tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20868283803928465232024-03-12T17:37:08.606-07:00Running Foxesmamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-27142264177257824352016-10-21T23:28:00.002-07:002017-05-31T10:31:30.116-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Look for the Helpers<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
<img alt="Inline image 1" class="CToWUd a6T" height="316" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c16257375b&view=fimg&th=157eb107a48e7276&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_157ead1dc096fab4&attbid=ANGjdJ9wa9nZHFwtwNvcDZsQhxsQ7jmkq666SwL6PEEG7mfRCZo_2h4foJSS4NJ9oiEIoPRG9z3TqOLP6InYa_j_FBgrEzi0-3MLTz54z6BVlY53yQdYwlOeZV6wC8s&sz=w1124-h632&ats=1477117515520&rm=157eb107a48e7276&zw&atsh=1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="562" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As a mom, I love helpers. Nothing makes me smile more than when one of my kids says (un-proded of course) "I did ______. What else can I do?" Every time this happens, I think I get a little tiny taste of what God feels when he sees his children do similar things for each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">During all of the heated debates about politics recently, it is easy for a person to share their feelings and say things that are oversimplified, incorrect, unkind or character bashing of an individual instead of the issues. The world is in commotion at every turn. Wars, famines, refugees...this all must hurt Him. Why do His children do these types of things to each other?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I recently watched the movie "World Trade Center" with my kids for our history video. Yeah, there might be inaccuracies in it, but I think it was done really well. I have heard other children say, "What's 9/11?" I want to be very clear to my children what it is and the significance that it plays in American History. A quote from the movie has been ringing in my ears since we watched it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John McLoughlin (played by Nicholas Cage) says as the movie comes to a close:</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">" 9/11 showed us what human beings are capable of. The evil, yeah, sure. But it also brought out the goodness we forgot could exist. People taking care of each other for no other reason than it was the </span><span style="color: #990000;">right</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> thing to do. It's important for us to talk about that good, to remember. 'Cause I saw all of it that day." </span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Recently in our little valley we had a crazy hail storm that ripped through and left some pretty serious devastation in it's wake. The storm didn't last long, but it displaced several families. Then the vultures came to town from several states to prey upon the people who didn't know better and they lost their insurance money too. What do you do when schools are flooded? You put the kids to work. For several days after the storm, the youth leaders in our church sent armies of texts, Facebook posts and phone calls to rally the kids to help out. They pulled carpets, removed dry wall to the flood line, and followed trash trucks that went along the streets. The City didn't have enough man power to get it all done fast enough and the refuse was starting to smell. And they had a great time doing it. Why? No other reason than it was the right thing to do...and sometimes people feed you. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I teach my children the things they are seeing today, I try to balance it out the bad with the good. I strongly believe our children NEED to know the good because they need to have faith in the future (as do all of us, but especially the children). Sometimes the media will catch those who are doing good. Most of the time they don't because goodness doesn't sell as well as fear. As we see bad things unfold, look for the helpers. They are always there. (None of these should have happened, but they did. How did people respond?)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Benghazi attack </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Navy Seals went and gave their lives to try to save Ambassador Stevens</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Police sniper shootings in Dallas </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Officers running toward the gun fire to rescue the injured</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> 60,000 damaged homes, </span><b style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;"><i>11,500 </i></b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">volunteers helped with relief efforts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Fires in Canada </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Thousands of evacuees ran out of gas and rescued by Ford owners who delivered fuel</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Orlando Nightclub Shooting </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Various reports of strangers helping strangers - Josh McGill, Ray Rivera etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">San Bernardino Shooting </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Various reports of strangers taking bullets for others - Shannon Johnson</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><b>Millions</b> of Refugees </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Governments, Churches, and Humanitarian Aid working together to help these displaced peoples </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">No matter how hard I try, (ok, I don't really try that hard) I am drawn to stories from WWII about those who sacrificed everything to save some of the Jewish people. They risked personal injury, imprisonment and surely death if they were caught. This website is dedicated to those stories. I could get lost for hours...there are literally hundreds of stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/index.asp&source=gmail&ust=1477203915523000&usg=AFQjCNFTxWuq5oHyC_XHfojBy-CsVS3fvQ" href="http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/index.asp" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/<wbr></wbr>en/righteous/stories/index.asp</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There is so much good in the world, when we look for it. If you may ever be in a situation where there are no helpers, you might have to be the first to stand. Sometimes people are just looking for an example. When we look past our own problems, we may find when we step out of our comfort zones and reach out to help someone else, our problems start to shrink just a little bit. One of the most amazing "aHah!!" moments that my kids observed while watching "World Trade Center" is how many people were working so hard to save just these two officers from the Port Authority. There were only 20 people pulled from the wreckage after the towers fell. Mr. McLoughlin was number 19. When I see my children help because they want to, I like to bless them with a little treat. Heavenly Father has done the same for me when I step outside my box a little and lend a helping hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://justserve.org&source=gmail&ust=1477203915523000&usg=AFQjCNEmEngSBdkE-ls5nMnxgHeegcsEtA" href="http://justserve.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">justserve.org</a></span></div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-91510675906736690652016-10-21T23:28:00.001-07:002016-10-21T23:31:11.667-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Look for the Helpers<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
<img alt="Inline image 1" class="CToWUd a6T" height="316" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=c16257375b&view=fimg&th=157eb107a48e7276&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_157ead1dc096fab4&attbid=ANGjdJ9wa9nZHFwtwNvcDZsQhxsQ7jmkq666SwL6PEEG7mfRCZo_2h4foJSS4NJ9oiEIoPRG9z3TqOLP6InYa_j_FBgrEzi0-3MLTz54z6BVlY53yQdYwlOeZV6wC8s&sz=w1124-h632&ats=1477117515520&rm=157eb107a48e7276&zw&atsh=1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="562" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As a mom, I love helpers. Nothing makes me smile more than when one of my kids says (un-proded of course) "I did ______. What else can I do?" Every time this happens, I think I get a little tiny taste of what God feels when he sees his children do similar things for each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">During all of the heated debates about politics recently, it is easy for a person to share their feelings and say things that are oversimplified, incorrect, unkind or character bashing of an individual instead of the issues. The world is in commotion at every turn. Wars, famines, refugees...this all must hurt Him. Why do His children do these types of things to each other?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I recently watched the movie "World Trade Center" with my kids for our history video. Yeah, there might be inaccuracies in it, but I think it was done really well. I have heard other children say, "What's 9/11?" I want to be very clear to my children what it is and the significance that it plays in American History. A quote from the movie has been ringing in my ears since we watched it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John McLoughlin (played by Nicholas Cage) says as the movie comes to a close:</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">" 9/11 showed us what human beings are capable of. The evil, yeah, sure. But it also brought out the goodness we forgot could exist. People taking care of each other for no other reason than it was the </span><span style="color: #990000;">right</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> thing to do. It's important for us to talk about that good, to remember. 'Cause I saw all of it that day." </span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Recently in our little valley we had a crazy hail storm that ripped through and left some pretty serious devastation in it's wake. The storm didn't last long, but it displaced several families. Then the vultures came to town from several states to prey upon the people who didn't know better and they lost their insurance money too. What do you do when schools are flooded? You put the kids to work. For several days after the storm, the youth leaders in our church sent armies of texts, Facebook posts and phone calls to rally the kids to help out. They pulled carpets, removed dry wall to the flood line, and followed trash trucks that went along the streets. The City didn't have enough man power to get it all done fast enough and the refuse was starting to smell. And they had a great time doing it. Why? No other reason than it was the right thing to do...and sometimes people feed you. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I teach my children the things they are seeing today, I try to balance it out the bad with the good. I strongly believe our children NEED to know the good because they need to have faith in the future (as do all of us, but especially the children). Sometimes the media will catch those who are doing good. Most of the time they don't because goodness doesn't sell as well as fear. As we see bad things unfold, look for the helpers. They are always there. (None of these should have happened, but they did. How did people respond?)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Benghazi attack </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Navy Seals went and gave their lives to try to save Ambassador Stevens</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Police sniper shootings in Dallas </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Officers running toward the gun fire to rescue the injured</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> Flooding in Louisiana </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> 60,000 damaged homes, </span><b style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;"><i>11,500 </i></b><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">volunteers helped with relief efforts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Fires in Canada </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Thousands of evacuees ran out of gas and rescued by Ford owners who delivered fuel</span><br /><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Orlando Nightclub Shooting </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Various reports of strangers helping strangers - Josh McGill, Ray Rivera etc.</span><br /><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">San Bernardino Shooting </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Various reports of strangers taking bullets for others - Shannon Johnson</span><br /><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><b>Millions</b> of Refugees </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Governments, Churches, and Humanitarian Aid working together to help these displaced peoples </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><ul>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">No matter how hard I try, (ok, I don't really try that hard) I am drawn to stories from WWII about those who sacrificed everything to save some of the Jewish people. They risked personal injury, imprisonment and surely death if they were caught. This website is dedicated to those stories. I could get lost for hours...there are literally hundreds of stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There is so much good in the world, when we look for it. If you may ever be in a situation where there are no helpers, you might have to be the first to stand. Sometimes people are just looking for an example. When we look past our own problems, we may find when we step out of our comfort zones and reach out to help someone else, our problems start to shrink just a little bit. One of the most amazing "aHah!!" moments that my kids observed while watching "World Trade Center" is how many people were working so hard to save just these two officers from the Port Authority. There were only 20 people pulled from the wreckage after the towers fell. Mr. McLoughlin was number 19. When I see my children help because they want to, I like to bless them with a little treat. Heavenly Father has done the same for me when I step outside my box a little and lend a helping hand. </span></div>
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There
is very little that cracks me up quite like fads. Don't get me wrong, I
lived my childhood in the 80's and have great memories. It gave us some
of the greatest music. The fashion however cracks me up. How could
something that was so cool 30 years ago look totally ridiculous today?
Those leg warmers!! They had no purpose but for looks. They were a total
fad. I remember wishing as a young girl to have them, but now I'm so
glad I didn't fall for it. <br />
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I do not wish to start a fight
with those who still might be stuck in that decade, again...it had some
great things to offer. Journey, Mork and Mindy, VCR's, and hair wings.
Priceless. There were some crazy food fads though.. what was it back
then? Oh, that's right. Fat free. And the other? The introduction of
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Clothing fads will come and go. Food fads will
come and go. Many food fads leave much more damage to our bodies than
all that Aquanet and high bangs ever did. Those fads can also effect the
generations that come after. Fat free sounds like it would help us
loose weight. Sadly, depression skyrocketed in the 80's because our
brains...are made of fat. Aspartame (bless its little heart - it sure
tries) has been proven to be linked to a lovely list of nasty side
effects like: <br />
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migraines/headaches, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/obesity-threat/&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNGlP8XtAvEKkGqRfQ3NP4iAXrK8ow" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/obesity-threat/" target="_blank" title="weight gain">weight gain</a>, rashes, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/fatigue-homemade-remedies/&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNFlTQ37tE2usCTTRFK2LZio6yQLOQ" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/fatigue-homemade-remedies/" target="_blank" title="fatigue">fatigue</a>, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/maintaining-healthy-weight%23insomnia&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNFDxar5FUItZ_DBmUrsS4fQRPmWQQ" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/maintaining-healthy-weight#insomnia" target="_blank" title="insomnia">insomnia</a>, hearing and vision problems, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/treating-stress-depression/&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNELxSxRlPGZf0MdPz4JYpGk2ntLtQ" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/treating-stress-depression/" target="_blank" title="stress">anxiety attacks</a>, loss of taste and speech, memory loss, respiratory problems, muscle spasms and heart palpitation.
Aspartame could also increase the chances of chronic diseases such as Parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, birth defects, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/diabetes/&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNHCZbHG7OaZFFQ-U2cmF8GjD7MP5g" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/diabetes/" target="_blank" title="diabetes">diabetes</a>, chronic<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/fatigue-homemade-remedies/&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNFlTQ37tE2usCTTRFK2LZio6yQLOQ" href="http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-foods/fatigue-homemade-remedies/" target="_blank" title="fatigue remedies"> fatigue syndrome</a>
and brain tumors." - See more at:
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There
is so much misinformation about what a good diet is and what it is not.
Even "whole food" people will argue until the sun goes down what is
good and what isn't. Food can divide almost as much as the current
political arenas. This brings me to my next question. <br />
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What
does God say about what we should eat? I often go to the story of
Daniel in the Bible. I found this interesting take on Daniel's
experience of being captured and taken to the be educated in the king's
court:<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">"Now seeing that Daniel was a prisoner, one could reason that he should
settle in and count his blessings. For the most part, it appears that is
what he did. But there was one issue over which Daniel risked his life.
It wasn’t the insulting new name he was given that attempted to negate
his allegiance to his God. It wasn’t the education he was to receive for
3 years which would fit him to better serve the goals of the Babylonian
ruler. It wasn’t even the fact that he was made a eunuch. The issue
that Daniel chose to risk his life over was none other than the issue of
not eating the king's food. <br /><br />This was not a hunger strike. It
was a well thought out decision based on the type of food being served.
The King's diet was rich in wine and meat. Daniel, a likable fellow,
went to the man who was in charge of the prisoners and requested pulse
and water. He was flatly refused. He persisted and received permission
to trial his request for 10 days."</span><br />
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Pulse literally translates to vegetables. It is also known as seeds and legumes. </div>
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Does
that mean that we never eat things like meat? I feel a riot starting boil among
some readers. Meat tastes sooooOOooo good!! Especially BBQ chicken, slow
roasted pork, and a good ol' fashioned medium well steak with all the
trimmings and a little A1 sauce are a meat lover's heaven!! A little
more clarification to the question of meat might be needed. I am so
thankful for the Word of Wisdom found in Doctrine and Covenants 89. Meat
is said to be eaten "sparingly". What does that even mean? In our
Standard American Diet (or SAD), we are encouraged to eat meat two to
three times a day! If I were to eat Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake that
many times a day, it would not be sparingly (it would taste good, but
would not be good for me). <br />
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Here are verses 12 and 13:<br />
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12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air,<span style="color: #7f6000;"> I, the Lord,</span> <span style="color: #b45f06;">have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="m_4800804509573490959_m_3003081289346959390_13"> </a>13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.<br />
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John
A. Widsoe (a scientist and Apostle in his day) and Hyrum Smith both
suggested part of sparingly meant to spare the life of the animal. It
was ok for Noah and Lehi's family to eat meat more often than "sparingly" because, that's
all there was. Plants were not available. President Ezra Taft Benson
said this :<br />
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"To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth,
and lacking the energy that could be ours.... <b>We need a generation of young people who, as Daniel, eat in a more healthy
manner than to fare on the 'kings meat' ---and whose countenances show it."</b> (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson pp. 476-7)
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So, not to eat a dead horse...I mean
beat a dead horse, I would like to touch on the number ten. Why was ten
days so important? Is that number significant for some reason? My eight
year old son has chosen to learn Hebrew for his foreign language. So we
are working together to sift through this unique language. Every little
piece of each letter represents something. The smallest letter is called
"Yod" (pronounced "yode"). Yod is small to suggest "humility" but is a
part of every letter in their alphabet. It is also part of each number.
Ten shows up in the scriptures often and is a symbol of things that will
affect all people. For instance:<br />
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- God asks us to pay "tithing" or a "tenth"</div>
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- There were ten plagues preceding the Exodus from Egypt (How would the Exodus affect all people?)</div>
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- Ten things were created on the First Day, Ten things were created on the sixth day</div>
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- There were ten virgins </div>
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If you do a search on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://lds.org&source=gmail&ust=1475106095003000&usg=AFQjCNEqUy4bpE3Iz8z81UQu9-6DC_HfDQ" href="http://lds.org/" target="_blank">lds.org</a>
for how many times ten shows up in the scriptures, you'll likely be
blown away. Ten was not a number used by chance. The way that we eat is
so important, and Daniel set an example for all people by standing up. </div>
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I
love that our food storage suggestions are things that fall very nicely
into this category of eating as Heavenly Father would have us eat. We
are encouraged to purchase and store:<br />
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- rice</div>
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- dried and canned fruit</div>
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- dried and canned vegetables</div>
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Fads
will come and go be it food or fashion. If the "world" tells us, "no
fat, no carbs, high protein, blah blah blah" we know that they Lord has
prepared for the people who will listen a way to eat from the beginning.
Leg Warmers might have been fancy back in the 80's, but I am so glad
today that I never partook. I've heard they don't taste very good. mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-36332497586732469022016-09-11T01:08:00.000-07:002016-10-21T21:28:05.422-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Fear or Faith?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">My kids and I just watched this amazing documentary on Netflix called "Emperor's Ghost Army". This PBS show was very eye opening in more than one way. It is the story of the Terracotta soldiers found in one of the most ancient burial spots in China that covers many, many square miles. Over 8,000 clay soldiers have been exhumed and pieced together. This army is equipped with everything a real army would be armed with from 2200 years ago swords, chariots, and horses. The technology and workmanship that these people displayed is utterly mind-blowing. The main body was made in a very similar manner that Native Americans, Africans, Australian Aboriginal people and many others across the globe made clay pottery. They had huge kilns to fit several of the 400 pound clay figures to bake for days. Total numbers for artisans and workers totals around 700,000 . The legs and arms were made in a mold, and the heads first molded and then carved by hand and no two faces are exactly alike. There is even speculation that these soldiers were copied after actual people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Why would someone go to such lengths to create something of this magnitude? What was the purpose? According to this documentary, Qin Emperor was a cruel ruler. The historical documents found said that life for the people in this part of China was very hard. Imagine the most strict Communistic life and multiply it times 10. Torture, prison, and even death was used to keep everyone in line. War after war to conquer Chinese lands made it virtually impossible to live a normal life. When Qin Emperor died, he was buried in the mount near to where these soldiers were discovered. The reason the Emperor was so afraid of what people would do to him after he died, he wanted an army to protect him. He knew the way he ruled would likely come around and bite him in the hind end. The Emperor's actual burial site has yet to be excavated. You can bet there are so many hoops that archaeologists are going to have to jump through before they open excavation because he has such a high profile (kinda beside the point...but you know)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">What does this have to do with the price of strawberry crepes in France? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The point I would like to make is that sometimes we make decisions based on fear. We can waste precious resources. We can waste precious time. Even if we aren't the ones that made a bad decision, other people's bad choices can affect our lives in a negative way. How can we make decisions based on faith instead? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">#1<b> "They Hushed Their Own Fears" </b> In a post last year I reviewed how we can "hush our own fears" with advice given by Elder David A. Bednar. He gives GREAT advice. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://runningfoxes.blogspot.com/2015/05/self-reliance-tip-of-week-i-aint-skeered.html&source=gmail&ust=1473667620693000&usg=AFQjCNFVaAIC1iLsvCcgtsWqWTBStmnIVw" href="http://runningfoxes.blogspot.com/2015/05/self-reliance-tip-of-week-i-aint-skeered.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://runningfoxes.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com/2015/05/self-reliance-tip-<wbr></wbr>of-week-i-aint-skeered.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">#2 " Be of Good Cheer" In 2007 Elder Quinten L. Cook gave a conference talk entitled "Live by Faith Not Fear" He shares this scripture, Doctrine and Covenants 68: 5-6: </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">“Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">“Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and that I am to come.”</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I love watching videos on Facebook that highlight something good someone has done. When I see others doing good, it influences me to want to do good. When we focus on good, it lifts us and then we in turn can lift others. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 28.8px;">#3 " Do Not Fear" President Boyd K. Packer delivered a talk called, "Do Not Fear"</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: 28.8px;">He says that if we are constantly looking to keep the Holy Ghost with us, fear fades. Pure love casteth out all fear. In order to do that, we must keep the commandments. We must hold strong to the values that are being tossed aside so easily today. It is an excellent talk. I strongly encourage you to read/ listen to/ watch it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">#4 One of my favorite quotes of all time is given by President Monson. He repeated it more than once during General Conference. It goes like this: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 28.8px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We already know the things we need to be preparing. Make sure that your money, time and energy are being put toward things we have already been told to prepare. The basics. Food, water, fuel, alternative cooking, medicines, and other necessities (deodorant for sure). Follow the Spirit and then you'll be coming from a place of faith. Its better up there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">So, what if the conclusion that the documentary makes is wrong. What if the Emperor was just a little (ok, alot) eccentric and it wasn't because he thought this army would protect his resting place? These soldiers were facing east which was the direction of his kingdom. East is significant in the scriptures. It is the symbolic direction in the scriptures where God resides. Kind of a cool thought. Who knows for sure? What I do know, that in a coming day the King of Kings will rule and it will be a much better place to live. That's the future I want to focus on. </span> </div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-38716726035903968452016-08-11T07:01:00.002-07:002016-08-11T07:01:34.272-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Nasty Little Nits<div style="text-align: center;">
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They're driving me crazy mom!!</div>
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fourth grade either my little sister or I brought lice home from
school. Not on purpose mind you. Man that itched like crazy! My older
sister and her friend Debbie spent much of their free teenage time
helping us get rid of them.The skin across my body crawls to think about
the time I spent with those nasty little things crawling on ( and
biting )my head! They are miserable to have, and miserable to get rid
of. So, how do you get rid of them?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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the way we got rid of them was to use the commercial "RID" product. In
my experience, we had to do more than one treatment because the first
time didn't completely get them. This is actually a pesticide...on your
brain. If used often can cause health problems. Is there another way?<br /></div>
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Here is one mom's experience:<br /><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br />
Treating lice in my home was a detour in our summer to say the least.
After some research, I made up an effective solution of apple cider
vinegar, tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, lavender oil and water. <br /></span><ul>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Apple
cider vinegar helps restore natural pH to the scalp. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Tea tree oil is
reported to be the most effective in repelling and eliminating lice.
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<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Eucalyptus and rosemary also are considered to be effective. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Lavender is
great to sooth itching. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">I first washed and rinsed the hair, and then,
without
adding conditioning agents, I poured this solution through each of my
family member’s hair. The solution actually has a rather nice smell. The
lavender seemed to calm down the apple cider vinegar smell. I then put
coconut oil on the hair. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #674ea7;">Coconut oil is reported to suffocate the lice
so that they cannot live nor grasp onto the hair.</span><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> I combed through my
daughter’s oiled hair with a nit comb and braided about 20 strands in
her hair so I could keep a watch on things. Throughout the day
I would spray the hair with the apple cider essential oil solution I had
made. I also sprayed couches and my car. All bedding and clothing worn
was put in a hot water wash to sanitize them. These parasites can’t live
in temperatures of extreme heat or cold. You can also bag items for 24
hours to ensure lice are killed if you cannot wash these items.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Here is her recipe for the spray:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial black,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Lice Hair Rinse</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">3/4 C Apple Cider Vinegar (with the “mother” in it)<br />
1tsp. Tea Tree Oil<br />
1tsp. Eucalyptus Oil<br />
½ tsp. Lavender Oil<br />
3 1/2 C distilled water.<br />
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Mix and it’s ready. I used about 1/3 of the solution on each head of
hair for the initial dose. Do not rinse the solution out. Let it dry. I
later applied coconut oil to the hair. After using the hair rinse,
letting it dry and applying the coconut oil (and in my case braiding) I
would spray the hair wet with a spray bottle a few times a day to
moisten the scalp. Spray bedding and furniture down to deter lice. Note:
this is to be used externally, not internally. We did this rinse
twice, a few days apart, and for a total of about a week of spraying and
monitoring. Be sure to close your eyes when spraying the solution so as
to not bother your eyes.<br />
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Recipe by Kelly Pomeroy
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Printable Version: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://herballegacy.com/Lice%2520Hair%2520Rinse.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1471010352149000&usg=AFQjCNEghnpxLxiaq-jtkX25nbmnk3u97g" href="http://herballegacy.com/Lice%20Hair%20Rinse.pdf" target="_blank"> http://www.herballeg<wbr></wbr>acy.com</a><br /></span></div>
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is nice to know that there are natural alternatives because my
experience was miserable. All of the ingredients are easy to store for
emergencies also. Thank you Kelly Pomeroy for Knixing those Nasty Little
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-9509176180324895572016-08-02T23:59:00.002-07:002016-08-03T00:14:13.222-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Jason Bourne Is Like An Apple<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">My husband and I like good action flix now and again. The Jason Bourne Series is no exception. By the time it's over the viewer might feel like they have been on an upside down train ride mixed with a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wedgie (all except for Bourne Legacy...sorry...lets pretend that one never existed) and the burning desire to learn seven languages...like right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">His versatility is unparalleled by anyone and has the ability to squeeze out of tight places better than a <b><i>chameleon</i></b> with the speed of a cheetah. His skills likely put Captain America to shame...except they are both imaginary. So sad...I know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">But, what isn't imaginary is the versatility of apples. With the seasons moving along, it is getting time for apple harvest. It is easy to say, "I don't have time to process any apples." If we take the extra time, we will realize that apples are like Jason Bourne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So, what kind of culinary treasures can apples be turned into? Here are just a few.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">#1 Good ol' fashioned apple sauce!!!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Dried apples are so awesome because they are a very versatile snack that kids and adults love because of the condensed sweetness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Home made apple pie filling kicks the shazbot out of the stuff you buy at the store. It makes making apple pie a cinch! And no artificial ingredients to boot!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"Fruit roll ups" can't touch real, sweet, melt in your mouth apple leather. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_fruit_leather/&source=gmail&ust=1470293904555000&usg=AFQjCNGPQyF9dXmic2iZjkVO0vxyIhZcWg" href="http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_fruit_leather/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.simplyrecipes.com/<wbr></wbr>recipes/how_to_make_fruit_<wbr></wbr>leather/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I am just getting warmed up too! There are SO many more things you can do with apples to preserve them. </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are 27 ways!!!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So the next time you're up for an adventure, break out the apples from your nearest orchard or farmer's market and get crackin'!! You've got an upside down train to catch!!</span></div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-92086591201336948422016-07-25T07:19:00.003-07:002016-07-25T07:19:44.688-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Cha Cha With the Charcoal<div style="text-align: center;">
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There are few times dancing around a fire has great merit. However, when the fire is down and gone, what is left over and the uses it has may make you want to do a cha cha...for the charcoal.</div>
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Once upon a time...in a land not too far away...someone I knew as an adult decided it would be a good idea to eat the beans (about 6 pods worth) of a Yellow Bird of Paradise plant. This person ended with severe diarrhea and vomiting for the next 24 hours. Not a pretty picture. The young offspring of said individual not too many days after brought me a seed pod of the very same plant and said the beans tasted great. I knowing the body's reaction to this bean acted quickly and gave him several capsules of charcoal to absorb and lessen the effects of the poison contained in the beans. No adverse reactions came of it. <b>Charcoal is a life saver. </b></div>
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I recently read this article written by Master Herbalist <strong style="font-size: 12.8px;"><em>Joe KuKucka</em></strong><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> that opened to me other reasons why we might want to look a little more closely at this little wonder from nature that may have been previously viewed as waste: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">Charcoal is the black remains of fire consisting of carbon and ash. It is obtained by burning off the water and other volatile constituents from animal or plant substances. Ash consists of the noncombustible contents of whatever was consumed by the fire. It is high in minerals and metal content. Ash is also a disinfecting agent. If we look at the remains of a campfire that used wood from oak, elm or ash trees it would appear that the logs had been completely consumed by the fire and there was nothing further to use. Yet that plant (herb) is born again as charcoal with new attributes.<br /><br /> For instance, when camping, good water may be hard to find, but by adding a chunk of charcoal - <b><i>that is not Kingsford or similar briquette that is pressed together with chemicals </i></b>- from your campfire into a pot of boiling water it will make the water safe to drink.<br />Charcoal:</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">is used in the purification processes, respirators, air conditioning systems and in the clean-up of waste gases. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">is used to clean the soil of contaminants and also acts as a soil conditioner.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">acts as a substitute for lime because of its high pot ash content. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">A lump of charcoal in a toolbox will help keep tools dry and rust-free. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">can be used anywhere in the house that there is a problem with odor, mildew or mold. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">inhibits bacterial & viral growth.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">is a very good treatment for nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and controlling flatulence.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">Works well in conjunction with herbs.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">Can relieve tooth ache, whiten teeth and help infected gums.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;">For treating little ones with <b>diarrhea</b> a good remedy is to <b>mix charcoal powder with bananas</b>.<br /><br />Charcoal may be given internally to help detoxify individuals for a variety of toxic conditions. In fact, it is an excellent detoxifier for the whole body cleansing as it has the ability to adsorb most drugs, excess cholesterol and triglycerides.<br /><br />Charcoal is rated Category I, safe and effective by the FDA for acute, toxic poisoning. Virtually every hospital across the country has charcoal on hand to deal with drug overdoses, food poisoning and other poisoning from toxic substances. Charcoal is superior to anything else for poisoning and this is proven by clinical evidence.<br /><br />Time is of the essence when it comes to poisoning and activated charcoal is more likely to reduce poison absorption if given within an hour of ingesting a poison. Charcoal effectively neutralizes Prozac, acetaminophen, caffeine, strychnine, morphine, nicotine and aspirin. However, it works poorly or not at all for strong acids and bases, alcohols and hydrocarbons such as petroleum distillates like gasoline, paint thinner and cleaning fluids.<br /><br />What is commonly called stomach flu is technically not the flu. Rather in most cases it is gastroenteritis which is an acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach. This calls for a charcoal slurry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: monospace, monospace;"><br />Charcoal is neither absorbed nor metabolized by the body but the charcoal adsorbs toxins before these poisons could compete with oxygen and nutrients that were trying to pass through the cell membrane. Instead of absorbing essential food elements, charcoal removes toxins that are competing with nutrients for intestinal and cellular absorption thereby promoting efficient nutrient uptake.<br /><br />Charcoal may also be used externally in poultices. The human skin has the amazing ability to allow the transfer of liquids and gases through its permeable membrane. By the application of moist charcoal compresses and poultices bacteria and poisons are drawn through the skin into the charcoal. Poultices have been found to be effective for itchy skin, infections, gangrenous ulcers, insect bites and stings. That includes the bites from brown recluse spiders, rattlesnakes, scorpions and ants. Charcoal poultices have also been found good for the pain associated with sore throats, earaches, toothaches, irritated eyes, sprains, inflammations and bruises. Any area that is red, painful, swollen and hot responds to charcoal. Pain produced by cancer, whether in the bone, abdomen or elsewhere, may be controlled with a charcoal poultice. It is reassuring to know that when one is unsure about what remedy will work and what will not that there is no worry of compounding problems with charcoal as there is with most drugs. Charcoal powder acts like a sponge to quickly eliminate most toxins from the body allowing the body to better handle the much lower amounts of toxins which remain.<br /><br />The combination of flaxseed and charcoal is one popular way to make a poultice. The flaxseed, when powdered or boiled, acts as a binder for the charcoal. Flaxseed also has its own healing virtues. A poultice can also be made with just plain water, K-Y Jelly, hand lotion or herbs such as Hops, Slippery Elm or Golden Seal.<br /><br />While charcoal may greatly benefit some as a general detoxifier for a couple of months, it is not meant to be taken as a daily supplement. It only helps to restore health if used along with good health practices and a nutritional diet. </span><br />So all in all, charcoal is a pretty amazing substance. I have one more example.</div>
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We only have a few stories from my husband's grandfather while he was a POW in 1944 - 45, but here's one. A<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">irmen who had been shot down over German controlled territory were put into prisons called a "Stalag Luft".</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The day after Christmas day the and were separated into groups of around 500 men and forced on a march. The front line was getting too close and prisoners were one of the last bargaining chips fancy pants Hitler had left. Stalag Luft IV held about 10,000 prisoners. </span></div>
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These men had already endured months (or years, depending when they were shot down) of near starvation and unsanitary conditions. They had poor health care, if you could even call it that. They were after all, prisoners. The coldest winter Europe had seen in nearly 50 years met these already weakened men with bitter chill and still nearly no food. The "bathroom facilities" were trenches that they were forced to dig. You can imagine how quickly dysentery became a huge problem. Sanitation is so important and they didn't have anything close to it. The severe cramps, diarrhea, exposure, and lack of food were literally killing these heroes. They discovered that if they chewed the burned part of the sticks (charcoal) left over from campfires it would coat their stomachs, calm the cramping and slow the diarrhea. Sometime in March his group was liberated by the Russian Demski Desert Rats. Other groups weren't so lucky.</div>
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<b>Charcoal was literally a life saver.</b> </div>
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Charcoal in the event of an emergency, may some day save the life of someone you love because of its amazing properties. See, I told you it may give you a reason to cha-cha. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the Book of Mormon there is a story about Nephi making a second record. He knows that most of what he is recording has already been recorded by his father, Lehi. He probably wondered why at the time, but obeyed anyway. Well, the Lord knew that Lehi's record would get lost, so He (in His infinite wisdom) prepared away for the record to be preserved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever heard of a solar flare? They happen all the time on the face of the sun. Sometimes, they can actually cause "space weather" that can affect the little peeps of earth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So what does making a second record have to do with solar flares? Funny you should ask...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">Once upon a time...</span><span style="color: #e69138;">"<span style="line-height: 28.8px;">On the morning of September 1, 1859, amateur astronomer Richard Carrington ascended into the private observatory attached to his country estate outside of London. After cranking open the dome’s shutter to reveal the clear blue sky, he pointed his brass telescope toward the sun and began to sketch a cluster of enormous dark spots that freckled its surface. Suddenly, Carrington spotted what he described as “two patches of intensely bright and white light” erupting from the sunspots. Five minutes later the fireballs vanished, but within hours their impact would be felt across the globe."</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #101010;"><span style="line-height: 28.8px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-Carrington-event&source=gmail&ust=1467153918083000&usg=AFQjCNHgkmTpLydADd-cVP11ps7vub2U0A" href="http://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-Carrington-event" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.history.com/news/a-<wbr></wbr>perfect-solar-superstorm-the-<wbr></wbr>1859-Carrington-event</a></span></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What happened was the strength of the "10 billion atomic bomb" solar flares had caused a magnetic storm and telegraph lines exploded and poles lit on fire and killed communication across the globe. I guess it could be compared to using a blow dryer and then stepping in the tub...and washing your hair with the blow-dryer in your hand...not a pretty picture. It created a geo-magnetic storm of which had never been seen before or since...but it could happen again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even though telegraphs are an infantile system in comparison with our internet and electrical grid today, they were still used it for commerce and communication (including private messages). Our grid is still sensitive. If it were to all be blown successively like it was in 1859, many records could be lost forever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Think of all the sensitive information that could be lost if it happened again. What kinds of things do we use electronic storage for? It would typically have the same effect as an EMP...but it happens naturally.</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Family videos</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genealogy charts</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Draft records, marriage records, death records</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">School work</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scanned letters</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other important documents/ images</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Financial information</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scanned/ typed journals</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I have spent a few hours updating a portable hard drive with this type of sensitive information from our computers. I typically do it every four months. We take lots of pictures so I don't want to loose any of them. If a solar flare hits I have something super easy that I have put together that costs little money and takes little effort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The instructions are found in this "Tip of the Week" - <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://runningfoxes.blogspot.com/2014/11/self-reliance-tip-of-week-so-whats-it.html&source=gmail&ust=1467153918083000&usg=AFQjCNF-h7ieviLzhdpmEf5mtzlO6JjrFQ" href="http://runningfoxes.blogspot.com/2014/11/self-reliance-tip-of-week-so-whats-it.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://runningfoxes.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2014/11/self-<wbr></wbr>reliance-tip-of-week-so-whats-<wbr></wbr>it.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, lets say is still sounds too Sci-Fi and you still don't quite believe that solar flares exist and can cause damage to delicate electrical information...maybe you'll believe an article that is on NASA's website. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/flare-impacts.html%23.V3GY7bgrLIU&source=gmail&ust=1467153918083000&usg=AFQjCNEr6r2Xyp0XILwSxY2V3CWgjt0o3g" href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/flare-impacts.html#.V3GY7bgrLIU" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_<wbr></wbr>pages/sunearth/news/flare-<wbr></wbr>impacts.html#.V3GY7bgrLIU</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even if a solar flare never shows its face and alters your life forever... there is another storm that could wipe out everything. Kids. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few months ago I had the impression to update my electronic files and I put it away. Not a week later my oldest son had learned that if there are too many things on your desktop it can slow your computer down. So as a favor (*cough*) he cleaned the desktop and even emptied the "recycle bin". Such a good boy. There were files on there that were gone forever. Luckily the week before, I had made a back up and was able to replace that information (not back on the desktop of course...). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is always a good idea to have back ups of all of these types of records. Nephi made a second set of plates and it has benefited generations of people because he listened and obeyed. That's pretty amazing. </span></div>
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72 Hour kits are known by many
names...Bug Out Bags, GOOD (Get Out Of Dodge) Bags, DPHTF (Doggie Poopie
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Getting
a generic list for 72 hour kits is pretty much the same thing. Lame.
They typically aren't "personal" and will have little value if you pack
glow sticks when you would be better served to pack matches. Or if you
have no kids that are currently in diapers but you pack them because the
list says so...that's a waste of space. Do you know how to use a
compass? A 72 hour kit can be as big or as small as you like. If it is
really big (like a duffle bag) it will be hard to haul it around if your
shoulders are the ones that might have to do the hauling. If it is too
small, it may be of "little" use to you. If you get one of those ready
made kits (though incredibly convenient...maybe) they might have food
that is a) nasty or b) you or your children have allergies to it (or it
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fires, a way to cook your food (like a mess kit), portable water
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familiar with and they will eat. My family loves Mountain House, but it
can be expensive. However, it <span style="font-size: medium;">is</span> something they
like and will eat. Add boiled water and BAM you have dinner!! We eat
them sometimes for special treats :). Wisefoods has some MRE type foods
that you heat up and put over rice. Some I have liked, and some I have
not. </div>
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I have found a new MRE company who has no
MSG, they are NON-GMO, AND they have gluten free options. They are
called Legacy Premium (this is their site if you'd like to call for
samples too . If they are as good as they sound, we might be looking
into getting more of those. I called them to see if they have free
samples. They do and it is being shipped to me. I'll let you know how I
like them next week. You can always get crackers, tuna and stuff like
that, but you do have to rotate them more often and if it isn't done say
every General Conference, you can have rancid food when you need it the
most and that is what you need the least...rancid food that is. </div>
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Beyond
the basics, the 72 hour kits need to be more personal. This is where
the super convenient "ready made" 72 hour kits veer from "one size fits
all". You need to have your own personal medicines. A change of clothes
(especially a long sleeved shirt and socks). Here are some ideas and
where I have gotten them that helps to make your 72 hour kit more of
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Emergency drinking water packets (they are smaller than water bottles - Amazon)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">MRE complete meals (I have found some Mountain House at Walmart in the camping isle or on their website)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Emergency candles (I made some of my own - beeswax :) )</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Emergency Poncho (found on Amazon.com)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Emergency Blanket (found on Amazon.com)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Water purification tablets (Wal-Mart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Compass (Wal-Mart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Disposable Hand Warmer (Wal-Mart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Canteen (Wal-Mart and Amazon.com)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pair of Work gloves (Home Depot)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Eating Utensils (check these out...they are like pocket knife style </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.amazon.com/SE-KC5006S-4-Inch-Camping-Detachable/dp/B000XFHJW4/ref%3Dsr_1_2?ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1347376592%26sr%3D8-2%26keywords%3Deating%2Butensils%2Bcamping&source=gmail&ust=1466547862355000&usg=AFQjCNGmL5YtsM9IoGpT8znHyuLOuc_u9Q" href="http://www.amazon.com/SE-KC5006S-4-Inch-Camping-Detachable/dp/B000XFHJW4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347376592&sr=8-2&keywords=eating+utensils+camping" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/<wbr></wbr>SE-KC5006S-4-Inch-Camping-<wbr></wbr>Detachable/dp/B000XFHJW4/ref=<wbr></wbr>sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347376592&<wbr></wbr>sr=8-2&keywords=eating+<wbr></wbr>utensils+camping</a><span style="background-color: transparent;">)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">First Aid Kit ( Army surplus store in Sierra Vista)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Nylon cord (Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Wind and Waterproof matches </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Tissue (in a waterproof bag) (Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Roll toilet tissue (also waterproof bag) </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Can opener (GI type - on my utensil set)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Whistle (Wal-Mart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Magnesium fire starter </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart & Big 5)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Knife (swiss army type - Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Butane lighter (Walmart & Thriftee)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">FM 21-76 US Army Survival Manual</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pocket soap (made it :) )</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Small stove and fuel (NOT Sterno) (Walmart) ...we have an Emberlit stove (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.emberlit.com&source=gmail&ust=1466547862355000&usg=AFQjCNEf6N-qAk9--chte-jzeYY6-LtScA" href="http://www.emberlit.com/" target="_blank">www.emberlit.com</a>) or Gasone butane stove (Big 5)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">An off brand diva cup (for a washable option to "Auntie Flow" that uses very little water) (Amazon)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Folding scissors </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Light sticks </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Roll Duck tape </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Waste bags </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Walmart)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Stainless Steel Mess Kit (Big 5)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Water Bottle Filter (I have Life straw and Sawyer)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">A
change of clothes (you'll need to change these every once in a while
because kids grow and Thanksgiving can mess with our waistlines...)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">A jump drive with important scanned documents and pictures</li>
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I
keep gloves and long sleeved shirts for everyone in my family in my car
72 hour kit all the time. They have come in handy more than I realized
they might. I also carry 2 gallons all the time in my vehicle. These
have also come in handy a great many times (none of which were
emergencies, but every day life requires a little water). Because we use
these items we find out what works for us and what doesn't. </div>
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You
may never meet an emergency...but then again you may need to evacuate
at a moments notice...like the people in Forestdale AZ. </div>
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And
don't forget to pack an extra pair of "funderwear", because if the need
arises you're gonna need 'em. Because you have done your homework and
planned ahead, there will be less anxiety and fear. </div>
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It might just be me, but it seems to have gotten hotter sooner this year...yeesh!! It has been so hot that if my kids take too long to get the eggs from the chicken coop, they are half way cooked (completely serious here - I couldn't believe it...BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SHADE!!!)</div>
Heat can be a scorcher! Which is why we are so thankful for the modern blessing of AIR CONDITIONING!!!</div>
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But what if we were to loose electricity say...because of an earthquake?<br />
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Ok, so I joke about loosing electricity, but for many people, it is hard to live without. How would we stay cool in the Southeastern Arizona sun?</div>
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I found this very good list from:<br />
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Don’t cook or eat during the heat of the day, eat early or late. Digesting food takes energy and generates heat.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Do not cook inside,<span style="color: red;"></span> eat cold meals or use an outdoor grill or camping stove. <span style="color: #e06666;">This is a great time to use your solar oven or wonder box.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">If you have good insulation open your windows at night to allow the house to cool off. Then close your windows in the morning and the house should stay cooler during the day.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Keep your blinds or curtains closed as long as the sun hits them.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Limit your physical activities to early morning or late evening, the more you move the hotter you will get.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Dress in light loose cotton clothes, perspiration in cotton clothes can create an evaporative cooler effect.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Drink plenty of water. Avoid caffeinated beverages. </span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Get a solar powered fan.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">When outdoors keep your head covered, have a good wide brimmed hat.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Wear a water soaked bandana on your head or neck.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">A friend who lives in the Sonora Desert said that prior to getting air conditioning; he often slept on a cot outside under a wet sheet.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">If you have a basement, you may want to consider sleeping in it, since they normally stay cooler.</span></li>
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I usually just stick my head in our little pool and let it drip all over me...with 5 kids, it is really hard to limit activity :).</div>
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What about keeping your food cool? Or your medicine? Is there an electricity free alternative for that? You ask the best questions! As a matter of fact, there is! It works similar to...but kind of opposite to the Wonder Oven (are you picturing this? Let me just show you a video.... It is called a Zeer Pot.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bSZH0K-Qhuw" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>feature=player_embedded&v=<wbr></wbr>bSZH0K-Qhuw</a></div>
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Is that just stinkin' awesome or what? Who would have known! As with any self-reliance tool,<u><i><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> it is wise to practice with it </span></b></i></u>to see what works and what doesn't for you and your family.</div>
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A few things to keep in mind is that the Zeer pot has a limit to the temperature it can bring down. In other things I have read and videos I've watched, the max temp it will bring down is about 45 degrees. If it is 120 outside (which is a stretch...we hardly ever see that kind of temp), the best you're gonna get is about 75 degrees. If it is 80 degrees, it leaves you with a chamber that is about 40 degrees. I would still be thankful for 75 degrees if it is 120 outside. It is still a good temperature for eggs, but not meat.</div>
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Also, if the only water you have available is not clean and might be contaminated, put your food in a gallon zip lock bag to keep contaminants from getting in the food because they will penetrate the terracotta (what the pots are made of) and we want to keep the food safe.</div>
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Terracotta is a <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>COOL</b></span> name. I think I'll name my next child that...lets hope it is a girl :).</div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Sometimes life can get so overwhelming with just the normal, everyday, seemingly tedious activities we must complete. When a trial shows up at our door, it can add more distress to us and our families. It is easy to loose hope and dream to just eat chocolate ice cream on the couch and wish for re-runs of "I Love Lucy" to grace Netflix with their presence. She makes craziness look so fun and after all, by the end of the day, everything is ok again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">At our stake conference recently President Sanders talked about drowning rats (yes, that does sound like something Lucy might accidentally do, but...) there was actually a study done on how long rats could tread water until they (almost) drown. After about 15 minutes, the rats would tire and give up and (nearly) go belly up. The researcher(s) would then take the rats out, dry them off, let them rest and then see what happened when they went in the water again. This time, they stayed afloat for 60 hours!! Whaaa? Super rats? Why and how could that happen? What was the difference in the first and second "laps" in the little rat pool? The study concluded that it was because the rats had <b>hope</b>. Hope that they would be rescued again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Where are we without hope? Hopeless. Without hope, faith really struggles to fit in our lives too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">When Christ was teaching the 5000 men (and their families) he used an amazing tool to help them learn...<b>food</b>. He had seen a multitude of people and had already had a long day and was tired. He asked Phillip where they could buy enough bread to feed the people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Phillip said they couldn't buy food for all these people (he was thinking logically...). Then Andrew, the brother of Peter said, "There is a lad here who hath five barley loaves (yuck) and two small fishes. That was all there was. He looked to heaven, blessed the food and broke it to share among the people. <b>They were filled</b>. The miracle is that there was enough to fill not only </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">baskets</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> for the apostles to distribute the food, but had <b>12</b> <b>baskets of leftovers</b>!! Incredible!! Sadly though, it was quickly written off and forgotten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">James E. Faust in a talk in 1994 called, "Five Loaves and Two Fishes" explains that when we seem to not have much, but we offer it to the Lord, He can work miracles through us. He says that technology is miraculous and should be regarded as such. It is easy to be written off. People who may think they have little talent but develop more because they were asked to by Him witness mini or mighty miracles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Zoram, 'noto sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> "Many nameless people with gifts equal only to five loaves and two small fishes magnify their callings and serve without attention or recognition, feeding literally thousands."</b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We don't have to be beautiful, with spotless homes and seemingly perfect lives to "feed" others. We can be the vehicle to feed hope to others. We can spread messages of good. We can serve where others may not dare tread. We can pray for the leaders of the countries of the world. We can also accept the Lord's will no matter how hard it might be to accept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We can be like Andrew and say, <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b>"This is what we <u>do</u> have. How do we make it work?"</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It is easy to be Phillip. I have been Phillip. I try not to be like Phillip was in this case and see beyond what is in front of my face, and see situations and people as the Savior would have me see it/ them. It is tough, but like Andrew took a leap, saw a sliver of silver lining, he helped serve well over 5000 people in the process (only with the help of Jesus Christ of course). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Though I still "Love Lucy", her stories are still fictitious. When it comes down to it, and someday we may have to live on what we have stored (spiritually and physically) we may witness miracles when there is enough and even to overflowing. This is real, even when it may have seemed impossible before. </span></div>
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My husband's family likes to joke about Ford vehicles. We sit around and giggle and change the names of the vehicles such as: <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Ford Explosion = Ford Excursion or </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Mercury Mistake = Mercury Mystique, and of course Ford Power Stroke = Ford Power Joke and so on. I am sure others have heard the acronym that Ford stands for Found On Road Dead and the like. Recently I saw a Facebook post that made me cry for joy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">On May 3, 2016 nearly<b> 90,000</b> people were evacuated to Edmonton which was the closest major area, more than 4 hours away. There were only a few gas stations along the way, and <b>thousands</b> of evacuees ran out of gas and were stranded along Highway 63.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"><b>We all waited for authorities to step in and solve the problem. </b>We waited, not wanting to get in the way of the agencies that would be helping. We tried calling several agencies to see how we could help, to see what was being done. Nothing happened. People were now stranded on Highway 63 nearing 12 hours with their children and pets, on a very hot day, with no food or water. Stranded evacuees began asking for help on social media.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">As far as anyone knows, this is just a facebook group of proud Ford diesel owners. On the morning of the second day, the WCP group arranged fuel tanker trucks and purchased fuel and water and other supplies and sent them to Highway 63. Word was, by the end of the day, the WCP group supplied over 60,000 liters of fuel. Dozens and dozens of WCP members went out with fuel tidy tanks in the back of their trucks and would fill up at the tanker trucks and go to stranded vehicles. Dozens more brought cases and cases of bottled water in the back of their trucks, towed cargo trailers of supplies, and towed horse trailers. Each time someone went out to Highway 63 to help out, they were looking at least at a 800 km (500 mile) round trip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">Pretty soon word was getting out about WCP. On day 3 of the evacuation, WCP began to realize pets and livestock weren't getting out of Fort McMurray. Many people had to leave immediately from their work, so many animals would be out of food for days and running out of water. WCP then became involved in helping with rescue pets and livestock, and pushed for horse trailers to be able to get into the evacuation areas to rescue horses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">This story sounds a little crazy, it sounds like maybe it's a bit exaggerated, but I kid you not, Western Canadian Powerstrokes was the main presence on Highway 63. Before the disaster I never heard of WCP. But in the 6 days that people and animals were being evacuated from Fort McMurray, WCP was the only group I heard about that was providing assistance along Highway 63.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;">On May 8th, every person and pet possible was evacuated from Fort McMurray, the city is now sealed and nobody will be able to get in until the fires are out. When that will be, nobody knows. Right now, on May 9th, fires are still burning inside the city and the forests around McMurray are still raging. Now Highway 63 is taken care of, Western Canadian Powerstrokes are now busy hauling supplies to the huge number of evacuation centers spread throughout northern Alberta.</span></div>
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Part of the miracle of this story (that only happened last week...actually it is still happening...) is that these "Lovers of Ford" were going into a fiery danger zone WITH TANKERS FULL OF FUEL!! I am not quite sure if I realize the magnitude of that...I need some chocolate. </div>
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I was so excited to read this post because I re-learned a few things from it. </div>
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<li style="font-size: 12.8px; margin-left: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Waiting for agencies to help may take longer than I want to wait in an emergency</span></b></li>
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I also read an article about this same fire emergency in Alberta, Canada written by a man named Mathew Clements. They could see warning signs but were unprepared when they actually evacuated. He says he could see the smoke, but kept living life because they were in no immediate danger. Within an instant they were in trouble and needed to get out now! </div>
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He says, "Looking back on it now, it feels like that metaphor of the frog in the slowly boiling pot of water. We were so focused on getting settled in our new home, preparing for a catastrophe wasn't on our minds. Brush fires happen, there's no need to panic, we're find. We were fine until we weren't."</div>
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He started packing, but was in a panic "What should I pack? How much? Clothes? Passports?" </div>
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When he getting ready to leave, "This radio station said go North, another said to go South. Family says to go North. Friends say to go South." They eventually headed South. </div>
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They made it safe, but his wife kept saying, "We should have been more prepared."</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Do I have my PIP (Plan In Place) up to date?</span></b></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><b>If it looks as though we might need to evacuate...err on the side of safety and evacuate.</b></span></li>
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It is unlikely that where I live (in the middle of the hot barren desert) that I might have to evacuate because of fire...however, Mother Nature has many, many tricks up her sleeve so there could be many reasons to leave everything behind and be ready for such an occurrence no matter where you live. </div>
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Here is more on what a PIP is and how you can get your very own. :)</div>
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Though I will still continue to drive my GMC, hats off and many thanks to the WCP and all those who came to the rescue. You touched the heart of a little gal thousands of miles away. They are incredible examples of courage and service which the world needs more of. </div>
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* This asterisk is to clarify "Look for the Heroes". When we went to Boston several months ago we attended a church service in Cambridge. One of the speakers spoke about the then recent incident of the terror attack in San Bernardino, California. The speaker had been talking to a loved one asking how it was allowed to happen. These people were innocent. The response was,"Look for the heroes." There will always be bad things that happen (natural or man made). There will also always be those who protect and lift in times of trouble. "I got you" is what Mr. Shannon Johnson told Ms. Denise Paraza as he shielded her from bullets. That is what we need to focus on. The good guys and life savers.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Through some busy, stressful, trying and lazy times, I seem to have fallen off the "Tip of the Week Wagon" and want to get back going. So, with some patience on the part of the reader, I'd like to get started again. :)</span><br />
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My husband and I enjoy a good documentary now and again. We have found a series that is part documentary, journalism, and eatery show (akin to Diners, Drive Ins and Dives with Guy Fieri...kind of). A guy named Anthony Bourdain works for CNN and they visit these crazy mostly politically unstable countries. If people think America is "politically unstable" right now...we have NO idea. It is called "Anthony Bordain: Parts Unknown".</div>
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This guy will try any kind of food and is always polite. Some of the food looks amazing and we look at our "Midnight Bowl" of cereal with a desire of some Colombian style BBQ chicken. Some of them make me want to throw up in my mouth a little. Though Mr. Bourdain has a bit of a potty mouth now and again, we've learned some pretty crazy things from his research. (Note: if you choose to check out this show, skip the one on Morocco...I mean Babylon...no really Morocco.)</div>
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Over and over I am amazed at viewing the war- torn parts of the world that I see on the news . I am tempted to halfheartedly think "How sad!" And then I move on with my life, and stress over why my network took a 10 second dive. These people day after day have to face these trials of unstable governments, tyrannical leaders, the possibility of becoming refugees...again, broken economies and broken lives. Yet, overall they are good people. Many don't like a camera in their face, but they care about their families, and try to make the best of a continually stressful situation. </div>
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A common thread in most of these countries is, the people are waiting for the government to step up and provide their basic necessities. Now remember, I am not judging their situation because I have never been there. <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>How do you undo the decades and even centuries of oppression?</b></span> However, when we wait on someone else to provide something for us, we tend to wait A LONG TIME. When we buckle down and make things happen for ourselves, it blesses us and those around us more. </div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>When we plant our own garden, </b></span>we do not have to take frozen veggies (on a recall) out of our freezer and throw them away. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>When we have our own chickens,</b></span> we do not go without when a chicken disease makes the price of eggs skyrocket. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">When electricity goes out, </span></b>we have alternatives for cooking and washing our clothes.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>I</b></span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>f an evacuation comes our way, </b></span>we keep the gas tank always half full and 72 hour kits handy.</li>
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When people serve each other, and at the same time are reliant on themselves it lifts entire communities. When the government steps aside and helps in only small ways so people can gain independence and self-worth then we will see communities rise even higher. Again, I am not making a judgement on anyone who needs assistance. When communities resist the things that bring them down like drugs, trafficking of any kind, and other crimes no matter the money or power that could be made and make it honestly, they will become unstoppable. That is an amazing thing. </div>
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Part of home-school that I have done with my kids is finding places to serve. Volunteering has been really good for them even though they kind of moan about it at first. Now they love it!! When our youth learn to serve, they are given skills they may have otherwise not learned. This website will take you to places you can serve in your own community. What an incredible way to get to get adults and kids alike involved! <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.justserve.org/&source=gmail&ust=1462666835642000&usg=AFQjCNHilVtonWp_Nuv3mTGqNjNANAYQmQ" href="https://www.justserve.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>justserve.org/</a></div>
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"The Law of the Harvest" is alive and well. When we sow seeds of service and giving, it comes around to bless us later. Its pretty amazing. </div>
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How would you answer them? What could you teach them that would put their fears at ease and help them to look forward to the return of Jesus Christ? The scriptures refer to it as "the great and terrible day of the Lord..' (Joel 2:31)</div>
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The Second Coming will be<span style="color: #0b5394;"> GREAT</span> for the<span style="color: #0b5394;"> RIGHTEOUS</span>.<br />The Second Coming will be<span style="color: #cc0000;"> TERRIBLE</span> for the<span style="color: #cc0000;"> WICKED</span>.</div>
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After Christ had resurrected he walked with two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus. They didn't know who he was. They hadn't understood all the prophecies that had been spoken by the prophets from Moses on up. He opened their understanding and revealed who he was to them while he taught them. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">Do we know the prophecies from the prophets for his Second Coming?</span></b><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span><b><span style="color: #274e13;">What must we do to prepare for it?</span></b><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">How</span></b></i> could President Hinckley say, "The future is as bright as your faith..." when there are scriptures that say, " The sun shall be turned to<span style="color: #783f04;"><i> darkness</i></span>, and the moon to<span style="color: #990000;"> blood</span> before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord..." (Joel 2:31)? </div>
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The more we study, (much like the apostles that Jesus taught on their little walk) the more will be revealed to us. Lets break it down...Hammer time..</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Question #1 - Do we know the prophecies for his Second Coming?</b></span></div>
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Through all the persecution, the church was restored and continues to grow as the message of hope and salvation continues to spread across the world. Like the rock cut out of the mountain without hands in Daniel's dream. It wasn't made of man...only God could build it.</div>
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He returned to the Kirkland temple on April 3, 1836. His job would be to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers and the hearts of the fathers to the children. Can you imagine how much harder it was in those days to do family history? There were no genealogy websites. Heck, there were no genealogical societies. There were no people doing indexing. </div>
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This is an incredible subject all in itself. Incredible!!! Here is a tip of the week on this that will further explain what I mean....incredible!!! </div>
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Think about the practically destitute pioneers who had been chased, mobbed, and even killed for their religious beliefs and moved to a desert. They would build a temple that Brigham Young said would last through the millennium. When we went to General Conference last year, our tour guide of the Conference Center told us that the Church had been making efforts to "earthquake proof" many of the important buildings in Salt Lake including the Temple. Why would they do that? Because they know of the other prophecies.</div>
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It would be nice to skip over this part, but we shouldn't. This part is necessary because it will help to cleanse the earth from wickedness. We have seen some of these. We have yet to see others.It will help to humble the nations of the earth. There is also a prophecy that the crops of the earth will be destroyed with a great hail storm. We have been counseled for over 100 years to get a sufficient supply of food, clothes and every other needful thing. It can be a little overwhelming to think of, but, also remember, Noah and his family were saved through their obedience. Heavenly Father has always made a way for the righteous to be gathered together and protected. We can expect the same protection through obedience. Will it be that way for EVERY righteous person? Probably not, but God is merciful and as we obey, we will receive blessings. </div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">First, we need to repent and make sure we can have the Holy Ghost with us always. Second we need to know the prophecies. Third, we need to obey what the prophets have told us. I don't think we realize how important Elijah is in all of this. Did you know that Elijah is mentioned in just about every General Conference for at least the last 20 years? He probably saw our day more than he saw his own. I'm sure he saw Gherardelli chocolate...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">-Hastening the work (on both sides of the veil)</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">-Emphasizing keeping the Sabbath day holy</span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;">- Calling all members to rescue less active members</span><br />- Asking members to pray for countries where we cannot teach will be opened up<br />- Making apostles available to speak "Face to Face" with the youth<br />- and the like...</div>
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Prophets from every dispensation saw our day. They rejoiced in it. They saw the technology we would have. They saw the miracle of this technology. They rejoiced in it. They rejoiced in those who would stay faithful. They rejoiced in those who didn't buy satan's lies. There are great, miraculous, amazing and joyous days ahead. Obedience is key. Faith is key. That is how President Hinckley can say, "The future is as bright as your faith." Let us teach our youth and each other of the incredible things ahead for us. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">This is an amazing talk given by President Ezra Taft Benson during a BYU devotional April 14, 1981 -</span></b><u><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"> it is truly worth your time</span></b></u><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">:</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dutch oven has been used for literally HUNDREDS of years! The Dutch had it all figured out a long time ago...smart little buggers. Dutch ovens are more versatile than just about any other way of cooking. They can be used for soups, stews, frying, and baking...even bread and pies! Dutch ovens work really well with Volcano stoves too. There is a REASON the Iron Rod was made out of iron...because like the Dutch oven, it is steadfast and faithful...and when seasoned correctly can sparkle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have really tried to avoid learning how to use the Dutch Oven because, honestly, wood fires and even charcoal can be intimidating. Modern spoiled people (me) aren't used to that kind of stuff, and what if I mess up? I could burn something. Yes, there is a learning curve. But Dutch oven cooking has so much potential! In the home of Paul Revere, they have an example of how a typical Colonial kitchen was. Now is the time to go and hug your counter tops and sink, and maybe even give them a little kiss; because a lot of fire poking and squatting was involved. Dutch ovens minimize that. If someone happened to fall into the cooking fire, life threatening injuries could result. Vigilance is key around open fire, but it can be done and some amazing culinary masterpieces can happen with a little practice. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">mix well</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Added 2 1/2 C water - very wet mix...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I plopped the biscuits on top of the chicken soup and put my dutch oven lid on. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I used 25 charcoal: 8 underneath and 17 on the top. It was ready in about an hour. The family loved it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For more information on recipes and how-to's for the Dutch Oven, check out Jas-Townsend videos on Youtube. I love them!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#2 The Solar Oven</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a Solavore Solar Oven. I love it. When there is sun. All you have to do is warm the oven and help it follow the Sun while stuff is cooking. That's it. When it is cloudy, well, look elsewhere because this honey isn't working for you today. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #373e4d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have made biscuits, bread (more like rolls), casseroles, sweet potatoes, cookies, the BEST chicken ever, etc. in my Solavore oven. It has been well worth the investment. </span></div>
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It is ALWAYS better to practice alternatives BEFORE the School of Hard Knocks knocks on or even bursts through your door and you land on your hiney. It is better to burn stuff now than when you might need the ingredients to sustain life. If you mess up, you can always go get pizza and try again tomorrow. </span></span></div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-78652822157344062312016-01-16T21:55:00.003-08:002016-02-01T19:24:08.711-08:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Better the Second Time Around<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Last Saturday my family was really excited to go to our mountain and play in the newly fallen snow on our mountain. We layered up with our Southern Arizona gear (which would make an Eskimo shake a head) and headed up. Man! Who knew snow could be so cold? Within only a short amount of time, we realized how under-prepared some of the kids were. My three year old was uncomfortable quickly. We had fun, but it could have been so much better if we would have been better prepared. So, Monday we were headed back up the mountain to try again. I had found some small snow suits for the younger children that I had tucked away and had forgotten about. We stayed and slid and played for several hours completely comfortable. The three year old didn't want to get off the sled. </span><br />
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What was the difference? I believe it is because the first time we didn't have the experience that we fixed the second time around. </div>
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The world has experienced some unusual, extreme and downright crazy weather lately that has left many people without homes, electricity, and other necessities. If people were to practice before an emergency, wouldn't they have a better time the second time around because they kind of knew what to expect? </div>
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That was our experience. Lets focus for a second on electricity and how necessary...or rather unnecessary it may be. Our ancestors for many, many generations lived without it. It sure is convenient, but can we live without it? Sure!</div>
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What alternatives do we have if we do not have electricity? What substitutes are available? I found this list on <a href="http://gottawannaneedagettaprepared.blogspot.com/search/label/EMPs" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>gottawannaneedagettaprepared.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/search/label/EMPs</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Think about every thing you do each day which uses electricity and technology, and come up with things that you can substitute. Ask yourself, "What if I had no electricity. What do I need to store NOW, to substitute for that item."</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No electric washing machine? Get some washtubs, and a wringer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No Dryer? Get a clothesline and clothespins.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No Electric drill, power saw, chain saw? Get a hand saw, a handpowered drill, regular screwdrivers, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No Electric wheat grinder? Get a hand wheat grinder. (I also have an antique meat grinder, hand powered.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No electric sewing machine? You might be able to find a foot-powered treadle machine somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No Computer or ipad? Learn to hand write again. Get pencils, pens, paper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No computer files anymore? You better have printed out all your recipes, and other important documents, in case you never have a computer again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No internet? You better have all that stuff in regular old books, on the bookshelf, because you might not be able to look it up anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No grocery stores, or trucks bringing food from faraway farms? Better have food storage, plus garden tools and garden seeds, because you will need to grow your own food sooner or later.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This might be scary to think about, but if you have the low-tech equivalent, you will be able to make it through most crises and disasters better than someone who relies strictly on electricity.</span></div>
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I challenge you to become electricity free for a day or two and practice. You may not know how this will make your "second time around" better...maybe even enjoyable! </div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-18662518849755796852015-12-17T16:13:00.001-08:002015-12-17T16:13:54.079-08:00Self- Reliance Tip of the Week - Self- Reliance "The Gymnast"<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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The home of Paul Reevere where he raised most of his 16 children</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Several months ago my family was watching "American Ride" on </span><a href="http://byutv.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">byutv.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">. This show takes you all over the United States and shares American History the way you've never seen it before. One episode talked about the Freedom Trail in Boston. We got the itch and saved so we could walk the Freedom Trail. It was amazing. </span><br />
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We explored nearly half of the two some-odd mile trail with a tour guide who was dressed in period clothing and an amazing way of making history come alive. He played a man named "Isaiah Thomas" who (in real life) on July 14th, 1776 read the public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts. We learned some amazing things about Boston and American History. </div>
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Did you know that "The Midnight Ride of Paul Reevere" is grossly inaccurate? Our tour guide shared with us the most amazing and hilarious story where the truth really was stranger than fiction. I won't go into the details of what really did happen, but I will say that Longfellow really needed to check his facts before writing a poem that would be timelessly incorrect...I guess facebook isn't the only place that happens. </div>
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I would like to share with you what Paul Reevere really DID do. He was an incredible businessman who had to be close to chameleon-like when it came to providing for his 16 children. Here are some of the jobs he held when the economy would shift and he had to change things up: </div>
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+ GOLD/ SILVERSMITH : This was the trade he learned from his father.</div>
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+ DENTIST : (he used his experience with as a silver smith to make teeth); he was also may have been the first to use forensic dentistry to identify the remains of his friend Dr. (Gen) Joseph Warren several months after the Battle of Bunkerhill because he had made some teeth for him that Reveere had wired into Warren's mouth.</div>
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+ ENGRAVER: He used the skills he had learned in engraving silver, he engraved tea sets. copper plates and lead metal mastheads (for the printing press). He was able to also use this gift to be a little outspoken and make political cartoons. </div>
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+ BELLMAKER : After the Revolutionary War, he again wanted to change things up again. H decided he would make bells and made over 900 before he would be done with that business venture. </div>
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+ COPPER ROLLER: His experience with the bell foundry gave him the idea to convert an old steel mill to manufacture copper sheeting. He covered the dome of the "New State House" in copper and had great success with this business...that he started at the age of 65. </div>
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Paul Reevere wasn't the only one to have to do this type of "shifting" in order to provide for his family. A whole generation earlier the father of Benjamin Franklin, Josiah Franklin had come from a long line of blacksmiths in England. When he immigrated, there were too many blacksmiths in Boston, so he created a business making soap (woot woot) and candles to provide for his 17 children. </div>
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It might be easy to assume that if one person goes from "job to job" that those talents cannot be utilized in another field. The only thing we can take with us when we leave this life is the knowledge we've gained while we were here. When we change things up a little bit, we can find hidden talents we didn't know even existed. When we open opportunities for us to be more flexible...like a gymnast...we open doors for greater opportunity for learning and blessing not only our lives, but the lives of many others.</div>
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If you can ever make it to Boston and walk the "Freedom Trail" you'll come back with a greater sense of the sacrifices that these brave people paved for us, If you ever do get to go, make SURE to get "Isaiah Thomas" to be your tour guide, because he was AWESOME!!! </div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-88002193958658707692015-11-22T07:23:00.002-08:002015-11-22T07:23:39.812-08:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Waste Not, Want Not<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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This is a buckskin suit warn by Pres. Roosevelt in his younger days...much like the suit made for my Great Great Grandfather</div>
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I have been thinking a lot about Native American Indians this week. They were taught to use everything on a buffalo or deer. I mean everything. They didn't waste a thing because it was such hard work to hunt the animal and because they respected life. </div>
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I have worked on two deer hides over the last few weeks that were given to me. One has been in the freezer for a while and the other only a few days. Luckily, I wasn't the one to actually have to take the life of the animal. I've learned the most by trial and error how to tan the hides. But...thank GOODNESS for Youtube!! </div>
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Here is the process in a nutshell: </div>
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You might be thinking, what in the WORLD possessed me to even consider trying this? Well, a few reasons.</div>
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#2 Another reason has to do with a little family history.</div>
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Many years ago, some of my ancestors, Warren and Clara Tenney settled outside of Show Low in the White Mountains. This was still Indian territory. During this time, the father of Chief (William) Alchesay had died and some greedy men didn't want Alchesay to become chief. They tried to kill him. He escaped and was badly wounded. He came to the Trading Post of my Great Great Grandparents and they took him in. They hid him in the storage room surrounded by food and other items. When the naughty Indians came looking for him, they couldn't find him and moved on. He was badly wounded and Warren and Clara somehow found his mother. Together, they nursed him back to health. Alchesay's mother was so grateful to them for their service to her family, that she made Warren a buckskin suit (which would have taken several hides). He was so proud of that suit, that he wore it all the time. As far as I know, he might even be buried in it, but I don't know for sure. One hide takes a long time and A LOT of work. I can't imagine how much time it took to make his suit. That is one incredible "THANK YOU!" When was the last time I said "thank you" like that?</div>
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Alchesay later became a scout for the United States and was a huge help to the US Government during the Indian Wars and was even given a Medal of Honor That's a pretty cool connections huh? John Bourke said this about him, </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">#3. The last reason that I was interested in learning to brain tan is that the first clothes that Adam and Eve were given were "skins of beast" to "cover their nakedness"... Jehovah made them for our first parents. I think that is amazing. </span><br />
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Learning how to brain tan isn't a "necessity" for everyone to learn. But we all must learn how to not waste. When Benjamin Franklin said, "Waste not, want not." it is because like the Native Americans we show Heavenly Father we are thankful when we do not waste the blessings he has given to us. We live in a unique time when we have the means to purchase necessities for the future. It is easy to waste money in our world today. We must also simplify. We have been counseled over and over to get rid of the unnecessary things in our lives. Now, that is great advice!!!</div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-86366644469384110192015-11-06T13:51:00.001-08:002015-11-06T13:51:32.501-08:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - The Veggies That Shape Our Lives...Ish....<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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My garden TOTALLY looks like this...ok, almost....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">When I was in second grade, we had a spelling test. One of the words was "vegetables". I was in a hurry and spelled "veggies". For some reason I didn't get credit for spelling it right. Who knows? As the weather begins to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">change</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">, so does our gardening needs. When the Word of Wisdom tells us to eat foods in season, we kinda have to plant it in season too. I have learned a little about this, but there's sooooOOOOooo much I don't know. </span><br />
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I found this PDF for vegetables to plant for the Gila Valley and when. If you do not live in the Gila Valley, look around, there is probably an extension office or local farmer who could tell you what to plant and when for your area. </div>
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Here is what to plant for Fall/ Winter: </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Veggie: Time of Year: Notes:</span> </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Asparagus Oct. 1 - March 1 Transplant root cutting after frost</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Chard Aug. 1 - April 1</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Garlic Sept. 1 - Jan. 1 December is good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lettuce (head) Aug. 15 - Sept. 15 Can't take heat, goes to seed</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;"> and Dec. 15 - Jan. 15</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lettuce (leaf) Aug. 15 - Feb 15</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Radish All year</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Spinach Aug. 20 - March 1 Chard is preferred by many - easier and higher yield</span></b></div>
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I love gardening this time of year because many things that can be grown in our own yards are salad ingredients! Yay!!! One of the things I could really work on is making my garden a little more attractive and getting my children more involved. President Kimball said this: </div>
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There is so much more to it than that though...when we take the time to teach our children and grand-children about the Law of the Harvest by LIVING that temporal law, we all get a greater understanding. President Kimball continues: </div>
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Half a century ago, nearly everyone had a garden. Because foods are so convenient, gardening has nearly dropped of the map of amazing hobbies. Similarly to being disconnected with the meat that we eat, we have also lost connection with many of our veggies. Even though I may never learn to spell "vegetables" right, it is always the right choice to plant them, cultivate them with our children and reap the reward because homegrown tastes SO much better anyway!</div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-8568200821330472942015-10-29T21:05:00.002-07:002015-10-29T21:05:52.532-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Rockin' the Homemade Ranch Dressing! <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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Bummer - but it tastes sooo good! I have a friend who lived for a time in China and they put MSG on EVERYTHING!! She had consumed so much MSG that she started to loose her hair. She had to have hair extensions for several years because her hair was so thin. After years of avoiding it and trying to cleanse her body, her hair began to grow back. </div>
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So lets take a second and look at a Ranch Dressing Mix that you can make at home without all the junk mentioned above. It is food storage friendly and loaded with such amazing ingredients, you'll never look back! I found this website and I love it. I have purchased a few of her cook books. They are inexpensive and have great ideas. I got the original idea for the ranch dressing from this site: <a href="http://www.simplehealthytasty.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>simplehealthytasty.com/</a></div>
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I played with her Ranch Dressing Mix recipe and made a few changes. I cut the dill in half because it was just a little too strong for my liking. But, everything else worked great. Here is the bulk mix with my changes: </div>
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Mix everything together and mash with your hands. Put (or vacuum seal in a jar - wink wink) ingredients in air tight container. Use 2 table spoons per batch of dressing. </div>
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We can treat our bodies a little better than we do. Even though it is easy to be fooled by distracting commercials that couldn't be further from nature - our tongues as well as the rest of our body need not argue. We know the real deal when we taste it. Our bodies know the real deal when it is digested. I think it is time to rethink what All American Food means to us. The Dry Ranch Dressing Mix also works great for Ranch Potatoes and Taco Soup. These are great food storage meals that are easy!!</div>
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<a href="http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/7-ingredients-are-robbing-you-nutrients/slide/4" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.shape.com/healthy-<wbr></wbr>eating/diet-tips/7-<wbr></wbr>ingredients-are-robbing-you-<wbr></wbr>nutrients/slide/4</a> </div>
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<a href="http://saveourbones.com/12-dangerous-ingredients/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://saveourbones.com/12-<wbr></wbr>dangerous-ingredients/</a></div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-1518116027045674312015-10-16T07:58:00.002-07:002015-10-16T07:58:56.044-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - How Long Will They Last?<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I have a sick boy today, so this will be short and sweet...</span><br />
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In 2011 I vacuum sealed Oreos to see what would happen. How long would they last? I wasn't sure, so I am always experimenting. Four years later I cracked a jar open and fed it to my teenage sons. </div>
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"Wow, mom these are so good!" </div>
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mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-29862383874747777572015-10-14T16:09:00.001-07:002015-10-14T16:09:18.334-07:00Self - Reliance Tip of the Week - What's In A Name?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Once upon a time...in an elementary school far far away...there was a substitute teacher who thought it was so funny to write a note to me on a tennis-shoe shaped paper. On it he wrote "What's in a name?". In order to understand that a little bit, you should know that my maiden name is "Tenney" and I was called "Tennis-shoe" for many years. I felt kind of special though, because no one else got a note from the substitute teacher...it might have had something to do with me being his daughter's friend. What makes us "nick-name" things? Where my family is from they have a nick-name for EVERYTHING! My mom even named our cars! </span><br />
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The Native Americans have known the plants that surround us and had unique names for them. They aren't known by Latin names to them. They were known by what they did for the body. The gift they shared with the people from their "Mother" the Earth. I would like to highlight a few of these plants and what they can do for the body. </div>
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I have talked about comfrey before, but I haven't given it any justice. The Native Americans called it "Bone Knit". When a broken bone was set, they would apply crushed comfrey leaves to the outside of the skin and they would drink comfrey tea. Bones and tissue would heal quickly. It sounds like a myth, but a friend of mine broke his leg as an adolescent (jumping out of a swing shattered it), after the bone was set, his mother had him take comfrey in capsules for several weeks. After three weeks, they went in for a check up and the doctors were amazed because they had never seen a bone heal so quickly. There are many websites that say (thanks to the F. D. A.) that comfrey isn't safe to take internally. The Natives did for many many years. I'll let you decide. Comfrey also has other great benefits: </div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">great for asthma and other bronchial conditions</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">heals skin and prevents scarring </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">great for wounds, scratches and sunburns</li>
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<a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/comfrey-medicinal-uses-zmaz92jjzshe.aspx" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.motherearthnews.<wbr></wbr>com/natural-health/comfrey-<wbr></wbr>medicinal-uses-zmaz92jjzshe.<wbr></wbr>aspx</a></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">externally it is an astringent, emollient and antifungal (Whhhaaattt?)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">internally lowers cholesterol, improves circulation to lower extremeties</li>
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Sometimes it doesn't really matter what you call something. Some of the plants from Heavenly Father's Medicine Cabinet could be called just about anything. The point is that they are placed here for his children to use with wisdom and prudence for our benefit... AND I LOVE IT!!!</div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-54354452520788151282015-09-17T13:59:00.001-07:002015-09-17T13:59:19.209-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Bucket List <div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">While I was a "Ma" to ten youth in my stake this summer, I took the opportunity to get to know them individually a little more. As we walked...and walked...and walked I asked them what they had in their buckets (we had a list we were supposed to have filled before we came on Trek). They told me the usual:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then I started asking them, "What if you were doing this for real, and you could choose only enough of your personal items to fit in a five gallon bucket, what would you take? They answered: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then I asked the clincher... "What if the place you were going had no electricity? What would you take then?" The answers changed dramatically. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">A phone was never mentioned again. Why? The obvious answer is, that without electricity, phones would not work and would then be worthless. It is amazing to me how such simple questions can change our thinking on certain issues. I think this can be a great lesson to us on many levels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Recently in the news I have seen the Catholic Pope under attack by saying things like, "Pope Forgives All Women Who Have Had an Abortion" or " Pope Endorses Climate Change." If the reader reads the full article, it isn't true at all. The headline has been misleading. The media can be so deceptive, so we have to be careful. It would be easy to abandon other faithful people of various Christian religions because of a headline. When we change our thinking just a little bit, like the bucket list, it can change our whole outlook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The most famous quote by Martin Niemoller (a German Protestant Pastor) who became a prisoner after he spoke against Hitler. The quote goes as such: </span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—<br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Because I was not a Socialist.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—</i> <br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Because I was not a Trade Unionist.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—</i> <br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Because I was not a Jew.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Please, remember when we hear or read something about another faith, to do a little bit of research first before we pass it on. It might be inaccurate. We need to have all Christians on our side walking arm in arm for wouldn't it be amazing to have Catholics on our left flank, Protestants on our right flank, and Baptists surrounding the enemy in back? If we support each other, despite the differences in doctrine, we will become more united through Jesus Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">What kinds of things could we put in our spiritual buckets to look forward to a great day of unity?</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;">let go of unrighteous judgments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">release misunderstandings</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Let us fill our spiritual buckets with things that would unite all Christian faiths. The persecutions of the past would be better compared to the second list above. They will be useless if we are to look forward to a "great day of unity" as President Eyring says. It will not only help us survive, but flourish and blossom as the rose.</span></div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-91054158619999784642015-09-05T09:39:00.001-07:002015-09-05T09:39:31.774-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Win One With the Kefir<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: center;">
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In 1940 Ronald Reagan played the role of George Gipp (real person) who was a Notre Dame football star. Just before the team was to play a monumental game, George was dying of a throat infection. His dying request was when things are tough to win it for the Gipper. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The actually phrase, "That one was for the Gipper," was supposedly uttered by halfback Jack Chevigny immediately after he vaulted for a one-yard touchdown in the 1928 Notre Dame victory. That is why when Ronald Reagan ran for president, his slogan was, "Win One For the Gipper!" What does this have to do with the price of hairless </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">chihuahuas</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> in the Savannah? Well, just like football is a battle field where boys are turned to men, the flora (or good bacteria) in our gut is getting slaughtered by modern life. The "Gipp" played both offense and defense, but in our story, the battle cry will be, "Win One With the Kefir!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Our modern day has us loaded with everything, "antibacterial" - hand soap, hand sanitizer, antibiotics...sometimes multiple rounds, etc. All of these can be necessary at times, but used too often, leaves our beautiful little Latin good bacteria on stretchers being taken from the field of battle. Antibiotics kill the good, the bad, the ugly of bacteria, but we must have good bacteria in our gut or it will be overtaken with yeast. Yeast when kept in its proper place is necessary. Picture them as body guards. They help to keep the peace in the digestive system. The good bacteria are the peace makers. When there is too little flora, the yeast run around looting and pillaging because the softer side of the digestion circus isn't there to gently keep the yeast in check. When yeast over runs the digestive system, it then we have what we call "candida overgrowth". I have personally felt its destructive force and it was not pretty: </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>headaches, yeast infections in the most uncomfortable of places, no energy (my thyroid was being targeted), serious eyeball headaches, inability to concentrate, uncontrollable sugar cravings etc etc.</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> I had to kill it by starving it from the things it wanted. I couldn't have bread, sugar, anything with vinegar, etc etc. I lived on brown rice and vegetables with a little meat. It was very painful, but I did it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">If we must have an antibiotic, we need to follow with good bacteria to keep those yeast where they need to be, and that is where kefir comes in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Kefir is a cute little squishy grain that gives cultures to milk and when consumed, fills the gut with the good bacteria. When it is added to a cup of full fat milk and left at room temperature on the counter, it does a beautiful dance (probably without castanets) and turns the milk to a gentle sour. The kefir grain is strained out to be added again to a new cup of milk to do its beautiful dance again. It is a gift that truly keeps on giving. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">This blog has some great information on kefir. Some sensitive people can't drink kefir because it upsets their stomach, the author explains why and how you can get around it: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.homemademommy.net/2012/09/why-i-love-kefir-and-what-are-kefir-grains.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.homemademommy.<wbr></wbr>net/2012/09/why-i-love-kefir-<wbr></wbr>and-what-are-kefir-grains.html</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Amazingly enough, you can get a starter grain at Indigo Mountain for free. You can also get a starter from Amazon. When you get a starter, it will slowly grow bigger and bigger. Eventually you can break it off and give starters to friends and family. It's like Amish Friendship Bread...without the bread...or sugar. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">It takes the milk and changes it with cultures</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">you strain out the lightly soured milk into a new cup</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">If you will be going out of town or don't want to drink it every day, it stays happy in the fridge and cultures the milk much more slowly. This pet just like any other can die if it isn't fed or if washed with chlorinated water. Commercial kefir must be pasteurized...so it kills the good bacteria and is thus rendered useless. This is really the best way to do this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Isn't Yogurt the Same Thing?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Here's the difference. Yogurt feeds the current good bacteria. It doesn't make more. Kefir has a wide spectrum of good bacteria plus healthy yeasts. It is so much different. Plus, if you want to keep the yeast in check, eating sugared yogurt doesn't help that situation, at all. Most commercial yogurt is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup which is more like "Frankin Sugar" anyway. Some people don't really like the "sour" flavor. I was raised on buttermilk, so its no big deal to me. It can be added to smoothies where you don't even know it's there - problem solved.</span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">As you study kefir further, hopefully you'll get some great insight. Then you will know how to win this battle and keep your little Latin dancing soldiers in good numbers as they slide down and you are able to "Win One With the Kefir". Your body will thank you. </span></div>
mamamarshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133120565486657894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086828380392846523.post-41555198048151390472015-08-27T12:02:00.001-07:002015-08-27T12:02:12.238-07:00Self-Reliance Tip of the Week - Bulldoze That Old Bouillon! <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Look! It even has parsley on the top :) </i></b></div>
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There is nothing like an old fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup! The stuff in the cans doesn't even touch the nutrition found from a recipe passed down for generations of REAL DEAL Chicken Noodle Soup. I read a book once (Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon) that was LOADED with great information on why this rare, home-made from scratch, dripping with all the greatness of lovin' from mama's kitchen was so nutritious. It was all in the marrow from the chicken. Whaaaat? Yep. When it is mixed with carrots, celery, parsley, some salt and the fingerlickin' chicken, you can't go wrong! Today many people try to make "from scratch" broths and soups with commercial bouillon ( slight gagging sound). Ok, maybe I'm being a little dramatic here, but lets take a closer look at what is in bouillon and why we should find a healthier alternative. </div>
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Lets take a look at the ingredients....shall we? Here goes: </div>
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Ok, STOP... MSG. Who cares if it has MSG in it? Well, many people are sensitive to MSG without even knowing it because they often get headaches. MSG is a NEUROTOXIN, or brain "neuron" cell toxicity. Not good...moving on...</div>
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Chances are, we won't always have a fresh chicken to slaughter and dress for chicken noodle soup. It is most nutritional this way, but I have another idea that also has lots of nutrition, easy to make, no fillers or chemical additives and tastes really great. </div>
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I came across this recipe recently and I've started using it and I love it! I found it on <a href="http://www.simplehealthytasty.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.simplehealthytasty.com</a> (here is the link to this recipe </div>
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<a href="http://www.simplehealthytasty.com/2010/07/homemade-vegetable-broth-powder.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.simplehealthytasty.<wbr></wbr>com/2010/07/homemade-<wbr></wbr>vegetable-broth-powder.html</a>) She has some REALLY great whole food recipes. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>2 C. Nutritional Yeast</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>1/2 C real salt</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2 T turmeric</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2 tsp dried dill weed</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2 tsp marjoram (optional)</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>2 tsp dried powdered lemon peel (optional)</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>1 tsp celery seed</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>1 tsp basil</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>1 tsp powdered thyme</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #282828;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Place all, except parsley, in a blender in the listed order. Blend until powdered together. Add parsley and pulse to chop. Store in an airtight container indefinitely in the cupboard. To make veggie broth, add 1 T to every quart of water </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Mix in ingredients in blender and then store broth mix in an air-tight container. Add 1 T. of mix per cup of water and use as chicken or veggie broth in recipes.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #282828;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">I have been using this recipe a lot lately and my hubby has even said, "This is good stuff."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #282828;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Now for the nutritional side of this kind of bouillon...you're gonna love this :). We are going to take each ingredient and see what their nutritional components are - </span></span></span></span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Nutritional Yeast ( very similar to Brewers Yeast but better) : </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Chromium, selenium, magnesium, Vitamin B's, protein (and it can also be used in making ethanol to fuel your car :) ).</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Real Salt : This is different than your table salt from the store. This has NATURAL iodine in it and is so much better for your body (Pink Himalayan salt can also be used). It helps to balance the pH of the body and balance electrolytes. More info here: </span><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;"><a href="http://fitlife.tv/10-amazing-benefits-of-pink-himalayan-salt/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://fitlife.tv/10-<wbr></wbr>amazing-benefits-of-pink-<wbr></wbr>himalayan-salt/</a></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Turmeric: balances blood (like cayenne) , reduces inflammation (like arthritis), antibacterial for stomach bugs like Ecoli, </span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Dill: Can be used for insomnia</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Marjoram: relaxing and pain relieving</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Celery seed: benefits the kidneys and relieves bloating</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Basil: LOADED with Vitamin K, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, good for the heart</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Thyme: beneficial for respiratory, stomach, uterine and bowel problems </span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">Parsley: arthritis, kidneys, bladder and edema (water retention)</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #282828;"><span style="line-height: 14.9499998092651px;">When these whole food ingredients are taken individually at higher concentration, you'll see better results than just as a flavor for your soup broth, but it sure kicks the stuff out of the old junk doesn't it? So, grab your bulldozer and get rid of the other stuff! Your body will thank you sooner than you might think. </span></span></div>
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