• Sunday, May 24, 2009 - update on family and farm
I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything. We have just been busy and as far as homesteading goes there has not been a lot of that going on. Things has just really been a mess here on the farm and I really just don`t have the heart to farm anymore. I know things have to change but when things happen and your dreams get shot. We have decided not to raise a garden this year. We sold our cattle. Finally got the hog butchered and in hopefully in about another month the steer will be butchered. I can say my freezer is full. I thank the Lord for that. I am working on my flower beds but really haven`t gotten into it like I have in the past. I am going back to homeschooling Sammy next school year and I told Hannah, she has one year at the middle school. If it doesn`t work out she will be going to a Christian School. I really haven`t even been in the mood to sew. I do have a project I would like to finish. Hopefully I can get started back on it. Well anyway I just wanted to let you all know what has been going and why I haven`t been on here lately. I am going to go and catch up on some blogs that I have missed reading.
It has been a while since I posted anything. Guess there hasn`t been all that much going on. Just waiting on Spring to arrive. I am so ready for it. I am ready for planting time. This year I am going to raise a big garden. My mom is going to go in with me, so we both will be canning from it. I hope I have as much luck with my garden this year as last year. Sure kept me busy. But we are enjoying it now. My main focus will be on corn, beans, tomatoes and potatoes. I also want to raise lettuce, beets, and carrots. I know I will add more closer I get to planting time. I always do. My mom and I have been planning out our flower beds as well. When it comes to flower beds my mom is really good at planning them. I guess she got it from my mamaw. I will have more time this year to work on mine, since the kids are back in school. Well that is if I don`t have to have surgery on my left shoulder. I will be going back to the Dr. on Thursday. I also have to go to the Neurogolist. To find out why my left hand is turning blue when I hold it down to my side. I think it came from the swelling I had in my shoulder. My dr. said it could be Thorica outlet syndome. But I really don`t think it is anything big. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry.
I have been working on making curtains for my living room and I am getting ready to start on curtains for my mom kitchen window and door. I am also going to make a cushion and curtain for the a cubie hole. I can`t think what she called. I have been working on making some quilts, but haven`t really got to work on them for the last couple of weeks, because of my arm and shoulder.
I have started on some of my spring cleaning. I want to get it done while the weather is to cold to work outside, because when it is pretty outside, that is where I want to be. I want to paint my bathroom, I have had the paint for a while now. I am going to paint my little boys room. He is wanting deer and camo. I am going to paint it with camo colors and do a deer border. I am going to make camo curtains, a quilt and pillows. hopefully, it will look okay.
Well we are downsizing the homestead. Since my papaw past away so much has changed around here. The farm has been divided up between the three kids. I am not sure what is going to happen. Everyone is upset about how papaw left somethings. I won`t go into details. I guess some people got hurt. My husband and I have to plan ahead now. We are planning on selling the cattle. I have one horse that I am going to give away to a good home. That is if I can find some one to take her. We are just going to keep the dogs, cats and three horses. We really need to take the hog off to the butcher but with the way Sam is working he hasn`t had the time. A friend of ours told us about a place in West Virgina that is honest and will make sure we get the meat from our hog.But is about a 45 min drive from our house. I guess that is where we will take him. Just keep the this in your prayers. Thing will work out for the family.
I guess that is it for now. I am going to go read some blogs and then off to bed.
I am trying to teach myself to applique. Machine and hand applique. I took an applique class years ago and did one block. At the time, it seemed really easy. I have been practicing today on the sewing machine but it just doesn`t seem right. Maybe it is me. I am thinking about calling the lady who taught the class. She is a friend of mine and she makes the prettiest quilts. I am sure she would show me. I am thinking about joining the quilters club again. I joined and only got to go to a few meetings. But what I did get to go, I learned a lot. One meeting, we learned how to dri fabric using walnuts and hickory hulls. You had to boil them in water for so long, take the hulls out and then, you had your dri. Was pretty neat and fun. I was just wondering how many of you do applique. Got any tips. Would love to hear them.
• Monday, January 12, 2009 - Getting on with things
Well after one of the worst weeks of my life it is time to get back into the swing of things. My papaw passed away peacefully at 9:40 am on Wednesday Jan. 7. He is now in heaven with my mamaw. He had so many turn out for his visitation. One of our neighbors said everyone wanted to come and pay their respects because he was the oldest neighbor. He had moved to our community 70 years ago. He was 94 years old.
My aunt, mom and I are planning on making quilts for Hospice. We are talking about getting together once a week and working on them. My aunt has a friend, who said, she would quilt them if we would piece them. The quilts are given to the ones in Hospice and then are given to the family as a keepsake. Hospice was so great to my family both times. We just want to give back to them. They are truly there for the families.
I need to start some planning. There is a bunch of cleaning I need to get done. I would like to get it done before spring gets here. Spring is always such a busy time. Softball season and that keeps me running. Then preparing the garden and planting. My mom and I are planning on doing a couple of new flower beds and redoing the yard. I can`t wait. I am starting getting cabin fever. I am outdoor type person. I love working outside. More so than working in the house. I am still working on my garden plans. I have a general idea of what I want to plant but I am sure I will change a little bit from last year. I do hope to get more canned than what I did last year. My mom will be here this year and we will help each other can. That way it is not so hard on one person. We have lots of projects to do.
I am really wanting to get back into sewing. I have been missing it. I really need to make some quilts for the house. Some of my quilts are getting thin and wore out. I going to get started on them some time this week. It doesn`t take me long to piece one. It`s the cutting that takes me so long. I thought, while I was a practice with the kids I would piece some by hand. I have a goal that one day I will be able to reach. I want to piece and quilt a quilt all by hand. Then I would like to entry it in the country fair. You would think I would be able to do that. I come from a long line of quilts. One day I am going to make a crazy quilt. When I was little, I was always asking my mamaw if I could make a crazy quilt. She would always tell me they would be to hard for me. Of course, I was like 9 or 10 years old. One day I am going to try it. Don`t know until you try it.
I just came back from Hospice seeing my papaw. The nurse said he is showing all the signs that he will be leaving us soon. She said he would probably go within the next 24 hours. My heart is breaking so bad right now. I know he is ready to go but I am going to miss him so bad. I told him I loved him and that it was okay for him to go be with mamaw. He moved his lips like he was trying to tell me he loved me back. I just hope I can get back it back to Hospice in time but he may go before I can get back in the morning. Hannah got sick on Sam. I had to come back and take care of her or I would have stayed. She has the stomach flu. We had done so good about not getting it and out of all times to take it. Sammy was sick Saturday night and Sunday. I will probably take it next. Thursday is my birthday and I am afraid I am going to get a gift I don`t want. I know my papaw is ready to go. He wants to be with my mamaw. I told him to give her lots of hugs and kisses from me. I just wanted to update you all on what is going on. I need to go check on Hannah and try to get some sleep.
• Monday, December 29, 2008 - Garden planning time and papaw
I just wanted to update everyone on my papaw. He broke his hip when he fell a couple of weeks ago. It took them over a week to find it out. So now, my family, has a big decision to make. Try and let him have the surgery to fix it or let him go into hospice. So far, two of his doctors said he is not able to go though the surgery. I guess, he will be going into hospice because they can give him the care he will need. I haven`t talked to anyone today so there could be a change, but I doubt it. By the way, the doctor talked, he will probably have only 6 mos. to live. If not sooner. It just breaks my heart to know we are going to lose him. I know that he is ready to go be with mamaw. He told my aunt just a couple days before he fell, that he wouldn`t be here much longer. He pointed to the picture of him and mamaw and said she was calling to come and be with her.
Trying to keep all this off my mind, I have been planning my garden. Planting time will start in March. That will be here before long. I am not going to plant as much as I did last year. I just about killed myself trying to can it all by myself. But we are enjoying it all now.
All the chickens are gone now except a rooster. My son just couldn`t get rid of him. I guess in a couple of weeks we will be butchering the hog. Well going to have him butchered. We are not going to do it. Hubby said he wasn`t messing with this one.
I made a big pot of vegetable soup for supper tonight. Of course, I already had to taste a little bit to make sure it was good. It was. Well I am going to go and call to check on papaw.
• Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - update on our family
I know haven`t been around much lately. Things have just been crazy around here. Christmas is here before I knew it. I guess, my papaw will be spending Christmas in the hospital. He fell last Thursday and hurt his back. He is not doing good at all. I think, he is just tired and is wanting to go to his heavenly home. The last fall has really took a toll on him. He has compressed fractures to his spine. He can`t hardly move his right leg. His oxygen level keeps dropping. My aunt even mentioned today that they may have to put him in a nursing home. None of the kids want to do that but they may not have a choice. He may need 24 hour medical care. I just know that he is in the Lords hands and he will take care of him. It is just hard to see a man, who was once so strong be so weak.
I guess I haven`t been doing too much homesteading stuff. Just cleaning and going though closets again. The kids are growing so fast. They are just out growing their clothes. I have to say me to. I am not growing up, just out. One of my birthday gifts from my mom was the Homestead Blessing DVD collections. I really enjoyed the bread making and the soap making dvds. But I can`t say the candle making one was all that great. I was just happy to get the set. I love to watch the West Ladies. Now maybe they will come out with one on gardening and sewing.
Well Hannah came in here and told it was time for her drops and I gave them to her and lost my train of thought. We let the kids open their gifts from us tonight. I think they are enjoying their gifts. They have been so quite. They are playing with them.
We are not going to do anything big for Christmas. I am cooking a small meal and just resting.
I am fixing:
Ham
mashed potatoes and gravy
green beans
corn
homemade biscuits
red velvet cake
Since the kids are back in school, I have decided to go back to work as a sub.. I preparing to take my paraeducators test. If I pass I can sub as a teachers aide. I don`t want to go back to work full-time right now. Unless I can get a job as an aide. That way I will be off when the kids are off. I don`t want a job that will take me away from them.
Well guess that is it for now. I want to wish everyone a Very Merry CHRISTmas. Remember the real reason for CHRISTmas.
My mom and I went to Sam`s club earlier. We bought the things we need to dinner Thursday. Plum wore me out. I am paying for it now. I am hurting in my hips and now I can`t sleep. So I thought I would take the time to blog about my day. I started two batches of Sunday yeast rolls. While we were at Sam`s I bought a 25 lbs of flour and two big things of yeast. I want to get back into making breads. My little man, who turned nine today, asked me when I was going to make some more of that good bread, you know mom the one I can put butter on. It is funny, because only mommy can do anything for him. I think that is why he is having such a hard time going back to school. But his daddy feels it is better for him to be back in school and not being homeschooled. I told him we had to do what daddy said. Sammy isn`t to happy about what daddy is saying. I just say a little prayer for him each day that it will work out for him. He comes home and seems like he had a good day then later on ask if he can go back to being homeschooled. I know God will work out what is best for him.
I am sitting here watching A Martha Stewart`s Thanksgivng Special. You would have to be rich in order to do and decorate the way she is doing things. It looks very nice but it would cost a fortune. Now I am watching the food network and they are fixing pigs ears. Now they are making a sandwich out of them. They guy looks like he is getting a little sick. Funny.
Well I really should be making myself go to bed. I have to take DD2 to the Dr. tomorrow afternoon. I have some cleaning I need to get done. Cook dinner and then take the kids to basketball practice. So I had better go.
• Sunday, November 23, 2008 - Thanksgiving dinner menu
I finally sat down and came up with my menu for Thanksgiving dinner. I still haven`t decided to cook it at my house or cook at my aunts house. My aunt is going to be gone but my mom is staying with my papaw. Since he is unable to come down to my house, I will either have to cook there or cook here, take everything up there. Course, she only lives two mins away. I live at the bottom of the hill and she lives at the top.
Here is what is on the menu so far;
Deep Fried turkey
corn
green beans
mashed potatoes
gibble gravy
homemade rolls ( Sunday rolls)
cornbread dressing
emerald salad
sweet potato casserole
pecan pie
pumpkin pie
cake
punch, pop, and coffee
We may come up with some stuff but I think, that will be plenty.
I have my christmas tree up. It is my Charlie Brown tree. Well, that is what hubby calls it. I just put up a primitive tree this year. I like it. Different. I put up some decoration today.
I will be doing my cleaning this week. I hope to get my carpet shampooed in the living room. Sometimes I feel like I will never get caught up. lol I guess everyone feels that way from time to time.
• Sunday, November 23, 2008 - Thanksgiving this year
I had planned on having Thanksgiving at my house this but plans have changed. The home health nurse came to visit my papaw today. She told my aunt that my papaw is in the last stage of copd. A week ago, they had to take him to the hospital because he was having chest pains and his bp was 63/32. He didn`t have a heart attack but it was his lungs. He has been really weak since. He is not breathing good and it working against his heart. I know my time with him is getting shorter now. He turned 94 years old in October. He says, he is ready to go to be with mamaw. He isn`t able to come down to my house and we are afraid it would be way too much on him to try. This will probably be our last Thanksgiving with him. I want to cherish every moment with him.
I still need to plan out the menu. When my mamaw cooked, she had to make sure that she fixed everyones favorite dish. She always fixed way more than what we ate. Christmas to.
I am almost done with my Christmas shopping. Just a little more to go. Since the kids have went back to school I will have to add a couple more gifts to the list. Sammy`s teacher I have known her since we were little and I think she will be easy to pick something up for her but Hannah`s teacher I really don`t know her. I think I will head to Nana`s gift shop for their gifts.
• Friday, November 21, 2008 - Haven`t posted for awhile
So much has happen since I posted last. I am no longer homeschooling the kids. They started back to school on Friday and Monday of this week and last. I can`t say I am a hundred percent happy about it. But things were getting to the point of me being so stressed with everything I was having chest pains. For right now, I think it is for the best.
We are still downsizing our homestead as far as the animals goes. I am getting ready to get rid of all the chickens. All but the boer goats are gone. I hope to find a home for her soon. We will be butchering the hog sometime in January. Course, the turkeys, will be butchered sometime this week. I have a horse I want to sell. The reason we are getting rid of the animals is because Hannah is highly allergeric to all of the animals. She was tested last week for them. She is highly allegeric to cattle, horses, goats, cats and feather which takes in chickens. She is also highly allergeric to white oak and some other trees. So us burning wood isn`t helping. She has had a time. She starts on the drops Tuesday. She has also tested postive for asthma. Which just about everyone in my family has asthma. She has had a time.
The kids are playing basketball now and that is keeping us hopping. They both are really enjoying it. It is funny Hannah is the tallest one on her team. They have eight players, 5 boys and 3 girls. I say she will be playing center.
My mom and stepdad are still living in our camper. They hope to be in the house by Christmas. I hope too, that way, we can have Christmas at her house. I won`t have so much cleaning to do. lol. I have been trying to get the house cleaned up for Thanksgiving Dinner. It is such a mess. I am so far behind on my cleaning. I just haven`t had the time to clean like I normally do.
Well Beth is on her way with her boyfriend and I need to go. Hopefully I will have more time to get on here.
We are going to take the day off from school. I have a lot of things I need to get done. The kids and I are going to gather up apples and work in them. I have a whole bunch of hot peppers I need to make into sauce and can it. So far, a five gallon bucket full. I still have more in the garden. I left some beans in the garden on poles and they are dried out now. I am going to gather them and get my seeds up. I have been hearing seeds are going to be hard to get next year. So I am going to save a much as I can. I have so many projects I need to do. I have been sitting here thinking about what all I need and want to get done. Just not enough hours in the day. After Christmas, things will slow down a lot.
Speaking of Christmas, I have been doing my Christmas shopping. I am about done except for the kids. I have a couple of things for them. We are going to really watch what we spend. It is just hard because we have so many to buy for. Last year, we asked everyone on dh side not to buy for us and the kids because we just didn`t have the money to buy for them. Sure enough they still did. We thought that would help them out to. On my side, my brothers and sisters don`t by for each other. Dh has three brothers and two sisters and they all have it hard. His one sister is a single mother of five kids. They all just treated us funny at Christmas. I guess, it was just a bad decision on our part. What do you do when you just don`t have the money. If we bought for everyone, we would be buying for about forty people. I have started early this year and hopefully everyone will be happy. I can say I have found some really good deals. Well better go and get busy.
• Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - We started working on fall chores
Dh started cutting firewood. We have plenty of dead trees to cut. Hopefully I will be able to start on the flower beds and the yards getting them cleaned up. I want to get my fall decorations out. We still have to close down the pool. I have to start my fall cleaning inside to. I know we are a little late getting started. I have no clue where the month of September went. Went by way too fast.
This weekend is Old Fashion Days in town. I can`t wait. I love to go. It is also craft weekend at our local state park. I just hope I don`t get another one of my bad headaches and can`t go. I didn`t get up until 12:30 because I had a bad headache secondone in three days. The doctors office called about my bloodwork today and I told the lady about them and she is going to tell my doctor. Hopefully she will do something. I have been getting them about every two or three days. I am just bout out of it. It has been going on for about 4 or 5 weeks. It could be stress or from my neck. I have been having a little bit of neck pain again.
I can`t wait until Sunday, we are have a big family dinner. You know me, I love to cook. On the menu:
Fried pork chops
mashed potatoes
gravy
baked mac n cheese
green beans
corn
biscuits
kale
better than anything cake
sweet tea
lemon aid
Who knows what else I will cook.
My aunt and unlce are coming down and bring my papaw. I am excited about it.
Hopefully Sunday morning we will be able to go into town for an Old Fashion Church service. I have never gotten to go to one at Old Fashion Days but I have heard they are great. I am going to go get ready for bed.
The man came today to get the goats. We only have one left. I didn`t include the boer doe. Although, they didn`t go far, just about 4 1/2 miles up the road from us. I know they will have a good home. One of my best friends dad took them. We are down sizing our homestead. I have gotten rid of all my chickens except for the bannies and two hens and two roosters. I would like to find them a home but the kids want to keep them. It has just been really hard on me keeping up with everything. DH works a lot of over time, so he is not here to help me. Lots contributed to our decision to down size.
I wanted to thank everyone for their advice on the homeschooling interruptions. I guess, with this year being so crazy, I am just not use to it. In 45 mins., I had three inturruptions and now I am going to have to go over that section again tommorrow because dd2 got nothing from it. I guess, there is just certain things I am very picky about and teaching is one of them. Oh well. Thats life.
• Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Question for all homeschoolers
I have a problem that I have been dealing with this school year. I thought, I would ask the homeschoolers on here how you all would deal with this. Interuptions during the school day. It is getting to the point I am really stressing over it. For example, Thursday, while teaching science to dd2 my cousin stopped by, then my mom kept running in the house checking on her clothes in the washer and dryer. Then my aunt came in asking me if I had eggplants. All this within 45 mins.. I put out 5 plants, I have plenty. By the end of the day I was so stressed out. It is like this every school day. It is like Grand Central Station around here anymore. I have asked that during school time, that unless it is important don`t bother us. What can I do? I school for 10am-3pm and I can`t unstand why it is so hard for my family to wait until 3 to call or come over. I feel like my whole life is turned upside down and I am to the point, I am so stressed out. I hope someone has some good ideas on how to get the point across to my family, school time is school time. They sure don`t get it in plain terms.
It has been a while since I have posted. Almost a month. Things have just been really busy and I haven`t been on here much.
We are back to school. I think we are finally back into the swing of things. The kids are moving pretty quick in their workbooks. But then again, everything it just review. We did Wolfpen Woods this past week and it was great. You step back into time, what Kentucke might have been like when Daniel Boone and other frontiermans first came here. They have different station set up for the kids to go around and learn things from that time. This was our second year going and we will be going back next year to.
My mom and stepdad are moved down here now. They are living in our camper. They are hoping to have the house done before Thanksgiving. My papaw came down to my house yesterday and went over to see what they are doing to his house. He is homesick and ready to come home. I am ready for him to come home too. I miss seeing him everyday. My mom went up to sit with him while my aunt and uncle go to church. I made him chocolate gravy and biscuits and mom was going to take it up to him. I am going to walk up there in a min. See if he liked it.
It has been a hard last week for us all. Sept. 4 was two years since my mamaw past away. We all miss her so much. My papaw really misses her.
We did manage to go camping for a week. It was nice to get away. We have decided to sell some of our animals. Hannah has really bad allergeries to them. Dr. said the best thing was to keep her away from them. Her nose and thoat was almost closed shut. The dr. said she had some of the worst allergries, she had seen. She also has asthma. I do have some one buying all my goats except the boer. I gave 10 of the meat birds to Sam`s aunt. I just haven`t had the time to butcher them. I did keep the 8 that was suppose to go to the fair. I am going to butcher them this week. I sold the 5 golden comet pullets I had to a guy dh works with. We also want to do a lot of camping. We sold our 5th wheel and bought a pull-behind. The animals really tie you down. I think we are going to keep the bannies and the quinea`s. My mom can feed them while were are camping.
Well I am going to go. I thought I had more to post about but just can`t remember it. Oh well.
I have been helping my mom clean out my grandparents house. We came across some old clothes my grandmother wore when I really little. They were in great shape, so I decided, I am going to make quilt blocks out of them. I am going to try and have enough to make a quilt. They are 100% polyester, so they will make a nice warm quilt. I already have two quilts made out of polyester material and they are heavy, warm quilts. I use them when it is really cold outside. I have washed and washed them and they still look like new. I found a bunch of my grandpaws old blue jeans. I have start a blue jean quilt and I am going to add pieces of them to it.
We start back to school Monday. I was going to start last Monday but we went camping. We really had a nice time. Beth starts college Aug. 18. She is only going two days a week. That will help with gas. She has decided to move back home. She decided it was cheaper to live at home. I knew when she moved out, it wouldn`t be long, she be back.
I don`t know if I have ever posted about this or not. One of our goals to get back to living a simple life is getting out of debt. Hopefully we will be completely debt free with in the next 6 mos.. We have been working hard to get to this point. I am not trying to brag or anything like that. At one time, we really had a lot of debt. It wasn`t fun. Thats when we decided to go back to the old ways of doing things. The way our grandparents done things. How they managed money and how they paid for things. It has really worked for us. God made it possible for us too.
I am trying to get back to my old schedule for school. I usually do all my cleaning on Saturday. I have been trying to get my cleaning done today and so far I am not doing to good. I guess, I should get off the computer and finish up my cleaning.
Finally, we are camping. We have been camping since Saturday. It has been so nice. I really needed a break. We still have to come home for a little time during the day to feed and take care of the animals. We are camping along the Little Sandy river. Sam and the kids have been fishing with Sam`s dad. His mom and I have just been sitting around talking. Tonight is the last night and we will be back home early in the morning. Then back to work.
I have roll back coming tomorrow, so that, we can get some cleaning done outside. My mom has a lot of stuff to throw out of the house. Can`t wait to get that done.
We are going to start school next Monday. I was going to start today but decided to just wait one more week. I have just about finished up my canning. I ended up with canning only 78 quarts of beans. I just couldn`t do any more. I might a little late. I still have plenty coming on. I had 66 bags of cut off corn and 6 bags on the cob. I am pretty pleased with that. I wish I could have done more, just not enough time. I guess, I had better get off they are yelling to go back to camp.
• Sunday, July 27, 2008 - Canning and gardening memories
I always look forward to this time of the year. I love to work in the garden and I love to can. I know this will sound funny but I was a good size kid before I realized you could buy canned vegetables in the store. Because everyone I knew canned. I always wondered why the corn at school didn`t taste like it did at home.
As I was picking corn yesterday, I remembered my papaw and me picking corn. We would bring bucket fulls up to the yard, where my mamaw would have a couple of wash tubs ready. We would shuck the corn and put them in the wash tubs. Wash and clean the silks off. Sometimes we would cut the corn off, while sitting in the yard or sometimes we would go in the kitchen. I sure miss being able to garden and can with my grandparents. Great memories I will cherish always.
I wish, I could can like my mamaw did. She canned every thing. I just miss her so bad.
I have to go string beans.
I have been working in corn for the last two days. I put up 23 bags in the freezer yesterday. I have two big pan fulls of corn cooling right now. Hopefully I will get another 23 bags. I will have a lot to put up. My corn has done good this year.
I picked another 5 gallon bucket full of green beans and I will be canning them tomorrow. I should get about another 14 quarts. I have already canned 34 quarts. I hope to can at least, 100 quarts.
On Tuesday, I canned 7 quarts and 15 pints of hot pepper, green tomato kraut. I still have some late cabbage in the garden and when it is ready I will be making more kraut.
I still haven`t butchered my meat birds. I really need to get that done sometime this week. My tomatoes will be ready to can Monday or Tuesday. My tomatoes really didn`t do good. I won`t have a lot to can. I am just thankful for what I do have. Well I have to go put the corn in freezer bags.
I am a stay-at-home, Christian homeschooling mom. My husband and I have been married for 19 years. We have been blessed with three kids,ages 18, 10 and 8. We live on a family farm and have several animals. I`m just a simple farm gal, who loves her God, family, friends and life.
