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Molly is on her play mat while I am playing Wee Sing Around the Campfire for her. Her mirror, thanks to a picture of Bella's play mat, is now attached correctly so she can actually use it.

I'm so, so tired. As in... I feel like a machine. We watched "Dark Frontier" last night (a Voyager double episode) which was, sadly, cut off at the climax. I need to ask Dan if he found the ending anywhere. I had to stop it anyway because Molly was going crazy and needed to be put to bed. Anyway, I enjoyed it. Seven of Nine is pretty much how I feel this morning. A mindless drone.

I could barely get myself out of bed this morning. Molly woke about 5.30 and just wouldn't go back to sleep, so I lay her beside me figuring that at least *I* could sleep a little more. Not so much luck with that. She fell asleep, though, and peed on the sheets. Thanks, child.

I was bummed that we didn't get to go hike yesterday. The laundry just took so long and then I was tired.

BLAH.

So, I tried our electric grater thingie to slice the potatoes with. No luck. It made more mush than slices.

So I had to hand slice them and it was difficult to get them as thin as they ideally should be. However, I did get them pretty thin.

I used hummus instead of tomato sauce, sprinkled the potatoes with rosemary and onion powder, threw on some Organic Bac'uns and some crumbled up faux chicken, and popped it in the oven.

It took a while to bake. I probably had it in there about half an hour and some of the potatoes were still not quite soft. This kind of pizza would lend itself well to a thicker crust so that the bread takes as long to cook as the potatoes.

Blend in a blender:
1 c garbanzo beans
2 Tbsp olive oil

Mix in bowl:
1/2 c gluten flour
1/2 c breadcrumbs
1/4 c veggie broth or water
2 cloves finely chopped/pressed/grated garlic
2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp lemon zest (I just squirted in some lemon juice)
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp sage (didn't have any, substituted chicken seasoning)

Add garbanzo mixture to bowl and stir together. Knead until strings of gluten form, shape into patties/nuggets and pan fry 6-7 minutes a side.

My mixture was on the wet side. I think my impatience in making breadcrumbs (that is, they were hardly DRY) contributed to this, but I'm not sure. I did add a little more gluten flour because I wasn't getting that sturdy gluteny-ness, but didn't want to add too much more.

It took a LONG time to cook them, too. I cooked them at real low for about 10 minutes a side and then turned them up a bit more and cooked them 10 minutes a side again. Maybe I was forming them too thick. Not sure. Anyway, they are REALLY tasty.

FREE WET QUEEN MATTRESS SET (Lebanon)

Date: 2010-01-05, 11:50AM PST

We have a FREEEEEE Queen Mattress set. With boxspring and mattress. The only problem is it has been sitting outside in our side yard all of last summer & this winter.... sooo it is a bit wet.

It would be great for a outside bed for an outside dog/cat/whatever.


Let me know if you want it!!

Can not deliver sorry =(

Jehovah is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

I really shall not want. I have a house to live in, my husband has a job, and we are - for the moment - secure. My cup really does run over. I have so much fruit in the house I could make a smoothie that literally did run over the edge of the cup. And I could make more if I wanted to. We are rich - not so much in money, perhaps, but in love and peace and in always having enough food in the cupboards and clothes in the closet.

Even if we had this world's goods taken from us, our God will still be watching over us and providing for us.

I am thankful. I am glad we can share what we have with people who need it.

Diaper load is in the dryer to dry. The diapers always take so long. Then I have one more load to put in. I can't imagine a life where I did two loads of laundry one day a week. I just did laundry Sunday, at least two loads, and three today.

Molly was pretty alert and happy most of the morning. She must be growing because she wants to eat. A lot. Then she took a nice nap around lunchtime and is awake again now. She has SUCH wet diapers and she also made a huge mess in the latest one. I'm convinced she's not pooping quite as often now. Dan isn't so sure.

Right now she's lying on her play mat looking at toys and kicking her adorably chubby baby legs about.