Thoughts and prayers

Christmas night my family received a devastating phone call, My mother is in a burn center in Memphis Tennessee, with burns to  her entire right hand arm and splash burns all down her right leg and foot, she has been heavily medicated and has been very our of it, has had one round of skin grafts that seem to be taking but it is still going to be a very long road before she can even consider leaving fireman's memorial burn center , with constant prayers she seems to be doing better , but she will never be able to use her hand again which means she will never work again, she is in mental anguish and more worried about my fur brother Kota than her own recovery, With our financial difficulties and a lack of a vehicle being 13 hours away my hands are tied when it comes to going to be with her, I hate she is alone and has no one by her side. So thoughts and prayers are all i can give her right now.
   

On a Brighter note, my 1 year wedding anniversary is on the eleventh of January  and my husband who is one of the gift inept , (we have been together almost 5  years and he still has no idea what to get me ever, like its hard crafting supplies ,fabric , heck a box of junk i could make in to something else, would pure t tickle me to death, ) i had to step in this time because the constant build up of ohhh hes got something planned this time only to be let down with just a "happy what ever day"  is killer on ones well being, sooooo i  took matters in to my own hands, opening up the web browser  to the gift i want and using the sticky note app left a huge hint that even he couldn't mess up   oh yes i went there, i had to !
    

 

So today i have a recipe to share as well, Gummies , my husband favorite food of all times , gummy bears to be exact but he is not to picky most of the time, though he will kill a whole huge Sam's  6 pound bag  of mineral oil gummy bears in 2 days, soooo ive started making him gummies , the taste is not the same obviously but  they are sooo much better for him and dont cause the gastric upset of ingesting like a half a gallon of mineral oil, soooo on to the recipe,

                                                             homemade gummi bears!

All we needed was 1 -3 oz box of flavored gelatin and 3 – 1/4 oz  packages of unflavored gelatin, water and candy molds. (i used two candy molds)
Place 1/2 cup water in a small sauce pan. Sprinkle the Jello and  unflavored gelatin over the water. Let sit 5 – 10 minutes. (If you like chewier gummi candy add in another packet of unflavored gelatin.)
Place sauce pan over medium heat and stir until gelatin is dissolved, about 2-5 minutes. When mixture is liquid and all gelatin has dissolved, remove from heat.  Let cool a minute and then pour into a container that is easy to pour from.  I use my measuring cup because it has a spout .
Fill molds. If you save the inside of the advent calendar for  projects like do, it works perfect! The sheet of star molds worked a bit better than the bears because they are a bit deeper.

Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. They may be placed in a refrigerator for about 10 minutes if you are eager.
Once cool, the backs can be lightly dusted with corn starch, if desired.

Peel the gummi candy out of the molds. Don’t be shy, you won’t hurt them when peeling them from the molds. No need to oil the molds unless you use deep molds and in that case like a batch of mine i highly suggest using cooking spray,

Enjoy!