Category: Everyday Life

Dad drove into town yesterday. His car was loaded with home grown tomatoes. Well, it wasn’t exactly loaded but it was enough to keep Becky and I busy all day today. I still haven’t sealed the 18 quart of tomato juice and 6 or 8 pints of salsa we prepa…

We are into the schedule, in the thick of it I’d say. We are still debating the house situation and I’m determined not to let it get stressful. It’s so easy to let something that starts out fun, suddenly become burdensome. Change is not what’s hard fo…

The second week of school has begun and the change has been good. Owen loves it, I love having a more clear look at Ivan, and it sets us all on a schedule that is a little hard for us but very, very good for us.

I’ve been proud of the fact that we’ve…

How did nearly a week pass without my picking up my keyboard and blogging? I guess that so much was happening I just didn’t have time. And although a lot was happening, little was worthy of posting so as the poor blog was neglected I was equally bored…

Ya get it?

Anyway…we started out a little after 7 a.m. and finished a little after 4. We totaled at 51 quarts and split it as evenly as we could between Becky and I.

Mine is in the freezer, hers is in a cooler on it’s way home.

I’m tired…

My brother is driving down right now and will probably arrive sometime around 2:00. He’s bringing our annual load of sweet corn from dad’s garden. Somehow dad talked him into making the trip so the boys will be excited to have Uncle Joel here for a cou…

On Thursday another Haverty’s delivery truck pulled up and I inspected three (not four for some reason) pieces of furniture that were to replace my four smelly pieces of furniture. They pulled them out in the driveway for me to look over and I approved…

In talking with the boys I mentioned my mom having made Shoo Fly pie when I was a kid. As I thought about it I decided to get out a recipe and see what is in Shoo Fly pie. I thought I remembered Molasses and I was right. Anyway…I left the cookbook o…

I did my little second coat that needed doing and cleaned everything up. I put the room back together and changed a few things. My wardrobe lost it’s home in the living room with the new couch, so I moved it to the guest room. I should probably just s…

Wednesday I was so determined to get done but there was just so much against me. Even the weather seemed to have a problem with my progress. The storm was beautiful, but ill timed and darkened my room when I needed it bright. The kids were creative, b…