Moved

I have moved my blog I will now be posting from christcenteredhomemaking.blogspot.com. I decided I wanted a new name that was more relevent to the content I wanted to post, so come and see me. THANKS
      In Christ ~ Sarah ~

Cast your cares

  The Lord has been showing me some amazing things lately. Its amazing how sometimes the little blessings in life get swallowed up with the craziness of this world. God says to cast our cares on Him because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). When we do that the little blessings  in our lives seem to pop out. Gods blessings are so prevalent, but sometimes we are so caught up in our worries that we are not seeing them. If we give our concerns to God, we can live free. Casting our cares before the Lord is a daily thing. Its not like one day you can just decide, Ok I'm never going to worry again. Its a daily surrender, God wants us to live free and if we keep worrying about things and not giving them to God we can never truly have peace. Today decide that whenever something comes up that you have been worrying about, first give it to God and then find something that He has done in your life that you may be missing. Start a blessings list, take a walk in the sunshine and just thank God for everything you have.
              In Christ  ~ Sarah ~

Please watch, this is such an encouraging video.

Chicken mama

I have recently had the opportunity to start some of my farming dreams. I live on a 1 acre plot and now am the proud chicken mama to 26 beautiful baby chicks. I received them as day old chicks and they are now 5 weeks old, yesterday. They are beautiful. I have 11 Barred rocks, 11 New Hampshire's, 3 Buff Orpingtons, and 1 Brahma.

These were the chicks when they were two days old.The black ones are the barred rocks, the really light ones are the buff orpingtons, and the reddish tint ones are the new hampshires.

Oh and the one with a stripe on both sides is the Brahma, they gave me that one free.

These are my chicks at 9 days old. I put a small roost in the box and they love it.

Right now they are in the coop, and they are lovin it.I will post more pics soon. They love the greens I give them as snacks and they are really friendly. Still have one small heat lamp at night but they are almost old enough to not have any heat at night. I am so excited for them to start laying eggs, they will start laying in about 3 to 4 months.

I don't have internet at my new place, so right now I will not be able to post as much as I would like to but please hang on, and thank you for following.

I made this dessert last night and it was fabulous, I would like to share it with you. I found it in a 1950's cookbook but I changed it a bit.

Brownie Pudding

1/2 cup sifted whole wheat pastry flour     

1tsp baking powder(aluminum free)

1/2 tsp salt(sea salt,I use celtic)    

  1/3 cup sugar( sucanat)

1Tbl Cocoa( I used dark chocolate)        

     1/4 cup milk

1 Tbl butter(melted)

1/2tsp vanilla

1/2 cup sugar or brown sugar(sucanat)

2Tbl cocoa(dark chocolate)

3/4 boiling water

1/4 cup nuts( optional I didn't use nuts this time)

Preheat oven to 350F.  Sift flour,remeasure then sift flour, baking powder,salt,1/3cup sugar and 1Tbl cocoa together. Add milk, butter,and vanilla. Mix only until smooth. Pour into greased casserole or small baking dish. Mix together 1/2 cup sugar and 2Tbl cocoa; sift over batter. Then pour boiling water over top of batter. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool 1/2 to 1 hour before serving.

If you like chocolate this dessert is amazing!!!

Please enjoy!!

Also I am in the process of clearing the plot for my garden, I am so thankful that the Lord has given me this opportunity. I cant wait to plant and start making and preserving the harvest. In Christ, Sarah.

Tip of the day

If you are making biscuits or some other type of dough that you need to cut butter into, just grate the butter into the flour with a grater. Make sure that after you grate a little you cover the butter with flour so that it doesn't clump. It also helps to stick the butter in the freezer so that it is easier to grate. In Christ, Sarah

Tip of the day

If your making banana bread, zucchini bread or another quick bread and don't want to wait an hour for the bread. Put the batter in a waffle maker and cook just like you would waffles. It's delicious and quick. In Christ, Sarah

Sewing Aprons and stuff

I thought I would share with you some of the projects i've been working on. I have a granny square crochet blanket that i've been working on for awhile, the only reason that it's not done is because I started other projects. My resolution for the year is to finish that blanket and I am almost done, YEA!!! I love making my own blankets, rugs, aprons, clothes etc... If you can make something instead of buying I think that adds such a quality to it, that you just cant get with mass produced household items. I am also working on a scarf to give as a gift, I just started knitting so this is just a basic knit stitch which is all I have attempted. Here's a picture of it







I started an apron on tuesday night and finished it on wednesday morning, it is McCall's pattern 2947 out of this pattern you can make 8 different aprons. I always try and go to joanns which is the fabric store here and get the patterns when they are on sale for .99 . I changed the pattern a little bit. It needed to be longer and I didn't want the neck to be a tie, so I just made it to slip over the neck.Also I changed the pocket to a rectangle.  Here is a picture of it in progress and finished.

 

                                                               Without any straps

                                                                          Finished!!!



I will soon be starting some pajama pants for my mom and I.

Proverbs 31 Woman

Proverbs 31
10Who can find a virtuous wife?
For her worth is far above rubies

11The heart of her husband safely trusts her,
So he will have no lack of gain.

12She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.

13She seeks wool and flax
And willingly works with her hands.

14She is like the merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.

15She also rises while it is yet night
And provides food for her household
And portions for her maidens.

16She considers a field and buys it;
From her profits she plants a vineyard.

17She girds herself with strength
And strengthens her arms.

18She perceives that her merchandise is good;
And her lamp does not go out by night.

19She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hand holds the spindle

20She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.

21She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

23Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.

24She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies sashes for the merchants.

25Strength and honor are her clothing;
She shall rejoice in time to come.
Thank you Lord
26She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of kindness

27She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

28Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:

29"Many daughters have done well,

But you excel them all."

Distinguished

30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,

But a woman who fears the Lord she shall be praised.

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,

And let her own works praise her in the gates.

 Honored