For His Service

Here is one of my favorite picture. Madeline Virginia is being loved on by her name sake, Maxine Virginia (Russell's grandmother).   Grand-mama had the same outgoing personality that Madeline has.  Both are fun-loving, talkative, friendly, bubbly personalities. So, we have certain foods that we only eat at Christmas time: sausage balls, homemade fudge, and homemade peanut butter/ chocolate candies. Here is Maxine Virginia's fudge recipe...in her own writing. Teddy Bears, lights and candy wrapped around the banister  I just painted the stairs in rainbow colors... LOVE IT! Now, we are busy decorating for Christmas.  This year, I made a pallet sign (O Come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord) to display over our mantle..and try to make the house look as cheerful as possible.   Praising Him for His abundant blessings...

At a certain age... I suppose 18 or so... half-birthdays are no longer as important to you as when you are young.  Right now, the kids love having their 1/2 birthdays celebrated.  We don't do much. We tell them "Happy half-birthday!"... and they are allowed to choose what we have for dinner (within reason... no  super expensive choices .. like crab legs or sushi).  And, they do get to have a  cake.   John-Michael is 8 1/2 today. I haven't had any of my children ask for a character-cake in quite some time...until last night.  We were out very late watching the laser light show at Stone Mountain Park.  A few hours before... John-Michael springs on me that he wants a Rayman Rabbids cake for his half-birthday.  Now, I have church in the morning and knew I wouldn't get home before midnight last night... not much time to figure our how to make that kind of cake.  So, like most things...I just went for it.   I bought Twinkies ...pretty...

So..one of my friends recommended that I watch "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead"..so should I be offended? LOL Anyway, this guy was overweight and had autoimmune issues.  After juicing (watch the link above), he lost a good bit of weight..and all of his autoimmune issues went away..and never came back. You can watch the video from NetFlix.  I start juicing on Monday...praying the excema on my knee goes away and never comes back.  I will keep you posted.  Here is one days worth of food from his website http://jointhereboot.com/reboot-program/the-reboot-entry-plan/during-your-reboot-entry/ Meal Plan: Day 3 Breakfast Maple & Cinnamon Baked Apples and Pears 2 large hard Pears or Apples (Fuji, Rome, Pippin, Granny Smith or Jonathan work great) 2 tsp. Pure Maple Syrup or Agave 3 tsp. water 1/4 tsp. Cinnamon 1 Tbsp. Raisins Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Slice off the tops of the apples or pears and set aside. With a small knife or apple corer, hollow out a 1” ...

When I need to make a lot of yummy food, I tend to make Shepherd's pie (gluten free for our family). Here is the recipe. It takes awhile but it is so worth it. 1. 3 pound chuck roast is cooked in a crock pot with 1 cup of water/ of beef broth, 1 can of cream of mushroom soup, one sweet onion (diced), 1/2 clove of garlic, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of pepper. I cook it on low for 12 hours. Once it is cooked, pull apart and set aside to be used in the shepherd's pie. 2. Take Bisquick, gluten free B isquick or, gluten free flour mix and follow the directions to make "drop biscuits" according to the package. That mixture goes into the bottom of a very, large baking pan. Bake until the biscuit bottom is cooked. 3. Make your favorite mashed potatoes , substituting chicken broth instead of milk if you need to avoid the milk. 4. Add a layer of mashed potatoes on top of the biscuit bottom. Then, add a 1/4 inch layer of roast/sauce made from the roast. Next, top t...