I must tell you I specifically assigned TASTE to this day on purpose!
It is the birthday of my baby!!
She is 7 today!
sigh!!
I am not sure when than happened.
I knew today would be an excellent taste day for me, so I worked it like that.
I admit it!
My sweet dumpling asked for "Shooshe" for lunch! Ha! You gotta love that.
Sushi at 7!
Am I raising her right or what??? (no comment Nicoll)
This is the only kid I have any sort of a chance with in the food department.
Oldest brother eats almost no fruits and veggies and has a very limited taste acceptability factor!
Older brother changes on a dime what is palatable. I don't know from one day to the next what he may decide he doesn't like anymore.
But not my tiny baby girl. She will eat almost anything, and is game for trying new things as well.
Hence the "Shooshe"!!
Psalms 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good ; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Hmmmm, nice how that scripture works in with our week!!!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Day 3--Touch
Whoa, this is gonna be a challenging one today!
I mean we touch everything, right.
How many things have I touched and it isn't yet 9 in the morning?
Here, let me name a few just for fun!
Bread for sandwiches, apples for snacks, clothes, hairbrush, water, dishes, blankets, toothbrush, coffee cup, chips, cookie dough, oven handle, dirty dishes, my cell phone, a sharpie marker, my children, my dog, my dog's leash, door knob, tennis shoes, my keyboard...obviously!!
Whew, that is just the obvious big stuff that I remember off hand.
Now some of that stuff God didn't make directly. He didn't create my spinning toothbrush, or sharpie markers.
Big deal, the stuff he designed and made is way more impressive!
God made your world.
The things you touch were created for you!
God didn't have to make it all amazing, but He did.
Let's take pleasure in that, but also let's show our admiration and appreciation.
Hey, you better get with it, you are gonna be busy today!!
I mean we touch everything, right.
How many things have I touched and it isn't yet 9 in the morning?
Here, let me name a few just for fun!
Bread for sandwiches, apples for snacks, clothes, hairbrush, water, dishes, blankets, toothbrush, coffee cup, chips, cookie dough, oven handle, dirty dishes, my cell phone, a sharpie marker, my children, my dog, my dog's leash, door knob, tennis shoes, my keyboard...obviously!!
Whew, that is just the obvious big stuff that I remember off hand.
Now some of that stuff God didn't make directly. He didn't create my spinning toothbrush, or sharpie markers.
Big deal, the stuff he designed and made is way more impressive!
God made your world.
The things you touch were created for you!
God didn't have to make it all amazing, but He did.
Let's take pleasure in that, but also let's show our admiration and appreciation.
Hey, you better get with it, you are gonna be busy today!!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Day 2--sight
Alright-y friends, our sense of the day is sight!
I must confess that yesterday, by the time afternoon rolled around I forgot about our assignment. I was so caught up in my mommy duties, which compound exponentially once half past three hits!!
I was running my oldest home from Taekwondo class in the 7 o'clock hour and forgot to take advantage of all the smells of sweaty children, cars and parking lots, and so many more things.
Remember our project is to be over the top thankful to our heavenly father who blesses us beyond measure. The idea is that our thankfulness draws us nearer to Him, and our nearness to God is our good.
So, as you look around today be thankful.
Look extra careful today, really pay attention to the details our master designer has worked into everyday objects that we may only give a passing glance.
Go!
I must confess that yesterday, by the time afternoon rolled around I forgot about our assignment. I was so caught up in my mommy duties, which compound exponentially once half past three hits!!
I was running my oldest home from Taekwondo class in the 7 o'clock hour and forgot to take advantage of all the smells of sweaty children, cars and parking lots, and so many more things.
Remember our project is to be over the top thankful to our heavenly father who blesses us beyond measure. The idea is that our thankfulness draws us nearer to Him, and our nearness to God is our good.
So, as you look around today be thankful.
Look extra careful today, really pay attention to the details our master designer has worked into everyday objects that we may only give a passing glance.
Go!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thankful
I was working up a lesson the other day for a class I had to teach and came across this verse.
Psalms 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good ; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge
It is so simple, but tells us so much!
If we could somehow, possibly remember every single minute of every day that the nearness of God is our good....wow!!!
One way to stay near to God is to be thankful to Him.
Let's challenge ourselves this week to be over the top thankful to our God who has bestowed such blessings on us.
Let's work to acknowledge all those things we take for granted each day.
I have an idea! Let's take each day of the week and use one of our senses to guide the beginning and direction of our thanks to God.
I will randomly assign something for each day....here ya go.
Monday...smell
Tuesday...sight
Wednesday...touch
Thursday...taste
Friday...sound
So, today as different smells reach your sniffer, think of how you can be thankful to God for what that smell puts through your mind.
As I sort the laundry and smell the dirty clothes and the laundry soap so many things will flood my mind.
Who makes those clothes dirty, and what do they do to make 'em smell the way they do?
(the smell isn't all that bad, but work with me here okay??)
That thought alone takes my mind buzzing in so many directions with so much to be thankful for. My kids, my husband, healthy bodies to play and run, places that I need to be that call for different clothes and how those places bless my life! You get what I mean, right??!!
This is just a bit of a challenge to get us out of our normal routine, and really thinking about the wonderful creator we have, who is so very very good!
Okay, get out there and be thankful, it should be fun!!
Psalms 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good ; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge
It is so simple, but tells us so much!
If we could somehow, possibly remember every single minute of every day that the nearness of God is our good....wow!!!
One way to stay near to God is to be thankful to Him.
Let's challenge ourselves this week to be over the top thankful to our God who has bestowed such blessings on us.
Let's work to acknowledge all those things we take for granted each day.
I have an idea! Let's take each day of the week and use one of our senses to guide the beginning and direction of our thanks to God.
I will randomly assign something for each day....here ya go.
Monday...smell
Tuesday...sight
Wednesday...touch
Thursday...taste
Friday...sound
So, today as different smells reach your sniffer, think of how you can be thankful to God for what that smell puts through your mind.
As I sort the laundry and smell the dirty clothes and the laundry soap so many things will flood my mind.
Who makes those clothes dirty, and what do they do to make 'em smell the way they do?
(the smell isn't all that bad, but work with me here okay??)
That thought alone takes my mind buzzing in so many directions with so much to be thankful for. My kids, my husband, healthy bodies to play and run, places that I need to be that call for different clothes and how those places bless my life! You get what I mean, right??!!
This is just a bit of a challenge to get us out of our normal routine, and really thinking about the wonderful creator we have, who is so very very good!
Okay, get out there and be thankful, it should be fun!!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Too hard!
My husbands favorite cake is German Chocolate.
Somehow in the 19 years of our marriage I have managed to not make it from scratch!
How did that happen?
Oh, yes...the old days of cake mixes and tubs o' frosting!
And, visits from his Mommy, who made sure to fix her babywaybee's special cake!
Aren't Mom's the bomb!!
Anyway...
I determined this year I would tackle the cake.
I searched the internet and found a recipe which seemed determined to maximize the number of cake making steps to the fullest.
I must have been in a hurry and half out of my mind to choose that stinkin' recipe.
By the time I got done making that cake, I was exhausted!
I threw the recipe in the trash.
No really I did.
Pitched it right in there along with the 8 egg shells, and crushed it all down, listening gleefully to the sound of their further smashing.
It just doesn't have to be that hard to make a deliciously wonderful cake.
I would never recommend that recipe to you.
Now the cake however....YUM!!!
It is really, really good.
It is light and fluffy, ooey and gooey.
So delectable.
But not good enough to make again!
Ever!
So there!
Now the peanut butter cookie recipe I also tried....oh yeah!
I will be sharing that one with ya, asap!
Not making too many promises though as to the when.
It is my babies birthday this week, and that means busy busy Mommy.
Hey, I gotta carry on "the bomb" tradition, right!?!
Somehow in the 19 years of our marriage I have managed to not make it from scratch!
How did that happen?
Oh, yes...the old days of cake mixes and tubs o' frosting!
And, visits from his Mommy, who made sure to fix her babywaybee's special cake!
Aren't Mom's the bomb!!
Anyway...
I determined this year I would tackle the cake.
I searched the internet and found a recipe which seemed determined to maximize the number of cake making steps to the fullest.
I must have been in a hurry and half out of my mind to choose that stinkin' recipe.
By the time I got done making that cake, I was exhausted!
I threw the recipe in the trash.
No really I did.
Pitched it right in there along with the 8 egg shells, and crushed it all down, listening gleefully to the sound of their further smashing.
It just doesn't have to be that hard to make a deliciously wonderful cake.
I would never recommend that recipe to you.
Now the cake however....YUM!!!
It is really, really good.
It is light and fluffy, ooey and gooey.
So delectable.
But not good enough to make again!
Ever!
So there!
Now the peanut butter cookie recipe I also tried....oh yeah!
I will be sharing that one with ya, asap!
Not making too many promises though as to the when.
It is my babies birthday this week, and that means busy busy Mommy.
Hey, I gotta carry on "the bomb" tradition, right!?!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
What do you see?
I have quite a busy day ahead, as were the two before this one.
I do have something that has been on my mind to share with you though.
I was stumbling the internet the other day and came across this!
Perspective is an unusual thing, is it not?
See the cute little doggie ears, eyes, and nose?
See if you can make it happen on this picture too!
Yikes, that dog is looking a little angry!
Just something to get ya thinking, and smiling.
Have a great Wednesday!
I do have something that has been on my mind to share with you though.
I was stumbling the internet the other day and came across this!
Perspective is an unusual thing, is it not?
See the cute little doggie ears, eyes, and nose?
See if you can make it happen on this picture too!
Yikes, that dog is looking a little angry!
Just something to get ya thinking, and smiling.
Have a great Wednesday!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Fish for lunch
Nicoll, I couldn't possibly do a whole blog post about silly bands,
however...
When I pulled back the curtain in my middle sons room this morning, as I do everyday, this is what greeted me on the windowsill.
(I rearranged them for this purpose.)
He said that he figured some of them were glow in the dark, so he had them there soaking in what would prove to be a sunny spot later in the day.
Silly bandz, in the window!
Now that is something to blog about!
Here is what Wikipedia said about them.
"The original shaped silicone rubber bands were created in 2002 by a Japanese design team who wanted to introduce a more environmentally-sustainable rubber band as an office product. Robert Croak, owner of Toledo, Ohio-based BCP Imports (known for distributing the Livestrong wristbands[2]), encountered the bands on a business trip and decided to re-purpose them as a toy by making them larger and thicker, and marketing them as a kids' fashion accessory."
I had no idea...did you??
I have got to admit, those little colorful shapes are fun to look at!
I might possibly be able to write an entire post about chocolate pie, but not today.
I did, however, make chocolate pie the other day.
Why did it take me almost 40 years to figure that one out??
It is really not that big of a deal, and oh so yummy.
Along those lines I am thinking about making this Cafe' au lait pudding!!!
But after making my chocolate pie the other day this recipe makes me have so many questions which will send me on several wild goose chases to find out what I want.
Why are there no eggs?
Can I make it without so much cornstarch?
Why do I care that there is so much cornstarch?
Could it be more chocolaty and still maintain the integrity of the au lait part of it?
Do I have to put it in an ice bath??
Sigh!!
I wish it was like the Matrix and I could just download a program and have instant pudding making knowledge and skills!
Maybe my cooking friend will come to my rescue!?!
See my little dog?
I put the nerf bullet there for you as a size comparison, and to work it into the conversation!
She is less than 20 pounds and as strong as an ox!!
Those little legs which happen to be
...hold on a minute let me measure.
Ahhh yes...
9 1/2 inches long,
can walk faster than my 3 1/2 foot long legs!
How can that be possible??
She is relentless in her energy and speed!
And aren't those ears just the bomb? They are so expressive!
That is just a nice way of saying HUGE! That is some big ears on a little dog!
Did I tell you about the new plecostomus (a large common algae sucker catfish looking fish)?
I can't remember.
This one I am referring to, had outgrown his tank and needed a new spacious dwelling!
He has been living here in our pond for a good 3 weeks or so, and is very elusive.
Yesterday I finally spotted him, hiding near the base of the water lily plant!
He seems to be quite content.
Not that I am sure how I would know otherwise.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
I have always wondered that?
I went to the fish store yesterday!
I couldn't get over these fish, and their soft colors!
Lavender, pale blue, soft pink, seafoam green, butter yellow.
They would all swim around then all at once turn and look at you as a group, then take off again!
FREAKY!!!
I was entranced!
I was creeped out!
I don't like it when fish look at me.
Is it wrong that I am thinking about having fish for lunch?
Is it wrong that I am thinking about chocolate pie?
I am trying to think of a fantastic way to tie all of this stuff together and wrap up this post with a bang.
I can assure you that it is not gonna happen.
I am gonna have fish for lunch though...
and chocolate pie!
however...
When I pulled back the curtain in my middle sons room this morning, as I do everyday, this is what greeted me on the windowsill.
(I rearranged them for this purpose.)
He said that he figured some of them were glow in the dark, so he had them there soaking in what would prove to be a sunny spot later in the day.
Silly bandz, in the window!
Now that is something to blog about!
Here is what Wikipedia said about them.
"The original shaped silicone rubber bands were created in 2002 by a Japanese design team who wanted to introduce a more environmentally-sustainable rubber band as an office product. Robert Croak, owner of Toledo, Ohio-based BCP Imports (known for distributing the Livestrong wristbands[2]), encountered the bands on a business trip and decided to re-purpose them as a toy by making them larger and thicker, and marketing them as a kids' fashion accessory."
I had no idea...did you??
I have got to admit, those little colorful shapes are fun to look at!
I might possibly be able to write an entire post about chocolate pie, but not today.
I did, however, make chocolate pie the other day.
Why did it take me almost 40 years to figure that one out??
It is really not that big of a deal, and oh so yummy.
Along those lines I am thinking about making this Cafe' au lait pudding!!!
But after making my chocolate pie the other day this recipe makes me have so many questions which will send me on several wild goose chases to find out what I want.
Why are there no eggs?
Can I make it without so much cornstarch?
Why do I care that there is so much cornstarch?
Could it be more chocolaty and still maintain the integrity of the au lait part of it?
Do I have to put it in an ice bath??
Sigh!!
I wish it was like the Matrix and I could just download a program and have instant pudding making knowledge and skills!
Maybe my cooking friend will come to my rescue!?!
See my little dog?
I put the nerf bullet there for you as a size comparison, and to work it into the conversation!
She is less than 20 pounds and as strong as an ox!!
Those little legs which happen to be
...hold on a minute let me measure.
Ahhh yes...
9 1/2 inches long,
can walk faster than my 3 1/2 foot long legs!
How can that be possible??
She is relentless in her energy and speed!
And aren't those ears just the bomb? They are so expressive!
That is just a nice way of saying HUGE! That is some big ears on a little dog!
Did I tell you about the new plecostomus (a large common algae sucker catfish looking fish)?
I can't remember.
This one I am referring to, had outgrown his tank and needed a new spacious dwelling!
He has been living here in our pond for a good 3 weeks or so, and is very elusive.
Yesterday I finally spotted him, hiding near the base of the water lily plant!
He seems to be quite content.
Not that I am sure how I would know otherwise.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
I have always wondered that?
I went to the fish store yesterday!
I couldn't get over these fish, and their soft colors!
Lavender, pale blue, soft pink, seafoam green, butter yellow.
They would all swim around then all at once turn and look at you as a group, then take off again!
FREAKY!!!
I was entranced!
I was creeped out!
I don't like it when fish look at me.
Is it wrong that I am thinking about having fish for lunch?
Is it wrong that I am thinking about chocolate pie?
I am trying to think of a fantastic way to tie all of this stuff together and wrap up this post with a bang.
I can assure you that it is not gonna happen.
I am gonna have fish for lunch though...
and chocolate pie!
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