Left overs can be a tricky thing. Some husbands flat out refuse to eat left over, others like mine, are not fussy at all when it comes to meals. I fall somewhere in between. I will eat left overs but truly, I hate having the same food two days in a row. I love being creative with meals and I often will come up with new recipes that can not be repeated LOL. But here are some of my left over ideas that we have enjoyed.
What to do with leftover.....
Roast Beef/Venison meal:
Beef Stew
Put the following into a roaster:
cut up lefter over meat, potatoes and carrots
cut up some mushrooms
add enough water till half covered
bay leaf
salt pepper
cook for an hr or two
towards the end add left over gravy
Toasty buns
Cut buns in half, spread on some butter and toast in oven (broil 350) watch carefully
top with fried onions and mushrooms, sliced beef and shredded mozza cheese
back in oven cheese melts
Chicken
Mexican chicken
cub chicken about 2 cups
over with the following sauce
1 cup sour cream
1 cup salsa
1 tin mushroom soup
cover with crushed taco chips, and shredded cheddar cheese
Bake until heated through
Chicken Sandwiches
Cut chicken very fine add
chop celery
onion powder, salt and pepper
mayo
Mashed Potatoes
Sheppard's pie
put at the bottom of a cassorole dish
1st layer fry hamburgar
add brown gravy
2nd layer cover with veggies (corn, carrots, peas)
3rd mash potatoes
4th shredded cheese
bake slow for a few hrs
If the amount of left overs is a lot I will put into freezer containers and freeze for a later date.
Well there you have it. I would like to thank Raising Olives for putting out the challenge of blogging about left overs. Why not check out some of her and other moms ideas.
http://raisingolives.com/2012/05/cooking-leftovers-moms-linky/
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
More then just saving a penny
Today I want to share about saving money. We have been looking at our spending habits this last week and so I thought it fitting to share some of our money saving ideas. Before I begin some of you maybe asking "Why are they worrying about money?" Well I am not! Yes we have some big bills coming up that we are saving for, but being careful with our money is more than that for me. I don't work, so the only way I can contribute to our finances is by saving money. My sweet husband works hard, and truthfully I would rather wear cloths from the second hand store and have him home more then where expensive cloths and have him work harder. I grew up pinching pennies so it comes naturally to me. The Lord tells us to be good stewards and not to be wasteful. This is a message we don't hear very often. The sermons I have heard concerning stewardship has mostly to do with either tithing, or time management. But what about just being plan wasteful? I googled "Does the bible talk about being wasteful" Wow there are a lot of verses, so I encourage you do a study on the subject. There is a lot more to being wasteful then what you think. So here are some ways that we are trying to cut waste in our home.
1.HYDRO!!! Wow our bill is so high! But we are doing what we can to reduce our power usage, and not just to "save the earth". We are not environmentalist and my skin crawls at all the hype about save the earth. But sadly that is were a person finds the most info on conserving power. http://www.glendalewaterandpower.com has a chart that shows the average cost of appliance use. So I hang out my laundry, try to keep lights off, and we have decided to try and hook up the old wood stove in the summer kitchen.
2. DRIVING: Since we live in the country we use A LOT of gas. So I have been trying to keep my trips to town to once a week. Its hard, and now I am going to try and cut that even more. I would like to get it to every 2 weeks but I am not sure if I can. Not because of my needs but the kids. There is a fine line here. Our older boys are involved at a church in town. This means that there are times I need to drive in. But we are so thankful that my parents will often help out. They are ok with the boys coming for nights, having supper there, and doing some picking up if necessary. We also don't to sports. The biggest reason is a personal conviction about being over busy, but it does save on the gas bill. The neighbours in our area have the same problem GAS. So a lot of us are open to helping out. If I have a movie due and I have no plans of going to town I will call up a neighbour to see if they are going and if they would drop it off. I will send the kids to town with someone or ask them to pick them up. It works out great! I just remember to share the same favours with others.
3. FOOD: This is our biggest expense. Bigger then any payment, or cost we have. And for me the most trickiest. Junk food is cheap. Pop is often .88 for a 2 ltr. But a 4ltr of milk is over $4, ouch. Yup this goes on and on. The balance between saving a buck, but still give our family good food. I am no expert! But there are some things that I do to try and save a penny at the check out.
Glenn and Riley will go buy junk food at the corner store during work. Oh don't be surprised, I have seen a good many husbands stocking up at the gas station. But instead of wasting money, I will buy big bags of chips at Cosco and fill small zip lock bags. I try to include baking in their lunch to satisfy the sweet tooth. When I bake myself I can ease up the sugar and add a few "healthy" ingredients.
4. CLOTHS (SECOND HAND STORES): We rarely buy new anything. If someone needs jeans its off to the second hand store first! I also am blessed with kids who like shopping and saving a penny LOL. I also try and finds sales when new is in order. To avoid temptation, I don't go to the malls in the city very often. Here is a list of things we buy from the second hand store:
5. TREATS ARE TREATS: Treats are things that are not necessary. So these are the things that I love to do and have, but try not to have it all the time:
6.PRAY: I will often pray before I go shopping. I ask God to show me deals, help me find that pair of jeans we need, help me to be wise. It helps so much when you include God in your shopping day.
Well this is a good start. Please feel free to share your money saving ideas. And again I encourage you to be good stewards, not just so you can tithe more or volunteer more but because God talks about it His Word.
1.HYDRO!!! Wow our bill is so high! But we are doing what we can to reduce our power usage, and not just to "save the earth". We are not environmentalist and my skin crawls at all the hype about save the earth. But sadly that is were a person finds the most info on conserving power. http://www.glendalewaterandpower.com has a chart that shows the average cost of appliance use. So I hang out my laundry, try to keep lights off, and we have decided to try and hook up the old wood stove in the summer kitchen.
2. DRIVING: Since we live in the country we use A LOT of gas. So I have been trying to keep my trips to town to once a week. Its hard, and now I am going to try and cut that even more. I would like to get it to every 2 weeks but I am not sure if I can. Not because of my needs but the kids. There is a fine line here. Our older boys are involved at a church in town. This means that there are times I need to drive in. But we are so thankful that my parents will often help out. They are ok with the boys coming for nights, having supper there, and doing some picking up if necessary. We also don't to sports. The biggest reason is a personal conviction about being over busy, but it does save on the gas bill. The neighbours in our area have the same problem GAS. So a lot of us are open to helping out. If I have a movie due and I have no plans of going to town I will call up a neighbour to see if they are going and if they would drop it off. I will send the kids to town with someone or ask them to pick them up. It works out great! I just remember to share the same favours with others.
3. FOOD: This is our biggest expense. Bigger then any payment, or cost we have. And for me the most trickiest. Junk food is cheap. Pop is often .88 for a 2 ltr. But a 4ltr of milk is over $4, ouch. Yup this goes on and on. The balance between saving a buck, but still give our family good food. I am no expert! But there are some things that I do to try and save a penny at the check out.
Glenn and Riley will go buy junk food at the corner store during work. Oh don't be surprised, I have seen a good many husbands stocking up at the gas station. But instead of wasting money, I will buy big bags of chips at Cosco and fill small zip lock bags. I try to include baking in their lunch to satisfy the sweet tooth. When I bake myself I can ease up the sugar and add a few "healthy" ingredients.
- We raise our own meat, well as much as we can. We have pigs, beef, and deer. I also have a garden, which will be expanded this year.
- I check flyers before I go to town. I use to only shop at one store but these days I have found good sales everywhere.
- Having a weekly menu planned helps us buy what we need not what we want. I also don't need to ask Glenn to stop by the store on his way home from work.
- Bake my own bread.
4. CLOTHS (SECOND HAND STORES): We rarely buy new anything. If someone needs jeans its off to the second hand store first! I also am blessed with kids who like shopping and saving a penny LOL. I also try and finds sales when new is in order. To avoid temptation, I don't go to the malls in the city very often. Here is a list of things we buy from the second hand store:
- crafting supplies
- material
- cloths
- furniture
- books
- cards
- magazines
- games
- movies
- bikes
- dishes
5. TREATS ARE TREATS: Treats are things that are not necessary. So these are the things that I love to do and have, but try not to have it all the time:
- pedicures
- candles
- fancy coffee girlfriend dates
- perfumes
- fancy body wash
- home deco things (even from the second hand store)
- home parties (spices, cleaning products, candles, tupperware ect)
- flowers for the gardens
- retreats
6.PRAY: I will often pray before I go shopping. I ask God to show me deals, help me find that pair of jeans we need, help me to be wise. It helps so much when you include God in your shopping day.
Well this is a good start. Please feel free to share your money saving ideas. And again I encourage you to be good stewards, not just so you can tithe more or volunteer more but because God talks about it His Word.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Going down and coming up....what a ride!
Well what a roller coaster ride we have been having. We have had some very low times around here. Every mom finds it hard to see one of their kids go through a hard, self inflicted struggle. But it is even harder when others, who are well meaning, hurt them when they are just starting to get up. So there are two things I would like to share that has helped me greatly through this trial. GOD IS IN CONTROL! Oh I know we say that often, but this has become so real to me. I know that I am not in control. I can't make my child turn to God in this instead of believing the lies of the enemy. But even if my child doesn't trust God this time, He is merciful and full of grace, He will wait. He will wait because He is longsuffering. How do I know? Well the bible says this about Love, and Jesus is LOVE!
1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
This whole passage is great!
The other thing that has helped me is this quote, "You don't like me because I sin different then you". Wow this is so powerful. I have struggled with feeling all sorts but this puts it all into prospective. I sin, you sin, my kids sin, your kids sin. We are all sinners. We all need to be merciful with each other. The Christian who is an addict on the street is NO different then me who is struggling with forgiving. Jesus died for us both. I am thankful that at this time it seems as though this will be a lesson that we all will learn from sooner then later. And I know that the growth that will come from this will be unmeasurable for all involved.
So here are some pictures and I will post more as we progress.
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| I am so happy that Glenn teaches our boys to do a good job. |
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| We had the blessing of having friends come and help one day. They make AMAZING Mexican food. Here we are making the meat ready that went into the homemade tortillas that we made. |
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sickly Easter
Sadly due to us all being sick we didn't attend any Easter services. Truthfully, I struggled with feeling like "doing" Easter this year. Ally said it is probably because I am pregnant (she is so encouraging). But as we drove to Glenn's parents Sunday for lunch this song came on the radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDujmtyAVk&feature=related
It took everything I had not to break down in tears. As most of you know for many years I walked far from Christ, my life was filled with drugs, violence, and pain. When I came to the end of myself I was so thankful for His death and resurrection. But a much deeper appreciation has come to me over the past few years. As I have seen my own children struggle with sin, I have may times thank the Lord for what He has done for them. You see, I would give my life for my children, but it would never be enough to save them from sin and death. It is only through the death and resurrection of Christ that my children can be saved. WOW, that brings this mother to her knees in gratefulness.
Yes Easter is over, but we can walk in the forgiveness of Christ everyday. I am thankful that my children are "paid for", they are Gods kids, He is all they need. I am blessed to be able to walk with them in their journey as they come to the full understand of Christ and His unmeasurable LOVE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDujmtyAVk&feature=related
It took everything I had not to break down in tears. As most of you know for many years I walked far from Christ, my life was filled with drugs, violence, and pain. When I came to the end of myself I was so thankful for His death and resurrection. But a much deeper appreciation has come to me over the past few years. As I have seen my own children struggle with sin, I have may times thank the Lord for what He has done for them. You see, I would give my life for my children, but it would never be enough to save them from sin and death. It is only through the death and resurrection of Christ that my children can be saved. WOW, that brings this mother to her knees in gratefulness.Yes Easter is over, but we can walk in the forgiveness of Christ everyday. I am thankful that my children are "paid for", they are Gods kids, He is all they need. I am blessed to be able to walk with them in their journey as they come to the full understand of Christ and His unmeasurable LOVE!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Hanging
Well today is the first day I hung out my laundry this summer. I have not always been very diligent with hanging out my laundry. But a couple of years ago I was inspired by a neighbour to hang out my laundry with more regularity. This amazing neighbour rarely used the dryer and even on a nice winter day would hang out laundry. I still am not as discipline in this area as I would like to be. But its not about being perfect, its about trying to be perfect HA HA!
It is amazing to me that when I met my husband, 22 years ago, his mother still had no dryer and hung up her laundry. After two children and a few years of marriage they were blessed with twins. She started off with 6 dozen diapers and did laundry every other day. Oh and the best part is it was winter time! One time she had just hanging out a load of diapers when my her brother in-law and husband decided to burn some wire, but they had not realized the wind was blowing the smoke right to the cloths line. Black ash got all over the clean diapers.
I did not hang up my laundry as much as I should have last summer, but this summer I am going to get back at it. One thing my husband HATES is wrinkly cloths. So I will often take my laundry down just before it is totally dry and put them in the dryer for 10 min. It helps fluff them up. That few minutes often gets rid of the stiffness and helps the wrinkles. When I visited Zimbabwe they had Tide for hand washing, the lady who did our laundry always hung out to dry and ironed the cloths. They were soft and fresh. So I think it is our laundry soap that adds to the wrinkles and stiffness. One summer I committed to hanging up every other load. Since the washer wash faster the the dryer dries it worked out perfect.
Yes hanging out laundry is more work, but if you have made being a home keeper your full time job, then the best way to earn a penny is to save a penny. OH NO can't say that any more. K well the best way to earn a nickel is to save a nickel. Hanging cloths out to dry is a BIG money saver!
I did not hang up my laundry as much as I should have last summer, but this summer I am going to get back at it. One thing my husband HATES is wrinkly cloths. So I will often take my laundry down just before it is totally dry and put them in the dryer for 10 min. It helps fluff them up. That few minutes often gets rid of the stiffness and helps the wrinkles. When I visited Zimbabwe they had Tide for hand washing, the lady who did our laundry always hung out to dry and ironed the cloths. They were soft and fresh. So I think it is our laundry soap that adds to the wrinkles and stiffness. One summer I committed to hanging up every other load. Since the washer wash faster the the dryer dries it worked out perfect.
Yes hanging out laundry is more work, but if you have made being a home keeper your full time job, then the best way to earn a penny is to save a penny. OH NO can't say that any more. K well the best way to earn a nickel is to save a nickel. Hanging cloths out to dry is a BIG money saver!
Friday, March 30, 2012
More good trick and some personal experiences
Seems like over the years I have learned all kinds of little things that can make life run more smooth. I remember when I was first married, a first time mom, and feeling over whelmed, I never did my dishes right after a meal, my fridge was so gross, vaccuming didn't happen very often and my guest probably stuck to the floor (mmm maybe somethings haven't changed LOL). Well I want to share not only practical tips, but some more personal ones to.
Practical:
-Wash dishes right after supper. Oh I know we want to spend time with our husbands but if the children help out it only takes a bit and you will feel so much better. One trick with washing dishes (works really well when there is no dishwasher) Fill both sinks with very hot water, put in dirty dish. While soaking wipe down table. Then wash dishes (make sure rinse water very very hot). Repeat (only maybe wipe down the counter instead of the table LOL). Keep up with this pattern. This way the dishes soak, the dishes dry and you are done that much sooner. I learned this trick years ago from http://www.lainesletters.com/.
-Last minute company ...when all else fails put your dirty dishes in the oven! (I won't share who taught me that one, but you know who you are)
-When you do clean up starting with the main areas ensure that even if you don't get it all done, if someone should stop by then those areas are clean. However starting with the back rooms ensure that you will be more motivated to finish.
-Make a menu for the week along with your groceries list. Plan a meal or two that can allow for company. A good example would be spaghetti. It is inexpensive and often I have extra hamburger, noodles, and sauce on hand.
-Teach your children skills that are helpful to you now, but also will be useful to them when they are adults. Funny I once read a story of a young girl who made the family bread when her mom fell ill. I think she was like 7. And Glenns mom and aunties often talk of how they managed after their mom died. Some of them were very young. Sadly, most of our teen girls can't make a meal to save themselves and our teen boys couldn't make a fire if their life depended on it.
-When I was pregnant with number 1 and felt like I couldn't get off the couch this is what I did to clean up. I would tell myself that at each commercial I would get up and do a couple of dishes, or clean up something. It worked. I still use this method for our kids. Their favourite show is on close to supper. So if they don't have their areas done before hand, or if I need the dishwasher empty I ask them to do it during commercials. WORKS GREAT!
Personal:
-The sooner a young wife learns to NOT share her ill feelings about her husband with her mom the better! Now don't get me wrong, if it is abuse then seek help fast! But a mom is a mom, even when her daughter is 25. She will find it difficult to give you advice that is not emotionally charged. Please find an older, Godly women, who has the kind of marriage you want. Then ask her to give you Godly advice.
-Find friends who you can share the load with. Tues I had 2 other ladies over. One of the ladies is a great cook and showed us how to make tortillas and beans MMMMMMMM! I supplied all the ingredients, and together we made a big batch. Then I invited both families to stay for supper. They all enjoyed a huge Mexican supper and I had a bit leftover to put in the freezer! We have decided to do it again. I hope we can do enough to have everyone take home a couple of meals worth. I have found that working together is a lost art. It not only gets the job done sooner, it also is great when feeling lonely and overwhelmed.
-PRAY PRAY PRAY! I know you have heard this a hundred times. But it is so important. I wish I had learned this when I was younger. When something is bothering me in my relationship with Glenn I don't talk I PRAY! I pray and pray and pray. Usually 1 of 2 things will happen. God will change the situation without me saying a word or the Lord will open the door for me to share my feelings in a way that Glenn can understand.
-The faster you learn what it means to honour your husband the BETTER! ( Created to Be His Help Meet by Debbie Pearl http://shop.nogreaterjoy.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=created+to+be+his+help+meet&s=)
Well there you have it. Being a good mom and wife is a life long journey, and I look forward to learning more useful tips and tricks along the way. But it helps when we share what we have learned so feel free to share your most useful tips. All I ask is that what you share honours God and our husbands.
Practical:
-Wash dishes right after supper. Oh I know we want to spend time with our husbands but if the children help out it only takes a bit and you will feel so much better. One trick with washing dishes (works really well when there is no dishwasher) Fill both sinks with very hot water, put in dirty dish. While soaking wipe down table. Then wash dishes (make sure rinse water very very hot). Repeat (only maybe wipe down the counter instead of the table LOL). Keep up with this pattern. This way the dishes soak, the dishes dry and you are done that much sooner. I learned this trick years ago from http://www.lainesletters.com/.
-Last minute company ...when all else fails put your dirty dishes in the oven! (I won't share who taught me that one, but you know who you are)
-When you do clean up starting with the main areas ensure that even if you don't get it all done, if someone should stop by then those areas are clean. However starting with the back rooms ensure that you will be more motivated to finish.
-Make a menu for the week along with your groceries list. Plan a meal or two that can allow for company. A good example would be spaghetti. It is inexpensive and often I have extra hamburger, noodles, and sauce on hand.
-Teach your children skills that are helpful to you now, but also will be useful to them when they are adults. Funny I once read a story of a young girl who made the family bread when her mom fell ill. I think she was like 7. And Glenns mom and aunties often talk of how they managed after their mom died. Some of them were very young. Sadly, most of our teen girls can't make a meal to save themselves and our teen boys couldn't make a fire if their life depended on it.
-When I was pregnant with number 1 and felt like I couldn't get off the couch this is what I did to clean up. I would tell myself that at each commercial I would get up and do a couple of dishes, or clean up something. It worked. I still use this method for our kids. Their favourite show is on close to supper. So if they don't have their areas done before hand, or if I need the dishwasher empty I ask them to do it during commercials. WORKS GREAT!
Personal:
-The sooner a young wife learns to NOT share her ill feelings about her husband with her mom the better! Now don't get me wrong, if it is abuse then seek help fast! But a mom is a mom, even when her daughter is 25. She will find it difficult to give you advice that is not emotionally charged. Please find an older, Godly women, who has the kind of marriage you want. Then ask her to give you Godly advice.
-Find friends who you can share the load with. Tues I had 2 other ladies over. One of the ladies is a great cook and showed us how to make tortillas and beans MMMMMMMM! I supplied all the ingredients, and together we made a big batch. Then I invited both families to stay for supper. They all enjoyed a huge Mexican supper and I had a bit leftover to put in the freezer! We have decided to do it again. I hope we can do enough to have everyone take home a couple of meals worth. I have found that working together is a lost art. It not only gets the job done sooner, it also is great when feeling lonely and overwhelmed.
-PRAY PRAY PRAY! I know you have heard this a hundred times. But it is so important. I wish I had learned this when I was younger. When something is bothering me in my relationship with Glenn I don't talk I PRAY! I pray and pray and pray. Usually 1 of 2 things will happen. God will change the situation without me saying a word or the Lord will open the door for me to share my feelings in a way that Glenn can understand.
-The faster you learn what it means to honour your husband the BETTER! ( Created to Be His Help Meet by Debbie Pearl http://shop.nogreaterjoy.org/catalogsearch/result/?q=created+to+be+his+help+meet&s=)
Well there you have it. Being a good mom and wife is a life long journey, and I look forward to learning more useful tips and tricks along the way. But it helps when we share what we have learned so feel free to share your most useful tips. All I ask is that what you share honours God and our husbands.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Not my gifting......
Wow, motherhood is just not my gifting. I like kids but 1 is enough for me. I love my job and it makes me a better mom if I am not at home all the time. I have no patients, and I could NEVER home school, I just couldn't do it. And I find house work so trying, not to mention I can't cook. Yes I am just not called to be a good home keeper. I think that maybe I should go back to school. I mean I had my kid when I was so young I never got the chance to do what I wanted to do. Ya it is so important for me to get my alone time. I go out every Monday with the girls. I can't stay in this church, it doesn't have a kids program during the service, I will die spiritually. I am so happy that I have my ministry, I don't know where I would be if I couldn't use the gifts God has given me to bless the church.
Yes I was just not as gifted as you when it comes to being a mom.
Well you may think I am making fun of the lady who says those things. Maybe you think I just don't understand. Maybe you think its you I am writing about. But it is not. Other than the highlighted line, that paragraph is what I said when I had baby #1 and 2. And the last line is something I hear often. But I am not a gifted mom. Yes when I was a girl I wanted to be a wife and a mom, even in high school I wanted to have a family. But once I had one, it was a different story. I fought feelings of worthlessness, inpatients, depression, anger and I was anything but a good wife and mom. I didn't want more that 1 and the only reason I had the second what because I didn't want Riley to be alone. Number 3 came after Glenn asked if we could have one more.
It is then that the Lord got a hold of me and my heart slowly changed. Yes being a good mom has not come naturally. I have struggled the same as most other women and there are days when I still do. I share this because if you are a mom who is struggling with your attitude, with sin, with hurt and pain, turn to the Lord who made you a women. If He can do a work in my heart, He can do it for you.
*UPDATE: Just 10 min after this was posted I was putting supper on when I dropped a bowl. I was very mad so I threw a spoon, which hit a cup, which broke and sprayed glass all over the food. Then when my sweet husband tried to correct me, I yelled at him. While cleaning up my mess (which I refused any and all help), I noticed Sydnie (8) walking around tearfully with a bloody foot. A piece of glass from the bowl landed on it. When I asked her if she was crying in pain, she said "No, I just don't like fight"......Yup God has started a good work in me BUT He is NOT finished!
Yes I was just not as gifted as you when it comes to being a mom.
Well you may think I am making fun of the lady who says those things. Maybe you think I just don't understand. Maybe you think its you I am writing about. But it is not. Other than the highlighted line, that paragraph is what I said when I had baby #1 and 2. And the last line is something I hear often. But I am not a gifted mom. Yes when I was a girl I wanted to be a wife and a mom, even in high school I wanted to have a family. But once I had one, it was a different story. I fought feelings of worthlessness, inpatients, depression, anger and I was anything but a good wife and mom. I didn't want more that 1 and the only reason I had the second what because I didn't want Riley to be alone. Number 3 came after Glenn asked if we could have one more.
It is then that the Lord got a hold of me and my heart slowly changed. Yes being a good mom has not come naturally. I have struggled the same as most other women and there are days when I still do. I share this because if you are a mom who is struggling with your attitude, with sin, with hurt and pain, turn to the Lord who made you a women. If He can do a work in my heart, He can do it for you.
*UPDATE: Just 10 min after this was posted I was putting supper on when I dropped a bowl. I was very mad so I threw a spoon, which hit a cup, which broke and sprayed glass all over the food. Then when my sweet husband tried to correct me, I yelled at him. While cleaning up my mess (which I refused any and all help), I noticed Sydnie (8) walking around tearfully with a bloody foot. A piece of glass from the bowl landed on it. When I asked her if she was crying in pain, she said "No, I just don't like fight"......Yup God has started a good work in me BUT He is NOT finished!
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