Sunshine, Sleep and Chocolate Chip Cookies - The Walnut Acre Daily Friday June 5, 2015

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Let the name of the Lord be praised,

Both now and forevermore.

Psalm 113:2

TODAY'S QUOTE

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ. ~ Charles Spurgeon

IN THE KITCHEN

Amanda made us some delicious chocolate chip cookies to go with dinner this evening. My sister brought us some burritos and grapes and I cooked some broccoli and we had a good dinner.

WORKING TOGETHER

The sun finally came out and Michael slept last night and somehow life just seemed much more doable today. 

Sunshine of course meant I wanted to hang laundry out to dry. I also dried a couple loads in the dryer since I got a late start on them.

Austin and Doug did some work in the garage. I have no idea what they were doing but they were working hard on whatever it was.

This evening Doug was mowing and Michael wanted to now too. Doug won't let him drive on his own with the mower engaged so he said they could now together. 

PLAYING TOGETHER

OUT AND ABOUT

Today was errand day for us but we didn't do a whole lot. We dropped some books off at the library, stopped at the dollar store, got a few groceries at Food Lion and stopped for lunch.  We were home by noon which is unusual and was kind of nice!

This evening I took Austin to a friends house to spend the weekend. I'll pick him up Sunday morning on the way to church.

READING AROUND THE WEB

Some Days are Diamonds at Darling Downs Diaries

Free Unit Studies for Your Homeschool at Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth

Dear Mom Battling Anxiety at The Better Mom

Marked by Mercy at Live Nourished

ON MY MIND

Isn't it amazing how worry can erase (in our minds) God's past faithfulness? We are not called to worry but simply to do whatever we know to do today and let God take care of tomorrow. When I realize that God is as comcerned (and more) about me as I am about myself I do not need to waste time worrying because I know I can trust him to take care of me. 

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them, 

they would outnumber the grains of sand - 

When I awake, I am still with you.

Psalm 139:17-18

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Kids in the Kitchen - Amanda's Triple Cheese Bacon Macaroni (With a Side of Chocolate Chip Cookies)

The kids went all out planning their menus this week and today was Amanda's day to cook. As she's becoming more comfortable in the kitchen she's gotten reached the point where she's ready to experiment and trying new things.

One of her favorite food is macaroni and cheese and she has made it many times from the box. This time she wanted to make homemade mac and cheese and she didn't want to follow a recipe but to make it her own way.

So, with no recipe and no exact measurements here is what she did.

Boiled about 24 ounces of macaroni until it was somewhat tender but not soft. To the drained macaroni she added a lot of grated cheddar cheese, nearly a whole 16 ounce package of american cheese, a 16 ounce container of cottage cheese, several large spoonfuls of sour cream, and a pound of bacon, baked and diced.

 Over this she poured enough milk to keep it moist as it baked and added salt and pepper to taste. 

All this makes a very large batch of macaroni and cheese but we feed a lot of people around here. It turned out wonderful and we ate nearly all of the large pan of it. The smaller pan we will eat either tomorrow or Wednesday. It's always nice to have a quick meal ready on days when we're extra busy or just want to be able to spend most of our time outside.

She also made a delicious batch of jumbo chocolate chip cookies.

  Add some peas and applesauce and we had a wonderful dinner this evening.

Thank you, Amanda.

For more fun and delicious recipes check out Tuesdays at the Table at All the Small Stuff.

Also check out Tasty Tuesday over at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.

For a wide variety of articles on homemaking visit Raising Homemakers.