Simple Farm Wife
Happy Birthday America!
Happy Birthday America! Today I am especially grateful for the wonderful freedoms we enjoy. The freedom to worship, the freedom to praise God, the freedom to own our own property and live and work as we wish. For all these freedoms and more I very thankful for!
I pray each one of you enjoys a blessed & wonderful day!
Gloria
Praying for the Sun to Make an Appearance Today!!!
Happy Birthday America!!!! Let's all cheer for the Red, White and Blue!!! I love the Fourth of July, and the cookouts, family gatherings, and fireworks. But this year, we aren't sure if there is going to be much fireworks. We might be able to still arrange the cookout, and just eat indoors. But is is difficult to celebrate with fireworks when it is raining!! UGH! The weather reports aren't sure if the rain will stop before sunset and the big firework displays or not. DARN IT!
Matthew took off earlier this morning with our Noah, 3 years old, to pick out some fireworks. We always wait until the 4th to buy ours because of the wonderful sales they hold the day of. He alsos picked up some sausage and milk on the way home for our breakfast....sausage gravy and biscuits!! YUMMY! He even made breakfast for us. Matthew never cooked (except for Hamburger Helper) until he met me. LOL Now he is the breakfast expert and won't let me in the kitchen when he is making pancakes or his specialty of biscuits and gravy.
The rest of the day we are going to hang out, relax (finish putting away laundry, do a few dishes) and just enjoy having daddy home! Tonight we are going to my brother's house for a cookout (possibly cook in...depending on the whether), and then back to town for the city wide fireworks display. I am looking forward to seeing my family today. We are all so busy, and it seems working schedules conflict that we don't get together more often. Looking forward to seeing how big my neice Megan is getting with her first pregnancy. She is due in October, and I am sure she isn't much bigger than her little frame was before, but maybe a tiny bit.
Matthew's family is all scattered this weekend. We made a comment last night that if everyone wasn't gone, we would have loved to get them all together at our house this weekend. Oh well. His parents church is having a 3 day meeting, his sister lives in Washington,DC area and unable to come home, and his other sister, her hubby and 5 year old daughter just started their 5 day trek back to Missouri from California and today. They visited Sea World, Disney, etc. and had lots of fun. I can't wait to hear about their trip!
July 4th
I do hope each and every one of you out there have a safe and happy 4th of July. Remember to thank God for the freedom that we share and the ability to do what we like, go where we'd like, and to live and love like we want. Sometimes we take these things for granted, I know I tend to. Have a great day!my sister
I have decided to do a blog entry on my sister. If you ever follow the comments of Carrie you will be entertained at her bargaining to get rid of her kittens by taking my rabid raccoon, or perhaps laughing at me hysterically as she reads a blog entry that isn't as clear as it should be and calling me....still laughing hysterically...We are 5 1/2 years apart and have never been closer than we are now. We both moved to Texas...I thank God!...because I couldn't have done it without her. She is my best friend. We share all of our disappointments, celebrations, stupid moments (like the time my kids were distracting me while I was talking to a parent of one of the kids we babysit...and instead of saying to my daughter who was tapping my arm, "I am talking one minute." I said, "I am on the phone. BE QUIET!" which I wasn't on the phone just completely out of my mind for that moment) and everything in between. I don't tell her nearly enough, though I suspect she knows. Thanks Carrie for helping get through this life, laughing.Fourth of July Plans & Menu
I have been planning our weekend. Tomorrow we will enjoy a quiet day at home.. just family ( all 12 of us!). We always enjoy a special meal on America's B-day.. so this year I will be making grilled steaks ( a rare treat) , baked potatoes, homemade baked beans, watermelon & homemade apple pie! It's not the fourth w/ out homemade apple pie!
Sunday our Church is holding an evening meeting and then a potluck meal. I'll be brining watermelon, lemon meringue pies and spinach salad. The girls are making cookies & cupcakes. We are also going to bring a pinata & water balloons! It should be a fun evening!
Fourth of July is one of our favorite holidays! We sure enjoy celebrating and taking time to remember how blessed we are in this land of the brave and home of the free! I am also thankful for the freedom and perfect law of liberty thru Christ our Lord ! Jesus died so ALL men could be set free! How grateful I am for that! We are no longer under the bondage of the law -- but are free thru the grace and liberty in Christ! Thank you Jesus for your precious blood shed on calvary so all men can be free!
Hope you all enjoy a blessed Holiday!
Gloria
happenings
My parents made it here safe and sound. We are so happy to have them here. We went and saw My Sister's Keeper yesterday afternoon. It was a tear-jerker for sure.
The same old things have been going on around here in the day to day. The weather has been a little cooler during the morning and early afternoon then warming up mid afternoon. Here is a picture of our weather station thingy that tells us the indoor/outdoor temp, how to dress, the time, and the humidity.
My daughters are busy baking cookies and boiling homegrown potatoes to make a homemade potatoe salad.
We are going to visit my sister today and have dinner there. I better get things in order. Write more later.
the luke is home
DS came home around 8 a.m. - having ridden all night with a couple from CO gong to IN. So good to see him again. The hair will have to go before he starts back to work Monday.
learned a new skill in Africa - sounds pretty good on guitar. We got his room painted about 3 weeks ago - light blue - looks so good - vast improvement.
Thursday
This morning we were up early. Harold and I were outside by 7:00. I got the beans planted while he finished hoeing the rows were we were going to plant corn. Emily and Josie planted the corn. They did almost 3 full rows. The end of the third row is where the green onions, leeks, lettuce, and cabbage are. I came in and fixed pancakes and sausage gravy for breakfast. I did a double batch and we will freeze the rest of them.Once breakfast was done, and dishes were done, RaeAnne helped me can 6 quarts of raspberries. 2 of the quarts didn't seal. I made a batch of strawberry/raspberry jam. I used the Pomona pectin that I bought last week. I figure that was a great deal. I used 4 cups of raspberries and 2 cups of sugar. It set fine. I may keep buying this pectin. I don't like using all the sugar in Certo's recipes and I don't like buying the low sugar pectin (it is to expensive). I ended up with three pints instead of the 4 pints with Certo. We will see how it tastes later.
I picked some Kohlrabi today for lunch. We peeled it and sliced it up. We ate it raw with other veggies. It was very good. I think we will keep planting that each year.
After lunch, all the company and our three girls went to visit Harold's aunt. A couple of his other aunts came over to visit as well. Harold and I worked around the house and yard. I made creamy chicken and noodles for supper. We also had a salad (made with lettuce from the garden), peaches, and garlic bread. The girls finished their scarecrow today. Emily got it put in the garden by the corn.
today
I've done fairly well keeping off the computer today until I get something done. I did my Bible study on Ezekiel 45 & 46 - animal sacrifices in the future? God has it all planned out with perfectness in everything.This week dear daughter and dear son will both come home tomorrow. Ang is at church camp and Lucky Luke will be finishing up his YWAM school in Col. Springs and getting a ride with a friend on his way to IL or IN. We're right on the way. He had a flight already to fly home, but then he would miss his graduation, so he decided to do the graduation thing.
Today I'm cleaning the house - it will look better. I finished the rec room and bath down there - mostly have the living room cleaned up - just have to dust and vacuum; then tidy the kitchen and dust and vacuum the family room.
I really enjoyed working at the thrift store Tues. and Wed. sitting and cleaning up housewares - enjoyed taking with the women there - it's like a little beehive - everyone has a job to do and they buzz around working - very organized. They do hire about 9 people, but whether I'm to work there in the future is yet to be seen. I'm sure I'd enjoy it and the $ too. But they said the board of directors want to change it to only volunteers work there; I don't see how that would work - quality would definitely be poor - would be like some of these other unorganized dirty places I've seen.
Well, must read a few blogs of people then get on with cleaning. I even sent my niece a b-day card today!
Just for fun, me & my husband about who knows how many years ago - at least maybe 15???
A Morning Walk
Morning WalkAmidst the dew of early dawn,
I took a morning walk.
And along with me, I took a Friend,
For I felt a need to talk.
I unburdened both my heart and soul,
And spoke many things:
Of plans gone wrong, of failure's pain,
And how to live with shattered dreams.
My Friend just listened quietly,
And uttered not a word.
For it was His time to listen,
And my time to be heard.
His sympathetic ear brought peace,
As we walked this earthly sod.
And I learned to trust life again,
On my morning walk with God.
Poet, Barbara Cagle Ray
I think I'll take a long morning walk.......Kitty
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