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Showing posts with label Country Adventures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Country Adventures. Show all posts
God's Sense of Humor
Sunday morning came, and the alarm went off. I shut it off and decided that even though it was
I laid back in bed for a few seconds and all I could do was smile up at the ceiling and tell God He was a funny guy.
So I got up, got dressed and got in the car to rescue Gramma. The church is in the very same town I had to drive to, so there was no reason for me not to go and so I went, and thoroughly enjoyed service and adult class lessons.
It still is making me smile to think that He went through all that trouble to get me to church. What an awesome God we serve!
Easter
, I wasn't going to go to Sunday school and church. I started thinking of a few excuses to give Gramma, because she's always concerned when I don't go and makes sure I know it! A few minutes later as I was drifting back into sleep my phone starts ringing obnoxiously loudly. I reach over to answer, sure it's my boss asking me something silly, and I see it's Gramma. I answer it because the only other time she had called (instead of texted) one of our cell phones, she had been in a terrible car accident. I said, "Good morning Gramma!" and she said, "Lisa, I've locked my keys in the car at the gas pump, can you please bring me my spare as soon as possible? Your mom is home right? She has my spares." I assured her that yes, I'd be there soon, and hung up.I laid back in bed for a few seconds and all I could do was smile up at the ceiling and tell God He was a funny guy.
So I got up, got dressed and got in the car to rescue Gramma. The church is in the very same town I had to drive to, so there was no reason for me not to go and so I went, and thoroughly enjoyed service and adult class lessons.
It still is making me smile to think that He went through all that trouble to get me to church. What an awesome God we serve!
Spring!
Seeds are (hopefully) on their way, the garden has been raked out of dead leaves. Now it's just pulling the old flowers and the gigantic Yucca bush out of the garden and I'll be ready to sow/transfer. Just over a month until our last frost date!
I don't have a fence, but I'm sure I'm going to need something up. We have plenty of wild bunnies who could use fattening up. I am anxiously awaiting the nursery across the road to fly it's "Open" flag so I can run over and get mulch and some dirt.
We had our first real day of spring on Saturday and it was just glorious. Makes me anxious for the lovely days ahead. The crocuses were poking their heads out of the front flower bed adjacent to the driveway, there's something poking out of the flower garden (my new vegetable garden) it's tulips or hyacinths or daffodils, but I can't tell yet. Too bad they have to go. I'm (not so) secretly hoping that they are daffodils, my favorites. There are buds on the big lilac! I'm praying they don't get frozen off in another hard frost like most years. I simply love the smell of lilac.
I also have the following sewing projects promised:
Apron - Gramma (I'm thinking Quinn's Gathering Apron.)
Flat-Bottom Zipper Pouch - Amanda, purple.
Fix/Mend Zipper on Red Pants - Holly.
Small Curtain for Podium at Work.
And I went yesterday after work to a local fabric shop to look at a fabric for Gramma's apron and Amanda's purple zipper pouch, only to realize after getting halfway there that I was way too tired to be making the drive. I'd like to tell you that I then turned around and made for home, but it's not true. I made my way (slowly) to the shop and discovered it was closed! Color me disappointed.
Feeling a bit more awake, I decided to take a second way home... that I've taken only once before... and I'm sure you see where this is going. I got lost and made it to a town I've never been to before. Go me! I turned around, drove all the way back and found the right road and went home. Jeepers!
I don't have a fence, but I'm sure I'm going to need something up. We have plenty of wild bunnies who could use fattening up. I am anxiously awaiting the nursery across the road to fly it's "Open" flag so I can run over and get mulch and some dirt.
We had our first real day of spring on Saturday and it was just glorious. Makes me anxious for the lovely days ahead. The crocuses were poking their heads out of the front flower bed adjacent to the driveway, there's something poking out of the flower garden (my new vegetable garden) it's tulips or hyacinths or daffodils, but I can't tell yet. Too bad they have to go. I'm (not so) secretly hoping that they are daffodils, my favorites. There are buds on the big lilac! I'm praying they don't get frozen off in another hard frost like most years. I simply love the smell of lilac.
I also have the following sewing projects promised:
Apron - Gramma (I'm thinking Quinn's Gathering Apron.)
Flat-Bottom Zipper Pouch - Amanda, purple.
Fix/Mend Zipper on Red Pants - Holly.
Small Curtain for Podium at Work.
And I went yesterday after work to a local fabric shop to look at a fabric for Gramma's apron and Amanda's purple zipper pouch, only to realize after getting halfway there that I was way too tired to be making the drive. I'd like to tell you that I then turned around and made for home, but it's not true. I made my way (slowly) to the shop and discovered it was closed! Color me disappointed.
Feeling a bit more awake, I decided to take a second way home... that I've taken only once before... and I'm sure you see where this is going. I got lost and made it to a town I've never been to before. Go me! I turned around, drove all the way back and found the right road and went home. Jeepers!
This Day
Today is one of those achingly beautiful days that your heart and head can't get enough of. It smells like spring, like new beginnings.
I am so grateful to be alive on a day like today.
After church, the Harvest Dinner was put on. Rachel and I signed up to serve and so during the last song in church we ran out and got ready to serve. Aprons on and gloved-up we dished out potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, and turkey along with sweet potatoes, gravy, rolls and tons of pie!
I am so grateful to be alive on a day like today.
After church, the Harvest Dinner was put on. Rachel and I signed up to serve and so during the last song in church we ran out and got ready to serve. Aprons on and gloved-up we dished out potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, and turkey along with sweet potatoes, gravy, rolls and tons of pie!
Classes
I was at work and overheard a few customers talking and once mentioned that they still had nine chickens to be processed and they'd have to contact the farm. I asked her which farm and she told me, and I asked why they didn't do it themselves and she said because she honestly didn't know how to process them and cut them up once they were dead. She did mention that she thought the farm held classes on how-to. I thought that it'd be something to check out.
The cooperative extension table at the fair was full of information and I picked up a few papers. There is a poultry class, and a calf raising class, something about dirt that I didn't look at too much, and a few others that sounded just as promising. I think I'll have to go down to the cooperative extension building and see what else they offer.
Gramma and I are having a yard sale this Friday and Saturday when the college kids are due to move in. Hopefully we'll have a few good sales. Gramma has a few furniture pieces, where my things are mostly books. While looking for things to sell, we found some memories. My favorite was the bible my gramma ordered from the Sears catalog when she was 16.
College classes start on the 3rd of September!
The cooperative extension table at the fair was full of information and I picked up a few papers. There is a poultry class, and a calf raising class, something about dirt that I didn't look at too much, and a few others that sounded just as promising. I think I'll have to go down to the cooperative extension building and see what else they offer.
Gramma and I are having a yard sale this Friday and Saturday when the college kids are due to move in. Hopefully we'll have a few good sales. Gramma has a few furniture pieces, where my things are mostly books. While looking for things to sell, we found some memories. My favorite was the bible my gramma ordered from the Sears catalog when she was 16.
College classes start on the 3rd of September!
Home, Safely
We (the cat and I) made it to New York safe and sound at right around seven pm. That's one and a half hours better than the last time I made the same drive! We ran into less traffic this time, so that was a bonus. However, when I went to start the Impala this morning at 6:30 to begin our trip, it wouldn't start! Thank God that Uncle hadn't left for work yet because he has a mechanical mind and we were quick to ascertain that the battery was dead. That same battery has been in the same car for eight years, so we got our money's worth I suppose. I had to wait until Advance Auto opened to purchase a replacement. Luckily it was a very easy fix and installed by the Advance Auto employees for free (well it was free if you purchased the battery from them, which I did). They didn't open until 7:30am, which was a bummer because it felt like forever.
I am also grateful that it happened at mile 0, instead of three hundred miles away at the gas station. Towing would certainly have been more than the $119.00 I spent on battery replacement.
The first thing that told me I was home was the crisp, cool, fresh air. Slightly heavy with moisture it enveloped the car and worked it's way in. There is no mistaking the air here. Clean and pure.
Tomorrow I will have (hopefully) a few pictures from the county fair as I will be going with my sister after I finish orientation at my new/old job. I love the fair mostly because you are allowed to pet any of the open-pen show animals (horses are off-limits, and the cows face in, so you could pet their bottoms I suppose).
I am also grateful that it happened at mile 0, instead of three hundred miles away at the gas station. Towing would certainly have been more than the $119.00 I spent on battery replacement.
The first thing that told me I was home was the crisp, cool, fresh air. Slightly heavy with moisture it enveloped the car and worked it's way in. There is no mistaking the air here. Clean and pure.
Tomorrow I will have (hopefully) a few pictures from the county fair as I will be going with my sister after I finish orientation at my new/old job. I love the fair mostly because you are allowed to pet any of the open-pen show animals (horses are off-limits, and the cows face in, so you could pet their bottoms I suppose).
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