tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149886142024-03-26T23:38:29.162-07:00FarmgirlCynREAL FAITH, REAL LIFE, REAL FOOD...AROUND TOWN!
Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.comBlogger701125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-86709072574940448712014-01-01T02:55:00.000-08:002014-01-01T06:50:56.706-08:002014….Re-Gift<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been months since I have actually posted here, and for that I am sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Real life seems to have gotten in the way of much that I try to do these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, quite frankly, there has not been a whole lot of newsy-news that y'all would find interesting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing I have been doing is continuing my weight loss journey with Trim, Healthy Mama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">150#</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started my journey July 22, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still have about 10# or so to get to my goal weight, but it will come off much more slowly now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lest you think that is too much to lose, remember…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am only 5' tall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And my real reason for posting today, the first day of 2014, is to share my "word".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have never been one to get a "word for the year" from the Lord…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">until 2011 when everything had fallen apart in my own little world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That year I knew that I knew that my "word" was </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needed to learn to be content in whatever circumstances I found myself in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I am still working on that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then last year, my "word" was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or, as I like to say…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"fear less"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cause I was so full of fear that I pretty much figured the Lord meant to leave a space between the two words and not expect me to totally become "fearless"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now fast forward to last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was not really seeking a word, per se.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The word just kind of found me…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Re-Gift"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This word has many shades of meaning for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, and foremost, I have been given the gift of eternal life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is reminding me that I need to re-gift His gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sharing the full gospel of repentance and faith towards God needs to become a priority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been given MUCH, and I need to share that so others can also receive His gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As an "older" woman, I need to be able to teach the younger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A huge responsibility, for now there are many friends and co-workers who are far younger than me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another aspect of my word would be sharing the knowledge I have gained the past few months through my weight loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have several friends and family members who have joined me and are beginning to see results, but need some additional help and encouragement as they move towards a healthier way of eating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The authors of the Trim, Healthy Mama book have asked me to mentor a new facebook page for older women who have started this plan, and that is already in the works to launch in the next few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I especially love working with older women as so many have given up on ever becoming trim and healthy and then they see someone who is getting results, even at 60 years of age, and it is SO encouraging to them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are the light of the world…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I want to let my light shine as never before in 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For God so loved the world that He gave….</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving Jesus, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">PS….Just because I have been scarce here on my own little corner of the blogging world, does not mean I have not been peeking in on some of my best friends! I love seeing your blog updates, and will continue to pop in here and there as time allows.</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com118tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-2236014026443686932013-08-17T12:07:00.002-07:002013-08-17T12:07:47.307-07:00Summer...I hardly knew ya<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Trena Constance</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Really, there is no excuse for my lack here in the blogging world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Except....I suppose....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fact that I turned 60 last week and somewhere in the past year I realized that time really does fly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This summer has been so full of goodness, I can hardly stand it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our daughter and family drove the many miles from Montana to Michigan to spend a week with us here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These grands of mine have stolen my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sobbed like a baby when they had to leave....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But ever so thankful for skyping and free long distance, and FB messaging!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We keep in touch almost daily, and skype at least twice a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trena is 4 now, and what a girlie girl she is!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Giselle holding Matthew, Gina, and her friend DJ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete put in a little pool for the kids and truth be told, we were using it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had some wicked hot weather in July and the pool was refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Avery (our youngest) holding grumpy Matthew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nap time, I believe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Matthew is 18 months old, but Giselle wanted to wait till they got to Michigan so his very first haircut could be given by Gina! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was very brave, but had no idea what was going on with his hair!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My beautiful niece Dani was also here this summer with her daughter Grace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grace loves animals and could not wait to get her hands on big Ollie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dani's husband is an Navy man, set to retire from there in the next 203 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So proud of Dani and her precious family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gina had us all over for one last family gathering before the kids left for Montana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My nephew and his wife were also there with their two kids, plus Gina's friends 2 daughters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was so dang cute to watch these girlie girls taking little dollies and stuffed animals and tuck them under the big leaves and flowers of Gina's gardens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was moaning about my weight to my dearest friend Anna when she told me this might be just the ticket for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it has been!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have lost 11# in less than 5 weeks, and am feeling better than I have in a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Written by two Christian sisters, it has been a lifesaver for many, many women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK...no promises on when I will be back here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This has been a very hectic summer for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had to work longer hours as several moms have taken the summer off to be with their children, and someone has to fill in their times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And...that would be me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the downside has been I am typically upstairs and at least in bed by 8pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Usually sleeping by 9.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And not a lot getting done around here except the bare necessities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking things will return to a more normal state by the middle of September, when I hope to be settled into a routine once again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a busy spring/summer for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working, even part time, really takes up the better part of my week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But getting back into the kitchen this past weekend has been so wonderful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pizza dough was for company we were having on Saturday evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We do not entertain much these days, so having friends over is a real treat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Put it in the sweetest juice container I've ever seen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I drink thru a straw, because the lemons can do some damage to your enamel over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I refresh the jar thru the day with fresh water, but rarely add more stevia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think this would be great with limes and maybe a chunk of an orange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am at the farmers market every single Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My raw milk farmer is there with our share of milk, plus I get to wander the market, picking and choosing from among the best produce/flowers/breads/plants around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week my take home bag contained homemade granola from a newer vendor, free ranged eggs, organic cabbage, rhubarb, hothouse tomatoes, and my milk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Galvanized edging for my herb/flower garden</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A work in progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "grass" in the front of the garden is really just a mess of weeds we just keep mowing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mums planted in the front over the weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Got the 3 mum plants from our daughter Gina, who wanted them out of her garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought rhubarb at the market, plus a sprig of rosemary from my own garden, to make a rhubarb/rosemary simple syrup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a tablespoon added to club soda or even my sugar free lemonade and BAM!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Takes it up a notch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the oils, just did not really know how to combine them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With some help from an herbalist friend, we came up with what I hope will be an effective squito deterrent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I do not want aluminum in my deodorant, I simply make my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a recipe I tested out with some friends and acquaintances a couple months ago, and it has proven effective as a deodorant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is NOT an antiperspirant....our bodies were meant to perspire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it does keep the stinks away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this beautiful?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It needs to ferment for 4 weeks...and then....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am hoping for orangey kraut goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there ya go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life has been good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While visiting <a href="http://www.savvycityfarmer.com/">Joy</a> and Don a few weeks ago, I spotted this fabulous box with the most wonderful contents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Simple ingredients for sure...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sea salt, rosemary, marjoram, sage, and thyme all blended together....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All wonderful on their own, but together...ooh, la la.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took pictures, already planning on re-creating the blend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once home I planned it all out...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fresh rosemary from the gardens of <a href="http://www.parisiennefarmgirl.com/">Parisienne Farmgirl, Angela</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All nicely ground up in my coffee grinder</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was easy peasy....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just did the math as per the original Butcher Salt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">99% sea salt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">.3% rosemary</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of course, tweaked it to my liking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which means a tad more rosemary and sage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cause that's how I roll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This stuff has been used on beef, chicken, veggies, and even a salad or two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I only wish I had something as sweet as the original container to store it in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nothing like galvanized and wood for a beautiful presentation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS...this company also makes a Gardener's Salt and a Fisherman's Salt..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now on my to do list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for those who might be interested in how life is going here...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would have to say pretty dang good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Planting an itty bitty garden with a new rose bush and a couple flats of snapdragons, as well as some herbs and tomatoes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had our first weekend away in 5 years last week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Off to the burbs of Chicago to visit our dear friends, Joy and Don.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ivy is one of Joy's precious granddaughters that I could not hardly wait to get my hands on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have known Chelsea since she was an itty bitty 4 year old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a joy to see her again with her precious family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ang is Joy's oldest daughter and has recently moved to a farm just on the inside edge of Illinois bordering Wisconsin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Though we are in touch via FB and blogging and the occasional e-mail, it had been too, too long since we had seen her and her wonderful family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For real, I could have just taken pictures all weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Joy & Don's beautiful yard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday, after hanging out at Half Way Farm with Angela and her family, we came back to Joy and Don's for some front porch sittin'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chelsea stopped by to give us one last hug and grams Joy got to snuggle with Ivy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While on our getaway weekend, Joy and I hit the teeny flea/farm market just a few blocks from her home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coffee, throw on some clothes, and head out the door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Brisk, cool morning, especially at 6am!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we get there early...while the vendors are still setting up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had been looking for some rockers for our city porch but had not found anything yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The flea market had a couple possibilities, but they were pricey, dark brown, and had new cushions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would take my chances back home at the area garage sales.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However....that would not be necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we pulled up on Sunday afternoon, there sitting on our front porch were two large vintage wicker rockers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After bit of inquiry, my dear friend Homemaker Ang fessed up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had sold these very same rockers to Ang a few months before actually losing our home nearly 2 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had totally forgotten even doing that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though I had seen them on HER front porch for the last 1 1/2 years, it never crossed my mind that they used to be mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She had covered the cushions in different fabric, and I never even recognized them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Personally, I think that was the mercy of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such hard memories to look back on, and perhaps this was a blessing in disguise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then God began speaking to Ang....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And she obeyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And they sit on our city porch, surrounded by a sweet picket fence Pete built for me and installed just in time for Mother's Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hand stenciled with our address by Joy just a few hours before we left the burbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked our postman if it could be used as our mailbox, and he said yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With spring really here, we needed to invest in some screen doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cats can't get enough of sitting there, gazing at a strip of sidewalk and the side of the garage!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So...there ya go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bits & bobs of my life the past few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I am still learning to...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love Jesus,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a chance to hear KrisAnne Hall speak at a local bookstore a couple of weeks ago...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">WHAT a life changing experience.</span></div>
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"<a href="http://www.krisannehall.com/">KrisAnne </a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16px;">is an attorney and former prosecutor,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0033; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16px;"><strong>fired after teaching the Constitution to TEA Party groups</strong></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16px;">- she would not sacrifice liberty for a paycheck. She is a disabled veteran of the US Army, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor's wife and a patriot. She now travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">KrisAnne Hall does not just teach the Constitution, she lays the foundations that show how reliable and relevant our founding documents are today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">She presents the <span style="color: #cc0033;"><strong>“genealogy” of the Constitution</strong> </span>– the 700 year history and five foundational documents that are the very roots of American Liberty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">One cannot properly understand or interpret the Constitution without a firm grasp of its very foundation."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">I am excited about what I learned that evening...things I had NO idea about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Stuff I should have known years and years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Stuff we all should know...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">As for me...I continue to be a truth seeker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Duck eggs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are finally getting some raw milk here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bought a milk share and along with it have the opportunity get get fresh duck eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Uh, yeah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These yolks are so huge, you really only need one egg for breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Huge...and rich.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The yolks are far thicker than even a free ranged chicken egg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sophia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So...we bought two different sizes of cat harnesses....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the small one for Sophia and Fuzzy and the medium for Ollie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will be taking the medium one back, and grounding Ollie and Fuzzy from the yard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were not in those things more than 10 seconds when they pulled the rope taunt and slipped right out</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">unless she pulls the same Houdini act as the other two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ain't nobody got time for dat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it is finally spring here....for a little while anyways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are expecting frost this weekend..just in time for Mothers Day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's all good tho, as I only put in cold hardy herbs, and not very many of those.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LIFE UPDATE:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still working part time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">City living is better than I could have ever hoped for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fun gatherings every 2-3 weeks with our kids here at our little city house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visiting with our dear friends Joy and Don in the Chicago burbs next weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greatly anticipating a week long visit from our oldest and her family the first of July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes...life is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once again I am...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Continuing the journey....with fresh paths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving Jesus, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">rosemary/nettle shampoo bars in the works </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My dear friend Nicole and I have been soaping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, Nicole has a soaping business, and I have been hangin' with her and getting inspired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two weeks ago we worked on a double batch of rosemary/nettle shampoo bars, and i must say...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the house smells heavenly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also in the works is a new deodorant recipe we have been tweaking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think we almost have it right where we want it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nicole's apothacary</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nicci likes to work with herbs and natures own ingredients....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">clays, teas, and essential oils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coincidentally, so do I!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Motherwort</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah...so much for spring here in west Michigan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rain, cold, snow, sleet, hail, more rain, more cold..and a itty bitty peek at the sun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that was just yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK....exaggerating just a teensy bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was actually no hail yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rest is all truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In spite of that, I went outside yesterday with my camera to see what was what.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pretty sure this is motherwort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I'm not totally sure of is what to do with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mean, I know what it can be used for...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">just not sure I'm goin' there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">your guess is as good as mine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My mystery clump(s)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scattered through a portion of the back yard are these clumps of somethin' or other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely not quackgrass or crabgrass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps some type of hyacinth?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess time will tell, cause I sure as shootin' don't know right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully we will get a glimpse of spring before summer arrives!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, I'll just keep on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving Jesus,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michigan in March...our backyard</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Been digging deep into who I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seein' some ugly in there, for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Crappity crap that comes to the surface when you least expect it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where did "YOU" come from, jealousy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anger, frustration, irritation...YOU still in there, too?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bitterness....I thought YOU were long gone.....but no.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All buried deep, but coming up for air like a swimmer gone down too far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Breaking thru...gulping and gasping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Rom-7-22" id="en-NKJV-28114" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. </span><span class="text Rom-7-23" id="en-NKJV-28115" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. </span><span class="text Rom-7-24" id="en-NKJV-28116" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?</span><span class="text Rom-7-25" id="en-NKJV-28117" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Romans 7:22-25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still coming to repentance....and it is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sitting at His feet...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving Jesus,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving people,</span></div>
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<br />Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-21012500451258940862013-03-18T12:14:00.001-07:002013-03-18T12:14:10.221-07:00Aging gracefully...the year of living dangerously<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The year of living dangerously</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This year I turn 60.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I can't explain how my insides can feel like I am maybe in my early 20's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And my outside says "nuh, uh."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I would LOVE to come here and brag about all the wonderful things I have accomplished in my 60 years on this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But...I haven't done all that much to brag about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Instead, I want to tell ya what I WANT to yet accomplish with the time I have left on this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have narrowed it down to just two things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That's it.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-1">Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-2" id="en-NKJV-28668"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>And though I have <i>the gift of</i> prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-3" id="en-NKJV-28669"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>And though I bestow all my goods to feed <i>the poor,</i> and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-4" id="en-NKJV-28670">Love suffers long <i>and</i> is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-5" id="en-NKJV-28671">does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-6" id="en-NKJV-28672">does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-7" id="en-NKJV-28673"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-8" id="en-NKJV-28674">Love never fails. But whether <i>there are</i> prophecies, they will fail; whether <i>there are </i>tongues, they will cease; whether <i>there is</i> knowledge, it will vanish away. </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-9" id="en-NKJV-28675"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>For we know in part and we prophesy in part. </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-10" id="en-NKJV-28676"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.</span></div>
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<span class="text 1Cor-13-11" id="en-NKJV-28677"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. </span><span class="text 1Cor-13-12" id="en-NKJV-28678"><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.</span><sup class="versenum" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; <b>BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">ps...there might not be anything "graceful" about this whole aging thing for me...know what I mean?</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-18615322518973049512013-03-10T11:55:00.000-07:002013-03-10T11:55:05.753-07:00Soft as a baby's....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been using coconut oil for years to remove my daily eye make-up and I loved it, but I was never really happy with my whole skin care regime in general.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been looking for the perfect method for my skin type, which is dry to normal, and there are myriads of answers out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, wanting to stay as natural as possible without the use of harsh chemicals or unpronounceable lists of ingredients really limits the options!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I kept coming across the "oil cleansing method" also known as OCM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After reading the comments and testimonies of those who have been using it, I thought I would give it a try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That was a little over a week ago, and so far I am loving it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Crunchy Betty's blog has lots to say about it...(along with many others)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The jist of what she says is simple science...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(I have to trust she is telling the truth cause I totally failed "Simple Science" in high school.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">like dissolves like</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are several types of oil that can be used, but since I have an abundance of olive oil in the house, and it is recommended for all skin types, that is what I am using.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The other important oil in the equation is castor oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seems that castor oil is the most effective at cleansing and dissolving the ickies on your face and is highly antibacterial to boot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It can also be very drying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> So depending on your own skin type, you can figure out how much of the castor oil is really needed in the "formula" you create.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since my skin is especially dry in the winter, I went with 1/4 castor oil, to 3/4 olive oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So far it seems to be just about right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started out making just a small amount....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">perhaps just enough for a weeks worth of nightly washings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can then adjust the amounts as I see how my skin reacts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If, after I am finished with my oil cleansing, my skin seems a teensy bit dry, I simply take a couple of drops of my same oil formula, and apply to my dry spots, being careful to rub in gently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Right now, my skin is soft as a baby's bum.....for real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">From the looks of the comments on Crunchy Betty's blog post (604 comments thus far!), it seems that the OCM is not for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I gotta tell ya....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think I read thru each and every one of them...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and I betcha 90% of those who tried it loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">EVEN those with some serious acne issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tell me what ya think....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What skin care regime do you use?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you happy with it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can you pronounce the ingredients?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If not, then maybe you'd like to give the OCM a try!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let me know if you do, eh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loving Jesus,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loving people,</span></div>
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ps....coconut oil, oddly enough, is not recommended, as it can be very drying...weird, right?</div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-2932540752112583672013-02-22T12:30:00.000-08:002013-02-22T12:30:37.680-08:00Laundry day...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I don't have a heck of a lot of laundry these days, what with the kids all out on their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But I still do maybe 4-5 loads a week, and I still use my own homemade laundry soap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Which I ran out of a couple days ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Fortunately, I still had a few bags left in my shop, so I had to open my pretty handmade bag and dig in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And while I was at it, I came across this "recipe" on Pinterest for fabric softener.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Easy peasy, as is most of my homemade stuff....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In a 1 quart size canning jar:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To one downy ball add approx. 1/4 cup of softener liquid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Ya know, the essential oils are only there for our pleasure...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> they do nothing to enhance the softening effects of the vinegar, but I add them just the same!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">They will leave a very faint fragrance, but not enough to compete with my daily spritz of perfume.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(right now I am partial to an older bottle of Chanel #5....just seems to fit the winter season!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I use these to hang Pete's t-shirts, sweatshirts, jeans and sweatpants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">They take up a lot of energy to dry in the electric dryer...and until we can hang outdoors once again without making our way thru snow drifts, this will have to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Everything is pretty much dry within 24 hours, so I just gather 'em up, fold 'em, and put 'em away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Really, the only things I toss in the dryer these days are my black work pants and shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And that's only cause I would have to iron 'em if I hung 'em to dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My favorite "gentle" cleanser</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Did you know bon ami means "good friend" in French?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Me neither.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Before going "green" was cool...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Bon Ami.....for over 125 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Loving Jesus,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Loving people,</span></div>
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<br />Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-15791983163365412602013-02-12T11:34:00.000-08:002013-02-12T11:34:15.294-08:00Nourishing Love...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a neighborhood herbalist friend who gave me her recipe for a nourishing infusion, which I dinked around with just a teensy bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lisa either grows her own plants for this tea, or harvests them locally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This I know, cause I was with her on a nature walk over a year ago where she taught all about stinging nettle while harvesting for her teas, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An infusion is really meant to be steeped overnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But today I was hankerin' for a bit of health and wellness, so just made up a small pot to drink right here and now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This particular infusion is made up of oatstraw, red clover, and nettle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I add a bit of chamomile as I like it that way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this large jar of raw, local honey last year at the Trufant flea market for only $5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">raw, earthy, gritty...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">perfect for my needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just the teensiest bit is all I want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Loving Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I call this one...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Lake effect" in the City</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was "take your camera to work" day last Saturday when I was scheduled to clean at the private club where I work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it was not really "take your camera to work" day, but I made it so for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Generally I am up on the top floor of the Fifth Third bank building when I clean, and I knew it would be the perfect day for shooting a few photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had just had about 6" of snow, and I wanted to do some black and white photography, without actually having to shoot in black and white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a shot of one of our city landmarks, The Calder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the pop of color from that, plus the flags on the right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bitter cold temps kept folks indoors for the most part, but those who were out and about moved quickly to get to their destination before frostbite set in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I actually posted the first two of these to our hyperlocal newsletter, The Rapidian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are doing a "Black and White' photo thingy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had no idea till just today that folks were supposed to vote for their favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sheesh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You could vote for me if you are so inclined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think you vote by leaving a comment...if that's the case I was voting for all my competition!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My photos are # 22 and #23.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But feel free to vote for any you like better...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">cause I don't want no pity vote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Know what I mean???</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are several there that just amazed me...such talent here in the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-69659781157540798722013-02-01T11:23:00.001-08:002013-02-01T11:23:33.376-08:00Orange ya glad?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Orange/grapefruit/lemon/ginger</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week on a day off from work I stopped by a little grocery store not too far from home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They had a clearance rack of fruits and veggies I could not pass up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A LARGE bag of a variety of oranges for .99 was a deal I could not refuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, wouldn't ya know it...I had just watched an episode of Barefoot Contessa where she made a batch of orange marmalade!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I dug up the recipe off the internet, and got myself to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Always, always one to change up a recipe, I decided that instead of the two lemons the recipe called for, I would use one lemon and part of a red grapefruit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And throw in some grated fresh ginger for a bit of a kick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The recipe is easy peasy, and pretty much anyone could do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made another change to the recipe in that where she has you keep the pieces of fruit chunky, I chose to use my immersion blender and break things up a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did that step after about one hour of the simmering process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You: Who's there?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me: Banana</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me: Knock. Knock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You: WHO'S THERE????</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me: Orange</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You: Orange who?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me: Orange ya glad I didn't say banana???</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-71449752996903242752013-01-24T07:00:00.000-08:002013-01-24T07:00:23.006-08:00Bare Necessities<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things being what they are, I have not spent any money on frivolous items in the past, say....2 years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until....my dear friend <a href="http://www.savvycityfarmer.com/">Joy</a> came to visit just 4 days after moving into our rental house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We headed straight to Eastown into a sweet shop called <a href="http://bluedoorgr.com/">"Blue Door Antiques and Elements" </a>where I found this "frivolous necessity".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winter was just settling in for the long haul, and I craved a bit of greenery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Look for the bare necessities<br />
The simple bare necessities<br />
Forget about your worries and your strife<br />
I mean the bare necessities<br />
Old Mother Nature's recipes<br />
That brings the bare necessities of life</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had lived "without it" for so long, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and had spent no time lookin' around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went along not thinkin' much about it.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And don't spend your time lookin' around<br />
For something you want that can't be found<br />
When you find out you can live without it<br />
And go along not thinkin' about it<br />
I'll tell you something true<br /><br />
The bare necessities of life will come to you!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baloo, from The Jungle Book </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that day this little myrtle topiary "came to me".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For only $14 I was able to bring her home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She sits on my not-so-sunny kitchen windowsill and brings me joy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-60800325906205941932013-01-22T07:07:00.002-08:002013-01-22T07:07:57.570-08:00Change is in the air...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been thinkin' on where my blog is going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I no longer live on my little "farmette", I thought perhaps it was best to just shut this blog down and begin another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A whole new name change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A whole new look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or even not blog at all anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sigh...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But then...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">after talking to my dear friend <a href="http://www.savvycityfarmer.com/">Joy</a>, I have decided to keep it as is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Granted...I am no longer a "live on a farm" kind of farmgirl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I am a farmgirl at heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I still have stuff I want to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stuff I need to share. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stuff I hope you will want to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There will be some cosmetic changes coming...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as soon as I save up enough cash to get another laptop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't really want to download my camera onto hubby's PC, so th<span style="font-size: large;">ose</span> changes will have to wait a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But most definitely, some change is in the air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, dear friends, for being patient with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For being here thru the pain of this past couple of years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thru the loss of our farm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Th<span style="font-size: large;">ru the death of our grandbaby.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thru the mourning of dear Beau.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now, I hope you will stay with me thru these new changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cause there really is no place like home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No matter where home is... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-25655633213039915162013-01-07T13:51:00.002-08:002013-01-07T13:51:44.590-08:00Beau: December 22, 2002-January 7, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We could tell he was not his old self of late.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not eating much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lack of energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday Google was not my friend, as I researched Beau's symptoms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A visit to the vet this morning confirmed what we already knew in our hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cancer thru his body. Dramatic loss of weight this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Very weak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And in some pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made the decision to put him down right there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sat by him and talked to him the entire time, telling him what a good puppy he has been and how much we loved him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A faithful friend, he was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are broken hearted here....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-62337944902054458362012-12-14T06:38:00.000-08:002012-12-14T06:38:26.554-08:00A most blessed Christmas to you...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another big move for us, but it is all good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Closer to family, friends, and fellowship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How bad can that be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We moved to the city two weeks ago, and have finally settled in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tree is up and decorated, and boxes are at least out of sight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas is right around the corner, and we can hardly wait to have the kids here, celebrating what is important in our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">JOY TO THE WORLD, THE LORD IS COME!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a most blessed Christmas, as we truly remember the reason for the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"For unto us a Child is born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unto us a Son is given.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the government shall be upon His shoulder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cindy</span></div>
Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-78827027514146019772012-11-16T13:22:00.000-08:002012-11-16T13:22:02.595-08:00IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teachers, co-workers, stocking stuffers, bus drivers, etc</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My soaps are all hand made in my very own kitchen, with organic herbs and spices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rustic in appearance, but oh so lovely on your skin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stop by my <a href="http://farmgirlcyn.blogspot.com/">Farm Fresh</a> blog, and place your orders today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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quantities are limited!</div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-8450903840419445642012-10-28T15:29:00.001-07:002012-10-28T15:29:15.254-07:00It's raining, it's pouring, but God is still God.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete and Alex, October 31, 2010</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two years ago November 2nd, we lost our precious grandson, Alexander Lee to SMA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Precious, precious...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had all gotten together for a Sunday supper, not knowing Alex had only 48 hours left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had Gina taking some pictures and a sweet video of our grandbaby...so grateful for that time together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right now we are dealing with another storm of sorts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete took a bad fall off an 8ft deck on Friday and today we found out his leg, near the ankle, is broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He will need to be off his foot completely for a minimum of 4-6 weeks, and will need to see an orthopedic surgeon asap to determine if surgery is needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am working, but they have cut my hours as of this week, so we will be reassessing whether or not it is financially worth it for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were looking for a place closer to Grand Rapids, but with the accident, we are not sure where that leaves us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No insurance and no work for weeks....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I need to be able to say....</span></div>
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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,</div>
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When sorrows like sea billows roll;</div>
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Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,</div>
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It is well, it is well, with my soul.</div>
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It is well, with my soul,</div>
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It is well, it is well, with my soul.</div>
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Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,</div>
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Let this blest assurance control,</div>
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That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,</div>
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And hath shed His own blood for my soul.</div>
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My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!</div>
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My sin, not in part but the whole,</div>
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Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,</div>
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Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!</div>
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For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:</div>
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If Jordan above me shall roll,</div>
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No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life</div>
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Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.</div>
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But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,</div>
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The sky, not the grave, is our goal;</div>
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Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!</div>
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Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!</div>
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And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,</div>
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The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;</div>
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The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,</div>
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Even so, it is well with my soul.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-75945510263878177232012-10-07T09:37:00.002-07:002012-10-07T09:37:51.403-07:00Workin' 10 till 4...what a way to make a livin'!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">THIS is what I want to do every single day after work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So sorry I have not been on here, tho I have been snooping around everyone else's blogs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The job is going well, but unfortunately, I do not think it will be enough money for it to be really worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time I pay for gas, well, let's just say I could maybe make more at a lemonade stand in the middle of January in Michigan!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have another option on the table, and will know more in the next few days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, prayers are going up concerning another place to live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have to get closer to Grand Rapids if we are going to make this whole part time job thing workable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right now I leave here on Tuesday morning and head straight to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then stay with my sis in law and her husband....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">working every day from 10 till 4...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> till Saturday morning when I pack up all my clothes, etc. and go to work one last time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Straight from work on Saturday I head back north....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">where I then try to cook enough to last Pete through the week, plus enough for myself to bring for suppers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooking, cleaning, and laundry pretty much fill my 3 days home...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS....I am able to use our youngest daughter's laptop for now, so no new pics till I can get my own:(</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First off, let me say I just finished my first full week on the job as hostess for the new Trillium Haven restaurant...and I am plum tuckered out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love, love, love getting out and meeting new folks, so that is really the best part of the job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The not so good part is that right now the pay is so low that it is not yet covering the gas money to get there and back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If it does not pick up in the next week or so, I will be back to being a homebody.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, since I am gone from home from early Tuesday morning till later Saturday afternoon, there has to be a lot of cooking and cleaning on the two days I have off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I baked 2 loaves of sourdough bread...one for the freezer, and one for Pete to use during the week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A batch of soup was also on the agenda...both for Pete and for me to take with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is most definitely soup weather!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also made a pot of chili that we ate off on Saturday, with plenty left over for, well, leftovers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will throw a couple of potatoes in the toaster oven, plus make a nice big salad with enough left over for sandwiches or just re-heating for supper this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am making the dough for pizza today and it will set in the fridge all week, getting all sourdoughy in flavor the longer it sits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always, always make my own dressings, usually just a simple vinaigrette that will keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also on the menu for the week, but not pictured, are portabella mushroom/swiss cheese sandwiches on ciabatta rolls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a very busy 2 days home, and an even busier week coming up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-36098851022789803022012-09-17T14:40:00.001-07:002012-09-17T14:40:31.177-07:00Country mouse/City mouse UPDATE<div style="text-align: center;">
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country mouse wore out</div>
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she loves her new adventures</div>
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but fears for the world grip her</div>
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Praying for peace, but preparing for war,</div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-38788947263306386992012-09-11T06:17:00.002-07:002012-09-11T06:17:54.225-07:00Country Mouse/City Mouse<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The country mouse has taken a job in the big city...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting this week I will be the lunch hostess for my CSA farm's brand spankin' new restaurant, Trillium Haven, located in the center of Grand Rapids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anja. the farmer's wife and owner of the new restaurant contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would be interested. Having worked for her over the past 5 years as her assistant at the farm, I was more than interested!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A chance to interact with a lot of the folks I know from the farm, plus meeting and getting to know so many others...well...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it is right up my alley!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nervous excitement is what I'm feelin'.
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those that are inclined to pray...please do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I need all the help I can get!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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Farmgirl Cynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988614.post-14363251179069675632012-09-04T10:30:00.000-07:002012-09-04T10:30:34.607-07:00Summers bounty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So wicked hot here this summer that the garden really never did take off proper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so grateful to have even just a few dozen heirloom tomatoes and this chopped tomato medley is perfect for some crusty toasted ciabatta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You could really make a meal of this alone...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Topped with a few shreds of parmesan....mmmm </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(remember the scene from Julia and Julia when Julie makes this for her and her husband?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I usually prepare a large amount of sourdough ciabatta dough and keep it in the fridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since there is just the two of us now, I do not need to bake giant loves of anything any more unless I am bringing it to a family gathering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having the dough at the ready is so handy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we had a small sourdough focaccia and pizza, all made from the same wonderful dough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning I took the last of what was in there and shaped 4 rolls for tonight's supper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baked them off early before the temps got all crazy on me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Either sloppy joe's or a grilled burger will fill the bun, along with some sweet potato fries and a side of sauerkraut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago we finally made it down to the Fulton Street Farmers Market and I was fortunate to be able to find some chicken feet and heads at one of my favorite stalls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We bought 5 packages and tossed them in a pot along with some chicken backs I had previously frozen, a few veggies, and simmered for 24 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Strained it all and ended with 9 luscious quarts of golden chicken stock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking so forward to simmering soups and casseroles on the menu once again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Christ alone,</span></div>
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