I currently have a leather-bound MacArthur NKJV Study Bible and recently, while going through the book of John at church, I found a HUGE accidental ommision.
My Bible is missing part of John 19:24 into John 19:26.
It goes from:
“…that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: ” and then on the next page (1625) it continues onto, “by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!””
So my Bible is missing:
“ “ They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”
Therefore the soldiers did these things. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing” ”
Had it been notations or an accidental omition of one word I would have been fine, but I’m not okay with the omition of a whole 2 verses. I have contacted Thomas Nelson, who printed it- but otherwise, not sure what to do about this. It was a $50 Bible so Im actually hoping to have it replaced.
So that time is here, the dreaded postpartum weight loss to-do list that most mothers with more than a few kids go through. I say this because, a lot of women I know, including myself, bounced RIGHT back into shape after having their first.
It’s been on my mind for months and, knowing there was little I could really do about it without compromising my daughter’s nutrition, I have done little. Now, at 9 mos old, Emmalia is old enough to eat foods other than myself and even though I am nursing her multiple times a day still, I can safely start exercising without worrying that she is going to starve.
I struggled the first 5 months with my milk supply and so it’s a tad scary for me. On top of that, Im exclusively nursing on one side because my other is in a coma. So I just have to make sure I am slow and steady instead of gung-ho like I usually am. This is going to be tougher, I just know it.
I found some interesting web pages with lots of information that is helping me get inspired to stick with it.
While looking up the benefits of walnuts last night (Im on this candied-walnut kick) I came across this site http://www.007b.com/essential_fatty_acids.php which is a breastfeeding advicocy website. It has some interesting points about the benefits of Omega 3 Fatty acids and how they work both in our bodies, and how it’s transfered to our growing babies in pregnancy and nursing. Im definitely changing the things I eat now!!! It’s even making me rethink my weaning period, but I am going to feel that one out.
Honestly? I dont see myself nursing Emma when she is 4, which is Eva Bella’s age right now. As soon as she gets teeth and starts talking- I think that is a great point to wean… but we will see.
We have had our whole house in the same color the contractors originally painted it for the past four years. So I figured it was about time to choose a different color for at least my livingroom. I drove over to Sherwin WIlliams who provided the original pallet of our house colors to pick out a nice slate for the living room walls.
I originally chose the ‘Aloof Gray’. But once I started painting my walls… it was crazy. It looked BABY BLUE!!! And it wasnt even being painted on white… it was on an offwhite eggshell already! So yeah, definitely too cold for our house. It seemed nice on the swatch!
I went back in as I was panicking over my baby blue livingroom and they gave me another gallon of another color for free and I bought the original mis-matched color I brought back from them for $2.50! The color I picked was called Intellectual Grey . Its much darker and it a nice grey-toupe. After I come off my painting high Ill let you know how it turned out!
Well, I had my first root canal this morning. Im still numb at the moment and I took a vicodin because Im scared of what will happen once the anesthesia wears off. My jaw is swollen already and we will have to see!
They did give me a rose (new patient thing maybe?) so I feel better from that. The doctor said I have long teeth and it took a lot to numb me. I go back in 3 weeks to finish the procedure! He prescribed me some steroids for the swelling but I cant breastfeed on them. Im hoping I wont need them.
Something that I have really appreciated is the Archer Farms brand at Target (we pronounce it Tar-szhay). I recently went all out and bought their Fair Trade Espresso beans (unground of course). ANd I was pleasantly surprised!
They were around $6 and the coffee is really good! I might just be buying this from now on.
“A snake is loose in the house! A snake is loose in the house, mom!!!” Jacob screamed from the back room.
I set Emmalia down to go see, and she immediately began crying.
“Now, hold on guys…” I said cautiously, “… stay back, I don’t want you scaring it under the shelf.” I said. Of course both Eva Bella and Jacob were jumping beans all over.
“Grab me the camera !” I said to Jacob. He jumps over the itty bitty snake which then takes off, and the phone rings.
“Grab the phone too, Jake!” I yelled.
“Waaah! Waaah!” Goes Emma.
“Eeek, eeek!” Goes Eva.
“Ring! Ring!” Goes the phone.
“Hiss, hiss!” goes the baby snake in my entryway.
“Mom, I need you to email my teacher my homework right now…” Abbie says from the other side of the phone line.
“Waaah! Waaah!” Goes Emma.
“Eeek, eeek!” Goes Eva.
“Hiss, hiss!” goes the baby snake in my entryway, and Jacob scares it under Abbie’s coat.
I grabbed an envelope box, scooped up the baby reptile, let him go out in the backyard, ran to my computer, sent off Abbie’s homework to her teacher, and picked up Emmalia. Who let the snake in my house?
I threw together an interesting dish yesterday that I wanted to share with you. There isn’t an exact science to it, but it was still good! You can alter it to your tastes and even add other stuff, so there is a lot of room for variations and potential!
Rice AlaJyn
Jyn's Rice Meal
First, take a pot and put in about 2-3 cups of water and turn on the stove to a Med-medium High setting.
I cook everything on HIGH so this is quite conservative for me, however I am thinking about your safety here!
In the meantime, crush some savory herbs into the water along with some tarragon, some ginger powder, garlic powder, 1 tbs of sugar and some pepper, 1-2 tbs of chicken boulion and throw in about 1 cup of rice. Bring to a boil. Add a dash of sesame oil, but be careful not to pour a lot in like me. I forget sometimes that it doesn’t have a hole at the top to dash the liquid in and end up pouring it all in >.< .
At this point you can cut up some cubes of ham (which is what I did in the picture) or chicken, beef, etc- or you can add some vegetables such as bamboo shoots, carrot sticks, etc. And let it come to a boil. Cook for about 10 minutes like that and then take a cast iron pan, put it on the top of the pot, and turn off the heat. Im sure you can use a lid- but this did a great job of reflecting the heat back into the pot and I felt cool doing it.
I integrate cast ironware into as much cooking as I can- something about the RAW iron of it that makes you feel special.
From here you let it sit a few minutes, you can peek and stir it until it suits your consistancy, but it doesnt take very long.
My kids have seconds on this dish, and if you put more vegetables in it, it could easily pass as a skillet meal.
Nothing like having your brain oozing out your ears to remind you how ADHD you are. Im sitting here about to write and all I can think about is how much I wish that Joomla! was more like Wordpress. You have to still manually update everything, plugins, etc on Joomla still and even the SEO functions are not working well. Backing up is tough, at least RECOUPERATING a Joomla! site can be a feat, in itself- and all the while, Wordpress has figured that all out, already.
Last night, Jay and I watched the 35 minute feature film of ‘Lemonade‘ last night- it was quite inspiring! I want my own coffee roaster in my home now. My ideal home would be such a circus, people. I would have a personal coffee roaster I would roast my own beans with, drive-thru espresso window to serve people ‘Jyn’s Juice’. My art studio where I would paint and edit my photography in, inbetween photoshoots. Downstairs I would have a family room with cabinets for storing kid projects and assignments, a corner area for studying with vaulted ceilings and lots of light coming in through windows. Floor-to-ceiling bookcases filled with all sorts of books- old and new. I would have my own pantry filled with supplies to cook with, shelves with cases of cake decorating supplies and recipes…. the list is endless.
Just this morning I was thinking about how neat it would be to have a website called ‘The Village Traders’ that sold bulk items for storage and use for large families/ organizations. How nice it would be to have a 3 sectional cereal dispencer that fit on the bottom shelf of our pantry that could be refilled when pulled out. But it really would have to be a 3 section, deep- not tall. Im always coming up with ideas like that.
But, I’m already the Jyn-of-all-trades. I do the mom thing, the wife thing, the web design and photography thing, the blog thing, the cooking thing, the Youtube thing, the writing thing… I do the coffee thing the making-stuff thing…. I really would make a bad employee, ADHD makes for a bad career.
Sometimes I feel like one of those one-man-bands, walking down the hall with a drum, cymbals, harmonica, horn, guitar and accordian all strapped to my body…and a baby on my hip.
And that is the very cake that my daughter, Eva Bella, who is turning four tomorrow- wanted for her birthday.
She has been bugging me all year to have a crocodile cake for her birthday. Last year we dropped $50 on a frog cake that was cute- but unappetizing. The kids barely touched it and we ended up cutting it up into peices and freezing it… because we couldnt stand to throw it away.
So this year I decided to try my hand at making Eva’s cake. My last extravigant cake I made one of my friends named the Melted decapitated dragon cake. The story behind it was that it was Jacob’s 2nd birthday and he wanted a snake cake. It was getting late and he had fallen asleep, so I hurridly took the cake out of the oven and started to assmble it and decorate it before it was fully cooled not wanting to miss his birthday. It was a wonderful cake at first. It had cool green icing, tiny m&m eyes and a licorice string tongue. I woke up Jacob to come to the table for his cake and he was crankily rubbing his eyes not really feeling like having cake yet.
We sang happy birthday as the frosting melted the face of the snake into a distorted demonic figure. I cut the head off (the most desireable peice- right? It had all the candy on it!) and put it on a plate in front of Jacob. He took one look at it and started crying. Yeah, brithday cake disaster.
So I researched what it would take to make a proper fondant cake and got to it. It took me about 8+ hours today, but I got it done!
This was my first experience with fondant. I was set on making something nice and took time to add details, studying a dozen or so pictures of crocodiles and trying to figure out ways of achieving similar effects.
When the kids got home, it was a hit! Everyone loves it.
Today I set Eva up at the dining room table to draw on some colored construction paper. Armed with an army of crayons, she went to work drawing me a picture.
“Mama….” she called from the kitchen.
“Yes, Eva…” I answered.
“Perhaps, you might like to join me…?”
I think I laughed for at least 2 minutes…. those old black and white movies seem to be paying off.
I currently have a leather-bound MacArthur NKJV Study Bible and recently, while going through the book of John at church, I found a HUGE accidental ommision.
The doctor said I have long teeth and it took a lot to numb me. I go back in 3 weeks to finish the procedure! He prescribed me some steroids for the swelling but I cant breastfeed on them. Im hoping I wont need them.
