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Good Saturday morning everyone. I decided to keep a small project bag to work from to do Christmas ornaments and fridge magnets when the full coverage pieces need to take a break. It doesn't matter how long it takes to finish those. I am working on a Crocette a Gogo Christmas ornament today and am loving the way it is shaping up. Other than doing a lot of stitching due to the weather that's been the week so far. Enjoy your weekend. Find things for which to be grateful, even if they seem small.

Looking for a different stitch for backgrounds…most of them felt like they distracted from the pattern….this is a basket weave….it was a bit of a challenge, mistakes were made…but easy enough to fix…

Today is Saturday ………………………………….……….. Good Morning, MJ 💕

I have a new fascination with juicing! I juice apples by the half bushel and carrots by 5-pound bags. I've tried sweet potatoes, celery, broccoli (yuck!), pineapples, pears, blueberries, strawberries, peaches... lots of produce! That's 55 oz of juice from 5 pounds of carrots. It's so much easier for my body to digest nutrients from juice. Not to worry about fiber in my diet. I eat the pulp for dessert. No protein? No way! I drink two protein shakes a day with 30 g of protein each, only 1g of sugar. What a difference it's making in my sleep and energy during the day!

Good Friday morning everyone. We're back to -5 wind chills, but so far no snow. I'm working on the Mill Hill kit "Advent Trilogy" and making small ornaments for our tree while we tough out this weather. It calls for homemade pizza tonight for comfort food. Have a fine Friday and stay safe if you're in a bad weather area.

Good Morning

Luke 1: 67 - 80 New American Standard Bible

67 And his father Zechariah was filled with
the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying:


68 " Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished
redemption for His people,


69 And has raised up a horn of salvation
for us in the house of His servant
David


70 "Just as He spoke by the mouth of
His holy prophets from ancient times


71 Salvation ' from our enemies, And from the
hand of all who hate us:


72 To show mercy to our fathers,
'And to remember His holy covenant,


73 "The oath which He swore to our
father Abraham,


74 To grant us that we, being rescued
from the hand of our enemies,
Would serve Him without fear,


75 'In holiness and righteousness
before Him all our days.


76 "And you, child, also will be called
the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the
Lord to prepare His ways;


77 To give his people the knowledge of salvation
By the forgiveness of their sins,


78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will
visit us,

79 "To shine on those who sit in darkness
and the shadow of death, To guide our
feet into way of peace."


80 " Now the child grew and was becoming
strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts
until the day of his public appearance to Israel.


Have A Blessed Day!

Today is Friday ……………………………….………………. Good Morning, MJ 💕

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Sunday is snowed! 5"! It was beautiful until I had to clean off the car Monday morning. I've been cleaning off my car the exact same way, no gloves, for 12 years. Monday I ended up with frostbite on every single one of my fingertips. What happened?? I've never had that problem before. I'm not going to lose the fingertips, but the burning pain is something I will have to live with for a long time, no estimate how long that will be. I've been soaking my fingers with tepid water and sometimes Epsom salts and wearing gloves almost all the time. Any other suggestions? My doctor was utterly useless.