http://www.ivyfamily.net Come on in, sit a while. Let's have a cup of tea and get to know each other! Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:06:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Margie’s Poppy Seed Cake Ingredients: · 1 box yellow or lemon cake mix · 1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding · ½ cup oil · ½ cup Bailey’s Irish Crème / Crème Sherry · 1 cup sour cream · 1/3 cup poppy seeds · 4 eggs Instructions: · Pre-heat oven to 350º f. · Blend all together · Pour into greased & floured ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=592 French Toast Strada, courtesy of Karina Turkiewicz Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter 2 Tbsp maple syrup (or light corn syrup) 1 loaf French bread (a couple of days old is better, or dry out a bit in warm oven) 5 eggs 1 ½ cups milk 1 tsp vanilla extract Melt in saucepan the ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=587 Richard and I are reading a book by Richard Twiss entitled "One Church Many Tribes". It is most interesting as we learn more of our Anglo-American culture and more of the Native American culture. At times we find ourselves in grief and abhorrance of the things our Anglo ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=582 I am absolutely ruined for anything other than Christ Jesus and His precious children!! My heart cries out for me to return to the Gypsies and I've only been back 2 months! I'll be praying and saving and doing whatever I can to get back to see "my" Gypsy Girls ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=573 Today is Wednesday.  Friday morning I will be flying to New York to join a group, Global Celebration.  We will be spending 10 days with some of the Gypsies in Eastern Europe.  I'm pretty well set, but I do have some loose ends to tie up.  A young friend from ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=561 Yesterday I noticed that we had some day lilies blooming.  Then I realized that they are located right where Stretch buried his bone.  You know what is good for lilies and other bulb flowers?  Right!  Bone meal... or in this case, the bone intact!!  :-) http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=558 I'm participating in a ladies' marriage study by the above name. I am finding the study challenging and refreshing, because it brings back to mind all those principles for living in harmony with your mate. Yes, those are the ones, the ones we read, say "yea, makes sense", ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=550 Lovely weather today!! I thought I'd treat our dog, Stretch, and gave him a frozen beef bone. He gently took it from my hand and calmly walked out the back door, down the walk to the side garden, and buried it among the lilies! He never flinched ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=549 It began snowing last night - our first snow of the year. Living in Tidewater, Virginia - in the southeast corner of Virginia - we don't see much snow. Last night we received maybe 1/2 an inch - enough to trim the brown grass and yellow daffodils with ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=543 When we reject the Author of morality and character, morality and character in our society will decline and eventually be extinguished like a candle snuffed out, resulting in personal and societal chaos and dictatorial governments. Lord, forgive us for rejecting You.  Come! Rebuke the leaders who put on the appearance of ... http://www.ivyfamily.net/?p=541