Heritage Farm

This Week in Our Home

Well..Its been about a week since I last blogged.  The way things are going around here that might be how it works unless I just actually get some down time.  Here's what has happened this week.

I had a yard sale with my niece on Friday Junes 6th.  Boy was it hot, about 93 deg. I got good and burnt.  With me being so fair skinned it's not that hard to burn...even with sunscreen.  I guess I'm gonna just have to start wearing big hats when i'm out like that.  I have one but It would'nt stay on very well because of my hair being twigged up the way I had it.  I guess I'm gonna have to think about  a better way to do this sun thing.  I got sun poisoning a couple of years ago and I definately don't want to go thru that again...but I don't want to just sit inside all the time either.  I'll figure it out.  Other than the sun and heat the yard sale went ok.  I made a few dollars and I was able to clear out a few things in the process.

I worked around the house alot this past week...inside and outside.  We did have some major storms and was out of electric for about 12 hours.  Now this made me really start thinking...and about what I will be blogging on in another section that i'm going to create today called  "Being Prepared".  Thank God the power was on so quickly.  I know 12 hours seems like a long time but compared to the other areas around that was a short time.  some homes were out of power for 2 days or more.

I worked in our family cemetery for awhile.  I could'nt work too long because of the heat but I did get the weeds cut around my Daddy's grave,  an Uncle's grave,  a cousin's grave and a man my mom used to take care of in our home when I was young who was like a brother.  There a 6 more graves and lots more room but I only got about 1/4 of the grass cut that day and the weeds around the above mentioned graves cut and cleaned away.  Since I did'nt get the whole cemetary done I will have to start all over in a couple of days to make it all even.  But sometimes you just have to let things go and then begin again to get it right.  You have to drive right by our cemetary to even get to our home so its quite close and its easy to work on as I just walk up the lane and do a little bit and then walk back home when I need to...So anyway...enough of my rabbit trail...I will get the grass done probably day after tomorrow as its suppose to cool down some.

I'm actually postin this on tuesday  so i will include the weekend and yesterday in this.  This weekend was spent like this.  Saturday I just basically recooped from fridays sale, so I just piddled a little in the house.  It hit 100 deg so that was all I could really do.  Besides making sure the animals was fed and watered and the garden was watered that was just about all for that day.  Sunday was spent as a day of rest seeing as how it was the Sabbath but the animals still had to be taken care of.  Now for Monday...

Monday was a really wonderful day.  It started at about 3:00am with my youngest sister Maggie going into labor.  It was a mixture of a happy and a sad day.  Mark Elijah "Eli"..." Bean" was born about 11:30am.  The sad part was that our Daddy had passed away on March 14 08 and this would be the only grand-child he would not have been here to see.  I'm sure there will be more born in the future but "Bean" was the 1st one born after Daddy's death.  It was a very Bitter-sweet day.    "Bean" was born at 5 lbs 5 oz and 19 inches long.  He is healthy but there was some concerns because my sister has a genetic disease called MTHFR and it causes her blood to clot which also causes blood clots in the placenta when she is pregnant so she has to take Lovenox (blood thinner) shots in her stomache the whole pregnancy.  Also while in labor they discovered that Bean had already pottyed before birth and that can cause some complications for baby if inhaled so neonatal was there and ready ...but thank God he was fine.  They did have to immediately suction him and they did that a couple of times thru the day.  He also had trouble keeping his body temp so he was in the wamer a little x-tra time but other than those things he's perfectly healthy..Thank GOD!!!!

So today is Tuesday and I've been working in the house all day.  After the baby was born and we knew he was good I went to do our monthly shopping.  I will also be bloggin' in the "Frugal Living" section all about my shopping finds and deals and "undeals".

I hope you have all had a good week and are spending time with God daily for He alone is where we retain our strength.

Mary