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Catching Up

I dedicate this entry to all those friends who call and say, "so, what are you up to?" and I can't possibly think of a thing to say, so I say, "nothing."

I would love to have kept up better than this.  I can't tell you how many times during a week I think about some way to write on my blog about whatever I'm up to.  And that's been the problem.  It's May on the "farm", and I'm "up to" a LOT.  So I'm going to try to do a short (hopefully), intensive update now.

In the past 2-3 weeks, I've worked (with some help) on the following...

     OUTDOORS: cleared a hill--piled all the cut down jackpine trees to burn-- in preparation for fruit trees and berries we plan to put in, removed straw mulch from all the flower beds and cleaned those up, divided the lilies, planted roses, got more seedlings started and cared for those that are up and growing, froze some (seedlings) off  by trying to move them out to our little "greenhouse" shelves too soon then spent a good part of a morning trying to find and set up a better spot in the house, planted strawberries after hand-tilling (pitchfork) the bed, planted asparagus, some herbs, reseeding pearl onions, lettuce, spinach, and peas, potted the peach trees, black raspberries, and elderberries that we brought home from a local farm tho the hill (see above) isn't ready because still awaiting excavating to smooth and prep it, thankfully husband cleaned out the chicken barn but I think I get the goat barn this week -FUN- , cleaned/raked up the hay storage area, cleaned up the dog poop in the yard (which is promptly being replaced by more -- I think our herding dog only knows how to go on the run; our lab cross always wants privacy), I can't remember what else...

     INDOORS:  schooling, reorganized school for the summer schedule, completed weekly to-do plans and menus, worked on the way-behind bookkeeping, started spring detail cleaning of windows, 4-6 loads of laundry per week, 21 meals per week, kept up on the kids' vitamins and health needs, sorted the accumulating and multiplying toys, finished up a baby quilt for my new niece, planned and hosted Bee3's 3rd birthday party, visited f-i-l in nursing home (as mentioned here) while he was still there recovering from heart attack and now learning to manage congestive heart failure, continued to check in with him at home after he came back last Wed. evening, made up a form to help him record and remember his daily weigh-in and diet allowances, caught up on email correspondence, contemplated and journalled about things learned in Proverbs recently -- and other areas as they came up, met and prayed with a friend going thru present trials, went on a couple dates with husband, and

lost 10 pounds!!

By the way, did you see the recent Fox news mention that a stay-at-home mom is worth (conservatively) $117,000.00??  My husband likes to say now that I'm worth more than him!  But I tell him I'd be worth nothing without him making my work possible.

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{ 08:31, Monday, May 12, 2008 } { Posted by seventhheaven }

I heard that amount too...... I think they should add the average teacher salary to ours too. ~ smile ~
Now if we could just figure out a way to receive the check. LOL

sahm worth

{ 11:57, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 } { Posted by Illoura }

Thanks for posting that update on annual sahm worth- I just heard on the news that the lifetime worth (for 1-2 kids) is $800,000. over all!
WOW... too bad we will never see 'retirement annuity'.