Scraps of Life, Friendship Bread and Relationship

Today I started out thinking about my new project that came from my sister Kathi. Perhaps you've heard of it,  Amish Friendship Bread. Today it is time to feed the starter some flour, milk and sugar. This starter came in the form of a gift for Christmas...(we celebrate in January to accommodate Christmas travel etc.). My sister Kathi started the bread starter and we are now on day 6 for this starter. Time to feed the starter...ha-ha! It kinda sounds like "time to bake the donuts!" It is now busy bubbling and fed.

Earlier I wrote about some other thoughts on my blog dedicated to my Nana called Nanas inspiration. Of the life she shared, it often it took place in the kitchen and started while making food, eating or cleaning up. As I reflected on what this bread represents I thought about how simple things like bread, sharing our workload, our interests and our energy in life build relationships and that can influence one life so powerfully. I also shared about a friend who had a heart for being there to help in life and what it meant for so many. That friend and his sweet wife are two amazing people who know how to share life with others. They have built relationship in life simply by sharing their life...all of it with those around them. Sometimes it is food at the table, sometimes it is time and other times it has been in asking others to help them with a moment in life. What did it all add up to when we said goodbye to our sweet friend in April his year? Lives forever changed in powerful ways...So today was just about feeding the starter and by day 10 it will be about baking bread but is it really? Does it have to be just that? Maybe it is about a life you can touch, or about that moment where we gift our time and heart to someone. Today may be your day to reach out...and if you haven't taken a moment today to share your life whether in sharing a "friendship bread starter, calling a friend, connecting in person or just a simple text or comment on social media. Remember, "Friendship isn't a big thing, it is a million little things." 

QR Code and How I am Using Them

The QR Code has been used in so many ways. QR stands for "Quick Response.While they may look simple, QR codes are capable of storing lots of data. But no matter how much they contain, when scanned, the QR code should allow the user to access information instantly – hence why it’s called a Quick Response code. My recent jump into the QR Code scene has been fun, creative and useful. These are codes I created and what I am using them for but in the future I plan to expand its use to other areas helpful around my home like labeling the contents of a bin. I am currently researching how to best do that.

My newest code in 2022 is QR Code with the company logo takes you directly to my personal health and wellness website. I printed these on labels to attach to our newest catalog.

When we head out to into the business world I sometimes need a method of product or services payment and there are some great apps for that which use QR Codes so on can simply pay sellers by scanning a thier displayed QR code. 

Radical Assets, our business website uses this QR Code with a logo in the center takes a person to the site.

Our health and wellness company has a website for its products and information about how to use them. This cute one with the dinosaur in the center leads to it.

As with so many things in our world today hackers have found a way to do their thing and we must be our own advocate to safely use them. I found this article about QR Code and security on the Kapersky.com site to be valuable for identifying hazards and also how to safely use this technology.