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Friendship with God

19 Sunday May 2013

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Faith, family, Moms Class, More time with Jesus, Parenting, Parenting Tips

Everyday God wants to reach you and share His Glorious Presence.

He has reserved a special moment just for you and it is almost like a secret the two of you share.

I saw Him in those black fierce rolling clouds.

Friendship with God is for those who reverence Him.SONY DSC

With them alone He shares the secrets of His promises. Psalm 25:14 TLB

In Cynthia Healds “Intimacy With God “page 55, she challenges us to check our lives in terms of how it reflects reverence for God.

Do we “lift our souls to falsehood” or compromise the truth to spare someone’s feelings or make another think well of me.
As we reverence our Lord our families are watching.

Communicating His Truth and His Ways to our children does not always make us popular.

He rewards us as Mothers as we quietly watch the breakthroughs that come into our child’s life.

They see the All-Knowing, Ever-Present God and His plan.

May God bless, honor and favor you in a special intimate way this week.

Happy Belated Mothers Day!

Photo credit to George Lee Southard

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Bone Broth

18 Saturday May 2013

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Beef Knuckle Bones, Bone Broth, eco-fashionable food prep, Food on Fridays, Gluten-free, Homemaking, Southern Belle Recipes

Last week I attempted my first bone broth using neck bones. It was very unsuccessful and I boiled the bones from thursday night to monday day off and on. I even switched to a crock pot in desperation. photobone broth

The broth was delicious, but the bones never softened.

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Today I’m trying knuckle bones on the advice of the HEB butcher.

Bake in the oven at 425 degrees for 40 minutes. Place into a large pan of water, add 1/4 c of apple cider vinegar, and simmer for 8 hours. I’m not sure I will be able to hang out till midnight, but I’m going to give it a shot.

The best part of this cooking adventure was to hear my husband say, “Making bone broth?…I feel like I’m married to a french chef”.

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Squirrels

13 Monday May 2013

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My backyard in Texas is a wonderland for two particularly playful squirrels that cause us to laugh hysterically from time to time.

The male squirrel is all guy, and you can tell that spring is in full bloom where he as day after day he seeks to swoon his lady, putting on his best little Fred Astaire dance for Little Miss Lady, the Ginger Rodgers of the backyard ballroom.

Forget Dancing With The Stars, we have Dancing photoWith The Squirrels, only their’s is a three-dimensional dance floor that extends into the trees and from roof top to roof top.

Fred lays around all day on our oak tree as if depressed, his arms and legs dangle from the branches of his perch unless he gets hungry, at which point he gets off his wooden couch at goes foraging for something to eat (Ladies know what I’m talking about).

Its funny, when his lady friend shows up its as if someone cued the lights and said “action!” Then, wow, what a performance: leaping and chirping loudly at our dog Daisy from his tree perch as if saying “beat it dog, my lady just arrived.” On one particular day he stood up on two legs and began to shake his booty from side to side, tail flickering in the wind and swaying from side to side.

I could almost hear Luther Vandrose and Lou Rawls singing backup for the little guy. It didn’t take a squirrel expert to help me realize that romance was in the air. Our ill informed desert dog Daisy, who never saw a squirrel until our recent move, has no idea what to think, nor did she care, Fred and Ginger were about ready to start dancing…

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Loquat Salad

10 Friday May 2013

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eco-fashionable food prep, Food on Fridays, Gluten-free, Loquat, Quinoa, Southern Belle Recipes

photo (93)My neighbor Clara sent an email to everyone to bring baskets and pick loquats.  I was not sure what to expect, but found this newfound fruit spectacularly juicy with the consistency of a plum. As it turns out, logquats are also called Japanese Plum.  We chatted while we picked,  and she shared stories from her childhood. and how her mother came to visit, bringing with her one seed from an old neighbor’s loquat tree.  Clara planted the seed and our whole neighborhood is enjoying the fruit from the tree.

 May we be kind and generous with what the Lord has shared with us!   

A perfect salad for a graduation party with Japanese lanterns!

20 loquats peeled and pitted

1 c cooked Quinoa

Juice of 6 limes

1 shaved carrot

1 chopped tomato

1 chopped red pepper                                       photo (94)

1 chopped orange pepper

1 chopped green pepper

Handful of spinach!!!

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Sugar Snap Peas

03 Friday May 2013

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Sugar Snap Peas are a lovely addition to your garden and grow about 3 feet tall.photo (92)

Plant your seeds in the spring and in two months you will have delicious farm to table in 30 seconds as you walk your crop from the back yard.
The recipe is very simple. Snap off one end of the pea, toss in boiling water till it turns bright green and serve. This only takes 5-10 seconds so stay close and be attentive to your peas and q’s!

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