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Knitting & Psalm 18:5

Mar 23, 2021 05:16 PM Central
Annie Roo
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My Lord is my rock. My fortress. My deliverer. My salvation. My hiding place.

Im making this spiral optical illusion blanket.

I started making these years ago. I changed it to only do knits. No purls.

Its my fav. I can memorize it. No need for instructions. Just four stitch markers. Any type of yarn. Any amount of yarn. Make a small one and its a hat. Or pillow cover. Or lap blanket. Baby blanket. Bed blanket. Chair cover. Stool pouf cover. Even a bag!
https://knitty.com/ISSUEfall08/PATTopart.html

i love that i can make any number of rounds. I can make it solid colors or stripes or just rainbows of greens or blues. Or oranges and yellows. I have made as many as 8 in one summer!

Certain things in life are our GO TO things. Theyre safe. Theyre protective. Theyre warm emotionally. They keep us confident bc we count in them. They never fail. Theyre always perfectly dependable and turn out just how we want and need.

I love this pattern for that reason. Its my go to.

God is my go to. Hes always there. Always waiting. Like a nice ball of yarn. Waiting for me to pick it up and turn it around and feel the yarn. Think about what im going to do with it. God is patient with me.

Whats your dependable go to? A recipe? A pair of shoes? Who is your always?

Who is your protector?

Whats your fav thing that you just KNOW will always work out no matter what you use? A smoothies that never fails? A soup? A friend? A sister? Brother? Your neighbor?

Maybe a dog?
God thankfully has always been here for me no matter what I have been through and always turns out tasty, beautiful, amazing, and for the best even when I dont know whats going on.

If you ever dont know whats going on, pray because God knows.

Im praying for you today.
xo annie

Applepie pancakes

Mar 16, 2021 01:22 PM Central
Annie Roo
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Step one... cast iron. Coconut oil.
nutmeg. Allspice. Cinnaminnnss

Apple.

From here once it is cooked you can add sugar but i usually dont. Or make applesauce. Or crackpot apples for apple butter or applesauce.

Sometimes add a smashed banana.

Then you can make all sorts of things.

Pancakes. Apple goo.
Or apple goo smoothie

Mini apple pies in muffin tins.
spread on an english muffin.
pour over oatmeal.

What would you do?

Annie

Breaking my fast...

Jan 20, 2021 01:26 PM Central
Annie Roo
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How do you break your fast?

did you know where he word breakfast came from?

what is fasting?

right now im fasting a few things. In the mornings i dont eat for a bit. I do my shot of mindwise- goo drink.
ask me about that!

Then when im hungry i think about what it means to be with God spiritually.
maybe you say Creator. Higher Power. Goddess. Mother Earth.

Today i am breaking my fast and its about 12:30 my time.

What time is it near you?

this is a vindaloo chicken soup sauce stew mixture over rice

turmeric is tasty and colorful. Used to dye fabrics and yarns.
super antiinflammatory as history has shown us in every culture across the planet.

Delicious womb warming wellness spices abound in here.

Black bean burgers from scratch are so easy

Jan 18, 2021 12:21 PM Central
Annie Roo
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Basically take a can of chickpeas. Drain it

make some celery

Fennel

Add some roasted red peppers from a jar or fry them in a cast iron w garlic and onions and celery

Add paprika

Add corn if you have it. I disnt at the time but next time will def add corn

Add anything you want.
i mashed it allll up

finally i sprinkled corn meal on the mash and made patties.

Fried in coocnut oil. Oh added black beans of course. Hahah.

You can add anything you want. Salt. Peoer. Cajun soices. Or maybe you want some turmeric. Or maybe you want some different sea salts and hot sauces. Maybe you want cheese.
get to it!!

Vindaloo Madras is good on everything. Lentils this time

Jan 18, 2021 12:14 PM Central
Annie Roo
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I have to say

It all started w baby liv liv

our friends brought vindalooto me when i was holding a days old newborn in my lap. Liv is our rainbow baby. We had a miscarriage before her and got pregnant five months later. To my surprise

But really baby blair was the first time zone crossing baby to get the vindaloo spices when i decided to write down what i was doing for my clients- herparents.

This one has fennel in it!! Great for blood. Breastfeeding

I made some vindaloo madras and mailed it to the couple expecting their first baby.

Since then it has become cardamommy.

Less.
more turmericy

Less.
w salt.
no salt.

Its really evolving

i love it.

Here are lentils i made in the crackpot.

Lentils dont need to be soaked.

I make them like soup.

My bff Jael makes them like paste.

Both are AMAZING delightful treats for celebrations or everyday meals. Side dishes. Breakfast. Snacks. You name it.

. Xo annie

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Who is Annie Roo?

Yeshua Hebrews 6:19

I am a...

Mother of 6, Five living

Cook. I don't measure

Knitter. Crocheter. Crafternooner. I don't follow directions.

Researcher

Molecular Biologist. I mapped the 5th chromosome of a plant, PCR'd, looked for double mutants, and made GMO's.

Spanish speaker

Interpreter in the ER and L&D. Burns. Pig Heart Valve Transplant. Appendectomy.

Military Wife

Homeskool Mama

Doula

Breastfeeding specialist ( . )( . )

Birth Loss mama

Freebirth mama

Peanut Allergy mama

I like...

Dogs

Ginger Turmeric Garlic Coconut Milk

Blue

Stick shifts

Breastmilk- it has stem cells in it.

Hot

Lake Michigan

Oatmilk

Norge, Argentina, México, France, Holland, Italia, la República Dominicana, España, Portugal, Costa Rica

Australia, las islas galápagos, Paris, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Israel, Morocco, South Africa, India, China, Canada, Thailand, Alaska, Hawaii, Republic of Georgia, Sweden, Japan, Greece, Peru, Philippines, Ethiopia, Bolivia

I can sing Happy Birthday in 12 languages.

Jesus Luke 12:34

As a molecular biologist, I have worked with plant DNA, bacterial plasmids, mapped a chromosome, and searched for double mutants. I love microbiology and molecules what they can do. I am a science mama, but I also have a nurturing compassionate side where I doula'd ( that's not a word. I made it up. It is now! ) as well as interpreted for birthing mamas who don't speak English - in Labor & Delivery - and been with families in the Emergency Room for every reason under the sun.

I was with a couple who had just had a miscarriage. I sat with an old man from another country, who had no one to be with him. As he waited for heart surgery, he told me about how his older brother quit school in the 6th grade and started working as a laborer with grown men in agricultural fields in order to make money to send him to school so he could have a better future. It was night and he looked out the window at the stars and sighed. He hadn't seen his brother in years and years and didn't even know where he was or if he would ever see him again.

Once, I held the hand of a girl who burned her entire external face, inside of her trachea, nostrils, eyes, eyelids, and esophagus. She couldn't speak so I just talked quietly to her and held her hand. No one came for her. No one kissed her forehead. I sat with her all night. She could have been maybe 16 years old at the most. Nobody knew; her face looked melted and she couldn't speak, open her eyes, or move. I cannot imagine the pain. I prayed the drugs they gave her worked to lessen it.

As an interpreter, I have been with mothers who labor all day and night with no nurses or doctors encouraging them or helping them by guiding them gently and giving them options for what could help ease the labor pains. I watched and felt helpless. I prayed for God to send me a way to do more. My prayers were answered when an American doula came into my patient's room once and showed me how to do more than a DOZEN things to help mothers in labor: yoga ball movements, foot points, hip squeezes, flipping, turning, walking, and even more - I can't count them all here -then with a swish of her hair, she was gone.

One of the things she did was give me a wet washcloth with lavender essential oil on it and told me to hold it on the mama's head if she liked it. It would help support her feeling peace and calming and relax her through the contractions.

She didn't know me. She had no idea what would happen the rest of the night or nearly 20 years later.

I don't even know her name.

I want to share tips and tricks, tools of the trade, things that work and things that don't.

I don't want you to make my mistakes.

I want to ease your pain.

I want to save you time so you can move forward, faster and easier, and permanently heal your Mama heart.

That woman gave me tools, tips, tricks and ideas to try.

This is what I am.

I am that woman - for you.

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