Food/Health
A Very Jerky New Years!
This afternoon I decided to test out the new dehydrator I got for Christmas. Chris (13) really loves beef jerky so I thought I’d try it out. I mixed 2 lbs. of ground beef, squeezed it out through the handy little tube and plugged it in. It said to check it every hour, soaking up…
What to Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home
Flu and cold season is already upon us. So far we’ve been able to avoid the Flu. In fact, we’ve avoided it for years most likely because I’m a germaphobic, but not in an ODC kind of way. We use germX every time we leave the grocery store and before we eat. My kids don’t…
Easter Story Cookies
Here’s a GREAT way to share the Easter story. We attempted to do this last year on the night before Christmas and the story was awesome using the ingredients like broken pecans to represent Jesus’ scourging, vinegar to represent Jesus’ thirst on the cross, and eggs to represent life. Though the separately, the ingredients don’t…
Easter Meat Pie
Growing up I always spent Easter with my dad’s mom, Grandma Julie and my favorite part was eating her Easter Meat Pie and hunting for plastic eggs filled with money. Grandma Julie died when I was twelve, but her memory lives on. Every year I make her Easter Meat Pie which I remember eating cold,…
An Easter Jelly Bean Poem and A Prayer
This are two a really fun ways to share the Easter story. Find each color Jelly bean and put it in an egg. Then on Easter morning, or during the week share the story! Red is for the blood He gave Green is for the grass He made. Yellow is or the sun so bright.…
Easter Seder Part 3
The Story of Passover During this time Exodus 12:1-13 is read with brief comments and with the elements held up at the appropriate moment. The Lamb Bone: The lamb was killed, its blood spread on the doorposts and lintel of the house to protect the home from the tenth plague, the slaying of the firstborn.…
Celebrate Easter with a Seder Part 2
Yesterday I shared with you the beginning of the Christian Seder my family has during the Easter weekend. We try and have this on Good Friday to reminisce about the “Last Supper”, but sometimes have it on Saturday. We reserve Sunday for a relaxing time of Church and casual dinner. Though this year with my…
Family Friendly Easter Seder Part 1
It’s snuck up on me again! The Easter Holiday season. I thought by getting the bunnies and egg hunts out of the way early, I’d have time to plan some really great Jesus stuff. But it’s Palm Sunday and I’ve done nothing…yet. I just pulled out my Easter file and for the rest of the…
Prayer Requests
So many people I know right now are battling breast cancer or some strange sickness, I don’t know if I could possibly list them all. But some of the most urgent ones are following: Margaret’s mother Susan Her blood pressure is high, her blood sugar is high and so is her heart rate. If she…
St. Patrick Day Recipes & Fun
Today we’re getting together with some friends to celebrate and remember the life of St. Patrick, patron saint to Ireland. Of course we will do some crafts, like making shamrocks. Did you know Patrick used the three leaf clover to explain the trinity? And probably learn a little about the history of leprechauns and Ireland,…