Sore Muscles and Unexpected Blessings

Posted on 2007-Mar-11 at 08:24 - Post Comment

Here are me and the kids building our garden.  I learned that putting newspaper down will control weeds, and it attracts worms.  Worms in a garden is a good thing, just in case you city folks were a’wondrin.

 After the paper is down(and nice and soaked) then you throw some of that miracle magic manure on top of it.  That was a lot of work.  Geoff did most of the work, however, since he’s not in these pictures I will take all of the credit.  And yes, I am wearing my pajamas with my work boots.

I will post pictures when it's done.

As lovely as all that was, things got even better because of the many blessings we received over the last couple of days.  It started on Thursday morning.  We got an email about a Pyrenees dog.  My husband has been searching for a Pyrenees ever since we moved here.  We knew we would have to pay around $200 or $300 if we wanted a full Pyrenees, but good gravey, who ever has that sort of extra money laying around?!  We weren't sure we'd ever get one. But on Thursday morning we were offered a full blooded Pyrenees for FREE.  So now Banjo is the newest member of our family.  He is so sweet and so good with the kids and all of the animals.  We love him!

The owners had wanted to keep him, but their other Pyrenees kept beating him up… so they just wanted to find him a good home with a family who would love him.  We drove five hours up to Kentucky to get him. The entire trip was grand. The family had a beautiful farm, where they held horse shows and kept all sort of animals. They let us stay for a long time and they even let our kids ride one of their horses. James was a little nervous at first.  Afterwards, Pauline gave them 'horse' trophies. My kids were in heaven.

We also got to see one of the smallest miniature horses in the country.  Isn’t she amazing? What a sweet family they were!  

And then, the next day, the splendid Mr. Burggraf called geoff and told him he could come and pick up his fabulous rototiller for all of our garden needs.  What a huge blessing!  Geoff plans on tilling about an acre to plant corn.  That would have been hard to do with just a shovel.  Mr. B also sent us home with some of his excellent soap.  

On top of that, I got a vacuum cleaner.  That may not sound like a big deal but this isn't just any old vacuum cleaner.  My husband found a $400 vacuum cleaner on clearance for $100 and this thing is incredible.  Check it out, doesn't it look like a sleek little Robotic Suckasaurous?  It also transforms into a cannister vacuum cleaner somehow. Seriously.

Ryann had taken a picture of all the CRUD I was pulling out of our nasty carpet but that shot got deleted.  Bummer, you would have been astonished.  And my hand is up like that because i was holding the cord. And yes, those are the same jammies I was wearing the day before in my garden. What can I say? They're comfy!  I stole them from my sister in law (accidentally).  Sorry Erin, at this point I don't think you're going to get them back. 

*all pictures courtesy of Ryann Igarashi

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Posted by homesteadinthemaking on 2007-Mar-11 at 08:51 - Link

What a great day. The dog is beautiful and it looks like he has a great home. I did not know that about newspaper in the garden. So will you till it up into rows now?
Blessings,
Trixi

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Posted by Keeblur on 2007-Mar-11 at 11:07 - Link

I didn't know about the newspaper thing either! It sure would be nice to not have to weed once we get to have a garden. Keep us updated on how it works out.
Vicki
PS. Cute doggy!

You have been blessed greatly this week!!

Posted by patintenn on 2007-Mar-11 at 11:49 - Link

First, the dog is beautiful !!! I want one now. (Like we need another dog around here, lol )

Second, I had no idea about teh newspaper trick, I will have to try that here .

Third, I love the PJ's. I wonder where ( or who) I can some of them from.
lol !!

I loved your post and pics. Thank you for sharing.
Pat in Tenn

Simple Pleasures

Posted by countryheart on 2007-Mar-13 at 10:59 - Link

It's so refreshing to see you so thank-ful for all the simple pleasures in life. It doesn't take much to make us country folk happy!Every single time I get in bed with clean fresh sheets on the bed I say to my self It's always the little things in life that make the most difference!Love, Tina

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Posted by CandyFoote on 2007-Mar-14 at 09:10 - Link

Wow!
It sounds like God has been busy pouring out His blessings on you!!

Candy

Hi Mrs. IG

Posted by SuperHorseSteader on 2007-Mar-17 at 06:00 - Link

It is SuperAngel....I added you to my friends!!
Love
Amanda

I have a few questions

Posted by UnlikelyHomesteader on 2007-May-2 at 11:33 - Link

What kind of incubator do you all have? Do you like it? What can you tell me about hatching chicks that way?

Enquiring minds want to know...

Hey Jen--

Posted by FruitfulVineof7SoFar on 2007-May-17 at 04:20 - Link

So, what is going on on the homestead??
Ok, I'm leaving the same comment as on Geoff's..

You all must be so busy you have no time to impart your homestead-y wisdom to us in blogland,
RIGHT?

Er, something like that.

I know I am not the only on who would like to hear of your experiences!

-Jacque

Did you guys ever pursue the silver idea??
just wondering...