With all my cheesecake adventures, my in-laws heard me say something about a stand mixer. So, for Christmas, they got me a stand mixer to make my cheesecaking time a whole lot easier!! :D I haven't got to use it yet, but I can't wait until I do!!
We took a two day trip to hubby's hometown. I finally got to drive about 99% of the time we were there, so I'm learning my way around. Thankfully the snow didn't show up while we were there, because this girl can't drive on snow. I won't even leave the house if snow is in the forecast. I've never learned how to drive on it, and that can be said of most of the people that live here. The last "snow storm" we got was in March of 1993. There wasn't much on the ground, but I remember trying to make a snowman and trying to have a snowball fight. Neither was very successful. It was maybe an inch deep.
The way I am about snow is the same about New Year's Eve. You won't see me driving on the roads!!! Years ago before I met hubby, I worked where I got to leave about the same time the bars closed up. No, I didn't work in a bar! LOL So, since then, I've decided since the majority of drunks are on the road after the New Year is rung in, I'll just stay home. Yeah, I know, I'm a party pooper, but at least I'll be safe and I don't have to worry about what to wear!! That's a bonus.
So, in closing, Merry Christmas everyone and have a Happy and Safe New Year!!!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Cheesecake Recipe !!!
Ok, I know I have been posting alot on Facebook about Cheesecakes here lately. Matt LOVES cheesecake. Last year I made him a homemade cheesecake and he hasn't let the thought of that cheesecake go since...LOL! Well, I thought I would share my cheesecake recipe with ya'll since it's close to Thanksgiving. Yes, there are some short cuts I make. I buy the premade graham cracker crust. I have no patients with crust whatsoever.
Jeani's Cheesecake Recipe
2 Graham cracker crust
5 8oz Cream cheese
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
Zest of one lemon
As much lemon juice you can get from half a lemon
6 Large eggs
Ok, this is where it got tricky for me. Our oven doesn't work right, so I used a toaster oven. Most recipes say preheat to 550 degrees F, I set ours for 450 degrees F.
Blend together the cream cheese, sugar, flour and zest with an electric mixer until smooth. In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs and lemon juice. When the cream cheese mixture is smooth enough, add the egg mixture a little at a time until completely mixed.
Add to your pie crust and bake for 12 minutes at 450 degrees F. After 12 minutes, turn the oven down to 200 degrees F and bake for an hour. I checked the cheesecake like any other cake with the "put a knife in the middle and if it's clean, it's done" method. If it is done after an out, take it out and let it sit on the counter for about half an hour. Then, what I did was put it in the freezer. I think it was in there for about 2 hours. Matt had to take them to work that night, so it didn't sit in the refrigerator for the customary 6 hours. And it was frozen on his way to work (an hour away) so it didn't spill!
In the next batch I'm going to do, I'll make one of them a chocolate-peanut butter swirl. I haven't figured out how much chocolate and peanut butter to use yet, but what I will do is after I mix the batter, I'll divide it for the two pies. Then while one is baking, I'll divide the half and mix chocolate to one, and peanut butter to the other.
I hope it works!!! :)
Jeani's Cheesecake Recipe
2 Graham cracker crust
5 8oz Cream cheese
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
Zest of one lemon
As much lemon juice you can get from half a lemon
6 Large eggs
Ok, this is where it got tricky for me. Our oven doesn't work right, so I used a toaster oven. Most recipes say preheat to 550 degrees F, I set ours for 450 degrees F.
Blend together the cream cheese, sugar, flour and zest with an electric mixer until smooth. In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs and lemon juice. When the cream cheese mixture is smooth enough, add the egg mixture a little at a time until completely mixed.
Add to your pie crust and bake for 12 minutes at 450 degrees F. After 12 minutes, turn the oven down to 200 degrees F and bake for an hour. I checked the cheesecake like any other cake with the "put a knife in the middle and if it's clean, it's done" method. If it is done after an out, take it out and let it sit on the counter for about half an hour. Then, what I did was put it in the freezer. I think it was in there for about 2 hours. Matt had to take them to work that night, so it didn't sit in the refrigerator for the customary 6 hours. And it was frozen on his way to work (an hour away) so it didn't spill!
In the next batch I'm going to do, I'll make one of them a chocolate-peanut butter swirl. I haven't figured out how much chocolate and peanut butter to use yet, but what I will do is after I mix the batter, I'll divide it for the two pies. Then while one is baking, I'll divide the half and mix chocolate to one, and peanut butter to the other.
I hope it works!!! :)
Monday, November 15, 2010
Something New!!
I won't be writing anymore about infertility. No, that doesn't mean I'm pregnant! I'm now at peace with it. Thank you Lord for giving me that peace. Yes, I still hurt, but not like I did. We had Revival Meeting this past week at church and it was what I really needed!! From now on, unless God puts it on my heart, I won't be writing about the "I" word!
I do want to recommend to ya'll a book that I'm reading. It's called Defiled and it's by Ken McDonald, an evangelist out of the church that Matt and I go to. It is on Amazon.
Also, if you like gospel bluegrass music, try Seminole String Band. Listen on Youtube!!
They have a CD out and it's on their website. Really beautiful music!! It is amazing how God has used them!
Ok, I think that's all the stuff I can think of to recommend for now. It's pretty late and I've been up since 5:30 am because I took Matt to work last night.
Good night everyone :)
I do want to recommend to ya'll a book that I'm reading. It's called Defiled and it's by Ken McDonald, an evangelist out of the church that Matt and I go to. It is on Amazon.
Also, if you like gospel bluegrass music, try Seminole String Band. Listen on Youtube!!
They have a CD out and it's on their website. Really beautiful music!! It is amazing how God has used them!
Ok, I think that's all the stuff I can think of to recommend for now. It's pretty late and I've been up since 5:30 am because I took Matt to work last night.
Good night everyone :)
Monday, October 25, 2010
Back on Track......I hope!!!
I went to the doctor today and was put back on Progesterone. Seems with endometriosis, it has something to do with having too much Estrogen in my system and not enough Progesterone. I also found out that I was using it wrong the first time around. I got some strange looks and almost got in trouble for quitting the Progesterone because I had sprained my ankle and was afraid of getting the medication on everything I used. They couldn't understand my reasoning, until they found out I was rubbing it in with my hands. I was told you rub the medicine in with your arm or wrist because it doesn't absorb into the skin on the hand because it's so rough. WOO HOO!! I'm going to actually be using it right!!! The doctor said it would help with my mood swings!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Having a hard time
Lately it just seems like everything is going down hill. For the past.....hmmm....I guess three weeks, I have been an emotional wreck! Every where I turn there are babies!!! I feel like I'm in the movie Ghostbusters and there's a gigantic baby chasing me!! No matter where I hide, it finds me.
Next week, I'm going back to the doctor to try a different type of hormone, so maybe that will help me some. I have hot flashes and mood swings. I get asked if I'm not too young to be having the hot flashes, but I've had them for years.
I'm just getting tired of hearing about who's pregnant and their complaints on being sick during the pregnancy and lack of sleep or social life after the baby's born. I would LOVE to have morning sickness!!! I would love to have a reason for my mood swings and feeling the way I feel most of the time. It's like what "Brooke Taylor" said in Facing the Giants, "Grant, I'm still clinging to a hope that one day we'll have children. I imagine them running in this house. I hear them playing in the backyard. Or running to our bed in a thunderstorm. And I think about reading them stories and teaching them songs. And I just keep thinking; how can I miss someone so much that I have never met?"
I actually feel like someone has died, but this someone has still yet to be created. The someone has no name, no shape, no....nothing. And this grieving is worse than grieving for anyone who I've loved that has died. This grieving is like nothing I have ever felt before.
Some will say, "you're a step-mom, isn't that enough?" That's like asking someone that only speaks to a family member by phone and misses them dearly, "isn't that enough?" Getting so close to a goal and never being able to accomplish it, but "isn't that enough?" It tears at your very being.
Well, this has exhausted me, so I guess I'm done for the night.
Lots of Love!
Next week, I'm going back to the doctor to try a different type of hormone, so maybe that will help me some. I have hot flashes and mood swings. I get asked if I'm not too young to be having the hot flashes, but I've had them for years.
I'm just getting tired of hearing about who's pregnant and their complaints on being sick during the pregnancy and lack of sleep or social life after the baby's born. I would LOVE to have morning sickness!!! I would love to have a reason for my mood swings and feeling the way I feel most of the time. It's like what "Brooke Taylor" said in Facing the Giants, "Grant, I'm still clinging to a hope that one day we'll have children. I imagine them running in this house. I hear them playing in the backyard. Or running to our bed in a thunderstorm. And I think about reading them stories and teaching them songs. And I just keep thinking; how can I miss someone so much that I have never met?"
I actually feel like someone has died, but this someone has still yet to be created. The someone has no name, no shape, no....nothing. And this grieving is worse than grieving for anyone who I've loved that has died. This grieving is like nothing I have ever felt before.
Some will say, "you're a step-mom, isn't that enough?" That's like asking someone that only speaks to a family member by phone and misses them dearly, "isn't that enough?" Getting so close to a goal and never being able to accomplish it, but "isn't that enough?" It tears at your very being.
Well, this has exhausted me, so I guess I'm done for the night.
Lots of Love!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
My new direction!!!!
After some much given thought, I have decided that I am going to change the direction. This will be my infertility page. I'll right about my feelings and struggles on any given day, and also add Bible verses when one is placed on my heart. It won't be vulgar, but I will set it as "Adult content" just as a precaution. I don't want anyone stumbling across something they might find vulgar or wrong. I am still new to this blogging business, so if anyone has any suggestions on the set up or anything like that, please let me know. Until next time!!!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
New direction
I am thinking about taking a new direction with this blog. I haven't decided yet. I'm unsure because I'm afraid of hurting someone's feelings or something. Don't worry, I'm not going "crazy off the deep end" with it, just something that is close to my heart.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Proverbs 31:10-31
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
~This is the story of the virtuous woman, a woman every Christian woman should inspire to be. I know I'm not there yet, but this is who I want to be.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
~This is the story of the virtuous woman, a woman every Christian woman should inspire to be. I know I'm not there yet, but this is who I want to be.
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Weaver
My life is but a weaving
Between my Lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors;
He worketh steadily,
Oftimes He weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the underside.
Not 'til the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
Between my Lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors;
He worketh steadily,
Oftimes He weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the underside.
Not 'til the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
A letter
Hello Dear Friend,
I saw you yesterday and wanted to fellowship with you, but you had no time for Me. I watched you as you talked with your friends, and I hoped that you would talk with Me, but you didn't. I missed walking and talking with you.
Last night when you got ready for bed I expected you to call My name in prayer, but you forgot. I saw you sleeping, and I hoped you would wake up so we could visit, but you slept too soundly. So I sat by your bed and watched over you and your family, protecting you all through the night.
I had some gifts to give you this morning, but you got off in a hurry. I noticed you were tired, but you wouldn't let Me strengthen you. You had a big problem and I longed to solve it, but you ignored Me. I saw you fight with temptation. My heart ached to give you victory, but you passed Me by and stumbled.
But, I won't give up on you. I keep coming to you, waiting for you, for I love you. Just now cast your cares, all your cares on Me, won't you? and slip you hand in Mine so we may walk with each other from now on.
Sincerely,
Jesus
I saw you yesterday and wanted to fellowship with you, but you had no time for Me. I watched you as you talked with your friends, and I hoped that you would talk with Me, but you didn't. I missed walking and talking with you.
Last night when you got ready for bed I expected you to call My name in prayer, but you forgot. I saw you sleeping, and I hoped you would wake up so we could visit, but you slept too soundly. So I sat by your bed and watched over you and your family, protecting you all through the night.
I had some gifts to give you this morning, but you got off in a hurry. I noticed you were tired, but you wouldn't let Me strengthen you. You had a big problem and I longed to solve it, but you ignored Me. I saw you fight with temptation. My heart ached to give you victory, but you passed Me by and stumbled.
But, I won't give up on you. I keep coming to you, waiting for you, for I love you. Just now cast your cares, all your cares on Me, won't you? and slip you hand in Mine so we may walk with each other from now on.
Sincerely,
Jesus
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Life's Problems
From: GOD
To: All those who believe in me
Date: Today and Everyday
Subject: Life's problems
I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box. It will be addressed in MY TIME, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or remove it.
Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem. If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution.
Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep. Rest my child. If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
New Blog
Ok, I'm new to all this stuff. I don't know what I'll be blogging about yet, but I figured it would be good to have one. It could be a number of things, but we'll see.
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