How do you give?

I just read this article in the Washington Post about a man in the D.C. area who has made the decision, after he was laid off from his job, to give $10 to a random person he runs into each day. I'm not going to lie, I'm deeply moved by his simple action.

You can read his Year of Giving blog here.

I hope this simple idea moves you as it did me to find a way to give back to the people around you.

Love it!

Can I just say, I LOVE shopping at the commissary! It will beat Walmart's prices any day, there are grocery baggers and checkers that are happy to be working and it is never crowded! I love it!

I also LOVE overhearing Sean disciplining my dog for chewing up her harness while we were gone by yelling at her to "go your kennel because you're grounded!" Hilarious!! I think he is ready for a kid.

busy busy busy

I can't believe it's been 2 months since I updated this thing! I check it almost every day to read other blogs, but I never feel inspired to write. So here I am, updating the 7 people following this blog as to what has been going on these last 2 months. So here goes!

At the end of December, Sean and I went to D.C. to visit his parents for Christmas and New Years. It was so much fun as I have never been in a 'BIG' city outside Seattle, Denver, or Salt Lake. It was a fun new experience, but I was very glad to be home in Montana snowshoeing the day after we got back.

January was pretty blah--some REALLY cold weather and lots of snow. Sean installed a barrel stove in the garage and is slowly making it his man den/work shop. He's making a fly tying station at our friend's wood shop, and has also set up a reloading bench as he has found a new passion for guns and ammunition. And because of his new passion, I was able to shoot my first pistol ever! AND I LOVE IT!

February has been really busy for the both of us: my job is keeping me running all day long as does Sean's. On the 1st of March, my company is bidding a new job out on the base. Pray that we win it as I would like to have a local job for as long as possible! Sean is enjoying Student Flight up at the MANG once a month, but is really looking forward to Basic and Tech School in May. We've also been busy around the house. We are installing a 'new' dishwasher this weekend as well as finish building a little pantry in the laundry room. As much as I love this little house, there really is no where to store things. My current 'pantry' is a small cabinet about 10"x 2' with 3 little shelves. Can't buy in bulk because there is no room to store it. Buy the end of this weekend, i will have a 7' x 6' pantry to store all the garden goodies I plan on canning this summer as well as other items we like to buy in bulk.

Enjoy some of these pictures of our adventures. I pray that you all are well and that God is blessing you daily!

7th Place!!

I scared Sean with my excitement this morning!  

I had my first placement in the I ♥ Faces contest!  Stop by and check out all the other winners at this link.

I ♥ Faces Pet Week

Man It's been a while since I have entered in an I ♥ Faces Competition!
This week is a 'Pets Only' week.

Here is my entry. I took this picture one morning as I was on my way up to the ski hill and saw these horses with frost on them from the cold Montana morning. The sun coming up over the mountain behind this horse was just perfect!




Now head over to I ♥ Faces and check out all the other entries.

Merry Christmas to all!

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Good Homemade Bread

I have been venturing out recently trying my hand in baking breads. Store bought bread has become kind of expensive recently considering how little bread we actually eat in the week--half of it would go to waste before the two of us could finish it. So 2 weeks ago, I decided to make my own bread. I can use a little bit at a time and freeze the rest.

I tried my friend Lora's Whole Wheat Bread recipe, but had a little trouble with the yeast rising. Since I was out of honey and didn't want to make a run to the store just for honey to start over the liquid portion of the recipe again, I went ahead and mixed the ingredients together getting one heavy loaf of bread instead of the 2 I should have had. It didn't make good for sandwiches as 2 bites would make you feel like you at a brick; we used it for breakfast toast, broiling it with a little butter and brown sugar. YUMMMM!!!

Today, I found a Whole Wheat Beer Bread recipe online
I was searching for a recipe that didn't require yeast--one less thing for me to screw up. We had a bottle of leftover beer from the guys who poured out patio slab a few months ago. I combined all the dry ingredients, stirred in one bottle of beer, and now my home smells of yummy bread cooking in the oven. It smells DELISH! And Sean approved of the little snip of dough he stole before I could get it into the oven.
Yeah for bread!!!