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2012 Gratitude Challenge, Day #6

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

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Today I am thankful for HEAT.

I am especially grateful that the heater, which is in the laundry room and the opposite side of the wall from our classroom area, has a vent directly on the classroom space, making it the warmest spot in the house at the moment! I’ve been avoiding the classroom area down there for a few days because I was so cold, but today we were able to sit there and just enjoy the cozy space!

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2012 Gratitude Challenge, Day #5

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Today I am thankful for FLEXIBILITY.

I am so appreciative of a lifestyle where I am allowed to live with flexibility. My work is not a rigid “punch-in punch-out” job, but gives me the freedom to schedule around the needs of my family. And also, homeschooling is allowing me the freedom to schedule “school” around the needs of my work. It’s not a big deal to take a break from school in the morning to get a business call in, or block out time from work because we need to do a field trip. I can stop school for five minutes and flip laundry and carry a load up the stairs.

And also, my family life is flexible. Yes, we do have our routines, and things that have to happen at certain times, but in general – if dinner happens at 6:30pm instead of 6pm, that is perfectly okay. No one is going to freak out. Hubby is understanding enough that if the bathrooms didn’t cleaned today because the laundry was done instead, it’s not a big deal. And gets that some days, I just need to give the girls a “free play” day just to save my own sanity, or instead I might have to turn the trip to the grocery store into a school activity, counting fruit, or finding all the food that starts with the letter Y. It will eventually all work. And I really appreciate that
because it releases a lot of pressure off of my (the mommy’s) shoulders.

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Raspberry and Apple Picking (+recipes!)

04 Sunday Nov 2012

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Fall, Field Trips, Girls, Recipes

One of our friends invited us to join them for apple and raspberry picking! We met up at a farm in Maryland.

We spent quite a while picking raspberries, but only about 10 minutes picking apples! The lady in charge of the field directed us down to the very end of the field, and we filled our baskets just by going to one our two trees! Amazingly, we picked 40 pounds of apples in those ten minutes.

Once we got home, the real work began. I had to figure out a way to use up and freeze the apples before they could go bad! Thankfully, hubby let me get this apple peeler at the gift shop on the farm. AWESOME INVENTION. I highly recommend it. It peels, slices and cores the apple all at once. Did I mention how awesome it is??

So, here is a picture of the apples once I got done prepping a batch. I froze most of our apples (poured a bit of lemon juice over them first) to save them for later.

Then, we got busy trying a ton of new recipes with our raspberries and apples. Here are our new favorites:

Baked Chicken with Apple Stuffing – This is super easy and very yummy. But we tend to like a little “kick,” so I might sneak a couple cranberries into the stuffing mix on the bottom next time.

Honey Baked Apples – The recipe calls for cranberries, but I used raspberries this time. BUT, I bet it would be amazing with cranberries too.

But, I think I overcooked mine. Or, maybe using the muffin tin wasn’t the best idea. I thought it would be better to help keep them from tipping over.
This is what they looked like with served up. I definitely need to try this one again to see if I can fix it.
Caramel Apple Pie – If you like caramel apples, then this is the pie for you. I’ve made this pie twice now, and it is actually pretty easy. I’ve never made a pie before and was able to do this well. One suggestion I’m gonna try for next time is to put the caramels into a food processor and turn them into shavings. Otherwise you get little gooey caramel pieces stuck in your teeth while enjoying all this yumminess.
It looked a lot better before I attempted to cut it. I haven’t mastered that yet.
Here are some other recipes we tried, but I don’t have pictures of.Smoked Sausage and Apple Bake – This one was good, but a little too much sauerkraut for me. Hubby liked it more.

Easy Raspberry Chicken – We prepped several of these ahead of time and froze them together in Ziploc bags. Not quite as pretty as the picture, but it is super yummy and easy on our busy days.

Raspberry Chipotle Sauce – Oh my goodness, this stuff is AWESOME. I make this with a pork tenderloin. I made several batches and put them in Ziploc and froze them. Which reminds me, we really need to eat this again very soon!

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The Proverbs 31 Woman (nasb)

Description of a Worthy Woman

An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
"Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all."
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.

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