Forgotten: Why has Bowe Bergdahl languished as a POW for nearly 3 years? - HUMAN EVENTS

Pray for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his family.

Forgotten: Why has Bowe Bergdahl languished as a POW for nearly 3 years? - HUMAN EVENTS

Praying for rain!

Garden is looking great!  Can't wait for those fresh veggies.  We just need that water hose from heaven to give our garden a good, satisfying drink.  Praying for rain!

President Reagan on Memorial Day

"Over one hundred years ago, Memorial Day was established to commemorate those who died in the defense of our national ideals. Our ideals of freedom, justice, and equal rights for all have been challenged many times since then, and thousands of Americans have given their lives in many parts of the world to secure those same ideals and insure for their children a lasting peace. Their sacrifice demands that we, the living, continue to promote the cause of peace and the ideals for which they so valiantly gave of themselves.
Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm against those who would destroy the freedoms we cherish. We are determined to achieve an enduring peace -- a peace with liberty and with honor. This determination, this resolve, is the highest tribute we can pay to the many who have fallen in the service of our Nation."

from President Ronald Reagan's Memorial Day Tribute, 1981

The most fitting tribute we can give to those brave soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms, is to never let another communist war hawk like Barack Hussein Obama into the White House to serve as Commander in Chief of the armed forces ever again.  Our brave military deserves better!

God bless our soldiers!

Dairy-Free Egg-Free Fudge Brownie Cookies

I absolutely cannot believe how good these cookies are! You would never know they are allergen-free. My family loves them! They have a wonderful chewy texture inside, with a nice crisp outer layer. They would also be good without the chocolate chips, but the kids like the chips. Developing food allergies as an adult has been such a curse for a cook like myself, one who likes to make everything from scratch and use only real, wholesome ingredients. I have developed an unfortunate aversion to all things soy in the past few weeks. For a dairy-free, egg-free lifestyle, soy is a necessary evil, but I just hate it! I can taste it in anything now, even when my family can't. I have finally settled on Blue Diamonds Almond Breeze brand of almond milk (original) for cooking and pouring over cereal. These cookies, however, don't require any dairy at all, and you'll never guess what the egg substitute is! Avocados! It did not spoil the taste in the least bit, and I am going to try avocado as an egg substitute in some other recipes as well.

 I adapted this recipe from one found in GO DAIRY FREE by Alisa Marie Fleming, a book my sister got me for my birthday. I highly recommend this book to anyone suffering from food allergies. It has tons of valuable information and many recipes as well.

 Here's the recipe:

 DAIRY-FREE EGG-FREE FUDGE BROWNIE COOKIES
 2 1/4 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt

3 c. sugar
1 c. + 2 Tbsp. oil (I use canola)
1 c. + 2 Tbsp. mashed ripe avocado (about 3 avocados)
1 Tbsp. + 1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet chocolate chips (1 bag)

Preheat oven to 375. Mix dry ingredients and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, blend the sugar, oil, avocado, and vanilla until combined well. Add the flour mixture, mix well, then add the chocolate chips. Place by scoops (I use a 2 Tbsp. size cookie scooper) onto ungreased pan. Flatten slightly with bottom of cup sprayed lightly with cooking spray. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.  Yield:  5 dozen

Flattened and ready to bake

The finished product

Sugar Addiction

Very interesting post on what refined sugar does to our brain function and how it alters our appetite.

My Little Girl Who Smells Like a Boy

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White Chili

Here's a great recipe for "White Chili" made with chicken and great northern beans.  Very filling and flavorful and healthy too!  This recipe makes 6 quarts, just enough for a large crockpot.

WHITE CHILI

4 lbs. chicken breast, cooked and diced
8 c. chicken broth*
4 cans (15.5 oz.) Great Northern Beans, rinsed and drained
2 cans Ro-Tel tomatoes
2 large onions (or 3 medium) diced
3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 tsp. dried oregano
1 Tbsp + 2 tsp. ground cumin
1 Tbsp. garlic salt
2 tsp. onion salt

Mix in crockpot and cook on low 6 hours.  Serve with sour cream and shredded Monterey Jack cheese.

*I prefer to make my broth with bouillon cubes because it's more flavorful, but if sodium is an issue, you can buy low-sodium broth or, of course, make your own.

Why My Kids Will Never Be Socialized

You must read this!  Hands down, this is one of the funniest and best articles I've ever read on the age-old question:  (all together now.....)  "What about socialization?"

Enjoy!

"Why My Kids Will Never Be Socialized" 

Spring Recital!

The children have been so busy with piano lately, but they love it.  They've worked extra hard this year, and it has really paid off.  Within one month, they had 3 performances for which to prepare.  The experience of performing in front of various groups of people is stressful on them, but it teaches them so much more than just musical skills.  They've learned how to study and practice and prepare, how to be organized and meet a deadline, how to perform under pressure, how to deal with the public, and how to persevere until something is finished.  Now, they get to sit back and enjoy that satisfied feeling one gets when it's all completed!

Here they are with their piano teacher.  (If you look closely, you'll see a spot of lipstick on the right side of Seth's forehead where an adoring fan gave him a smooch...the subject of much teasing for my little "chick magnet" around here!)

Below are some clips from their Spring Recital.  Seth has been taking for about 7 months.  He's moving very quickly and loving it.  He had 2 pieces in a row at one point, so his teacher told him it wasn't necessary to stand and bow between songs, just to nod and acknowledge the audience.  Caleb has always said that Seth has the advantage with any audience because of his dimples, and I think that proves to be a true statement with this video.  It's so darn cute!  Love my little Sunshine.

24 More Golden Opportunities

It feels good to feel good.  Since my blog post Wednesday, I've had a roller coaster of a time.  After having the most severe allergic reaction I've ever had, I still am not back to normal, but at least I am able to function.  I most certainly will not complain about any menial task today (as I type, Summer is in the bathroom yelling, "Mom, I'm through! LOL).  I will wash each dish, fold each piece of clothing, and sweep each floor with thankfulness and joy.  You should too, whether or not you've been sick!

24 Golden Opportunities

Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. 

They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. 

If you had all the money in the world, you couldn’t buy an extra hour. 

What will you do with this priceless treasure?"

~Unknown~

Sweet Soldier Brother

Bubbie is honestly the sweetest big brother I know. He's so gentle and kind with Summer. He greets her every morning with, "Well good morning, Miss Priss! Did you sleep well? What did you dream about?" He's always willing to put up with her drama. He's so patient with her when the others just tattle and get mad at her.

Yesterday, he started talking her into going out and playing "armies" with him. He tried one of his outfits on her and asked permission to take her in the woods. "I can talk to her and keep her from pitching a fit, Mom, I know I can.". So sweet!




So today, I'm packing them a lunch and getting them out the door to go save the world. My little girl is in good hands, I am sure. Love my Bub!

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Whew!

Whew!  These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for me.  Now that I have all the parties, school performances, cakes, baptisms, mail-outs, cook-outs, tax returns, newsletters, bottles drives, and special occasions behind me...all I have to do for the rest of this week is mother and school five children, be a pastor's wife and executive director of a crisis pregnancy center.  Finally, some easy stuff!

Hopefully, back to blogging tomorrow!

The Little Red Hen – 2012 Version

Thought this was funny.  KK is reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm" right now, which goes right along with this.

The Little Red Hen – 2012 Version

“Who will help me plant my wheat?” asked the little red hen.

“Not I.” said the cow, the duck, the pig and the goose

 ”Then I will do it by myself.” She planted her crop and the wheat grew and ripened.

“Who will help me reap my wheat?” asked the little red hen.

“Not I,” said the duck. “Out of my classification,” said the pig. “I’d lose my seniority,” said the cow. “I’d lose my unemployment compensation,” said the goose.

“Then I will do it by myself,” said the little red hen, and so she did.

“Who will help me bake the bread?” asked the little red hen.

“That would be overtime for me,” said the cow. “I’d lose my welfare benefits,” said the duck. “I’m a dropout and never learned how,” said the pig. “If I’m to be the only helper, that’s discrimination,” said the goose.

“Then I will do it by myself,” said the little red hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share but the little red hen said, “No, I shall eat all five loaves.”

“Excess profits!” cried the cow. “Capitalist leech!” screamed the duck. “I demand equal rights!” yelled the goose. The pig just grunted in disdain. And they all painted ‘Unfair!’ picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer came out. He said to the little red hen, “You must not be so greedy.”

“But I earned the bread,” said the little red hen.

“Exactly, “That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who choose to remain idle.”

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, “I am grateful, for now I truly understand.”

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the ‘party’ and got her bread free. And all the Progressives smiled. ‘Fairness’ had been established.

Individual initiative had died but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared so long as there was free bread that someone else was baking.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

Even a broken clock is right twice a day!

I never thought I'd say this, but      I      agree      with     Joe     Biden.

There.

I said it.

The V.P. was courting sodomites over the weekend, giving an interview on Meet the Press (while Christians were in church), and made the statement that the TV show "Will and Grace" "probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody's ever done so far" in the area of sodomites' "rights".  


To that, I say a resounding Amen!  I've never watched "Will and Grace", and I certainly hope you haven't either if you're a Christian.  The entertainment media has been carefully designed by God-haters to mold the minds of impressionable children and adults.  For any of my readers that might watch shows like "Ellen" and "Glee" or any other show glorifying what God calls an abomination, be warned:  God does not make a distinction between those who practice sodomy and perversion and those who endorse it. 

Read Romans 1:18-31, then here's verse 32:

"Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

The Watery Grave

We had such a wonderful weekend!  The Lord has really been moving in our church, and we've had 2 of our own get saved in the last few weeks, my son, Seth and my cousin, Ethan.  I'm so thankful to see the Lord still moving in the lives of young people, and praise Him that He still saves sinners!  Both Ethan and Seth wanted to be baptized in a river.  It truly was a glorious day!

The first thing Seth did when we got to the river was....catch a frog, of course!  Love my scientist!

Multitasking

Do you think you could ride a 4 wheeler and eat a bowl of marshmallows at the same time?


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Update on the Bunnies

These are Sis's "kits". They are so precious!





This one is my favorite.





They just snuggle up in such a cute way!




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The Worst Kind of Tyranny

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.


C.S. Lewis

Cousins

Sis loves her little cousins and they love her too! It's so precious to watch how they get along.




This is my sweet little niece, Abigail, with her new little smile. Love her!


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If I Wanted America To Fail

Although the phrase "Agenda 21" is not mentioned in this video, clearly the makers of this video are keenly aware of what Agenda 21 has done to our country.

If you're not familiar with Agenda 21, you're a day late and a dollar short.  Good, old fashioned, salt of the earth Americans no longer have the luxury of skimming the surface of politics anymore.  We're going to have to research and educate ourselves and prepare our families for what lies ahead.  There's no need to let our fear triumph our faith, because our Lord foretold it all.  Clearly, this world is headed toward our own modern day Tower of Babel, a one-world government, upon which the Anti-Christ will build his kingdom and demand the long sought-after worship of Satan. (Revelation, note especially chapters 6 and 13.  If you get depressed, just skip on over to chapter 20)
What is Agenda 21?  Short answer:  The United Nations' plan to transfer all sovereignty, wealth, and control to itself.  The official plan for "sustainable development" was penned more than 2 decades ago, and it was put into full force in America by globalist George H. Bush in 1992.  Congress has never voted to offically accept the protocols of Agenda 21, and yet it is being implemented voluntarily by some 2,000 local communities in the U.S.  Most people are ignorant of the final outcome, and you'd have a hard time convincing anyone educated in the government schools after the 1970s that it is a bad thing.  In fact, the U.N. has written its own curriculum to brainwash all the best and brightest students to accept, without question, the complete streamlining of all the world for the sake of the "greater good".  The curriculum is called The International Baccalaureate School program (IBS).  (Go to the offical website and click on "Find an IB World School and see how many exist in the state of Georgia alone!  Frightening!)  My own little cousin just got accepted into the program in a neighboring county (which breaks my heart, but everyone is just thrilled to death that she is given such a high honor).
So, in short, what does this mean to ME and YOU?  This article below by American hero and watchman Henry Lamb does a great job describing what our world may look like in just a few short years:
Sustainable Development:  Transforming America "What could America look like in 50 years under the direction of Agenda 21?"
No U.S. sovereignty  (The ignorant legislators are putting themselves out of a job by allowing power to be transferred from our elected representatives to unelected bureaucrats through ObamaCare and czars)
No individuality
No national, state, county, familial, religious identity
No homeschools, obviously
No personal farms, business or hobby farms
No automobiles
No hunting
No indulging in electricity (notice the smart meter they just installed on your house?  notice the drive to make wi-fi spread all across the nation?)
No right to bear arms
No parental authority
No American Dream homes owned by hard-working people
This is no longer the stuff of conspiracy theorists.  It's all out in the open now, and it doesn't take much sleuthing to figure it all out.  The communists and progressives in the White House and Congress are deliberately collapsing our dollar, so that we'll be forced to accept a regional or global currency, and probably deal in not only that "euro-type" currency, but in the imaginary "carbon credits" as well.
I hope the video above will shake some Americans out of their "American Idol stupor" and cause them to gear up for battle.  Sadly, I don't expect this to happen; but as the Apostle John wrote in Rev. 22:20, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus!"