Laptop has a booboo and Kombucha had mould!

Also we're going to have umpteen inches of snow depending which weather guy is talking.

The wireless stuff is kaput, but very fixable. The Kombucha is down the drain. The scoby had mould, but when I threw it out it smelled right. I'll have to order a real scoby from somewhere since my attempts have failed.

I spent the day in the basement, laundry all done, ironing all done, dishes all done. Now knitting for relaxation and some Celestial Seasonings, AM Detox tea--since the kombucha is no more. I really like this tea, it is soothing, it tastes very nice and it's good-for-you. I do not like the new picture. It appears to be a youth of unrecognizable gender. Not good at all. I'll not say anything else about it.

Getting close to finished on the sweater and hat for #1 and 1e respectively.

While I was in the basement, I cleaned out one, only one shelf--there are many--and it felt so good to accomplish this task. Since we are suppossed to have "so much snow" tonight, I may work on other shelves or piece the blocks for #5's quilt.

The books from CBD arrived and I'm so excited, don't know which one to read first. We got Bullinger's Companion Bible for $36.00--retails for $89.00, and John Wesley's 7 volume set. It retails for over $300.00 but they had it on sale for $49.00, yes! Who wants to read Wesley, and Bullinger, and Barnhouse, and those guys? Good for us, we get the discount, and the books we would not be able to afford, otherwise. Thank you Lord!

There is one book I've been wanting to get by Carol Samples. It is out of print. It retailed for $29.00. I could get it from Amazon in the UK for $179.00. I don't think so. I'll wait for the next printing. This lady is amazing, you can see her stuff here everything she makes is beautiful, she is very creative. She makes the plainest thing look most elegant.

This is a picture from the above link.

I had never considered embellishing something necessary, but I've seen very beautiful needlework/embroidery which has made me reconsider.

I'll leave you with this:

"Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity" Psa 64:2

In His hands, ^__^

Bottled the kombucha, it's flat tasting

I got 5 16oz bottles and 2 cups for the starter of the next batch. I shared it with my friend "D" and she was sort of disappointed that it did not get fizzy. The guy at the happy herbalist dot com, says in his page that the first batch is not always fizzy. The other page I found is Hannah Crum at expert village dot com. She has 14 (under 2 minutes) videos which show the entire process. She makes it look very easy, and it is. I think that our temperature is too cold for the kombucha to grow as it is supposed to grow. Its optimum temp is 80F and we keep our temp at 62F during the day and 65F in the evening. We like it cool.
I know!, I can put it next to the furnace in the pantry. That will keep it warmer, and it should 'fizz' on time.

I just looked at the weather map and it looks like New England and its vicinity is 'under glass' Wow! if it's as icy as it looks in the map, y'all must have one inch of ice. We are in the chunk of snow which will give us up to 3" again.
What's with the 3"? Although, we have about 10 snow birds every day--not yesterday, it was 63F and winds of 25 to 30mph.

Well, I did want this blog to be a weather report...

Ran errands and did shopping yesterday, and pulled my heel tendon again, but...calcium, castor oil pack, minerals, etc, etc...it's much better today.

Back to full t-tapping It feels great!

I need help with the hyperlink! The other times that "I did it right" was the result of point-and-click until it worked but...can't remember how I did it.

I'm still doing lots of things that keeps my computer time to under one hour. I am hoping to have some pictures tomorrow.

I'll leave you with this:

"For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it." Psa 132:13-14
In His hands, ^__^

I MADE KOMBUCHA

I made it like the recipes I found on line. Hope it comes out ok. I got a bottle of the store's raw kombucha, drank half of it and used the other half to make a gallon. I will let you know the progress.
I don't have a picture of the gallon jar, but you have all seen a glass gallon jar of tea with a cotton cloth instead of a lid. Besides, it is in a hidden place.
That was the deal I struck with DH. He let me make the kombucha as long as he doesn't have to see any of it.

We reached 58F today, and all the snow is melted. I had ALL the windows open, it was so very nice to get fresh air inside. It should be the same tomorrow so the windows will be opened again. Right now half the windows are still open.

Have a nice day tomorrow, love the Lord and worship at His footstool, and be thankful.

I'll leave you with this:

"Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him." Psa 28:6-7

In His hands, ^__^