Update

My Grandma is doing a little better, but she still needs your prayers!

Thank you all so much!

R.J.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas all! Sorry this is so late! We have a TON of snow!!!! It's so pretty!

Anyhow Merry Christmas!

R.J.

Please Pray

Hi all,

I know that I have not blogged in a while but I have been very busy helping my grandmother, who needs prayer for a safe recovery from her surgery on an artery.

Will update if anything happens.

Winter!

Well, in my book it's officially winter! We have our heat on, snow is here, it's below 10F and I am wondering why the calenders make Winter 4 days before Christmas?? Ever wonder why?

Well I'm not just blogging about that, there are some really great Christmas movies out there! Some of our favorites are:

Sentimental

• The Grinch
• It's a Wonderful Life!
• Twas The Night Before Christmas
• Charlie Brown's Christmas
• A Christmas Carol
• Christmas Shoes
• Miracle On 34th Street

Funny

• Home Alone 1
• Home Alone 2
• The Christmas Story
• Polar Express

Please note that we do not agree with everything in these movies but, they are mostly family friendly. Thanks!

If you have family favorite movies please let me know and I'll post them!

On a side note, we have about 4 inches of snow! Yes! (well you can't really go outside to do anything as it's ten degrees!)

Enjoy your day!

Snow!

We have snow! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I'll try to post pictures of the little bit we have once I download them! It's so beautiful!

Does anyone else have snow?

Blessings,
RJM

Wordless Wednesday

Please do not use these photos without permisson from me! Thanks!

Photos

Just some photos I have taken over the last year!

One of our Gardens.

I love this one!

My darling little brother!

Our Clamatis

Eggs at the farm.

Huh? :)

Pigs at the Farm.

Just some pretty scenery!

Winter!

Sorry about the font! My computer is not letting me edit it.......... :D ~R.J.

(Late) Wordless Wednesday

Please note that all my images are copy-right, and that you may NOT use them without permission of me! Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you have a wonderful day!

What are you most thankful for? I am thankful for God, and my wonderful family!

Blessings,
R.J.

Uggg!

I apologize for the lack of posting these past 3 weeks.....but we have come down with a strange bug that includes, a bad cold, pink-eye, and strep throat. Fun huh? So I thought that I would let you know that I am still alive, and as we are starting to get better, you just might see some more posts!



Blessings,

R.J.

Blog of the month!

And this month's blog of the month is....drum roll please! Meditations Of His Love! This site is one of my favorites! You really have to check it out! Here are four things about it.

1. It is basically an online devotional blog for young woman and girls.
2. It is very, God honoring! I am sure that even young girls could glean something from their writings!
3. 5 young woman share their thoughts and write for it. But any young woman can write them and ask to be a part of it!
4. It is one of the best blogs that I have read!

Please check MOHL out! Read there blog, follow them, maybe leave them a comment, or put their button up on your blog! Thanks Meditations Of His Love for such a great blog!

Blessings,

~Miss R.J.~

Pumpkin Bread!

I have a delicious recipe to share! We bought some Libby's Pumpkin, and there was a recipe on the can for a Pumpkin Roll, well since we are a big family pumpkin rolls are a bit to much "to do" so I simply altered the recipe to make it different as well as to fit our family!

(Note: This recipe is very easy, and can easily be reduced to fit your family. Although tripling is not advised!)

Pumpkin Bread

1 1/2 cups of white flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2 cup cane sugar (or white, I used 1 cup cane, and 1 cup brown)
6 eggs
2 cups of canned pumpkin (or your own pumpkin puree)

Preheat Oven to 375 degrees F. Mix eggs and sugar in a bowl. Add pumpkin. Beat. Then in another bowl sift the dry ingredients together. Add to pumpkin mixture. Spread into large pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool. if desired top with cream-cheese frosting. Enjoy!

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 16oz. package of cream cheese
2-3 TBSP of whole or 2% milk.
1 TBSP vanilla
4 1/2 cups of icing sugar

Beat till smooth and creamy. Double the sugar, milk, and vanilla, and mix some more to make for 2 sheet cakes.

Enjoy!
~R.J.

Pictures!

So now like I promised you, the pictures of the finished applesauce! I have included a picture of the apples as well! We had our entire table covered with apples! Alot huh? :)

Hope you enjoyed!
Blessings,
R.J.
P.S. In case you are wondering we got about 21-23 jars of applesauce. I cannot remember! (We had 21 in the picture but we gave 2 away to our friends)

Good Magazines?

Have any of you been looking for good magazines lately? Well, here are a few!

Shining Stars Magazine

Girlhood Home Companion

The Kings Daughter (no longer in print, but they do have an article archive online!)

The Kings Blooming Rose

His Wonders


I know that that their are plenty more out there! So if you know of a good magazine that is not listed, let me know and I will add it to the list.

(If it is a godly and positive magazine, and is close to my views. Please understand that Virtuous Girlhood does not agree with everything published in these magazines and does not endorse them in any way.)

Enjoy your day! I hope this helps you!


~Blessings,

R.J.

Halloween?

I know we don't celebrate Halloween, and many of your families do not, so I thought you might be interested in this article!

Why not Halloween?

I have given you the link where you may read Victoria's post on Halloween. I found it very interesting!


Blessings and Happy Reformation Day!

~R.J.

Noble Rose Press

Check out this cute, but also godly site! http://www.noblerosepress.com/


They have a blog and also sell paper dolls! Neat huh? The paper dolls are $12.95. Not that expensive! They have great designs, and quality!



Enjoy your day!

Blessings,

R.J.

Wordless Wednesday

Sorry!

I am quite sure that all my readers have left me! I apologize for the lack of posts but first of all here are some reasons why!

1. We are down with colds! :(
2. Our laptop crashed and since mom works from home, I have to bide my time and wait for the computer!
3. We have some things going on with our life!
4. And finally life itself!

I am going to try to post at least 1 post (maybe 2) per week! But it will depend on how busy we are! Just so you know I DO plan on posting! So just stay with me! LOL :)

Enjoy your day!

~R.J.

Please Pray!

Could you all please say a prayer, for Rachel and Jessica's grandmother. She is in the hospital.

Read Rachel's post here: Young Homemakers Blog

Please also pray for Noah Estes. He is very sick! The poor little guy!

Read their blog here: Our Quiverfull

Thanks!
R.J.
P.S. This is late as I have not been on the computer for at least 1 week! I apologize Jessica and Rachel! :O But, you can still pray for her! :)

Apple Sauce!

Well, if you have read my post about apples, then you know that we got alot! We were at a loss at what to do with them all, but my mom said, we will make apple sauce. It was very fun! We got a late start on it last night about 3, and by the time all of the apples we were going to use for applesauce were peeled, cut, cooked, and pureed, we still had to seal them. That took us till 9:30 PM, it was a long day but a fun one! We put up 22 jars of applesauce! We are going to make apple jelly too so hopefully, I will have some pictures/ posts of that!

Sorry, no pictures, unfortunately................... maybe in a different post! I apologize to you all, but, it takes a while to upload pictures, and our laptop does not download pictures.

Enjoy your day, and your fall!
Blessings,
R.J.

Recipe!

Here is a delicious recipe! That our family loves, it is perfect for a cold day!

Sausage Minestrone
Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 c. chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced
8 c. chicken or beef broth
1 can diced tomatoes
2 carrots, coined
2 c. cooked black beans
1 lb. frozen green beans
1 c. uncooked barley or quinoa
4 t. Italian seasonings
1/2 t. paprika
1/4 t. red pepper flakes
1/2 t. dried sage
1/2 t. dried parsley
1 t. fennel seed
salt and pepper
Instructions:
Brown beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot. Add all remaining ingredients except green beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer one hour, or until barley is done. Add green beans and heat through.

Enjoy!
Blessings,
R.J.

Apples!

On Sunday afternoon, my family went apple picking after church, at our local Christan orchard. We do what is called gleaning. These people will go to local Christian farms and glean from the fields and orchards what they do not need. But you can take come things home so that is a blessing! It is quite fun! After they are done gleaning they give them to people who need them, and to food pantries.


We got TONS of Delicious apples! Some of them we will eat, but others we will make into crisps, applesauce, pies, and, we will also freeze them. But we might make, apple cider doughnuts, and jelly with! :)
What do you usually do with your apples?

Well, I have a long day ahead of me!
Blessings,
R.J.
P.S. By the way this post is a week late..... :D

It's Back!

Well, my old blog is back! But that does not mean that I will not post on this one! I just wanted to let y'all know!

Here is the address: http://www.virtuousgirlhood.com

Hope you check it out!
Blessings,
R.J.

Aspiring Homemaker Blog

I do not know if any of you have heard of this blog, but I follow her, and her blog is so neat! It is a mix of "today" and "old fashioned" a mix that I love! :)

I encourage you to check it out!
http://aspiring-homemaker.blogspot.com/

Thanks Mia for having such a wonderful blog! Keep up the great work!

Blessings,
R.J.

Giveaway

Coming up on my mothers blog she is giving away a book! So you might want to tell your moms so they can enter! Stay tuned and keep looking on her blog for the giveaway! Here

Blessings,
Robyn

Recipe: Summer Squash Cassarole

I know that some of you have gardens, and I know what it is like to have wayyyyyyy to many squash lying around! So here is a recipe that can help you use up these extras!

6 cups peeled, cubed, and seeded fresh squash
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 cups cheddar or mozzarella cheese
1 small fresh onion
1 tablespoon fresh garlic
salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients together, then bake for 40-45 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Enjoy!

Giveaway!

There is a super cool giveaway going on at: www.thefashionablegal.com
They are giving away a notebook set! From: www.carolinapad.com

But you have to enter by September 23, 2009, at midnight, to qualify.

(please note that I am not endorsing any ads thanks!)

Hope you enter,
Miss R.J.
www.virtuousgirlhood.com

Reminder

Just a little reminder that Lindsay's giveaway at: http://www.contentinchrist34.blogspot.com it ends on September 29th so be sure that you enter! Blessings, Miss R.J. www.virtuousgirlhood.com

Fall

I am excited that fall is here! I just love fall! With it's lovely colors and coolness! I find that it is a refreshing break from the heat of summer. I am looking forward to apple picking, sweaters, pumpkin pies, our Church's annual Reformation Day party, apple cider, and Thanksgiving, but most of all, the times that we can spend together. I love fall.

Speaking of fall, I found I cute website that has tons, of fall themes, buttons backgrounds, and banners for your blogs! I do not agree with everything on this site, nor all the images, and I am not trying to endorse them, but I thought that I would share it, they are free, but I would use caution as they do have ads and well, ads are ads. http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com

Enjoy and I hope you find something!

Blessings,
R.J.

Giveaway!

Lindsay at Content In Christ http://contentinchrist34.blogspot.com/ is having a giveaway! It is a lovely unique purse that she has made, all you need to do is leave her a comment!

Happy entering!

Blessings,

R.J.
www.virtuousgirlhood.com

Wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PY0NFC4aEw&feature=related

Wow! I don't know if any of you play music, but I do so I really love this song! It is so pretty! I cannot imagine how hard it must be to play it! Chopin is really, really hard!

Do any of you have a favorite composer? I love Chopin and Bach.

Jobs #1

Our family works at an organic garden in a town near us, it has been such a learning experience. We are doing garden work in exchange for fresh fruits and produce, it is very fun. We pick, wash, and put produce away in storage. We also, plant, thin vegetables, weed, feed the chickens, goats, ducks, rabbits, and geese, but also help with other odd jobs. It is very fun and the we enjoy it! Sorry no pictures!

We also work at a hen house, but that is a different story ;) Which I will relate in a different post.

Welcome!

Hello Readers!

I have started this blog because, I have lost my Wordpress blog and am working on getting it back, but anyhow, I wanted to write! So this is my blog!

I hope you enjoy reading it!

Miss R.J.
www.virtuousgirlhood.com