• 2010-Mar-18 - Saying Good-bye to Daddy
Posted By The Farmer's Daughter
On March 9, 2010 my Dad went Home to be The Lord. For almost a year and a half we have known this time was coming but none of us we're prepared. Can anyone ever be prepared for the loss of a love one? And what a way Daddy choose to leave this old world...Talking and in the company of one of his best friends!!!! That morning he had went with his dear friend Bob to look for a new transmission for his old truck or to buy another truck. They traveled to two different towns and when a truck or transmission wasn't to be found they started back to the farm. Within a mile of our old home place Daddy was talking about the neighbors cattle when suddenly he stopped in mid-sentence. Bob glanced over asking him if something was wrong and he knew he was gone. He turned around and drove as hard as he could back to the Iola hospital but it was to late. Daddy had already went to be with The Lord. By the time Mom got to the hospital, one of Daddy's other friends was there, as well as the man who later would officiate Daddy's funeral.
My Dad was one of those men that once you meet him you never forgot him. Always laughing, always telling a story and always bossing you around. When it came time to say good-bye to Daddy the family decided to do it 'his way'....With lots of laughter and lots of stories. For the Visitation we had lots of framed pictures of him and my sweet niece did a Power Point presentation of his life. With the song, "I Will Remember You, Will You Remember Me" playing in the background we watched photos of Daddy come on the screen. When it finished playing, Randy Travis, "I'm Gonna Love You Forever" came on and pictures of Daddy & Mom, his four girls as well as all his grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren filled the screen. During the Visitation there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Grown men with tears streaming down their cheeks told story after story about Daddy.
A dear friend of the family who used to live by us when Daddy farmed on Great Bend was in charge of the services. With stories about Daddy and promises from The Lord we said our good-byes. At the end of the service my eight year old daughter played, "Turkey In the Straw" on her violin...Something Grandpa always asked her to play each time she came to visit.
On a cold, windy hill in the Colony cemetery (The same one we drove by with my folks not that many months ago) we laid Daddy to rest. After a wonderful lunch prepared by the women of the Christian Church we all said our good-byes and headed home.
We would like to thank everyone for all the wonderful cards, e-mails, flowers, hugs and food. A special thank-you to Marcia for posting about our loss and the wonderful things she said about Daddy. At a time of sorrow, it's so confronting to know so many people cared and showed their love.
Now we face life without Daddy. It's hard to think of going on without him but we know he wouldn't have wanted us to morn. Instead he would have smiled and said, "I'm doing fine. Get on with your lives and remember what I've taught you." And remember we will Daddy! Yes, we won't buy something unless we really need it. Yes, we won't charge anything and yes we will have everything paid for by the time we turn fifty. You'll be missed but the best part of you will live on in the lives of your wife, daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. We love you Daddy and we'll remember you with laughter. Love, Sher |
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• 2010-Mar-1 - ~~Catching Up~~
Posted By The Farmer's Daughter
It seems as if it's been months since I've been able to post. I do have a good excuse. Keith & I have both came down with a weird strain of flu. It started with Jeni and within days we both had it. I'm not sure if it's the flu that has knocked us for a loop or our ages....It seems like the older we get the harder it is for us to throw things off. Regardless of why we have it, I just know it's been really rough on us. Let's face it, when I don't make my bed for over a week (Something I normally do before even walking out of the room each morning.) you know I'm sick. Course it is a little hard to make a bed when your in it! HA We both feel better but we are a long ways from feeling good.
This past weekend was the Lenexa Hook-In and I'm not going to lie....I wanted to go so bad I could taste it. I really had a 'pity party' that morning when I knew everyone else would be there having fun but as the day wore on and I still didn't feel better after a two hour nap, I knew I had done the right thing in staying home.
Keith & I sat down and did a quick figure of how much money I saved by not going and it became very evident I had saved a bundle....Course I missed out on tons of new patterns and wool too! Since I allow myself so much money each year for this Hook-In I figured I could spurge and spend some of it on some things for myself. First thing I did was order three new patterns from my friend Betty.~~~Be sure and check out her blog for her newest patterns and also yummy pictures of the Hook-In I missed out on! [http://primitivebettys.blogspot.com/ ] These patterns are wonderful and of course I can't wait to start stitching on one of them. The problem is, which one do I want to start first????
This afternoon I'll be placing an order for a couple of yards of wool from another site. Where I'll work this wool into my already filled shelves is yet to be seen but I'm sure I'll find some little hole to cram it. If not, Keith will just have to build me another shelf or work another cabinet in. See, I can have all the fun of the Hook-In without even leaving my house!
And just to prove I do use this stash of wool, here's a photo of my newest rug..........
When I was hooking it, the snow was falling but this past week it's turned off warm (Okay, warmer would be a better word) so it's not going to be staying out to long. In fact, my thoughts are turning to Spring and that's why my next two projects will have rabbit themes. Stayed tuned for pictures of those in the next few weeks.
Last month my Mom had eye surgery and she hasn't gotten along worth a flip. The doctor has told her not to drive so last week Keith & I took her and daddy to the Moran Locker, out for lunch and to buy groceries. As always when we are with the folks we had a good time. It's a sad state of affair when four old people get together and talk about who feels the worst! HA
Well girls, the day is starting and if I plan to get anything done before it's time for my morning nap (Not to be confused with my afternoon nap!) I'd better get a move on. I hope your all enjoying the warmer temperatures and those that are still experience snow, I hope it ends soon. Have a great week and hopefully I'll be back before the month is over. Spring Blessings, Sher |
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• 2010-Feb-24 - your shape, housecleaning and life
OH MY WORD! I think I'm a glutton for punishment! I stayed up too late watching the Olympics for starters. So we all slept in. I will give my boys credit, Joey got up (I heard him, but was refusing to move!LOL) and ate bfast and started school. He had a book and I thought maybe he was working on a book report. NOPE! He said that he snunk into Mat's room and got a bible. Me: Don't you have a bible? J: No. I was thinking, OMW! WHAT A HORRID PARENT! I bet Mat has 4-5 bibles and Joey has NONE!!!!! Guess what he'll be getting for Easter?LOL
I googled the code for the extra challenges in Your Shape (my sister clued me in). So I went downstairs and put that in and it automatically pulls up a 15 min workout! Under special challenges, you have 4 to pick from and I thought they'd be similar. So I decided to see what all the fuss was about and it's only 15 minutes... The upside is that all the trouble from the light seems to be worth it. I'm not sure if I posted here, but the lighting in the basement wasn't good so the camera couldn't detect all of my moves. Which is not a big deal except that it bases furture workouts on current ones so if I ever wanted more challenging workouts, I needed to fix the lighting. Sooooo, I burned 250ish calories during the 15 min workout. Then I go do to my regular 45 min workout. I'll spare the details, but it's normally 25-30 min of my focus for that day and then 15-20 of my long term goal, which is arms and I usually breeze thru that. So as long as I can hang for for a half an hour, I"m good. Today's focus was legs. I knew it'd be bad, but again, 30 min tops....WRONG! I'm not sure what changed, but it was 45 min of LEGS! 10 min straight of directional lunges, which is a forward lunge, diagonal lunge/squat, squat, and then backward lunge. 12 on one side, 12 on the other, etc, until 10 min are up and you're dead. It said that I burned 1000 calories..........plus the other 250 from the 1st workout.
So in order to avoid going up the stairs, I folded laundry and got all the stuff out of hte freezer for supper (sausage pumpkin soup) nad trudged up. I put all of the laundry away, dusted, cleaned the bathrooms (sort of) and have finally stopped sweating.
I'm now trying to wrap up some Friday School stuff, but I'm waiting to hear from a teacher. And a local murder has made some excitement (like less than 5 miles away--remember, I'm very rural so it's sort of like 'neighbors'!LOL).
Oh and since I'm just babbling now, Mat's finished w/history for the year!!!!!!!! Got an A (95% I think??) on his final!!!!!!!!!!!
Lastly (I promise), Dh just called. A while back he caught an atty on our ground back home. I don't remember any details, but DH kept the business card. Last week while taking Mat to meet my dad, DH got a speeding ticket. His employee lives w/a policeman in that town and said he could probably get him out of it. Dh just called wanting the atty's number!!!!! I panicked at first, but DH said it was just to check out his options. I guess the guy is new on the force and being a pain or something. And my dad's been hounding DH about getting an atty about this.....fun times....fun times.... My thoughts are that he was speeding and should pay, but what do I know? |
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• 2010-Feb-17 - ski trip
| Well after much 'aniexty', I went ahead w/the ski trip and only 1 family got hung up! Honestly, once you got to a highway, the roads were really good! So we got there in plenty of time, but one mom called me about 8 asking if I was home. Ummmmmm, no? Well I'm at your house to follow you! While I felt badly, SHE NEVER TOLD ME SHE WAS COMING!!!! One vanload was late, but that's OK. I had the right # of ppl and the right amount of $$ and I can refund the lady 100% who got hung up so that was good. Skiing itself was GREAT! I wasn't sure since it was in the 20s when we started, but we did have fun. DH and Mat are having some issues and they reared their heads today and I tried to talk to DH more about it, but he did catch up w/Mat and ski some w/him (I won't go on the harder slopes!LOL). He left after we spent AN HOUR trying to get Joey down a 'new' slope. I'm not kidding when I say that he laid about 30' from the top (of a steep start) yelling, 'THIS IS A DEATH TRAP!!!! I"M GOING TO DIE!!!!!" Yea, nothing like being a bit dramatic!ROTFL! Oh shortly after we started, he did fly straight into my back and took us both out. That was fun. I couldn't get my boots off easily and laid there for quite some time. Even skied sitting on the skis for a bit.....LOL But overall, we had a great time and it seemed like everyone did. Mat and a friend were supposed to be on the 5 o'clock news, but NO ONE KNEW WHAT STATION!LOL I tried googling INdy and Cincy adn couldn't find them if they were. So we're home safe and sound and I have 2 days at home before the circus on Saturday starts.... |
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• 2010-Feb-5 - ~~More Snow~~
Posted By The Farmer's Daughter
Good Morning Girls!
I know I promised more tips on saving money but to be honest, today is one of those days when I'm just sooooo happy to be alive I couldn't talk about something as depressing as money or maybe I should say lack-of money. So, that topic can wait for another day.
This morning we woke up to one of the most gorgeous snows we've seen in a long time. The minute the little ones were on the bus I grabbed my camera and headed for a walk around the farm. Now I should have known the darkness would have effected my pictures but it wasn't until I re-took them for the second time did it dawn on me what the problem was. So, I switched them to black & white and while not as good as everything looked in person, they are still gorgeous.
This is a photo of one corner of my flower gardens...........
Where once gorgeous flower bloomed now all that's left is their faded blossoms covered with snow. Everything was so pure and still that I honestly saw more beauty than I do in the Summer months. How can that be possible? Maybe it's the silence that makes it so. How can a person not feel God's Presence looking at all this? In just a few short months this ground will be covered with signs of life (Shoots of green) but for today I marveled at the beauty the snow has brought.
Coming into the house I was met with the sounds of Latte running circles around the antique trunk in the living room as Keith started a fire in the fireplace. The coffee pot was dripping and the smell of toast was in the air. These are such familiar sounds and yet so different from the sounds outside. I just feel so Blessed.
So, in the silence of the house I have started my daily chores. As I type French Bread dough is raising and a pot of soup is simmering on the stove. Today I'll give a couple of little pinkeeps a 'tea bath' and then my afternoon will be spent either working on another ccs sampler or hooking on my snowman rug. It's the perfect way to spend a snowy day in Kansas. Hugs, Sher |
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• 2010-Feb-4 - home today
I'm just dead today. I really thought I'd be OK since our super hectic days were over, but I guess not. I let everyone sleep in, then I mopped, worked out, vacuumed, laundry, showered (I couldn't even get that in peace today!LOL), both boys science and supper is 'thawing'. I will need to go over Mat's math and then I can READ!
Oh I also made some phone calls. The 'cheap' rooms at the hotel attached to the HS convention are SOLD OUT! So I called the hotel across the street and the cheap rooms were gone there, but they had THREE other rooms left so I just booked one. I'll try the cheap hotel right before we leave and see if they have any cancellations. It's 'only' $25 difference, but still.
And I called to reorder my Rx. It expires TODAY! So I don't know if the Rx is still considered good or not! I really hope so!
I need to call the ski place since I got the last 2 checks and see what's up there. Dh and I are already arguing over what time to get there. He says 'on time'. That's 15 min late in his world. I want to get there 15 min EARLY. He totally doesn't get what all I have to do and how much of a headache that he is going to make for me. I've already told ppl if they are late, then it comes out of their lift ticket time cuz it's not fair to make ppl wait for unexcused tardiness (it's sort of rampant in our group!LOL). So how is it fair if WE show up late?!?!?!? |
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• 2010-Feb-3 - MOMs, skating, Valentine day party and more!
I'm totally beat. Work out, MOMS group, roller skating (where I collected ski $$ and worked on Friday school), pizza hut, bank, HS library party, CVS for passport pics, aldi and walmart. Then home to toss the potatoes in the crock pot (roast), cleaned the bathrooms, dusted and put away everything we drug in. I updated the checkbook and went thru my emails and sent out all my homeschool stuff that needed done. OH yea, went over every single one of Mat's math probs and I still need to grade a bible quiz.
And as a complete SHOCK, we need a minimum of 15 ppl to ski. Last year, that was a struggle. So imagine my shock to have a total of FORTY TWO PPL!!!!!!!!!!!!! This should easily get us a free chaperone! WAHOO!
Anyone seen or know about A Street Car Named Desire? Is it appropriate for children? |
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• 2010-Feb-2 - symphony, deals and Pacers!
Wow! We had a good day. It started waaaaaaay too early, but I worked out and we all headed out to the symphony. It was a combo w/the astronomy dept and pretty neat! The astronomer who does the plantearium had pics set to the music for each planet. Mat was quite dismayed to learn that we got 4 free tix for attending this am tho!LOL
Then my goal was to find litght weight cotton cargo pants for Mat to take to Honduras. I was hoping to get him 4pr for less than $10 at thrift stores. I knew of 2 in this town and I can typically find something at hte mission one. So at Goodwill we found 2 pair and one was half off so they were $3 total and then at the mission we found 2 pr for $4 total! I couldn't believe that we found ALL FOUR today and for only $7!!!!
In addition to that, Mat's math boot camp is going extremely well today! NOT ONE ISSUE and he's only got 5 probs left! I haven't 'graded' them per se, but I know the 1st 20-25 are fine. THe test will be tomorrow when he's totally on his own while I'm in the MOMS meeting.
Ok, now to finish the kombucha, hang up the pants, fold the dry stuff and get ready for hte Pacer game tonight.
Ok, that's all done. Oh and I forgot I did get hte Your Shape free from my friend!!!!!!!!! |
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• 2010-Jan-29 - next week's menu
Sunday: Chili (leftover from Friday)
Monday sloppy joes (from freezer--I make 3 batches and freeze 2)
Tuesday: pizza
Wednesday: roast & potatoes in the CP
Thursday: bacon and eggs
Friday: probably chili
Saturday: DH's work yearly 'celebration' dinner! |
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• 2010-Jan-29 - weekly menu
I used to be good about this, but I'm doing it for my sake this time!
Sunday: chili
Monday: sloppy joes
Tuesday: I can't remember
Wednesday: pork chops and sweet potato casserole
Thursday: roast and potatoes
Friday: Chili
Saturday: tacos/salad |
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