Potato Pearls directions

Since the directions on the bag of Potato Pearls is for making the entire bag at once, I needed to figure out the ratio of water to potato pearls. The amount I figured was for one serving: 1/4 cup of PP to 1/2 cup hot H2O.

Serv - Pearls - Water
1 - 1/4 c - 1/2 c
2 - 1/2 c- 1 c
4 - 1 c - 2 c
6 - 1 1/2 c - 3 c
8 - 2 c - 4 c

Blessing for Tonsilectomy

Tomorrow Elijah is having his tonsils and adenoids removed because of his sleep apnea. I've gone through periods of major worry about the procedure during the last month, but I finally have some peace. One of our Home Teachers and the missionaries came over and annointed Elijah and gave him a blessing. Brother Peachee also mentioned in the blessing that as Elijah grew he would "stand for Christ". That was a nice thing to hear!

Food Storage

There are a few really cool food storage websites that I read, and they are doing some cool stuff for the new year. In fact two of the blogs I already read have teamed up with a third I didn't know about and created Fun With Food Storage. I know I must be getting old because I'm actually excited about the whole thing ;)

Resolutions for 2009

I've kept up with my regular blog, but not this one... Here are some of the things I want to do better this year.
- scripture reading; I did really well for quite a while, but then I slacked off a lot. So, my goal is to read some everyday. I better get too it already, because I'm already behind!

- emergency preparedness; I've done a pretty good job in this department so far. I have our 72 hour kits ready to go, and they include food, water, and a binder of important documents. I have the food in milk jugs, but I think as those need to be replaced I will get ration bars instead so they will fit into the backpacks

- food storage; I've just started to really USE food storage, and I need to figure out how much to buy from the cannery, etc.

-visiting teaching; I want to do better with my two inactive sisters

-budget; spend less, save more!!

- computer; spend less time on the computer, and more time doing productive things

-food; eat healthier and *ahem* lose the rest of the baby weight

Answers to prayers

It really is amazing when a prayer is answered in they way we want. Sure, all prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is "no" or "not yet". Recently, I've had a few that were answered and were easy for me to spot. I prayed for an easy way to tell my parents that I'd joined the church, and my Dad guessed it! Pete's parents were due to arrive on Saturday evening, and I wanted to take the kids to church without any discussion about it. I prayed, "make it easy on me". Their Saturday flight was cancelled, and they arrived on Sunday just before we got home from church!

I was telling Noelle about this today, and she said, "We really are Heavenly Father's daughters." Wow.

I have a calling!

I am now the "publications specialist" for the Newburgh ward. I'm in charge of putting the bulletin together each week, and eventually I'll do a newsletter and update the website. Sounds like my kind of job!

Philippians 4:4-8

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.