Monday Message

"The counsel to have a year’s supply of basic food, clothing, and commodities was given fifty years ago and has been repeated many times since. Every father and mother are the family’s storekeepers. They should store whatever their own family would like to have in the case of an emergency … [and] God will sustain us through our trials." (James E. Faust)

And trials we have all around the world. With all the spikes we will have a longer go of this. It is something we should get ready for. It is prudent to think ahead if we were to go into lockdown, in the last one what would you wished you had gotten in? This is a good place to start.

We have a severe heat wave coming and so I am thinking I will put together menus for when it is just too hot to cook so our air conditioner doesn't have to work as hard.

So be prudent and think ahead.

www.freereadfeed.com helps you find free books, this is new each day.

Raspberries are finally done but not before the spiders got me on the shoulder and around my neck. I hate pretty much all outdoor things and raspberry picking is at the top of my hate list but the jam I make from them in the fall is good.

The recipe I use for the raspberry jam is the one in the Sure-Jell package.

This week I made cinnamon swirl bread using a tip I read about...

The tip was that when you go to shape your loaf, which is as wide as the loaf pan and as long as you want, the thinner it is the more swirls you get, but you sprinkle with sugar and then cinnamon and I toss raisins on top too but then spray the top of that with water from a spray bottle then roll it up. This makes your swirls not fall apart as you can see in the picture above how nice it has held together.

Missy approves of this tip.

Are you finding things to do? I still am organizing here...

I knit more dishcloths, it is very relaxing to make your own dishcloths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtPy8yC_NdA - here is a YouTube video on how to make a dishcloth.

So start gathering things you and your family would appreciate doing if shut in again.

If you have kids you might gather treats, crafts, and books but string those things out, don't give them all at once.

Over the summer have the kids read a book to you, this will keep up this skill during summer break - sneaky :p They will love doing it but won't even think it's homework.

Reading is a wonderful thing to do....you can get your library app to read online then give the book back or go to the site I gave above, they have a new list of free books each day and they are yours to keep, so you look to see what is free that day and buy it for 0.00 and have it downloaded onto your device.

I am going to make a summer dress, a house dress, of this fabric. I altered a pattern and if it is just how I like it then I will do more.

If you are wanting to learn to sew... https://www.youtube.com/c/EvelynWoodTV/videos - here is a great place to start. She has very informative videos and if you want children to learn as well make it a snack and movie time watching the videos learning as they watch and you too.

I will be trying to find things that I would like to do during that heat wave that will not be heating me up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmR2P4-b2Uc - here is some mask patterns, now make sure you have enough for everyone in your house. I do two each wear then wash and still have one at the ready sort of thing.

Find a store that does pick-up service or curbside service, this will help you so much as things spike even more. We need to look for safer ways of doing things and remember to wipe down things.

https://fox8.com/news/doctor-shares-tips-on-how-to-clean-your-groceries/ - this is very good at showing exactly how to do this safely.

The garden is coming along nicely.

Gus says to keep a stiff upper lip, we will all get through this.