Tonight's Dinner

For lack of actually having any crafts to post, here's a pic of tonights dinner.  Spinach, blue cheese, and bacon stuffed chicken, pasta salad, and green beans with garlic.  It was sooo yummy.

As far as crafting goes I have been working on a knitted blanket for Jhet's birthday which I'm not gonna be finished with in time.  I lost alot of time for knitting while we were in the hospital.  Oh well.

Glycogen Storage Disease

UPDATE: After more tests and Jhet's liver biopsy results we found out that Jhet has GSD type 9 not 1a.

Most of you know that Jhet was admitted to UNC Chidlren's hospital a week and a half ago. At his 9 mos check up the Dr. had some concerns about his growth. One thing led to another and here we are...lol. Jhet was diagnosed with Glycogen Storage Disease type 1 A.In order for Jhet to have this disease Shane and I have to be carries of this. Usually it is very unlikely that two carrries marry. But that's what happened with us. Setting our children up for a 1 in 4 chance (25%) of getting this disease. Obviously Mycah and Trin came out ok, but Jhet fell into that 25% chance. It's a rare disease with only about 1 baby a year in NC being born with this disease.
So, in a nutshell, Jhet is missing an enzyme that helps break down certain types of surgars. It has caused him to have an enlarged liver and slowed his growth. People who have this disease have to eat frequent meals to help them keep their energy and stay away from certain foods. Foods containing galactose, fructose, and certain other sugars have to be avoided since their livers can not use these surgars. So Jhet can have no fruit, dairy, or sweets that contain these surgars. In addition we have to keep an eye on Jhet's bloodsugar levels and make sure they don't drop to low. Jhet had to have a feeding tube placed in his stomach and a liver biopsy done so we can make sure of the type of GSD he has. Jhet will need the feeding tube for around 1-2 years or so. He only needs to use it at night. He has to have constant feeding to ensure his bloodsugar levels stay at a healthy level. Prior to going to the hospital his level over night dropped to 38... the Dr. said if ours had dropped that low we would be unconcious. Anyways there is a lot more to it, but that's all I can explain for now. But with the right diet and frequent meals, Jhet should live and grow normally :)

The day after his surgery

11 Years

Today I am celebrating my 11th wedding anniversary!  I'm so excited!  We're going to see Fireproof tonight too, yay!  Here is my picture from 11 years ago...

Jhet

Please keep my baby in your payers.  It seems that he may have liver disease or something else wrong with his liver.  Our Dr.  is trying to get an appointment scheduled with a specialist Monday.  Pray we get an appointment soon!  

Yay!

I think I got my "feed" fixed for my blog for those of you that said you were having trouble "following" my blog.

Can't Wait

I can't wait to see this movie!!  Make sure you check it out!!!!!!!!!

Neat Give Away

Hey check out this neat little give away at Creative Blessing.  Just post what you like most about the fall :)

Fresh Baked Bread

Since I haven't really posted anything lately I decided to post my bread making today.  Usually I do it on Saturdays but we ran out of bread so I made some today :)  On a side note I am still sewing/quilting I'm just having a hard time finding time and getting the materials I need for everything right now.  

So first up we have the grain in the buckets.  On the left we have bronze chief grain and on the right prairie gold.  I usually use both grains when I make bread since they both contribute different vitamins and such to the bread.  ( I need more grain)

Here's the grain in the grain mill.

Here are the other ingredients being brought room temperature.  Vital wheat gluten, yeast, and milled flax seed.

Here's the grain all ground.

Blending my first ingredients together.

Warm water has been added.
Here it is sponging for 10 min.

All covered.

The other ingredients to be added after the sponging.

Adding the oil.

Adding the honey.

Adding the salt.

Mixing it all up.
Adding more flour.

Kneading dough for 10 min

In the pans and ready to rise.

All risen and ready to in the oven.

Fresh out of the oven.

Nice looking bread and ohh soo good!

Obama Makes Me Sick!

How could anyone be ok with this?

Third Batch

Well, today I made my third batch of homemade laundry detergent and I must say..I LOVE this stuff.  It is way cheaper and so much better for our skin.  The last two batches I have used my own soap that I made and the results have been wonderful.  Jhet has not had any eczema outbreaks since I have made our own laundry detergent.  I spent around 6 bucks for the borax and washing soda and let me tell you...it was the best 6 bucks I ever spent.  Not only have I been able to make my laumdry detergent with it but also my dishwashing detergent as well.  I know my friend Chrisiti has had wonderful results as well!!!  

ETA:  I am still using same borax and washing soda that I bought originally.  So far I have made three batches of laundry detergent and dishwashing detergent and still have lots left to make more.  Just wanted to clarify that I haven't had to buy more ingredients yet.

New Swap Gifts

This Friday I received my Christmas swap gifts from my dear friend Doreen. Yes, they are a little late but with new little ones it's so hard to get things accomplished. I still need to make my swap gifts and Christmas is almost here again...lol. Anyways, she made me a wash cloth with the breastfeeding emblem in it. I love this so much and it's in my favorite color too. She also knitted me a little wool soaker key chain. She even hand dyed the yarn herslef and the colors are so beautiful! Thansk D so much for these wonderful gifts!!

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who voted in my last poll :) For those of you who didn't, don't worry the poll is anonymous so I don't know who's voting. But now you have a chance to vote in my new poll :D

Win A Beco!

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Grey Soaker

Well, Jhet was in need of a larger wool soaker for night time. When I first knit it up it was too small so I had to redo it. But thankfully now it's finished and is the perfect size :)

Look At All The Pretty Soaps!!!

Today I went to my friend Lynn's house. She showed me how to make some diffrent types of soaps. We made 4 diffrent kinds today. It was alot of fun since she had lots of EO and FO and colors. Plus I learned some things I didn't know.




The brownish soap is pumkin spice and it smells really good! The blue one I made for Shane. I chose sea shore for the scent since it was stronger and he likes strong smells. When he smelled it he said he really liked it.

This was colored pink, but turned into a light orange and is scented with warm vanilla and sugar.

This one is my favorite!!! It is oatmeal, milk, and honey. I just wanna eat it, it smells so good. And I love the oatmeal in it. I can't wait to try it.

Thanks again Lynn for taking the time to do this with me. I really appreciate it!

New Soap Batch

Ok, the soap looks a little funky, but it came out great! I am VERY happy with it. I used my own recipe..which really isn't that original...lol. But I used Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, and Palm Oil, and I used just a touch of tangerine EO. The smell came out great with just a hint of tangerine. The soap itself, without the tangerine, has a good smell as well.

Shane's Score

169 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Soap Failure

Here is my orange soap out of the mold. We tried to cut it, but it kept flaking and was very crumbley. My good friend Lynne (who has been making soap for years) said we probably added to much lye. Which is probably what happened since we didnt' have a good scale and was measureing it incorrectly. So today I tried to rebatch it, but that didn't happen either.



I cut and crumbled my soap up and put it into my pot. Then I added some whole milk and put it in the oven on 150. I stirred it every 15 minutes. But after 4 hours it still was not completely melted so Shane said I should try the microwave method. Needless to say it got burned in there. Not sure if because the soap just sucked all around or if maybe because I did half in the oven and half in the microwave. Anyways, when I was filling up my pot with water to wash it, it filled up nice and high with bubbles from the left over soap in the pot. I cleaned the pot completley with that soap and it washed up really good. It left my hands feeling soft and the tangerine smelled really good. Off to try my next batch...

We Made Soap!

Tonight Shane and I made soap for the first time. We used this recipe. It's a pretty simple and basic recipe. Except we added orange crayons for coloring and tangerine EO for the scent.

Measuring out the lye.
Melting the Crisco.

The lye mixture

Melting the crayons

The melted Crisco

Mixing the crayons with the Crisco.

Pouring into the soap mold.

1930's Spouse...

97 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!

I scored a 97..a little high I think. Let me know what your score is!