Just wanted to post a quick note to let you all know that we are expecting blessing #6 to arrive in September. We heard the heartbeat a couple weeks ago and everything seems to be going well.
Hope you are well and maybe I’ll have time to write more often on here. I have posted a few recipes and thoughts on www.investmentcooking.com.
I am changing my format over to a blog. Instead of doing the newsletter I will be posting recipes and articles on this blog. Let me know how you like the new format and if you have any questions you would like me to answer.
I will enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart and I will enter your courts with praise
I am thankful for my husband who is able to drive us safely to go camping pulling a pop-up trailer.
I am thankful for the cool breezes, beautiful butterflies and blanket of stars we experienced this weekend.
I am thankful for air conditioning (especially when it is 112 degrees outside!)
I am thankful for my own soft bed to come home to.
I am thankful for my wonderful in-laws who make swim lessons an extra, special event for our girls.
I am thankful for baby smiles, toddler kisses, preschooler helpfulness, and big girls who can really help out in such a meaningful way.
I am thankful for a generous church member who gave our family the exact swing set our children have wanted from Costco for years.
I am thankful for crockpots cooking dinner.
I am thankful for all the recipes that are so easy to find on the internet.
I loved reading this description of how one family decided to grow as much of their own food as they could and only purchase what they could find in their own county for one year. They moved from Arizona to Virginia onto 40 acres in Appalachia. It is a month by month chronicle of what they ate and includes recipes. It also veers into the political and social ramifications for eating locally instead of purchasing food that is shipped thousands of miles away.
Barbara Kingsolver who went to grad school studying evolutionary biology inserts her belief in evolution frequently throughout the text. If only she gave credit to God for the wonderful things she finds in creation instead of millions of years of natural selection I would be able to fully endorse this book.
I enjoyed her descriptions of participating in the production of their own food and putting it up for future consumption (sounds a lot like investment cooking to me 
). Reading this book made me long for our own country space where we could have a large garden, raise chickens and maybe even a cow. It also made me miss our farmer. We really enjoyed knowing where our food came from and supporting a local farmer before they moved. I really need to find a new farmer!
I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars.
Just a quick note to let you know that the November issue of my newsletter is out. It is filled with ideas of how investment cooking can help you during the holiday season and includes some great recipes.
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