It's Getting Cold...Time for Warming Families

Hi Everyone! I just want to share a tiny bit of my work for charity.
I don't do as much as I would like to, but at least one or two boxes is sent
every year to warm needy people in the winter.
If you have never used your craft to help others, don't miss out on it! You don't know
the great satisfaction you have been missing.
























If you are interested in contributing to Warming Families, you can find them on the net.
The chapter I contribute to is in Oregon, manned by Linda Estill, who is a very sweet lady.
If you would like to contact her, here's her webside:

To Check out the Warming Families of Oregon webpage, Click on this Link:
http://www.angelfire.com/or2/warmingfamilies/index.html

"It is good to have money, and the things that money can buy, but it is good, too, to check up once in a while, and make sure you haven't lost the things that money cannot buy." George Horace Lorimer

"The only condition in the matter of having God's guidance is that we let Him guide. He cannot lead us unless we follow. We must choose to let Him guide, or He cannot do it." Mrs. C. O. Hall.

Two interesting sites you might want to visit:

Archeology from a Christian perspective:
http://www.beforeus.com/

The Richest Caveman:
http://www.dougbatchelor.com/

Is Your Little Hut on Fire?

When Your Hut's On Fire. . ."

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.
Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to fund his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up towards the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost.
He was stunned with disbelief, grief and anger.
He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?" Early the next day, he was awakened
by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him!"
How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers.
"We saw your smoke signal,! they replied.
Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground, it may just
be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.




I've been doing beading crochet lately and enjoying it more than in the past. Choose a size of bead that will be "comfortable" for your thread size, or the bead will droop downward and sort of dance in the thread, a good size bead for crochet ·10 is Size 6, also size "E" beads.
I have been using some of those and they are easier to thread than the tiny Delicas.


A free recipe you might enjoy:


Vegan Oat Burgers

2 1/2 cups boiling vegetable broth (your recipe)
1 tsp. sweet paprika powder
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
1 bsp. chicken-style seasoning
1 cup pulverized sunflower seeds
3 cups quick oats
Salt to taste
1 stalk celery chopped
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, minced

Take a little bit of the broth and process the celery and the parsley until smooth in a blender or food processor.
Pour the rest of the boiling broth over the quick oats and the seasonings. Add the blended parsley and celery, let is all soak until the oars are soft, mix well. Form burgers and brown on both sides in a barely oiled skillet.
Yield depends on size of burgers.

Take care!

















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A Tasty Recipe, Some Crochet, and a Whale of a Story!

I have been crocheting a lot, but it doesn't show much because during the summer, I like to work on cotton thread and I am not so quick with it like I am with the large crochet hooks. Still, I am hoping I will soon be able to post some things
to share with you all.
Meanwhile, I would like to share this.

A new recipe, this one is also very savory and easy to make.
Try it, you'll enjoy it!

Veggetarian Chopped Chunks
1 1/2 cups of oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup vital gluten (you can find that at a health food store)
1/2 cup ground raw potatoes
2 Tbsp. sweet paprika powder
3 Tbsps. onion powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
5 slices whole wheat bread, toasted and pulverized in the blender, crusts and all
1/8 tsp. sage powder or marjoram
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
Salt to tast
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup garganzos or soy beans soaked overnight
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

Soak garbanzos or soy beans overnight, drain water and put in the blenderwith chopped raw potatoes, celery, parsley and sunflower seeds, ground in the blender into a pulp using a little water.Scrape into a bowl, add all the rest of the ingredients, mix well until all the seasonings are well incorporated and forminga soft dough. With your hands, form cutlets or chunks. Prepare a cookie sheet or any other baking tray that you have. Bake at 300 degrees F turning several times until a fork that is inserted in them comes out completely dry. You can use the cutlets with a sauce as a side dish, like meaty dumplings in your beans, you can add them to your pasta dishes, add them to Pita bread sandwhiches, etc.

Always remember that although life is hard, God is good. Turn to Him for your needs and He will not forsake you.


I love lace, crocheted, knitted, macrame lace, needlelace, you name it!
I am currently working on some things but it takes so long to make them!
I keep looking at some beautiful patterns to keep me inspired. . .


I got an email from a dear friend of mine who lives in Australia. We used to work together when she lived here in the States and then she married someone from Down Under. . .but no hard feelings, he has been a very good husband. This is a very touching, real story, worth reading.

The Whale Story

If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle,you would have read about a female humpback whalewho had become entangled in a spider web of crab trapsand lines.She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that causedher to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards ofline rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a linetugging in her mouth.A fisherman spotted her just east of the FarraloneIslands(outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help.Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she wasso bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her ...
a very dangerous proposition.One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyouscircles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed gently around-she thanked them. Some said it was the most incrediblybeautiful experience of their lives.The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye wasfollowing him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love,be so blessed and fortunate ...to be surrounded by peoplewho will help you get untangledfrom the things that are binding you.And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.I wish you well, my friend.

Well, that is all for now, take care!

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Amazing Wonders of Creation

Searching For Inspiration. . .

Have you ever been out of ideas? Yikes!!!
Well, sometimes going around the house and looking at things in a different way might crack a window open into your mind and give you a fresh approach to your crafts.
Let me tell you a little story. Some years ago, while I was still in highschool, money was tight, and my mom had a birthday coming up at the office and really wanted to give something to a co-worker who was really nice to her.
Well, she didn't have anything in mind, and her paycheck was all taken up, so. . .she decided to make something rather than buy it. She knew how to sew, she knew how to paint. . .so she went to a fabric store, got some natural-colored burlap (yes, burlap!!!) got some paper, some soft batting and some cotton tan fabric for a lining. Then she bought some natural number 10 crochet thread and a wooden button. With the paper she cut the shape of a clutch bag, all in one piece with flap and all. She drew some nice flowers across the front of the flap and painted them with bright colors in acrylic paint. Let them dry really well, and started to put together the bag. She sandwhiched the batting between the burlap and the lining, and stitched away at the edges of the bag carefully sewing in the seams. She made a loop with the thread, sewed it on and the button in place, and she had a bag!
When birthday present time came she was ready. The bag was such a hit that the girl who received it wanted more, one for her sister, one for her mom. . .it turned into a cottage industry and my mom paid more than one bill with it.
Inspiration is just looking at something common in a different way, saying, I wonder if this would work, and giving it a go. . .

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