Wednesday, May 22, 2012
Image looking at your world in a divided way. Not letting everyone see every part of
you. If you are coming from Feathered
Hat Trading Company, you only ever saw my business side of me. If you are coming from Prepping with a
Budget, you are only seeing my prepper side.
Let us all be honest here, there are a lot of sides to me. Business and Prepping are only two sides,
where would I fit in the plain clothes I am trying to wear, what about the
fantastic recipes that I come up with.
They had no where to go. Even the
spiritual side of all of this, that simply was left out. So now I present to you my newest and
hopefully only blog. Every day I want to
share something with my readers about me, about my family, and about loving
family. So without further wait, let us
share the new blog.
Prepping with a
budget…
One of the basics of prepping is food storage.
Not just food storage in the freezer, but
making things shelf stable.
A vacuum sealer,
while we still have power, is a must.
I
love sealing all kinds of things, from dog food, to potato chips, to nuts.
I will tell you to make sure that you get a
sealer that can use the attachment hose, so you can seal up regular and wide
mouth canning jars.
Another one that my
family has found is two liter bottles.
If you have a loved one that likes to drink cola, root beer, ginger ale.
Keep the 2 liter bottles.
I use a funnel and when I buy my flour in
bulk, I am able to store it in the 2 liter bottles with one or two bay leaves.
Just make sure to rinse and dry the bottles
thoroughly.
There are a main place I
love to go for reference of food storage, it is Rainy Day Food Storage.
http://rainydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com/
they are amazing, their site is so full of information it is simply
awesome.
Learning to walk with
Jesus….
My pastor at my old church for the benediction at the end of
every service would say, “May the Lord
walk beside you to comfort you. May the Lord walk above you to
watch over you. May the Lord walk behind you to keep you safe. May the
Lord walk before you to show you the way.” At least something to that tune. I never really understood it until the last
year. God can lead us without us knowing
it. When I became pregnant with my
second baby it was a bit unknown exactly what his plan was. As my pregnancy went on, I became more and
more nervous. But I began to trust in
God, and his plan for my life. After the
birth of my son, I really understood what I was exactly to become. More of a servant to him and to spread his
love and word throughout the world. But
I did not know how to do this task.
People think that you always need money to great things. But our family has learned to make due or to
do without. My goings at church in my
youth had been frankly terrible, I remember very few older women whom made an
imprint on me. I honestly have very few
good memories of church in those years.
So when I wanted to go to church on Sundays, I would get so very anxious
about going. If the women were going to
talk behind my back. Were the people my
age going to find us weird and thus cast me and my family out.
These reservations within my own head, kept my family from
having a relationship with god, and that is who was really suffering. Once we found the church for us it was like
going to heaven every week. We saw
people, who cared about us, and who we care about back. That knowing a sermon is magical, when a 4
year old has to have the isle seat, that way she can watch the pastor preach.
God is not some untouchable person in the sky. God is within all of us, God WILL walk beside
us, and be our friend, God WILL walk above us to watch us, God WILL walk behind
us and keep us safe, and God WILL walk before us to guide us. It is just us who has to start trusting more.
Dignified in every
way….
Upon understanding that I had begun a relationship with god,
I started to feel bare, wearing pants to church started to bother me. Following that pants started to feel like
workshop vices, I could feel myself being tethered to the earth by ropes of
society. It even started to physically
hurt. I started to pray for guidance and
I then asked my husband. He said,
“Skirts are just fine, just make sure you do not wear it with tennis shoes or
t-shirts.”
These seemed like agreeable terms, so about a week ago I
began to change over all my clothes to skirts with only nicer tops. It was simply a miracle. Every day, every morning I put on my skirt
and my life feels complete. Everyday
when I take off my skirt, I fill fulfilled with god’s way.
I am not saying that everyone must wear skirts, but for me
it was a journey.
Merrily we sew along…
I did not get anything sewn for the store in the last week,
everything has been skirts for my daughter and I.
I will share with you my favorite pattern for
skirts here Simplicity 2184
http://www.simplicity.com/p-6072-misses-skirts.aspx
It is simply wonderful to wear this skirt, it hugs the hips just right, and
doesn’t make your back end look the size of Russia.
An easy 6 pieces it may take a novice 2 hours
to sew, but I can get one out in 45 minutes or so.
Sticking another
feather in your cap…
Learning is a never ending experience. If you stop learning, you will stop
living. One of my favorite things that I
have just learned is cake decorating. I
love to do it and people love to eat my cakes.
Now some recipes I will keep close to my heart, others I am very willing
to share. Let us talk about classic rice
crispy treats….
Rice Crispy Treats
3 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 package mini marshmallows
½ box of Rice Crispies
Simply Melt the butter on a medium heat, once the butter is
95% melted, add the marshmallows ¼ bag at a time. This will ensure that the marshmallows melt
thoroughly. Finally add the rice
crispies 2 cups at a time, it takes anywhere from 4 – 8 cups depending on how
thick you want the treats. I love to put
mine in a spring form pan and serve it up cake style.
