sighs....i wish summer would just hurry and get here and quit dragging its dog-gone feet. Will the rain never stop?? no, it wont. i can see my Gunner out the window right now lookin south at the storm across the pond. he keeps stopping and just staring every few minutes then charging as fast as his out of shape self can carry him up the hill to the barn. I think its going to rain again. what a monday...
One thing i do enjoy tho is watching a good storm blow roll in. My favorate spot to do that is up ontop of the hill overlooking the north valley in the East pasture where our horse are out to pasture right now. Its a 15 minute drive from the house, so the only time i get to watch a storm is when i'm already down there and a storm decides its high time to roll on in and force us to quit on the fences. But i've no such luck today. fences are finished and the sky is just one big mono-tone,colorless blah. How depressing is that!?
Today mom had to go to the dentist to get some work done. My sister was supposed to go with to watch the twins while she was in, but she woke up sick and said she couldn't go. SoO...you guessed it right.... i go in her 'stead. For some unexplainable reason, when the twins are crying they just dont seem stop crying when i pick them up. so for that reason i hesitate 'baby-siittin' when mom or Emilee arn't around. They were good tho and only fussed a little while mom was in having work done. So for that i can't complain.
Seeing as i have nothing better to do than ramble on so i'll close now.
Blessing to y'all on this Monday~
HorseLover
Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Passing through the storms if this life
Muscle is built by resistance, Patience is produced by painful endurance. And Character is cultivated when circumstances bring dissappointment.
~James Perserverance
This little saying is hanging above the sink on the window sill in my kitchen, and i read it while i'm doing dishes, cooking meals or simply walking by. I think that my own mama set it there for a daily reminder, and i think it has something in it for all of us..It is such a beautiful reminder that God brings us through hard and sometimes very difficult situations,only to mold us into a man or woman if true character. Nothing happens that He is not aware of or in complete and total control of. He knows it's only for a season and that when the time is right, we will emerge from the 'rain storm' shining with true character and with a brand new beautiful set of wings to fly out into a world of darkness and be an example of His mercy to a world that is struggling to find the Truth! True inner strenth is brought about by going through many, many trials and hard times. But my friend, believe me, i have had to pass through some very hard 'stormy' days, and you know what? it's alright because i know, I know there is one who loves me more than anyone else loves me! He knows what I need to endure, to make me into a woman of true virtue and strong character.He knows that the only way is by going through the rainy times. And its alright! Trust the Maker and he will keep you from falling away. Even in the stormy times, keep your focus on the maker. Remember,you are still right there in the palm of His hand.Its all a part of the Big Plan God has for each and every one of us! So friends, if you are struggling in trusting God, just remember He is right there along side of you even now,cheering you on to the goal! Don't give up courage, but lets press on togther in the name of Jesus! And rise up as a generation, an Army of the Lord,proudly bearing the shining muscle and strenth as well as the scars that show we have passed through a storm that has tested our true Character. Keep pressing on until the day when we will me our Maker in the skies and live forever in the Mansion filled with the Light and the Glory of God!
~James Perserverance
This little saying is hanging above the sink on the window sill in my kitchen, and i read it while i'm doing dishes, cooking meals or simply walking by. I think that my own mama set it there for a daily reminder, and i think it has something in it for all of us..It is such a beautiful reminder that God brings us through hard and sometimes very difficult situations,only to mold us into a man or woman if true character. Nothing happens that He is not aware of or in complete and total control of. He knows it's only for a season and that when the time is right, we will emerge from the 'rain storm' shining with true character and with a brand new beautiful set of wings to fly out into a world of darkness and be an example of His mercy to a world that is struggling to find the Truth! True inner strenth is brought about by going through many, many trials and hard times. But my friend, believe me, i have had to pass through some very hard 'stormy' days, and you know what? it's alright because i know, I know there is one who loves me more than anyone else loves me! He knows what I need to endure, to make me into a woman of true virtue and strong character.He knows that the only way is by going through the rainy times. And its alright! Trust the Maker and he will keep you from falling away. Even in the stormy times, keep your focus on the maker. Remember,you are still right there in the palm of His hand.Its all a part of the Big Plan God has for each and every one of us! So friends, if you are struggling in trusting God, just remember He is right there along side of you even now,cheering you on to the goal! Don't give up courage, but lets press on togther in the name of Jesus! And rise up as a generation, an Army of the Lord,proudly bearing the shining muscle and strenth as well as the scars that show we have passed through a storm that has tested our true Character. Keep pressing on until the day when we will me our Maker in the skies and live forever in the Mansion filled with the Light and the Glory of God!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
So i tried my hand at making chicken and dumplings....
Ahhh...yes. I thought you might like to to hear about my experience making supper Friday night.
"Please no!" you might say...."Don't you have anything more interesting to blog about?"....no indeed... i do not. :) it isn't all that bad i guess but was one of those times when it seemed worse at the time and now i look back and laugh at my lack of...ahhh self confidince.
"Please no!" you might say...."Don't you have anything more interesting to blog about?"....no indeed... i do not. :) it isn't all that bad i guess but was one of those times when it seemed worse at the time and now i look back and laugh at my lack of...ahhh self confidince.
so why dont y0u just sit back and enjoy hearing about my sorry supper attempts.
So the other day mom asks me, "Hey, how about you make supper sometime this week." Ok, before i go any further i first have to say that i get up at 6:00am to make breakfast every single morning of every single day for 5 brothers with appetites the size of Texas!!!! Not to mention my Dad, mom and sister besides. My sister, who normally cooks supper, i might add is away for the week so that leaves me with her share of house work, which normally isn't so bad i mean c'mon! i can do this!
Ok, this shouldn't be too hard i think. So i had to first figure out what to make, something that will feed 9. I came up with chicken and dumplings. that sounded easy enough and besides, it would feed a whole herd of boys too...and i have made them before! Soo..Whala! Mom said she wanted me to makeit on friday night, so i wanted to get an early start so it would be sure to be ready on time so i fix up the chicken and get it boiled and cleaned. Ick. then i boil back the broth to cook dumplings. Next i mix up the dough. i have to mention here that the recipie we usually use got left out on the window sill last summer and faded so bad it is almost completly illedgeable and i just had to guess at some of the measurments or ask mom what it had said there.
So the other day mom asks me, "Hey, how about you make supper sometime this week." Ok, before i go any further i first have to say that i get up at 6:00am to make breakfast every single morning of every single day for 5 brothers with appetites the size of Texas!!!! Not to mention my Dad, mom and sister besides. My sister, who normally cooks supper, i might add is away for the week so that leaves me with her share of house work, which normally isn't so bad i mean c'mon! i can do this!
Ok, this shouldn't be too hard i think. So i had to first figure out what to make, something that will feed 9. I came up with chicken and dumplings. that sounded easy enough and besides, it would feed a whole herd of boys too...and i have made them before! Soo..Whala! Mom said she wanted me to makeit on friday night, so i wanted to get an early start so it would be sure to be ready on time so i fix up the chicken and get it boiled and cleaned. Ick. then i boil back the broth to cook dumplings. Next i mix up the dough. i have to mention here that the recipie we usually use got left out on the window sill last summer and faded so bad it is almost completly illedgeable and i just had to guess at some of the measurments or ask mom what it had said there.
The first batch i did SOMETHING wrong. I'm still not sure what but mom was in the other room so when ever i had a question i had to run back and forth between her and the boiling pot of chicken broth. by the time i got them things cooked up andstrained them out of the broth they had turned into one big pile of grayish white paste.It was so nasty! i won't even put on a picture of them.it was terrible! I was not about to feed my family that for supper because...well...i would never hear the end of it.
SoOo...feeling like some kid who did somthing bad and had to hide before anyone else might see it, i ran the bowl out to the barn and dumped it. imagine that...the dogs even turned their noses up at my dumplings....well its not like i blame them, those were the most sorry looking excuse for dumplings i have ever seen.
SoOo...feeling like some kid who did somthing bad and had to hide before anyone else might see it, i ran the bowl out to the barn and dumped it. imagine that...the dogs even turned their noses up at my dumplings....well its not like i blame them, those were the most sorry looking excuse for dumplings i have ever seen.
i started mixing up the next batch,then i rolled out the dough and cut it into squares.
i made a double batch of dumplings this time so i had to cook them in 4 separate batches.and what do ya know, they even were nice and fluffy when they were all cooked up. then i added that chicken i cleaned earlier and let it simmer together for a bit. when it was all said and done the whole thing from start to finish took from 1 o'clock in the afternoon until right before 6.
The finished product of my hard work...
And there you have it, in the end they turned out alright i suppose, everyone said they liked them. All i could think of though was for a 5 hour pot of hard work, they better be good! But i'm afraid it will be some time before i try it again :)
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