Hi,
Thank you for stopping by!
I will be on a blogging break until October 2 or 3.
My break is starting earlier than anticipated because after a week of me being sick, now Miss Pear has what I had just as bad as I did, which is really disappointing as she is usually very healthy!
Any how, see you in a week and a half, hopefully very refreshed, restored, and full of new stories and blogging ideas!
While I am gone, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on a couple things:
1. What you would like to see in the final official freezer meals series (as I cook, and freeze meals, there will always be posts on this, but I want to finish up the promised series!)
2. How you are doing settling into your new fall schedules and any tips you have for me on that one!
3. Current favorite book - I am kind of at loose ends finding good books to read lately.
4. Favorite Children's books - Miss Pear needs some new books, she is a voracious reader - you say to bring one book, and she brings 3!
5. What your quiet time looks like, what you are studying, when you study, where, and your general thoughts on this in general as it seems like I NEVER get as much of this as I would like!
See you soon!
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4 comments:
Hope your break is blessed & refreshing. I have a list of books for a reading challenge at my site & several children's books on Monday posts.
Study...hmmm...not enough that's for sure. Need to improve in this.
Be well!
Enjoy your break.
Enjoy your break! I hope you and your family are feeling better soon.
1. I would love to learn more about the principles behind freezer meals, like what works and what doesn't. I would like tips toward developing my own. For example, how do textures and flavors change after having been in the freezer? How long does it usually take you to thaw and bake things? Is there anything you can put on the stove or in the oven straight from the freezer? I'd just like to hear advice and experiences in hopes of avoiding disasters of my own.
2. We have a very loose schedule being just my 1-year-old and me at home during the day. I'm still working on this, but one thing that is working for me is assigning different tasks to different days of the week. For example, I do laundry on Monday and Tuesday and go to the grocery store on Wednesday. It really helps me to know what I'm going to do that day when I wake up in the morning.
3. My current favorite book is Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson. It is great reading even though it's a housekeeping book. It's very detailed, gives specific instructions on how to do things, and it gives the science behind how things work. I'll never look at food preparation the same since I read the chapter outlining each type of bacteria that causes food poisoning, how they cause it, and how we can prevent it. Likewise, I've been so much better at laundry since I read one of the chapters on it. It's very motivational. It's not the type of "you can do it" book; it just gives the best possible ways to do things. It talks about how home is a sanctuary, that housework is pleasant, and that there's nothing wrong with wanting a comfortable home. Anyway, I love this book. I wouldn't give it back to the library until I had bought my own copy.
I'm not sure if you read much fiction, but if you do, give Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn a try. There was nothing offensive in it. It has the charm of a past era, being set on a tiny (nonexistent) coastal island that reveres the author of the "quick brown fox" saying that uses all the letters of the alphabet. When the letters on his statue fall off, they are banned on the island. The letters between the characters get quite ingenious by the end of the book. I like to read it just for the sheer amazement factor of letters being written with only a few letters of the alphabet.
Another book I love is The New Best Recipe by America's Test Kitchen. It describes the methods the cooks went through in thorough testing to achieve the best possible recipe. It turns cooking from mystery to something infinitely more logical. I have learned so much by reading this book. I love to know the science behind what I do every day. And it's got some amazing recipes.
4. Well, I can give you my son's current favorites. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is certainly a classic and the only one he has an attention span for at the moment. The rhythm and repetition are what do it, I think. So fun! We also love the Dr. Seuss books. I especially like The Sneetches. Others my son loves are Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton and Peek-a-Moo by Bernard Most, along with assorted inane but harmless books featuring dogs. Animalia by Graeme Base has some amazing pictures that you and Miss Pear will find interesting. Each Peach Pear Plum is a fun simple hidden picture book. Also just nursery rhymes--kids love them because of their rhythm. Or you could try A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. There are so many great children's books out there! I love browsing the library.
5. Well, there's never enough quiet time, but my day always goes better when I put my scripture study first. Ideally, I start out with a prayer, then go on to write in my journal. That really helps me to get tabs on where I am and where I'm going. It helps me see my progress over long periods of time. Then I go on to my scripture study. Lately I've been enjoying studying by topic instead of just ploughing straight through. I study as soon as my boy goes down for his first (sometimes only) nap. It's more important than the housework I always think I should do instead. Somehow, if I put my scripture study first, everything goes better, and I feel rested and refreshed.
Good luck with everything. I really enjoy reading your posts. It's motivational to me to see what you're doing and to see that others are doing what I'm trying to. Keep up the good work! Remember that things are probably going better than you think they are. That's what my quiet time tells me.
I recently started reading ’Emotional Purity: An Affair of the Heart’ by Heather Paulsen. Your Miss Pear is still very, very young, but it is an excellent book to read and re-read with her when she becomes a teenager.
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