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Happy Thanksgiving !

I wanted to stop in this mornin and tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving !!!!

We have alot to be thankful for today, I hope that everyone has a blessed day filled with love and the company of family and friends. May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Blessings

Linda

Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 9:18 AM

Praying for the Lord's Perfect Will

Well after 2 weeks our landlord came and told us her son and daughter in law are seperated and getting divorced. One will get the land the trailer we are renting is on , so she wanted us to know , so if we wanted to we could look for another place to live or we could wait it out as she put it.... So here we are wondering why we feel that we should move soon , when we just got here. I can say that I have sorted through alot of stuff and gotten rid of much. Still going through thngs more today.

I am asking for prayers from all of you , that the Lord would show us where to go and what to do and I am asking that if any of you know of a place for rent that would allow us to keep my goats, well let us know ok...

We would like to stay in TN but that isnt manditory if the Lord shows us to go elsewhere to live.

My girls live in AL with my 4 grandchildren now being 4 hours from me finally, so I would like to stay in driving distance from them if I can.

We will the money to move, so just let us know if you know of a place and if you have contact info on it that we can call or go look if it is in TN, let us know.

Not stressed, just blessed to be His

Linda

Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM

Wishing I had more time to post here to ya'll

We are living here in Linden, or should I say south of Linden. Its beautiful here in fall but boy it sure feels more like winter already. Tonights low is 15 and we have been 2 weeks with no furnace due to the electrical fire in it . We have rented a 14x60 2 bedroom 2 bath. Now imagine me trying to sort through all the stuff that we brought with us from our 2200 sq ft house, after getting rid of half of it. We only brought our beds and my sewing stuff and my soap stuff and my homeschool stuff, crib, changing table, porta crib, high chair, fold up tables and 2 folding chairs, 2 bins of toys that were left of the girls ( baby dolls and tea set, little people house and farm, noahs ark and play set.) All the bathroom, kithen stuff and what food I could bring with us. I am sorta set on baking supplies for a month maybe less and it seems that I only run low on milk and meat, potatoes and those things that come from a garden. Since we were moving we didnt really plant a huge garden as we wouldnt be there to can things. We left for TN Aug. 2nd. I did have meat in the freezer but it was not able to travel down with us , what I tried to bring spoiled on the way down though packed good. Yes I brought my electric sewing machine and serger and vacume and our computers. ( 2 desktops and one laptop with wifi capabilities)

Well the point is we thought we were coming down with less and yet in the RV and in this smaller home it seems like alot of stuff. So what is really needed anyways ? Well as I sort through it all much is going in boxes to be sold. To raise money for other needed things. ie. land, cabin or small home, wood cookstove. After all that was the idea, to move here and eventually get land and homestead more then we had been in NY. Somehow living the countrylife no longer seems like homesteading once you have visited many here that life off the grid and have built their own home, rustic as they are, they are home and boy they seem nice to me. What is life all about anyways ? Was it about nice rooms with painted and papered walls ? Was it about having a nice bathroom with all the fixtures and such ? No, it is nice to see an outhouse now with paper holder, a light in there and ya know what ? copies of countryside and a real toiet seat !!!! Fancy huh !!!!

Some here have solar, some are living no electric substitute at all and each encourages us to strive toward whatever the Lord tells us is for us to do and each gives "My use to be DH who said we will never go non-electric and we will never live like the Amish" A new vision for our lives. The first goal was to live on what money we do have or can make and live on less or with less. Unless it can make you more money or serves a purpose that is useful, it has no real value here. ( I will admit I have my country tins, crock, and rooster things with me, but they serve a purpose too. My rose bowl and pitcher and my tea set will be used not just sit on a shelf for looks anylonger. Here DH has a shed to keep his tools in and we can keep our goats here. All the new ways are blessings and those we meet are the best blessings in our new life here in Linden TN. The likemindedness is in the fact that Jesus died for each of us and though we are each different in our degree of living the life of plain and simple living, we are all sharing the fact that Jesus died for us to save our souls.

Wensday night we attended a local sing, the glorious sound of our blended voices while we blend our lives in friendship I am sure is the most wonderful thing to the Lord God.

Blessed to be in His Child

Love

Linda

Faithful Acres Homestead

Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 11:28 AM

We have a home !!!!

Well here we are...... Let me first say that moving or making the move does not come without trials....lol

Ya, now I can laugh about things but I can tell you that I wasn't laughing when they did happen.

Everyone is looking for thier perverbial " Garden of Eden" here on earth and or heaven on earth

to live peacably while we wait for the Lord's return. Perhaps if our little homestead was in heaven

we would all be happy and content right ?

While we found a 2 bedroom mobile home, 2 bathrooms 14 x 60. In the country of course.

The girls are happy the landlords daughter has 2 horses pastured out here behind our place.

They are ok with us having our goats and fencing in an area for them here. We have a nice sized

porch to sit out on , so that is good . Have to watch out for the fire ant hills but that is part of TN.

OK so for the trials.... The Second night we had a electrical fire in the furnace, house was filling with smoke

we got out and tried to wake up neighbours and no luck. Well the guy up the road was up shotting cyottes

so he called the landlord for us. We aired out the house and then slept well , after the landlord brought us space heaters to use.

What a House Warming !!!

Linda

Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 11:07 AM

OK so I have been discriminated against

Well the house we were to rent we are not getting. As the landlord put it ' I am sorry I would rather rent to a two income household".... So here we are still living in the RV and doing ok for the most part. We did go to see another house in Lobelville, nice lady has it, only thing is the family who was living there needs to come get their things out still. Lordwilling we will be able to rent that house this week and finally have a house to live in and rent till we buy our own land and such.

Yes it made me angry that someone would think me as a stay at home mom , with a goat business, rental income and wanting to do more than that would be considered not having an income, mind you I get a small pension of my own and the kids SSI and Mark has his SSD. So where were we lacking income I am not truely sure. I am just glad the new lady thought us to be good for tenants for the other house and it is nice too.

Sept 23rd, 2008 we made it to purebred statis with our mini nubians. We finally have 6th gen stock that are the first registered purebred mini nubians in the US. We have 2 bucks and 1 doe that Magnolia gave birth to that morning. I am thinking she may be rebred already as Reuben had to be kept in with her this whole time and they say that a doe can be receptive for the first 24 to 36 hours after giving birth...Have any of you heard that about goats ?

I will let you all know if we actually get the house...

Blessings

Linda

Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM

Update on Us: Oct 9th 2008

Well here I am going on my second week in AL, I never even thought I would get here to visit my daughter, much less be here this long.
Mark is in NY getting out stuff and bringing it back to Linden this week coming up and then coming down to get the children and I and take us home so to say to Linden. We are staying out on Old Hwy 13 in our RV while we wait for the house we want to rent for the winter to become available. Mr. Sam and his wife Daine are nice christian folks and rent us the space next to his matianance mans place and I can keep my goats there with me too. They homeschool and just are the sweetest folks to us. The Lord was good to lead us to meet them and them let us stay there till we get a real home for the winter. ( Lady who is to be our landlord had to evict the lady who lives there out for non payment, so we had to wait a month or so longer to get the home. Should be Nov 2nd or 12th , time will tell.) Lordwilling we will be living in Lobelville in a nice Doublewide with a wood burning fireplace in the Livingroom, Screen Porch on the one end and porches front and back, very private area also.
Living in the RV for 9 weeks, wasnt what we had planned but the Lord provided it and so we are using it as our home till he gives us another one. Being down here without Mark arround is not an exsperience I enjoy. Things with my own daughter are far different then the way we live or what we desire for our own children. My granddaughters go to Head Start Daily and other things just sorta get to me, but I am biding my time till we go home. My own children miss having a home to live in, the adventure at times has been fun, but at times very trying on us.
The goats are living in the stock trailer and I have no fence for them and of all things were in Town. The trains at night are too many and too noisey that is for sure, traffic is alot here too near 78. If I had a way to get back to Linden, I would go now. Small town living in the country is more my speed that is for sure. The goats are doing well. Magnolia kidded with triplet purebred 6th gen mini nubian babies, 2 bucks and 1 doe. I only have their dam and a non related buck now. My buck won 1st place in intermediate bucks on MDGAs Virtual show online, so I am pleased with him and my new kids too. Only thing is Mark would rather I sold them and that we didnt have animals till we have our own land. I am a bit heartbroken over that but I am not arguing. They should be in a barn and on pasture and not in town ! I did sell two to a lady in TN up in Cunningham, she is so pleased with them and I am so happy to have her have them on her farm.

Please pray for Marks traveling mercies and safe return with out things in the RV and in a trailer he is hauling. Pray it ,keeps running and brings him safely home.

Also pray for us , we need a vechile that our family can drive to the store and such after we get settled or before, have not found one yet. Truck or mini van or reg van would do, with towing capabilites. So we dont need to drive the RV everywhere we go.

I cannot wait to settle, get back to "normal life" baking , cooking , sewing, and spending time with my best friend and sweetheart.

Faith 6 and Hope 5 are so wanting a home. Daniel is 8 months old growing like a well fed calf and he just seems to be a happy baby. He wasnt too happy cutting teeth this week. He now has 4 , 2 top and 2 bottom.
Would you believe he just fits into 18 months clothing. He is tall and heavy.

Well I am tired and needing to get to bed. I hope all is well in your homes and I can't wait to meet those of you nearby home when I get there.
Debi, its near your not far away and thank you for letting me know what is up with in the neighbourhood.

Love and blessings to all
Linda

Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 11:06 PM

Anyone know where Christine Duncan is ?

Deanna anyone ? Where has she gone to ? Did they move to TN to stay yet ?
Christine you out there ?

Its Me Linda
Will be back in Linden in a week or so , visiting my daughter in AL right now.

Blessings to ya
Linda

Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 5:45 PM

Farmsitting in Gainesboro TN and Update on Us

We arrived here after dark on Monday August 4th, we pretty much drove straight through with Mark doing all the driving of our RV with the Horse trailer on the back. We had our tiny mishaps but we are here and well, as are the goats.
I can say one thing for TN, there isn't anything flat about this state at all and it is beautiful with its mountains and
deep revenes with rivers and creeks running through them. I think so far I love TN and only pray that Yeshua allows the
brakes to hold up on the RV and that we can find a home to call our own in the near future. We are farmsitting for
a family that has made a long trip to Isreal for 3 months. Please pray for the Varelas , Emily is due to have a baby
in Oct arround the 21st while there. This will be 8 children for them. We are farmsitting till they return arround Nov 4th and
then we are planning to move to Perry County TN near to some friends there. Here we are caring for 33 goats, mostly of the boer cross and one Sannan doe. 12 yearling cattle , 20 something chickens, 6 Ginny Hens, 2 Great Pyrenese LGD's, one Benji type Mutt and 4 cats and 4 kittens. (Plus my own 4 goats I brought with me) Making the trip with me are
Magnolia ( who is due in Sept) Manessah my doe from Magnolia, who will be due in Dec., Levi my buck from Magnolia and Rueben my non related line buck sire and dam were from WI. All made a good trip and no one stressed at all.

I think the only thing I won't be able to get use to here in the South is Cock Roaches, any hints tips on riding the house of them would be appreaciated greatly.... We are using Boric Acid and Combat Roach Gel thus far.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM

We are here in TN

Well here we are in Jackson County TN. We are farm sitting for a family here till Nov 4th of this year.
We came down in our RV that we got from a friend for not alot and it made it here, might need new brakes now but were here and that is what matters. The Lord has brought us here sooner then we had thought but we are
having some wonderful fellowship and learning alot.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 9:33 PM

Home for Sale in Red Creek, NY

Large Country Home in Red Creek, NY
2.4 acres with garage/barn, used as barn.
2200 sq ft 5 Bd 1 Ba
Den/Family room, Kitchen,
Formal Diningroom , Livingroom
Property is surrounded by woods and cornfields
Seperate trailer pad for mobile on property behind garage with seperate driveway and all utilities
there for hookup to another home.
1/2 mile to town and schools.
Close to stores, 15 miles to nearest Walmart 3/10 of mile to Gas station/Diner
4/10ths mile to Doctors offices. 23 miles to Hospitals
Churches in area are : Independent Baptist, Baptist, Methodist
Catholic, Elim, and others, Also Mennonite Churches in area.
Mennonite Bulk grocery and Fabric Store 5 miles from the house.
**** HOMESCHOOL FRIENDLY*****
Asking $79,900 or best offer
Call Janice Pollock at Sun Harvest Realty (315) 626-2277

Blessings
Linda Finn
Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM

Update on Us, Open Letter and a Thank You...

I know that it has been months since I really wrote on my blog to let you all know what is happening in our lives here. I was and am so grateful to my many good friends on here who sent clothing for Daniel before he was born and who have prayed for us faithfully. God is faithful ! So much has happened since Daniel was born, some very good , some troubling and not all that great, but still the Lord will continue to provide for our needs here. Some of you know that Mark and I married in 2001 and that I have older children, Amanda 25, Brittany 21, Wesley 18, Michael 15. In April due to Brittanys claims my older children all moved back to NH to be near Brittany and help her with getting her son Issac back and I will be bluntly honest here, she had left NY and gone to live with a friends mom, so we were told. She had plans to supposidly go into the service (which I am not a supporter of for ovious reasons, she is a young woman and a mamma too). Well she called claiming that this lady was stealing her son... far from the truth... She had signed over guardianship of Issac to this couple we learned. Well other lies were told and we learned the truth. Pray for her ok , she has issues to deal with and needs to learn from her mistakes. My grandson is healthy, well cared for and a delight to all who know and love him. I wish I had a recent picture to post here. Pray for his young life and for his future.
Suffice it to say there has been much that I would rather not had to deal with. The lies, the deciet, the whole sorted story, but as the bible says, you will reap what you sew. My son's left us to go to NH in rebellion, lacking true obedience and this troubled me but they are learning, least Wesley is from this who thing. In just a few short months Amanda has gotten herself a job, an appartment and her girls are in daycare currently while she works to provide them a home. She has found a good church and made friends.
She pays her own way and works hard to do it. (not to sounds like i am on one side, but this is more then my 21 year old has done since December when she ran from NY state and CPS. ) I was angry with her for months, part of me is still upset over the lies told and the things done to get her own selfish way. But perhaps the Lord has used it all to protect Issac from any harm.

Publically, I want to thank Christine and Mike for caring for Issac, he is well cared for , fed and clothed and growing up healthy and it is Christine that most likely rocks my grandson to sleep each night and wakes to his cries , when I wasn't allowed to do so myself when Brittany fled NY. I am grateful for the Lord making sure that Issac is a happy healthy baby.
I am grateful for the thousands of dollars this couple has spent to care for my grandson, for the trials they have endured to make sure he was safe and well. For the compassion you have shown to my other children, Amanda, Wesley and Michael after they moved there and for your letting them see
Issac, even on days Brittany didnt have visitation. For your kindness to offer them advantages in many areas, even if they haven't taken them at times. I know that Amanda and Wesley are grateful for your kindness.
You know you cannot always make kids listen to what you know is right, but
we can all pray and the Lord will move in the lives of children who are not totally obedient to parents. Some will suffer from what they have done and reap what they sew and the others will take heed to what was said and do right. I am not sure how else to Thank You enough for all you have done.

As for my ex husband, someday you will see the truth and someday you will stand as all of us before the Lord and all will be known, you will know who has used you and who your true daughter was and is.... You will know that the truth is like you saw it for a short time. And I am so sorry for all the hurt that Brittany has caused in your heart, but she has only done what you allowed her to do and been the spoiled child you made her to be. You only listen to me when its to your advantage it seems, but I haven't lied to you when it came to our daughter. Does that mean I don't love her ? No , I love her, but I know that God will deal with her on his terms and in his way and I pray for her but she has to fall on her face before him first. Self is a horrible religion. You and Brittany have issues to deal with that no drink or drug or anything will heal without the Lord. But here in I can only pray for you both. I think you need to rebuild the bridges you are burning...

Well, not having Michael here with us meant being 1200.00 less in income to the household, but I can sure tell you it meant more peace here and it has meant freedom from being under the thumb of or eye of my ex husband.
You know, I love Michael with all my heart, but he too is rebellious with his mouth and actions to me when here and I wouldn't tolerate this with my little ones learning fast the ways he was exhibiting. So at 15 , he is on his own at your house, truely on his own due to his selfish pride and rebellion.
Love doesn't mean being threatened or having your stuff broken or putting up with kids threatening to hit you.. laughing at your when you tell them they are wrong for being sinful.

Wes, all can say is " don't kick anything harder then your foot " Just get rid of what has offended you, well it is true that children shouldn't rebuke parents, often what you say has truth to it and parents can listen and learn from children. I am just glad I wasn't there to deal with your father, cause I would have probably done to him what he did to me for years and
took retribution for your sister Amandas honor. Always stand on the side of truth cause the Lord will be there to protect you from those who are doing the evil...

So where are we now.... Poorer but better off. We still have our home here in Red Creek, have food for now and bills are currently paid up. I have lost the trailer, am loosing the house in Canastota, but somehow there is peace in all of it. Mark started a parttime job at McDs and we'll get less or no food stamps if he is able to work the job in the heat, not good with his meds and risk of heatstroke. Prayer appreciated for his health while at work.
I have sold goats to have money for food, bills ect, putting most of it into those things and not into goats or feed. But the Lord has provided for the goats left here for me to have on the farm and our chickens. I switched to a lesser cost feed and got some hay in for them to last till hay is cut here this year. I will be cutting back on things I own to simplify our lives and we have moved the children and us downstairs, so as not to have to heat the upstairs this coming winter as propane was outragious, what was normally 2800 for the winter was 3900.00 so I am still paying 1100.00 over the summer for heat we used in winter, due to the high cost of it. Gas here is 4.09 per gallon for reg unleaded and Milk is about the same.

Not sure what that says for this country or the billions we spend on war.
Only the Lord knows where it is all going and where it will end....
As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord , not the god of stuff, the god of self or the god of war. Thousands are starving, dying and in need of a saviour... well we call killing others humane and the right thing to do.
True Freedom is in the Lord, comes from him and only him, not from fighting a war and " winning" . We have won nothing , when our borders are open to those who would come and do more killing and the standard of life and living goes down , not up... IMHO, this nation will not prosper, we are going the wrong way currently... Lord help us to see truth in what is happening...

Oh well for what is it is worth , that is my opinion, maybe not well liked one but hey freedom of speech is still that here in the US.

Saddened by alot of things, but Thankful for so much more
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Things I am thankful for:
God, Jesus who is God's Son and God himself
Salvation
My Faith that the Lord gave me
My Bible
My Husband who loves me
My children who love me and say so
My Family
My Friends in real life and online, cause most online are real and true friends to me
My Home
My Food to eat
My clothing to wear
My Goats , Chickens and Dog
My Health
Trials that make my faith stronger and build me into the woman the Lord wants me to be.

Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 4:00 PM

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Still able to get Hay, for now... certified organic hay

Well I feel blessed that this year we found a couple not too far away, actually closer to Toni's house then my own, but we both got some very nice hay from Bella and Ted. They raise certified organic Herford and Angus Beef cattle and she also raises white tailed deer and has a totally white deer that is not albino at all...so totally awesome. A fox got her chickens recently, so she has one left and needs to get more sometime.

They are delivering another 40 bales of hay to me tonight, praying it doesn't rain, but boy it looks like it will.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM

Us

Linda 44, Mark 47
Faith 5, Daniel 4 months, Hope 4

Well I thought you might like to see us here at home.
This picture was taken in april when Daniel was 3 months old.
Would you believe that his hair is now blonde with a hint of red
highlights.... He is just the sweetest baby !

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM

Bandit

Well speaking of new additions to the family, before I forget... Bandit came to live here Sunday May 25th on my 44th bday. He is a black lab puppy, he is 5 months old, fixed and has all his shots, he came with a crate he is trained to and all the needed things for a puppy. We adopted him from a lady not far away as she was going back to work and had not enough time to devote to the dog with 3 children and working outside the home.

Bandit

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 6:55 PM

Love and Prayers for Marilyn

As most of you I was quite taken by shock that Marilyn's Dear Husband had passed on.
I wish to exspress my sincere love and hugs and prayers for her and her family during this
time of change in their own lives. The Lord be with you, make his face to shine upon you and
give you peace and comfort today and in the days to come. I will as you said never take a day for
granted. My own DH has a blood disorder ITP, He is mentally ill and has Asthma and an enlarged left ventrical wall of his heart. I am not sure what I would do without him arround. He is in college right now and it is hard to
not have him here physically , it is another one of those changes we are going through. He is having a hard time
of it as the reading is hard on his eyes,even with new glasses. So , I try to help where I can and will never assume that tomorrow he will be here with me.

Reminds me of a country song, " If tomorrow never comes" I surely know that Mark loves me, I just need to focus on that during the harder times of life and Let the Lord handle the rest.

Love to you Marilyn
Linda

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:41 AM

Changes

Well as of this weekend coming up, my Oldest Daughter, Two Granddaughters and my two oldest sons, will be moving to NH to live with or near their dads. This for the first time in 7 years leaves Mark and I with only our own children at home. This is a good thing given the issues we were having with the boys. I also learned that my daughter in NH is exspecting a baby in Sept.

My children are Amanda 25, Brittany 21, Wesley 18, Michael 15 who will be in NH now.

At Home are Faith 6 in Aug, Hope 5 in Oct and Daniel who is now just over 2 months old.

(who is wearing 6-9 months size clothing already, he is a big baby boy !)

Does anyone have any clothing in Daniels size or larger sizes ? I could use sleepers and Onsies and outfits. Also a spring/summer jacket. Anything would be a blessing.

I am asking due to our income household wise going down by 1200.00 a month with no child support coming in for the boys.

I am still waiting on Angelina to kid, she is the only one left to kid still. I have sold several of my goats

Melani with a buck kid, Cowkid, Francis and Judah have all been sold. Daniel buck goat is also sold to a lady in PA. I have still here on our homestead Magnolia with two of her kids Levi a buck and Manessah a doe. Lucien Breeder buck and his buckling son Rueben. Joyful Spirit came back to live with us as she was malnurished and in need of individual attention and feedings, she is getting better daily. Well Angelina

will kid soon and we are praying for does. In a month I was able to bring in 600.00 by selling goats, another 100 when Daniel is picked up. So bills got paid and food purchased for us in the coming week or so.

I am saving eggs for a friend who lets teachers at the public school hatch them and then she will bring me back the buff chicks to raise for egg layers, this will work out quite nicely for me.

Prayers appreciated.

Love and Blessings

Linda

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM

Update on Us

I am here tonight writing to let you know that we are alive here in NY. Daniel is 2 months old and such a big boy. He is 12 lbs now and growing. He is nursing so good and he is such a joy to me. My goats are doing well. I am waiting for Angelina to kid still, should be anytime in next two weeks. I have bucks here for sale. Francis Mini Nubian Buck, 4th gen, he is over the standard height now , he is 34 inches. Asking 150 or best offer. Judah Mini Nubian buckling, 5th gen, he is tri color and very pretty, nice long ears. Asking 150. Daniel Mini Nubian buck, 5th gen , nice long ears and he is buckskin with brown and black. Asking 150.

We are doing well, been sick on and off with viruses but I am managing to get more done here lately.

Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 10:34 PM

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Sweet Country Sisters and Fat Quarter Swap

Ladies, due to my MIL dying of Chrosis , she is not doing well and we don't know how long she has left, I am going to put this off for a few weeks. I will keep all your info and let you know when I can do this ok. With this and Daniel and my home to tend to I feel a need to wait on this for now. Prayer for Mark as he is doing college, working a job, trying to help her, has been staying with her and caring for her, being this is his mom, it is hard on him. We are praying that he will be home again soon and I would love your prayers for his return to our family soon. The children and I really miss and need him.

Love
Linda

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 11:53 PM

Last call for anyone wanting to do the Fat Quarter Swap or Sweet Country Sisters

I am in the process of printing out the information for us to do the above two things, please feel free to join us by sending your information to me this week. Blessings Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 10:58 PM

Home and Feeling Blessed !

Unfortunately right now I have not got time to write out Daniels birth story, but I wanted everyone to know that we are here at home. They allowed us to come home before 48 hours old and although we were not home in time for Manolias kidding she has a lovely set of triplets she is raising up. She had 2 bucks and 1 doeling. I will try to post pictures of Daniel and of the triplets soon , Lordwilling. Daniel was born 1/30/08 at 8:21 pm. He weights 9 lbs 4 ozs and is 21 1/2 inches long. His head circumference is 14 3/4 inches and his chest is 14 inches. He is a very allert baby when not sleeping loves to look arround and see everything. He has dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. I want to thank each of you who prayed for us.
I went in to the hospital at 2am and was admitted at 3:08 am, it was a longer labor then I anticipated but it was a more natural one for us. I did have an epidural but not untill I was almost 7 cm dialated. This was due to anestiologist being tied up down in the OR till that time. I had my DH Mark and my wonderful MIdwife there with me and some really great nurses as well took fine care of us while we were there. I want to thank My dear friend Toni Pavo here, who came at a phone call to my home, to help Magnolia with kidding. My son Wesley was here for the first two buck kids being born, but Toni arrive in time to pull a breach birthed doeling who was the last to be born. Magnolia and her kids are doing fine.
Daniel and I are doing fine also, other then my being a bit tired right now.

Love in Jesus
Linda

Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM

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Fat Quarter Swap for Feb, Sweet country Sisters and Friday Sale ,Trade, Barter Day

I wanted to encourage everyone to come over to The Country Homemakers Journal Blog and see what fun things will be starting in February.

I have listed the following things there:

Friday Sale, Trade or Barter Day List of my own.

February's Fat Quarter Quilters Swap

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I hope that each of you will prayerfully think about joining me in
this wonderful clean and fun way of blessing eachother. so many
of you have blessed me recently, I wanted to add some fun things to my blogs
and to my list on yahoo groups. Please stop over and also stay tuned for our
Baby Daniels upcoming Birth Announcement.

Love
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 6:54 PM

2 cm dialated , cervix is thinning out, but I am at home again...Sigh

Well I am doing better this time, I am only 2 days late thus far and already at 2cm, beats a week late and still not getting much of anywhere. Least now she says I can have my water broke and do on from there when I am ready.
Dr Druff the OB Dr in the office doesnt like to induce less your 41 weeks along...figures a Dr gets to choose what you and your midwife do. So I will be patient and wait it out. I am tired and in need of a nap.

Please pray the goats will kid today or tonight and that perhaps I will go tomorrow after Mark gets back from college arround lunch time. Both of my does are all bagged up and complaining with being heavy with kids. Its time for everyone to have their blessings here !!!

Prayer Changes Things and I can tell the Lord has heard your prayers on my behalf as I am doing very good midwife says.

Love
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 2:03 PM

Update This Morning

Well I spent lastnight with contractions every 10 mins and then thought maybe my water broke a slight bit. (smells sweet ) Nothing more since then other then back ache to some extent and contractions. Anyhoo, this morning I had a slight pink/tan tinge and am feeling rather tired. I suffered a miserable headache all yesterday afternoon and lastnight. Only time it seemed to go away some was after I had that small amount of fluid leak . This morning no reg contractions but some rear pressure and feeling tired, so here I am taking it easy till I have to leave to go see the midwife at the office. Well I guess this morning I will see Emily to get checked and if midwife is needed she will be called, she was up all night bless her soul with another lady in labor. Emily is PA-C Physicians Assistant (something). not sure what that C is for but she is nice and is good at what she does. She was checking me after the OB lady Dr I had moved out of state, till the midwife came to work at their office. In a while we will get the girls up and get ready to leave for my appt.

Keep us in your prayers that I am farther dialated and able to go have daniel soon. I am feeling better headache wise, took something for it and its mostly gone. I did eat 2 eggs and toast this morning, Mark cooked for me as I was feeling so tired, even a bit dizzy at times. Shhh , don't let Mark or my boys hear that or they will say it is a blonde thing, not that my hair is any longer blonde mind ya, its light brown but I use to color it years ago... You know some men anything that will get a rise out of ya and make them laugh a bit.

Love in Jesus
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 8:33 AM

Appt tomjorrow with midwife at 10:45am / Does Bagged up and readying for kidding.

Well tomorrow is my next appt with the midwife and we will see if I am any farther dialated and if we can have Daniel this week , she says we'll make a plan and try not to go too much further over. Tomorrow I am 2 days later then when I was due to have Daniel. Prayers appreciated on my behalf that I would be farther dialated and able to have the baby. I am tired moreso lately, so I would look forward to having him and getting to care for him and relax more. Somehow we seem to have caught another virus , cold intestinal thing, not as bad as lasttime though, seems to have a sore throat with it.

Well my Does are bagged up too and I am not sure what is taking them so long to kid, they were due this week also for the most part. I am glad to finally see them both bagged up udder wise. I am praying they will kid tonight so that I dont have to worry about them kidding this week if I am in the hospital.

Well I am off to bed. I did have my oldest daughter and two granddaughters here for a day and a half so that was nice to see them and get to spend time with them, it is too bad I was so tired. Today I also updated Marks computer with windows XP that I bought years ago, he needed this to do online classes for college. I worked on that and other things on his computer for him all morning, so I was busy.

I did make a lap blanket for my midwife that is pink with pink roses and breast cancer ribbons on it, seemed womanly appropriate and lovely gift to give her for being there with me, she is such a sweet lady and she is so good with my girls too.

God Bless each of you this night and thank you for your prayers and love to me.

In Him
Linda

Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 9:38 PM