Carmel Farm

going green today

I have 2 great specials for you today, from Tawra's Living on a Dime (shhsshh, but I think she has lost her mind here, she is nearly giving away all of her books!) click below

and my dear friends the Erskine family, have put together a great gardening and homeschooling package, with a discount for MY friends! you can read about it here

www.pennyraine.com

well that hurt!

I hope most of you were spared that nasty anonymous comment I received earlier. It said that I was greedy. Just in case y'all haven't read from my site, I will share who I am. I am a mother to 8 children, one whom died as an infant. We are a ministry family. We do what we do because God has called us. We are not backed by any "big" church and do not receive a salary. We minister in our own church that we pay the bills for in a poverty stricken community that is dominated by drugs and drug dealers. We minister in the county jail and aty the state prison. We minister to the homeless, hopeless and broken people God puts in our path. My oldest daughter is our worship leader, she spends so much time with the Lord that when she sings you can feel God in the room. I have seen crack addicts delivered and healed during worship. She does not receive a paycheck and neither do we. We do not receive government aid either, we feel that is a trap that all too often keeps people dependant on a hopeless lifestyle. We preach freedom, deliverance and the deep forgiving love of God. We have sacrificed a lot willingly to do what we feel called to do. We love the people we minister to. My children give and give and give, they know what they have is from the Lord. I do some writing and never ask for pay for my articles that are also ministry.

So, why I ask you, why is it wrong for me to sell hundreds of dollars of good materials most of which have been offered to me just for this purpose, by some of the leading homeschool authors, why is it wrong for me to sell these for a super good price, so that I can bless my daughter. How could that possibly be greedy? To that anonymous commenter, I say that your words were hurtful, but I forgive you.

where have I been?

Well in case I didn't tell you, (where HAS my brain been?) our oldest daughter is getting married in May. Big wedding small budget. So we planned this online fundraiser, please please tell your friends.

So, planning that has kept me real busy, planning the wedding and trying to do a big fancy traditional (well minus some of the yucky traditions) wedding at 1/10th of the cost has been a real challenge. And then I have this computer that moves slower than a behemoth, I guess it isn't really that bad it just can't keep up with ME! And let me see, whether I am ready or not, things progress around me. Have a pony due to birth any day. Have a son who will be marrying age soon and I really want to spend time with him, he is such the wonderful son. Trying not to let the others fall by the wayside while I focus on the older one's needs is a challenge. Mercy is reading everything in site and always asking what a word is.

S, where have I been? ya know, just normal everyday life! and mostly at my other blog www.pennyraine.com/blog come see me there too!

fire and focus

there is one thing that slows down my satellite internet

birdfeeders

from the comments:

I don't have any birdfeeders, we have a dozen or so barn kitties and it seems like I would be setting a trap for the birds. I sure would like one though, Ineed to look into kitty-proof feeders. Know of any? 

have I told you?

no sleep

we had bad storms and tornado warnings last night, but didn't feel like it was too bad, until about 1:30 when the wind just about ripped the storm door off the front, we called all the children down to sleep in the living room, I do better with them all in one place, then the power went out, that is normal around here, we have oil lamps,  then is started to get really scary at about 2:30, sounded like whole buildings were bouncing off of each other, worst I have ever heard....... but then it passed and the power came back on at about 5:30, so I finally got about an hour of sleep,

things look ok so far this morning, livestock accounted for

so nice

new beginnings

new picture

we need HAY special

 We are in desperate need this weekend and need to get more hay, there is some available, of course at a higher price but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. So I have a special for you, a very limited time special, you get all 4 of these ebooks which are valued at $7.95 EACH for a package price of $12, I can sell a limited amount of packages, and I am posting this everywhere so move FAST.

you get~~~

our famous chocolate cookbook "The Perfect Cure for Everything- CHOCOLATE" ebook

AND the hilarious "Stories from the Funny Farm" is that a cat sitting on eggs? ebook

AND "The Cowboy 10 Commandments Coloring Book" ebook

AND "My Favorite Horses Coloring Book" Volume 1 ebook

all for the package price of $12

you will be instantly given a download link

confusion

well our weather report today says 40 and sunny, but somebody sure is confused cause the temp is dropping and there is snow AND ice coming out of the sky!

And we are out of hay

that was fun!

A couple nights ago here we had a really bad storm. Lots of feirce winds, rain, and all that. Well, of course the power went out, our power always goes out. But it stayed out for 2 1/2 hours and it was black! We scrambled to get flashlights before the little people panicked, they did great. After a few minutes we had oil lamps lit and everyond was bored. So of course the younger ones got books for the older ones to read aloud. After the power finally came on it was the older ones who said, "that was fun, turn the lights back off".

funny what God will do to bring us to our senses,  huh? 

blogging rabbit trail

dreary day

well I never!

frozen car lock?

keep the water running

don't know if I ever shared this or not, but just in case not, here goes

We have spring water, but the former owners who definitely were NOT rocket scientists, or even remotely related to one, took apart the gravity flow system and installed a pump. (that story is for another post)  Anyway, if the water even gets a small ice chip in it it shuts off the pump then it freezes solid. Well the pump and pressure tank are in a small cinder block enclosure we call the "pumphouse". Of course the not so intelligent former owners tried twelve layers of insulating foam to no avail and the water continually froze. Their loss our gain, it is what made them move back to TX. Our solution? A $20 electric room heater in the pump house, works great! Especially with all that insulation, it is toasty in there!

frazzeled? help is here!

this special has ended, if it becomes available again I will let you know