Friday at Godfrey Homestead

God is so good!! We got an unexpected check in the mail today that will ease our money sorrows!!! I know that we are not destined to be rich, but we are wealthy in love and family! Today has been another chilly one, and the sun is still not out. Today is payday, so I'll be going to the grocery store this evening and run some errands.

Another Layout

Here's another layout I did this morning! Details are on my scrapbooking website, Homestead Scraps

Around the Blogs

Life in a Shoe has a couple of goodies (1) Easy Toffee Candy Recipe and (2) If you must shop hungry

You can make your own virtual snowflake HERE. This is really cute and my oldest son enjoyed making them!

Keeping the Home has a great article, A Christmas Season

Choosing Home has a great article, Mothering and ministering…it’s possible even during sickness.

Simply Recipes has a recipe for Almond Roca

Goodmorning from Winterpast has several recipes and instructions for some Christmas crafts

Philato has Ribbon Drop Stitch Scarf (Free Pattern)

The Monk's Wife has a recipe for homemade disinfectant

Bakingsheet has a recipe for PB&J Cruch Cookies

Blest with Sons has several goodies (1) That Guy in the Red Suit and (2) Day by Day

Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 (9 oz.) cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Place flour mixture in 1-quart jar. Layer remaining ingredients in order listed above, pressing firmly after each layer. Seal with lid and decorate with fabric and ribbon.

RECIPE TO ATTACH:

Beat 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) softened butter or margarine, 1 large egg and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until blended. Add cookie mix and 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional); mix well, breaking up any clumps. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in preheated 375° F. oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Three New Layouts

I did 3 new digital layouts last night and thought I'd share them...I'll be back later today for my usual update. You can find all the details about these at my scrapbooking site Homestead Scraps

Thursday at Godfrey Homestead

Another chilly morning here, I love it when the mornings start getting crisp and you see you breath in the air! This morning I am so thankful for this wonderful life the Lord has given me! I always get a bit melancholy when the seasons change...it's a good time to reflect and think about the events that have happened during the season that is ending and looking forward to the events of the future season. I have so much to be thankful for and I am so grateful for all that the Lord has given me! There was a time when I longed for the biggest, brightest and most expensive....you know, that castle in the sky. I never dreamed that I would be living in a small, humble home on a farm. I always dreamed of going shopping and filling my new SUV to the gills with new clothes and things, but now I realize that dream was just a silly child's dream...I have all I ever need in my Lord, my family and my humble little home. I feel like a Princess in my thrift store dresses because I know that I am the Daughter of THE King!

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Around the Blogs

Country Coffee Break at Rosehill Ranch has a listing of some Characteristics of a Feminine Woman (in this case her Mother, but it's a great list!)

Mrs. Happy Housewife has a link for Crafting Your Own Christmas Cards

Goodmorning fromWinterpast has instructions for making Oatmeal Milk Bath Recipe and Candy Cane Bath Salts in a Jar

Chief Executive Mom has a great article on Comfort

Like Merchant Ships has a great link to a Cent-sational Show House and some great frugal articles

The Common Room has an article on Easy Christmas Decoration

Windows to My Soul has an article on Be Led, Not Driven

Candy Cookie Mix

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tsp. powdered vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
Whisk the ingredients together until they are evenly distributed,
making sure all brown sugar lumps are crushed.
Store in an airtight container.

Attach this to the Jar

Candy Cookies
Makes 3 dozen cookies

1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
1 large egg
1 package Candy Cookie Mix
1 cup candy bar chunks (Reese's peanut butter cups, Butterfinger bars, white or milk chocolate chunks)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until it is smooth. Add the egg, and continue beating until the egg is combined. Add the Candy Cookie Mix and candy bar chunks and blend on low just until the cookie mix is incorporated. Form the cookies into 1 1/2-inch balls & place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden on the edges. Remove from oven, and cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes.