A half of a biscuit & (I think that's a sardine)

that's about all i got..

it's a whole lot bigger than what i picture.. lol

in John 6, there was a lil' boy who apparently walked by & offered his peanut-sized lunch to a crowd of 5,000 people. NOT counting women & children.

can somebody say BOLD?? 

i would imagine myself lookin' at him & shakin' my head if i were one of the disciples thinkin' wow.. what in the WORLD is he thinkin.. 

obviously he ain't thinkin'.. 

i don't know what the lil' boy was thinkin.. but what i DO know is that

GOD USED HIM THAT DAY. 

the people were hungry. it was already gettin dark. there was NO way that Jesus Christ would send them away in darkness & hungry.

in the same way, there are people who are hungry for truth. truth that will TRULY make them free. people who live in a land corrupt with darkness & false doctrines.

right here in NYC we witness this stuff, but this time i'm talkin' about Nairobi, Kenya.

& God is sendin' lil' ol' me.. with my half a biscuit & one sardine.

i'm sure that's all i got. lol.. believe me, i've checked! & yet, Jesus has decided that just like He told the disciples over 2,000 years ago, He's hittin' me with the SAME challenge.

YOU give 'em sumthin to eat, Tosha!

part of me is all ugh with fear.. (the part that needs to DIE)
& the other part of me is like

Let's do THIS!!

From April 19-29 I will be traveling, ministering, eating & breathing with a team of five in Nairobi, Kenya.

pray for me. :)

We will be working with girls who have escaped FGM (female genital mutilation).

look it up.. it's saddening
wait.. maybe you shouldn't look it up.

if you do look it up.. don't say i didn't warn you.

This is quite an adventure for me (some of you know I'm a stay-at-home, homeschooling, home making momma woman)! Lol

(that's a lotta home... just call me homie.)

We'll be teaching them about relationships from a Biblical, godly perspective..  Both the benefits of doing things God's way & the consequences of allowing our emotions & desires to direct us. We'll be lovin' on 'em with God's love & doin' fun stuff too, like nails & hair tee hee.. I need God. I TRUST God. I'm believing God!

and you know what? it's like the ol' school song says, He's NEVER failed me yet!

sOoo.. i'm askin' you to pray.

if you don't know Jesus, but you understand the place of darkness & REAL hunger for a different kind of life, then you talk to Jesus about your need. ask Him to forgive you.. to wash you.. to change you.. then you pray for me. ;)

I'm grateful for the opportunity to go. God is faithful. honestly, i have no idea what to expect.

makes me excited & nervous all at the same time.

Pray for J-boy #1 (my sweet husband). He will spend the ten days I'm away being a missionary to our three children. *heh heh*

i remember one of those cliche' thingies that says "God doesn't call the equipped, He equips those He calls.."  sO, i'm trustin' Him with my lil' half of a sardine sandwich.. <3

photo credit here & here..

happy belated thanksgiving!!

lol..

that's all i got for you.

ha!

i've been sOo busy with what seems to be NOTHING. it's incredible. rest is sOo needful!!

sO, i'll run you through my busy weekend..

thursday - we had a GREAT hangout time with all kinds of wonderful people.. i LOVE our thanksgiving day dinners cuz it gives us an *excuse* to hang out with people we wouldn't normally spend time with. we ate a disgustingly hunormous amount of food. (yes, i said hunormous)

friday - rest. LOTS of rest. and crafting. did i ever tell you that some crafting sucks?  (yes, i said sucks.)
oh yea, and leftovers.

saturday - mO rest. mO and mO. felt good, too.. (yes, i said mO) oh yea.. and mO leftovers too..

sunday - rest, then church.. then a muppet movie. lots of GOOOD laffs. i recommend this movie.

best muppet movie. ever.

(yes, i said ever.)

oh yea.. there are STILL leftovers. O_o

i'm grateful, right?  i feel like if i see another piece of ham i'll vomit. but i am grateful. lol

so, yea.. happy belated thanksgiving.. heh hehh..  ;)

"i come in peace pieces..."

thankful #9

i'm sOo thankful for sushi.

^.^

yummy. 

i will now write a haiku (cuz haikus make everything cooler)

Wet, yummy fishy
You taste sOo good going down
My esophagus. O_o


(u never really realize how many syllables a word has until u start haikuing it)

:D

photo cred here..

thankful #239.. heh heh

i'm thankful for the ability to serve!!

i don't wanna sound weird, sOo let me clarify.

i enjoy cooking.. but not just ANY cooking.. i enjoy experimental cooking for the kind of person who makes eating LOOK enjoyable..




sOo... maybe i should say that i'm thankful for the ability to cook??  o_O

whatever.

it's not that serious.

ANYway.  i say all that because, my crew swears that i make the BEST omelet ever.

this isn't one of my omelets, but i thought it a decent representation..  ;)

& honestly, i like my omelets, too.. better than any i've ever had in any restaurant..

sOo.. i've decided to include a recipe in this post..

;)

ingredients:

sun-dried tomato (6-8 slices)
half of a small onion
2 cloves of garlic
one brown & serve sausage link (country recipe)
about 6 stems of FRESH cilantro
3 tbsp butter
6 eggs
shredded cheese (cheddar, jack, colby, or mozzarella or a mixture is even better)

chop all of the veggies & sausage very finely.. so you have lots of lil' pieces.
put all chopped ingredients  in a pan with one tbsp of butter.. EXCEPT for the fresh cilantro..
cook on low heat until the aroma has yummied up your kitchen (your onions & garlic should be sorta caramelized)

remove from pan.. set aside.

put eggs in a bowl, beat until all yolk is mixed
take your other 2 tbsp of butter & melt them on a NON-stick skillet on low heat that's at LEAST 12" wide..  a 14" may be better
once the butter is entirely melted & covers the WHOLE pan.. add the beaten eggs.

cook on low/med heat undisturbed.. when you see the sides are solidified, you want to manipulate just a lil' to get rid of ALL of the remaining wetness.. i even make slits in the center to let the wet egg seep in to the cracks.

once it's almost completely done cooking, sprinkle the cooked chopped veggies all over one side. then sprinkle the cilantro all over that SAME side.

add cheese on the SAME side. LOTS. unless you're lactose intolerant or sumthin.. if you ARE lactose intolerant, now would be a good time to think of someone you could give this deliciousness to..


*sorry* 


just kidding.. o_O

now, FOLD the empty side onto the side with all the yummy stuff.

cook on low heat/flame for a few minutes to melt the cheeses. try to flip it if you can, but it's not super necessary..

then, eat. ;)

leave a comment to let me know how much you enjoy it if you try it.. believe me, it's sOo *worth* the labor..  ;)

by the way.. this is what you'll look like when you're done eating yO yummy food..

the only difference is you won't be bald.  unless you already are..

ENJOY!!  yummmmmmmmm <3

photo credit here.. 

animation credit here..

phunny photo..

sorry.. i'm a lil' bummed right now..

nothin' to really write about.

but a pic is worth a thousand words, right?

okay.. so it's NOT.. but this one is worth a few.

Hardee's does not exist up north. and honestly i think that should change!  they have the BEST burgers ever.  no one has to tell you that. once you have one you'll know..

they're all over the south as far as i'm aware..

in this pic, the guy chooses a SUPER-sized soda instead of a burger.

O_o

bad choice.

pic credit here..

juicin'? NOoo.. smoothin.. ;)

a friend of mine has decided to go on a juicin' kick..

i'll be the first one to tell you that i am sO not interested in juicing. it's not appealing to me at all..

& i may get flack from my friends who are on the juice train, but come on, man..
you're WASTING delicious *veggie meats* for sum juice!???  my momma would cuss you out & she don't even cuss..

lol... JUST kidding.. 

but i'm sure you know what i'm talkin' about..

sO, anyway... one of my closest friends got a juicer & posted a pic of her shopping cart full of bright colored veggies & fruits on facebook & tagged me in the pic cuz she's juicin'..

apparently i'm spoze to be interested..   o_____O

poor girl probably didn't know any better. 

lol..

okay.. i admit.. when i hear about the nutritional value, my ears perk up just a lil.. but i ain't wastin' no veggie meats. my momma would kill me.

sOo.. i got inspired. i was eatin' WAY too much carb stuff the other day & i got a lil' creative to get sum veggie meats in me..

here's what i did..

i took the last of a bag of fresh spinach salad (probably about 1/2 cup)
a half a frozen banana (i believe you should ALWAYS have ripe bananas frozen in your freezer)
a handful of frozen raspberries ( i believe you should ALWAYS have a bag of frozen berries in your freezer, too)
a tablespoon of vanilla ice cream
probably about 4 tbsp of orange juice
and a half cup of vanilla soy

i mixed this stuff together in my food processor/blender combo on liquify & it was amaZingggg!!

the result was an awesome smoothie that looked super yuck..  but tasted like *heaven*
(this ain't a pic of it.)

you have NO idea. my kids were grossed out so i FORCED them to try it & then i had to FORCE them to STOP tryin' it! Lol..

the only thing is i wish i would've had more spinach..

can sumbody say BANGIN'??

;)

yummy..  try it. lemme know what you think!

photo credit here.

you can aLwaYs blame Dr. Seuss..

we LOVE the book "Green Eggs & Ham.."

i'm sure it's one of my absolute favs by the guy..

sO, the other morning i decided to do the SAME daring thing my kindergarten/first grade teacher did to me..

i made green eggs & ham for my kids.. as we read the book.

the kids were determined NOT to like it.. honestly, i can't blame them. it did look pretty gross.

LOLOLOL :D

i'm cracKin' up just remembering how it looked..

yet, they ate it.. 'cuz everybody knows that at the end of the book, that "other guy" decided that he would eat them in a box, and he would eat them with a fox, and he would eat them here or there, in fact... he'd eat them anywhere. sO, they concluded that it must be good.. & it was..

but.. as for ME.. and MY three kids, ONCE is enough. i don't think glycerine and

blue #1 (whatever that is.. O_o) is good for us.

fun experience, anyway. hee hee.

fruits and veggies...

they're good for you! ...and these particular ones are delightfully fuzzy!

=)

you can see more HERE..

edible?

all i'm gonna say is.. i would NEVER wear those cake earrings. haha! but don't they look yummy!!?

you have to appreciate the artist who can make your daughter's doll house people salivate! look at that cake!!

very cute stuff.. =)

i'm impressed.

if you'd like to see more click HERE.

funky rings!

okay... maybe i'll be the first one to say this... but aren't these rings just a lil' too much??

they're definitely clever designs, but can't you "hurt" someone if you forget that you're wearing one of these..

i have to say that i'll be the one walking up to the random people wearing them, just to get a closer look..

=p

you can see more HERE..