Easter Week Brings Changes

 So we only did three actual days of schooling this week and only two of them were relatively normal.  :)

Monday.. 
Normally we go to London on Mondays, but I still had a headache and the thought of moving didn't set well with me.   I did a few things in the morning while my head was sorta still in place, but then my head fell apart on me and I spent the rest of the day hiding from the light.


Tuesday...
We needed some groceries so we headed out at noon to take care of that.  The lad had a lovely visit with gramma and they even went out for a treat at McD's.  The lad had pushed hard to get his homeschooling done and only needed to do his reading at gramma's to be finished. 


Wednesday..
The lad stayed home to do some really focused schoolwork while I went to the foodbank.  It was a delivery day and we were short staffed so by the time I got home I was totally tired, and then sat in my chair doing some blog posts.   I had hoped to clean the bookroom and all that, but... you know when you gotta rest, you gotta rest.  I did manage to take some pictures and list bunnies for sale at Easter so it's not like I was a total slug.

Thursday...
Off to Kitchener.  The lad was SUPPOSED TO do some car-schooling but got distracted by playing tablet games.   He said "I'll do it later" but later turned into potting some of his new cactus plants.  So his schooling that day turned into doing math as he figured out what he wanted to buy, if he had enough money, wanted to spend the money required for his initial desires or put things back and then in doing some gardening.  Figuring out how to plant the biggest cactus with tons of spines was a bit of a challenge but between the two us, it got planted.  

The evening was filled with a soup and bun dinner at the church where my son does Cadets.   I made a rice/veggie/chicken soup that met my son's approval.

Friday...
Good Friday.   This morning Gramma came up and went to church with us.  We had a lovely dinner with a roast beef made by hubby, taters, veggies, Easter bread made by yours truly, Chicken by gramma, along with dessert, Cut up tomatoes requested by a boy child as he set the table. 

Saturday..
These kiddos will be heading to London with me tomorrow and finding new homes.  Hubby has some stuff to pick up and ... that's about it for our week.  

Sunday ...
Potluck dinner at my mom's with as many of us as can make it. :)  We'll be making Shredded beef and I need to cut up some celery for a veggie tray.  :)  It'll be a happy Easter eh?

 
Reviews: 
Your Next 24 Hours: Some practical ideas about being kind.
John Deere: That's Who - The story of John Deere.
Art Book Series: Claude Monet, Sunshine and Waterlilies - A great art book
CompuScholar, Inc. - Digital Savvy a great computer science course. 

Everything Else:
Braided Easter Bread: A first, the lads loved it!
But Just You Wait: a word prompt post on Empty. 
Parenting: Grace - Learn the value of grace in the everyday of parenting
See the Altar, look forward to Christ.  Ezekiel 43:13-27 devotional
Princes, Foreigners and The Prince, rules.  Ezekiel 44:1-14 devotional
Don't Forget the Sacrifices: Devotional on Ezekiel 44:15-31
Art Book Series: Claude Monet, Sunshine and Waterlilies - A great art book
Five Day Blog Hop - join me next week eh?
Recipe: Italian Bread.   mmm... good bread
MMM is for Maple Syrup: Alphabet blogging on Canada.
Celebrate!  Redeem History - word prompt post
Honey Lemon Rabbit on Angel Hair Pasta.   This was VERY yummy.

Linking up At the Following:

Homeschool Coffee Break

Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers. 

 Homeschool Blog and Tell.

 Homeschool Nook.

 Family Friday LinkUp.

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Review: Your Next 24 Hours

 Do you ever struggle with knowing how you can express kindness to others?   Your Next 24 hours:one day of kindness can change everything, is loaded with ideas about how to express kindness for others.... from seeing the actions others have taken, to simply listing off ideas you might wish to pursue. 

Twenty Two chapters contained in 167 pages, each chapter is short and written around a central idea.  A variety of quotes are given from the bible as well as from people throughout the ages.  Examples of kind people are provided from all walks of life, from the ordinary joe to politicians to actors.

I love the lists of ideas....some are ones I hadn't thought of before.   Each chapter has it's own list, generally around the topic theme.

Each chapter starts off with a quote that has something do to with the chapter.   I found the quotes were often enough to make me think, setting the stage well for the following chapter.

I won't say that this is a particularly Christian book, although it is produced by Baker Books.  Quotes from the bible are given the same relative importance as quotes from anywhere else.

Although I agree with the premise that through kindness we can change a lot in our neighbourhood and country, if we don't have the grounding in Christ, our kindness toward others will ultimately not change the world.

In the end, if you want to read a book that helps you come up with different ways for you to show kindness to others, this book is chalk full of them.   Great ideas, innovative plans, and some tried and true ones.    It covers everything from environmental concerns, personal involvement, how to be generous with individuals or groups, and just how to be MORE than yourself.   Being kind, just because you can, in whatever way you can discover.

Book Synopsis

A life with greater purpose and fulfillment is closer than you think. The decisions you make in the next 24 hours can change your life and influence the people around you . . . for good.        Your Next 24 Hours shows you the enormous difference you can make through small, doable acts of kindness in your family, community, workplace, school, and church. You’ll read inspiring stories of unsung heroes, as well as celebrities. The kindness revolution starts with you! 

Your Next 24 Hours: One day of kindness can change everything
Author: Hal Donaldson with Kirk Noonan
Publisher: BakerBooks
Pages: 167
Type: softcover, non-fiction
Age: young adult and up
Reviewed for: NutsAboutBooks.    
 

Where can you find it?
Amazon.ca: Your Next 24 Hours: One Day of Kindness Can Change Everything

Amazon.com: Your Next 24 Hours: One Day of Kindness Can Change Everything

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Recipe: Braided Easter Bread!!!

CHECK IT OUT!!!   Man, this was HARD to do.  I've never braided bread before so this was totally a new thing to try.  I figured since I was getting confident making bread that bumping my skills up a level might not be a bad thing to try and braided breads always look rather cool.

You can find the original recipe here: Braided Easter Bread.

Ingredients:

6 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
½ cup warm water
2 Tbsp yeast
1 cup milk
¾ cup honey
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
zest of 1 orange
5 eggs

2 egg yolks
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp honey

Directions

1. Mix 1 tbs sugar with ½ cup warm water and sprinkle in the yeast. Let sit until frothy, about 10 minutes. Combine the 1 cup milk, ¾ cup honey, 2 tbs butter, 1 tbs salt & orange zest in a sauce pot, bring to a simmer and them remove from heat.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the 5 eggs and then add the yeast mixture followed by the milk mixture. In a separate bowl, mix the baking powder into the flour. Incorporate the flour into the wet ingredients one cup at a time until the mix forms a large wet dough. Place the dough in a large bowl that has been greased with vegetable oil, cover with plastic wrap and leave to prove in a warm place for 2 hours.
3. After the dough has proved, turn it out on a floured work surface and knead the dough for 10 minutes, until the dough is elastic. If the dough is too sticky, fold in a little more flour.
4. Divide the dough into three equal pieces and roll each piece into a long thread. Lay the three threads out about 2 inches apart on a greased baking tray. Pinch the three threads together on one end and then braid them together, folding each thread over the other, alternating as you go. When you reach the end, pinch the three threads together. Brush the dough with vegetable oil, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 15 minutes. Set the oven to 375F.
5. Combine 2 egg yolks with 2 tbs water and 1 tbs honey and brush the bread with the egg wash. Let sit for 5 minutes and then brush a second time.
6. Bake the bread in the oven at 375F until golden brown, for about 30 minutes.

My Struggles:

I couldn't figure out how to roll the dough.  I think I had too much flour on it. But I couldn't get it roll worth a diddle, as I ended up squeezing the dough into a long tube mostly.  There must be some trick to rolling dough... thoughts???

It also turned out way too long for the pan I have which is why I turned it into a circle. 

 

What did we think?

Well.. I'll have to update this recipe later. We haven't tried it yet as I made it for Good Friday.  :) 

Though hubby's response when he saw it was "wow.... looks good hun, smells good too!", then "did you hide anything in it?" Silly fellow. :)

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But just you wait

Empty

Surprise,
It's Thursday night
The night before we remember
God's great gift to us.

His gift.
His son.
For who
For us.

But right, at this exact moment.
We aren't there.
We are in the time before.
The time when we know something
Dreadful is about to occur.

We know a trial will come.
We know mockery will reign.
We know that sorrow and hardship
will be staring us in the face.

but right now.. 
We are just anticipating
We are seeing the sorrow
Right around the corner.

Tomorrow
Tomorrow we can be empty.
Tomorrow we can feel hopeless.
Not knowing.
Not understanding.

But you know what happens AFTER tomorrow?
Just a couple of days.
And then HOPE.
HOPE will spring.
An empty tomb will be found.
And HOPE oh Glorious hope will be here.

But here, on a Thursday night late.
Hope isn't here yet.
But just you wait.

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it's a party of a group of like minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to each other on this writing journey.  It's fun, though it's not always easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won't you?  You are always welcome.

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Parenting: Grace

 Every three weeks or so I will be working through Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles. I hope you will join me. You can find the rest of the series here.   This week the chapter is Grace. 

Principle: God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you. 

I am convicted by this statement
"There is nothing more important to consistent, faithful, patient, loving, and effective parenting than to understand what God has given you in the grace of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ." p. 34

One needs to understand that we not only need past grace and future grace, but we need the present grace that God offers us in the here and now.  The grace to see God in our temper, in our wanting a break, in our dealing with a rebellious child and more.   God's grace is right there minding us.  We need to know that God gives us what we need to parent the children that he has given us.

The feeling of inadequacy that we have as parents is there because we are supposed to feel that way.  It helps us to do what we are supposed to... RELY on God for help. 

God wants us to rely on him, NOT to feel able and like we don't need him.  This is one way he shows his grace and goodness to us. It's how his glory is made manisfest.

Eph. 3:20-21 
²⁰ Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

See the truth there?   GOD is able to do it far more abundantly than we ever give him credit for.   Think on it eh?   Why don't we do that?  Why don't we talk to him more often when we are struggling in our parenting duties?  Why don't we remember God's grace and help and his hope more often?  

I think it would make our job of parenting easier if we turned to God more often eh?  If we remembered he is our ever present help in times of trouble.

Consider this fact, "My children don't cause me to do and say what I do and say.  No, the cause of my actions is found inside my own heart.  My children are simply the occasion where my heart reveals itself in words and actions".  (p 41).  We are not better than our children, just older with more experience, but still fighting the sin within us. 

I have found it to be true... that God's grace changes you as a parent.  It has forced me to grow and become more reliant upon him.   It is like God is parenting me as I parent my son.   He parents all parents as they guide, lead, discipline, show the way to their own children.  He is our father.  Let him be your father as you parent your children.  Yes, mistakes will happen, regrets will be there, but through God you will learn tenderness and compassion, you will learn to give grace and receive it all the more.

If you'd like to follow along, amazon affiliate links:
Amazon.ca: Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

Amazon.com: Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

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Don't Forget the Sacrifices

Today's bible passage is Ezekiel 44:15-31.   Yesterday I had this thought that more rules were to follow, and today I discover that is correct. 

The sons of Zadok, part of the Levitical priesthood, stayed true to God.   As a result, they get to minister TO God.  In the holy part of the temple, bringing the choices bits of the sacrifices before the Lord. 

  “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God. ¹⁶ They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
 Ezekiel is given a list of what they are to wear (or not wear) when in the sanctuary and without, how to cut their hair, who to marry (virgins only or the widow of a priest),
  ¹⁷ When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within. ¹⁸ They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. ¹⁹ And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers. And they shall put on other garments, lest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ²⁰ They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads. ²¹ No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court. ²² They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 
Their responsibilities are to teach the people the difference between the holy and common, the clean from the unclean, Act as judges, Keep God's laws, statutes, feasts, and keep the Sabbath holy.
 ²³ They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. ²⁴ In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.
Unless it is for family, they are not to go near a dead person for fear of defilement.  For family they can be defiled but it's a seven day waiting period to become clean again. On the day of his return to duty the priest must bring a sin offering.   
  ²⁵ They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves. ²⁶ After he has become clean, they shall count seven days for him. ²⁷ And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, into the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, he shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

Normally families have an inheritance, but those in the priesthood do not have an earthly inheritance.  God is clear.  HE is their inheritance.  They have no possessions. Their food is the sin, grain, and guilt offering. They are to be brought the first fruits.  The food they eat is all the offerings from the people.  It's how God is going to take care of them. 
²⁸ “This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. ²⁹ They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. ³⁰ And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house. ³¹ The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

You know I'm amazed by this.  Really.
As a Pastor's wife I can hardly imagine being sustained on the food the people bring.   Not having to go out to the grocery store to buy my food.   And here, whole families, lived in the temple, and all their food came from what people brought in as sacrifices to the Lord.

I know we live in a different time now.  I get that.
People don't bring sacrifices to the Lord.
They bring in money.

Oh...hold on.....I suppose it's no different eh?
Pastor's continue to be sustained by the people they care for.  Instead of food coming in, it's actual money.  Money people sacrifice to give to the church. 

At least they should be. It's the model that God set up isn't it.

So when I hear of pastor's having to take second jobs just so they can support their families WHILE ministering to a full time congregation... that would be wrong.   It's not God's model for his people.

The minister SHOULD BE cared for by his flock.  Not as a job, but like one ministering to the Lord and his people.  Teaching them, showing them, making the way clear to how to obey the Lord. Taking care of your pastor and his family is not like paying someone to do a job, there should be a different emotion involved there.

And for me.. ME.. I need to remember the sacrifices people make so that I do have food on my table and a place to live.   This is important.  May I never forget this.  NEVER.

You can read more in my Ezekiel Studies here and here.

 

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Five Day Blog Hop - Things we Enjoy

Hey folks.... you know how we homeschool right?  Homeschooling presents us with all sorts of good things, and I know my thoughts on it, but the other day I asked my 11 year lad what he liked about homeschooling.

This is the list he came up with:
 
 


1. Natalie ... I know..you're wondering about this but you'll have to wait. :)

2. Get to stay Home

3. Work at my own pace.

4. No one makes me get out of bed before I want to.

5. Get to study what I want mostly.




I am not going to tell you all about this today though, I am going to ask you to visit the blog next week and find out why these things are so important to him.  :)

The Homeschool Review Crew is doing a five day blog hop and I hope you will join in the fun.     Running April 17-21.   Come visit, won't you?

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Art Book Series: Claude Monet:Sunshine and Waterlilies

The small book on Claude Monet is written as though a young person was writing a report for school, complete with what she likes and doesn't like about Monet's painting and some of the food he liked it eat.   It covers from his early years til the end of his life.

It's a rather neat little book just packed full of pictures and text about Monet.  Did you know that Monet had a temper and if he didn't like his work he'd rip it up or throw it into the river (if out in a boat mind you).

One of the nice touches I thought the comparison of Renoit and Monet doing the same scene.  Each artist had his own touch.    Both I think are great.  Two friends who often painted together. Neighbours, Friends, Rivals, both Impressionists.

I love the multitude of images and the easy read font.  I found it fascinating seeing Monet's early work and how much it changed the longer he was an artist.   

For instance this early one : La Pointe De La Heve at Low Tide
As Opposed this later one: San Giorgio Maggorie by Twilight.

Monet was well known for liking to paint the same scene at different times of the day. He loved to be outdoors painting rather than indoors doing portraits or still-life images.  It took a long time for his style of art work to be accepted, but when they did, it enabled him to build an awning to sit under when he painted, it meant he didn't need to live with friends or only eat beans for months on end.

This was a very interesting book that piqued my (and my son's) interest in Monet.

 Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies
Author: Steven Packard
Illustrator: True Kelley
Published by Grosset & Dunlop
Series: Smart about Art
32 pages





Where to find it:
Amazon.ca: Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies

Amazon.com: Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies (Smart About Art)

Here's a neat series of videos about Monet:

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Recipe: Italian Bread

So either I missed something in this recipe or I did something COMPLETELY wrong, but this didn't make the two loaves it said that it would, but rather made 12 small ones.   I will only be writing down the steps that I did as  I got rather confused by the end.  :)

Ingredients

1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
5 teaspoons active dry yeast (2 packages )
1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine, softened
3/4 cup All purpose flour
1 ³⁄₄ cups very warm water (120 -130 F)
3-4 cups all purpose flour
cornmeal
peanut oil or light olive oil
 1 egg
1 tbsp cold water

The Prince, Foreigners and The Priests, Rules

Today's Passage comes from Ezekiel 44:1-14.   Yesterday we saw how we could look forward to Christ and his redemptive work.

This passage starts off with God making it clear that the eastern gate is only for him.   He was the one that entered through it, and he was the only one, therefore who could use it.

But a Prince is coming who can use it.   That would make the prince equal to God eh?
 
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut. ² And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut. ³ Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”

Sometimes it is hard to really understand what God is doing you know?
I read these words and I'm left with why?
I can understand why those who don't follow after God aren't allowed in his sanctuary.. I get that. One doesn't tend to let enemies into the heart of your home after all.     But God has people kill the animals for the sacrifice who had served him poorly in the past.  They weren't allowed to serve him as priest, to enter into that special place to serve HIM.  They were punished by only being allowed to serve the people.
⁴ Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. And I fell on my face. ⁵ And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary. ⁶ And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations, ⁷ in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations. ⁸ And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.
⁹ “Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary. ¹⁰ But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment. ¹¹ They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before the people, to minister to them. ¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment. ¹³ They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. ¹⁴ Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

I think my struggle comes from... why did God allow them to serve at all?   Ministering to the people gave them room to minister poorly to the people.   Why didn't God just cut them off from ministering at all?  

It requires thoughtfulness I suppose.  God tells them they will need to bear the punishment for their actions.   So serving the people is one step down from ministering to the Lord.  They must serve in this capacity knowing they will never have a chance to serve the Lord himself.   Only serve the people. 

I want to get into all the wondering you know...the useless wonderings of "I wonder if it made them resentful or if they bore their punishment well",  "I wonder if they took their resentment out on the people". Wonderings that don't really further learning from God but just fill my mind with speculation.

I just hope that the priests bore up their punishment and accepted their shame well. 

Which of course brings me to this: When you do something wrong and the Holy Spirit calls you on it, do you correct yourself?  Do you bear up well under your guilt or do you make excuses?   I know what I am prone to do....I grumble and complain and say but ... but...(excuse excuse) but eventually I admit my guilt and say "Sorry...whether it's just to the Lord or to the person that I wronged."   It just sometimes takes me a while.

Going back a bit to Verse 5:  And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary.

This verse has me thinking that God will be laying down some rules for his people that Ezekiel had best pay attention to.   More than just the rules about the uncircumcised foreigners and the priests who serve only the people.
 
 You can read more in my Ezekiel Studies here and here.

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