Life and times of a new farmer/homesteader
To all of you coupon saving people.....I am one who buys the cheaper brand whether it is name brand or off name brand. I once in awhile use a coupon when I have it. But I never got the hang of sitting down and making it like a business like my dear friend Miki told me. What are you secrets? What are some of the sites you use like couponbug.com or coupon.com. I have noticed their coupons are basically the same. Do you have any other sites you use? I need to find ways to save. I do plant my own garden so I save their. But I need to find ways to save more for my family. Times are harder now, as we all know. So, if you don't mind sharing with us all I would love to know how you do it. Blessings, Sherry 26 GuardsGod's 26 GuardsHere's a message (taken from my inbox) that will bring you chills. Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and then just put it on a list and said , 'I'll pray for them later?' Or has anyone ever called you and said, 'I need you to pray for me, I have this need?' Read the following story that was sent to me and May it change the way that you may think about prayer and also the way you pray. You will be blessed by this.... A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan .. 'While serving at a small field hospital in Africa , every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point. On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine, and supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the field hospital. Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one of whom had been seriously injured. I treated him for his injuries and at the same time talked to him about the Lord. I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and arrived home without incident.... Two weeks later I repeated my journey. Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the young man I had treated. He told me that he had known I carried money and medicines. He said, 'Some friends and I followed you in to the jungle, knowing you would camp overnight. We planned to kill you and take your money and drugs. But just as we were about to move into your camp, we saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards. At this, I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone in that jungle campsite.
The young man pressed the point, however, and said, 'No, sir, I was not the only person to see the guards, my friends also saw them, and we all counted them. It was because of those guards that we were afraid and left you alone.'
At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the congregation jumped to his feet and Interrupted the missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day this happened. The missionary told the congregation the date, and the man who interrupted told him this story:
'On the night of your incident in Africa , it was morning here and I was preparing to go play golf. I was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong, I called men in this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray for you. Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?' The men who had met together to pray that day stood up. The missionary wasn't concerned with who they were, he was too busy counting how many men he saw. There were 26 This story is an incredible example of how The Spirit of the Lord moves in behalf of those who love Him. If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it. Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell. I encourage you to forward this to as many people as you know. If we all take it to heart, we can turn this world toward God once again. As the above true story clearly illustrates, 'With God all things are possible'. More importantly, how God hears and answers the prayers of the faithful. Some pix and things....ok, well below are 2 pix taken of Anna Joy today and yesterday. She is really growing and I can tell she has gotten heavier. We are pretty much over our nursing woes..........though this nursing is a full time job. Ain't she a cutie!! Alright....our oven is broken and they can't fix it. Joys of living in a country where only the foreigners have ovens......well....married foreigners. DH is going to try again and see if we can't order a part from overseas. I will check with some missionaries in the capital where there are alot of American schools......surely this part is here in Taiwan. Until then.....I am really stuck on how to cook. TECHINCALLY I shouldn't be cooking..........Chinese custom gives me the whole month off. But, though dh can cook, and very well at that, he seems to think it is tiring..........HELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO like ya think I love it? ok, really I don't like cooking......maybe cause it's I don't like my kitchen and lack of space to do anything or keep anything? i don't know....but without my oven I am seriously stuck on ideas of what to cook. I have a bread maker, but last loaf I made it turned out into a knot of somekind.....totally messed that one up and so sorta afraid to do that again. I am dying for banana bread though.........any muffin type breads for the bread maker? one loaf of bread is not going to cut it for my crew. I am looking though for something for a breakfast bread...... well......that's it for now.........here are two pix of our princess:
 
Banana WafflesBanana Waffles
Creole Bean SoupCreole Bean Soup
Apple Bundt CakeIngredients
Directions Place flour, 2 cups sugar and next 7 ingredients in order given in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed until blended. Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon in bowl. Add apples, tossing lightly. Place 3 layers batter and 2 layers apples alternately in greased 10 inch tube pan, beginning and ending with batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours. Breakfast Souffle'Breakfast Souffle'
This Speaks for It's Self
Green beansI couldn't make up my mind on how to put up my green beans so I weighed the time and convience factor and decided to blanch then for a few minutes in boiling water and use my seal a meal thingy and do it that way and I had three containers of green beans done within 10 minutes and I did not heat up my kitchen much!Lemon Custard Pudding CakeLemon Custard Pudding Cake6 T. all purpose flour 6 T. butter or margarine melted 2 C. sugar, divided 4 eggs separated 1 1/2 C. milk grated peel of 1 lemon 2 T. fresh lemon juice confectioners sugar In a large mixing bowl combine flour, butter and 1 1/2 C. sugar. Beat egg yolks; add to mixing bowl along with milk and lemon peel. Mix well. Add lemon juice. In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, slowly adding remaining 1/2 C. sugar while beating. Fold into batter. Pour into a greased 2 qt. baking dish. Place in a shallow pan of hot water and bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm or chilled with confectioners sugar dusted on top. { Last Page } { Page 1 of 5 } { Next Page } |
