Humble Beginnings

Gardening & Homeschooling Updates

I spent about 2 hours in the garden today.  The kids helped some, but we spent a lot of time weeding and pruning.  The tomatoes have bounced back wonderfully from the frost a few weeks ago.  Some of them looked they were frozen and turned black.  However, there was still life among their stems and leaves and they now look absolutely beautiful.  The Lord truly watches over the gardener (and the garden!).  The pumpkins have also bounced back, which is wonderful as I thought we'd lost all the plants but 3. 

We had a front move through Sunday.  It felt so chilly after all the 80 and 90 degree weather from the week before.  It was around 60 degrees for the high on Sunday and very gusty (or as Winnie the Pooh says, "blustery").  All the plants survived the 40 degree weather Sunday night.  I think all this week we're supposed to have high 70s and 80s weather.  It should be a wonderful week! 

It was so warm today that I made a huge glass of ice water, squeezed a little fresh lime juice in it and added a few crushed up peppermint leaves.  It really hit the spot!

The green beans are still not doing very good.  I've got them all covered and I planted more, but I don't see that they're coming up yet.  Those darn guineas!  By the way, they're "wallowing" in the pumpkins now...**sigh**.  I really need to put up a fence, but hubby's working 6 days a week and the one day he has off he's taking care of a list of other things, etc. 

As for James, we talked some more about people calling him names.  I explained that God made him who he is and that's what's important.  He's exactly who God wants him to be, regardless of what others think.  And, as the Bible says, if God's on our side, who can be against us?  He seemed to relate to that pretty well (I even saw a beautiful smile light up his face).

I'll try to take some pictures of the garden to post later.  All in all, I'd say it was a wonderful day. 

And, James is finishing 2 of his books this week and will only be down to studying his Language Arts program for another 5 weeks (unless he pushes through and finishes earlier).  It looks like we're going to have an early summer!  AND, Lauren (who's in Kindergarten), started reading a 2nd grade book this evening.  That's amazing since she knew her alphabet and sounds in September!  How cool is that?  Isn't homeschooling grand?!!

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{ 07:56 , Friday, May 2, 2008 } { Posted by rildapeel1 }

Father I know James is precious in your sight and loving and a gentle one so I decree and declare that all those who come in contact see him through your eyes and treat him as they want to be. I humbly speak this in love knowing that the words I write will curse or bless and I chose BLESS, for he is so worthy. May he feel your comfort and love so he becomes all you created him to be with overflow. In Jesus' Holy Name! *U* rilda