Momma Bean in the Mountains

Mandala Tray Tutorial Finally ladies and gentlemen... only twelve days late...but better late than never, right? first choose your wood - i am using "reclaimed" pallet panels my husband broke down for me with a sawzall -- but you could also use fresh lumber from any hardware store! Then I used my miter saw and cut the pieces (two long ones for the bottom and two smaller pieces for the top) picture to follow you will also need a sander - I prefer a palm sander but this orbital works better for rough wood for me. Also I used a brad nailer and wood glue to attach the pieces together.  I chose an oil based stain - which I applied to each individual piece and let dry for at least 24 hours before working with again -- remember to wear gloves! i use a little bit of glue and 1" brad nails to secure the trays together I found the hardware at Home Depot but Lowe's has them also  cut your vinyl image, weed it I use oracal 651...

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN. FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD....SO HAPPY TO HAVE SOME! So for the last (no joke) DECADE God has been bringing me to the place of seeing/knowing/discerning  that  I fare much much better on a gluten free diet. Well guess what peeps? That is not easy! And I tend to gravitate toward what is easy. Also I have dopamine 'issues'. And since having to go 'off' of my Attention Deficit Disorder Medication ... Let's just say I've been 'self medicating' with CHOCOLATE, CANDY AND COCA COLA! *insert - grouchy, feeling like crap and totally addictively 'out of freaking control!' *add a dash of three weeks of glutenous gluttony and we had one unhappy momma and a family of unhappy people and a creeping back up to an all time high weight FEAR. Lord have mercy when I stepped on the scale I earnestly looked at my life and I even more earnestly cried out to my God. Then by nothing other than what I c...

So this is more a 'keep track of' for me than anything.......but it is also a GOD is so Good, come let us magnify His name together post. Hilarity. A little over two years ago I was made aware of ADD as an actual 'thing' and came to understand that I responded magnanimously to ADD medication. Enter: SUPER-FREAKING-WOMAN! Productive doesn't even begin to describe this lady that emerged from my slug-like form. Tasks? ACCOMPLISHED! Dreams and plans? FORMULATED AND CARRIED THROUGH! I pulled so many all-nighters and got more done in two years time than I probably had to show for in the five previous years. No joke. and I loved.every.second.of.it. higher than a kite I tell you --- life by the gonads INSERT: THE GREAT FAST OF 2016 Our church always does a 21 day fast at the beginning of each year - usually a Daniel Fast - no meats, no treats, no sweets.  I always found it extremely difficile so I opted for a more for me doable liquid fast.  Slimfast, ...