Day 92 - YouTube {Tiny Tuesday}

 It may be silly, but I am extremely thankful for YouTube.

You may think of YouTube in corelation with videos of less than intelligent people doing less than intelligent things... This may then lead you to wonder, "Why in the world is she thankful for that?".

A reasonable question. But videos of that ilk are not all YouTube has to offer.

People from all over the world upload videos on many different subjects. And thanks to those wonderful people, I have learned a ton of new skills!

Including, but not limited to...

How to knit.

How to make my own drop spindle. 

How to spin fibers. 
 
How to ply my newly spun thread into yarn. 

How to properly center the clay on my pottery wheel.

How to make my own natural dyes from plants in my area. 

How to set up my fabric loom. 

How to thread and actually use my fabric loom.

How to bind a hardback book.

How to make shoes. 

How to properly finish quilt binding.

How to draw hair.

How to paint digital fire.

How to create the perfect reflective surface in 3D rendering software.

How could I not be thankful for such a wonderful wealth of information?

I am thankful for the people who take time from their own day to share the information they have collected and perfected.

I am thankful for the ability to learn from someone halfway around the world.

I am thankful that God has placed in my heart a love of learned. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to impart, through teaching, that same love.

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Day 91 - 30 Days of Food

Once a month I cook. Just once.

My tiny freezer somehow turns into a T.A.R.D.I.S. and allows for a months worth of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to cram their way inside.

With every weekend in September but this past one already scheduled away, I had to get all my cooking done!

One of my new favorites is a hot sandwich... right out of the freezer... kind of!

Hot Sandwiches on the Go!

Sweet Rolls
Cheese (I use Heinie's Raw Cheddar)
Deli Meat (I use Boar's Head Cajun Turkey)
and
A Sauce of your choice (I use half mustard/half mayo, mixed well)

Roll of aluminum foil

• Cut rolls in half
• Spread sauce thickly across both halves
• Add meat and cheese to your liking
• Place sandwich TOP DOWN onto foil and wrap tightly. Make sure that everything is completely covered!

• Throw them into the freezer.

• When you are ready to heat them up, toss them in the oven and set the temp to 350. Bake for 45 minutes and enjoy the best hot sandwich you've ever had!

* If the sandwiches are not frozen, 15-20 minutes in the oven should be perfect!

I am thankful for my T.A.R.D.I.S. freezer. God literally only knows how all that food fits in there.

I am thankful for the fact that the storm season hasn't knocked out the power and spoiled all my efforts.

I am thankful that my one free weekend, "happened" to coincide with the last of my meals from last month being removed.

Do you have a favorite "make ahead" meal? I'd love to hear about it!

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Day 90 - Super Short Sunday

Another week has come and gone.

I am thankful that I not only made it through another week, but shared many moments of joy and happiness with those around me.

I am thankful that our woman's bible study at my school is starting up tomorrow for the new year.

I am thankful that September is a busy and exciting month!

Hope your day of rest is exceedingly restful.

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Day 89 - Busy

Do you ever get so busy you forget to live?

It sounds weird doesn't it? But it happens to me all too frequently.

I get bogged down in the day to day, and I forget to enjoy my life.

I think about this verse and it reminds me that taking a little time out from all the errands and "to-do" lists is more than ok...

This is Jesus, telling us why He came to die for us.

Not so that we could have massive to-do lists, not so that we could put work in front of family, not so that we could put off the joy He has planned for us... but so that we could have life. And have it more abundantly.

I am thankful that my God doesn't require my suffering to grant me salvation.

I am thankful that He rejoices with us in good times, and weeps for us in our grief.

I am thankful that He works in my life to my good and for His glory.

I hope your weekend is full of joy, family, laughter, and life more abundantly.

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Day 88 - Red {Five Minute Friday}

Red.

My favorite color.

That deep, rich shade of red called crimson. I'm so in love with that color. The warmth, the depth.

You see it everywhere in nature, that crimson shade. There's a depth that comes from natural colors that you can't quite achieve with dyes and artificial products.

The skin of a red delicious apple. The flesh of a ripe plum. The juice from red grapes. The berries on a holly branch. The petals of the poinsettia plant.

Makes me wonder if one of God's favorite colors might be red.

And one more thing comes to mind....

The blood of The Lamb.

The precious blood of Christ, willingly spilled for me. Blood brought forth by nails that pierced His flesh, that dripped from the thorns in His head. The blood that paid my way to Heaven.

Red. It's my very favorite color.

I am thankful for a God who died for me.

I am thankful for a God who came back to prove His power.

I am thankful for a God who accepts me wholly for who I am and paid the price for my sins.

I am thankful for a God who so beautifully paints in creation with my favorite color.

Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker and her wonderful community for Five Minute Friday. Would love for you to join us!

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