Monday, June 30, 2008
I met the most amazing black preacher at Smith's Grocery Store the other day. We talked for 30 minutes at our cars. And when it was over I wanted to be a better person and have a better relationship with my Savior. He touched my life. When we first started talking he said " You know your Savior don't you." And I ofcourse said yes. And he said " I can tell, that is what has connected us here today." We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the last days and wanting to be more pure so we can have his spirit to be with us more and how much we need to bring people to Him and how we need to bring as many people to Heaven as we can. As he said " We need to bring EVERYBODY!" I am so grateful for this experience! I truly felt that he was my brother and I had known him my whole life, or maybe longer. He said" There is a reason for everything miss Lisa, maybe there was a reason we met today." I beleive this. I want to make people feel the way he made me feel. Like I can be a little bit better tomorrow.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
This is so funny, because this is very true about me. I think it describes me pretty well!
You Are Mulan!
Which Disney Princess Are You?
You Are Mulan!
Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.
Which Disney Princess Are You?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
PIANO
This is my "new" 1935 piano! I can't believe I havn't blogged about this. It was a total blessing! I found it for free at a garage sale and I just need to finish stripping the paint and stain it! I love having piano music in my house again. I cried when the piano tuner finished and played it! He thought I was a little crazy!
This is my "new" 1935 piano! I can't believe I havn't blogged about this. It was a total blessing! I found it for free at a garage sale and I just need to finish stripping the paint and stain it! I love having piano music in my house again. I cried when the piano tuner finished and played it! He thought I was a little crazy!
Friday, June 20, 2008
2008 2 year old and 4 year old pictures!!!! I LOVE MY SWEET BOYS!
I can't decide between the one above this writing and the one below. Please give an opinion. I am going to have them blown up and printed and I can't decide which one I like better.
Isaac looks so much like a grown up boy it is kind-of freaking me out!
I can't decide between the one above this writing and the one below. Please give an opinion. I am going to have them blown up and printed and I can't decide which one I like better.
Isaac looks so much like a grown up boy it is kind-of freaking me out!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Isaac's new funny!
So Isaac says the most crazy things and so I am always asking him " Where did you learn that or where did you hear that."
So now if I tell Isaac something normal, like " GO potty before you go to bed or eat all your veggies" then he looks at me with this shocked face and asks "Mom, where did you learn that?!?!?" Try to answer that obvious question!
So Isaac says the most crazy things and so I am always asking him " Where did you learn that or where did you hear that."
So now if I tell Isaac something normal, like " GO potty before you go to bed or eat all your veggies" then he looks at me with this shocked face and asks "Mom, where did you learn that?!?!?" Try to answer that obvious question!
SUCCESSFULL HOMEMADE WHEAT BREAD!
So, sorry no picture, but I have to write about this for my own looking back sake. I have been putting off making bread for so long (even though I have really wanted to), because I hear so many horror stories about it and how it's different every time and how dry it is or crumbly or just doesn't taste good.
Well, I got my mom's recipe via my older sister Cara, because my mom says Cara's bread turns out better. I bought 400lbs. of white wheat which I heard has the same amount of nutrients as red wheat but just has a lighter flavor. Anyway, I ground a bunch at my friends house and made it from the freshly ground flour. I followed Cara's recipe almost exactly except for a few things. And I have to say......... IT IS INCREDIBLE! It's too good. That is all I want to eat and I can feel those carb packed pounds piling on but it is so tempting. It is so chewy and moist and dense. I don't like fluffy airy bread. I like it heavy and dense. And that is exactly how this turned out. It has such a good flavor and there is absolutely no crumbling or crusting or flaking! I have done it now the same twice. I will keep my fingers crossed. I will say this....... the bread doesn't look quite as good as it tastes. That is something I majorly need to practice. The loaves look pretty sad, but I guess I don't really care as long as it tastes good.
So, here is the recipe according to Cara and I wrote near it how I changed it.
Nona's Wheat Bread
5 cups warm water (not so hot that you can't touch it)
3 Tbsp yeast
2 Tbsp salt
2/3 cup honey
2/3 oil ( she uses canola, I used olive: I think that is what made it so moist)
I do 1/3 oil then 1/3 honey etc. so the honey doesn't stick to the measuring cup
Turn the Bosch on for a few second just to mix it up then let that sit and goo for a while, maybe 10-15 minutes, until it start to look really bubbly and smell yeasty. Put the flour guard lid on, turn the Bosch on 1 and add all the wheat flour first. I've been doing 9 cups (I added 10). Then add about 2 1/2 cups white flour (I only did 2 white), just until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn the Bosch to 2 and let it knead for 10 minutes. I check it after about a minute because sometimes I haven't put enough flour and the dough isn't staying together, it's spreading up the sides of the bowl. When 10 min. is up turn it off, prop the lid slightly open and let it rise until its about 2 inches above the top of the bowl. ( I only let it rise until it's beneath the top of the bowl) In the meantime grease 5 loaf pans with shortening and use plenty.
When the bread is done rising I pour a puddle of oil on the counter about the size of a softball, get some on my hands and pull the dough out of the bowl onto the counter. I just kind of rub it around until it's all covered with oil. Then I divide it into the loaf pans, cover them with towels and let them raise again. After about 20 min. I turn the oven on to 350, 15-20 min later I put the bread in all at the same time and cook it for about 27 minutes. As soon as it's done I run a cube of better over the top of each loaf, just enough to soften it up a little.
( I did this part different. I preheated the oven right after I put the dough in the pans and set the pans on the oven with a towel over them while they raised. I only let them raise for about 15-20 min total and only until they were again beneath the top of the pans. I then cooked them on 300 for about 30-35 minutes.)
DELICIOUS!
So, sorry no picture, but I have to write about this for my own looking back sake. I have been putting off making bread for so long (even though I have really wanted to), because I hear so many horror stories about it and how it's different every time and how dry it is or crumbly or just doesn't taste good.
Well, I got my mom's recipe via my older sister Cara, because my mom says Cara's bread turns out better. I bought 400lbs. of white wheat which I heard has the same amount of nutrients as red wheat but just has a lighter flavor. Anyway, I ground a bunch at my friends house and made it from the freshly ground flour. I followed Cara's recipe almost exactly except for a few things. And I have to say......... IT IS INCREDIBLE! It's too good. That is all I want to eat and I can feel those carb packed pounds piling on but it is so tempting. It is so chewy and moist and dense. I don't like fluffy airy bread. I like it heavy and dense. And that is exactly how this turned out. It has such a good flavor and there is absolutely no crumbling or crusting or flaking! I have done it now the same twice. I will keep my fingers crossed. I will say this....... the bread doesn't look quite as good as it tastes. That is something I majorly need to practice. The loaves look pretty sad, but I guess I don't really care as long as it tastes good.
So, here is the recipe according to Cara and I wrote near it how I changed it.
Nona's Wheat Bread
5 cups warm water (not so hot that you can't touch it)
3 Tbsp yeast
2 Tbsp salt
2/3 cup honey
2/3 oil ( she uses canola, I used olive: I think that is what made it so moist)
I do 1/3 oil then 1/3 honey etc. so the honey doesn't stick to the measuring cup
Turn the Bosch on for a few second just to mix it up then let that sit and goo for a while, maybe 10-15 minutes, until it start to look really bubbly and smell yeasty. Put the flour guard lid on, turn the Bosch on 1 and add all the wheat flour first. I've been doing 9 cups (I added 10). Then add about 2 1/2 cups white flour (I only did 2 white), just until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn the Bosch to 2 and let it knead for 10 minutes. I check it after about a minute because sometimes I haven't put enough flour and the dough isn't staying together, it's spreading up the sides of the bowl. When 10 min. is up turn it off, prop the lid slightly open and let it rise until its about 2 inches above the top of the bowl. ( I only let it rise until it's beneath the top of the bowl) In the meantime grease 5 loaf pans with shortening and use plenty.
When the bread is done rising I pour a puddle of oil on the counter about the size of a softball, get some on my hands and pull the dough out of the bowl onto the counter. I just kind of rub it around until it's all covered with oil. Then I divide it into the loaf pans, cover them with towels and let them raise again. After about 20 min. I turn the oven on to 350, 15-20 min later I put the bread in all at the same time and cook it for about 27 minutes. As soon as it's done I run a cube of better over the top of each loaf, just enough to soften it up a little.
( I did this part different. I preheated the oven right after I put the dough in the pans and set the pans on the oven with a towel over them while they raised. I only let them raise for about 15-20 min total and only until they were again beneath the top of the pans. I then cooked them on 300 for about 30-35 minutes.)
DELICIOUS!
Saturday, June 07, 2008
A TRUE WOMAN OF GOD
I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk’s lawn.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone’s garden.
I want to be there with children’s sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.
(Desert Saints magazine, p. 8, May 2004, attributed to Marjorie Pay Hinckley)
I stole this quote from my friend's blog (sorry Emilee). I think I have heard this before, but my heart yearns to be this. I think I go from minute to minute between these two different women. I never want to loose this perspective. I love Sister Hinckley. She was am amazing woman. She probably didn't let he own projects and wishes and to-do lists come before her children. I hope I can really learn from this.
I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk’s lawn.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone’s garden.
I want to be there with children’s sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.
(Desert Saints magazine, p. 8, May 2004, attributed to Marjorie Pay Hinckley)
I stole this quote from my friend's blog (sorry Emilee). I think I have heard this before, but my heart yearns to be this. I think I go from minute to minute between these two different women. I never want to loose this perspective. I love Sister Hinckley. She was am amazing woman. She probably didn't let he own projects and wishes and to-do lists come before her children. I hope I can really learn from this.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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