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National Day of Prayer is May 6. If you have never participated, now is the time. We need to stand up for our faith and the principles this country was founded on.
We have had a National Day of Prayer is this country since the beginning.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
An Exciting Day on the Farm!
Wow! What a day! Saturday, we planted the garden. Corn, cantaloupe, watermelon, zucchini, yellow squash. The new grape vines and trees arrived about 7:00 PM. Planted 10 grape vines, a pomegranate, an elderberry, two PawPaws, and a Vitex. Also planted flowers in the pots on the front porch. About 10 PM, Jack comes upstairs while Jerry is in the tub and says, "I think you should look at the shower and tub downstairs." Jerry goes downstairs to find the septic system backing up in the boys bathroom and the media room. Ugh. The carpet in the media room is soaking about ten feet in from the drain in the utility closet. The septic system is making ocean like sounds outside. It is hard to see anything in the dark. Jerry removes the cover, it is full, the pump is obviously not working. He proceeds to use a sump pump to start pumping water out. At midnight we are ripping up carpet in the media room and bleaching floors. We get in bed about 1 AM, exhausted.
Sunday
We get up and start getting ready for church. Jerry goes out to feed the chickens. Calls us and says the pig is out, come help find her. Oh, good cow. We find her, or the neighbor does at his house. We herd her back to the pen. Jerry fixes the pen so she can't get out. Little does he know what Sally Soo Wii is plotting. Sally Soo Wii is the pig. While he is watering the freshly planted grapes the driveway alert goes off. I think what now. Look out the front door and see Sally Soo Wii headed down the lane. Off we go pig chasing again. I jump in my little Jetta, and zip down the lane to catch up with the pig. I pick up Jerry on the way. We leap from the car, and start herding Sally Soo Wii back to her appointed lodging. Thinking Freezer Camp is where she needs to be. She is crying and mad. Making all kinds of racket, the kind that pigs make. Jerry again, fixes the pen so she can't get out. What a day. And it is only 10:30 AM. What else does the day hold?
Sunday
We get up and start getting ready for church. Jerry goes out to feed the chickens. Calls us and says the pig is out, come help find her. Oh, good cow. We find her, or the neighbor does at his house. We herd her back to the pen. Jerry fixes the pen so she can't get out. Little does he know what Sally Soo Wii is plotting. Sally Soo Wii is the pig. While he is watering the freshly planted grapes the driveway alert goes off. I think what now. Look out the front door and see Sally Soo Wii headed down the lane. Off we go pig chasing again. I jump in my little Jetta, and zip down the lane to catch up with the pig. I pick up Jerry on the way. We leap from the car, and start herding Sally Soo Wii back to her appointed lodging. Thinking Freezer Camp is where she needs to be. She is crying and mad. Making all kinds of racket, the kind that pigs make. Jerry again, fixes the pen so she can't get out. What a day. And it is only 10:30 AM. What else does the day hold?
Friday, April 2, 2010
Molly in the Garden
We are starting to plant the garden. The Sugar Snap Peas are up. Potatoes are planted, along with some broccoli, cauliflower, and a few peppers.
We were working in the garden, Jerry, Jack, Molly Jo and myself. Jerry had gone off to do something. So Jack and I had finished the task of putting the seed potatoes in the rows. Molly Jo was supposed to be covering them up with soil. She was using a garden rake. Which she didn't know how to use, by the way. Jerry had showed her, but as Jack said, "Molly, it is not a broom. You can't use it like a broom." In her defense, the dirt was a little hard to move with the rake.
Oh, well. She was complaining loudly. So, I decided I would cover up the row next to the one she was working on with my hands. I was pretty quick and got ahead of her. She decided she would get rid of the rake and use her hands too. As she is covering the potatoes with dirt using her hands, Jack says, "Molly, you want to hear something funny?" All the time he is saying this, he knows the reaction that is coming.
Molly says, "Whatever. Tell me, Jack."
"The pigs peed in this dirt," Jack says.
Well, you can probably guess the rest. She came unglued. "OOOooo. Gross. Nastiness. I am not eating these potatoes, they are growing in nastiness." She wails as she grabs the rake, she looks at me with a look that could make roses wilt. Jack and I are cracking up. It was quite funny.
We were working in the garden, Jerry, Jack, Molly Jo and myself. Jerry had gone off to do something. So Jack and I had finished the task of putting the seed potatoes in the rows. Molly Jo was supposed to be covering them up with soil. She was using a garden rake. Which she didn't know how to use, by the way. Jerry had showed her, but as Jack said, "Molly, it is not a broom. You can't use it like a broom." In her defense, the dirt was a little hard to move with the rake.
Oh, well. She was complaining loudly. So, I decided I would cover up the row next to the one she was working on with my hands. I was pretty quick and got ahead of her. She decided she would get rid of the rake and use her hands too. As she is covering the potatoes with dirt using her hands, Jack says, "Molly, you want to hear something funny?" All the time he is saying this, he knows the reaction that is coming.
Molly says, "Whatever. Tell me, Jack."
"The pigs peed in this dirt," Jack says.
Well, you can probably guess the rest. She came unglued. "OOOooo. Gross. Nastiness. I am not eating these potatoes, they are growing in nastiness." She wails as she grabs the rake, she looks at me with a look that could make roses wilt. Jack and I are cracking up. It was quite funny.
The Cross
Today I baked Hot Cross Buns in honor of Good Friday and the Crucifixtion of our Lord.
They are pretty good. And look nice.
The Cross
By: T.Surine
A thing despised
Caused excruciating pain
Humbling death
Hatred
Guilt
Ugly
A thing cherished
Gives unequaled joy
Eternal life
Love
Forgiveness
Beautiful
It all depends on your perspective, doesn't it.
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