Bible Study, weather, and freezing unbaked bread

good morning my beautiful friends!!!!!       well, yesterday was a bust as far as snow goes.           and I'm pretty happy about that.         we ended up with about 3 inches and that was pretty nice as far as I'm concerned.      but then again, this morning we had another 2 inches of snow.      hahahaha     I know a lot of people was hoping for more, but I was praying against it.         I'm thankful that the Lord answered that prayer.         it was 17 degrees when I got up and we're in for some more bitter cold temps.         I'm ready for spring.        hahaha           if I ignore winter long enough, it will soon be gone.         hahaha         oh, I don't  hate winter, I  just don't  like how the cold makes my old lady body hurt, it's just too painful.         I'm hot natured, so the cold doesn't make me cold, so to speak, it just hurt my joints.         arthritis has shown up in both of my elbows this year.         I've never had it in my elbows before.         the pain I'm having with them makes it almost impossible to pick up some of my barely heavy appliances.        plus, I can't straighten my arms out.         that's something else that hurts, just trying to straighten them.         one of my dear friends has made me a bunch of essential oils and I've been using those.         that's  the only  thing giving me any peace right now.       so I'm grateful to my friend.          we have  a few more  days of bitter  cold and  then next week, woohoo, it's supposed to be in the 40's!!!!          it will be like having a heat wave.         hahaha         I look forward to that!!!

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time for the "giggle for the day":

Q : What would bears be without bees?

A : Ears.

hahaha        well, they would.         hahaha       

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join me in the kitchen for a "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".           I think I may have said that snow days are for making bread.           and that's exactly what I done.         I made 2 batches of my cornbread swirls today.         I may try to get another batch made tomorrow along with my brioche buns.        but I did find a new recipe and I may try it and make buns from it.         most people generally make a loaf bread from the recipe, but I prefer buns.              

this was batch number 1 and they look really good.            the proof will be in the rise when I thaw and bake.          hahaha           so, it's a wait and see situation.

30 minutes later, this is batch number 2.           I would have made another batch this morning, but I didn't have room in the freezer to flash freeze another batch.         darn it!!!         so, I'll took these out of the freezer and got them bagged up and the room in the freezer for my next bread making session.   

I was done with them, and had them in the freezer and the kitchen cleaned up by 9:40 am.        that's a pretty good work time.          it felt good to get that done and that made time for me to get my batch of chicken corn chowder in the instant pot.       it's so good with those cornbread swirls.       we love them both.

they are now off of the trays that they were on and now back in the cozy frozen tundra for the freezer.    I always put a little bit of cornmeal in the freezer bag and shake them all around to get them coated in cornmeal.         it's awesome when they are cooked, but it also helps to keep them from sticking together.         that's very important.          but if they do accidentally stick together for some reason, I just drop the bag on the counter and just like that, they are unstuck.      there is 49 cornbread swirls in those 2 bags.         today will be another bread baking day.        awesome!!!

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picking back up in Job today we see that God had allowed satan to take Jobs wealth and jobs children from him.         Job questioned God.         I see from this encounter, that it's ok if we question God, but I think it's how we go about it.        Job remained respectful of God.         guess what, his friends couldn't stand it.          do you have friends like that?          we all do!!!         even Job's wife was upset at Job.     I think she's the one who said curse God and die.         Jobs friends tried really hard to wear Job down.      they all had their own ideas of why God allowed this stuff to happen to Job.         maybe because of hidden sin in his life.           maybe because that's just how God operates, if you're a good person, He'll be good to you, if you're a bad person, He'll let bad stuff happen to you.         Job had to defend his integrity with the people who knew him best.        they argue and debate for most of this book.      they just knew Job had done something terrible and he wasn't telling them.         Job finally goes to God with agony and despair and he actually accuse God of being responsible for all the bad stuff in the world.      he finally realize that he can't be right.         that God is a just, fair and an all-powerful God.        one friend doesn't know why Job is suffering, but he does know that Job isn't qualified to judge God.       are you qualified to judge God?        I know I'm not either.         I know that before I came to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I hated God.        I didn't want anything to do with Him.        all the time I spent hating God, He was still working on me and loving me.         and just a few years ago I come to realize that I didn't hate God at all, I just wanted to know why some of the things that happened, happened.         after reading the book of Job, I realized that none of it was God's fault.       I'm a part of humanity and it's not pretty a lot of the time.        but what I was shown, was that I have never been alone a single second in my life.         He has been beside me, in front of me, behind me, making a way for me.         making a way for me to give praise and honor to my God and my Lord and Savior!!!      He allowed me to have a heart that seeks after the heart of God.         God is so good and we all have so much more in this life than we could ever even begin to deserve.        it's not about how wretched we are, but it's all about how merciful and mighty He is.         His mercy and grace covers us all, when we accept Him as the Lord and Savior of our lives!!!         Job is not qualified to judge God, are you?    next time we'll see how God responds to Job.

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well, I guess I'll wrap it up for now and hopefully I can get some more unbaked buns in the freezer today.        I love baking bread when it's snowy and cold outside.        there may not be much to do, but I can always do that.        as long as I don't run out of flour.        hahaha        such a scary thought!!!        I hope we all have a blessed day today and the we keep seeking after the heart of God.        blessings of mercy and grace be ours today.        hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and weather

good morning from my neck of the woods.           we had been busy getting ready for what was coming in the form of snow.         we got just about 3 inches, I'm thankful it wasn't any more.        we've had about 10 inches of rain in the last week and a half and now snow.      I'm not one for getting out in the snow anymore, so I kinda had to plan ahead for meals and make sure I had whatever I may need in the house and not in the garage.          this would be the perfect time to have an attached garage.         hahaha         but I guess I got everything we'll need for a day or two anyway.         we'll see if I got enough.          if I need anything, I'll don my garb and boots and make the trek to the garage.          we worked just about all day yesterday getting a big piece of machinery boxed back up and ready to ship back to the company after it being a big honking dud.        we had to strap it back down to the pallet that it was on and that pallet was ready for the junk hole, long before it made it to our house.         but we got it done and ready for it to be gone and ready to get our money back.       that's the dangers of ordering something.         it was supposed to be free delivery, but we had to go out town and get it put in the bed of our truck and then we had to get it out of the truck.        it was a fun and funny sight for 2 old people wrestling with this piece of machinery and then another fun and funny episode for these same 2 old people getting it boxed back up.          we're tired to the bone.         we're too old for this kind of work.        hahaha           but we got and it's strapped to the pallet and waiting to be picked up on Monday.          would have been sooner, but with snow, that's not happening.        maybe we can get our garage back.         I'll be putting some of my baby plants out in my little grow house in the garage in a week or two.          all 12 of my tomatoes have come up and they're about 3 to 4 inches tall now.         I also have 5 of my pepper plants up.         I'm thinking I may have to reseed some of the peppers.       I'll give it enough time, but I really ought to be soaking some seeds right now getting ready because they all should have been up by now.          anyway, that's in the near future.         for today, I'll have my bread machine  out and gonna make about 4 batches of bread to get put in my freezer, ready to bake as needed.            that's one of my favorite things to do.

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let's have our  "giggle for the day", ok:

How do you make an egg roll?

You push it!

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yeah, it's corny, but I'll bet you smiled a little bit.

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today we start in the book of Job.           I don't know how I'll do this.          I'll let you all read it and I'll just share what I get from it.          I had started early on going almost chapter by chapter, but that's too much like teaching a class and that's not what this is.          this is just me sharing what I glean from the Word of God while reading it.            so, we'll see what this gonna look like.

Job is portrayed right out of the gate as being an upright man.           Job was a wealthy man of upright standing in his community.            satan sticks his nose in and says that Job is only upright because of God's goodness to him and he wants to strip Job of everything that matters to him.          his children and his wealth.         God allows him to do whatever he wants to do to Job, he just can't take his life.

you know what, satan is still in that same business today.          do you ever feel under the attack of satan?          sure, you probably do and I know I do.        so far, God hasn't allowed satan to attack me any more than can I can deal with, with God's help.        satan figured that God would see Job's true nature if he had to suffer.         I pray that if I ever have suffer as Job suffered, that I can pass the test of remaining an upright person who trusts God.          God knew Job well enough to know that Job would continue to live a faith filled life.        would I?          would you?

why would God allow a good person suffer.          there are a lot of questions.        I don't know if we'll answer them all or not.          I don't know what God is going to show me thru this study.          I don't know what He'll show you.            one thing up front to remember is that good things happen to to bad people and bad things happen to good people.           we've all seen this, we see it every day.        that doesn't make God unjust at all.          absolutely nothing happens without Him knowing it and permitting it to happen, for whatever  reason.           I think we will see that Job was a man seeking the heart of God in all things.         I pray that in all things, I will be a woman seeking the heart of God.

we will pick up back up in Job again next time.

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well, that's about it for this morning.            I pray that we all have a great day and that we will continue to seek after the heart of God in all we do.            if we do that, it will be a near perfect day.        blessings of grace and mercy be ours today.         hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and eureka!! hahaha

good morning my sweet friends!!!!         well, it's a cold day with snow predicted to start this evening, and lots of it expected, so we'll just have to wait and see.         or as I say sometimes, "hurry up and wait!!"       this is supposed to be a very cold week for us with low's down to 4 degrees and highs up to 14 degrees during the day.         we'll see what it does.          we go from flooding to blizzard conditions in no time flat.         

I think global warming is a made up fallacy from day one.       one thing I definitely know for sure, absolutely nothing happens without God knowing about it.        absolutely nothing we can do will thwart the intentions and actions of God.         if there is something to global warming, then it's God's plan and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING we can do to correct it!!!!!          there, I said it.        and I stand by what I said.      

a lot of people have a god complex and they think they can change the climate.          trust me, they ain't gonna change anything, if God isn't in their plans.         and most of these people have done everything they can to take God out of everything.         they will be surprised someday.         when they realize there is a God and that He is a holy God and He never lies and He is always right in what ever He does, it may be too late for them.          all these people want to do is take protein sources away from us, such as beef.       and killing millions of chickens when they aren't sick.        we have a lot of sick people in the government and I hope they get to the bottom of all this very soon.        their agenda is to destroy the farmer and to prevent us from growing our own food.        blaming global warming on the belching and passing of gas by cows is the most absurd thing I've ever heard.         

but those same  people also believe that you can be a man today and a woman tomorrow, and that it's ok for men to play in women sports, that their gender is fluid and that it's ok to be homosexual and live perverted lifestyles and push that off on everyone as being ok.         well, it's not ok and hell is real.        there, I said that too.          I make no apologies for saying it.       because God said it in His word!!!        there are sins that are abominable, and those some of those sins are.         if you don't believe me, read about Sodom and Gomorrah in your bible.         it's all there, unless you have one of those books that has been rewritten  to appease  the perverts.        there, I said  that too and I stand beside it all.        sin is sin is sin.        it has to be dealt with as such.      I'll not sugar coat anything because I don't want to be responsible for you NOT hearing the truth when I had the opportunity to tell you the truth.      

I hope as we keep going thru the bible every day, for as long I feel led to do this, that we can see that there are a lot of people, including each one of us, that have a lot of repenting to do.         we've worshiped the wrong things for far too long.        I do believe that the days ahead of this planet as we know are getting fewer with each passing day.       I do believe that Jesus will be splitting the eastern sky some day soon to gather His own and to take us to His home.         that could happen this very moment, while I'm typing, while you're reading.        are you ready?        if not, now is the time to get ready.   

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time for the "giggle for the day".

Where do polar bears keep their money?

In a snowbank.

😅😉😀😂😄😊

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let's do another very quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" today.       I had a eureka moment!!!!    there are no  pictures, maybe  next time I'll take pics, this time I just wanted to get done with the project.        y'all  know I've been  working on putting  sweet potatoes and regular potatoes in the freezer.       well, I still had the last batch of sweet potatoes that I had made last week, still in the freezer in the bottom of the fridge.        and today I was going to be oven baking regular potatoes.          so I got the sweet potatoes out and I had actually been giving this some brain time over the weekend and I came up with a really good plan.        much better than just bagging them all in one big bag, I weighed them out into flip top sandwich bags in individual servings.        woohoo!!!!         this is a huge game changer!!!!!         what I'm going to do now, is get all the ones that I've previously frozen, and do the same thing with them.         since I flash froze them in the freezer before bagging them, they don't stick together and it will be easy to re-bag them and get them all fixed where there's at least 3 meals for each of us per gallon bag.      then bag them up where there is at least 3 servings of mine and 3 servings of my husbands potatoes in one bag.         it may not make sense to anyone else, but wow wee, this will be a game changer for me.        instead of bringing 2 big bags of potatoes from the freezer, I'll just have to get one bag that has 4 meals per big bag.       that's wonderful.        I hope I can keep on coming up with ways to streamline some of the things I do to help save time, energy and space in the freezer.         I also hope that this will help some of y'all too, with a good idea that you hadn't thought of before.        I weighed the sweet potatoes out in 3 oz serving per flip top sandwich bag.         for the russet potatoes for my husband, I'll weigh those out in 4 or 5 oz bags.         that should be a good serving size.         we could both eat a gallon ziplock bag at one time, they're that good!!!!!         no kidding, but we need to show a little restraint every now and again.          hahahaha          well, we do.        hahahaha           anyway, I hope this helps some of y'all.

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today we start at Esther.          "for such a time as this" is one of most notable quotes from the book of Esther.        I'm not even gonna get into what the book is about.        I'm just gonna tell you that we must, at all times, be ready for such a time as this.        Esther lived in a time when people wanted her race to be exterminated, completely.        but God!!!!!         a funny thing about the book of Esther, is that God is never mentioned.         it makes no difference, this book is full of faith in God!!!         we see it, whether we read God's name  or not, it's there.        without the  book of  Esther, there  could not have been Jesus.        had they exterminated the Jewish race, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior would not have been born.        so, it is without a doubt, the plan of God that the events in this book took place.       who would have  ever thought  a young  Jewish girl  could save the Jewish race?         God did, Mordecai did.        that's all that counts.        this is a firm reminder that one person can make a difference.        we know that this is true, one person making a difference.        and we can make a difference either for the good or the bad of the community, race, nation or world.         

for instance, one woman, back in the 60's, I believe it was, got God removed from the schools and we now see what that has done to the school system.        it opened the door for indoctrination of the worst kind.         then in the 70's,  one woman screamed rape when in reality she was having an affair with another man and became pregnant and took her case to the court system and was able to get an abortion because she was raped by  a man of color.         no she wasn't raped, she had free will sex with him and pregnancy spilled the beans.        several years later, she was saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, and repented of her sins and went to the courts and told them that it was all a lie.        roe v wade was based on a lie and she was trying to do something about it now.         too late!!!!       everyone loves that they can cheat and have extramarital affairs, have premarital sex, have sex with as many men as they wish and they can get rid of the evidence as easy as tossing a piece of paper in the trash.        only it's a human being.        after 100 million or so abortions being performed, women still stand up and scream about their right to health care.      they have the right to kill a human being under the guise health care.        how dare they!!!!      if they took the time to read up on what an abortion does to the woman body, they might not be so all fired ready to have an abortion.          they might even take a little care and keep their legs  together too, because it's not for the faint of heart.      sorry about the crassness of that, but it's the truth, for those who have something to hide.       make no mistake, it's  not about  women's health.          when I see women picketing and carrying signs it's my body and all the vile filth they say, I can say that there is nothing in them that is even remotely godly in any way, form, shape or fashion.        they do not represent me in any way imaginable as a human being.        they are filled with the devil, doing his work and they don't even know it.        a lot of women who have had abortions have been saved and repented and I know that Jesus Christ has covered their sins with His blood, just as He has covered mine with His blood.       and for the ones who have repented, we'll see them in heaven some day.       for the others, hell is waiting.     

I'm just so thankful for people like Esther.         she had a calling on her life, she had an uncle that knew she had a calling on her life and he was a man of faith.        she answered that call by saying whether I live or or whether I die, I'm going to answer the call.        God is faithful and He was with her every second of her life.         guess what, we all have a calling on our lives.          we either answer the call and live and walk in faith, knowing that God is guiding us every step of the way.         or we turn our backs on the call of God and run with the devil.         either way, we have an eternal destiny ahead of us, are we aware of that?         I pray that we are.       

next time we pick up in Job.

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well, that's about all I have for today.        we'll have to see what tonight brings in the form of snow.      I don't know what tomorrows bible study will look like or if there will even be one.        we'll just have to wait and see.        we have  a lot  to do today and I don't know if we'll even get everything done.       so we'll see.   I've been praying against it, but God is in charge of it all.         if it's His will that I make a snowman, then so be it.         hahaha.       no, I can assure you I won't be out making snow men.         but.......on the slim chance we get a good snow, I might make a bite of snow cream for us.        we could go for  that, but  I could  live the rest of my life and never have a bite of snow cream again.      hahahaha          anyway, I have a couple of good bread baking days ahead of me.         snow days are good bread baking days, just because I said so.        hahaha         oh well, if I do something exciting, I'll let y'all know.       until next time, seek after the heart of God.         we won't be disappointed if we make that our life goal.      blessings of joy and grace be upon us all.         hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and Sweet Potatoes again

good morning my lovelies.          first off, I don't know who prayed for me to have a good night's sleep and rest, but I appreciate it!!!!         thank you so much!!!!!        it looks like we're in for a wild ride this week.      we got 7 inches of rain over the weekend, lots of flooding and now, possibly 4 to 6 inches of snow or more.       well, God is in control so I'll let Him decide what's gonna happen.       and in the mean time, I'll try not to worry about, and just let Him take care of it.       please do pray for the families that have lost loved ones due to flooding.        it's so heartbreaking.          on a different note, I have 3 baby pepper plants that just sprang forth  over the last 2 or 3 days.         I'm quite excited about that.        I have 12 tomato plants too.      the tomatoes are doing really good.        I planted 12 seeds and all of them were good ones.      yay!!!        I don't know if all my peppers will come up or not.         I'm using my 2 hydroponic units from amazon and they each hold 12 seed pods.         so getting 12 out of 12 tomatoes, is fantastic.        but I don't think the peppers are gonna be that prolific because it takes a lot longer for them to sprout and I think some of my pods already have mold growing in them.          so I may have to toss the pods and start more.       I really don't want to do that, but I'll keep hanging with them for another few days and see what happens.  

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let's have the "giggle for the day": 

what do you call an angry carrot?

a steamed veggie!

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let's do a quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" again.         I needed to get more sweet potatoes in the freezer, so I got out my "starfrit" peeler from amazon and used it on my sweet potatoes.       it does a fantastic job on sweet potatoes that are still nice and plump.         but if the peel is the least bit wrinkled, it want's to kick the blade down the potato and skips the peeling.        these were good, non wrinkled potatoes.        hahaha         plus the peel is good to just drop in my composter and make compost.     

so as I'm peeling, I'm dropping them in a bowl of water to help keep them from turning dark.         and it also washes them.             once done with all that, I start dicing to about the size of my thumb joint.     some are a little smaller just because of the size of the potatoes.          once I get them all diced, I put them in a bowl and put about 2 tablespoons of avocado oil, depending on the amt of sweet potatoes.      then I put a bit of salt and pepper, then my dehydrated minced onion and garlic.       

once I get them all coated nicely with oil and seasonings, I'll put them on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper and try to make a single layer.       I had so many this time that I had to make 2 trays of sweet potatoes.          so I bake them at 350* for 45 to 50 minutes.        these are about as close to candy as you can get.

I hope to get several more bags of these in the freezer before the spring garden push sets in.        I'm also doing regular potatoes for my husband.         I do them the same way.         as a matter of fact, I have another 5 lb bag of each to get done this coming week and get them in the freezer.        I just put them in the freezer, on the baking sheet, to freeze.         then when I take them off the baking sheets and put them in the zip lock freezer bags, they won't be frozen in a big hard ball.       they be easy to get a serving out and seal back up.       there will probably be between 7 or 8 servings per bag of frozen potatoes, of both kinds.       when I get read to use them, I'll drop them in the air fryer along with what ever meat we're having and crisp them up and get some color on them.         wowzers, they are good.         I hope you give it a try.

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picking back up in Nehemiah today.         when I was thinking about what all I've read this go around when doing my bible reading for the year and my bible study, I'm thinking about where Jesus is in the Old Testament and about the sinful nature of God's chosen people, then and now.        at one point in time, in  the book of 1 Chronicles, we see Jabez and he prayed for God to enlarge his territory so that there would be more people for him to have a good influence on.        Jabez isn't talked about much in the bible, but he made a request of God that God honored and answered.        he made a request that was seeking the heart of God.       he wanted to have a good influence on those who need help.        he just had a heart that was  seeking God.        Nehemiah had  that same heart that was seeking the heart of God.       that has become a theme for me.        it really hit me hard this time around while reading thru the bible.       I've been a Christian for many years, 47 years this year, and I praise Jesus Christ for His sacrifice that covered my sins.       now, I have had to re-evaluate if  I am  seeking after the heart of God.       I see some semi strong areas in my life, but I also see a lot of weaker areas in my life that I will need to address.        I hope while you're doing your own study, that you're asking God to show you where your weaknesses are and He will show to you in His word, while you're reading it, if you're serious about it.       we want to be able to boldly come to God with our requests, like Jabez and Nehemiah did.       I don't know what your service to the Lord will look like any more than I know what mine will look like, but God does.       and regardless of the ridicule we get from those around us, like the ridicule that Nehemiah got, we need to stay strong.       we can't stay strong in our own strength, but we can if we rely on and call on God for each breath we take.        I said earlier about looking for Jesus in the book of Nehemiah.          well we see Jesus all over this book.        Nehemiah was all about restoring the temple and getting the people back to worshiping God.         it is thru worship that we find redemption.        Jesus is all about restoration and redemption.        that's  what the   book of Nehemiah is all about and that's what Jesus is all about.        I truly  believe  that's what we  should be all about too.         we may be the only Jesus that some will ever see.        that's why it's important for us to always be seeking the heart of God.       I need to be more aware of the needs around me.          I need to show more compassion over the needs I see.        Lord help me to be the woman that you designed me to be!!

and be very aware, that when you do start seeking the heart of God, the devil will be all over you at every turn, with every breath just about.        he will be using his scare tactics on you.         he will be doing everything he can to destroy your testimony and scare you and make you weak.        stay strong and stay in the word.         just like the Israelites, we can worship our holy God in a holy way.      

next time we start in Esther.

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well, that's just about I have for today.         let's seek the heart of God in all we do.       let's praise and worship God for all He does for us.        I pray we all have a great day today and we will tell someone that God loves them  and wants to be in right relationship with them thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.        blessings of peace and strength be ours today.          hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and a project from start to finish

good morning from my soggy, soaked, snow covered neck of the woods.         you know what they say, if you don't like the weather, wait a couple of minutes  and it will change.        first we get flooding and next we get snow and who knows what it will be before the day is over, I sure don't, but I'm happy to be a part of this awesome day.        I hope everyone has a most lovely day and that we thank God for it.

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I finally got some pics of the just about the whole process of making my eggs, cheese and sausage patties for my husband's breakfast.         he loves these and I have to say that I do too.

the first thing is the cheese.        I'll fold each slice of cheese in half on top of itself and then I'll take my scissors and cut 3 stack of 2 in each well on my little baking thingies.        once I get all 3 slices of cheese cut and in the little wells, I'll separate each little stack of 2 cheese slices and spread them evenly over the bottom.        while I'm doing that, I 'll have the sausage links in the mircowave, thawing them out.        once they are thawed, I'll make 4 long sticks out of each sausage link.

once I get them all cut, I'll start putting 6 sticks in each well, directly over the cheese.        and by the way, I got these silicone baking pans from amazon.       these are the 4 inch ones.         they are also the ones that I use to bake my brioche buns in and that them from rising too much and getting large then my patties.

you can put them in there however you want to, I just try to get good spacing and go back and adjust as necessary.

once I get the sausages in, it's time to crack and beat the eggs.       I'll use 3 eggs per tray and also about 3 to 4 tablespoons of water to beat the eggs with.      then I'll pour as evenly as possible in each well.

this is both trays baked and finished.        once they cool, I'll take them out and put them in fliptop sandwich bags and then I'll put 2 of those in my freezer zip top bags.

this will make 12 breakfasts for my husband or less if we use them as a quick and easy meal sometimes when we've been busy.       however we use them, they are delicious and paired with one of my homemade brioche buns, it's a great meal.      once you get your routine down pat for making these, it goes pretty quickly.       I can get these done in about 30 minutes.       when the first tray is in the oven baking, I'm finishing up on the second tray getting it ready to go in when the first tray is done.      I bake them for 25 minutes each tray at 350*.       while the first tray is in the oven, it takes me about 5 minutes to get the second tray finished up and sitting by the oven, waiting to go in.  by the time the first one is done, I've already got the  kitchen cleaned up and moved on to the next project, while the second one bakes.     I hope this gives you some ideas on quick and easy breakfasts.    

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time for the "giggle for the day":

why was Cinderella so bad at soccer?

she kept running away from the ball!

😅😅😅 

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starting in Nehemiah today, we see that one person can make a difference.       we see what restoration looks like.          we live in such an intimidating world these days and everyone has an opinion, whether you asked for it or not, you'll get it and in a most hateful and vulgar way.       one person who serves a mighty God, can and will make a difference.       one person, who serves a might God and who stresses the importance of prayer can and will make a difference.         Nehemiah led by example.        Nehemiah was a leader with perseverance, who faced intimidating opposition.        he faced all kinds of opposition while leading the efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.        the walls were for protection, but some people have a tendency to think walls are a bad idea.      maybe, maybe not.        any good wall will have an equally good door in it.      walls keep the unwanted out, and doors will let wanted in.        it all depends on the who.        Nehemiah identified the need and that was rebuilding the wall and then he sought the help of God.       Nehemiah set himself up for success in those ways.        identifying the need and seeking God's help.       Nehemiah wanted to bring order, stability and proper focus on God.        that sounds like a dream plan for today, doesn't it.

what a world it would be to bring order, stability and proper focus on God back.         we've kicked God out of so many places, even our churches are missing God, because He's not welcome there anymore.     one thing we see is the faithfulness of God in protecting His people and He wants their faithfulness in their worship.         I can assure you, that God wants our faithfulness in worship.       I challenge us all to remain faithful the calling that God has on our lives and to face opposition with courage, knowing that no matter happens, it's God ordained and He's with us.         Nehemiah was a man of prayer who led the people of Israel to prayer.         are we a people of prayer?        are we dedicated to leading other people to be a people of prayer?       Nehemiah called the people to people to unity.        how many of us live in a country that is unified?         not many of us do.         there are so many people in every country on this planet who are here for one reason and one reason only, and that is make sure there is NO unity!!!    we all know this is true, we see it every time we watch the news.       it's fair to say that if there was unity anywhere on the face of the planet, the media wouldn't share it and if they did, they would lie about it, so there's that.       but Nehemiah was about unity.       just as I was typing this, "unity in the community" come to mind.         look at the last 5 letters in the word community, it's unity.       I wonder if that has any significance?           maybe, maybe not.      it would be nice if there was unity in doing the Lord's work, but these days, that's not possible.         simply because of all the sin and heinous activities that has been brought into the church, not by God, but by the godless heathen that have control over the churches today.        if you go to church, you know what I mean.        the church doors have been flung wide open to all the homosexuals and they're now behind the pulpit of a lot of churches.        if it's not homosexuals, it's women behind the pulpits, that's another disgrace altogether.        we have missed the mark for so many years now, that I don't know if the church will ever be more than a glorified saloon or dance hall or the next great social club.        there's very little worship that goes on and shame on us!!!   what will we do about it?

we'll pick back up in Nehemiah next time.

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well, I guess we'll call it good for today and hopefully we all have a wonderful day.        let's remember to seek the heart of God in all we do.       it will make a difference in how act and react to the situations that arise.      have a great day.       hugs and love, patty