Quote of the Week

 

Unbelief is safe because it takes no risks and almost always gets what it expects.

[Faith] grabs hold of an invisible reality and won’t let go.

I may not always feel that I have great faith.  But I can always obey, laying my hands on someone and praying.  It is a mistake for me to ever examine my faith.  I seldom find it.  It’s better for me to obey quickly.  After it’s over I can look back and see that my obedience came from faith.

Bill Johnson

When Heaven Invades Earth

 

The Bookshelf  

 

or this time, the music shelf 😉  We recently got this CD and absolutely love it!  Click :here: to listen to samples!

 

Videos of the Week  

 

‘La Máquina de Escribir’  or ‘The Typewriter’

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Continuing in the theme of unusual ‘instruments’, here’s a video Anna took when we went to the Majesty MusiCollege this year.  Matthew Whitcomb almost always does this ‘toast’ song which he plays with his instrument, the toaster 😀

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Workers in Bombay, India working on a bamboo scaffolding.  For those of you who love heights 😉

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The Recipe Box  

Chicken Alfredo Lasangna

( a variation of Overstuffed Shells)

 

Serves 12

10-oz. package frozen spinach, thawed and drained

2 C. mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 C. cooked ham, diced

2 C. chicken, cooked and shredded

15 oz. container cottage cheese

1/2 C. grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 C. fresh parsley, minced

1-1/2 t. garlic powder

1-1/2 t. onion powder

2 recipes of Alfredo Sauce, divided

12 lasagna noodles, cooked

 

Mix spinach, 1-1/4 C. mozzarella cheese, ham, chicken, cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic and onion powders together; set aside.  make alfredo sauce (see recipe below). Spread  some alfredo sauce into the bottom of an ungreased 9″ X 13″ pan.  Layer 4 noodles over the sauce and then the chicken over the noodles.  Keep layering sauce, chicken mixture, and noodles. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until sauce starts to bubble; sprinkle remaining cheese over top. Bake for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese melts.  Serve with garlic bread.

 

Alfredo Sauce  

1/2 C. butter

2 C. heavy cream

1/2 t. minced garlic

3  C. parmesan cheese

1/2 C. chopped fresh parsley

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium/low heat. Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes, then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through. Stir in parsley and serve.

 

 

Farmgirl Favorites

Photographer Manuel Cosentino took several pictures of the same little house in the same exact spot, only at different times of day.  The result is pretty amazing 🙂

Man Climbs Tallest Building

For all of you who love heights again 😀  National Geographic photographer Joe McNally was in Dubai and got permission to climb the tallest building in the world.

He then took this picture and posted it to his Instagram 🙂  Dizzy yet?!

Cute Quotes

 

Last weekend while at our church camping trip, our friends’ four-year-old little brother James came up to me and showed Jessica the little tag on his jeans pocket and asked her what it said.  It said, ‘Route 66’, but Jessica teased him and told him it said, “James is silly.”

James smiled and said, “It says I’m silly?” and seemed pretty pleased about it.  Then Jessica told him that it really said ‘Route 66’.

James was confused, “What?”

“Route 66, it’s a road.”

“No, it does not say that!”  He much preferred that it would say he was silly 😀

 

 

Graham asked Leah, “How much do you cost?’  Then after thinking about it bit he said, ‘probably all my money’.  Leah said it might even be more than all of his money.  He replied, ‘Maybe $60.00,’  and then, ‘that would be more than you.’  Leah however was sure she was worth more than sixty dollars 😀 (and we agree 😉 )

 

Isaiah coughed after trying a pumpkin spice latte that Charissa had made (which was strong on the coffee).  He said, “I know why it’s called coffee, because you cough, and so ‘cough-ee’.”  😀

 

The Seven Sisters Treasures is bi-weekly post where we share some of our favorite things. 

~the Farmgirls

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