tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39582269647460236782012-01-03T06:12:46.630-05:00I will serve Him.Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.comBlogger3591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-24527850334374360342012-01-03T05:43:00.002-05:002012-01-03T06:12:46.643-05:00

One thing I am getting back to this year is meal planning. It helps me to be better organized and to save money. When I take time to do this each week it eliminates that rush and stress at the end of the day trying to figure out what is for dinner, it also eliminates the stops at the store for forgotten ingredients or ready made meals, not to mention take out food when I just give up altogether.I

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Happy New Year! 2012 WOW! Time truly does fly...I'm still trying to figure out how Christmas snuck up on me and then flew by so fast it felt like I blinked and missed it! ~smile~ Now here we are in a new year, with a new start. A gentleman at our church pointed out yesterday that each new day is a new start which is so true but I love the start of a new year. It just seems all fresh and new and

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This has been just an unbelievably hectic month, but a month full of good things like caroling with church family, a beautiful candle light service at church (my favorite part of the year)and baking cookies, cookies and more cookies. My parents just moved into town so that was a busy week preparing for that and then the craziness of moving day ~smile~. I can't forget all the shopping, planning

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Tomorrow evening we are having our annual cookie exchange and this year my neighbours are hosting it. I am really looking forward to it. It is so nice to get together with friends and family. A bonus is that I will bring 6 dozen of the same kind of cookies and bring home 6 dozen different kinds! It really doesn't get easier than that for variety of Christmas baking. This year I will be making

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My mother in law is a little German lady who worked hard all her life and always had a spotless home. She taught me alot about house cleaning and I thought I would share the way she taught me to clean an oven.The very first thing is to not let your oven get too dirty in the first place! If you are like me you just put off cleaning it as long as you possibly can, but if you keep after it and clean

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Yesterday morning I woke up to the first snowy day of the year. Nothing puts in me in a more "homey" mood than a snowy day! It was so very lovely, everything all fresh and white...so pretty! That is until I tried to leave my house and realized that I had put off buying winter boots a little too long! In the spring I had thrown out my old beat up ones and meant to buy a new pair this fall but I

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May a spirit of good cheer, devoted friendship and unconditional welcome be ever present in our home.Unconditional welcome. I love the way that sounds, I love the idea of it, but do I practice it? Not always. :(Unconditional welcome means to me being willing to open your home to others at anytime, without any notice and to anyone. (O.k. maybe not burglars and the like *wink* ) Hmmm....not as easy

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In the last post I mentioned a sign I read which says "May a spirit of good cheer, devoted friendship and unconditional welcome be ever present in our home."So today I wanted to look at a spirit of devoted friendship and whether that is present in our home. I looked up friendship in the dictionary and it said it involves intimacy and mutual attachment. I started thinking about ways to increase

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One of the homes I clean has a sign posted in the entryway which says "May there be a spirit of good cheer, devoted friendship and unconditional welcome ever present in our home. Each week as I dust that sign I read it and yesterday I really took a moment to think about what it means and I wondered if that was true for our home. I thought I might explore this in the next few posts.Is there a

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These planters are from Presidents Choice. They are so lovely! I was very tempted to purchase one last year but then I thought I might try to make one myself. It was very easy and the best part is that I was able to find everything I needed at the compost yard! It doesn't get any better than completely free and beautiful decorations for your home.What I did was go and get various kinds of

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I wrote a post in 2007 that is still receiving comments from ladies who have been struggling in this area for various reasons. I thought I would revisit the concept of respecting our husbands and various ways we can do that.Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is a lesson almost everyone Christian or not has been taught. This guideline is found in Matthew 7:12 which reads "

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My aunt gave me this recipe when I was first married and I make it quite often. It is easy and inexpensive. I think some may call it a depression era cake, my aunt calls it a pan cake since you mix it in the pan.Pan Cake - Barb Erb1 1/2 cups flour1 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt1 cup sugar1 tsp. baking soda3 tbsp. cocoa5 tbsp. melted margarine or butter1 tsp. vinegar1 tsp. vanilla1 cup warm

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Here is the recipe I use for biscuits...it's the best one I have found. However if anyone has a good recipe for buttermilk biscuits they would like to share I would appreciate it! We had wonderful biscuits at Bob Evans the last time we were in Michigan and I would love to be able to make biscuits like that. Anyway, here is the recipe I use now...Biscuits2 1/4 cups flour1 tbsp. baking powder1 tsp.

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Yesterday was the first day of deer hunting season so my hubby and son left at 6:15a.m. to meet up with the other men in their hunt club. It was a chilly day here so I decided to make them some stew in the crockpot for dinner that way it would be nice and hot whenever they arrived home. I know from last year that they usually come home frozen, often wet and utterly exhausted so a hot meal ready

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I know I posted awhile ago...seems like a lifetime ago ~smile~....about no longer being able to care for children in our home due to my medical issues and wondering what my next step would be. I just thought I would give an update on that. I did look into a retraining program which is an awesome program that the government has to pay for people to be retrained when they are no longer able to do

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I read something a few weeks ago that really hit home for me. It was on a plaque in a shop and it said "Don't let grass grow on the path of friendship."Wow...what a picture that paints for me of a long neglected path winding through the woods of life overgrown with the grass of neglect. I realized that due to my life being hectic and so many changes going on that I had let that happen to my

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This morning I am going to help at the local soup kitchen and I thought I might share a bit about it in the hopes that others will start the same type of ministry.This one all started when there was a fire downtown. It took out two buildings and damaged others before the firefighters were able to get it out. The fire started around 7:30 in the morning and I called my friend to let her know what

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-60553512626724122222010-07-22T07:02:00.002-04:002010-07-22T07:38:20.550-04:00

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."These words are found in Matthew 5:14-16. One thing we need to always remember is that the

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No not the singing group! ~smile~ This morning in the email study I send out we are reading Matthew chapter 4 and that got me thinking about temptation. Here are some thoughts that were running through my mind and some scriptures I found....We all face temptations and some are really really hard to deal with and resist. God however knows this. These verses are speaking about Jesus.Hebrews 2:18For

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Isn't he cute! Just had to share! ~smile~Blessings,Liisa

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I find myself in an icky place :( I had surgery to correct some "womanly issues" two months ago. I took those two months off from babysitting in order to recover. I had planned to welcome the little ones back next week. That won't be happening now. I received the terrible news that will no longer be able to care for children as I can no longer do any lifting. It took me quite awhile to be able to

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There is a great hymn that speaks of the true key to happiness, Trust and Obey, the chorus goes...Trust and obey, for there’s no other wayTo be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.Psalm 128:1,2 says Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. So basically fear the Lord and

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wor·ry·wart (wûrˈē-wôrt)nounOne who worries excessively and needlessly.Hmmm....worry wart....it doesn't call up the nicest image does it, not when you really think about it. I just keep picturing a big old wart sitting there worrying. Eeewwwww! Well I am in fact a worry wart. I worry about everything. I have even started worrying about worrying! I am one of those people that have to run back in

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(This post originally appeared in 2007 but as I still receive comments on it and I feel it is an important message I decided to re-post it now ~smile~)Respect is so important to a happy marriage. Many women don't respect their husbands and it shows in everything they do. When you don't respect your husband you are likely to talk down to him, treat him like he's an idiot or one of the children.

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-8687415225157590232010-07-09T22:30:00.002-04:002010-07-09T23:06:01.614-04:00

"Oh yes I'm the great pretender..." Perhaps you are familiar with this song. The words sung by The Platters resonate with me for I was once a great pretender.For much of my early Christian life I struggled hard with temptations - falling often and making mistake after mistake. every day would find me begging for forgiveness. Thankfully God is faithful, loving and does forgive. During this time I

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Today is Family Day and I have the day off - my hubby however does not and my son has plans with his girlfriend so my plan is clean my house. Really deep down all the nooks and crannies cleaning! I am quite excited about this chance to just get it all done. When the little ones are here I am almost always on the main level with them and since I can't get much done that is noisy during nap time it

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Inspired by this recipe I made Moose Cookies today for my son's girlfriend Jessalyn who really likes moose. I think they are cute and will be making them again soon. I also like the fact that they use honey to sweeten them instead of sugar. The little ones who are old enough to eat peanut butter will love these so I am excited to share them with them on Tuesday. Tomorrow is Family Day here which

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In my morning email study I have come across these verses that really struck me...Hebrews 13:15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. James 1:2,3 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patienceIt is not always easy to praise God

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-84395562419983250892009-02-02T08:11:00.003-05:002009-02-02T08:28:37.948-05:00

Today in honour of Groundhog Day we will be making puppets inspired by this craft.Since my monkeys are little I cut out all the pieces and I will get them to glue it together. It is hard to tell in the pictures but the top of the green felt is fringed to look like grass. Realistically though I suppose I should have used white felt to look like snow - oh well we'll just have a happy spring

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-39468100970821086202009-02-02T06:54:00.004-05:002009-02-02T07:38:06.089-05:00

Yesterday when I came out of church it was near zero degrees Celsius and the sun was shining. It was wonderful! I came home and opened up every window in the house and got some chores done. Nothing perks me up and puts me in the mood to freshen things up like a mild day and fresh air filling the house after it being shut up tight for so long. ~smile~ I also spent part of the afternoon watching

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-4999788399945796232009-01-30T07:51:00.004-05:002009-01-30T08:10:36.801-05:00

My son Andy with his girlfriend Jessalyn.My son Andy turned 18 yesterday. 18! I can't believe it....it seems like the last time I checked he was 3 and suddenly I turn around and he is 18. ~sigh~ Time goes by much, much too fast. I know I say this alot but I hope that any of you who are blessed to have little ones at home that you cherish every moment because before you know it your little boy

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Inspired by this post by Amy at Daily Pleasures I created this to remind me of what I will be working on this year which is to more fully display the characteristics of love as descibed in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. I found the word love in the scrapbook section. It is made out of thin wood so it gives this picture a nice 3D effect. I glued it onto a piece of scrapbook paper with little flowers on it

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-65031370721166101032009-01-26T08:03:00.004-05:002009-01-26T09:25:13.877-05:00

I just made this yummy casserole for a friend of mine and her hubby. She is going in for a procedure this morning and I don't expect she will be up to cooking tonight.You can find the recipe here, though I left out the Parmesan cheese because I didn't have any and I used rotini noodles instead of egg noodles, I also used old white cheddar so you can't really see that melted on the top in the

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I just had to post a link to this incredible post by Mrs. June Fuentes at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home. Very well said.Blessings,Liisa

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Today I have five little monkeys and we will be making a spiral snake craft . It is so cute! I am just loving the Enchanted Learning website. There are so many really neat crafts for children of all ages.To tie in with the snake theme we will be looking at some snakes online here and reading some stories with snakes to tie into the theme for today. I checked these books out of the library....

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Well my attempt at making Fried Rice Croquets did not turn out as I had hoped. Bethany's looked so very yummy....mine? Not so much. I could not get the rice mixture to hold together at all. Not at all! I added more liquid...nope....I added another egg....nope. I just kept looking at the mess I was making thinking about how I would hate to waste all that food when I thought about Laine. What would

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Right now I am cooking macaroni and cheese for the monkeys lunch which I then just have to reheat when we get home from playgroup. I am also cooking some rice to make these for dinner tonight. To go with it I am making stromboli. Right now I am cooking the filling which will be ground beef, onions, green peppers (still from our freezer) and garlic. Before baking I will sprinkle on some of the

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Today I have had five little monkeys here and they have been playing really well together which is so nice, especially since I wanted to get so much done today. For craft today we made these cute frog puppets which they just loved especially when we sang the five little speckled frogs and they acted it out with their puppets.I made tortillas again today because my hubby and son wanted Tortilla

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-1383527646661071992009-01-15T11:10:00.003-05:002009-01-15T12:02:59.643-05:00

This morning I made another of our favorite recipes from Laines Letters - Chewy Granola Bars. They are so easy and so yummy! Here is a link to the recipe.You can add whatever extras you like....this morning I added in some chopped dates and flax seeds.You just mix all the ingredients together, spread into a pan and bake.When they are done you cut them while they are warm. when they are cooled

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Today it is -20 degrees Celsius with a high today of -11 degrees, however there is a windchill of -28 degrees and a snow squall warning. This means that the little ones and I are house bound again today and likely tomorrow as well. There are upsides to this though...First it is very beautiful outside. Everything is crisp and clear and fresh. This is the view out my kitchen window right now (the

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In my morning study I was reading Titus 2 and I couldn't help but see the tie in to the post I wrote yesterday.Titus 2:3-5 says - ...the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to

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Note - Right at the outset of this post I would like to say if your husband is abusing you or your children find help. Do not stay in a situation that will endanger you or your children.I think one of the biggest causes of divorce in our day is the failure to just stick with it. Everywhere we look we are told that it is all about us, it is all about our happiness, life is too short to waste being

Liisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438430990174490349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958226964746023678.post-76299291145973346412009-01-13T09:44:00.004-05:002009-01-13T16:55:11.267-05:00

Well, everyone here seems to be recovering at last from the nasty icky stomach virus that went through here. Two monkeys came down with it Thursday night, my son got it Friday afternoon, I had it Friday night through Saturday. So far my hubby has not gotten it yet and neither has one little monkey. I hope they skip it. It was awful as all viruses are. So I had alot to catch up on yesterday since

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This is actually yesterday's craft project. I didn't get a chance to post yesterday as one of my little monkeys woke up early from nap time and then proceeded to fall asleep on me - which was actually really nice just snuggling with a little one and listening to his soft little snores. Then another little one came down with a violent stomach virus. The poor little thing - fortunately her parents

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The other day when I was at the library getting some books for our pig themed day I came across this book.....It is so cute! My sister and I read it in the library - I am sure people thought we were crazy as we couldn't help but laugh out loud at this story. Here is one of the pages.....Too cute! If you get a chance pick up Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend.Happy Thursday!Blessings,Liisa

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Today we are making dinosaur hands. I made these like mittens for the monkeys to wear on their hands. These could have been much more elaborate but I was a bit rushed and basically just wanted something they could draw on. I taped the edges rather than glued them because I figured that would stand up better to the little ones taking them on and off. I may make some sets out of felt to have

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I came across this is one of the cookbooks I went through the other day and thought I would share it with you...Beatitudes for HousewivesBlessed is she whose daily tasks are a labour of love; for her willing hands and happy heart translate duty into privilege and her labor becomes a service to God.Blessed is she who opens her door to welcome both stranger and friends; for gracious hospitality is

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He's cute!Blessings,Liisa

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Today we made tambourines. The little ones really enjoyed this. I was blessed with a set of Tadoodles by Crayola this morning from one of the parents. It was a duplicate gift so they thought they would send one over here. I thought that was so nice and the children really loved using them. They are so neat and easy for even the littlest one to use. Fortunately they are completely washable since

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Today officially marks the end of our holidays. My hubby is back at work, my son is back at school and my little monkeys are back. I really enjoyed the time off and time spent with my family but it is somehow nice to get back to routine. I missed the little ones and our regular daily schedule.During my two weeks off I was able to get so much done though. It is amazing how quickly you can clean a

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On Monday my hubby took me to Midland with our friends. It is a lovely town. The guys were hoping to go ice fishing but due to our crazy weather there was no ice to fish on! That was o.k. since we took our time driving there, stopping along the way at some really cute little towns and doing some shopping in Barrie. We stayed at the Best Western which was lovely. The room was very nice and our

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We had so much snow before Christmas this year that I just had to take pictures....It is hard to tell just how much we had from these pictures but it was more than we have ever had before Christmas. Unfortunately this was followed by temperatures above zero, heavy rains and winds gusting to 90 km. an hour. It was pretty wild in our area and almost everyone in our town had water in their basements

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Wishing you every happiness for 2009!Blessings,Liisa

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Seasons of PeaceWe had a wonderful and peaceful Christmas - I hope you did too!My sister, her children and my mother in law came over Christmas eve and we enjoyed playing some board games together, visiting and eating far too much! My hubby had to work for a bit and didn't get home until 8 p.m. so we also watched several episodes of 17 Kids and Counting before he got home since there was a

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Blessings,Liisa

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Glory in the HighestLuke 2:8-20 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

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Christ Born of MaryLuke 2:1-7And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,

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I thought I would share our menu for the holidays. Many of the things we have are a family tradition which we have every year. Tortierre on Christmas eve is one of those traditions. My father worked for CN Rail so we moved quite often when I was growing up. One of the places we lived was in a suburb of Montreal. While there my father embraced the Quebec tradition of having tortierre on Christmas

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Today a made a big pot of this yummy soup for dinner so that we can have leftovers for dinner tomorrow. I find that doing this really frees up my time to get other Christmas projects finished up before the festivities begin.This soup is so good and very easy to make. I still have chopped green peppers in the freezer so I just put in a heaping cup of those for each of the peppers called for in the

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I was shocked in talking to little ones lately how many of them could tell me every last detail about Santa. Where he lives, what he does, how he gets around etc. etc. But not one of the little ones I talked to knew who Jesus is. Not one. One year olds knew who Santa is but even four year olds had no idea who Jesus is. This is sad. This Christmas why not use this as an opportunity to share Jesus

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Christ’s Birth Announced to MaryLuke 1:26-56Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”But when she saw him, she was

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One of these is on the bumper of our vehicle. Very true and not just for the automotive industry.As consumers I believe we are shopping ourselves out of work. It is startling how many items we buy that are not made in North America. The majority of items we buy are made in China. We buy them because they are less expensive and we are trying to save money. Stores stock these items because they can

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Well things here are getting busier and busier as we get closer to Christmas.Yesterday I made Fiddle Faddle and packaged the Molasses Crinkle cookies I made on Tuesday for the freezer but not before 2/3 of them disappeared! The Fiddle Faddle I have stored in cookie tins lined with plastic wrap and it should be just fine until Christmas...if I can hide it from the men!Today I will be making

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In these uncertain times it is so easy to worry. I have always said that we need not worry because the Lord will look after us, everything will be fine and it always has. We have never gone hungry and we have always had a roof over our heads. However lately I have gotten worried spurred on by layoffs, plant closures as well as doom and gloom stories, blogs and articles and when that happened I

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I made a double batch of these yesterday and they are half gone already! I have to get the cookies into the freezer right away or my own cookie monsters snarfle them right up! Oh well at least I know they enjoy my baking. ~smile~Iced Spice Cookies aka: Weezer Cookies1 cup brown sugar1/2 cup margarine1 lg. egg1 tsp. vanilla2 cups flour2 tsp. baking powder2 tsp. cinnamon1/2 tsp ginger1/4 tsp.

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I had alot of coconut leftover from making snowballs the other day (recipe here)and not alot of peanut butter so I decided to make regular macaroons instead of the peanut butter ones. You can find the recipe for the Chocolate Peanut Butter Macaroons here.Here is the recipe I used....Chocolate Macaroons2 cups sugar1/2 cup milk1/2 cup margarinePut in a pot and boil for 1 minute. Add 1 tsp.

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I made these yummy little cookies yesterday afternoon and I had best get them into the freezer quick or there will be none left for Christmas!~smile~Russian Tea Cakes1 cup butter or margarine1/2 cup icing sugar1 tsp. vanillaMix thoroughly then blend in:2 1/4 cups flour mixed with 1/4 tsp. saltStir in:3/4 cup nuts ( I used chopped walnuts)Chill dough.Roll into 1 " balls. Place on ungreased cookie

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I love this song and this is a beautiful version.Blessings,Liisa

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I was having trouble with the wind blowing right through my knit mittens. They are hand made and red and my favorites so I didn't want to get a different pair and I find the thick nylon kind too warm. I decided that I should make a pair of flannel mitten liners. I had some red flannel left over from this project so I decided to make them out of that. They are soft and warm and keep the wind out

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Macaroons2 cups sugar4 tbsp. cocoa1/2 cup milk1/4 cup margarineMix together in a bowl. Bring to a boil.Boil for one minute and remove from heat.Add:1 tsp. vanilla1/2 cup peanut butter3 cups oatsMix well and drop onto wax paper or tin foil and let cool.Enjoy!Blessings,LiisaPicture from www.allposters.com

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Boy did we ever get a pile of snow on Saturday night! This unfortunately meant that with continuing squalls and blowing snow there was no way we could get to church on Sunday since the highways were closed and we go to church in another town. Even in town several churches were closed.I love snow and Saturday evening my hubby and I went out for a walk. It was so beautiful and still with almost no

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Make very sure that a wee little black current Bentasil lozenge does not make it into your dryer with your load of whites. They are sneaky little things! I am always so careful to empty pockets and sort the laundry so colors don't run and everything was fine when I put the clothes in the dryer so imagine my surprise when I opened my dryer and saw purple everywhere! I don't know how I missed it.~

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My hubby is coming home today from a conference. He's been gone since Wednesday and I miss him so much! Life is just not the same when he is away.Whenever he goes away I make him "Love Brownies" to take along whether it is a trip for work or a fishing trip with the guys. Love Brownies got their name because I make them to let my hubby know I love him and will miss him while he is away. They

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These are our family's all time favorite Christmas treat!Hello DolliesCrust:1/4 cup melted butter or margarine1 cup graham cracker crumbsPour melted butter into pan sprinkle crumbs over top and pat into pan.Top:1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips1/2 cup butterscotch chips1/2 cup coconut1/2 cup chopped pecans 1 can sweetened condensed milk-Sprinkle coconut over crust then chips and nuts.-Pour milk over

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Peanut Butter Balls2 cups icing sugar1 cup peanut butter1/2 cup butter1 tbsp. milk8 squares of semi sweet chocolate1 tbsp. shorteningMix together sugar, butter, peanut and milk in a bowl until combined and mostly smooth. Shape into balls and freeze for one hour.Melt chocolate and shortening ogther ina double boiler.Dip balls into chocolate and place on waxed paper to set.Enjoy!Blessings,

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Well, I know it has only been a few days but my list has been revised to add Peanut Butter Balls and Chocolate Hazelnut Cream cookies.So the new list is...Molasses CrinklesPeanut Butter CookiesMacaroonsHello DolliesCherry CookiesThumbprintsNonpareilsFiddle FaddlePeanut Butter CookiesRussian Tea CakesStained Glass CandySnowballsIced Spice Cookies - Commonly called "Weezer cookies" Peanut butter

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My sister just sent me a fun site. If you would like to know what the number one song was on a particular day like your birthday or your children's you can look it up here.On the day my Hubby and I started dating the number one song was "I still haven't found what I am looking for" by U2. (Tee Hee, Snort, Chuckle, Laugh) I did find what I was looking for though!When we got married the number one

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I have been busy making felt foods as Christmas gifts for two of my little monkeys. They just love the play food they have at playgroup so I thought I would make them some of their own out of felt. There are tons of great sites that you can get ideas from and directions just search for felt foods.Here is the assortment each of the little ones will receive....Here they are all packaged up and

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I just looked back in my blog to see what I was doing in December last year and I came across this video - it just makes me smile so I had to share it again!Here it is Rick Springfield - Speak to the SkyHere are the lyrics.....sing along!Speak to the sky when ever things go wrongAnd you know youre not talkin to the air, to the airAnd the world will look better from up thereSpeak to the sky cause

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The other day my little monkeys and I went to help my friend make centre pieces for the Christmas Dinner at her her church. Well the little monkeys really went to play in the nursery while I helped make centre pieces.~smile~They are having a musical before dinner that ties the Gospel to cookie baking so we made a cookie in a jar for the centre of each table. We will put a card under a chair at

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I just love to bake for the holidays and have often started on the first of December and baked every day until Christmas eve. Mostly due to sneaky people who get into everything in the freezer....o.k. I admit it I am one of the sneaky people!I like to bring a plate of cookies to the office at my son's school, the dentists office and the doctor's office along with a card. This year I will be

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I thought that while the monkeys and I were out for our walk today I would take some pictures around town so that I could share a bit of what our town is like.Here we are ready to go. Just four little ones today. This is our house.One of the 10 churches in our little town. This was the first one built here.Town HallOur LibraryThe view down my street heading for home.Quite a bit of our snow melted

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This is the best way to spend a snowy afternoon.....Blessings,Liisa

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Yesterday afternoon I made some homemade fiddle faddle. It was so easy and so good so I thought I would share the recipe with you here. My hubby and son loved it and my hubby usually dislikes anything like this so I was quite pleased.I don't remember where I found this recipe so if it is yours please let me know and I will give you credit for it.Fiddle Faddle6 quarts popped corn, unsalted2 cups

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This is what I have been up to this week. I found this pattern for "Kris Moose" in a Country Woman magazine (Nov./Dec. 2006) and I though the was really cute. I made 8 of them and plan to use them to top gifts and the cookie plates that I take to the dentist and doctor's office. Here is the whole herd....I love all things moose related and these were easy to make. I have all my books out and will

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I don't think there is anything much more beautiful than a cool winter morning when everything is peaceful and quiet. When the trees are covered in snow and everything is fresh and white. I love to go out and shovel the walkway early in the morning. I am usually out before anyone else is around and it is just so still, so beautiful with the sun coming up and everything has a kind of blue glow. It

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My sister emailed me this but I thought I would share it here and see if anyone else would like to tell us 3 Things About Them.3 THINGS ABOUT ME.....THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD:1. Filler Operator at a salad dressing factory - YUCK2. Spa Manager3. Childcare Provider3 PLACES I HAVE LIVED:1. Hornepayne Ontario2. Montreal Quebec3. The Pas Manitoba3 SHOWS THAT I WATCH:1. 17 Kids and Counting2. Wife Swap3.

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Shepherds pie made with ground moose rather than ground beef. We have been blessed by my hubby knowing many hunters who like to share their bounty with us. We have been given ground moose, stewing moose, and moose roasts as well as deer steaks and just last night my hubby was given a large deer roast. My hubby and son are planning to hunt for themselves next season. Mark (hubby) used to hunt alot

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Last night I was blessed by opportunity for fellowship with some wonderful ladies. Normally this weekend we would all be at the First Love Ladies Conference in Niagara Falls but for various reasons none of us were able to go. My friend Eunice came up with the idea that we should invite all the ladies who have been to the conference with us in the last few years to a get together. So we had a

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Today is kind of a chilly rainy day here so we spent a bit of time this morning watching the I Love Toy Trains videos. My son (who is now 17) loved these movies when he was small. I mean LOVED them - he just couldn't get enough! The little monkeys loved them just as much this morning. They are such simple movies but really hold a child's interest.Afterward we made some trains on tracks for our

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It has been quite awhile since I participated in Works for me Wednesday at Rocks in my Dryer but I just have to share this!When I was reading through the fliers a couple of weeks ago I noticed how much cheaper per pound whole hams were than deli sliced ham, the same is true for chickens, turkey, roast beef etc. It is certainly alot cheaper for us since we buy our meat directly from the farm. So

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Today I learned two valuable lessons. I decided that I would vacuum out all the vents which I meant to do before we had to turn the furnace on. Lesson one don't procrastinate, lesson two watch littles like a hawk when they have crayons.When I got to the living room vent I found a lovely and very colorful clump of melted crayons in the pipe artistically sprinkled with cheerios. I spent several

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Lest we forget.

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As much as possible I like to prepare ahead for the things. This really helps me with my house full of little ones. One little thing I do that helps is every morning I set up the playpen that gets taken down each day so that it is ready for nap time and I don't have to wrestle with it when I have a tired little one waiting to get into it. I also make their lunches in the morning so that all I

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Here is a picture of what I have been working on lately. A lady in our church is expecting so I wanted to make something for the wee one. I made a baby blanket with a small ruffle around the edges and a hat with booties to match. I really like the yarn it is a natural color cotton with flecks of other colors in it. I didn't have a pattern so they are pretty basic but I hope they like them. ~smile

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In my entryway there is a cold air vent in the floor. It had gotten quite neglected and became dusty and rusty. I am quite embarrassed about this since it is right in my entryway and everyone sees it when they come in. This morning I picked up a little can of gloss black paint at the dollar store and spent a bit of nap time getting that vent fixed up. I can't tell you how much better it looks and

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In this day and age where we are constantly fed images of "perfect" homes and "perfect" lives through the media it is very hard to resist the urge to spend far more than we really need to on things that don't really matter and in reality don't bring us much closer to attaining that "perfect" life. There will always be one more thing, one more must have item. I am prone to pouring over these

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I am so excited!!! Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies is coming to Ontario in May for a ladies retreat in the Muskokas and God willing I will be going! I have been so blessed by their website and having been hoping for many years that she would come to Ontario for a ladies retreat and now she is!!! I cannot tell you how happy this makes me!Details are not finalized yet but the cost is expected to

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Here are the pumpkin ideas we did today to use up our pumpkin cutouts.For this one I wrote out this song on a sheet of paper and we sang it while gluing pumpkins on.Mr. Pumpkin (tune: Where is thumbkin)Mr. Pumpkin,Mr. Pumpkin,Round and fat.Round and fat.Harvest time is coming.Harvest time is coming.Yum, yum, yum.That is that!For this one I drew a wall on a piece of paper and the monkeys glued a

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I don't remember where I found this recipe so if was on your site please let me know and I will give you credit.I made this two days ago and my family loved it so much they asked for it for dessert yesterday too so I had to share it here.Old Fashioned Cocoa Pudding1 cup sugar1/3 cup baking cocoa1/4 cup flour1/4 tsp. salt1 1/2 cups water2 egg yolks1 tbsp. margarine1 tsp. vanillawhipped cream (for

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