Remember me? You know, the one who had really good intentions for this blog, who has tons to say to you, though she just can't seem to make the time to do it? Yah, that's me -blush- It's a good thing we also have email, or I most definitely would have been going through 'Dana Withdrawl' by now!
I *love* those pictures of Sam! Every time I look at them they bring a smile, and ultimately a chuckle too! He's quite the character, that boy! And speaking of boys, I sure wish I could borrow a couple of yours right now, as we're in the middle of haying our fields! Duane and Paige have been doing most of the work, with Duane doing the cutting, raking, and baling. The first load he did dropped all of the bales on the ground so we then had to go back around and Paige picked them all up and threw them on the wagon while Duane stacked them. I had the easy job of driving the tractor. After that load, Duane built a shoot for the baler so it now drops the bales right onto the wagon and Paige has to ride on it and stack them as they come out. Brianna and I have both taken turns at throwing bales off the wagon when it's full, as Duane and Paige stack them in the shed. We've only done a couple small areas so far, but even that was hard work! The rest of the hay has been cut and is drying now. Tomorrow will bring the LONG, tiring day where it all needs to be finished. A couple extra sets of hands sure would be a blessing!
My current excitement is that I hit my 30 week mark today! I finally feel like the end is in sight, where we will soon be able to hold this baby in our arms! At the same time I'm feeling anxious in all of those 'last minute' preparations, wondering if I'll have time to get it all done, while still managing the rest of harvest time as well. I AM happy to report that after my little scare of baby's sleepy day last week, that he/she has been back to it's rolly-polly, jumpy-bumpy self every day since. I don't know that there could be a greater feeling right now -smile-
Well, that's about all I have time for right now. I have lots of chicken meals on the menu over the next week and a half, starting with Chicken Tetrazini tonight! In order to do that, I need to get a turkey cooking, then make some granola, get out to the garden for a bit, and then try to tackle a couple more organizing projects! At least the weather has cooled down for all of our baking and outdoor work this week! That's a HUGE blessing!
Hope to talk with you again sooner than later!
Love,
Cathy
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Dear Cathy
Who are you calling strange? OH well, if the flip flop fits... lol.
I finally have Sam pictures to share with you...I said "Hey Molly, run out and get some pictures of Sam with his glasses for Miss Cathy" and this is what she came back with...
I finally have Sam pictures to share with you...I said "Hey Molly, run out and get some pictures of Sam with his glasses for Miss Cathy" and this is what she came back with...
Yes... and that would be why we call him Silly Sam...
More later,
Love,
Dana
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Dear Dana....
Hello stranger!
The last few days have been spent playing catch up here. With the bug that was flowing through the house we decided to take the week off school. Now that everyone is feeling back to normal, having that extra time was nice to take care of the loose ends that didn't get done earlier in the week. We were able to complete some much needed cleaning projects, but also play extra games, and rest too. Paige completed knitting a sweet blankie bunny for baby, we have both finished our quilts, and are now each working on a blankie bunny. I'll have photos of the bunnies up soon, and hope to have the quilt pictures up tomorrow. I made the weeks worth of wheat bread today, as well as granola. Both of the dogs got brushed out (it's sticker season here....yuck), and Bri, Leia, and Nathan cleaned sticks out of the yard. I weeded the flower bed, and helped Duane rip some boards that he plans on using to make our upstairs bathroom cabinets (yay!). Paige and I tied up more of our growing tomato plants, then ran to the farm to get milk. Ahhhhh......a LOL! While I was helping Duane Nathan was standing at our campfire chairs, playing and watching. The next thing I know, he's not moving. He had fallen asleep standing at the chair, with his head in his hands on the seat. I thought about getting the camera, but as he was standing there his legs would start to relax and he would then jerk to lock them straight again. LOL! I couldn't bear to leave him in that position any longer and carried him to the house. And, speaking of Nathan.....he's slept through the last two nights. YIPPEE! Actually, none of the kids have had nightmares, and everyone has slept really well. Praise the Lord!
Oh...I have to tell you about the big excitement for the day! Paige was out hanging clothes on the line when she heard some rustling in the chicken yard, then the dogs started barking. She went over and found a fawn trapped inside the fence! She tried to herd it towards the gate, but it was scared, confused, and kept going the wrong way and crashing into the fence. Poor little thing. I heard the commotion and peeked out the window to see her pulling the fence back to give it more open space to escape, but it again ran into the fence. I grabbed the camera and headed out the door to help, and then I see her walking towards the opening, carrying the fawn! It was making this sad bleating noise, but was surprisingly calm as she carried it out into the clearing near the woods where she put it down and it was finally able to run into the woods.
The last few days have been spent playing catch up here. With the bug that was flowing through the house we decided to take the week off school. Now that everyone is feeling back to normal, having that extra time was nice to take care of the loose ends that didn't get done earlier in the week. We were able to complete some much needed cleaning projects, but also play extra games, and rest too. Paige completed knitting a sweet blankie bunny for baby, we have both finished our quilts, and are now each working on a blankie bunny. I'll have photos of the bunnies up soon, and hope to have the quilt pictures up tomorrow. I made the weeks worth of wheat bread today, as well as granola. Both of the dogs got brushed out (it's sticker season here....yuck), and Bri, Leia, and Nathan cleaned sticks out of the yard. I weeded the flower bed, and helped Duane rip some boards that he plans on using to make our upstairs bathroom cabinets (yay!). Paige and I tied up more of our growing tomato plants, then ran to the farm to get milk. Ahhhhh......a LOL! While I was helping Duane Nathan was standing at our campfire chairs, playing and watching. The next thing I know, he's not moving. He had fallen asleep standing at the chair, with his head in his hands on the seat. I thought about getting the camera, but as he was standing there his legs would start to relax and he would then jerk to lock them straight again. LOL! I couldn't bear to leave him in that position any longer and carried him to the house. And, speaking of Nathan.....he's slept through the last two nights. YIPPEE! Actually, none of the kids have had nightmares, and everyone has slept really well. Praise the Lord!
Oh...I have to tell you about the big excitement for the day! Paige was out hanging clothes on the line when she heard some rustling in the chicken yard, then the dogs started barking. She went over and found a fawn trapped inside the fence! She tried to herd it towards the gate, but it was scared, confused, and kept going the wrong way and crashing into the fence. Poor little thing. I heard the commotion and peeked out the window to see her pulling the fence back to give it more open space to escape, but it again ran into the fence. I grabbed the camera and headed out the door to help, and then I see her walking towards the opening, carrying the fawn! It was making this sad bleating noise, but was surprisingly calm as she carried it out into the clearing near the woods where she put it down and it was finally able to run into the woods.
Once she turned around I saw that there was a rip down the whole front of her skirt. Apparently the fawns hoof somehow caught on it as she was putting it down. Her comment, "Well, good thing I was wearing a barn skirt!" LOLOL! As you can see in the photo, she had been out hanging clothes bare-footed. You can also see that the inside of the chicken area is VERY overgrown. She came out of there with thorn scrapes on her legs and feet, and was covered in welts from walking through the stinging nettle. I've been wondering, would *I* have done that, or would I have went into the house to get shoes first, knowing all of the thorns and nettle was there? OR, would I have went to get Duane, since he was home. Well, not her. She didn't even think twice. I love that girl....and she sure loves the country life!
I had more to say, as well as responding to some of your post and answering your questions, but I better run for now. Duane started a campfire outside so we're going to have dinner over the fire! Brats, beans, and sauerkraut. Yum!
Talk to you soon-
Cathy
I had more to say, as well as responding to some of your post and answering your questions, but I better run for now. Duane started a campfire outside so we're going to have dinner over the fire! Brats, beans, and sauerkraut. Yum!
Talk to you soon-
Cathy
Monday, July 26, 2010
Dear Cathy,
You are so sweet!
We are all fine. No one else came down with HFM.
No, never found the contact and my eye was sore until Saturday, I didn't wear contacts again until Sunday. Did I tell you my eye doc office ordered me some new lenses to try that have 'handling tint' so you can see them! Won't that be much better and easier than clear lenses!
I have barn pics to share. I'll do that after breakfast. It's almost done. Mr. Lonnie is coming this afternoon, weather permitting, to finish up the roof and hang the doors!
Sewing... not so much...
Allergies, mine are better. Molly and Nehemiah were fine until they handled the kittens yesterday :(
Molly's birthday was good, I suppose. She's so easy to please... We had some of her photos printed and bought frames for them. I'll take some pictures for you. She now has a 16x20 over each bed and a collage of nine frames with flower pics on the other wall. And one 11x14 photo beside MV's bed. She has one other gift that should come in the mail this week.
Nehemiah is sleeping well. Now if only I could... last night I was awake until after 12:30... couldn't sleep because he was snoring... I finally woke him up and told him he was snoring and he said "I haven't even been asleep yet"! LOL
Molly just went to get Nehemiah dressed and she pulled out a red diaper for him. She didn't say anything about the diaper but he said "Oh red diaper"... :) He's something else....
Normal stuff is good... I like normal... I'm so glad you Mom is willing and able to spend time like that with the girls!
I love your pics! Tell Paige she did a great job. You are a lovely pregnant Mama!! I'm glad for the good report!
LOL on the tub hair!
So you skipped the rx completely? Good call... seems like she didn't need it after all?
Molly told me about the cobbler! Sugar overload?...
Oh, speaking of... Carolita has a Blueberry Bread recipe that is supposed to be fabulous. I haven't made it yet. I'll put it in our cookbook!
I need to have a plan for today... if I don't I just flounder from one thing to the other. Monday is our 'day off' from school.
Talk to you soon!
Love,
Dana
We are all fine. No one else came down with HFM.
No, never found the contact and my eye was sore until Saturday, I didn't wear contacts again until Sunday. Did I tell you my eye doc office ordered me some new lenses to try that have 'handling tint' so you can see them! Won't that be much better and easier than clear lenses!
I have barn pics to share. I'll do that after breakfast. It's almost done. Mr. Lonnie is coming this afternoon, weather permitting, to finish up the roof and hang the doors!
Sewing... not so much...
Allergies, mine are better. Molly and Nehemiah were fine until they handled the kittens yesterday :(
Molly's birthday was good, I suppose. She's so easy to please... We had some of her photos printed and bought frames for them. I'll take some pictures for you. She now has a 16x20 over each bed and a collage of nine frames with flower pics on the other wall. And one 11x14 photo beside MV's bed. She has one other gift that should come in the mail this week.
Nehemiah is sleeping well. Now if only I could... last night I was awake until after 12:30... couldn't sleep because he was snoring... I finally woke him up and told him he was snoring and he said "I haven't even been asleep yet"! LOL
Molly just went to get Nehemiah dressed and she pulled out a red diaper for him. She didn't say anything about the diaper but he said "Oh red diaper"... :) He's something else....
Normal stuff is good... I like normal... I'm so glad you Mom is willing and able to spend time like that with the girls!
I love your pics! Tell Paige she did a great job. You are a lovely pregnant Mama!! I'm glad for the good report!
LOL on the tub hair!
So you skipped the rx completely? Good call... seems like she didn't need it after all?
Molly told me about the cobbler! Sugar overload?...
Oh, speaking of... Carolita has a Blueberry Bread recipe that is supposed to be fabulous. I haven't made it yet. I'll put it in our cookbook!
I need to have a plan for today... if I don't I just flounder from one thing to the other. Monday is our 'day off' from school.
Talk to you soon!
Love,
Dana
Friday, July 23, 2010
Dear Dana....
You have all been on my mind. I am.....
Wondering how Sam is feeling. Hopefully back to normal by now.
Wondering if anyone else came down with the bug, and praying not.
Wondering how your eye is, and if you were able to find your contact.
Wondering how the barn progress is coming.
Wondering how the sewing projects are coming.
Wondering how your allergies are.
Wondering how Molly's birthday went.
Wondering how Nehemiah has been sleeping.
For the most part, we've pretty much been up to 'the normals' here. Cleaning, laundry, farm stuff, schoolwork, etc. My mom made it over to work on that crocheting with Bri for awhile on Tuesday. They had a good time, and she's talking about coming back over again today.
Paige took my 25 week belly pics on Wednesday. I have to say, I've not been good about photos this time, but she's keeping me on my toes. Duane and I went in for my check up yesterday. I think a lot of it is extra fluid, I'm not real thrilled with the weight I'm gaining. I guess the most important thing is that my BP was normal, there was no protein in my sample, and baby measured and sounded great =)
I spent this morning out weeding and hoeing the garden, and I have the blisters to prove it! If I showed Duane, he would tease me about having 'girly hands'. LOL!
Let's see, what else? I cleaned all the hair out of the tub drain this morning.......if you wanted to know that. It's kind of a gross job, but somebody has to do it, right? And, I figured that since hubby doesn't really contribute to that wadded mess, that it's not really fair for him to keep doing it.
Did I tell you that I had Leia in for a strep test yesterday? The doctor thought for sure that it would be positive. In fact, he was SO sure that he wasn't even going to DO the test at first. Imagine his shock when the quick culture came back negative! He wanted me to start treating her anyway, though I told him that I would instead wait to find out what the 72 hour test said before giving her antibiotics. I spoke with Duane last night, and he agreed with that plan as well. She still has the icky, patchy, sore throat today, but after two days of fevers her temperature is finally normal today so I'm encouraged by that. I've been giving her Vitamin C, and I'm getting ready to start a big put of 'Virus Killing Soup' as another boost for her (and everyone elses) immune system now. Today is also bread baking day. Three loaves of wheat, and two of white for Nathan.
Oh, speaking of baking. Did I tell you about our blueberry cobbler? Let's just say that I WON'T be sharing that recipe! LOL! It was TERRIBLY over sweetened. I would say that we could *easily* cut out 2/3 of the sugar in the recipe, though it was so gross that I'm seriously not even sure that I want to try it again! Just the *thought* of it LOL!
Well, I best get hopping! Praying for your family this morning, and sending hugs for all!
Love, Cathy
Wondering how Sam is feeling. Hopefully back to normal by now.
Wondering if anyone else came down with the bug, and praying not.
Wondering how your eye is, and if you were able to find your contact.
Wondering how the barn progress is coming.
Wondering how the sewing projects are coming.
Wondering how your allergies are.
Wondering how Molly's birthday went.
Wondering how Nehemiah has been sleeping.
For the most part, we've pretty much been up to 'the normals' here. Cleaning, laundry, farm stuff, schoolwork, etc. My mom made it over to work on that crocheting with Bri for awhile on Tuesday. They had a good time, and she's talking about coming back over again today.
Paige took my 25 week belly pics on Wednesday. I have to say, I've not been good about photos this time, but she's keeping me on my toes. Duane and I went in for my check up yesterday. I think a lot of it is extra fluid, I'm not real thrilled with the weight I'm gaining. I guess the most important thing is that my BP was normal, there was no protein in my sample, and baby measured and sounded great =)
I spent this morning out weeding and hoeing the garden, and I have the blisters to prove it! If I showed Duane, he would tease me about having 'girly hands'. LOL!
Let's see, what else? I cleaned all the hair out of the tub drain this morning.......if you wanted to know that. It's kind of a gross job, but somebody has to do it, right? And, I figured that since hubby doesn't really contribute to that wadded mess, that it's not really fair for him to keep doing it.
Did I tell you that I had Leia in for a strep test yesterday? The doctor thought for sure that it would be positive. In fact, he was SO sure that he wasn't even going to DO the test at first. Imagine his shock when the quick culture came back negative! He wanted me to start treating her anyway, though I told him that I would instead wait to find out what the 72 hour test said before giving her antibiotics. I spoke with Duane last night, and he agreed with that plan as well. She still has the icky, patchy, sore throat today, but after two days of fevers her temperature is finally normal today so I'm encouraged by that. I've been giving her Vitamin C, and I'm getting ready to start a big put of 'Virus Killing Soup' as another boost for her (and everyone elses) immune system now. Today is also bread baking day. Three loaves of wheat, and two of white for Nathan.
Oh, speaking of baking. Did I tell you about our blueberry cobbler? Let's just say that I WON'T be sharing that recipe! LOL! It was TERRIBLY over sweetened. I would say that we could *easily* cut out 2/3 of the sugar in the recipe, though it was so gross that I'm seriously not even sure that I want to try it again! Just the *thought* of it
Well, I best get hopping! Praying for your family this morning, and sending hugs for all!
Love, Cathy
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Dear Dana....
I mentioned yesterday that my mom made a surprise visit. I didn't know it until I got outside, but my step-dad was with her. They had just come from the huge blueberry patch that they have been visiting all season, with some of their bounty to share. Actually, lots of their bounty to share. Two and a half gallons of freshly picked wild blueberries!
We cleaned blueberries for two and a half hours last night. Of course, we made sure to snack on plenty too. We needed to keep up our energy so we could continue cleaning you know -wink-
I froze 2 gallons last night, and put the rest in the refrigerator with plans of blueberry cobbler, muffins, and pancakes. YUM!
My mom and Ed are talking about bringing the girls out later this week to do some picking of their own. Maybe I can talk them into bringing me too. I'll take all the blueberries we can get! Especially since our strawberry patch was a dud this year, and my mom's raspberries didn't fare any better. I'd love to stock the freezer with berries for the winter, to use in baking and cooking, and I'd *really* love to start making our kefir fruit smoothies for breakfasts again!
Sorry to be so short, but I have to run! While they were here, my mom also surprised us by letting us know that she planned on coming over today to have lunch with us, and work on crocheting a baby hat with Bri. I can't crochet past a chain, and even that is ugly when I'm done! LOL! Bri looks forward to these times with grandma. Actually, all the kids do. Even though they live just 15 minutes away, we really don't get to spend much time with them at all. Anyway, we're trying to get as much school work and clean-up done as possible before she arrives.
Praying you have a blessed day today!
Sending hugs,
Cathy
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