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Thankful {25/30}

Today I am thankful for receiving this shirt in the mail, and the gentle reminder it offered.  This sucks, but God is good.  There are a lot of situations that suck…infertility, death, money issues, drugs or being accused of something that just downright isn’t true.  But even in the midst of those situations we can cling to one thing…God is good y’all!  And He is good all the time, even the midst of the chaos of life.

Today I am thankful for answered prayers. Even though those answers aren’t always what WE think they should be, they are always what HE knows they should be. I’m thankful for His timing, even when this girl is too stubborn to see it.

Today I’m thankful for all the amazing prayer warriors in my life.  It’s so, so comforting to know all I need to do is ask and y’all have me covered.  I’m so fortunate and blessed!

Thankful {24/30}

Today I am thankful for a morning spent drinking coffee and snuggling on the couch with my girl and pup, watching parades. For a day spent sitting around the table enjoying amazing food with my favorite people in the entire world. We are having dinner at my Mama’s and I can’t WAIT to eat! Sounds like such a super amazing day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thankful {21/30}

Today I am thankful for snowy, cold days exactly like this.  I’ve spent the day editing a few sessions, working on my chicken coops, integrating three flocks together, cleaning and baking. 
This morning I spent some time making dough for homemade hotpockets for my boys lunches.  When I have leftover meatballs and sauce I just make up a batch of dough and make meatball and cheese hotpockets.  They freeze great and are easy for them to grab for their lunch.  Today I’m fortunate enough to also have leftover ham, so I’m going to make some ham and cheese ones as well.  And I may even end my day making some homemade english muffins!  I’ll put my hotpocket recipe below.

Homemade Hotpockets

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp oil
4 cups flour
1 1/2 tbsp yeast
filling – Meatball {meatballs, sauce and mozzarella cheese}, Ham {ham and cheddar cheese}, Pizza {pepperoni, sauce and mozzarella cheese} and Breakfast {scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage and cheddar cheese}
Instructions

Add water, sugar, oil, salt, flour and yeast to your bread machine {make sure to follow the order your specific bread machine calls for} and set it to the dough setting.  While your bread machine is working, prepare your fillings and set them aside.

Once the dough is ready, take handfuls of the dough and roll out into a small circle about the size of your hand. Add your desired filling and fold the circle of dough over to make a half circle.  Seal the edges and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

To freeze: After baking, cool the hotpocket completely.  Wrap them individually in plastic wrap and place in a freezer safe ziploc bag. Freeze for later use.

To reheat from frozen:  Unwrap plastic wrap, cover in a paper towel and heat for 1 1/2 minutes. After it has been thawed, heat up in microwave for 30-60 seconds.
Recipe Notes
This recipe makes about 8 large hot pockets.