:~:Just Another Post:~:

 ~ It seems to be quite busy around here. Or I just haven't been able to find the time to blog in the past couple days. Sometimes (a lot of the time) I wish there could be more time in the day to read or write or cook, but there just isn't. That is why it is so imperative to use the time you do have wisely.
"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is."

                                     -Ephesians 5:15-17 



~ This (below) is a picture of, really, an amazing project I recently finished for school. It was called my "Proverbs Project," and there were many options to choose from. I chose to, while reading Proverbs, pick and choose my favorite of the wonderful proverbs. I would then write a paragraph about the proverb, how I interpret it, how it applies to my life, and how I want to live out the proverb each day. It was really an interesting project.

                                     

 

~ Cooking is one of my most favorite things to do - if you haven't yet noticed by the recipes that I post. I love baking desserts! It is one of my absolute favorites. I have recently tried out this cookie recipe from one of my Amish cookbooks from the library, and it was *extremely* successful! They are *so* delightful to the taste buds. Next time I am planning on making them a little smaller though. :o)

 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

 

 

Ingredients:

 

2 cups flours

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup shortening, or butter (2 sticks), softened

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup chopped, unsalted peanuts, optional

(I did not use peanuts)

 

Instructions:

 

 

1. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in medium-sized bowl. Set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl, cream together sugars and shortening (butter).

3. Add eggs and vanilla to creamed mixture. Beat until fluffy.

4. Stir in peanut butter.

5. Add sifted ingredients and mix well.

6. Stir in chocolate chips and peanuts, if you wish.

 

 

7. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well-greased cookie sheets. 

 8. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Or until golden brown around edges.

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 ~ This morning I walked upstairs to see this beautiful sunrise peeking in through the window.

 ~ This is Darcy; we are dogsitting her for the week. It is so lovely to have a smaller dog who can just jump up on you and snuggle in your warm lap. :o)

~ After my brother and I were finished with school for the day, we went exploring in our backyard where there is a big field and this iced-over pond. I thought this was such a wonderful angle for the picture, but the colors were much prettier in person.

~ Still reading The Redemption of Sarah Cain. :o) This is my first time reading Beverly Lewis. I have to say that I really like her writing. I think I want to read the book The Confession next.

~ Reading this quote for the first time:

 

 “The best thing you can do for your fellow next to rousing his conscience, is —
not to give him things to think about -
but to wake things up that are in him;
or say, to make him think things for himself.”

 

 ~ George MacDonald

 

~Yesterday, when going to homeschoolers at the library, we made "homemade" root beer, butter, and snow ice cream. It was quite interesting to learn the history behind some things, like the root beer. The reason I put quotations around "homemade" is because we used root beer extract. We didn't actually use the root of a sarsaparilla plant to make it, which is one of the things they would have used. Root beer was originally called sarsaparilla. If men didn't want an alcoholic drink when going to the saloon, they would ask for a sarsaparilla.