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Last Week VS This Week

August 16, 2012 by Jules 2 Comments

If we are friends on Facebook, you saw me blow'n up your mini feed with TONS of pictures from last week. We had a fun a family of 7 last week, including 2 crazed parents and 5 kids 8 and under. Last week, we got to have my niece and nephew for the entire week before their new school years starts on the 20th. Here are a few highlights from that week:

That was just a taste of the NON-STOP FUN we had! After we said our sad goodbyes Sunday, our little family of only 5 headed home for the unforeseeable: This week, we have all been coocked up in the house being nasty sick. Our bodies must have shut down from all the fun having we did last week ;o)

Wednesday we had to get out, so we headed to Sonic's happy hour {imagine that} and planned to have picnic. After I sliced open my tummy trying to take our middle van seat back out, we settled down on top of our blankets in the floor of the van at Sonic waiting for our order of 2 large tater tots, 2 juice boxes, 1 banana, and a Large Vanilla Dr Pepper... just in time for our newly potty trained Izzie to announce her need for a restroom. Boo We reloaded the car seats, got our snack and rushed back to the house for my Iz. After she'd taken care of business and J went down for nap after his banana, the girls and I sat in the floor of our van in the driveway for our snack picnic and a little fresh air. It was surprisingly relaxing just to be out of the house, although everyone sweating shortened our 'outing' a bit.

Wednesday night Matt returned home riding his white stead bearing the recipe and ingredients to heal his house plagued with sickness {i.e. Chick-fil-a Chicken Noodle Soup!}. I think this recipe yielded enough to feed an entire days worth of CFA customers...anybody else sick and need this magic soup? He also tried to cure my sickness via death. He made a homemade version of Theraflu®; EVIL! {insert toddler version of Jules} I attempted to chug the 1/2 dos of the stuff {1 tall mug full} and ended up yacking 3x in the sink. #FAIL

Today, I think we've all broken our low-grade fevers but still have the snots & stuffiness and a couple of us still have our crabby pants on. All in all, I think we're 'better'. We are planning to hit up everybody's favorite McDs playland tonight!

This simple sickness was WELL worth the week of non-stop fun we had with cousins!

Have you & you're family ever experienced the adrenalin drop off sickness?

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Filed Under: Being a Help-Meet, Homemaker, Parenting, The ones about the Rothacher Home

Radical {20 Days of Giveaways: Day 16} and Review

August 16, 2012 by Jules 3 Comments

I know this is a book and didn't show up during "book week" of the 20 Days but THIS is a great book!

Every Christians needs to read this:

For our 1st giveaway {a copy of RADICAL!!!} I ask my husband to give his "review" of the book:

I read "Radical" in the winter of 2010/2011 and about six months afterwards I began calling it "orange crack", "the evil book that will ruin your life" and other such descriptive titles, all the while passing it out (hence the orange crack title) to anyone who might possibly read it. I blame David Platt for a lot of my spiritual growth and "Radical" was the tip of the spear so to speak. The book is about "Taking your faith back from the American Dream" and could have been titled "Biblical!" because Dr. Platt not only loves his Bible, but knows it better than 99% of Americans! That being said it should cause us to wince when we're faced with the truth of God's Word standing in stark contrast to what most Christians would say we believe.

Platt points out that, "While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God." A fact that is all too absent in many of our lives and churches where we argue about worship styles and dress codes and what color the carpet should or shouldn't be. It's the colorful insight combined with vivid illustrations that bring "Radical" to life and hopefully to the conclusion, along with Platt that, "The gospel does not prompt you to mere reflection; the gospel requires a response." Get ready, my guess is there will be so many responses that you find yourself needing to make that you'll have to make a list and get started. This book can quite possibly shake up your life in a way you've never experienced and trust me it'll be worth it!

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Related articles about Radical: My Day, 31 Days to Clean (19-21), The "Monica" Closet, Homeschooling!, Guess What, and Life in Limbo.

Can't wait? Buy the book HERE!

Here's a complete linked up list of the 20 Days of Giveaways! Click around and enter to win them ALL!
{some links will not work until the day that post/giveaway goes live}

{All giveaway are live until midnight Aug 19th when they all close!}

Day 1: Sarah Mae: 31 Days to Clean, How to Market and Sell Your eBook, and Frumps to Pumps
Day 2: Amy Bayliss' Pursuit of Proverbs 31
Day 3: Jessica Bowman's Raising Wild Things
Day 4: LeighAnn Dutton's 20 Minute Meals eCookbook
Day 5: Mel's Charming Creations' Antiqued Framed Chalkboard
Day 6: Little Diva's Bling N Bows $25.oo Gift Certificate
Day 7: Poppy Seed Projects $25.oo Gift Certificate
Day 8: V. Lynn James {local artisan} Owl Canvas Painting
Day 9: Diva's Faith N Frills' 2 Flower Hair Clips
Day 10: DaySpring Christmas in Aug Set
Day 11: Today's a Gift $25.oo Gift Certificate
Day 12: Avon {Personal Rep: Lori McCorvy} Strawberry White Chocolate Bath Set
Day 13: What's in the Bible? DVD Vol 1
Day 14: Union28 $25.oo Gift Certificate
Day 15: InchBug Set of Orbit Labels
Day 16: Radical {the book} by David Platt
Day 17: Thirty-One Gifts {personal consultant Jessica Colley} Large Utility Tote
Day 18: It Works! {personal consultant Danna Magness} $25.oo Gift Certificate

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Filed Under: 20 Days of Giveaways, GIVEAWAYS!, The Ones about Jules Life {Randomness}

Revive Frost-bit Chicken {Thoughtful Thursday}

August 16, 2012 by Jules Leave a Comment

Today is thoughtful Thursday!

Feel free share ANY thoughtfulness in the comment section or even add a link to a thoughtful post on your blog!

Yeah, so, I like to bake an entire bag of frozen boneless, skinless chicken breast all at once. Usually the day I buy the bag. Since baking it takes about an hour, I don't want to have to prep that much in advance every time I want to make a meal with chicken. I like baking it because I can do it all at once while I do something else fr that hour AND I think it turns out the juiciest! Where the problem comes in is storage. I have yet to invest, and I do mean invest- those babies aren't cheap, in GOOD storage containers for the freezer. When I use my well worn, about-to-bite-the-dust, flimsy-lidded containers I get major frost-bite on my chicken. Tuesday night was the worst I'd seen it. Down right NASTY! I actually stared at those shriveled little things for a moment and then thought, "hmm, I wonder!?!" I grabbed my handy handy Pampered Chef Micro Cooker {I seriously use for EVERYthing!} and chucked my nasty pre-seasoned, pre-cooked, frost-bit chicken into it along with about 1/4 cup water and dash of salt. After only 2 minutes in the microwave, those babies were plump again. Still slightly frozen in the middle which makes for perfectly sturdy slicing! Hope this saves your seemingly unusable chicken and provides for a tasty meal!