Happy Blogoversary, Praying and Oven Fries

With the start of a new year/ new semester and the upcoming milestone, it is time to get back on to regular posting! The past year of blogging has been sporadic, but I am now going to be more reliable with posting.

Praying at Bedtime

It is one of my new favorite things to do. Nico is 1 1/2, and not able to pray with me interactively yet, but he is never too young to enjoy prayer as much as I do.

First, I start with some extemporaneous prayers of thanksgiving. We pray for Mama, Daddy, Nico, Grandparents, etc. We pray for anyone hurting. We pray for all people who are helping others, missionaries, shelter workers, etc - the real forgotten heroes.

Then, chaplet style, with a few breaths in between rounds, we pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and a modified Now I Lay Me:

Now I lay me down to sleep
 I pray the Lord my soul to keep
God is with me through the night
and wakes me with the morning light.

After three or four rounds of this he usually gives one last great snuggle and then sits up and leans toward his bed. In he goes, and I leave him fall asleep while he sings to his animals. Adorbs.

Oven Fries

I have been on a great quest for yummy AND easy oven fries. Thanks to Rachel Ray, and a little modification, I found it. They were not perfect tonight, but I know the trick that will fix.

4-5 potatoes, scrubbed, leave peel on, chopped into wedges
3 tbs peanut oil
steak seasoning (I like McCormicks Montreal Steak Seasoning)
A GOOD cookie sheet/pan
Oven at 425

Rub oil on pan. Place wedges on pan. Cram on as many as you can fit if you like. Springle with Steak Seasoning. Place in Oven for a total of 40 - 50 minutes, Turning every TEN minutes. All done when Golden brown.

That is it. For every French Fry, turn turn turn, there is a seasoning, turn turn turn....