Also, canning fruit & canning vegetables..
And I shook hands with a Canadian to get a nice jarring fish tutorial! :-)
Saturday, February 28, 2009
10 free FHE activities to do
1. Disc Golf at Westchester Lagoon.
2. Bike the solar system from Kincade to downtown and back.
3. Fish at Ship Creek (for kids it's free anyways).
4. Blow/play with bubbles at a park - lots of them -
or food color spray snow (depending on the weather).
5. Race remote control cars around the track next to Loussac.
6. Picture (take digital cameras, pair off to find list) scavengar hunt.
7. Letterboxing.
8. Hike up near McCue Creek or Thunderbird falls.
9. Do the circuit training course at the Northern Lights park.
10. Feed the ducks bread at the car wash in Eagle River.
2. Bike the solar system from Kincade to downtown and back.
3. Fish at Ship Creek (for kids it's free anyways).
4. Blow/play with bubbles at a park - lots of them -
or food color spray snow (depending on the weather).
5. Race remote control cars around the track next to Loussac.
6. Picture (take digital cameras, pair off to find list) scavengar hunt.
7. Letterboxing.
8. Hike up near McCue Creek or Thunderbird falls.
9. Do the circuit training course at the Northern Lights park.
10. Feed the ducks bread at the car wash in Eagle River.
How to make your own cloth napkins (I am hoping to do this so we can use them soon).
Design Sponge Cloth Napkin Instructions.
I am starting with 5 bread machine recipes to learn
I am starting with 5 bread machine recipes to learn, then learn make them by hand!
All of these recipes were taken from a site labeled Bread Machine Recipes.
Heavenly Whole Wheat Bread
(1 Pound loaf)
3/4 cup Water
1 1/3 cups Whole wheat flour
2/3 cup Bread flour
1 teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Applesauce (butter)
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoons Instant Potato flakes
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast
Crust: light. Bake.
Aloha Loaf
1 cup Milk + 2 tbls
1/3 cup Macadamias — toasted
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1/3 cup Coconut — toasted
3/4 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 cups Bread flour
2 teaspoons Bread machine yeast
1/3 cup Candied pineapple — chopped
Add ingredients according to manufacturers directions, adding candied pineapple, nuts and coconut with flour. For machines with glass domes, cover dome (NOT VENTS!) with foil while baking to ensure complete baking. Basic/white bread cycle. Light color setting.
Colonial Bread
1 tablespoon Butter (applesauce)
1 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Molasses
1&1/2 cups Boiling water
1/3 cup Yellow corn meal
3&1/2 cups Bread flour
1 package Yeast
Place cornmeal into bowl. Carefully pour boiling water into cornmeal, stirring to make sure it is smooth. Let stand to cool for about 30 min.Stir in molasses, salt and butter. Place cornmeal mixture in pan, then bread flour then yeast. I use light setting.
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
2 1/4 teaspoons Yeast
3 cups Bread flour
4 tablespoons Rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 pinches Nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
2 tablespoons Brown sugar -- dark
3 tablespoons Powdered milk
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine
3/4 cup Sweet potatoes, cooked -- mashed
3/4 cup Water
3 tablespoons Raisins -- dark
1/3 cup Pecans -- chopped
Place all ingredients in machine and push start. Use raisin bread cycle, adding fruit and nuts at beep.
Cheese Herb Bread
1 1/8 cups Water
1 1/2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
3 tablespoons Fruit juice concentrate
1/2 cup Swiss -=OR=- cheddar cheese -- shredded
1/2 teaspoon Salt
3/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoons Grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon Basil
3/4 teaspoon Parsley flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons Vital gluten -- to 3 tbls
3 1/3 cups Whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast
Add ingredients according to manufacturer's directions. Medium color setting. Makes 1-1/2 lb loaf.
NOTE: Fruit juice concentrate (orange, apple etc..), thawed, is used in place of the fat here. Use butter if you desire, in its place.
All of these recipes were taken from a site labeled Bread Machine Recipes.
Heavenly Whole Wheat Bread
(1 Pound loaf)
3/4 cup Water
1 1/3 cups Whole wheat flour
2/3 cup Bread flour
1 teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Applesauce (butter)
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoons Instant Potato flakes
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast
Crust: light. Bake.
Aloha Loaf
1 cup Milk + 2 tbls
1/3 cup Macadamias — toasted
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1/3 cup Coconut — toasted
3/4 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 cups Bread flour
2 teaspoons Bread machine yeast
1/3 cup Candied pineapple — chopped
Add ingredients according to manufacturers directions, adding candied pineapple, nuts and coconut with flour. For machines with glass domes, cover dome (NOT VENTS!) with foil while baking to ensure complete baking. Basic/white bread cycle. Light color setting.
Colonial Bread
1 tablespoon Butter (applesauce)
1 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Molasses
1&1/2 cups Boiling water
1/3 cup Yellow corn meal
3&1/2 cups Bread flour
1 package Yeast
Place cornmeal into bowl. Carefully pour boiling water into cornmeal, stirring to make sure it is smooth. Let stand to cool for about 30 min.Stir in molasses, salt and butter. Place cornmeal mixture in pan, then bread flour then yeast. I use light setting.
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
2 1/4 teaspoons Yeast
3 cups Bread flour
4 tablespoons Rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 pinches Nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
2 tablespoons Brown sugar -- dark
3 tablespoons Powdered milk
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine
3/4 cup Sweet potatoes, cooked -- mashed
3/4 cup Water
3 tablespoons Raisins -- dark
1/3 cup Pecans -- chopped
Place all ingredients in machine and push start. Use raisin bread cycle, adding fruit and nuts at beep.
Cheese Herb Bread
1 1/8 cups Water
1 1/2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
3 tablespoons Fruit juice concentrate
1/2 cup Swiss -=OR=- cheddar cheese -- shredded
1/2 teaspoon Salt
3/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoons Grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon Basil
3/4 teaspoon Parsley flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons Vital gluten -- to 3 tbls
3 1/3 cups Whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast
Add ingredients according to manufacturer's directions. Medium color setting. Makes 1-1/2 lb loaf.
NOTE: Fruit juice concentrate (orange, apple etc..), thawed, is used in place of the fat here. Use butter if you desire, in its place.
Three (free) exercise videos I plan to use....
Exercise videos (gotta love the YouTube):
The Four Minute Workout:
Coupled with some workout ("dance") music from Pandora.com - a free radio (non-auditory commercials yeah) station site that picks music for you from a selected artist/song..really cool!
The Four Minute Workout:
beYou.tv has many videos to view and use.
A very good calorie burning workout:
Coupled with some workout ("dance") music from Pandora.com - a free radio (non-auditory commercials yeah) station site that picks music for you from a selected artist/song..really cool!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Homemade for Men
Another idea for a homemade gift for men: Shaving Soap Recipe!
Additional ideas for shaving soap.
He can make a science lab notebook and give it to the children with the idea he will do them with them...
A "Pop" Tub: Flavored popcorn and some soda pops and a Popsicle frame in a tub.
One last idea site: Happybird's Crafting
Alright back to "work" I go.
Additional ideas for shaving soap.
A heat bond neck tie idea where the kids add their designs
or a duct tape neck tie!
A recipe (note) book with recipes for BBQ sauces, marinades, stir fry sauce, salsa ideas, and last but not least fish toppings! (Maybe with a homemade apron/ chef's hat and mitt?)
A hat organizer would be nice...if he'll use it! :-)
A skin moisturizer:
Oddly enough, one of the most-requested gifts I do is 'boy balm and leather food' which is a very tough sounding name for a beeswax and olive oil balm I invented (I use a 1:1 ratio of wax to oil, and pour it into little Tupperware containers) that's scented with clove, amber, and cinnamon, or balsam (fir) and cedar essential oils...
every one of them uses it as suggested-lip balm, hand cream, something to deal with that dry flaky spot between their eyebrows, a swipe on a paper towel is all the polishing most leather goods really need (it IS skin, after all)...
He can make a science lab notebook and give it to the children with the idea he will do them with them...
A "Pop" Tub: Flavored popcorn and some soda pops and a Popsicle frame in a tub.
One last idea site: Happybird's Crafting
Alright back to "work" I go.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Homemade Gift Ideas
Aha! I found a fabulous site which lists homemade gift ideas and they are nice looking ones at that:
Skip to my Lou
and ideas at
Simple Debt Free Living
and ohhhh I loooove this site:
The ToyMaker
Skip to my Lou
and ideas at
Simple Debt Free Living
and ohhhh I loooove this site:
The ToyMaker
I am putting myself on hold until my husband finishes school. Is that bad? I don't know but I sure am not able to get much done as of now. I think I will concentrate on things such as housekeeping and organizing so that when he is done, I can concentrate more on my physical appearance and upkeep as well as major monetary things. He should be done in June. I think that is a perfect time of year to get a little more pep in my step - don't you?! This is not to say I am holding off all my goals listed, just the ones which require lots of time and more than spare change from my pocket.
I have around 10 workout videos to pick from to get moving. I am going to just push the couch to the side and start moving to them. My baby boy takes a nap in the a.m., and my sweet girl loves to "workout" with me. I found someone to go walking with me at night. I am excited for that and to be able to just walk. No running yet (although I love me a good lung-burning run now and then)!
Anxious is how I feel lately. So much in my little world to feel anxious about on top of the national anxiety of a falling economy, the doomsday media and people speaking of preparation before depression, and the stress heard of round the world chaos. I recently spoke with our ward missionaries about the pressure and how it seems to get to me. One simply stated, "isn't it nice to know if you've prepared, the Lord will take you the rest of the way?" I am so grateful for their dedication to the Lord and desire to teach others about the gospel and His plan. They sure helped me to see the light and feel less pressure for myself. We can take ourselves as far as we can mentally and physically go, and then we need to let the Lord help us do the rest. Whew. The Lord is exactly as we call Him, our Saviour.
I have around 10 workout videos to pick from to get moving. I am going to just push the couch to the side and start moving to them. My baby boy takes a nap in the a.m., and my sweet girl loves to "workout" with me. I found someone to go walking with me at night. I am excited for that and to be able to just walk. No running yet (although I love me a good lung-burning run now and then)!
Anxious is how I feel lately. So much in my little world to feel anxious about on top of the national anxiety of a falling economy, the doomsday media and people speaking of preparation before depression, and the stress heard of round the world chaos. I recently spoke with our ward missionaries about the pressure and how it seems to get to me. One simply stated, "isn't it nice to know if you've prepared, the Lord will take you the rest of the way?" I am so grateful for their dedication to the Lord and desire to teach others about the gospel and His plan. They sure helped me to see the light and feel less pressure for myself. We can take ourselves as far as we can mentally and physically go, and then we need to let the Lord help us do the rest. Whew. The Lord is exactly as we call Him, our Saviour.
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