Some Great Posts Coming Up

Just wanted to check in for a few minutes and say I have some great posts coming up this week! We have a great life hack that involves lemon oil. Then I will share about my journey with my new dehydrator. I can't wait to share this with you all! I have a money saving post and a great tip. Lots of great things to share with you all. I hope that some of my posts help make life easier for you and more enjoyable. 

I do not like wearing a mask so to be honest I am spending more and more time at home. And I have been having a lot of fun learning new things. It has really helped me deal with all of the stress in the world. Anyway I hope that I am able to contribute to peace in your life. I don't want to be one more thing that causes stress - I would like to share things that help bring peace and enjoyment of life. May God continue to bless you as you walk along this journey called life. :O) 

Sabbath Praises

Happy Sabbath. I hope you all are blessed. Take a few minutes to thank God for your all His blessings! I know I don't praise Him enough. :O) 

Sometimes You Just Don't Understand Till The Things Actually Happen Or Are About To Happen

 "God's dealings with rebellion will result in fully unmasking the work that has so long been carried on undercover. The results of Satan's rule, the fruits of setting aside the divine statues, will be laid open to the view of all created intelligences. The law of God will stand fully vindicated. It will be seen that all the dealings of God have been conducted with reference to the eternal good of His people, and the good of all the worlds that He has created. Satan himself, in the presence of the witnessing universe, will confess the justice of God's government and the righteousness of His law."

PP338-339

Wow! I hadn't caught that when I read through it the other two times. Glad i just happen to read through that section again.

Best Cookbooks for Bread and a Secret

So I have been making my own bread for quite some time now. I have been blessed with some great cookbooks with great bread recipes! Today I just wanted to share my 2 favorite cookbooks for bread - I am sure their other recipes are great as well. If the other recipes are anywhere as good as the bread recipes - the other recipes are awesome!!! 

This is the Herb & Garlic Bread this was my first time trying this recipe. It was very good. I will be making it again! :0) 

This cookbook has the recipe for the Banana Breakfast bread, Raisin Nut Bread, and Rosemary Olive Bread! I love all of these bread recipes as well. 

No - I did not forget that I was going to share a secret today. 

The way that Bountiful Health Cookbook says to make the bread is that you add ingredients in order- and yeast is towards the bottom of the list - just above the addition of the main about of flour. Well I have been making this bread like that but I have not always been happy with the outcome - not the flavor but the look of the loaves. They were delicious. I mean really, really good!! It was just the look of the loaf that I was disappointed. See how beautiful the loaf above looks? This is what I wanted my bread to look like. Well the way the Country Life Cookbook says to make the bread is different and I believe the secret to better looking bread. 

So Country Life Cookbook says to mix your warm water, yeast and sweetner and let it set for 10 minutes I believe. Well what I did was I poured the very warm water into the bowl then added the honey and stirred it around. Then I added the yeast and stirred it and let it set. And I could tell that the yeast was good because it foamed up good. Then I added the rest of the ingredients. So I really think that this is the secret to the much better looking bread. The great thing about this secret is once you understand the best way to go about making bread you can adapt any recipe. I am hoping to make on of the recipes from the Bountiful Health using this formula and I expect much better results. Now there may be something that I was just doing wrong when making the bread way that the Bountiful Health recipes says to but I had not figured out what I was doing wrong. Now I know a better way to do it. Yes, the way that the Country Life Cookbook says to do it will take a bit longer because you wait 10 minutes but I think that the results are well worth the little bit of extra time!! 

I hope that this secret helps you make better bread as well. I am sure many of you already understood and practiced this secret. But I am hoping that maybe someone reading will find help with this secret. 

Why I am now saving my dryer lint and so much more

This video is only 8 minutes long but has so much useful information. I love the very first ideas- it is what I am saving my dryer lint and toilet paper rolls for! Hope this blesses you and gives you some great ideas as well. 

So we ended up with 2 toilet paper roll card boards and 1 paper towel cardboard that I cut into three pieces. I used used paper towels for the paper towel card boards and lint in the toilet paper card boards. I am happy to report that I have 5 fire starters, getting ready for the colder months. 

I have always wanted to do something useful with my lint, happy to have something to do with it!! 

Anyone else do this and use these fire starters?

Hope for the best 

prepare for the worst 

Why Did I Wait SO Long?

I purchased this Deluxe Kithcen Crop 4 tray Seed Sprouter 1 year ago.  Added a link just in case anyone wanted to check it out. No I don't get any credit for anything - I will not be doing that on my blog. My purpose of showing you things is only for your information.  Also these photos came from the listing of this on Amazon. It runs about $21.91 on Amazon.

Anyway I bought it a year ago and I was overwhelmed with learning how to use it. I don't understand why because yesterday when I decided it was time to use it I read through the directions and washed it all up so it would be ready for this morning and it all clicked. I don't know why I get overwhelmed with things sometimes. But I knew it was time to learn this great art. It is important to get all the nutrition that we can get. Especially through these chaotic times. I don't know about you but I have been eating more sweets than I should from the extra stress and I want to get back to giving my body the things it needs and I felt this was one important way to do that.

 As you have figured out by now I have been watching prepper/homestead youtube videos lately. Many different people seem to think that things are fixing to get really tough and that it is a good idea to have extra supplies, food, medical stuff etc on hand. And I tend to believe them. I remember back in 1999 - people thought that when it turned 2000 that there would be a huge issue with computers and many people stocked up then as well. And we all know that there didn't seem to be any major issues. Well I would love to think that this upcoming election is not going to cause a major chaotic mess - but I am afraid that no matter which way it goes we are headed for tough times. And me learning to sprout seeds is one way I can help myself be more prepared.

This came with a small thing of Alfalfa seeds so I started those on Monday morning. Directions say to pour 2 cups of water over them 3 times a day. I can't wait to start having the sprouts to use in my salads and such! One of the videos that a friend sent to me that had a whole bunch of truth on it stated - 2020 Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. I hope that you my friends are preparing for the worse. I would be very unhappy with myself if we do hit some hard times and I did not take the time to share these thoughts with you and warn you. So what else will I be trying this week? Dehydrating some potatoes- I have them on hand ready to get process. I will just have to start it early cause the book says it could take 6-8 hours - one of the youtubers that dried some potatoes said it took 10 hours for hers - I think. I will try to share the video if any of you are interested in it. I am thinking it might be good to have these things on hand just in case. 

 Hope for the Best 

Prepare for the Worst

This and That Tuesday

Ok - what is up with Blogger? Now when I upload photos - instead of showing photos - it has all sorts of writing and it just messes with my mind and my ability to add the text that I want to add. Do any of you know if I can change it back or is this just the way it is now? This old sinful world has me a bit more fragile than usual. There is so much negativitiy in the world. And I really don't want to add to that negativity but I do feel it is my responsibility to share with you all that I see a rough time ahead of us. And I think it would be great if we all worked to maybe put some extra food and supplies back. Food, water, pet supplies, first aid stuff. Things you think you may need. I don't know about your area but here were I live it has been harder to find some things that usual. It is weird to see the shelves so bare still. It isn't horrible- but there have been a few things I have wanted to buy and it is never at the store.

And just a little humor for you. This has really been a rough year. I have had more and more rough years lately. Last year was a rough year for me too. But this one seems even worse - things seem so oppresive in the world. I am thankful I have things here around the house to keep me busy. I am also having to spend less time in social media. Just too depressing. Like I do small doses - and sometimes I don't even try to get all the way caught up like I used to. I am sure I will miss important things but I need to work on having more peace in my life.