It’s so much fun when we’re able to get away for a long weekend. I love the family time, the relaxing, and the quiet. While it was hot this time around, the mornings and evenings were quite pleasant. It would have been nice if there would have been a little more breeze to cool us off in the evening, but it was still okay once we settled in for the night. The sky was pitch black at night until the moon came out. The stars sparkled brilliantly above us. The difference in visibility after the moon was high in the…
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Simple Spring Snacking: Kiwi
Posted in Homemaking, and Photography
Recently, Munchkin discovered that she really likes Kiwi fruit. It makes a delicious easy snack in the afternoons. I’ve enjoyed Kiwi for as long as I can remember. I like the tart, not-quite-ripe Kiwi as well as the sweet, very ripe Kiwi. I remember enjoying these special treats when I was a child. Munchkin wasn’t sold on them until this week. I sliced up a few for my after lunch snack, and she asked to try one. She took her first bite and promptly asked if she could have more. Before I knew it, the plate was gone. She’s now…
Lest We Forget…
Posted in Military Life
Lest We Forget – Their Sacrifices Made Your destiny was fixed and carved in marble stone. Your fate changed time to an instant of thought, To save lives beyond that of your own. So when History calls, Time echoes the stories of the cost. Thus, we attentively join in praise and hymns to salute the memories of the lost. Oh lest we forget all the sacrifices made, Lest we forget why our freedom here still reigns, The price you paid to prevail against hate and tyranny. Lest we forget our smile is enjoyed because of you, So I pray the…
The Vintage Remedies Guide to: Real Food by Jessie Hawkins Book Description: VR Guide to Real Food is a paperback book on the current food industry, how it got here, how that impacts health and how to change. It includes tips for changing the diet to real foods on a budget, with kids, etc. It also covers 7 confusing foods such as seafood, meat and sweeteners. It ends with a guide to over 150 foods, including not only descriptions, but medicinal and nutritional benefits, how to select and purchase them and recipes to try out the new foods. End of…
His Truth is Marching On
Posted in Christian Life, and Military Life
Battle Hymn of the Republic (original version) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. (Chorus) Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His…