A Little Woman

I have been knitting the first yarn I spun into a scarf.

We brought Polvorones De Almendra to the shoebox party.
Thank you to everyone who brought shoeboxes, we got 42 and they are probably going to Mexico again this year.

Grandma Kathie came over on Wedneday and helped us cook for Thanksgiving.

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations
(King James Version)

Spencer drew this pliosaur head for science.

Virtue should, in all cases, be the offspring of principle.

-Benjamin Rush

My dad made dinner recently, it was delicious.

Idleness is the parent of every vice...Labor of all kinds favors and facilitates the practice of virtue.

-Benjamin Rush

I made dinner last night.

I got these while we were in Minneappolis this weekend.

Mama and I went to Minneappolis with Grandma Mary and Papa Richard this weekend. This is the view from our window on the 24th floor.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up holding wonder like a cup.

-Sara Teasdale

We had friends over for dinner on Saturday, October 31. We made three kinds of soup: Schoolhouse Chicken, Vegtable Beef Barley, and Corn Chowder.

VEGETABLE BEEF BARLEY

1 pound ground hamburger
1/2 of an onion, minced
2 1/2 quarts of beef broth
1 1/2 cups barley
1 bag frozen mixed vegetables

Brown hamburger with onion. Set aside. Boil Broth. Add barley, reduce heat and simer 1 hour. Add ground beef and vegetables. Heat through.

CORN CHOWDER

3 chicken breasts (bone in)
4 eggs
2 teaspoons cornstarch
Soy sauce and salt to taste
5 cans creamed corn
1 bag frozen corn
8 oz cream cheese
1 bottle white zinfandel (of 4 pack)
1 tablespoon white pepper (we leave this out, and put it on the table so people can season to taste)

Boil chicken breasts in 2 quarts water to make broth.
Remove chicken breasts.
Cut chicken breasts in cubes.
Return broth to a boil, and stir in a mixture of eggs, cornstarch, soy sauce, salt- to make egg drop soup.
Be careful of scorching.
Add creamed corn, frozen corn, and cubed chicken pieces.
Cube cheese and stir in.
Add white zinfandel and pepper.
Heat through.

The Cat of Bubastes is by G. A. Henty. He wrote it in 1888!

The story is set in Ancient Egypt at the time of the Isralites' slavery in Egypt. The main characters are Chebron the son of Ameres high priest of Osiris, Mysa Chebron's younger sister, Amuba Chebron's slave and best friend, Jethro Mysa's slave and Amuba's friend from before they were captured, and Ruth an Isralite girl who waits on Mysa.

In Ancient Egypt, cats were sacred, so when Chebron accidentaly kills a cat, Ameres is killed and they are forced to flee. But then, Mysa and Ruth mysteriously disappear. Will they be able to rescue the girls? How will they leave Egypt without getting caught?

This is a good book because it helps you to understand life in Ancient Egypt while keeping a theme of the one true God throughout. This book was written before the revised chronology, so the Isralites' are placed during the reign of Thotmes III. A date which we now know to be incorrect. Also, there are some descriptions of battles which may be inapropriate for some children. However, it is a very good and engaging book.