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4th of July and Blueberry Pancakes

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Don't we look so patriotic. Dad is in the background waving the flag. The day before the 4th of July we spent with my husbands family. I always have a wonderful time hanging out with them. One of the highlights of my day was going to the neighbors yard to pick blueberries. We picked two big bowls and they generously gave them all to me. I couldn't help myself and ate half of them yesterday. But today I knew I wanted to put them to good use in pancakes. I have been experimenting with a 'blender-style' GF, sugar-free, and dairy free pancake recipe. The concept is to take whole grains like rice and millet and blend them with water and some type of acid let them soak overnight. I found the original recipe here . I have loved the recipe from the beginning but I like to experiment and see what I can do to make it different. An awesome find at Kroger today. I have been wanting to try it and found it marked down to $.99. Jackpot! The taste did not disappoint either. The first...

Summer Adventures

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I still haven't told anyone about this blog. Due to absence of readers it seems silly to apologize for my lack of posting. However, apologize I must. I am sorry for myself because I haven't kept up with my goal of blogging consistently through the summer thus far. My excuse is that I have been doing a lot of traveling and I have also struggled with a lack of inspiration. Many times I feel that I don't have the material to compose a post that meets my high expectations of what will be interesting for others to read. But life isn't about being perfect. It is about what we learn and discover in process of growing as a person. So as I learn and write about the lessons God teaches me, my hope is that you will learn with me, and God will speak truth through the words that I write. So, let me tell you about all this traveling my husband and I have been doing. The third week of June we drove two hours north of Atlanta to Rabun County for a mission trip. Every year a group of yo...