I want so badly to post a pile of pictures, but we're having a small technical problem - our flash drive is misplaced. I won't bore you with why I need it to post pictures. Anyway, I'll do that as soon as I can.
In other, more exciting news, we had a very fun scrap-booking day on Friday! Wendy (and Dylan), Iris, Lisa, Leona and I were there and our 14 children were at my house with babysitters. (It's a good thing two of Lisa's are older and could help since one of our sitters couldn't come untile 2:00!!) We "scrapped" like mad and then took a break to go out for lunch for a friend's birthday (Shelley, in case you know her). Then we "scrapped" some more and took a little break for supper. Well, Wendy had to go home and Lisa just kept working and we brought her some leftovers. Leona left before the rest of us, but we were on such a roll that Lisa, Iris and I went until 1:30 or so. Yikes! We got lots done. I could have gone back the next day and kept right on going, but... Real life was calling my name so I stayed home. :-)
Iris had put her kids to bed here and then also came here to sleep. So we enjoyed Keith's pancakes in the morning. :-) Oh, I forgot to mention that when I did get to bed around 2:00, I didn't sleep well at all. Maybe I was just too over-tired and keyed up! Needless to say, a long nap was a necessity on Sat. And today. I feel like I'm still catching up! I'm not sure if old, pregnant ladies should do stuff like that, but it was sure fun!
In other, more serious, news, I mentioned once awhile ago that I have a real problem with over-eating. Sigh. A friend told me about a web-site that looks really good. The address is: settingcaptivesfree.com. They do a lot of stuff dealing with various addictions - including food. Man, it sounds so harsh when you call it an addiction. Anyway, they offer a 60-day online course for free and the point of it is to teach you to fill up your heart with Christ and break the emotional need for food. So, I'm telling you this so that I can't turn back. I'm going to take the course as soon as I have a chance to sign up. There's also a "diet" that goes along with it that I can't do because of being pregnant. (It involves fasting, eating half portions, etc. Basically just eating less food.) But I've made up my own diet restrictions that will be good for me anyway (such as limited sugar or no breads on certain days). I have to say that I'm scared about this because I've tried so many times to get my eating under control and I'm seeing just how much it controls me. I really do want to learn to find my soul satisfaction in Jesus and not be a slave to food!
Keith and the boys are outside building a fire in the fire-pit and Iris is coming over with a bunch of corn-on-the-cob from OH!!!! Yippee! (speaking of food!!) Add to that, Keith's home-made sausages on the grill and s'mores for dessert! The important thing is to not over-eat, I know, so I'll be careful tonight!
This post is becoming very random. Hope you don't mind. I baked bread the other week and it just did not turn out right. It didn't raise much and the loaves were small and kinda heavy. Yesterday I tried again, and I had a new bag of flour. It was called "Best for Bread" (the other time it was just plain old whole wheat flour). I still had the same yeast. Anyway, the bread was gorgeous!! Hmmm. Any words of wisdom about such things? Does flour get old pretty fast? Or was it because I had the "Best for Bread" kind?
Well, I had some more thoughts, but Iris and crew have just arrived. More later! And I hope your Sunday afternoon nap was as satisfying as mine was!!
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Hello! It's just me, Iris, catching up on Jenni's blog while sitting in her living room and frequently making comments to her in the other room. It's been AGES since I've read all of your blogs. Now I'm so far behind it could take weeks since I don't usually have hours at a time to sit at the computer, ya know? At least here I can get online without leaving the house unlike where we are staying while we're here in RL. Oops....I guess I should quit now. Seeing as how this is Jenni's blog and not mine. =) It's soon time to go eat that awesome corn that Keith is doing in the coals anyway. Mmmmm.
thanks for writing and i am going to still be anxiously awaiting those pictures. :D
i'm going to check out that website, too. it sounds like something i could use, too. i have been gaining some weight lately and i know without a doubt it is because of eating when i feel lonely or bored or angry or whatever... duh.
and i'm so glad that you had so much fun scrapbooking. me too. :) but i hope that i'll finally feel normal today...yikes. i just don't handle those late nights well.
miss you!
Rhonda....I emailed Jenni a couple days ago and asked for your blogsight....Betty said you had asked for mine once on a blog...sorry...totally missed that!! but ask Jenni or Rachel and they can give it to you!!!
about the bread....I always use bread flour and I think the bread turns out lighter. but don't use bread flour for muffins or cookies or it turns out gross!!! just use it for bread! :-) I go thru a ton of flour around here so not sure if it can get old or not!!! never gets a chance at our house!!
Blond moment....I was looking at your Blog Archive, Jenni and I saw it said 1 post for Sept. I thought that's strange, Sept is months away, why does it show that? And then I looked at the date of your last post and it said Sunday, Sept 2. I thought, okay, I have to leave a comment and tell Jenni that something is wrong because it's posting the wrong dates. Only then did I do a double-take and realise that it actually is September.
This does not bode well for the rest of this month or this week! (considering it's Sept 3 and a Monday)
welcome to the real world, heather! yes, it's september already, sadly. happy labour day, everyone!
Thanks for the update ya little farfignoogin.
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