To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and cat-head biscuits, and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff...bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'all's front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Bless your hearts, y'all have a blessed day!
Hannah and my wild man Joshua. He always finds a stick, no matter where that kid is, he has a stick in his hand. He is so sweet hearted. 
Hannah, my little garden flower. She oves hats and all those sorts of things. She's wearing a purse and the skirt she and I made the other day. We had a wonderful time in the forest, we were very lucky that Hannah remembered the mosquito repellent. They were thriving in there and would have eaten us to the bone if not for Hannah's foresight.
We had a wonderful time in God's creation, there is just something about being in the outdoors. We listened to the birds singing the most beautiful song. We concluded that they were singing a love song to their Creator.
So I'm proud to say, I have started back and I'm finishing the second half of this race this time. Here are a few pics of my progress the from first go around. Oh yea and I got my hair cut too. I had never had it this short in my life, if was a change but Johnny loved it so I did too. :0)
Amanda Is....
Happy 31st Birthday Amanda, the world is blessed because your a part of it.
d using the first one and as I prepared to throw out the empty container, I noticed something. This is a really cool container, it's sturdy and the top fits very good. It has two pour spouts, one for small amounts and one for spooning. So I decided to clean the container out and use it for sugar. I keep my sugar in a tupperware canister but it's sometimes cumbersome to tote out. I have two of these containers and I am using one for sugar and the other I'll use for flour. 
Mix all the dry ingrdients together. Add oil and cut in with a pastry blender until it looks like rough meal.
Add the milk and combine with a wooden spoon (a must for a good southern cook), sprinkle a bit more flour if the dough is too sticky.
Flour a working area and roll your dough out to about 3/4 of an inch. Okay, for you who have a special cutter for biscuits, get it out, for the rest of us country folk, find that glass that works best. Flour the glass or cutter, :o) and start cutting.
Make sure to reuse the left over dough, I remix it and finish it off.
Put in a preheated over at 150 C. I think thats 325 F. Let bake until lightly brown on top, the darker they get the dryer they will get.
Ta Da!!! All finished. Start to finish is about 40 minutes including cooking time.
Ya know, there are alot of different things you can do with a good biscuit recipe. Here is the recipe for monkey bread that I make with this recipe.
MONKEY BREAD
INGREDIENTS:
Above Biscuit recipe, doubled
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 175 C or 350 degrees F. Grease or spray (non-stick spray) a 10 inch tube pan.
Mix white cinnamon and sugar medium bowl. Roll out dough to 1 inch thick. Use either a pizza cutter or knife to cute the douch into 1 to 1.5 in square cubes. Coat several biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along. In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits.
Bake at 175 C or 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.
CINNAMON ROLLS
INGREDIENTS:
Single bath of above biscuits
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
6 tbsp. butter, melted
2 tsp. cinnamon
DIRECTIONS:
Prepare a single bath of biscuit dough. Roll the dough on a floured surface to about 1/3 inch thinckness. Spread the melted butter over the dough. Sprinkle the brown brown sugar and cinnamon over the buttered dough. Roll up jelly roll-fashion, starting with a short end. Place on a lightly floured surface to cut. Using a piece of stron thread, slide the thread beneath the roll and cross thread to cut the rolls with out mashing them. Place in an ungreased metal baking pan and cook until lightly brown., about 35 minutes.
You can mix powdered sugar and milk together to make a loose glaze for the rolls. I sometimes use orange juice instead of milk, delish!
BIBLE FACTS:
BIBLE STATISTICS:
OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
Special thanks to Amazing Bible Timeline for this wonderful information.
I typed this poem 7 years ago and taped it neatly in the front of my Bible. I love it and read it often.
There is a treasure,
Rich beyond measure,
Offered to mortals today;
Some folks despise it,
Some criticize it,
Some would explain it away.
Some never read it,
Some never head it,
Some say "It's long had it's day";
Some people prize it,
And he who tried it,
Finds it's his comfort and stay.
God gave this treasure,
Rich beyond measure,
His Word, we call it today.
Let us believe it,
Gladly receive it,
Read, mark and learn to obey.
~A.M.N.
I seen this on a few other blogs so I thought I would add a few of mine. Today I'll only share one of my favorite things. I don't have many things that mean alot to me other than My Bible and family but I have a few.
Last time we were home on furlough, my very sweet husband treated me to a mini get away. We didn't leave town but we stayed overnight in a nice hotel and then went out for a while.
During the day he kept telling me he knew something that I didn't know
. He said he had taken the liberty of buying me something. My first thought being a woman was... JEWELRY!!!! I wasn't at all disappointed when I found out that it wasn't jewelry after all but something much more special.
Johnny had gone to Build a Bear Workshop and made me a very special friend.
He named my bear Moja Ljubav, which is My Love in Croatian. When you squeeze it's hand it plays the sweetest message ever. A very personal message that Johnny recorded for me and me alone. I love it and it's one of my favorite things. :o)
Okat so Blogger no longer loves me and is being very selfish with it's space. After fighting with it and the HTML I decided to go this route, Praying it works! :0)
Okay so we headed out to the river, it was hot but there was a nice fresh breeze. The birds were signing and the day was perfect. We all had high hopes for our day as fishermen.
The river was lovely. The Drava Rive runs out of the Alps and into the Black Sea, it's very cold right now.
We drove for a while to find the perfect place to fish. We noticed a little dirt road we had never seen so we set out to check it out. BAD MOVE! We got to the end of the dirt road only to find the road blocked off. Johnny put the van in reverse and backed up the hill when the tires started spinning. Now so you know this is like miles and miles from civilization. One could die out there! :o) Finally, Johnny being the smart man he is, lined the van up just right and gunned it in reverse and hit that hill at full throttle. We made it, took out a few trees in the process but we made it.
Well the gang is headed to the river today to hopefully catch some fish. We're going to make a camp fire and roast wieners for hotdogs. Oh yea we're taking our best girl-friend along, KD along. Don't know how much of a good idea this is, She loves to jump in and swim and I imagine the fish won't be too eager to stay around after meeting her. Oh well, she'll have fun and we'll have fun watching.
Well with today being Fathers Day I thought I would post a little about my Daddy.
Okay since several people have asked, here are the step by step instructions for adding a linkroll to your blog.
1. Go to http://del.icio.us/
2. Sign up or Register
3. Install Buttons:
you will see a blue link that says
post to del.icio.us and my del.icio.us
Right click on this link
Choose Add to Favorites
If you are asked if you want to continue, answer Yes (it is safe to install)
In the Create In: area, select the Links folder
Click OK
Do this for both buttons and you should see them on your link bar in Explorer, if not there then in your Favorites under Links.
4. I would suggest trying to use the buttons. open a blog and a post and then click the post to del.icio.us button to add the post. A page will open showing your account with del.icio.us and the link you just added.
5. Click Save This is to see if the buttons are working and all.
6. Okay now check your e-mail and you should get a verification e-mail from del.icio.us, click the link.
7. When the page pulls up you will see several blue links on the right hand side. Click the HELP one.
8. Now on this page you will see several differnt sections with links. Look to the right hand side and the section marked Blog Integration. Under this you will see linkroll, click this .
9. Now it has opened the page for you to get the script for your blog.
10. Below the script you can customize the script a bit. Do all your customizing then copy the script and add it into your blog.
11. Using it is very easy.
12. While viewing a page or post that you want to add, you simply click the post to del.icio.us link and it will add it to your linkroll on your page. To view this linkroll or delete just use the my del.icio.us button.
Wheww, this should get the job done.
Q: Should the flag be taken down at night?
It is customary to fly the flag from buildings or staffs in open areas from "dawn to dusk". The Flag Code (§ 174 ) recognizes, however, that some people may wish to create a patriotic effect by displaying the flag from a building or outside staff (pole) 24 hours a day. If such is the case it is proper to fly the flag both day and night, PROVIDED that the flag is properly lit up at night.
It was the sight of the United States Flag flying through the night of September 14, 1814 that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our National Anthem. Similarly, various laws and Presidential proclamations have authorized the flying of flags around the clock for patriotic effect at several sites. In once such proclamation President Richard Nixon stated:
"The flag of the United States should be one of the first things seen at our Customs ports of entry, both by American citizens returning from abroad and by travelers from other countries. As the symbol of our country and our freedoms, the national colors of the United States provide a welcome greeting of warm promise.
Many people, however, enter our country at night when the flag is not flown, because of the nearly universal custom of displaying it only from sunrise to sunset. I believe it is appropriate that returning citizens and visitors from other countries be welcomed by our flag whether they arrive at their ports of entry by day or night."
Presidential Proclamation No 4131, May 5, 1972
Over the years similar proclamations and public laws have also authorized the display of the United States flag 24 hours a day at:
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Baltimore, MD): 1948
Flag House Square (Baltimore, MD): 1954
United States Marine Corps (Iwo Jima) Memorial (Washington, D.C.): 1961
On the Green of the Town of Lexington, MA: 1965
The White House (Washington, D.C.): 1970
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.): 1971
United States Customs Ports of Entry: 1972
The Grounds of the National Memorial Arch (Valley Forge, PA): 1975
Aprons, my new found love!!
So I’m jumping on the bandwagon and adding some usless stuff about me!
Bro. Johnny (my sugar) @ Life in the Field
Sarah Joy@ Sarah Joy's Corner 
Kristi @ Thimble Thoughts
Kelly @ Grace Upon Grace
Sharon @ Keeper of the Home
Kari @ U Create
Traci @ Beneath My Heart
