T-Shirt Quilts

If you're like me you have a collection of beloved T-shirts in a Rubbermaid container stashed in the corner of your closet. I have tried to declutter them but just can't part with them. Come to find out, I don't have to get rid of them - I can make a quilt out of them. You can even buy a kit to do this with.

Homemade Cleaner

2 cups water
1/4 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon Dawn (or other dishwashing liquid soap)

Mix in spray bottle and shake.

Hail the Holy King of Kings

(to the tune of Holy Manna)

Lord, have mercy on Your humble servant. Hear my petition, this I pray.
How I lingered in the dark night; now I see the Light of day.
Hail the Holy King of Kings! I will serve You all my days!
You are my Shepherd; I am Your lost lamb. You are the Potter; I'm the clay.

I was a slave to sin until You died on the cross to set me free.
Long have I wandered, lost in my own despair. Now I will follow where You lead.
Hail the Holy King of Kings! I will serve You all my days!
You are my Shepherd; I am Your lost lamb. You are the Potter; I'm the clay.

Lord, I beseech you, make me a new creation; cleanse all the stains from my soul.
Take my sins of scarlet and make me pure; make me as white as new-fallen snow.
Hail the Holy King of Kings! I will serve You all my days!
You are my Shepherd; I am Your lost lamb. You are the Potter; I'm the clay.

I'll never know how You could love me so but thank you, Lord, for amazing grace.
Oh, how I long for all of Your tender mercies; forever be my hiding place.
Hail the Holy King of Kings! I will serve You all my days!
You are my Shepherd; I am Your lost lamb. You are the Potter; I'm the clay.

Everlasting, Wonderful, Prince of Peace, in Your mercy, You heard my plea.
I will praise Your most Holy name, O Lord, as long as there is breath in me.
Hail the Holy King of Kings! I will serve You all my days!
You are My Shepherd; I am Your lost lamb. You are the Potter; I'm the clay.

Notes:
King of Kings
Light
Shepherd
Lost lamb
Potter & clay
Slave to sin
Died on the cross
A new creation
Sins of Scarlet
Amazing grace
Tender mercies
A hiding place
Everlasting, Wonderful, Prince of Peace

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How to Make "Engagement Chicken"

(Adapted from Mercella Hazan's More Classic Italian Cooking)

• 1 whole chicken (approx. 3 lb.)
• 2 medium lemons
• Fresh lemon juice (1/2 cup)
• Kosher or sea salt
• Ground black pepper

Place rack in upper third of oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Wash chicken inside and out with cold water, remove the giblets, then let the chicken drain, cavity down, in a colander until it reaches room temp (about 15 minutes). Pat dry with paper towels. Pour lemon juice all over the chicken (inside and outside). Season with salt and pepper. Prick the whole lemons three times with a fork and place deep inside the cavity. (Tip: If lemons are hard, roll on countertop with your palm to get juices flowing.) Place the bird breast-side down on a rack in a roasting pan, lower heat to 350 degrees and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and turn it breast-side up (use wooden spoons!); return it to oven for 35 minutes more. Test for doneness—a meat thermometer inserted in the thigh should read 180 degrees, or juices should run clear when chicken is pricked with a fork. Continue baking if necessary. Let chicken cool for a few minutes before carving. Serve with juices.

Read the original article at Glamour here.

"Guys like to be romanced, too," [John] Molloy [writer of “Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others”] said. - Quote from interesting FoxNews article on the Engagement Chicken Phenomenon.

The Cost of Having It All

"Today in America, we are beginning to reckon with the bitter harvest from the scourge of self-centered “me-ism.” The moral relativism of post-modernism has resulted in a culture that scorns marriage, casually embraces cohabitation, and dismisses divorce; such values have decimated the family for the last 50 years."

- Excerpt from "The Cost of Having It All" by Janice Shaw Crouse, Senior Fellow at Concerned Women for America. She authors the Data Digest, a publication that analyzes and interprets trends in new data that affect women’s well-being.