Have you ever herded chickens? Herded probably isn't even a word but it'll do. I am now the proud care taker of 2 more guinea hens. They came as tiny little balls of fluff - adorable. Well of course they'll grow up to be ugly and make loud...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Here in PA we had received a beautiful snow in December. My youngest son had prayed for a plowable snow so I heard no complaint when he was told to shovel. I love the excitement of the forecast that calls for a heavy snow. Well I guess I can be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The beauty of the military life is being sent all over the world. The stress of military life is being sent all over the world :-). How can the very same act be so contradicting? It is contradicting by how I dealt with it. We were stationed in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Chronicles 29:11-13 "Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Well my house has 9 new, cute, little chicken peeps. My niece and I ordered 18 peeps. They were mail order so I knew the approximate time for them to be shipped - I can only imagine what they experienced in the USPS.... Well the call came from the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It has been a hot, humid summer around here. The corn was beginning to shrivel, the grass was turning brown, and even the weeds in my garden weren't growing. Why? Because they were thirsty. Water is essential to life. The body can survive weeks...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I have a garden. Now I use the term "garden" in a broad sense of the term. In reality I should say it is a "weed patch with a few vegatables". Last year my green beans did really well so of course I planted them again this year. Now in case you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Last night my youngest boy and I went out to the garden to plant a few more pepper plants. When we had collected all the supplies, he sat down on the ground while I decided on where I wanted to plant. I came back and noticed that one of my little...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Spring is here! Last Saturday I sent my oldest boy out to rototill the garden. When he was finished, he and I started to hoe an area where we were going to put in onions. It was then that I saw a bunch of fur. I felt sick. I knew it was fur used...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Raise your hand if you've flown recently? At Christmas we flew out to see our son. Sure enough the skirt I wore triggered the security sensor so I had the delightful experience of standing in front of everyone while I was patted down. Simply...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
