For some of you this is nothing, but this is Post Number 100 for me!
It seems like a long time since I've been here, but guess it's only been a week.
B had knee joint replacement surgery on Tuesday, so that has taken all my time this week. I mostly stayed at the hospital, since it's an hour away, so you can imagine how fun that was! Hey, but I had time, after I don't know how many years, to finally finish the afghan I've been working on. And even sent it with a neighbor to be entered in the county fair. Will post a photo when I get a chance.
B came home on Friday. Everyone told him how bad the early pain would be. Apparently they were right. :-(
To say the least, we're looking forward to the time when he can say that it was worth it!
T's FCCLA STAR event project earned her the chance to compete again this year at the national FCCLA convention, which was in Orlando, Florida this past week. She brought home a gold medal!
K is just about done with her summer camp job.
M works hard on the farm and with his various volunteer interests. (I plan to post wheat harvest photos, hopefully before too long.)
I've missed keeping up reading other blogs this week. Hope to catch up with you all before long.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Tagged
I've been tagged by Kristina!
Rules: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your Summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.
My seven are--
Rules: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your Summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.
My seven are--
- Dead End-Leo Kottke
- The Word-Sara Groves
- Any of the "Rainforest Adventure" VBS songs :-)
- Whatever is on Tracy's playlist
- Be Thou My Vision--hymn
- It Might Be Hope-Sara Groves
- Anything played on the piano when K is around
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Rusty & Dusty
Our county has a community band.
M plays his saxophone with it, and K plays her flute with it when she's home. Anyway, they wanted to encourage more people to get out their instruments, so each evening this week the director had a "Shake Off the Rust and Blow Out the Dust" band camp for anyone who wanted to refresh what they knew about playing an instrument.
So, this week I did something for the fun of it--I went to Band Camp!
Ching listened.......
but jumped up in my face to let me know she did not appreciate the fine sounds of my flute!
I usually send Ching and K.C. to the basement when I practice!
M plays his saxophone with it, and K plays her flute with it when she's home. Anyway, they wanted to encourage more people to get out their instruments, so each evening this week the director had a "Shake Off the Rust and Blow Out the Dust" band camp for anyone who wanted to refresh what they knew about playing an instrument.
So, this week I did something for the fun of it--I went to Band Camp!
Ching listened.......
but jumped up in my face to let me know she did not appreciate the fine sounds of my flute!
I usually send Ching and K.C. to the basement when I practice!Sunday, June 22, 2008
No Way!
Judi-gmj tells me it's the middle of June. No way!
HOW did that happen?!
There's a chance that getting ready for and putting on the pancake, eggs and sausage breakfast with other FCCLA family had something to do with it.
I suppose it could have something to do with a week of Vacation Bible School. "Rainforest Adventure"--I got to be the song leader again this year--hooray!
Maybe it was all those evenings watching the weather watches and warnings. Both girls were at camp, relatively close to Chapman and Manhattan, when the tornado hit those towns. We were also out of the path here, but we know a student from K's class in Manhattan who lost the roof to his apartment.
Possibly it was those days and evenings shopping for food and supplies, making funnel cake batter and Navajo taco shells, gathering and filling ice chests for cases of pop and bottled water, all for the concession stand we and the other family ran at Summerfest--our small town summer festival one beautiful Saturday.
Making 3 batches of homemade ice cream (two for the youth group's upcoming ice cream social) might have been a factor.
Or it could have been the days the next week baking for the traveling bake sale with the same family, as T and their daughter finished raising funds to go to FCCLA Nationals in Florida in July.
It might have been getting paperwork taken care of for the youth group's YouthWorks! trip. They left yesterday morning, and arrived at Gulf Coast Mississippi late this afternoon.
And maybe it had something to do with keeping up (barely) with laundry, dishes, etc.
No, probably not that last one!
HOW did that happen?!
There's a chance that getting ready for and putting on the pancake, eggs and sausage breakfast with other FCCLA family had something to do with it.
I suppose it could have something to do with a week of Vacation Bible School. "Rainforest Adventure"--I got to be the song leader again this year--hooray!
Maybe it was all those evenings watching the weather watches and warnings. Both girls were at camp, relatively close to Chapman and Manhattan, when the tornado hit those towns. We were also out of the path here, but we know a student from K's class in Manhattan who lost the roof to his apartment.
Possibly it was those days and evenings shopping for food and supplies, making funnel cake batter and Navajo taco shells, gathering and filling ice chests for cases of pop and bottled water, all for the concession stand we and the other family ran at Summerfest--our small town summer festival one beautiful Saturday.
Making 3 batches of homemade ice cream (two for the youth group's upcoming ice cream social) might have been a factor.
Or it could have been the days the next week baking for the traveling bake sale with the same family, as T and their daughter finished raising funds to go to FCCLA Nationals in Florida in July.
It might have been getting paperwork taken care of for the youth group's YouthWorks! trip. They left yesterday morning, and arrived at Gulf Coast Mississippi late this afternoon.
And maybe it had something to do with keeping up (barely) with laundry, dishes, etc.
No, probably not that last one!
Sunday, June 08, 2008
What a Difference (six months can make)
December 2007
June 2008
December 2007
June 2008
Next time I'll post some close-ups of the different iris varieties B has planted all around the place.
June 2008
December 2007
June 2008
Next time I'll post some close-ups of the different iris varieties B has planted all around the place.Tuesday, May 27, 2008
May Events
T. graduated from high school on the 17th. Mom was here and K. was home from college, so we had an opportunity for a family photo the next day after church.
The next Saturday we played some croquet. (Summer has begun, even if not by the calendar!) Some of the cats were interested in checking out that round thing rolling across the lawn.
Sunday evening, when we went to B.'s sister's to grill hamburgers and hot dogs, the sky looked like this.
We about blew away when the front hit before we were done grilling! We had to finish inside with the broiler. Their neighbors (who were gone) have a dog who is afraid of storms, so she got to go inside too! She was a very well-behaved visitor.
On Memorial Day, we went to a service at the church cemetery. Later in the day we helped take flags down from the military graves, which we had helped place last Wednesday. Didn't get a photo there, but it looked nice. The peonies are just barely starting to bloom, but there were iris.
We grilled again at home Monday noon.
B. and M. got the corn planted this month, but there's been too much rain to get the soybeans in. It also makes it a challenge to mow some parts of the yard! 
The next Saturday we played some croquet. (Summer has begun, even if not by the calendar!) Some of the cats were interested in checking out that round thing rolling across the lawn.
Sunday evening, when we went to B.'s sister's to grill hamburgers and hot dogs, the sky looked like this.
We about blew away when the front hit before we were done grilling! We had to finish inside with the broiler. Their neighbors (who were gone) have a dog who is afraid of storms, so she got to go inside too! She was a very well-behaved visitor.
On Memorial Day, we went to a service at the church cemetery. Later in the day we helped take flags down from the military graves, which we had helped place last Wednesday. Didn't get a photo there, but it looked nice. The peonies are just barely starting to bloom, but there were iris.We grilled again at home Monday noon.
B. and M. got the corn planted this month, but there's been too much rain to get the soybeans in. It also makes it a challenge to mow some parts of the yard! 
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Almost Here
We're getting ready for T's high school graduation this Saturday, so it's rather busy around here. This evening was the school's academic banquet. Among other things, T was recognized for perfect attendance this year and received a local FCCLA scholarship!
Right now it sounds like the weather might cooperate. Here's hoping!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
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