OK, it seems that my kids are not nice to our corelle dishes. We are now officially down to FIVE bowls. We did originally have over 8. DH and I have decided that we need to just go ahead and go country and get enameled metal dishes! Those can only get chipped or dented! :)
It will be nice to change over to these. I had wanted a set anyway! I love the look of them, and we are country folk after all....
We have an air quality alert in effect today so we have the windows closed and the A/C on with the fans going. None of us are feeling that great. But there's still things to be done and we can't just let it go. When we do manage to get land, and animals, it does not matter if we feel a "bit under the weather" or not. We will be resonsible for it all. The gardens, the orchard, the animals.... the land.... the chores.... So, it's a prove we can do it day! I will let the kids take it easy. Oldest seems to have a summer head cold started from allergies. Youngest, our son, is generally not feeling good but can't say exactly what his problems are. Neither are running a fever though. But I don't want to take any chances with them as we've no transportation right now nor do we have insurance. Nor do we know of a good doctor that we would TRUST to take care of our kids and us. So, rest and hydration is what is called for our kids right now.
Have a blessed weekend!
Lenora
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Happy Memorial Day!
I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day and enjoying wonderful weather.
Today it is breezy, a bit, and slightly humid. We've all the windows open and the fans going, and sitting here at the computer I'm actually a bit cool! Everyone is taking it easy, and I am not sure I'll have the kids do any work today. Other than helping out with day to day chores and reading .... :)
I would like to point out exactly WHY we celebrate Memorial Day! It is for all the soldiers that have given their lives to fight for our FREEDOM... Our God given freedom that our Christian forefathers put into a document called the Constitution of the United States of America. These soldiers who are still living and those who have given their lives fought for that freedom both on our home turf and on foreign soil for people's right to vote, to live, to follow their religion (be it Christian or other), and to have the right to choose to do so. So, if you can, stop in at a memorial and pay your respects. Or stop in to a nursing home and pay a visit to a vet or if you see a soldier home from war or duty stop and give his or her hand a shake and say a heart felt thank you! Give them a hug if you are so inclined. Let them know that we are praying for them, respect them, and admire them for the choices they made to serve our country and to sacrifice for us.
Ok, now go grill! :)
Lenora
Today it is breezy, a bit, and slightly humid. We've all the windows open and the fans going, and sitting here at the computer I'm actually a bit cool! Everyone is taking it easy, and I am not sure I'll have the kids do any work today. Other than helping out with day to day chores and reading .... :)
I would like to point out exactly WHY we celebrate Memorial Day! It is for all the soldiers that have given their lives to fight for our FREEDOM... Our God given freedom that our Christian forefathers put into a document called the Constitution of the United States of America. These soldiers who are still living and those who have given their lives fought for that freedom both on our home turf and on foreign soil for people's right to vote, to live, to follow their religion (be it Christian or other), and to have the right to choose to do so. So, if you can, stop in at a memorial and pay your respects. Or stop in to a nursing home and pay a visit to a vet or if you see a soldier home from war or duty stop and give his or her hand a shake and say a heart felt thank you! Give them a hug if you are so inclined. Let them know that we are praying for them, respect them, and admire them for the choices they made to serve our country and to sacrifice for us.
Ok, now go grill! :)
Lenora
Saturday, May 16, 2009
It's raining, it's pouring
Well, isn't this just fun?
It's raining again.
Well, I still need to actually get out in the garden and get the four squash my MIL gave me in, plus the three tomatoes that a good friend gave me, and the three heirloom tomatoes I've still to plant from the six I bought at Walmart, plus the 6 Jalapeno peppers from Walmart too.... Then there's cucumbers, and corn, and watermelons, pumpkins, and other things. Cantaloup, honeydew..... I might not have as big a garden this year as I'd hoped due to health problems and weather ( I just can't stand the heat any more like I could when I was younger.... A heat stroke will do that to a person....) but today it's not so bad with the rain coming down.
Someone posted something in one of the yahoo groups I'm in about washing with just water and just a TINY bit of soap... I want to go ahead and see about making a batch of soap for the first time ever. In the Encyclopedia of Country Living it has information on making soap without using a scale but instead by measuring. As the "old timers" did it! LOL I want to do that. Need to before the big batch of lard I have goes rancid. Should be ok still, but.... I really need to do that! Wonder if DH would let me use one or 2 of our baking pans to let it sit and age in..... I'd line the pans, of course! :) The natural bars we got at the NTIF are just about gone. Lasted a while.... Especially since we have been using them for both our skin and hair. Our hair has never done better! I really do NOT want to go back to shampoo! And my skin has stopped breaking out and the ecsema on my knee is not so bad either. Need to see about giving a good friend of mine a bar or 2 of the bars of natural soaps I plan on making after I use one myself for a bit to make sure the batch comes out good. Might start selling it! There seems to be a big market for natural homemade soaps right now.
I also need to refine my sewing and my stitches and see about starting to make and sell Renfare clothing. From watching how the Renfare fans do their finances, I'm pretty sure that if they need an outfit and don't want to make it themselves they'll buy. DH could easily to wrist gaurds and other things in leather. Pouches, drawstring pouches.... bags.... He'd be good at it!
Liam (our GS) is 8 months now, and stands at his front shoulders 14 inches. Bear ... well, we know he's younger. We got Bear on a Wednesday about three weeks ago now because I felt Liam needed a friend, and no one had posted that poor Bear had been taken on Freecycle. He is starting to lose all the baby teeth he had when we got him, and getting stronger, and his coat is looking better, and he and Liam are doing GREAT together! Guessing he's about 4 months now. He stands at a big 19 inches tall. Wow... He's going to be BIG! But then, he's a labernard so, uhmmm... yeah. Liam tries to make sure he does not get into mischief, so that keeps him busy. And Bear just has the strength now to get up on his hind legs and check out the counters and the table. Gotta break him of that. LOL This morning, the kids and DH were all on our bed watching QUBO (I think it was Veggie Tales) while I was checking out email so Liam decided that he needed to be part of the pack too. He jumped up on the bed and we promptly told him to get down, and he did. He's minding really well now. Bear hasn't figured out he can get on the bed yet, but then I am not sure if he's got the strength in his back legs to do that right now anyhow. That will come though.
We've had to turn on the A/C, but we are keeping the thermostat set at 80. It is working so far, but it gets kinda warm in the hotter part of the day. So far, none of my music students have complained.
Pulled the carpet out of the hallway and the kids and DH and I worked on cleaning the tile that was under the carpet up and the carpet and padding was taken with the trash yesterday. Carpet is SO nasty! There was so much dirt under the carpet and padding.... I'd love to pull ALL of the carpet up and put down tile and throw rugs. It would cut down on the pet smell BIG TIME and it would be healthier for all of us whether we have pets or not.
I still need prayers regarding saving $$ for the city taxes... We still need to manage to find almost $1,000..... UGH. I am just getting so defeated, and I don't like that feeling. God has proven time and time again that He provides for us, no matter what, and there is NO SUCH THING as a verse that God helps those who help themselves.... How can WE do anything BUT THROUGH GOD? Are we less than the sparrows? A relative of mine and I almost got into an argument recently about this very thing, and I got told to not give her any "religious" lectures, because she's so much older than I and have been through so much more..... She does not know half of what we've actually been through because I've not told her all because all of it is not her business. And how can I because for one, it's always "I wish we could get your car fixed so y'all would not have to walk everywhere.... I'd hate for anything to happen to you or your oldest"..... We LIKE walking, and would still walk for the exercise and to save gas and wear and tear on any car that we might have that is working. God goes with us, and I know this for a fact. Eventually, when Bear gets to the point that he CAN walk further (right now we've got to limit his exercise to let his bones become strong enough to hold his weight and grow to HIM) we will take Liam and Bear with us when we can, and when we get a cart we just might go ahead and pile the other 2 younger ones in the cart and take them and DH and the dogs for long walks! The cart would be there for groceries, the kids when they tired, etc. That would be fine and it would be GOOD EXERCISE. Which is something we need. ALL of us.
Ah well...... Ok, off to take a shower and start my day and get more stuff done! For anyone who reads this, have a BLESSED day!
It's raining again.
Well, I still need to actually get out in the garden and get the four squash my MIL gave me in, plus the three tomatoes that a good friend gave me, and the three heirloom tomatoes I've still to plant from the six I bought at Walmart, plus the 6 Jalapeno peppers from Walmart too.... Then there's cucumbers, and corn, and watermelons, pumpkins, and other things. Cantaloup, honeydew..... I might not have as big a garden this year as I'd hoped due to health problems and weather ( I just can't stand the heat any more like I could when I was younger.... A heat stroke will do that to a person....) but today it's not so bad with the rain coming down.
Someone posted something in one of the yahoo groups I'm in about washing with just water and just a TINY bit of soap... I want to go ahead and see about making a batch of soap for the first time ever. In the Encyclopedia of Country Living it has information on making soap without using a scale but instead by measuring. As the "old timers" did it! LOL I want to do that. Need to before the big batch of lard I have goes rancid. Should be ok still, but.... I really need to do that! Wonder if DH would let me use one or 2 of our baking pans to let it sit and age in..... I'd line the pans, of course! :) The natural bars we got at the NTIF are just about gone. Lasted a while.... Especially since we have been using them for both our skin and hair. Our hair has never done better! I really do NOT want to go back to shampoo! And my skin has stopped breaking out and the ecsema on my knee is not so bad either. Need to see about giving a good friend of mine a bar or 2 of the bars of natural soaps I plan on making after I use one myself for a bit to make sure the batch comes out good. Might start selling it! There seems to be a big market for natural homemade soaps right now.
I also need to refine my sewing and my stitches and see about starting to make and sell Renfare clothing. From watching how the Renfare fans do their finances, I'm pretty sure that if they need an outfit and don't want to make it themselves they'll buy. DH could easily to wrist gaurds and other things in leather. Pouches, drawstring pouches.... bags.... He'd be good at it!
Liam (our GS) is 8 months now, and stands at his front shoulders 14 inches. Bear ... well, we know he's younger. We got Bear on a Wednesday about three weeks ago now because I felt Liam needed a friend, and no one had posted that poor Bear had been taken on Freecycle. He is starting to lose all the baby teeth he had when we got him, and getting stronger, and his coat is looking better, and he and Liam are doing GREAT together! Guessing he's about 4 months now. He stands at a big 19 inches tall. Wow... He's going to be BIG! But then, he's a labernard so, uhmmm... yeah. Liam tries to make sure he does not get into mischief, so that keeps him busy. And Bear just has the strength now to get up on his hind legs and check out the counters and the table. Gotta break him of that. LOL This morning, the kids and DH were all on our bed watching QUBO (I think it was Veggie Tales) while I was checking out email so Liam decided that he needed to be part of the pack too. He jumped up on the bed and we promptly told him to get down, and he did. He's minding really well now. Bear hasn't figured out he can get on the bed yet, but then I am not sure if he's got the strength in his back legs to do that right now anyhow. That will come though.
We've had to turn on the A/C, but we are keeping the thermostat set at 80. It is working so far, but it gets kinda warm in the hotter part of the day. So far, none of my music students have complained.
Pulled the carpet out of the hallway and the kids and DH and I worked on cleaning the tile that was under the carpet up and the carpet and padding was taken with the trash yesterday. Carpet is SO nasty! There was so much dirt under the carpet and padding.... I'd love to pull ALL of the carpet up and put down tile and throw rugs. It would cut down on the pet smell BIG TIME and it would be healthier for all of us whether we have pets or not.
I still need prayers regarding saving $$ for the city taxes... We still need to manage to find almost $1,000..... UGH. I am just getting so defeated, and I don't like that feeling. God has proven time and time again that He provides for us, no matter what, and there is NO SUCH THING as a verse that God helps those who help themselves.... How can WE do anything BUT THROUGH GOD? Are we less than the sparrows? A relative of mine and I almost got into an argument recently about this very thing, and I got told to not give her any "religious" lectures, because she's so much older than I and have been through so much more..... She does not know half of what we've actually been through because I've not told her all because all of it is not her business. And how can I because for one, it's always "I wish we could get your car fixed so y'all would not have to walk everywhere.... I'd hate for anything to happen to you or your oldest"..... We LIKE walking, and would still walk for the exercise and to save gas and wear and tear on any car that we might have that is working. God goes with us, and I know this for a fact. Eventually, when Bear gets to the point that he CAN walk further (right now we've got to limit his exercise to let his bones become strong enough to hold his weight and grow to HIM) we will take Liam and Bear with us when we can, and when we get a cart we just might go ahead and pile the other 2 younger ones in the cart and take them and DH and the dogs for long walks! The cart would be there for groceries, the kids when they tired, etc. That would be fine and it would be GOOD EXERCISE. Which is something we need. ALL of us.
Ah well...... Ok, off to take a shower and start my day and get more stuff done! For anyone who reads this, have a BLESSED day!
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