41mbax3Y_-KJbUGEaVX5VDllFWIOxTpqFdeiAvwiQ4gci_9CEwAJY7JZSoTMI_fTy5-RvqUTxBzouksy65jqIe0-u5RqwnmmAapUnPfOf6/w300-h400/20201114_100410.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A lot of guests were missing because of corona virus making its rounds. My parents were unable to attend and we missed their presence. Thankfully I was over it myself, having been sick for over two weeks and barely back to normal before the wedding.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'll include a few pictures from the reception and a few that Stephen sent to me. Also a link to the live-streamed service.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWb-QO0_BjbBck0NYyfDVoEqdj0cuKoKduiFQoSaq08Rv5wZwfxeZi55GPQoTP85K6f47UZQrTI3VP_Cv6ZcSFRLFv6nwMti3OYNOvh-5cwF_3SmUMvb-jfR5yYKlgmU0NY0kTBr3-0CY/s4032/20201114_095821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWb-QO0_BjbBck0NYyfDVoEqdj0cuKoKduiFQoSaq08Rv5wZwfxeZi55GPQoTP85K6f47UZQrTI3VP_Cv6ZcSFRLFv6nwMti3OYNOvh-5cwF_3SmUMvb-jfR5yYKlgmU0NY0kTBr3-0CY/w300-h400/20201114_095821.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bridal table (unoccupied/no flowers)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7pvBALMibTUi_0sR8YOGOtmIUVcQbsFqVSN6KafiFFCekPqYcPRtovIUgwKZyQ3hI3t7hxwEu693LMM8PDJOST0LlZ-I3JiLjJsY1DOmgpaAmOPsyMtAbVJdnJkms8BpfWyN2C6mT7eL/s4032/20201114_095828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7pvBALMibTUi_0sR8YOGOtmIUVcQbsFqVSN6KafiFFCekPqYcPRtovIUgwKZyQ3hI3t7hxwEu693LMM8PDJOST0LlZ-I3JiLjJsY1DOmgpaAmOPsyMtAbVJdnJkms8BpfWyN2C6mT7eL/w400-h300/20201114_095828.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCyoyk87sWf5gGECdnVk_NHdgyDGgVCQM6OpOJlyH1GeUBZe6MbVisUaHnrtm046SxDEsBkiFo-MDy8QXzPfX6_KC0pCyXX40iSiwnpR7P8ppgTXnZ3-U4F-rveVRQlKz5i097IUj3J5p/s1600/IMG-20201116-WA0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCyoyk87sWf5gGECdnVk_NHdgyDGgVCQM6OpOJlyH1GeUBZe6MbVisUaHnrtm046SxDEsBkiFo-MDy8QXzPfX6_KC0pCyXX40iSiwnpR7P8ppgTXnZ3-U4F-rveVRQlKz5i097IUj3J5p/w400-h266/IMG-20201116-WA0003.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bridal party, honorary couples and getaway vehicle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt879kKgKItCBAW9xij_GkKU0g2_VT-jE8Nkc_-Tq63WwMjaOXUOS9f8tQkluRV9zFhJATDYHS4aKfbUFQgZuse03de79cA5lklMAE3yYLCC1KQTtQ6bN3OFLz7aEgTIDlXEgwDvQspfU/s1600/IMG-20201116-WA0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt879kKgKItCBAW9xij_GkKU0g2_VT-jE8Nkc_-Tq63WwMjaOXUOS9f8tQkluRV9zFhJATDYHS4aKfbUFQgZuse03de79cA5lklMAE3yYLCC1KQTtQ6bN3OFLz7aEgTIDlXEgwDvQspfU/w400-h266/IMG-20201116-WA0014.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MaryBeth and her sisters (yes, she is a twin)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsnQ0mj_LHg5RVuZ-dnZZUfYSzTD2DIcm9WBwBfzC_DlFHjngLl9FHy70L2E8JhTmwk1M9kCUDiCDGJgxj3F9X8Yb2vCHbuQaQSMY_1Qde8CWfYq63r5ZoCBOg5cAAQXyndlLc0NkV8A4/s1600/IMG-20201116-WA0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsnQ0mj_LHg5RVuZ-dnZZUfYSzTD2DIcm9WBwBfzC_DlFHjngLl9FHy70L2E8JhTmwk1M9kCUDiCDGJgxj3F9X8Yb2vCHbuQaQSMY_1Qde8CWfYq63r5ZoCBOg5cAAQXyndlLc0NkV8A4/w400-h266/IMG-20201116-WA0005.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">MaryBeth's family</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoI4sUk8OgQklZX_VpiWNSfTWWzJ4zWuGX0ovp3tWR0rRRWDi-t7g8P1ARd_Im-5crxkoyj249auY4XjuyQyeCr1Pq9WQCtAZwUC5Gn5iMXj5HSDRhdobfcMB9yzLDAX9P4KgJwk7QqsL0/s1600/IMG-20201116-WA0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoI4sUk8OgQklZX_VpiWNSfTWWzJ4zWuGX0ovp3tWR0rRRWDi-t7g8P1ARd_Im-5crxkoyj249auY4XjuyQyeCr1Pq9WQCtAZwUC5Gn5iMXj5HSDRhdobfcMB9yzLDAX9P4KgJwk7QqsL0/w400-h266/IMG-20201116-WA0011.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You know who 😀</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/0aHxFZgB1HU" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the link to the service. Some of the video will be silent.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10:9</span></span></p>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-10940847362927516242020-12-01T16:54:00.002-05:002020-12-01T16:54:45.416-05:00Taco Seasoning Recipe<p>There are many easy ways to make your own seasonings. One of them is Taco Seasoning. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1SUxyGRaMOvFIizr_PTJyOfdMsZv56JdukrCIGNduXa1reJDmXPALy76meEZuuFcIsi7PmmOoF529DpQHYROmhxBRV3IcQvvY_frx0WKi2x9MlgyNMXxZqA7IOVumyt2Pmp3M3iD5CbW/s4032/20201201_131853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1SUxyGRaMOvFIizr_PTJyOfdMsZv56JdukrCIGNduXa1reJDmXPALy76meEZuuFcIsi7PmmOoF529DpQHYROmhxBRV3IcQvvY_frx0WKi2x9MlgyNMXxZqA7IOVumyt2Pmp3M3iD5CbW/w400-h300/20201201_131853.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Here's the recipe I use. </p><p>2 Tablespoons onion powder</p><p>3 Tablespoons chili powder</p><p>2 Tablespoons ground cumin</p><p>2 Tablespoons salt (I forgot to include that in the photo) </p><p>1 Tablespoon red pepper flakes</p><p>1 Tablespoon garlic powder (or granulated garlic) </p><p>1 Tablespoon oregano</p><p>These are all dried herbs and spices. Mix them well. It's enough to fill a small (or medium) spice can, like mine in the photo. I use one Tablespoon of this mix in place of one packet of taco seasoning. </p><p>Now, go make yourself some! 😀</p>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-28626538067077858392020-11-08T15:47:00.002-05:002020-11-08T15:47:42.054-05:00Are You Afraid?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> The world is in chaos. The country of the United States of America is fast crumbling. Moral decay is not only permitted by law but is celebrated publicly. Riots are not squelched. Law and order are not upheld and people actually want the police force to be banished. Many of our "rights" have been taken away. Do these things cause your heart to fear?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It brings great fear to my heart! I won't fault you if you feel fear.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This fear causes me to search for answers. We know that the Word of God tells us that the spirit of fear does not come from God. If it isn't from God, where is it from? From our enemy, of course! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Reading great books, especially true stories of how God works in the lives of real people helps to bring clarity in these times. Read "<i><u>The Hiding Place</u></i>" to see how God worked in Corrie ten Boom's life. She was faithful in doing God's will, living the Christian life in perilous times. Even though most of her family lost their lives because of their faithfulness, Corrie also learned to know God's faithfulness to her and her family through it all. This story brings me courage. It doesn't mean I won't face hard things. It means God will be faithful and I can trust Him through any and every circumstance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I love to think how true and dependable the Word of God is. If we believe it and obey it, there is peace. There is unity. It is the only thing that will bring people together in true unity. We can make excuses why we shouldn't obey certain scriptures but if that is our premise for life, we will be unpeaceful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I recently read the book <u><i>Report for Duty</i></u>. It is the story of a young man who had to report for duty during war but he believed God's Word where it says we are to love. How can we love and kill people simultaneously? It is impossible. He remained true to the Word and was mocked and tortured. He eventually died because of the treatment he received. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHfDrx4cddFvsfb4j92wJNsKzftXzARVs6evgfyej9TOeiooKrTiln9F9Wq_z_a3IqoGvZyJ0n5LrjpzAt8ZiUuVb7G3CjiqemcdriVO2c3dYNH44TuNsabtxidOzyXzBHgeUJ95bnCcR/s1440/IMG-20200829-WA0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHfDrx4cddFvsfb4j92wJNsKzftXzARVs6evgfyej9TOeiooKrTiln9F9Wq_z_a3IqoGvZyJ0n5LrjpzAt8ZiUuVb7G3CjiqemcdriVO2c3dYNH44TuNsabtxidOzyXzBHgeUJ95bnCcR/s320/IMG-20200829-WA0018.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This story challenged me in a new way because of the whole quarantine/mask wearing scenario unfolding around me. I believe God's Word to be true when He tells us to obey governors. Many around me are quoting scripture, saying we belong to a different kingdom and we ought to obey God rather than men therefore we don't need to do what our governors tell us. These scriptures jar in my head. What kingdom are you from, that says we disobey God's command to obey governors? What does obeying God rather than men, have to do with this situation? That is for times when man's commands contradict God's laws. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In <u><i>Report for Duty</i></u>, these same scriptures were quoted but they brought hardship, not ease, to the young man. He said he was from a different kingdom and could not participate in war. He obeyed every ridiculous command he was given as long as it wasn't contradictory to his belief in scripture. It just seems so puny to hear people around me trying to get out of mask wearing by quoting these scriptures. How does God look at such things? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Honestly, I don't think mask wearing is helpful in the least. But I believe we are to obey governors if they ask us to do so. The way I obey those in authority over me will be the way my children respond to authority. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thinking about Corrie ten Boom made me remember how she said Americans are not prepared to suffer. That was at least 30 years ago. How much more are we unprepared today?! <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/corrie.htm" target="_blank">Here is a letter</a> Corrie wrote that speaks truth to my heart. I often wonder about the teaching on the "rapture". It always feels like false teaching to me, but who am I to question learned pastors?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It is refreshing to read the letter she wrote. She says the Word of God is our anchor for troubled times. We need to systematically read and memorize it to be prepared for tribulation. We also need to keep an appointed time to spend in prayer daily. This is something I fail in! Let's not think we will always have the easy life we enjoy now. Let us prepare our hearts to suffer, even while we enjoy the blessings God is giving us today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A few months ago I read the scripture where Jesus told John's disciples what all He was doing. He said, "the poor have the gospel preached to them". That has been in my heart and mind ever since. How much can change for the poor when the gospel is preached to them! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><u><a href="https://ridgewaybooks.com/book/death-of-a-saloon/" target="_blank">Death of a Saloon</a> </u></i>by Pablo Yoder tells the story of a family who was entrenched in drunkenness and immorality. Then the gospel was preached to them and they believed. The family was transformed from godlessness into people of the Word. They took the Word into their hearts and believed it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Those are some of my thoughts today. Here is a quote the pastor shared at our church today... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"The greatest miracle you will ever see is a changed life." Merle Burkholder</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">God is still in the business of miracles! I am so thankful that He never changes! I want to share a few more quotes from Corrie ten Boom. They are so refreshing!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“If God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know - to tell us that this too is in His hands.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Be refreshed by God's Word today and "<i>Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</i>" John 14:27</span></span></p>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-73274903734590190922020-07-14T13:37:00.000-04:002020-07-14T13:37:36.426-04:00Hello, hello!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Y'all! Baby brain is a real thing! I don't know how mothers who have multiple children survive. Wait! I do have multiple children. Hmm...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diana is now five months older than she was when I last wrote anything. I find my mental abilities returning, slowly but surely. Many times I'm writing things in my head but don't have the means to actually write them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thinking about mothers with multiple children... usually they have a daughter or two to take over when Mom can't think. I told my sister there are times when I'm in a half-awake state that I think, "Mama will take care of it." Then I'm wide awake and realizing I AM Mama and there's no one to take my place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our sons do well with helping around the house but there are some things that are solely mine to do. I thought I would train a couple of them this past school year to do the meal planning and grocery shopping but we didn't get very far.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She sits here contentedly while Matthew plays.<br />It makes me nervous.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been hiring my nieces to help me one day a week and that really gives me a boost. They got seven meals in the freezer on Saturday and now I'm free to write a little. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It has been so long since I've written about life here at the Lapps that I hardly knew where to start. That is why I ramble a bit here. I'm getting started. I'm hoping to write more regularly again but don't hold me to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diana is here beside me in her highchair, devouring cold, canned green beans. It is so good to see her enjoying good food. She had a half banana earlier and then a scrambled egg. She still nurses a few times a day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I learned, from <a href="https://youtu.be/mEK97rAjeJk" target="_blank">a mother of many</a>, to give baby as many finger foods as possible. That cuts down on the time I need to spend feeding her. I cut bananas into little pieces, cut up eggs and beans (or any food that is possible to eat with fingers) and she feeds them to herself from off the table. It is so handy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It also keeps her entertained and cuts down on the amount she eats. When I would mash her food and spoon feed her she seemed to have no stop button. I just had to decide when it was enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The guys all do their own laundry. I do Thomas' & mine, Diana's and the dress clothes and that's about all I can handle. Of course, there are the dish towels, blankets and etc that need washing as well, and I take care of those.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher turns 15 this month and he is taking his turn on the job a bit more this summer. When Melvin is home, he works on the gardening and if Christopher is here he helps Melvin some. Otherwise, he mows lawn, takes out trash, helps with kitchen work, does animal chores or works on any of his multiple personal interests. Today I have him installing a new (used) dishwasher that I hope will save me even more time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our other dishwasher quit functioning well, some months ago. Some days it feels as if I spend most of the day in the kitchen. I finally figured out a way to include Diana. She can stand on a chair beside me while I wash dishes. I put another chair (back) beside her to safely pen her in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enough rambling for one day. Till next time....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. If you receive this by email, try replying to the email. I might get your reply. </span><br />
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Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-52120386616342177402020-02-18T14:18:00.000-05:002020-02-18T14:18:24.620-05:00Diana Grace<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She's here! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diana Grace because she came to us through Divine grace. We feel like she is a miracle from heaven in a special way and the grace of God has been guiding and will continue to guide her life for His purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh yes, she's five months old already! And where has the time gone? Obviously it's been a whole new learning curve for this old, new mama. It's not quite as easy as when I was younger but in some ways it's easier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I am weary I have a husband and sons who look after baby while I take a nap or just sleep later in the morning. I try to keep food prepared so that they can easily get their own breakfast. Usually there are enough leftovers on hand to make lunch packing simple as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Right now Christopher has Diana outside in the stroller so I think I'll go take a nap and write more later. I just needed to get a start back here in some small way.</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-66508934368455959732019-07-27T20:53:00.000-04:002019-07-27T20:53:37.000-04:00Tired Day, New Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was startled to realize it was nearly 11 AM when I finally got out of bed this morning! I could just hardly wake up. And </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've gotten a few loads of laundry done. Yay! The washer is back in service and doing a good job. I washed my hair. This task gets harder the more "unbendable" I become. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas & Melvin went to install a couple doors in Oakland, MD. Christopher is having a hard day. He's not feeling very well and isn't getting much done either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday we purchased a "new" car and repaired our van. The van has had a black hood and bumper for about four years now. Ever since one of the boys rear ended someone. Recently the black bumper was broken by hitting a small animal and needed to be repaired before it would pass inspection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The body shop said if we sand the hood they'll shoot some primer on it. So now the new bumper is white and the hood is once again white. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The car was a $500 deal (Honda Accord) that we couldn't let pass. We've been wanting a little car that's automatic for this mama to run around with. We want to get rid of a couple other vehicles. The car needs some body work and painting but otherwise seems in good condition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you need a faith booster check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-sUtfJGfY" target="_blank">this video</a>. A 23 year old and 21 year old coping with five children ages 2 and under. Cheerfully, with faith in God.</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-63507598144001719502019-07-27T11:40:00.001-04:002019-07-27T11:40:59.131-04:00Birthday, Baby Things, Church Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our youngest child is now fourteen years old! Lord willing, he will soon cease to be our "baby". I suppose he'll be happy when he no longer bears </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">undignified title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The men are home from work today. They had planned to go to work but Thomas realized he has a good deal of desk work to do and I'll need a washer. They're working tomorrow so they made today their "Saturday". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas went to look for another washer but the appliance repairman told him he could probably just take this one outside and wash it out good. His supposition was that soap got on the clutch causing the problems I had with it yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is so very disappointing that they no longer make the good old fashioned washers with agitators. They're all these new fangled high efficiency washers that wear out in a hurry. Kind of like the way refrigerators aren't as dependable as they used to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I washed the piece of furniture in my bedroom. After a few years of kitchen use it was rather grimy. Then I pulled out all the baby items I've accumulated so far and had fun sorting them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found that I don't have a whole lot beyond newborn size. It feels so weird to have forgotten how to prepare for a baby. What do I need? How many outfits of different sizes? I know they grow fast but how fast? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And it feels good to be a little more prepared w</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ith the clothes sorted and in their proper places. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's a good bit of pink. There are a lot of neutral colors too and a few boy things tucked in behind...just in case. The ultrasound tech could be wrong you know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's another new-fangled thing. Baby things have changed a lot in the last fourteen years. I was asking one of the ladies if I really need a baby bathtub and then she told me about these. I saw one advertised on the local yard sale group and bought it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas pulled out the washer to clean it up so I washed the walls and floor where it sits. It was quite dirty but the laundry soap did a good job of cleaning it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The ministers did a church appreciation supper this evening for the church. We gathered at pastor Dan's house and enjoyed a picnic on the lawn. Then there were yard games played by the energetic ones and observed by the less energetic ones who sat and visited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pulled pork sandwiches (no bread for me), mac n cheese (there was actually gluten free!), veggies & dip, potato chips, fresh fruit and bars (there were even sugar free, gluten free ones!). Delicious meal!</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-74662471560979517462019-07-25T10:50:00.001-04:002019-07-25T10:52:02.704-04:00Quiet Day, Disaster, Starting Exotic Plants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is very quiet around here today! Thomas, Melvin & Christopher left around 7 to go south of here a couple hours. They have three overhead doors to install today near Dorcas, WV. You have to wonder where that town got it's name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I finally scratched myself out of bed I noticed the water trough for the cows was running over. Someone started the water and forgot to turn it off. When I went to turn it off I passed the washing machine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here was a startling sight. I just purchased a 128 load jug of laundry detergent on Tuesday. I had it on the shelf above the washer because it has a dispenser knob on it. It had fallen down and over half the detergent was out of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not sure where all it went. Some was definitely in the washer which, thankfully, was empty! I spent a good bit of time scooping soap up out of the washer with a medicine cup, into a Solo cup and back in the bottle. (Not easy to do with a pregnant belly!) For some reason a lot of it was mixed with water. I put that in a separate bottle.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">See the dispenser bottle on the shelf above. I filled the bottle on the washer nearly half full of watery soap. How did the dispenser bottle fall? Why did it fall? I don't know!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't know if you can see how the wall is blue behind the dryer? I guess it's time to do the cleaning in the washroom that I've been procrastinating.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After washing a load of laundry with the soap that remained in the washer, I went to put the load in the dryer. It wasn't spun out very well so I put it through the spin cycle again. It was still quite wet, suds were oozing from the washer pores, the clothes felt slimy with soap and the washer smelled hot. Oh dear! Why is this happening?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hung the clothes out on the line to dry. Maybe it's time for the new washer I've been wanting (and thinking I need). If I had a bigger washer, I don't think the laundry would take so much time. Maybe I'll call the local appliance shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I want to share Melvin's projects with you. He has taken a real interest in growing things from seed that you don't normally grow. Enjoy the show...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">An avocado seed that's sprouted</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And one that's a little further along</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A pineapple top that's rooting</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And a pineapple plant that Christopher had started in the same way</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ginger that's sprouting from a piece of ginger</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grapefruit plants that he started from seed. He has 4 of these pots with two plants per pot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A peach tree he started from seed</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cherry seeds he's been soaking</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are maple trees. I'm not sure which boy decided to grow these. We have hundreds of maple seeds fall around here in the spring.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And this was an idea I had from someone else. They said you could plant sweet potatoes in soil and they would sprout just like they do when you put them in water. We planted some and after waiting a long time for sprouts finally gave up on them. One of the boys planted a couple maple starts in the pot and then the one sweet potato decided to put out sprouts. I'm afraid it's too late to root and plant these. ???</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just know that if you will give your children liberty to explore life in this way, your house will not be in pristine condition! Sprouting seeds, pots of plants & etc look rather dirty and unkempt. Pursuing ideas (even beyond starting seeds) isn't always neat and tidy and most times it's just downright messy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So that will be the extent of this post. I need to go fold a pile of towels, clean the washroom, clean up the kitchen and whatever else I might be able to accomplish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a blessed day!</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-88369775600941746812019-07-24T16:58:00.001-04:002019-07-24T16:58:51.352-04:00Another Day Has Passed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's four o'clock. The weather is pleasant. Thomas, Melvin & Christopher came home from work and Austin & Matthew left for their rafting adventure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It'll be quiet around here for a few days. Austin & Matthew plan to be gone until Saturday sometime. They're rafting up the Potomac River with some friends from MD. I hope and pray all goes well for them. It looks like they'll have pleasant daytime weather with cool nights.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a list of some of the things they're taking. <br />Takes a lot to feed 5 guys for 3 days in the wild.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Austin worked half a day on the lawn care crew. Matthew was here all day. Thomas & the others worked on the log house but had to come home early to unload a truck load of doors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't done a whole lot today. Washed a load of laundry. Typed up laundry instructions for my niece who's coming next week, Lord willing, to help me. Looked online for an easy way to make a clothespin bag. And I got the "sewing food group" schedule done for the coming year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we church ladies get together once a month to sew for the needy, we make food for ourselves and the school children. We divide into two groups. One group brings food one month and is free the next. I'm responsible for the one group. I figured I'd better get a plan in place before my brain is crowded with other things. So glad it's done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Matthew moved the piece of furniture into our bedroom. Now I can get the baby clothes washed and stored in it instead of in the Pack-n-Play. I need to sort through what I have and see what I still need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interestingly Thomas made that piece of furniture for the first house we lived in. He made it to fit in our bathroom for the exact purpose it will now have- a changing table. Although it held towels and washcloths there instead of baby clothes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our front flower bed has been a pill for me. It is large and full of a variety of flowers. The weeds also like that place too well so it is often hard to find the flowers and there's really not a good way to get to the front porch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every year we talk about how to work with it and every year we don't really do much. Joanna and Christopher have been working on it slowly but surely and getting rid of the weeds. I would like to eliminate most of the flower bed and just keep a narrow row of flowers along the house. Who knows if we can make that happen..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our cow has been having a swelling on her udder that concerned us. The vet was out to look at it and gave antibiotics to treat it. It hasn't been doing any good. We're trying some natural things and we'll see what happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the antibiotic treatment we've had to dump the milk for about a week. That isn't easy for a family that's used to drinking all the milk they want! I usually use milk to get this handful down...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's prayer meeting this evening so I should get supper ready and wind things up (or down) around here. </span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-8517499360293676112019-07-23T19:52:00.000-04:002019-07-23T19:52:03.726-04:00It's Been a Good Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We went to bed to the sound of rain last night. Sometime this forenoon I awoke to the sound of rain. The rain changed the men's plans for the day. Austin went to his lawn care job later than usual. Instead of all the rest heading off to a job, Thomas went by himself to do some service calls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was Providential that the others were here. I had thought I would be okay going to my midwife alone but when it came down to it I was very weary! I asked Matthew to take me and also help me shop for the things he and Austin will want for their rafting trip which begins tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stopped first at a roadside market to look for some peaches. Got a half bushel of seconds for $8. Also a bag of apples to make applesauce. I'm about out of applesauce and thought my family from the south would enjoy some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we went to Walmart for a few items. I hate walking that giant store for just a few things but I survived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After that it was on to the midwife. Baby was breech at the last checkup so I was pleased that she had turned herself by this time. She has turned in more ways than any of my others did. Makes me a little nervous. Just hope she knows how to position herself for a good birth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My blood pressure was a little low which may be why I'm tired.?? Nothing that the midwife was concerned about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the checkup we went to Aldi and then home. Then it was time for the guys to prepare to go to Kid's Club. They were soon out of here and I put some twice baked potatoes in the oven that I had frozen ahead of time. Cooked some fresh green beans from my sister and cut up some cucumbers from a friend's garden. That was a good supper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I'm ready to go clean up and call it a day! Oh, I did get my piece of furniture (for a changing table) emptied out this morning! Accomplishment! The boys did laundry from their room today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I discovered that my sister Joanna and her friend will be staying at a cabin so I won't have company just yet after all. That's a welcome break. (Although I enjoy company. Don't misunderstand me!)</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-16232379136376460102019-07-22T20:39:00.001-04:002019-07-22T20:39:17.909-04:00Day in the Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A yellow butterfly flits past my window. Clouds cover the sun. A gentle breeze is blowing. I should be sitting outside but here I am in my air conditioned house typing away. Why should I SIT outside? Well, because I don't know what else to do in my present condition but I do need the fresh air and vitamin D that the great outdoors provides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm all alone today. Austin is out with the lawn care crew. Thomas and the three youngest went to wash a log house. It's one of a kind and Thomas hasn't found someone else to do it. He turned the log home care he had been doing over to someone else when he took on the overhead door business. But he says this one is special. Please don't ask me to explain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My morning consisted of getting one more dress ready for nursing. I purchased a number of nursing dresses from the Facebook group "Dress Swappers". I'm cutting the necklines lower and the sleeves shorter and doing the sewing that this maneuver entails. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a low neckline, short, short sleeve kind of person. But these necklines choked me and the sleeves were long with elastic which I find very uncomfortable. They just needed some help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only seven weeks left until my due date! Or six weeks if I go by the ultrasound. Who do you believe? Babies make their own due dates anyway. So we'll just take it as it comes. But I am definitely longing for the day I get to meet this little storm within me. She has enough energy, that's for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had listed some items on the local yard sale group on Facebook so I took some time to edit or delete some of those. Plus browsed a bit to see if anyone was offering something I need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Evening is here. I finished our laundry and Austin's. Cleaned up the kitchen and made supper. We had Cobb salad (basic recipe from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvZ1eLhuYH0&t=390s" target="_blank">Mandy in the Making</a>) and cranberry jello salad (recipe found in <a href="https://lappfun.blogspot.com/2014/12/first-week-of-december.html" target="_blank">this post</a>). This was planned for lunch yesterday but then we were invited away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher was home from work early enough to grill the chicken and everyone enjoyed the good food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I would sit outside to eat my lunch but then it started raining. We've had rain showers off and on all afternoon. We haven't had an overabundance of rain lately so it's really good to see it coming down! I did think I would sit outside a bit this evening but now it's raining again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started cleaning out a piece of furniture I want to use as a changing table in our bedroom but I didn't finish that task. Yes, most of my afternoon was spent sleeping. I told you it's not easy to be pregnant at my age. And I did say my brain is more lively than my body these days. Definitely happened to me again today!</span><br />
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Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-21109031313700686612019-07-21T19:53:00.000-04:002019-07-21T19:53:14.215-04:00Just an Update<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is one of the hottest days we've had yet this summer. It has been quite warm and humid a lot of the time but for the next few days they're predicting it will be very warm. Thank God for AC! With pregnancy the heat is even harder to bear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My strength has returned to a greater degree and I've been able to do more than I had earlier. I still tire easily and my brain hatches up more things than I can accomplish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sister Joanna has been around since the middle of June and has occasionally come to my rescue when I've "bitten off more than I can chew". She is in the states for a few months, looking for ways to pay off debt before returning to Poland. She stays with my parents and relieves the rest of us by taking them places they need to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My parents both have very poor eyesight and are hoping to be able to get cataract surgery done sometime this year yet. I hope it will help their sight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">June 21-24 was the biannual Miller camping in Ohio. That is Thomas' mom's siblings and descendants. We missed the gathering four years ago so it was good to catch up with everyone who came. Traveling was uncomfortable for this pregnant mother but we made it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Following us home were Thomas' brother & wife from Haiti as well as his sister & family from Oregon. We had some time together for about a day and a half. Short but sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our garden gets planted little by little when the guys have time to work on it. I'll be happy for whatever they can turn out. Things seem to be growing well. This is our second year with the "Back to Eden" gardening method and we're pleased with the results so far. The earthworms are really making fertile soil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One reason we're late with the garden is because the chickens were in there and needed another place to go. One hen hatched six chicks and we moved them into a chicken tractor. About the time we were ready to move the other hens in with them, three more started setting. Only one of them was successful and she hatched two chicks. Yesterday one of those chicks was discovered dead in a bucket of water. Sad day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We got a few strawberries this year too. Any little bit helps! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A small harvest of sugar snap peas was so delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A friend gave us some pie cherries. I didn't know how to quickly pit them so I did a bit of research and can now tell you. The easiest way to pit cherries with regular household tools is to use a stout drinking straw. Punch it in the stem end and the pit will come out the bottom end! Presto!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The heat continues today but tomorrow is forecast to be cooler. Praise the Lord! We are not accustomed to heat like this. I think in earlier years we had longer periods of this kind of heat but I'm thankful that this is only for a few days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week I'll need to go visit my midwife who usually comes to my house. She is pregnant as well and is developing pre-eclampsia so she needs more rest. She is due a few weeks before I am but she says she always goes early. She seems confident that she'll be up and running when I need her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Joanna has a friend coming to visit her this week. She will be here Thurs through Mon and we'll provide lodging. So beginning Thurs there will be company in my house until August 19. A lot of coming and going to say the least. I counted seven trips we'll need to make to BWI airport to pick up or return family members. My sister's family will help with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Austin and Matthew have been planning a rafting trip on the Potomac river with some friends from MD. They leave Wed evening and come back Saturday, Lord willing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melvin has been struggling with a stuffy head this week. I think it's his allergies kicking in. Lots of hay being made the last while. Last evening he had earache. We washed his ear out with peroxide, put a few drops of silver in and he took a pain pill. Thankfully that took care of the pain. He's still plugged up and hard of hearing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I tried a one month meal plan and shopping trip again this month. I did get more fruit, veggies & eggs halfway through. It definitely takes planning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made some progress on getting our room ready for baby this month. We have no extra bedrooms so we'll have to play it by ear to know where to include a girl. I don't like to have baby in my bedroom too long as neither of us sleep well then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">I got a batch of bread mixed and rising, then worked on supper and other things. There were leftover mashed potatoes from Sunday that I reheated; </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">and made a fruit salad with apples, canned pineapple, frozen blueberries and yogurt. Sweetened with a bit of maple syrup and flavored with vanilla. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cow has really upped the milk production this spring. I turned a gallon of it into vanilla pudding, sweetened with Sucanat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to make some freezer meals so I fried a couple packs of hamburger for that venture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">It takes more bread with the guys getting their own breakfasts and lunches. With my poor coping skills at present, there are fewer leftovers as well for lunches. Plus Austin wants more finger foods to eat "on the run" with his lawn care job. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I felt pretty good about how much I accomplished single handedly. The boys were all gone to Kid's Club for the evening. But. ..if I do that much, it just kind of sets me back physically. One day up, the next day down. One step forward, two steps back. </span></span></div>
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Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-17327667998823284602019-04-25T14:41:00.000-04:002019-04-25T14:41:47.547-04:00SURPRISE, SURPRISE<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The day has come to let you in on our surprises. I finally have enough energy to sit at the desk and enough clarity of mind to be able to write. The last few months have not been conducive to either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Toward the end of December I began to suspicion that we were pregnant. I didn't know how that could be so I said nothing to Thomas and just kind of waited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In January our church ladies' sewing group reorganizes and we vote in a new committee member. I was voted to take that position and agreed to it; but on second thought, I stopped by the Dollar General store and bought a pregnancy test.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh my! Those positive test lines turned pink so fast! Now what? I had lots of fear because I knew this either meant months of miserable pregnancy or else another loss. Of course, I dreaded the latter the most. After three losses I thought I just couldn't take ONE more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sewing committee position had to be turned down. Pregnancy really takes my energy away plus if it continued on to baby I knew I couldn't do both. It was distressing to me to have to inform people of my condition so early on but at my stage in life no one thinks twice that I might not be able to fulfill normal duties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The distress came from hearing their excitement and not sharing in it. How could I be excited when any week might mean a loss? I finally came to the conclusion that it's okay to anticipate and it will be okay to be hurt again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With so many people knowing my situation there were a lot of prayers covering me and the baby. My nutritionist has been "holding my hand" all along and keeping me pumped full of supplements. I still struggled/struggle with having enough energy to keep our house clean and food on the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The church sisters have been very gracious in the help they've extended to me. A meal brought in now and then. A pot of soup. My assignments for fellowship meals taken. Teaching Sunday school when it's my turn. A batch of granola. Or two. Help with church house cleaning. Washing my windows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sure I've missed something but oh my! They know how to make me feel loved and cared for. What I would do without the church we're a part of, I don't know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another good friend said she will raise garden produce for me this summer since I won't feel like bending over. I am so blessed to have such friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The boys have really stepped up to the plate as well. Helping more with cooking, cleaning and laundry than what they normally would. They've been getting their own breakfast. Even Thomas has perfected his egg frying skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">People often ask, "What do the boys think about it? How do the boys feel about it?" They're excited. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were all so close together that they really don't have clear</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> memories of babies. But here's a unique thing to have another sibling at their age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They've been positive about it all along. When I was in doubt as to whether the pregnancy would continue, one of them would say, "This one will!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once when I was speaking of some event or situation in relation to the pregnancy, I said, "If this continues to baby". Melvin asked, "What else would it be? Tiger?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Am I excited? I hardly know. I think about all the realities of the situation. Sleepless nights. Childhood illness. Child training. My age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the time this child is 14 Thomas and I will be 60 and Christopher our youngest will be 28. How's that for perspective??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But yes, I'm excited. This is God's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. He will be (and has been!) with us every step of the way and He has a plan for this child!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Springtime and second trimester have given me back some energy. Life looks a lot brighter. Even though some days you would still see me in bed nearly all day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just this week we got our 20 week ultrasound done and they tell us we're having a .....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/9AtEMrvSkSY" target="_blank">Click here </a>to see the reveal. Let me know in the comments if you are not able to go there. (I'm sorry the video is sideways. I don't know how that happened and don't know how to fix it!)</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-4792370804132940772019-02-09T16:22:00.000-05:002019-02-09T16:22:09.370-05:00Goulash<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's another simple recipe for those times you can't think what to cook at five o'clock in the evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dump a bunch of cans of stuff in a kettle, heat it through and serve it up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We called it goulash when I was growing up. My family really likes it. I served it with cheese slices, cornbread and applesauce the last time I made it. Toasted cheese sandwiches would be good if you're bread eaters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 qt cooked pinto beans</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there you have it. Plain and simple and oh so good!</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-5796596302607502142019-01-30T18:28:00.000-05:002019-01-30T18:28:31.362-05:00Just Daily Doings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It must be a weekly thing right now to get an arctic blast. Today the temperature is 10° with a "real feel" of minus 5-14. Tomorrow's forecast says wind chills of -14. The guys went out and cut a load of firewood today. I guess they thought that would be a warmer job than door installation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Plus Thomas is the man for the topic at Bible study this evening so he wanted some time to study for that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Austin and Matthew went this late afternoon to unload doors at the shop. Eight doors came in on this load. Melvin is busy with his hatchet at the cow's water trough. That's a sheet of ice he's thrown that you see between the rails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been doing housework, reading and writing today. Fighting a headache so am not very active. Laundry and kitchen work are all I'm getting done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The boys feel certain that their time for ice skating has come this week. If it weren't for Bible study this evening they would likely be on a pond somewhere. But maybe tomorrow evening or the next. It doesn't appear as though it will warm up until Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Monday Thomas made a second trip to his mom's place in southern WV, taking Melvin with him. They didn't have quite as long a day as they did last week and feel certain that the water lines are repaired in the house now. The water source is a spring in a cave so they traced the lines back to the source and saw that there is a good bit of work to be done there yet. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are whole sections of the line missing. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which means yet another trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas was thankful to be able to send Austin and Matthew out for a three door installation on Monday. They can do it on their own now which is a tremendous blessing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last evening the guys were all gone to Romney for another evening of work on the Kid's Club building. They report good progress. Will it be ready for Kid's Club to begin in March? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A group from here, along with people from elsewhere, went to Honduras for a week of Bible school for the native children this week. This is the third year they've done it, I believe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In my last post I mentioned Melvin's thirst for reading. He gathered up the books he's read recently so he could record them. I snapped a picture of the stack. The fat book on the bottom is a (well read or used) Sherlock Holmes collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We ate a late breakfast today and a very late lunch so I made a peach cobbler for a light "meal" before Bible study. It's something quick and good. I don't know what they'll want to eat when they get home. I'm not going but even if I did, I wouldn't want to eat again when I got home. But they do! Long, hollow legs. Lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My nose is running a lot today. Don't know if I'm fighting a cold? Or is it because I read of another mother's miscarriage? (That DID make my nose run sorely. I know that kind of loss too well.) Or because I cut up onions? Or maybe all of the above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been reading a lot. Free Kindle books. G. A. Henty books. The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew. Also On Sunday a friend gave me a magazine called Above Rubies. Very interesting family type stories/testimonies. She says the magazine is free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tell me about life in your world. Is it cold? Do you have animals to care for? Is your house warm? What challenges are you facing? </span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-62930709289800254292019-01-24T13:47:00.000-05:002019-01-24T13:47:33.324-05:00Tuesday, January 22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The world is frozen. An Arctic blast moved in and blew cold winds over us for hours. It pulled the heat right out of the house although the fire did wonders at fighting back. The ground is still white with snow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pond is freezing enough that the boys are excited about skating. They would really like to go visit cousins in Maine this time of the year. They think that would mean lots of ice skating.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh my! Do you want to know all my thoughts? Ha ha. Probably not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were to a seminar at Penn Valley a little over a week ago where we received encouragement in caring for parents. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the speakers said how his mother-in-law is so lonely. People don't come visit her. Then he said she is very negative, very opinionated and has her own stories to tell. This just kind of shuts anyone up who comes to visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've experienced people like that. Then I fear I'll become that way myself. I think a good way to combat that is to stay interested in others. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A young man from our church is getting help for personal problems at Pure Life Ministries. We're told they emphasize working on pride and selfishness in one's life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In other words get the focus off yourself. So there are some of my thoughts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...machines- dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, wood furnace, cook stove and oven, slow cooker and waffle iron. So many time saving devices. That way I can sit down and write. Oh, I'm thankful for a computer too!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas, Austin and Matthew continue to learn the door trade. This past week there have been some learning curves and slides that involved trucks and trailers in snow and ice. I'm thankful no one was hurt and they were able to dig themselves out of their predicaments.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melvin is reading and reading, every spare minute he has. It's like he's making up for lost time. It blesses my soul to watch him. He and Christopher are also working on preparing for a Bible Fair with the church school. They care for the animals, help me with meal prep, house cleaning and laundry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've done it. The <a href="https://mealplans.eatathomecooks.com/weekly-dinner-plans/" target="_blank">Eat at Home meal plans</a> were on sale and I bit. Bought a yearly subscription. This gives me four years worth of menus actually because there are four different types of plans I have access to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blue sweatshirt. Pale blue dress. Shoes and socks. Head covering.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hmmm. I guess I'm just not being very creative the last while. I cleaned out some closets and bins and sent a whole bunch of clothing to <a href="https://christianaidministries.org/" target="_blank">CAM</a>. It feels good to have that stuff out of the house! Hopefully it will help someone somewhere.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh wow. I'm done going for a bit Lord willing. It wears me out to go places.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Education-Learning-Oliver-DeMille/dp/0991224000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548344833&sr=8-1&keywords=the+phases+of+learning" target="_blank">The Phases of Learning</a> by Oliver and Rachel DeMille. And oh yes, thinking about thinking, I think about education a lot and how broken our way of education is. Don't get me started!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and praying for relief for my friends who suffer- in their marriages, with law suits, with health issues, with losses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...the dryer running. I picked up some dryer balls at Walmart last week. I'm pleased with their performance. I hear them plunking around and the zippers and metal buttons of the jeans hitting the sides</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #3d1400;">Melvin</span></span><span style="color: #3d1400;"> put up curtain rods for me in the "crazy room". Now we have a shield from the morning sun. He also put some lights above the one set of doors. I had gotten them, thinking I could replace some others we have, but they didn't work for that purpose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melvin and Christopher replaced light bulbs on the patio, giving us light again where darkness had reigned for too long. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melvin also got the dishwasher repaired when it broke down recently. He is such a handy person to have around!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still really enjoy snail mail. Of special interest are circle letters and yearly letters with photos.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The men folk are all planning to be gone this evening. Work has begun on another Kid's Club building in Romney. They sold out from under us last year. Thomas is overseeing the building of rooms in another building. They started last week and got a good many walls framed up. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm working on getting the last of the family photos mailed out. If you don't get one and want one, send me your address at t (dot) rie (dot) n (dot) sons at gmail.com. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d1400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas and a couple of the boys plan to go repair some plumbing on his mom's house in southern WV. There are potential buyers but repairs need to be done before the sale can happen. Poor Thomas is stretched almost beyond what he can manage.</span></span></div>
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Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-32172299046101014762019-01-07T20:37:00.000-05:002019-01-07T20:37:58.007-05:00Meal Plans<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few people have said they get inspiration from my meal plans so I will continue to share them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amanda from The Fundamental Home has been a big inspiration to me and I use her method of planning. She has <a href="http://www.thefundamentalhome.com/how-i-feed-my-family-of-5-for-under-100-every-month-part-1/" target="_blank">blog posts</a> explaining her method in detail. Recently she also made a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxIP17Y9WA&index=19&list=PLobf9qkSmQIWMvSSJBI-Sl0vInrBzzQUx" target="_blank">video series</a> with detailed instructions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She spends $65 a week for her family of six. But... their family dynamics are not nearly like mine so I haven't been able to spend that little. It has been a tool for me to know how to shop for the best prices though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amanda says to make yourself a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ukOrRJNyBc" target="_blank">menu</a>, like restaurants have, to help you with meal planning. For myself, I've used Google Docs to create lists of many foods we enjoy. Separate documents for salads, breakfasts, main dishes, soups, and etc. Meal planning is a breeze when consulting these lists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check the pantry, freezer and fridge to see what your inventory is. Look at the menus to see what you might make with the ingredients you have. If you need any additional items to make these meals, add them to your grocery list. After purchasing these items, look for things on sale. Try to incorporate these into your weekly plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, just go visit Amanda. She explains it very well.</span><br />
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Hearty hamburger soup<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuna salad<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://kalynskitchen.com/recipe-for-southwestern-quinoa-salad/" target="_blank">Quinoa salad</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lettuce Salad<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.pepperplate.com/recipes/view.aspx?id=13186217" target="_blank">Chicken chowder</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://lappfun.blogspot.com/2018/01/waldorf-salad-recipe.html" target="_blank">Waldorf salad</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Re-fried beans<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fried eggs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beans <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/old-fashioned-gluten-free-cornbread/" target="_blank">Cornbread</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You might notice that about every other meal is a soup dinner. We like soup. Winter is a great time to eat soup. It is also a very frugal option. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">More eggs are coming in from our chickens. So exciting!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few breakfasts are missing. Thomas & I plan to be gone this coming weekend to a seminar at Penn Valley. The boys will get their own breakfast. Breakfasts will likely include another item such as fruit and/or yogurt besides what is listed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We'll be gone Friday eve through Sunday noon, Lord willing, so I'll leave some meals ready for the boys (or are they men?). They know how to cook but they don't choose to when I'm gone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This past weekend we were gone to a seminar as well. The Marriage Enrichment seminar. Four couples from here went, leaving behind 16 children. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A basket of goodies we found on our bed at the Marriage Enrichment seminar</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think all but one of the children got together at my sister's house for Sunday lunch. Melvin decided to make a large pan (equivalent to two 9 x 13 pans) of rhubarb crunch to take along. My sister and husband were gone too, so this was a bunch of young people. The oldest was 21 and the youngest 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A number of the recipes are linked to the ones I use or something similar. To thicken soup I use cornstarch instead of flour. Pancakes are made with buckwheat flour. Bread for hot dogs and tuna salad is made with spelt flour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the potato bar- Bake potatoes. Fry burger and season it with taco seasoning. Make a cheese sauce. Then layer the potato, meat and sauce on your plate and enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I linked the Caesar salad to the dressing I make.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a blessed week, feeding your hungry family.</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-54405622292721179292019-01-02T09:33:00.000-05:002019-01-02T09:33:37.408-05:00Crazy Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This cat finds all the queerest places to sit or take a nap. Often he is found in a very strange position as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the "top story" of Melvin's desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Matthew's desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Austin's desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Same place, different position</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back on top of Melvin's desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> On the Pictionary game</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This boy is getting old. He's probably 12 years old. His name is Rascal.</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-79288648743855572272019-01-01T15:04:00.000-05:002019-01-01T15:04:11.114-05:00Ham & Cheese Omelet Roll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have occasionally listed <a href="https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/ham-n-cheese-omelet-roll/" target="_blank">omelet roll</a> in my breakfast <a href="http://lappfun.blogspot.com/2018/12/eating-again.html" target="_blank">menu</a>. I thought you might enjoy some step by step photos to see how I do that with ease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">12 large eggs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4 oz cream cheese </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2 cups diced ham</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Preheat the oven to 350° and line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Put the first five ingredients in the blender pitcher and blend smooth. Pour into the pan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use the butt end of a table knife to get the corners to square up in the pan. Put it in the oven and bake 20 minutes. Check to see if it's puffed and done. If so, remove it. If not, bake a little longer- not longer than ten more minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use any cut of ham. Sometimes I can find cubed or julienne cuts of ham at our thrift food store. Or I'll dice up leftover ham. Here's what I used this time. (You could use sausage or another meat if you wish.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cut the ham and shred the cheese while the eggs bake (if necessary.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There! It's baked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Squirt the desired amount of mustard over the top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sprinkle the ham over the top.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then the cheese.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Starting on the short end, roll it up using the paper to help you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There it is. Bake it a few minutes longer, then slice and enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One nice thing about this roll is that it can be made ahead and reheated in the morning.</span><br />
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<br />Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-36497571835972236622018-12-31T14:26:00.000-05:002018-12-31T14:26:41.578-05:00Eating again...?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...no wonder you're fat!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Years ago we read of a device you could get to put in your fridge that would spew these words at you when you opened the door. We thought it was so funny. It's one of those things that just sticks in one's memory and we repeated it many times. (Maybe that's why it stuck?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, we're eating again. And again. And again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's this week's (Dec 26- Jan 1) menu plan. Breakfast and main meal. The rest of the time it's leftovers.</span><br />
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Breakfast<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dinner <o:p></o:p></div>
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Scrambled eggs & sausage<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grits <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yogurt & fruit<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chili soup<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/old-fashioned-gluten-free-cornbread/" target="_blank">Cornbread </a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://eatathomecooks.com/layered-cole-slaw-perfect-for-potlucks-and-family-gatherings/" target="_blank">Layered coleslaw</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/ham-n-cheese-omelet-roll/" target="_blank">Omelet roll</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Muffins <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rice with <a href="https://lappfun.blogspot.com/2017/11/alfredo-pasta-recipe.html" target="_blank">Alfredo sauce</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lettuce salad<o:p></o:p></div>
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Baked apples<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spinach quiche<o:p></o:p></div>
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Barley <o:p></o:p></div>
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Vegetable soup<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://redstaryeast.com/recipes/one-hour-pan-rolls-italiano/" target="_blank">Italian dinner rolls</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://lappfun.blogspot.com/2018/01/waldorf-salad-recipe.html" target="_blank">Waldorf salad</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Waffles<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gravy<o:p></o:p></div>
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Peaches <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sheet pan dinner<o:p></o:p></div>
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Granola<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yogurt <o:p></o:p></div>
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Honduras meal<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fried potatoes and eggs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yogurt & fruit<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/58211/authentic-louisiana-red-beans-and-rice/" target="_blank">Rice and beans</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Cranberry salad<o:p></o:p></div>
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Creamed eggs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yogurt & fruit<o:p></o:p></div>
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Potato soup<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pepperoni rolls<o:p></o:p></div>
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Veggies & dip<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love how the veggies and meat are so colorful in the mix for a sheet pan meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've once again linked a number of the recipes for your convenience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You notice we have barley for breakfast? I cook pearl barley and then the next morning I fry some diced apples in butter and maple syrup, stir in the cooked barley and heat it through. It's a favorite here. Eat it with milk as a cereal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The rice with Alfredo sauce was leftover rice and chicken. I made a plain Alfredo sauce (no meat added), stirred in leftover ham broth gravy, and put it atop the rice and chicken. Oh, so yummy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Honduras meal is rice and chicken, beans, cabbage salad, Central American salsa, sour cream and tortillas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I asked my sister if these menus are helpful to her at all? Give her any ideas? She said they just make her tired. She doesn't think she <i>could</i> cook that much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll admit it is tiring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blessings to you in the new year! God bless you, go with Jesus.</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-64623115255030528222018-12-30T19:21:00.000-05:002018-12-30T19:21:58.471-05:00Just Whatever<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We brought the potted plants indoors this fall before they froze. I had started marigolds from seed and that tall one grew and grew all summer but never bloomed until it was inside! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was appalling how iced up and dirty the freezers were. We cleaned them out before we <a href="http://lappfun.blogspot.com/2018/12/beef.html" target="_blank">butchered the steer</a>. How wonderful to once again have clean freezers, though they are half empty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We didn't have a fruitful year in the garden. Sometimes I think it would be nice to live in Lancaster, PA where the Amish raise food that one can buy for reasonable prices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher decided one day he wanted to refinish this little table. He promptly did just that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On December 17 my sister, her daughters and I spent the afternoon at Mama's place, in honor of her birthday (the 18th). We had a tea party and played a game together. Poor photo, I know. I'm not a pro at sellfies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The same little party got together for my birthday on the 10th. We had a tea party and a sugar free, gluten free, yummy cake! Not something I get very often. And Verina gave me an Instant Pot! That is also not something I get very often. Ha ha. I'm having fun learning to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Austin gave me this nice, big mug for my birthday. The I in HIS is an arrow pointing up, to indicate the mind of God. Okay, you want to know how old I am? 46. (I just used the calculator to make sure that's correct!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher carved a heart out of a cedar shake and put it in the fire. See how it glows in there?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A contradictory church sign we saw during one of our recent trips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is hard to see, but in the top photo the house windows glow with the sunrise. A few minutes later they're dark (bottom photo). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay, that was a bunch of random stuff. None of it worthy of a post of it's own, so there! 😀</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573505028586850479.post-53958331604277677012018-12-29T14:55:00.000-05:002018-12-29T14:55:24.634-05:00Vehicle Maintenance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is vehicle day here at the Lapps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Austin cleaned the interior of the car and is taking time to fix the basketball hoop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christopher</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> washes the van. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He's already</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> shined up Grandpa's car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas, Matthew and Melvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> work on the black Ford. (Melvin has</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> a bite of apple in his mouth</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stephen repainted the dump trailer this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now he's unloading equipment from his truck of a car. He had hoses, power washer and paint sprayer in there. Who knows what else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Too many vehicles around here and then sometimes there are none here for me to drive!</span>Marie Lapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11451863896833166024noreply@blogger.com0