Bible Study and sourdough starter

good morning my beautiful lovelies.           I pray that you are doing well and that you are enjoying your day where ever you are on this globe.         I pray that you can say that God is good.         I woke up this morning, God is good!!!       the sun is shining brightly today and it give hope and great anticipation for warmer days and spring approaching.        sadly though, it's still cold.        but the sun will feel good when we get out in a few minutes for our walk this morning.       we let it warm up a little before we get out.        when it gets warmer, we'll go walk as soon as we get up and then have the rest of our day to do what ever we need to do.         I like walking early and getting it over with so it's not something we have to remember to do before it gets too hot.       it won't be long until I'll start setting my hydroponics up to get seeds started for my garden.        I'm looking forward to my garden this year and I just pray that God will continue to bless my efforts.        I hope you are looking forward to spring too.        but, until then, we'll enjoy the days as they come.        sounds like a good plan to me.         so, lets enjoy today!!!

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we're still in Leviticus.        Chapter 24 is where we pick up today.         it's really hard to describe what's taking place in all of this.          my take on this is all the laws that God is giving to His people.        He wants his people to different and set apart from all the pagans that are in the country.          this side of the cross, God has called us out to different and set apart from the rest of the lost world, of let's just go ahead and say it, different from the pagans around us.         we don't think of the lost world today as being pagans, but they are.         when the inside of the church resembles pictures of night club and the ear bursting music and people dancing and screaming, that's chaotic at best.        and no, I've never been to one of those churches and with that as an option, I'll stay home.        when the inside of the church looks like the local bar, then it's pagan.          and I can assure you that Jesus is on the outside knocking, wanting to come in, but no one in the church recognizes Christ.         all the laws was to show us how badly we needed a Savior.         Jesus said, "love God and love your neighbor as yourself".         that summed up all the laws that God put before the Israelites.         Jesus didn't do away with Gods laws, He lumped them into 2 thinks to do.         I believe when we love God and love our neighbor as our self, that covers it all.          sounds too simple.         but then again, people want to be the biggest part of their own salvation by "doing" it all themselves.          there's nothing that you or I bring to the table when it comes to our salvation.        God does it all, thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

at the end of Chapter 24, it's talking about taking human life.  God says one life for a life.       this is where this country and all the other countries on the globe will have to answer to God someday for all the lives that have been taken due to abortions!!!!          for all the people that have actively taken part in and all the rioting that has taken place for women to have womens health rights, you will pay dearly for all this.        if you are woman and you care about your health, you might consider a little modesty and just say no when it comes to have sex with anything that looks at you.       you might consider finding a good Godly church, instead of the night clubs you attend.         act like a woman.        if your health is of importance to you, then keep your legs closed.         there, I said it.        look in the what an abortion actually does to your health.        

Chapter 25 is going into resting the land and returning what has bought to the original owners.        I don't understand all of this.         I make no pretenses that I understand it all.         one thing I do know and realize is that we own nothing.         it all belongs to God, He owns it all.         what little I have is mine till I lay down in rest and then someone else will have it till they lay down in rest.         it all belongs to God.          my husband always says not to get attached to temporary things.        and all of this is temporary.           but for today, if you're in a business deal with someone, be honest.        pay your debts, don't steal, don't try to get rich off the backs of the working poor.         these are some lessons that could be put into place in our local governments.         but politicians wants as much of your money in the form of tax dollars as they can get.         they haven't learned the concept of not living above your means.          or if you don't have the money for, you don't buy it.          the govt will just raise taxes on the poor to get what they want.         we see that all the time and with the housing mkt today, people can't afford a roof over their heads.          hell keeps getting hotter.           we have to keep our eye on our Redeemer, Jesus Christ!!!

Gods just wants our obedience!!!          when we are obedient to Him, He will bless us.          but there are stubborn strong willed people that will not be told what to do.          so be it.           disobedience has a price to pay.

next we go into Numbers, a book about, you guessed it numbers.         counting all the people of that are ready to cross over to the promised land.          like doing the modern day census taking.         every family was counted except the Levites.         they were set apart to do the work of the Lord.

Numbers chapter 5 is a chapter on adultery, unfaithfulness and how to see if the wife has been unfaithful.         I've always found this a little curious, but I'll not question God on the matter.        He knows His intentions in all things.

Chapter 6 is concerning the laws of Nazarites and well see a prominent Nazarite on into the bible as we read more.         this is where we'll call it for today.

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let's go back to the kitchen for a "2 minutes in the kitchen with me", again.  

first off, my sourdough is in a fancy new container gifted to me by my bestie in arizona, thank you Sylvia, I love it!!!!!          it's perfect and so nice!!            now "Stinky Bubbles" has a forever home.

I had used the last of our sourdough mini loaves yesterday for our lunch, so I had to get my starter from the fridge and get it up to room temperature.

once it was at room temperature, I fed it before bed time and let it set on the counter overnight.

it rose well, so it will be ready to make dough tonight and let it sit out again all night and rise and then first thing in the morning, I'll work it up and divide it and make my 3 mini loaves and let them rise and then bake them.       so good!!!

it's good and bubbly, ready to make a dough, but I'll wait alittle later, closer to bed time and then it can ferment all night long.

it's ready to be stirred down and I'll do that after supper and get my dough made to rise overnight.       when the bread is done, I'll share pics, if I remember to take them.         hahaha

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I pray that you have a blessed day ahead of you.        prayers of blessings, mercy and grace be ours today as we move into the day.     let us thank God for and be grateful to be a part of it.        God is good!!!!!!         hugs and love to all, patty

Bible Study and stuffed salmon

good morning my sweet friends.          I pray all is well in your world today.         so far, it seems pretty quiet in my neck of the woods.          it's not as cold this morning as it was yesterday morning and I'm happy about that.        I have sourdough on the counter proofing and later I'll get the loaves made and let them rise and bake them.          the only reason I mention that is because I can smell the rising dough from where I'm sitting and my husband can too.         he mentioned it earlier and said that he smells something that will be delicious.        and it will be.       we have an errand to run today so I'm trying to get everything done that I can and then when we get back, I can get right to making my mini loaves of bread.         if I can remember, I'll share pics of my bread.          

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so I made the weekly trip to aldi yesterday and I got something I have never gotten before.        but I can say emphatically, that I will be getting this again!!!           we both enjoyed it so much and it was a very nice meal in the comfort of my own home, which I also love!!! 

a couple of weeks ago as I was walking thru the store and found my way to the fresh meat dept, I walked by the fresh salmon slabs to check the prices.         a lady was standing there and she looked around and she asked if I had ever tried the stuffed salmon.          I told her that I had not, just because it was plain, with no seasoning, and I didn't want to mess up the stuffing by putting something on it.

she said, oh you can brush or sprinkle on any seasoning you like and just keep it off the stuffing.       I said, well why hadn't I thought of that?         I had a lot of groceries already, so I made a mental note and finished up and left.       so for the last 2 weeks I've thought about that.

so when I went yesterday, I didn't have a huge amt of groceries to get, so I picked up a pkg of the stuffed salmon.           when supper rolled around, I done as the instruction said and put it in the preheated 375 degree oven for 20 minutes and I used the air fryer to toast up our potatoes bites.         hubby had russet potato bites seasoned with onion and garlic.        I had sweet potatoes seasoned with onion and garlic.     I make these from scratch and keep them in the fridge ready to blasted in the air fryer.     delicious!!!

when I got supper ready, not only was it beautiful, but wowzers, it was delicious!!!!!!!         I can tell you for sure that these will be on my weekly grocery list from now on.         we both just absolutely enjoyed them so much!!          I'm sorry that I didn't take a picture of them, but I will next time.        so I went to the website and took a couple of pics and thought I'd share them so you'll know what to look for.          run, don't walk, to your nearest aldi.         just don't go to mine and buy it all out!!!         I'll hunt you down!!!!         hahahahaha         naw, I was just kidding about that, but don't buy them all out, let others see how wonderful they are.       hahaha

this is what to look for.         I may get a couple next time and put one in the freezer to see how they do from frozen.

this is what it looks like cooked.           like I said, this is pics pulled from their product area.         I use aldi brad teriyaki sauce and that's what I put on the salmon part of ours and wow wee, was it ever good!!!         the pics are pixelated due to taking a pic with my cell phone, from my computer screen.

while it worked really well in the oven, I'll be trying it in the air fryer next time.         

if you like salmon, this is for you.        I really wish I had some for lunch today.        hahaha           but I will go to getting this when I don't have a huge grocery bill and put a pkg in the freezer along.        I can't wait to have it again.        and I may even try to figure out a stuffing mix to make my own.

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picking back up at Leviticus Chapter 18,  we are still looking at the laws that God is giving His people to live moral lives and not live the way the Egyptians did.         God wanted His people to be set apart and live lives based on the commitment they had made to Him.           sexually pure lives are hard to come by these days, we see it at every turn, with every ad, on every tv program.         immorality at it's best and God expects His people to live lives differently.         the question is; do we?          I don't think so and it shows in the number of broken families, in the number of people that think homosexuality is fine,  homosexuality praised and pushed in many churches and many other ways.          the church should look different than the world, but it doesn't.  a worldly church is a church without Christ and a worldly christian is a lost christian, doomed for hell.

Chapter 19 has a peculiar verse in it.  verse 31.      look at that verse.        do you check out your horoscope when you get the chance to?         I used to also.        not any more, since I read that verse about 20 to 25 years ago.         we defile ourselves by doing that.        ouija boards, reading tea leaves, tarot cards and the like have no place in the life of Christian.          doing these things is considered prostitution.          God actually said that people doing these things are to be put to death in chapter 20. 

Chapter 20 speaks on human sacrifice.          that's a big one for us.         abortion is human sacrifice to cover up the fact that people want to sin, people love to sin, people are addicted to sin and they will easily kill a child because of that sin.         since the 1970's there have been multiple millions of baby's killed, ripped right from the womb.         drs, nurses, women, men; all who have played and are still playing their roles in this atrocity will be held accountable for it.         and I believe that this country is being held accountable for some of it now.         if you can't stop your addiction of having illicit sex with anything that moves, at least go to one of the quacks that does the abortions and get your tubes tied.    at least you won't be murdering babies.   

Chapter 23 speak of the Holy Days that they are to remember.          each appointed time has a significant meaning for the Israelites and they are to remember those appointed times.        now, for us as Christians, what do remember to keep holy, the easter bunny, santa clause and spooks and goblins.       isn't that a shame that right here in our bibles we have the days that are to be remembered.         fast forward to Jesus.          what are the holy days He celebrated and remembered, the ones mentioned right here in verse 23.

Chapter 24 is more laws and if you ever wondered where "an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth" came from, right here is where that came from.       and cursing God and taking His name in vain, right in this chapter tells what to do with one who does that.        people say anything and get away with it.        well, maybe they don't, because there is a hell.         that's about it for today.

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well, I guess I sign off here for the time being.          I hope and pray that when we sit down with God's word that we ask Him to show us what He wants us to see.        if we do that, we'll always see the things in His word that will help us live lives that are pleasing to Him.         we can't do that without Him in our lives.         He has to be the driving force behind everything we do, otherwise, it's all useless and a waste of our time.          let's keep Christ at the forefront of all we do and ask Him to help us see the world thru His eyes.         be ready to have your heart broken too, when we ask to see what He sees.         it's not a pretty place we live in.         lots of evil wicked people and it should break our hearts.        

I pray that we all have a blessed and abundant day ahead of us.        keep Christ at the forefront of it all and it will be spectacular.        blessings of love, peace and joy be yours.          hugs, patty

Bible Study and Homemade Greek Yogurt

good morning my sweet friends.          it is another brisk, cool morning in my neck of the woods.         as I sit here typing, I do notice it to be unusually quiet.         I don't hear any traffic going by, close, or out on the highway.          I haven't heard the train go by this morning and that's unusual.          I haven't heard an dogs barking and that even more unusual.         hahaha          there's usually some birds out doing their birdy things, but I think everything and everyone has decided to be quiet until it warms up a little bit.         I told someone I was ready to get my money back on the first 2 weeks of the year.    hahaha          oh well, if I know me, and I do, I know will be all too soon that I'll be complaining about the heat.        hahaha         I'll bet some of y'all will too.          well, I'm about ready to start my day.    Lord, let's make it a great day today.  

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picking back up at Leviticus 8, something has really stood out to me.           there are lots of laws, lots of blood, lots of sacrifice and just lots to do to be in right relationship with the I AM THAT I AM.       there just is.          the thing that struck me is this.          how willing are we to be in complete obedience with our Father God?         in and of ourselves, there is NO way could ever follow all of these laws.         we just couldn't.         right here, in this midst of following all that God had required, we see that as we are, in the flesh, there's no way we could ever follow the law closely enough to be in right relationship with our Father.        praise Him for the Cross of Christ!!        they built the tabernacle to God's specifications, they were obedient to God.         this side of the Cross, if we know Christ as Lord and Savior, we are the tabernacle for Holy Spirit to reside in at all times.      

we see that 2 of Aarons sons were killed by God for offering strange fire to God.         they done something that God had not told them to do.         that was another hard lesson learned.        I don't fully understand all this, I just keep saying that I'm happy to be on this side of the Cross of Christ.

one of the things we see in some of these chapters is putting blood on the right ear lobe, on the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot.        the significance of this is to be in obedience of hearing the commands of God, doing the commands of God and walking out the commands of God.         may our eyes always see what God puts before us, may our hands always want to serve those as God commands and may our feet take us to greatest need that God has put before us.  may be do all that He has planned for us to do, thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ.        may we see, do and go as God directs us.

as I continue to read Leviticus, I'm so thankful for the Cross.         I think this is one of the main things that I'm taking away, this time, from the book of Leviticus.         Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for me.   Praise God!!!!           Blood has always been identified with life.         when Jesus shed His life's blood for me, that was enough.         

all of this is hard for me to reconcile my brain, so since I don't fully understand it all, I try to focus on and be grateful for the shed blood of my Savior.         I don't know why He done it for me, but I'm sure thankful today that He did.          thank You Jesus!!!!

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let's do this again.         you know the drill by now.          you know, "2 minutes in the kitchen with me", yeah, that's what I'm talking about.          hahaha            I had used just about all my lsst batch of yogurt, so this time I decided once the yogurt was made, I'd make some greek yogurt.          I make my yogurt in my instant pot using the cold start method.           see how thick it just after about 15 hours.

so once I seen how thick it was and done a little taste of it, it was ready to strain.         I used my strainer basket lined with a flour sack towel and twisted up the excess towel and laid it on top of the yogurt.  if you let tail of the flour sack towel hang out in the fridge, the whey will get all over your shelves.        I learned that the hard way.        hahaha

the below pic is what the yogurt looks like after about 5 hours in the fridge, it was ready to come out and put in a bowl.          it's thick like sour cream, actually thicker.           and it is so darn good.

so this is what it looks like in the bowl.           it's so thick and rich and creamy.  

this is a pic of the greek yogurt and the whey.             I'll use some of the whey to help make the next batch yogurt.        I'll use some of it a batch of bread.          you can use it in just about anything, like using it in soups or beans, cooking pasta and potatoes.         just put it in anything really.     

this little batch of yogurt will last me about a week.         so I'll be making more soon.        I hope if you've never tried making yogurt before, that you'll give it a try.      it just takes a little time.        that's why I start it later in the evening and then it will be ready to sometime in the morning.         give it a try soon, you'll love it.            and I have to say that this is one of the best batches of greek yogurt I've ever made.         it's not gonna last a week.            hahaha

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well, that's just about all I have today.         let's pray for those that need our prayers.        all the sickness going around, people having lost loved ones, all the fires in California, the people in North Carolina that are still dealing with the ravages of Helene and all the other people dealing with weather related problems.        if we're not dealing with something like that, just be thankful.       there is so much to be in prayer for and that's one way we can be in obedience to the Lord.       I hope you seen something here today that you enjoyed.         I hope you're reading the bible thru from front to back this year.        I pray that you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior!!!!         may you be blessed beyond measure today and every day.         hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and some delectable treats

good morning my beautiful friends, from my frozen neck of the woods.          hahaha         it's a cool, cold, icy, bitter, brisk winter morning out on my little frozen part of the world.          hahaha      drama, drama, drama!!           ok, 12 degrees.          not the coldest it's ever been, but I AM READY FOR SPRING!!!!!!          yes, I am.      but till then, I'll have to deal with the temps as best as I can.         you know, I don't know why we can't go back to the summer of '24 and take all those days that was over 100 degrees and take off some of those temps and bring that heat forward and put it onto our bitter cold 2025 days.         I'm going to check into that and see if it can be done.        I just know it can be.         hahahaha

nah, that's just me being silly again, but I'll bet I'm not the only person that has thought of that.       hahaha            probably the only person goofy enough to put it in writing.         hahahaha         well, if anyone figures out how to do it, you read the idea here first!!!!          hahaha

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we are starting in the book of Leviticus today.          I don't know how in depth I'll get with my journaling of all the laws that God is giving to Moses.          we'll just have to wait and see about that.

after reading the first 7 chapters, we can see how involved all of these offerings were.        to say the least, sin is a bloody mess.         it truly is.       we see it every time we turn on the news.         we see hard hearts with the intention of harming others.        I have to say that I'm thankful to have been born on this side of the cross.        reading about all the offerings/sacrifices,  I would have been doomed for hell because I could not have kept it all straight.      I'm so thankful that God came down to us in the form of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and died on the cross 1 time, to be the sacrifice for all humanity from that day forward.       I take the cross and what it means for me, for granted sometimes.         I guess we all do, but when I read about all the laws for all the different sacrifices to be made for the different types sin, I'm so thankful that Jesus is my covering and sacrifice and that He is the pleasing aroma that goes to nostrils of our Father.        otherwise, we would all be doomed.          

Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice for such a one who is so un-worthy of your sacrifice.         may I live my life for You and point others to You on a daily basis.       amen!!

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my husband got out and shoveled snow on saturday  afternoon and while he was out, I was working inside making him a treat .          white almond bark and crushed candy canes.            put in the fridge to set up.   

this one is chocolate almond bark with pepita seeds and salted caramel sprinkles.          this was his favorite, but he really like the white bark too.

this is bot them set up and ready to be cut into pieces.

this is a close up of the chocolate.      the pepitas  was really good in this.

the peppermint bark is delicious.       we both enjoyed it a lot.

both containers with our little dab of goodies.

this was really delicious and easy to make.             using aldi almond bark made it a snap.            for each kind, I just used 3 squares of the almond bark and then whatever looked like a good amt of the broken candy canes and pepitas.          the pepitas also came from aldi.

just pop the almond bark in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time and when it starts melting, stir it between the 30 second intervals and when it's all melted and smooth, stir in  your add-ins and then pour it out on a parchment lined cookie sheet.        spread it out as evenly as possible and put in the fridge for a couple of hours or longer and then take it out and cut or break it into pieces.        it's delicious!!

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well folks, I pray that our day is blessed and led by the right hand of our loving Father.         may we all be found serving Him in every action and reaction made today.        I hope you're reading along with me and enjoying the process of reading thru Bible in a year or less.       I hope you let the Lord speak to you as you're doing so.         the bible is as relevant today as it was the day God inspired His word to be written.        

have a blessed day.         may mercy and grace ours today.         hugs and love, patty

Bible Study, bread, bread and more bread

good afternoon dear ones!!!!!           the weather cleared and we got to make the trip to see my sweet Momma and that always does my heart and soul good, just to lay eyes on her.        she's doing pretty good.          she just keeps plugging along and God keeps helping her.          to that, I say, amen and amen.         Lord, please keep blessing her daily and I'll always praise you for that.

when we got back home, I fixed a bite for a very late lunch and it's was good and will be just enough to push us thru till suppertime.        woohoo!!         yup, you guessed it, eating is our favorite past time.     it must be, that's all I ever talk about.           hahahaha    that's ok, we all eat.  

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so, I baked more bread Saturday.            that makes 3 batches of brioche buns in the bread machine in 3 days.           I like having several days worth of buns in the freezer.         that makes it very easy to thaw and bake as needed.          for this batch, as you can see, I made 11 buns for the freezer and then the other 4 buns was turned into mini hot dog buns and faux bagels.

I had gotten the baguette pan sometime here back and forgot about it and finally dug it out and used it.   it worked well for the minis and I'm sure it will work equally well for large full sized hotdog buns.     for these, I took the dough for 1 regular bun and made 2 of these mini hot dog buns. 

       

                                                                                                                                                                  and for the faux bagels, I took the dough of 1 regular buns and made 3 of these faux bagels.         since this was just experimenting, I'm thrilled with the outcome.     

this is the baked mini hot dog buns.         I think they turned out really great.   

and this is the faux bagels, they turned out equally well.     

I will be doing both of these again and I'll try to remember to put bagel seasoning on the bagels.       I was going to, but got overly happy and excited and forgot to put the seasoning on them.  hahaha       oh well, what can I say.       it's all good and they are good for sure.   

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so today we pick up with Exodus chapter 32.         are we familiar with the golden calf?         this is where that story is.          just as I was reading this and doing a little journaling, the phrase "outta sight, outta mind", popped into my mind.         Moses was getting the law from the very hands of God, the people knew what he was doing, and if was for their benefit.         but they wanted something tangible to worship!!!!           something they could see.          let's not be to harsh with them, because we do too.       oh we act like we're all good and all that, but in reality we want something tangible to worship.        a cell phone, a tv, a car, a boat, a favorite place to belly up to the bar, a favorite place where we do ungodly things and I could go on and on.      Aaron was second in charge and it's staggering at how easy it was for him to oblige their request.           verse 24 where Aaron says that the people gave him their earrings and jewelry and he threw it into the fire and out comes this gold calf, just cracks me up.        it's so like something a child would say and yet Aaron said it.          he was well up in years.      but we do the exact same thing!!!       everyone wants to blame everyone else for their sin and no one will step up and own it.       debauchery, sin, sexual sin, drunkenness and every other evil and vile filth that you can think of is what they was doing at the foot of the mountain where God was.       with great sin comes a great cost.   

chapter 34 is where God made His covenant with Moses and the Israelites.          they will be His people.        although they are obstinate, He will still lead them but He warned them against making covenants with the pagan people in the lands that He was giving to the Israelites and not worship any other gods for God is a jealous God.          Moses face shone  after spending time  in the presence of God.          

next we have the tabernacle (dwelling place for the presence of the Lord) being constructed as God had already given the instructions for that.      they was going to start work on that now.           for me, this is where I actually learned that if I have a gift, it's from God.         it's not of anything that I could ever do on my own, it's strictly from God.        He is the one that gave all these artisans the skill to build and make all the fine and delicate items for the tabernacle.          so, if you have a gift, thank God for it.       at the end of Chapter 39, we see that all the workmen did all the work for the tabernacle and all the items in it and all the priestly garments to be worn by the priests just as the Lord had commanded and after Moses inspection, he blessed them.

chapter 40 finds the Israelites setting up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.       it was in this tent, where the glory of the Lord would settle and Moses or anyone was not allowed to enter the tabernacle when the presence of the Lord was in it.         the presence of the Lord was with them all throughout their journeys.

next we start in Leviticus.

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well, that's about all I have today.          I hope and pray that the sun has been shining where you are and that you got to enjoy a little of it today.          it was nice and sunshiny on the way to and from my Momma's today.         so we enjoyed that a lot.          I pray that you have a blessed rest of your day and that peace, warmth and mercy be yours in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.       hugs and love, patty