My week...

I'm glad to be back to myself and rid of my cold. I've been able to get a lot done this week so far...working on my first ministry video to be put up on YouTube next week...cleaning off my computer in order for it to be sent off for repairs...maintaining Commandment Keepers...writing on my book...helping at home...family time...and so much more.

I've also really been enjoying being back into Scrapbooking. I've gotten my entire trip to Israel scrapbooked and journaled. That was 72 pages (times front and back making it a total of 144 sides) in two separate scrapbooks. Wow! But I'm so happy to have it done and really like how it turned out.

I also got all of our family's bakery recipes typed up, organized, and printed. They are all now in one notebook instead of scattered among various recipe cards and books to always have to be searched out. This will make our life much easier!

So now off to help make soup for lunch that will also be for Shabbat and other Shabbat preparations.

Chasing Dust Bunnies

My Sunday and Monday were very busy productive days...probably a bit too much time spent working on the computer, but I did get a lot done. My To Do List has more done on it, than not done which is a good thing! I'm finding that having a daily morning routine helps me to be more productive...now to just get the rest of the day into a routine and that would be good.

Tuesday, I had one of my house cleaning jobs, and I don't know what happened...but the floors were covered in dust. It had only been two weeks, but I was chasing dust bunnies for hours! I'm still sore today from all my chasing as the "bunnies" literally bounced all over the floor. (And I mean literally as the balls of dust and crumbs bounced up and and down on the run as I pushed the vaccum close to them.) I busily ran errands that afternoon after finishing to make the most of my gas into town.

Wednesday was a good day of getting work done on our family recipe book which I hope to publish later this year as well as ministry work for my ministry and Commandment Keepers. We keep adding new authors to Commandment Keepers which is so exciting for me. Then I keep adding more pages to my book which my ministry will be publishing once I finish it. I did not realize how much work writing is until I started this book, but it is so worth it.

We had my grandfather out visiting with us today. He has Alzheimer's, so he sleeps a lot. But we enjoy having him here with us. We've made a banana pudding for him - his favorite desert - and it's cooling on the countertop right now. So I'm off to clean our house and prepare for Shabbat as our congregation will be gathering at our house this coming Shabbat. I can't wait. We're studying the Threshold Covenant, and it is a very interesting topic!

ResTORAHtion Cooking - A Messianic Hebrew Roots Cookbook

ResTORAHtion Ministries is pleased to present ResTORAHtion Cooking which is a compilation cookbook featuring recipes from Messianic Hebrew Roots families all across the world.

We are very excited about this project and ask you to join us by submitting YOUR favorite recipes! We need recipes for the traditional categories as well as the special categories of Days of Unleavened Bread (recipes containing no leaven for use during the Days of Unleavened Bread), Feast Days Food (recipes that you use during the Feast Days), and Easy Shabbat Meals (meals with little prep or "fix ahead" meals).

We are even working on a special Torah Teacher's Favorites Section, so you won't want to miss being part of this special project for the entire Hebrew Roots Community! When submitting your recipe, please include a story about why this recipe is particularly special or unique, a favorite memory of fixing it, or how you received the recipe. Each of us loves understanding what makes a recipe more than a recipe but a piece of each person sharing it.

Recipes only need to be Biblically clean according to Leviticus 11 not necessarily "kosher."

Recipe Submittal Deadline: June 1, 2011

http://www.restorahtionministries.org/restorahtioncooking.htm

Trying to Stay Warm

I'm truly ready for Spring! It has been in the 20s straight here in Ohio with 6" of snow on the ground. It's beautiful and makes everything look clean, but I'm truly ready for Spring. :)

This week has been a good week. Got a lot done at work, now I'm heading off to teach a Cake Decorating Class tonight. I think I'm going to splurge and get a Starbucks tonight. Just don't tell my friend Paul who eats raw!

I've also been working on our family's cookbook project. We're compiling a Messianic cookbook of which I'll post about separately. That's going to be very exciting! We've gotten all the main Torah Teachers to agree to be part of it too! The recipes as they come in are looking delicious. :)