That's what Lance calls these brownies anyway because they are both gluten free and sugar free. Before you think "Yuck!" let me tell you something.....They are fudgey and unbelievably delicious!! You would NEVER ever believe they were free of anything.
1 1/2 sticks butter
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life chocolate chips)
2 cups Sucanat
1 Tablespoon vanilla
5 large eggs beaten
1 1/4 cups Domata living flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9 x 13 pan.
Mix the flour in the salt in a small bowl and set aside
whisk eggs and set aside
In a 3-quart saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate together over low heat, stirring constantly. Use a wooden spoon. Next stir in the sucanat and the vanilla. Add the beaten eggs in Stir until all is well blended. Next add in the flour just until blended. Poor into pan and bake for 30 minutes. Toothpick 1 inch from the side should come out clean. Cool then cut and serve. I personally think these brownies are even better once they have cooled. They somehow get fudgier! =) I'm telling you, these are the best brownies ever, and they're "free!"
Saturday, December 12, 2009
GF Pizza Crust
This is an easy recipe and is SOOOOO MUCH BETTER than those GF pizzas you buy in the store! Not to mention, making it is so much cheaper!
2 Cups Domata Living Flour
1Tsp Salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 TBS Sucanat (or sugar if you don't have it)
1 large egg
1/8 cup oil (I use Eniva's Omega 9 cooking oil, but you can use whatever you got on hand)
1/2 cup + milk
Put all the dry ingredients in mixer (You will want to use the paddle or dough hook) If you don't have a stand mixer, use a heavy wooden spoon. Those hand-held mixers will blow up trying to mix dough. Anyway, mix all the dry stuff.
Next, in a liquid measuring cup, measure 1/8 cup oil (1/8 cup is the same as 1 oz). Now drop the egg in and whisk just a bit with a fork. Now add enough milk to measure up to one cup of liquid total. Mix again with fork just till blended. (Don't worry about getting it perfectly mixed if you are using a stand mixer because the mixer is powerful enough to get it thoroughly done.)
Add the wet stuff to the dry stuff. Mix on medium high for about a minute-and-a-half you will know it is done when the dough has completely pulled away from the sides.
Touch the dough to feel texture. If it is too dry, add just a tad more milk.
Remove dough and kneed it a few times on a greased stone or pizza pan. Form into a ball. Let stand about five minutes. Then roll out in a circle on your pan. Grease your roller with cooking spray. Don't flour it. Take the edges and roll them up so that it will hold the pizza toppings.
Put in 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Take out and putt all of your toppings on. Put back in the over for another 8-10 minutes or until desired doneness. Enjoy!
2 Cups Domata Living Flour
1Tsp Salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 TBS Sucanat (or sugar if you don't have it)
1 large egg
1/8 cup oil (I use Eniva's Omega 9 cooking oil, but you can use whatever you got on hand)
1/2 cup + milk
Put all the dry ingredients in mixer (You will want to use the paddle or dough hook) If you don't have a stand mixer, use a heavy wooden spoon. Those hand-held mixers will blow up trying to mix dough. Anyway, mix all the dry stuff.
Next, in a liquid measuring cup, measure 1/8 cup oil (1/8 cup is the same as 1 oz). Now drop the egg in and whisk just a bit with a fork. Now add enough milk to measure up to one cup of liquid total. Mix again with fork just till blended. (Don't worry about getting it perfectly mixed if you are using a stand mixer because the mixer is powerful enough to get it thoroughly done.)
Add the wet stuff to the dry stuff. Mix on medium high for about a minute-and-a-half you will know it is done when the dough has completely pulled away from the sides.
Touch the dough to feel texture. If it is too dry, add just a tad more milk.
Remove dough and kneed it a few times on a greased stone or pizza pan. Form into a ball. Let stand about five minutes. Then roll out in a circle on your pan. Grease your roller with cooking spray. Don't flour it. Take the edges and roll them up so that it will hold the pizza toppings.
Put in 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Take out and putt all of your toppings on. Put back in the over for another 8-10 minutes or until desired doneness. Enjoy!
GF Bread
Here is the bread I make. It calls for 2 8 inch loaf pans, but since my loaf pan is bigger than that, I just use one. I used 2 the first time and ended up with 2 short loaves, which aren't that good for sandwiches. =)
You can also use this recipe to make buns. You just need to a large muffin pan. I have not done this myself, as we don't use buns that often, but I know this is what others do, and I am assuming you would cut the cook time down a bit also Anyway, here is the recipe.
4 Cups Domata Living Flour
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk powder
1 package yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
3 large eggs
1/4 cup butter (or whatever you're using in place of butter)
2 tsp cider vinegar
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
2 cups warm water (between 110 to 115 degrees) Buy yourself one of those instant read thermometers or guess like I do, but I plan to get one of those thermometer thingies because if my guessing is ever off, my bread could be a flop.....or a door stop. =)
Now for the "How to."
1. Grease and flour 2 8 inch loaf pans. May I take just a moment and tell you that those pampered chef pans are the best for baking bread? Ok, anyway, if you only have a 9 inch pan, your bread will not be very big, which is fine if you just want it for making along with dinner, but bad if you want to make a sandwich.....anyway, you will want to just use ONE pan and fill half way to 2/3 up.
2. Mix the dry ingredients in medium bowl and set aside
Place Eggs, butter, and vinegar, and honey in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer. If you don't have one, you can use a hand-held one, but your arm will get tired in later steps. You could also use a hefty wooden spoon. Also, the butter will still be chunky. You could probably melt the butter before mixing it in as well, and it would be fine.
3. Add half the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.Mix just until combined. Add remaining dry ingredients, and keep mixing on low until it is well blended.
4. With the mixer on low, slowly add the warm water. When you have added all the water, you will want to keep it on LOW until it is all well incorporated.
Then turn the mixer on medium high speed for four minutes.
5. Next spoon the batter into your prepared pan(s). It will be thick but not as doughy as you would think bread dough would be like.
6. Set aside in warm place to rise for an hour. If you don't have a place suitable for rising, you can put a cup of water in the microwave and heat until boiling....about 4 minutes. Put pan in and let rise there.
7. Place pan(s) in 375 degree oven for 50-60 minutes, or until internal temp is 200 degrees.
8. Let bread cool for ten minutes before turning out to cool completely on wire rack.
Slice once it is COMPLETELY cool. Store in the freezer and pull out just what you need when you need it. You can defrost in the microwave (about 30 seconds or so) or in the toaster on low.
You can also use this recipe to make buns. You just need to a large muffin pan. I have not done this myself, as we don't use buns that often, but I know this is what others do, and I am assuming you would cut the cook time down a bit also Anyway, here is the recipe.
4 Cups Domata Living Flour
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk powder
1 package yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
3 large eggs
1/4 cup butter (or whatever you're using in place of butter)
2 tsp cider vinegar
1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
2 cups warm water (between 110 to 115 degrees) Buy yourself one of those instant read thermometers or guess like I do, but I plan to get one of those thermometer thingies because if my guessing is ever off, my bread could be a flop.....or a door stop. =)
Now for the "How to."
1. Grease and flour 2 8 inch loaf pans. May I take just a moment and tell you that those pampered chef pans are the best for baking bread? Ok, anyway, if you only have a 9 inch pan, your bread will not be very big, which is fine if you just want it for making along with dinner, but bad if you want to make a sandwich.....anyway, you will want to just use ONE pan and fill half way to 2/3 up.
2. Mix the dry ingredients in medium bowl and set aside
Place Eggs, butter, and vinegar, and honey in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer. If you don't have one, you can use a hand-held one, but your arm will get tired in later steps. You could also use a hefty wooden spoon. Also, the butter will still be chunky. You could probably melt the butter before mixing it in as well, and it would be fine.
3. Add half the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.Mix just until combined. Add remaining dry ingredients, and keep mixing on low until it is well blended.
4. With the mixer on low, slowly add the warm water. When you have added all the water, you will want to keep it on LOW until it is all well incorporated.
Then turn the mixer on medium high speed for four minutes.
5. Next spoon the batter into your prepared pan(s). It will be thick but not as doughy as you would think bread dough would be like.
6. Set aside in warm place to rise for an hour. If you don't have a place suitable for rising, you can put a cup of water in the microwave and heat until boiling....about 4 minutes. Put pan in and let rise there.
7. Place pan(s) in 375 degree oven for 50-60 minutes, or until internal temp is 200 degrees.
8. Let bread cool for ten minutes before turning out to cool completely on wire rack.
Slice once it is COMPLETELY cool. Store in the freezer and pull out just what you need when you need it. You can defrost in the microwave (about 30 seconds or so) or in the toaster on low.
Gluten Free eating eating
OK, first I'd like to discuss 2 ingredients I always have on hand and use pretty much no matter what the recipe calls for. The first is the gluten free flour I use. I only use Domata Living Flour, and you can find it www.domatalivingflour.com or you may be able to find it at Hy-Vee or whatever health food store is near you. I buy it in bulk from the website because I use it so much, and it is cheaper that way. Also, just get the regular flour. Don't get the seasoned stuff. It is very salty, and sdoesn't really make that great of fried chicken as you might suspect. Buy the regular flour, add your own seasoning, and make your fired chicken. Also don't get the pizza crust mix. (Hmmm, I'm kinda bossy today aren't I?) I will give you a recipe for pizza crust using the regular flour.
The other thing I use is Sucanat instead of sugar. I do this for my daughter who is sensitive to sugar, plus it is healthier for all of us and tastes great too. Stevia is great if you are putting on something or in your coffee, but is difficult to bake with. Sucanat is evaporated cane juice, and you use it just like sugar, cup for cup. It is kind of similar to brown sugar. Sometimes I use raw honey also for sweetener. I use it in my oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for the "white sugar" and then use the Sucanat for the "brown sugar" in the recipe. These cookies are Kristina's favorite, and I will post them below. You can buy Sucanat at health food stores or online though Amazon. I get mine through our food co-op here. Just ordered a 25# bag of it because it would save so much in the future and won't go bad. I'll have sugar for a year. LOL!
Oh, speaking of chocolate chips, I use Enjoy Life chocolate chips. They are very yummy....taste just like semi-sweet chocolate chips, but they use evaporated cane juice instead of sugar and are dairy free and gluten free (although I think most chocolate chips are GF.....at least I think.....) You can find these in the health food area at Hy-Vee or any health food store. I buy mine through our food co-op here in bulk because it is cheaper, and I will use them. You can also order them from Amazon.
Speaking of Amazon....Are you all aware of their "Subscribe and Save" plan. You can order certain products in bulk and they are cheaper that way, but if you also put them on Subscribe and Save, which is to autoship them to you ever month, 3 months, or six months, you save an additional 15 percent.! I get a few of our things this way, like our honey, our Tings (crunchy corn thingies that the kids love), and some other things I can't think of right now. There is no cost to join Subscribe and Save, and you can cancel at any time or just ask them to skip this shipment this time. (They will send you an email letting you know when they are getting close to shipping your next order.) I know people who even do this for diapers, so think of anything you would need in bulk and you could probably get it through them. Oh and shipping is also FREE on subscribe and save orders....and No, Amazon did not pay me to say all this, but they should......hmmmmmmmm!
ok, I have given you some stuff to ponder, and I just realized I forgot to eat breakfast, so I will be back with you later for some recipes. =)
The other thing I use is Sucanat instead of sugar. I do this for my daughter who is sensitive to sugar, plus it is healthier for all of us and tastes great too. Stevia is great if you are putting on something or in your coffee, but is difficult to bake with. Sucanat is evaporated cane juice, and you use it just like sugar, cup for cup. It is kind of similar to brown sugar. Sometimes I use raw honey also for sweetener. I use it in my oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for the "white sugar" and then use the Sucanat for the "brown sugar" in the recipe. These cookies are Kristina's favorite, and I will post them below. You can buy Sucanat at health food stores or online though Amazon. I get mine through our food co-op here. Just ordered a 25# bag of it because it would save so much in the future and won't go bad. I'll have sugar for a year. LOL!
Oh, speaking of chocolate chips, I use Enjoy Life chocolate chips. They are very yummy....taste just like semi-sweet chocolate chips, but they use evaporated cane juice instead of sugar and are dairy free and gluten free (although I think most chocolate chips are GF.....at least I think.....) You can find these in the health food area at Hy-Vee or any health food store. I buy mine through our food co-op here in bulk because it is cheaper, and I will use them. You can also order them from Amazon.
Speaking of Amazon....Are you all aware of their "Subscribe and Save" plan. You can order certain products in bulk and they are cheaper that way, but if you also put them on Subscribe and Save, which is to autoship them to you ever month, 3 months, or six months, you save an additional 15 percent.! I get a few of our things this way, like our honey, our Tings (crunchy corn thingies that the kids love), and some other things I can't think of right now. There is no cost to join Subscribe and Save, and you can cancel at any time or just ask them to skip this shipment this time. (They will send you an email letting you know when they are getting close to shipping your next order.) I know people who even do this for diapers, so think of anything you would need in bulk and you could probably get it through them. Oh and shipping is also FREE on subscribe and save orders....and No, Amazon did not pay me to say all this, but they should......hmmmmmmmm!
ok, I have given you some stuff to ponder, and I just realized I forgot to eat breakfast, so I will be back with you later for some recipes. =)
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Long time ...I know!!!
Well, I have been scolded a few times for not keeping up with this blog, so I am going to update you all on all of us here. =)
Honestly, not that much has been going on that would make you go "wow! She so totally has a happenin' life!" That said, I know you all just LOVE us and want to hear from us!
I have been pretty busy with schooling the kids and all that it entails. We have been having a really good school year thus far. I really have focused on giving everything to God and seeking out His answers for what is relevant for them. You know...or maybe you don't.....Homeschool kids learn so much stuff, and it is so easy to get into the mindset of, "Oh, Their children are learning Spanish, Latin, and French?! Crap! I'm so far behind!" OR, "Oh, her second grader is reading "The Iliad!' Mine is reading "Dick and Jane' and Dr. Seuss' MAN! What am I doing wrong?" Anyway, I am exaggerating a tad, but there is that fear of not giving them enough or not teaching the right stuff, or not having the right curriculum. Anyway, I have started to think of things in terms of what is relevant for them to serve God....I focus on their strengths and give them what they need.
Kristina had been doing very poorly in reading. I was beside myself because I could not figure out why! I mean, she had learned all of her letter sounds by age 2 1/2!! She set me up!! I thought she was going to be an EARLY reader, not a late reader! Of course there are all the thoughts that I might be doing it all wrong or something, but I have learned more about reading and the learning process. Did you know that the average reading age is between age 4 and 9 and up to 12 for boys?! Yeah, I didn't know that either. You know in public schools, they just send you to special ed if you can't read by the end of first grade and label you learning disabled, or say you must have dyslexia. Did you also know that if you take a child that learned to read at age 4 and another that learned at age 9, that by the time they are both 13 you wouldn't be able to tell the difference? Of course this is provided the one who learned late wasn't labeled and told they had a disability for so many years and thereby developed a stigma. After I learned this, I relaxed. We put it away for a few weeks, and then tried again, and now she is finally reading!! She reads everything from books to signs, to labels on cans etc. AND, do you know what she said???? No? Ok, I'll tell you......Someone asked her what her favorite subject is, and she said, "Reading!" I could hardly believe it. It used to be either math or writing. She does math without even thinking. She just has a natural ability there, and her writing is beautiful, and she loves to write everything in cursive now. =) I used to tell her, "ok, let's do your reading." and she would get all worked up because she hated it so much, but now it's her FAVORITE! Praise God!
The other thing I have done is what I should have been doing all along, and I guess I had never thought of it for some reason, but we start every day with Bible reading and character building, oh, and memory verses. It seems our days go so much smoother that way. At first, I got a little anxious because the kids were wanting to spend an hour or more on Bible work, and I was worried about getting all the other subjects done, and then I thought, "Wait a minute! My kids WANT to spend an HOUR on Bible work!! Praise God!" So, I have learned to incorporate other subjects into their Bible work. Writing is an easy one to incorporate, as well as reading.
Jakob has been doing school work too this year, and he loves it! He would never sit there and do work before this year, and so school time was always hard because of having to chase him around while trying to teach her.
Another reason you guys have not heard from me is that I have been trying to stay off the computer as much as possible. I do get on everyday and read emails and various blogs, but writing seems to take so much time....Hmmmm....Maybe I just shouldn't be so long-winded! I have tried to see what things around me are really distractions from what I really am called to do, and I guess the eye-opener for me was every time I was on the computer, the kids would ask me to come here for like the 50th time or look at this or that, and I would get so irritated, and I would say to them, "Just a minute....." Then five minutes later, "I SAID just a minute!". LOL! Sometimes Jakob would say, "Mama! You said 'Just a minute' a long time ago!"
Soooo.....what else is going on? Tomorrow I sing "Silent Night" at church and we are also decorating the tree.
Another cool thing is I found a violin teacher for Kristina! Ever since we moved here I have looked for one. I was taking Jakob to karate, and I walked past this store and saw someone giving a violin lesson! Turns out she is only there on Thursdays....The same night I take Jakob to karate, and within walking distance from our house....AND she had openings!! We are going to get Kristina a violin for her birthday, and she is so excited!! For those of you who don't know, she has wanted to play the violin since she was about 3! Actually, at that time it was the cello she wanted to play, but then she changed her mind to the violin (more her size anyway, don't you think?) I had to have a talk with her about quitting one of her other activities because Lance and I have a 2 activity rule, just so they aren't too consumed with running here and there and practicing for this and that all week long, and not to mention, our time as a family. We don't want to be chauffeurs, not to mention the cost of each of those activities! She actually decided to give up gymnastics. She reasoned that she could do that at home, and she wanted to keep taking piano because she is getting really good. LOL! Actually, Lance and I did a little jig because neither one of us like the gym she has been going to and there isn't another one. The gym she was at in Cedar Rapids was so good, and I didn't realize how good until I started taking her to this one! Not to mention it is so much more expensive!
Well, I think that is all for now. I will try harder to keep in touch better. =)
Honestly, not that much has been going on that would make you go "wow! She so totally has a happenin' life!" That said, I know you all just LOVE us and want to hear from us!
I have been pretty busy with schooling the kids and all that it entails. We have been having a really good school year thus far. I really have focused on giving everything to God and seeking out His answers for what is relevant for them. You know...or maybe you don't.....Homeschool kids learn so much stuff, and it is so easy to get into the mindset of, "Oh, Their children are learning Spanish, Latin, and French?! Crap! I'm so far behind!" OR, "Oh, her second grader is reading "The Iliad!' Mine is reading "Dick and Jane' and Dr. Seuss' MAN! What am I doing wrong?" Anyway, I am exaggerating a tad, but there is that fear of not giving them enough or not teaching the right stuff, or not having the right curriculum. Anyway, I have started to think of things in terms of what is relevant for them to serve God....I focus on their strengths and give them what they need.
Kristina had been doing very poorly in reading. I was beside myself because I could not figure out why! I mean, she had learned all of her letter sounds by age 2 1/2!! She set me up!! I thought she was going to be an EARLY reader, not a late reader! Of course there are all the thoughts that I might be doing it all wrong or something, but I have learned more about reading and the learning process. Did you know that the average reading age is between age 4 and 9 and up to 12 for boys?! Yeah, I didn't know that either. You know in public schools, they just send you to special ed if you can't read by the end of first grade and label you learning disabled, or say you must have dyslexia. Did you also know that if you take a child that learned to read at age 4 and another that learned at age 9, that by the time they are both 13 you wouldn't be able to tell the difference? Of course this is provided the one who learned late wasn't labeled and told they had a disability for so many years and thereby developed a stigma. After I learned this, I relaxed. We put it away for a few weeks, and then tried again, and now she is finally reading!! She reads everything from books to signs, to labels on cans etc. AND, do you know what she said???? No? Ok, I'll tell you......Someone asked her what her favorite subject is, and she said, "Reading!" I could hardly believe it. It used to be either math or writing. She does math without even thinking. She just has a natural ability there, and her writing is beautiful, and she loves to write everything in cursive now. =) I used to tell her, "ok, let's do your reading." and she would get all worked up because she hated it so much, but now it's her FAVORITE! Praise God!
The other thing I have done is what I should have been doing all along, and I guess I had never thought of it for some reason, but we start every day with Bible reading and character building, oh, and memory verses. It seems our days go so much smoother that way. At first, I got a little anxious because the kids were wanting to spend an hour or more on Bible work, and I was worried about getting all the other subjects done, and then I thought, "Wait a minute! My kids WANT to spend an HOUR on Bible work!! Praise God!" So, I have learned to incorporate other subjects into their Bible work. Writing is an easy one to incorporate, as well as reading.
Jakob has been doing school work too this year, and he loves it! He would never sit there and do work before this year, and so school time was always hard because of having to chase him around while trying to teach her.
Another reason you guys have not heard from me is that I have been trying to stay off the computer as much as possible. I do get on everyday and read emails and various blogs, but writing seems to take so much time....Hmmmm....Maybe I just shouldn't be so long-winded! I have tried to see what things around me are really distractions from what I really am called to do, and I guess the eye-opener for me was every time I was on the computer, the kids would ask me to come here for like the 50th time or look at this or that, and I would get so irritated, and I would say to them, "Just a minute....." Then five minutes later, "I SAID just a minute!". LOL! Sometimes Jakob would say, "Mama! You said 'Just a minute' a long time ago!"
Soooo.....what else is going on? Tomorrow I sing "Silent Night" at church and we are also decorating the tree.
Another cool thing is I found a violin teacher for Kristina! Ever since we moved here I have looked for one. I was taking Jakob to karate, and I walked past this store and saw someone giving a violin lesson! Turns out she is only there on Thursdays....The same night I take Jakob to karate, and within walking distance from our house....AND she had openings!! We are going to get Kristina a violin for her birthday, and she is so excited!! For those of you who don't know, she has wanted to play the violin since she was about 3! Actually, at that time it was the cello she wanted to play, but then she changed her mind to the violin (more her size anyway, don't you think?) I had to have a talk with her about quitting one of her other activities because Lance and I have a 2 activity rule, just so they aren't too consumed with running here and there and practicing for this and that all week long, and not to mention, our time as a family. We don't want to be chauffeurs, not to mention the cost of each of those activities! She actually decided to give up gymnastics. She reasoned that she could do that at home, and she wanted to keep taking piano because she is getting really good. LOL! Actually, Lance and I did a little jig because neither one of us like the gym she has been going to and there isn't another one. The gym she was at in Cedar Rapids was so good, and I didn't realize how good until I started taking her to this one! Not to mention it is so much more expensive!
Well, I think that is all for now. I will try harder to keep in touch better. =)
This is interesting!
God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs.
For example:
-the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days; -those of the canary in 14
days;
-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
-The eggs of ducks and
geese hatch in 28 days; -those of the mallard in 35 days;
-The eggs of
the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by 7, the number of days in a
week!)
The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way
for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life. If you try
to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only
the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to
a profitable end.
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of
this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other
quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge
body, too large to live on two legs. For this reason He gave it four
fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow
rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord
is in all His works of creation!
God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments,
as well as in the number of grains.
-Each watermelon has an even number of strips on the rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas,
and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and
the next row an odd number.
-The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all
kinds of weather.
All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord
specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundredfold - all even
numbers.
God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during
the day, so that Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had
a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and
temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that
were open and those that were closed!
Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is
entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes
and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence.
Only the God-planned safe life is successful. Only the life given over
to the care of the Lord is fulfilled.
[Author Unknown]
"The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, & His understanding no one can fathom." Isaish 40:28
For example:
-the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days; -those of the canary in 14
days;
-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
-The eggs of ducks and
geese hatch in 28 days; -those of the mallard in 35 days;
-The eggs of
the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by 7, the number of days in a
week!)
The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way
for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life. If you try
to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only
the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to
a profitable end.
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of
this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other
quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge
body, too large to live on two legs. For this reason He gave it four
fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow
rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord
is in all His works of creation!
God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments,
as well as in the number of grains.
-Each watermelon has an even number of strips on the rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas,
and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and
the next row an odd number.
-The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all
kinds of weather.
All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord
specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundredfold - all even
numbers.
God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during
the day, so that Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had
a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and
temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that
were open and those that were closed!
Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is
entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes
and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence.
Only the God-planned safe life is successful. Only the life given over
to the care of the Lord is fulfilled.
[Author Unknown]
"The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, & His understanding no one can fathom." Isaish 40:28
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Woo-hoo!!!
Today, I saw my doctor and got the news that my thyroid is NORMAL!!! I no longer have a thyroid problem! It is in "normal" range. I still have to take the thyroid support because my adrenals aren't quite at the normal range yet, and since adrenals and thyroid work together, my adrenals could bring my thyroid back down if I went off the support all together. The thyroid support I am on is just that, a support. It doesn't MAKE the thyroid do anything, it just SUPPORTS it so it can do what it is supposed to do. I don't know. Does that make any sense? My adrenals were better this month than last and getting so close to normal range, so I am excited!!! My digestion is even doing much better! It doesn't show that I have issues with meat or fats anymore. The only thing that showed up was, "spoiled turkey." YUCK! He detoxed me for that. Also, my overall health level is in the first or best stage. Excretion stage, which means that my body is able to rid itself of toxins effectively. At the other end of the spectrum would be cancer.....just to give you an idea. Also with the adrenals, I am almost at the "alarm" stage. When I first visited this doctor, I was at the other end, "exhaustion." There are basically only three stages, "Exhaustion," "Adaptation,' "and "Alarm." You want to be in the "alarm" stage.
Kristina has been having trouble sleeping, so I had her tested today to see what is going on because it has been going on for a couple weeks now. The poor girl wakes up at different times during the night and can't get back to sleep, or she has trouble getting to sleep at all when she first goes to bed. Evidently she is producing to much of something in the brain, and whatever that something was called, it causes intensity. So now she has a chewable pill she takes once a day to help balance that and calm her down. Her treatment obviously worked though because she was exhausted tonight.
Jakob had digestion worked on again. There was some inflammation in the bowels and just general issues in his digestion system due to some bacteria issue and a fungus. Yuck! Anyway, there is still damage there due to the gluten, so she worked a long time on digestion, but everything else was great! He was otherwise very healthy. He does have to take a digestive enzyme stuff for a while though to help heal the system.
SOOOO, enough about all that....Tomorrow after lance gets off work, we are going to go meet his parents, and then I am going home with them and staying the night because the next day we are going to KC. They are going to go visit my sister-in-law and her family, and I am going for a girls weekend with Jamie and Laurel, my 2 closest college friends. For my wedding, we were together for the first time in ten years!! So, we decided after getting practically no sleep 2 nights in a row due to our gabbing, that we needed to get together somewhere every year, so this time it is Jamie who is hosting the gab fest. =) I can't wait!
Also tomorrow, my brother, Dustyn is coming to get the kids. They are going to stay with my parents for a week, and have some fun there. The kids are so excited and have made their lists of things they want to do during the week.
Well, not to confuse you entirely, but I will back up a little here....to last weekend..... Last weekend my dad, step mom and two of my brothers came to visit for the weekend. We were all disappointed that it was only for a weekend. The time went very fast, and we had a blast just hanging out. We got to have Carter for part of that time too, so that was nice. My youngest brother is only 12, so he and Carter hung out quite a bit. Carter thinks it's cool I have a brother close to his age. =)
My father will retire in January, so they have said that they will be able to come for longer visits after that. My dad currently works for the army as a computer programmer. He is a civilian though. he was never in the army. He was actually in the air force when he was younger.
Anyway, I am falling asleep here, so I will sign off now. Just wanted to give the updates before we all took off. =)
Kristina has been having trouble sleeping, so I had her tested today to see what is going on because it has been going on for a couple weeks now. The poor girl wakes up at different times during the night and can't get back to sleep, or she has trouble getting to sleep at all when she first goes to bed. Evidently she is producing to much of something in the brain, and whatever that something was called, it causes intensity. So now she has a chewable pill she takes once a day to help balance that and calm her down. Her treatment obviously worked though because she was exhausted tonight.
Jakob had digestion worked on again. There was some inflammation in the bowels and just general issues in his digestion system due to some bacteria issue and a fungus. Yuck! Anyway, there is still damage there due to the gluten, so she worked a long time on digestion, but everything else was great! He was otherwise very healthy. He does have to take a digestive enzyme stuff for a while though to help heal the system.
SOOOO, enough about all that....Tomorrow after lance gets off work, we are going to go meet his parents, and then I am going home with them and staying the night because the next day we are going to KC. They are going to go visit my sister-in-law and her family, and I am going for a girls weekend with Jamie and Laurel, my 2 closest college friends. For my wedding, we were together for the first time in ten years!! So, we decided after getting practically no sleep 2 nights in a row due to our gabbing, that we needed to get together somewhere every year, so this time it is Jamie who is hosting the gab fest. =) I can't wait!
Also tomorrow, my brother, Dustyn is coming to get the kids. They are going to stay with my parents for a week, and have some fun there. The kids are so excited and have made their lists of things they want to do during the week.
Well, not to confuse you entirely, but I will back up a little here....to last weekend..... Last weekend my dad, step mom and two of my brothers came to visit for the weekend. We were all disappointed that it was only for a weekend. The time went very fast, and we had a blast just hanging out. We got to have Carter for part of that time too, so that was nice. My youngest brother is only 12, so he and Carter hung out quite a bit. Carter thinks it's cool I have a brother close to his age. =)
My father will retire in January, so they have said that they will be able to come for longer visits after that. My dad currently works for the army as a computer programmer. He is a civilian though. he was never in the army. He was actually in the air force when he was younger.
Anyway, I am falling asleep here, so I will sign off now. Just wanted to give the updates before we all took off. =)
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