Blog Name Change
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 08:48 by Mrs. Joseph Wood - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Hello Friends!
The Wood family has a new blog name as you might have noticed. Since we were no longer on property we thought AB-Ranch wasn't an accurate description of where we were at the moment. After much discussion the children came up with this name, "Bought with a price." as a reminder to us that no matter where this journey in life takes us we should remember that we have been bought with a price we are not our own. It is our desire to live each day for His purpose not our own! The children came up with other names and voted on them. The winner, Elisha, gets to make cookies with mommy tomorrow and since Sammy was his helper... Sammy gets to pick which cookies we make! It was fun coming up with a blog name that represents the entire family. We will continue sharing our lives with you and the good work the Father continues to do in our lives. We hope you all know how much you mean to the Wood family. We consider your friendship priceless! If any of you should ever find yourself in Kansas know that we will always have room for you!
Oh, and something that my Joe mentioned the other day.... we use to live in the exact center of CA. Now we live in the center of the United States! Fun!!!
On behalf of the entire Wood family....
Mrs. Joseph Wood
Doctor appt today...
Well I went to the doctor again today. They gave me my b12 and then sent me to the hospital for blood work, a test on my urin, and a ct on my kidneys, gal balder, balder, and tummy.. I have not got the test results back from the ct yet. It will be in the am. However i did get the results back from my blood work. ALL Numbers are down.. They are LOW... And the Urin test came back and I have a infection that came back to high to count.... So i am now on meds for the infection again, on pain pills, on tummy pills, and iron still... We are waiting on the ct result and the doctor said he will go from there. I am wiped out... Bless my doctors heart. He called me back to his office while i was at the hospital after i finished the ct to talk to me about my blood work and urin test... I thanked him to listening to me about how i was feeling and not treating me like I was crazy.. He smiled and said there was NO need to thank him.. And that there is something wrong and that we WILL find out what it is and get me back in shape... For me I have never been one that went to a doctor unless i had to.. So for me to go to the doctor i have to be sick.. I MEAN SICK.. But i will be honest with you.. This doctor has given me a new vision of doctors.. HE is wonderful.. He listens to me. HE takes the time to answer my questions. I am so thankful to God for that..
I want to thank all my friends out there for praying for me.. God is working.. He is good.
god bless
glenda
Gage Park
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 06:05 by Mrs. Joseph Wood - 2 Comments - Post Comment - Link
The Wood family is doing well! I have posted photos above of our trip to the park today. It started to rain and we thought we might have to turn around and go home however, we decided to pray that the Lord would hold off the rain till we were done with our trip. And guess what?!? THE LORD DID JUST THAT! The Lord held off the rain until we got in the car and started out of the park... at that time the rain started coming down in buckets and lasted for hours. The children cheered and thanked the Lord with HUGE smiles! They witnessed the Lord answers prayer! I love moments like this when He builds their faith and let's them know He is listening and cares... even about trips to the park!
Funny moment of the day: Elisha and Timothy were talking about the Ark of the Covenant and its contents. When Timothy informed Elisha that the reason why God had the 10 commandments put in the Ark of the Covenant was because He didn't want Moses to break them again! LOL!!!!!!! Funny how children think of things isn't it?
Have a wonderful week dear friends!
Mrs. Joseph Wood
2 weeks and counting...
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 03:47 by Shari - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
If you've wondered where I've been lately, but perhaps you haven't, we've been crazy busy trying to get the tile done, and the house re-assembled... and I've been recovering (slowly) from being sick... and we're working on being ready to leave home for 3 weeks to go visit Al's family. (you know who you are...) SOOOOOOOOOO.... My "homesteading" right now looks like this: Laundry on the porch, bread from the store, trip over laundry baskets full of canned goods from the pantry that had to be moved, kittens every where (including reports from the girls of a NEW one under our porch last night, but no sighting yet, a chicken who is an escape artist, evidently the grass IS greener on our side of the fence... and dogs who smell, shall I say... FOUL!!! Too many ealry trips to the lake for them, I think! Our garden is suffering from lack of H2O as the hose that was watering it is now running the washer (gotta pick your battles) but I did get to eat a few small carrots from the garden yesterday that were great!!
We're also talking big about our plans for AFTER the vacation... Paint colors for one. All neutral. It's like a decorating version of let's make a deal... or poker, I'm not sure which... I'll see you your white ceilings, if you raise me olive green walls in the loft, and paprika stair treads. Wide trim, or stick with what we've got (stickin' by the way...) today we chose a cabinet finish (my super handy hubby is going to re-finish the functional, but ugly cabinets we have to give me the awesome but far too pricey look I love at Lowes...) Countertops, backsplashes, floors, freezers, dishwashers, lighting. I guess 6 months was as long as we could live somewhere without a re-modeling project. BUT so far we're way keeping the cost down, so I feel pretty good about it. Also we're discussing homeschool plans for the girls, and possible college plans for me. There's talk of garden re-working, and adding more space for next year. Rain barrels, and building Al's shop. Terracing the hillside under the powerline, and creating an orchard... A BILLION and ONE things. If you want to check out how the floor is coming hit my Home to Gilead blog, I posted a Pic or two over there today... Things are crazy as usual, and I really wouldn't have it any other way. Gotta Run! Peace~
Shari
Rain!
Posted on 7-8-2008 at 02:15 by Forget-Me-Not Homestead - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
"God created rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done."
I'm not sure who said this, but it certainly has been true for me this week!
Peace and blessings, Kim 
A must read for everyone! An EMP attack
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 05:57 by TheIntentionalPeasant - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
This was brought to my attention by "faithfarm". Its a very frightening yet very real possibility. I pray everyone will take a moment and read this article. Here is an excerpt from it.
"EMP is one of a small number of threats that can hold our society at risk of catastrophic consequences," the report said. "EMP will cover the wide geographic region within line of sight to the nuclear weapon. It has the capability to produce significant damage to critical infrastructures and thus to the very fabric of U.S. society, as well as to the ability of the United States and Western nations to project influence and military power."
The major impact of EMP weapons is on electronics, "so pervasive in all aspects of our society and military, coupled through critical infrastructures," explained the report.
"Their effects on systems and infrastructures dependent on electricity and electronics could be sufficiently ruinous as to qualify as catastrophic to the nation," Lowell Wood, acting chairman of the commission, told members of Congress.
The commission report went so far as to suggest, in its opening sentence, that an EMP attack "might result in the defeat of our military forces."
"Briefly, a single nuclear weapon exploded at high altitude above the United States will interact with the Earth's atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetic field to produce an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) radiation down to the Earth and additionally create electrical currents in the Earth," said the report. "EMP effects are both direct and indirect. The former are due to electrical systems, and the latter arise from the damage that 'shocked' – upset, damaged and destroyed – electronics controls then inflict on the systems in which they are embedded. The indirect effects can be even more severe than the direct effects."
The EMP threat is not a new one considered by U.S. defense planners. The Soviet Union had experimented with the idea as a kind of super-weapon against the U.S.
"What is different now is that some potential sources of EMP threats are difficult to deter – they can be terrorist groups that have no state identity, have only one or a few weapons and are motivated to attack the U.S. without regard for their own safety," explains the commission report. "Rogue states, such as North Korea and Iran, may also be developing the capability to pose an EMP threat to the United States and may also be unpredictable and difficult to deter."
Graham describes the potential "cascading effect" of an EMP attack. If electrical power is knocked out and circuit boards fried, telecommunications are disrupted, energy deliveries are impeded, the financial system breaks down, food, water and gasoline become scarce.
As Kyl put it: "Few if any people would die right away. But the loss of power would have a cascading effect on all aspects of U.S. society. Communication would be largely impossible. Lack of refrigeration would leave food rotting in warehouses, exacerbated by a lack of transportation as those vehicles still working simply ran out of gas (which is pumped with electricity). The inability to sanitize and distribute water would quickly threaten public health, not to mention the safety of anyone in the path of the inevitable fires, which would rage unchecked. And as we have seen in areas of natural and other disasters, such circumstances often result in a fairly rapid breakdown of social order."
"American society has grown so dependent on computer and other electrical systems that we have created our own Achilles' heel of vulnerability, ironically much greater than those of other, less developed nations," the senator wrote. "When deprived of power, we are in many ways helpless, as the New York City blackout made clear. In that case, power was restored quickly because adjacent areas could provide help. But a large-scale burnout caused by a broad EMP attack would create a much more difficult situation. Not only would there be nobody nearby to help, it could take years to replace destroyed equipment."
Link to article in its entirety is below:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69056
Sick
Well the littles are all feeling much better thankfully! But last night I started getting real sick. I feel like I was smacked by a truck. LOL I'm hoping this finishes quickly!!
I had planned to start our schooling back up next week. The kids (and Momma  ) can't wait to dive into the new books! But I would like to get somewhat caught up on the house work first. Also get my lesson plans in order so we aren't just floating along.
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