Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Artsy Fartsy
http://www.scad.edu/
I suppose she comes by it honestly as my friend, Vonnie would say. There is a long lineage of artists and creative type people in my family. Both sides, the Metz's and the Williams' are represented there. Grandpa Maury loved to write, Grandpa Williams was a master carver, his sisters were painters, Aunt Sue painted and created lots of fun things, My mom, sewed and still loves creating she's even been known to write a poem or two and she's even thought about a book! Jayne makes beautiful jewelry and Karyn has a keen eye for photography. I love to paint and shape and mold and sew. Kate has always loved sewing. When she was 7 years old, she'd retreat to her room to sew. And she always wanted to sew by hand! The world will a beautiful place when she is out working in it making her own mark creatively! I can't wait to see it be a part of it!
I suppose she comes by it honestly as my friend, Vonnie would say. There is a long lineage of artists and creative type people in my family. Both sides, the Metz's and the Williams' are represented there. Grandpa Maury loved to write, Grandpa Williams was a master carver, his sisters were painters, Aunt Sue painted and created lots of fun things, My mom, sewed and still loves creating she's even been known to write a poem or two and she's even thought about a book! Jayne makes beautiful jewelry and Karyn has a keen eye for photography. I love to paint and shape and mold and sew. Kate has always loved sewing. When she was 7 years old, she'd retreat to her room to sew. And she always wanted to sew by hand! The world will a beautiful place when she is out working in it making her own mark creatively! I can't wait to see it be a part of it!
The Truth About Your Weight Gain
The Truth About Your Weight Gain
Seems like eating clean is definitely the best way to go! Honestly, I can't believe we buy this stuff.
Seems like eating clean is definitely the best way to go! Honestly, I can't believe we buy this stuff.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Fabulous Oat Pancakes!
Definitely a must for breakfast on cold December mornings. This is one of my favorite pancake recipes and it is pretty much the ulitmate in clean eating. I wish my kids would eat these!
half cup ground oats ( you can do this in the blender and it is actually okay when there are a couple of whole oats left)
one egg white
quarter cup cottage cheese
dash of vanilla..... combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix together. I like to use virgin coconut oil to fry my cakes. I also added some flax to this mix. while cakes are cooking, mix, a tsp of reduced fat cream cheese (ideally you'd use almond butter but I like cream cheese) and a tsp of honey. mix and mix and mix and then when cakes are done drizzle on each one! This morning, I had a banana, a few chopped walnuts and a few cranberries on top. This packs a huge punch for fiber, protein and whole grains.
half cup ground oats ( you can do this in the blender and it is actually okay when there are a couple of whole oats left)
one egg white
quarter cup cottage cheese
dash of vanilla..... combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix together. I like to use virgin coconut oil to fry my cakes. I also added some flax to this mix. while cakes are cooking, mix, a tsp of reduced fat cream cheese (ideally you'd use almond butter but I like cream cheese) and a tsp of honey. mix and mix and mix and then when cakes are done drizzle on each one! This morning, I had a banana, a few chopped walnuts and a few cranberries on top. This packs a huge punch for fiber, protein and whole grains.
Monday, December 27, 2010
New things from clay to kiln
zesty breakfast
Breakfast for this chilly Monday was vanilla greek yogurt, several dried cranberries, orange slices, orange zest, chopped walnuts (not too many) and ground flaxseed! So yummy and actually very filling. Now if I could get the boys to eat that, I'd be making major progress.
Health Benefits of Cranberries
Benefits Come in a Variety of Forms
Cranberries contain bacteria-blocking compounds that are believed to be helpful in preventing urinary tract infections, and scientists now think this same function may be useful in blocking the bacteria responsible for ulcers and certain oral bacteria that can lead to gum disease. Current research indicates that approximately 10 ounces of cranberry juice cocktail is needed daily to achieve the bacteria-blocking benefits that ward off UTIs, ulcers and gum disease. You can get these benefits in an array of cranberry products. For round-the-clock protection, snack or cook with one of these products at least once a day.
Health Benefits of Cranberries
Benefits Come in a Variety of Forms
Cranberries contain bacteria-blocking compounds that are believed to be helpful in preventing urinary tract infections, and scientists now think this same function may be useful in blocking the bacteria responsible for ulcers and certain oral bacteria that can lead to gum disease. Current research indicates that approximately 10 ounces of cranberry juice cocktail is needed daily to achieve the bacteria-blocking benefits that ward off UTIs, ulcers and gum disease. You can get these benefits in an array of cranberry products. For round-the-clock protection, snack or cook with one of these products at least once a day.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
about as simple as it gets.... or does it? ha
This is the question I get asked all the time in regard to eating clean. So many times people get so caught up in this diet or that diet. Or the whole high protein low carb thing. Or the counting points or calories thing.
I think sometimes we can makes eating overly complicated. So here's a simple rule to follow when you ever find yourself asking; "What should I eat?"
Eat only foods that had a mother or that came from nature.
That's it. That's all you need to know. If you folow the above rule then you'll automatically be eating clean.
So, I totally get that... That is easy. But when you start making recipes and casseroles and snacks and desserts, it seems to get a little more tricky. I guess, being smart about adding ingredients to things is the key.
I think sometimes we can makes eating overly complicated. So here's a simple rule to follow when you ever find yourself asking; "What should I eat?"
Eat only foods that had a mother or that came from nature.
That's it. That's all you need to know. If you folow the above rule then you'll automatically be eating clean.
So, I totally get that... That is easy. But when you start making recipes and casseroles and snacks and desserts, it seems to get a little more tricky. I guess, being smart about adding ingredients to things is the key.
Grass is best for Cows!!!!
The Health Benefits
of Grass Farming
Author: Jo Johnson
"Why Grassfed is Best!"
Consumers have been led to believe that meat is meat is meat. In other words, no matter what an animal is fed, the nutritional value of its products remains the same. This is not true. An animal's diet can have a profound influence on the nutrient content of its products.
The difference between grainfed and grassfed animal products is dramatic.
First of all, grassfed products tend to be much lower in total fat than grainfed products. For example, a sirloin steak from a grassfed steer has about one half to one third the amount of fat as a similar cut from a grainfed steer.
In fact, grassfed meat has about the same amount of fat as skinless chicken or wild deer or elk.1 When meat is this lean, it actually lowers your LDL cholesterol levels.2
Because grassfed meat is so lean, it is also lower in calories.
Fat has 9 calories per gram, compared with only 4 calories for protein and carbohydrates. The greater the fat content, the greater the number of calories.
A 6-ounce steak from a grass-finished steer has almost 100 fewer calories than a 6-ounce steak from a grainfed steer.
If you eat a typical amount of beef (66.5 pounds a year), switching to grassfed beef will save you 17,733 calories a year—without requiring any willpower or change in eating habits. If everything else in your diet remains constant, you'll lose about six pounds a year. If all Americans switched to grassfed meat, our national epidemic of obesity would begin to diminish.
Extra Omega-3s
Although grassfed meat is low in "bad" fat (including saturated fat), it gives you from two to six times more of a type of "good" fat called "omega-3 fatty acids."
Omega-3 fatty acids play a vital role in every cell and system in your body. For example, of all the fats, they are the most "heart friendly." People who have ample amounts of omega-3s in their diet are less likely to have high blood pressure or an irregular heartbeat. Remarkably, they are 50 percent less likely to have a serious heart attack.3
Omega-3s are essential for your brain as well. People with a diet rich in omega-3s are less likely to be afflicted with depression, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder (hyperactivity), or Alzheimer's disease.4
Another benefit of omega-3s is that they may reduce your risk of cancer.
In animal studies, these essential fatty acids have slowed the growth of a wide array of cancers and kept them from spreading.5 Although the human research is in its infancy, researchers have shown that omega-3s can slow or even reverse the extreme weight loss that accompanies advanced cancer.6 They can also hasten recovery from cancer surgery.7
Furthermore, animal studies suggest that people with cancer who have high levels of omega-3s in their tissues may respond better to chemotherapy than people with low levels.8 Omega-3s are most abundant in seafood and certain nuts and seeds such as flaxseeds and walnuts, but they are also found in grassfed animal products.
The reason that grassfed animals have more omega-3s than grainfed animals is that omega-3s are formed in the green leaves (specifically the chloroplasts) of plants. Sixty percent of the fat content of grass is a type of omega-3 fatty acid called alpha-linolenic or LNA.
When cattle are taken off grass and shipped to a feedlot to be fattened on grain, they lose their valuable store of LNA as well as two other types of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. Each day that an animal spends in the feedlot, its supply of omega-3s is diminished.9
The graph below illustrates this rapid decline.
When chickens are housed indoors and deprived of greens, their meat and eggs also become artificially low in omega-3s.10
Eggs from pastured hens can contain as much as 20 times more omega-3s than eggs from factory hens.
Switching our livestock from their natural diet of grass to large amounts of grain is one of the reasons our modern diet is deficient in these essential fats. It has been estimated that only 40 percent of Americans consume a sufficient supply of these nutrients. Twenty percent have levels so low that they cannot be detected.11 Switching to grassfed animal products is one way to restore this vital nutrient to your diet.
The CLA Bonus The meat and milk from grassfed ruminants are the richest known source of another type of good fat called "conjugated linoleic acid" or CLA. When ruminants are raised on fresh pasture alone, their milk and meat contain as much as five times more CLA than products from animals fed conventional diets.12
CLA may be one of our most potent defenses against cancer.
In laboratory animals, a very small percentage of CLA --- a mere 0.1 percent of total calories ---greatly reduced tumor growth.13 Researcher Tilak Dhiman from Utah State University estimates that you may be able to lower your risk of cancer simply by eating the following grassfed products each day: one glass of whole milk, one ounce of cheese, and one serving of meat. You would have to eat five times that amount of grainfed meat and dairy products to get the same level of protection.
There is new evidence suggesting that CLA does reduce cancer risk in humans.
In a Finnish study, women who had the highest levels of CLA in their diet, had a 60 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with the lowest levels of CLA.
Switching from grainfed to grassfed meat and dairy products places women in this lowest risk category.14 Vitamin E In addition to being higher in omega-3s and CLA, meat from grassfed animals is higher in vitamin E.
The graph below shows vitamin E levels in meat from: 1) feedlot cattle, 2) feedlot cattle given high doses of synthetic vitamin E (1,000 IU per day), and 3) cattle raised on fresh pasture with no added supplements. The meat from the pastured cattle is four times higher in vitamin E than the meat from the feedlot cattle and, interestingly, almost twice as high as the meat from the feedlot cattle given vitamin E supplements.15
In humans, vitamin E is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and cancer. This potent antioxidant may also have anti-aging properties. Most Americans are deficient in vitamin E.
The NY Times best selling author, Jo Robinson, has an informative book "Why Grassfed is Best!" on the benefits of grassfed beef. She has done a great service educating America about this healthy beef and her book is a "must have" in your library of health books. Please visit her web site at www.eatwild.com to purchase the book and learn more about this healthy beef.
References
1. Fukumoto, G. K., Y.S. Kim, D. Oduda, H. Ako (1995). "Chemical composition and shear force requirement of loin eye muscle of young, forage-fed steers." Research Extension Series 161: 1-5. Koizumi, I., Y. Suzuki, et al. (1991). "Studies on the fatty acid composition of intramuscular lipids of cattle, pigs and birds." J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 37(6): 545-54.
2. Davidson, M. H., D. Hunninghake, et al. (1999). "Comparison of the effects of lean red meat vs lean white meat on serum lipid levels among free-living persons with hypercholesterolemia: a long-term, randomized clinical trial." Arch Intern Med 159(12): 1331-8. The conclusion of this study: "... diets containing primarily lean red meat or lean white meat produced similar reductions in LDL cholesterol and elevations in HDL cholesterol, which were maintained throughout the 36 weeks of treatment."
3. Siscovick, D. S., T. E. Raghunathan, et al. (1995). "Dietary Intake and Cell Membrane Levels of Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest." JAMA 274(17): 1363-1367.
4. Simopolous, A. P. and Jo Robinson (1999). The Omega Diet. New York, HarperCollins. My previous book, a collaboration with Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos, devotes an entire chapter to the vital role that omega-3s play in brain function.
5. Rose, D. P., J. M. Connolly, et al. (1995). "Influence of Diets Containing Eicosapentaenoic or Docasahexaenoic Acid on Growth and Metastasis of Breast Cancer Cells in Nude Mice." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 87(8): 587-92.
6. Tisdale, M. J. (1999). "Wasting in cancer." J Nutr 129(1S Suppl): 243S-246S.
7. Tashiro, T., H. Yamamori, et al. (1998). "n-3 versus n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in critical illness." Nutrition 14(6): 551-3.
8. Bougnoux, P., E. Germain, et al. (1999). "Cytotoxic drugs efficacy correlates with adipose tissue docosahexaenoic acid level in locally advanced breast carcinoma [In Process Citation]." Br J Cancer 79(11-12): 1765-9.
9. Duckett, S. K., D. G. Wagner, et al. (1993). "Effects of time on feed on beef nutrient composition." J Anim Sci 71(8): 2079-88.
10. Lopez-Bote, C. J., R.Sanz Arias, A.I. Rey, A. Castano, B. Isabel, J. Thos (1998). "Effect of free-range feeding on omega-3 fatty acids and alpha-tocopherol content and oxidative stability of eggs." Animal Feed Science and Technology 72: 33-40.
11. Dolecek, T. A. and G. Grandits (1991). "Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)." World Rev Nutr Diet 66: 205-16.
12. Dhiman, T. R., G. R. Anand, et al. (1999). "Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets." J Dairy Sci 82(10): 2146-56. Interestingly, when the pasture was machine-harvested and then fed to the animals as hay, the cows produced far less CLA than when they were grazing on that pasture, even though the hay was made from the very same grass. The fat that the animals use to produce CLA is oxidized during the wilting, drying process. For maximum CLA, animals need to be grazing living pasture.
13. Ip, C, J.A. Scimeca, et al. (1994) "Conjugated linoleic acid. A powerful anti-carcinogen from animal fat sources." p. 1053. Cancer 74(3 suppl):1050-4.
14. Aro, A., S. Mannisto, I. Salminen, M. L. Ovaskainen, V. Kataja, and M. Uusitupa. "Inverse Association between Dietary and Serum Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women." Nutr Cancer 38, no. 2 (2000): 151-7.
15. Smith, G.C. "Dietary supplementation of vitamin E to cattle to improve shelf life and case life of beef for domestic and international markets." Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1171
E-mail American Grass Fed Beef
of Grass Farming
Author: Jo Johnson
"Why Grassfed is Best!"
Consumers have been led to believe that meat is meat is meat. In other words, no matter what an animal is fed, the nutritional value of its products remains the same. This is not true. An animal's diet can have a profound influence on the nutrient content of its products.
The difference between grainfed and grassfed animal products is dramatic.
First of all, grassfed products tend to be much lower in total fat than grainfed products. For example, a sirloin steak from a grassfed steer has about one half to one third the amount of fat as a similar cut from a grainfed steer.
In fact, grassfed meat has about the same amount of fat as skinless chicken or wild deer or elk.1 When meat is this lean, it actually lowers your LDL cholesterol levels.2
Because grassfed meat is so lean, it is also lower in calories.
Fat has 9 calories per gram, compared with only 4 calories for protein and carbohydrates. The greater the fat content, the greater the number of calories.
A 6-ounce steak from a grass-finished steer has almost 100 fewer calories than a 6-ounce steak from a grainfed steer.
If you eat a typical amount of beef (66.5 pounds a year), switching to grassfed beef will save you 17,733 calories a year—without requiring any willpower or change in eating habits. If everything else in your diet remains constant, you'll lose about six pounds a year. If all Americans switched to grassfed meat, our national epidemic of obesity would begin to diminish.
Extra Omega-3s
Although grassfed meat is low in "bad" fat (including saturated fat), it gives you from two to six times more of a type of "good" fat called "omega-3 fatty acids."
Omega-3 fatty acids play a vital role in every cell and system in your body. For example, of all the fats, they are the most "heart friendly." People who have ample amounts of omega-3s in their diet are less likely to have high blood pressure or an irregular heartbeat. Remarkably, they are 50 percent less likely to have a serious heart attack.3
Omega-3s are essential for your brain as well. People with a diet rich in omega-3s are less likely to be afflicted with depression, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder (hyperactivity), or Alzheimer's disease.4
Another benefit of omega-3s is that they may reduce your risk of cancer.
In animal studies, these essential fatty acids have slowed the growth of a wide array of cancers and kept them from spreading.5 Although the human research is in its infancy, researchers have shown that omega-3s can slow or even reverse the extreme weight loss that accompanies advanced cancer.6 They can also hasten recovery from cancer surgery.7
Furthermore, animal studies suggest that people with cancer who have high levels of omega-3s in their tissues may respond better to chemotherapy than people with low levels.8 Omega-3s are most abundant in seafood and certain nuts and seeds such as flaxseeds and walnuts, but they are also found in grassfed animal products.
The reason that grassfed animals have more omega-3s than grainfed animals is that omega-3s are formed in the green leaves (specifically the chloroplasts) of plants. Sixty percent of the fat content of grass is a type of omega-3 fatty acid called alpha-linolenic or LNA.
When cattle are taken off grass and shipped to a feedlot to be fattened on grain, they lose their valuable store of LNA as well as two other types of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. Each day that an animal spends in the feedlot, its supply of omega-3s is diminished.9
The graph below illustrates this rapid decline.
When chickens are housed indoors and deprived of greens, their meat and eggs also become artificially low in omega-3s.10
Eggs from pastured hens can contain as much as 20 times more omega-3s than eggs from factory hens.
Switching our livestock from their natural diet of grass to large amounts of grain is one of the reasons our modern diet is deficient in these essential fats. It has been estimated that only 40 percent of Americans consume a sufficient supply of these nutrients. Twenty percent have levels so low that they cannot be detected.11 Switching to grassfed animal products is one way to restore this vital nutrient to your diet.
The CLA Bonus The meat and milk from grassfed ruminants are the richest known source of another type of good fat called "conjugated linoleic acid" or CLA. When ruminants are raised on fresh pasture alone, their milk and meat contain as much as five times more CLA than products from animals fed conventional diets.12
CLA may be one of our most potent defenses against cancer.
In laboratory animals, a very small percentage of CLA --- a mere 0.1 percent of total calories ---greatly reduced tumor growth.13 Researcher Tilak Dhiman from Utah State University estimates that you may be able to lower your risk of cancer simply by eating the following grassfed products each day: one glass of whole milk, one ounce of cheese, and one serving of meat. You would have to eat five times that amount of grainfed meat and dairy products to get the same level of protection.
There is new evidence suggesting that CLA does reduce cancer risk in humans.
In a Finnish study, women who had the highest levels of CLA in their diet, had a 60 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with the lowest levels of CLA.
Switching from grainfed to grassfed meat and dairy products places women in this lowest risk category.14 Vitamin E In addition to being higher in omega-3s and CLA, meat from grassfed animals is higher in vitamin E.
The graph below shows vitamin E levels in meat from: 1) feedlot cattle, 2) feedlot cattle given high doses of synthetic vitamin E (1,000 IU per day), and 3) cattle raised on fresh pasture with no added supplements. The meat from the pastured cattle is four times higher in vitamin E than the meat from the feedlot cattle and, interestingly, almost twice as high as the meat from the feedlot cattle given vitamin E supplements.15
In humans, vitamin E is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and cancer. This potent antioxidant may also have anti-aging properties. Most Americans are deficient in vitamin E.
The NY Times best selling author, Jo Robinson, has an informative book "Why Grassfed is Best!" on the benefits of grassfed beef. She has done a great service educating America about this healthy beef and her book is a "must have" in your library of health books. Please visit her web site at www.eatwild.com to purchase the book and learn more about this healthy beef.
References
1. Fukumoto, G. K., Y.S. Kim, D. Oduda, H. Ako (1995). "Chemical composition and shear force requirement of loin eye muscle of young, forage-fed steers." Research Extension Series 161: 1-5. Koizumi, I., Y. Suzuki, et al. (1991). "Studies on the fatty acid composition of intramuscular lipids of cattle, pigs and birds." J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 37(6): 545-54.
2. Davidson, M. H., D. Hunninghake, et al. (1999). "Comparison of the effects of lean red meat vs lean white meat on serum lipid levels among free-living persons with hypercholesterolemia: a long-term, randomized clinical trial." Arch Intern Med 159(12): 1331-8. The conclusion of this study: "... diets containing primarily lean red meat or lean white meat produced similar reductions in LDL cholesterol and elevations in HDL cholesterol, which were maintained throughout the 36 weeks of treatment."
3. Siscovick, D. S., T. E. Raghunathan, et al. (1995). "Dietary Intake and Cell Membrane Levels of Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest." JAMA 274(17): 1363-1367.
4. Simopolous, A. P. and Jo Robinson (1999). The Omega Diet. New York, HarperCollins. My previous book, a collaboration with Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos, devotes an entire chapter to the vital role that omega-3s play in brain function.
5. Rose, D. P., J. M. Connolly, et al. (1995). "Influence of Diets Containing Eicosapentaenoic or Docasahexaenoic Acid on Growth and Metastasis of Breast Cancer Cells in Nude Mice." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 87(8): 587-92.
6. Tisdale, M. J. (1999). "Wasting in cancer." J Nutr 129(1S Suppl): 243S-246S.
7. Tashiro, T., H. Yamamori, et al. (1998). "n-3 versus n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in critical illness." Nutrition 14(6): 551-3.
8. Bougnoux, P., E. Germain, et al. (1999). "Cytotoxic drugs efficacy correlates with adipose tissue docosahexaenoic acid level in locally advanced breast carcinoma [In Process Citation]." Br J Cancer 79(11-12): 1765-9.
9. Duckett, S. K., D. G. Wagner, et al. (1993). "Effects of time on feed on beef nutrient composition." J Anim Sci 71(8): 2079-88.
10. Lopez-Bote, C. J., R.Sanz Arias, A.I. Rey, A. Castano, B. Isabel, J. Thos (1998). "Effect of free-range feeding on omega-3 fatty acids and alpha-tocopherol content and oxidative stability of eggs." Animal Feed Science and Technology 72: 33-40.
11. Dolecek, T. A. and G. Grandits (1991). "Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)." World Rev Nutr Diet 66: 205-16.
12. Dhiman, T. R., G. R. Anand, et al. (1999). "Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets." J Dairy Sci 82(10): 2146-56. Interestingly, when the pasture was machine-harvested and then fed to the animals as hay, the cows produced far less CLA than when they were grazing on that pasture, even though the hay was made from the very same grass. The fat that the animals use to produce CLA is oxidized during the wilting, drying process. For maximum CLA, animals need to be grazing living pasture.
13. Ip, C, J.A. Scimeca, et al. (1994) "Conjugated linoleic acid. A powerful anti-carcinogen from animal fat sources." p. 1053. Cancer 74(3 suppl):1050-4.
14. Aro, A., S. Mannisto, I. Salminen, M. L. Ovaskainen, V. Kataja, and M. Uusitupa. "Inverse Association between Dietary and Serum Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women." Nutr Cancer 38, no. 2 (2000): 151-7.
15. Smith, G.C. "Dietary supplementation of vitamin E to cattle to improve shelf life and case life of beef for domestic and international markets." Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1171
E-mail American Grass Fed Beef
Saturday, December 25, 2010
So This is Christmas
Friday, December 17, 2010
Headed To Peoria!
Fearless Friday: ways to handle fear
Fearless Friday: ways to handle fear
Love this site!!! She always gives a neat way of looking at things.
Love this site!!! She always gives a neat way of looking at things.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Angel of the Lord
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all.
KJV
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Making our way
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A little Martha
Monday, December 13, 2010
Love
I've been reading about Love. How powerful it is and how we don't usually love something long enough for love to really work. For example, we love that it is sunny and warm out but we get irritated that the car in front of us is going too slow, we love that our best friend called us but we quickly leave that feeling for being irritated by the song we don't like on the radio. Love can change lives and maybe giving it time in our hearts and minds to really grow would help everyone.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Flurry, Furry Sunday.
It's flurrying here in Alabama! The boys are outside playing soccer and Owen is whining at the door. Oh how he wants to go out and play, but no, he cannot. I've been busy wrapping gifts and making gifts. I don't think I'll get to the baking this week. I just don't have the time to get it done. Maybe this year, since I will be in Peoria, I will stop in at Trefzgers to buy my baked yummies! I'm thinking of leaving on Friday so I will have enough time to see everyone.
Last night was wonderful. We watched Home Alone, possibly my favorite Christmas movie and the boys enjoyed yummy hot chocolates. The tree still does not have ornamnents on it but I am not worrying about that. Whatever. Tonight we are going to late church and then to LaBrisa for dinner with Kate's bf's fam. Should be fun! Oh and Kate has put some rules in place for Rick and me tonight at dinner. They're very simple and easy to follow. No Talking! ha
Saturday, December 11, 2010
yes, I'm a bow snob
Friday, December 10, 2010
Fearless Friday
No rest for the weary. This time of year, we just go and go and go and it is really no wonder that we get sick. Thank goodness for airborne!! I'm trying to teach my children that through out this life, it is okay to have enough. I wish them enough, I wish them enough, money for the things they need a couple of things they don't. I wish them enough sleep so they can accomplish the tasks of the day. I pray they will understand that a work family balance is key to a happy home. I'm a firm believer in everything in moderation. Just enough is perfect! I'm hoping to bake this weekend and in my Martha Stewart mind, I see a kitchen with flour and sugar and lots and lots of cookeis but in reality, I think I'll just pick three treats to bake. That is enough. :)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
and sometimes the tree falls
Last night, I put started decorating our family tree. The real tree the boys and Rick picked out on Sunday. This is the tree that holds all the kids ornaments, ornamnents that have been given to them or they've made or picked out. It's a fun hodge podge tree. Well, today, I came home from work and the tree had fallen over. Kate was home when it happened and she tried cleaning up the ornaments. Most of the ornaments were Joe's b/c he helped decorate last night. Thankfully, the ones that broke were not special. I couldn't get the tree to stand up so I dragged that sucker outside and put it on the back porch. Maybe Rick can help me tomorrow to get it back up in working order.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Dec. 7th
Monday, December 6, 2010
Flying by!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday Dec. 3
Friday Friday Friday!! Love Friday's. It's my favorite day of the week! Today's saying in the Advent calendar is...And, coming to her, he said, (Gabriel) "Hail favored one! The Lord is with you." Luke 1:28. Gabriel, the messenger of good news.
Last night was very sweet. I was curled up in bed and Kate came in and cuddled with me. I was reading a book on all the archangels and I started reading out loud. She actually fell asleep to my reading. This morning she said, that was just like when she was little and it was so comforting. It doesn't matter how old we get, but being read to is so special especially when your mom is reading to you.
Last night was very sweet. I was curled up in bed and Kate came in and cuddled with me. I was reading a book on all the archangels and I started reading out loud. She actually fell asleep to my reading. This morning she said, that was just like when she was little and it was so comforting. It doesn't matter how old we get, but being read to is so special especially when your mom is reading to you.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Making our Way
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Dec. 1st.
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