You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not snobby or pretentious, but you have what it takes to give anyone a run for their money.
"Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.
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You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not snobby or pretentious, but you have what it takes to give anyone a run for their money.
"Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.
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So my blog format has changed which is good because things were getting messed up anyhow. But now I have to refigur some stuff out. Right now I am working on getting my little bios of my family on the left sidebar. Next I need to try to put up my LittleKnots and Etsy shop links. So I uploaded this photo for my profile shot and now just have to figure out how to get it where I want it. Can anyone guess what children's book the title of this entry is from? I'll give $5 off any onsie/shirt/hat/jinggle ball you want. :)]]>
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Second, I keep a short blog on my website which I hope to write in once a week...even something short. But then I also can post "articles" on my main page. Do the main page articles clog up the space and make it confusing? I plan to use the main page articles for promotional information while the blog link would be more personal.
Thirdly, any advice on how to get my products out there even more. Right now I mostly sell to people I have directly connected with. How do I grow that circle? I do have an Etsy shop but what else is out there?
Lastly, I hope to start sending out a short mailing (via e-mail) ever few months. If you would like to be added to this mailing list just leave your e-mail in a comment or if you don't feel comfortable with that e-mail it to me: sarah@littleknots.com.
Thanks all of you for your input. It helps with my indecisiveness.
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Dissolve in 1/2 C warm water: 1 T sugar and 1 T yeast.
Mix in bowl:
- 1/2 C oil
- 2 C plain yogurt
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 5 t baking powder
- 1 t salt
- 1/2 C sugar
Add yeast mixture and stir well.
Add 5 C flour (I use 3 whole wheat and 2 white) and knead until soft, adding more flour as needed.
Make into rolls and bake at 375 for 15 to 20 min.
Refrigerate dough in an airtight container.
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Preheat oven to 325.
Mix together in large bowl:
- 1/2 - 1 C. coconut (I only use 1/2 C.)
- 4 C. rolled oats (I just use oatmeal)
- 1 C. sunflower seed
- 1 C. wheat germ (sold in the cereal part of the store, not the flour part)
- 1/4 - 1/2 c. sesame seed (I use 1/4 C.)
- 1 C. peanuts or chopped walnuts (I use 1 1/2 C. peanuts)
Bring to a boil:
- 1 C. honey or brown sugar (use 3/4 C. oil of you use brown sugar)
- 1/2 C oil
- 1 T cinnamon
Pour honey mixture over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spread on 2 greased cookie sheets (with sides). Bake about 30 minutes, stirring often. Watch closely at the last, not allowing granola to become too dark. Allow to cool undisturbed, then break into chunks.
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I keep a journal for each of my kids...how strange it is to say, "kids." I thought I'd share a bit about why the name Samuel is so special to me. It's a family name from Kirk's dad's side of the family which I think is awesome but that's a different story that maybe Kirk will tell sometime. I'm going to talk about the other reason I love the name Samuel. Actually, I'm just going to copy out what I wrote in Samuel's journal b/c I'm in a rush and need to straighten up my house before my in-laws arrive. :)
Samuel means more to me than just following family tradition. I had a pretty hard pregnancy with you. I was really nauseous at the beginning, and a little nauseous the rest of the time. I also struggled a lot emotionally. During my pregnancy I was in a women's Bible study. Some of what we studied was about how God provided for the Israelites on a day-by-day basis (while in the desert). And in the "Lord's Prayer," Jesus taught us to pray and ask God for our "daily bread." God taught me, through your hard pregnancy, to rely on Him for what I needed one day at a time. And that God promised to always give me what I needed for each day...and He was/is faithful. I learned to pray so much more. This is why I love the name Samuel because it means "heard by God." God hears our prayers - what a privilege to be reminded of that by my son's name!
So my grammar is not perfect and the flow is non-existent...that's how journals are supposed to be. But you get the point, God is so amazing that He listens to the prayers of these tiny, insignificant, selfish people.
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Samuel Paul Ward arrived at 1:42 am on Wednesday, March 26th. He weighed 8 lb 2 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. We went into the hospital around 2:00 pm on Tuesday to be induced. After a long boring day of "laboring," boring because I decided to get an epidural earlier than I did with Joanna (I waited until I was in excruciating pain). Around 1:00 a.m. we (Kirk, my mom, and me) were sleepy so turned off Fellowship of the Ring and took a nap. Fifteen minutes later the nurses came in to check on me because the baby monitor had slipped and wasn't picking up Samuel's heartbeat. Then put one on his head and the nurse decided to check my progress...I was fully dilated. So they wheeled in all the delivery stuff (I labored, delivered, and recovered in the same room), called the OB and I did a "practice push." My OB arrived, got herself ready and we did a real push which welcomed Samuel's head into the world and on the next contraction welcomed his body. I guess those kegels really do work. :)
Our recovery is going well. I hardly tore at all. My mom is here to do all the work she can and give Joanna all the attention she can. Samuel's doing awesome. He sleeps a TON! The first night home was rough, the next night he woke up twice and last night he woke up once. Who knows what tonight will bring.
Thanks for all your prayers.
As long promised...a personal blog entry. I'd like to say that life in the fast lane is slowing down. Last week was my last week of watching Maddie Eisenbraun one day a week. Next week will be my last week of Monday night girls' Bible study (anyone interested in taking my place?). Although with these things coming to a close I have increased my OBGYN appointments to once a week. Kirk's life is also slowing down. His responsibilities in South City are slowing down and choir season is slowing down.
Today I went to my doctor and she said that I'm 2 cm dilated (that's 2 of the 10 you have to be when you begin the "pushing" phase of labor). So that was a good shock to get me moving to get ready for the birth of this baby. He's not due for another 4 weeks but will be considered full term on Friday. I'm trying not to get my hopes up for an early delivery, I could be dilated at 2 cm for 5 more weeks before going into labor. But it's definitely given me a kick in the maternity pants to register myself at the hospital and figure out exactly what we'll do with Joanna when I go to the hospital...who would like to be called in the middle of the night for "Joanna duty?" My labor was induced with Joanna so I have this fear that I won't have any idea when I'm going into labor. Any tips from fellow moms?
I'd also like to write some more about things I've been thinking through: What should worship look like for me with a toddler? What should I expect Joanna to behave like in church? What's acceptable and what's not? When Joanna gets older, what are the pros and cons to children's church? I hope to write more on this later and would love some feedback.
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