So my friend Emmy has introduced me to Kale chips. I have found myself wanting them all day. I have made my 3rd batch of the day already. So how do I make mine?
After washing, I cut the leaves off the steam and into pieces. In the bowl I drizzle them with olive oil seasoning with salt, pepper and parmesan cheese. I then bake it at 350 for about 10 minutes. I like mine a little crispy so I may go a little longer. I am sure I am baking all the healthy out of it, but I love it.
26 April 2013
15 April 2013
Please pray for a friend...
My friend Jessica and her husband Archies they are about to lose their son Silas after a brave year + fight with cancer. Silas is 4 years old. Silas has 3 older brothers. They say he has just days left.
06 April 2013
8.5 weeks to go
I can hardly believe that we are toward the end of this journey to meet this little one growing inside me. I can tell that my 4 year old is getting very attached to the baby. She loves to come over and hug my belly and kiss "the baby." It feels very odd, because I still have not really settled on a name for this little one. I also don't know if the baby is a boy or a girl. Guess we'll know soon enough.
Guess there really isn't much else to say.
Guess there really isn't much else to say.
15 February 2013
Hello to all
I am sorry I have not posted much. A lot has been happening. I have not come out and said it here yet, but I will share it. My husband and I are getting divorced. It is something I never thought I would say. The grounds are biblical, that doesn't make the idea any easier. I am left heartbroken and scared.
I am currently 24 weeks pregnant. The baby is active and growing. I am being followed every 2 weeks currently due to my own lack of weight gain. Other then that my health is good and the baby looks good as well.
I am currently 24 weeks pregnant. The baby is active and growing. I am being followed every 2 weeks currently due to my own lack of weight gain. Other then that my health is good and the baby looks good as well.
30 January 2013
Two Books that have really helped me
Aside from the bible there are two books that have really helped me overcome issues that I had.
The first one is called Every Women's Battle by Shannon Ethridge. It is a book about the dangers of fantasies and comparing our husbands to others, to even the dangers of porn. These issues, well aside from the pron, are so much more hidden from the world as they occur in our own minds. We are often the only ones that know that we have this issue. I know for me fantasy started in high school, and this doesn't even have to be s*xual to be wrong and hurt ourselves.
While reading this book was very convicting, it was also very freeing. It allowed me to see that yes, I was choosing sin, but I was not alone. Other women also had the same problem and had over come it.
The other book is called Loving God with all your Mind by Elizabeth George. This book helped me to refocus my mind so as to not fall into depression. While we all have moments of depression, when I was a teen I was very depressed. I didn't know how to change my thinking and like so many I put myself down often. Learning how to focus first on what is real and true, even in a bad situation has helped me to keep from falling into that pit during several very hard times in my life. One of them I am going through right now. I have learned to keep my focus on God and to get myself up and doing what I need to do each day.
The first one is called Every Women's Battle by Shannon Ethridge. It is a book about the dangers of fantasies and comparing our husbands to others, to even the dangers of porn. These issues, well aside from the pron, are so much more hidden from the world as they occur in our own minds. We are often the only ones that know that we have this issue. I know for me fantasy started in high school, and this doesn't even have to be s*xual to be wrong and hurt ourselves.
While reading this book was very convicting, it was also very freeing. It allowed me to see that yes, I was choosing sin, but I was not alone. Other women also had the same problem and had over come it.
The other book is called Loving God with all your Mind by Elizabeth George. This book helped me to refocus my mind so as to not fall into depression. While we all have moments of depression, when I was a teen I was very depressed. I didn't know how to change my thinking and like so many I put myself down often. Learning how to focus first on what is real and true, even in a bad situation has helped me to keep from falling into that pit during several very hard times in my life. One of them I am going through right now. I have learned to keep my focus on God and to get myself up and doing what I need to do each day.
26 January 2013
Half way there
So I am now over the half way point in this pregnancy. Things seem to be going well. The baby is growing as the doctors would like, the 18 week ultrasound looked good. As far as the obgyns go their only concern is my lack of weight gain, or more my continued weight loss. Mostly the concern is that my body gets what it needs, since the baby is growing and moving that helps.
As far as my heart goes, it looks great. There has been no real change in my echos and my doctor does not expect anything different to be there at the end of March when I am due to see him again.
I have been having a very hard time coming up with names for the baby. I really have no idea what I would like to name the baby. I only have 1 real rule for naming the baby, the name can not start with the same letter as one of the other children.
As far as my heart goes, it looks great. There has been no real change in my echos and my doctor does not expect anything different to be there at the end of March when I am due to see him again.
I have been having a very hard time coming up with names for the baby. I really have no idea what I would like to name the baby. I only have 1 real rule for naming the baby, the name can not start with the same letter as one of the other children.
04 January 2013
Peace in my heart
I can not begin to explain the peace that is in my heart right now. Life keeps throwing things at me that I was not expecting, both good and bad, and yet the peace that is in my heart has been such a blessing.
One of the great things is how quickly my oldest's calling to a college seemed to happen. My son had his eye on 2 of the colleges that he had visited. Out of the blue a coach of a school I had not even thought of and he had not really heard of called him and wanted to talk. It seems that this coach had called my son's coach and told him he was looking for a catcher for the next year, my son's position and he will be in college next year. Coach came out to see my son at practice and said yep, he wanted my son to come play for him. S (my son) went to the college, which is an hour train ride from home, he liked the school, but really felt like the coach was someone that he could play for. Now I have to get transcripts ready, filled out finical aid forms, and get him signed up for the ACT, yep he hasn't taken it. I am bad. But he is signed up. :)
One of the great things is how quickly my oldest's calling to a college seemed to happen. My son had his eye on 2 of the colleges that he had visited. Out of the blue a coach of a school I had not even thought of and he had not really heard of called him and wanted to talk. It seems that this coach had called my son's coach and told him he was looking for a catcher for the next year, my son's position and he will be in college next year. Coach came out to see my son at practice and said yep, he wanted my son to come play for him. S (my son) went to the college, which is an hour train ride from home, he liked the school, but really felt like the coach was someone that he could play for. Now I have to get transcripts ready, filled out finical aid forms, and get him signed up for the ACT, yep he hasn't taken it. I am bad. But he is signed up. :)
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