WINDOW WASHING AND CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER GAME

Amen......

Up to greet a cloudy day. As I went out to get chores done after getting the kids all set up for their breakfast I looked at the sun trying it's best to find a crack in the thick cloud cover. There was 6/10ths inch of rain in the gauge this morning from yesterday and last night's rain.

I took RL to pre-school and then came home to have my breakfast.  After I ate hubbie entertained IR while I baked cakes. I baked 2 chocolate, 2 pound cakes and 1 pan of brownies. I intended to bake 6 caramel but didn't have enough eggs and didn't feel it was necessary enough to have these to go back to the store for more eggs.

I had gotten a text last night as soon as I put the ad on Craiglist for the roosters I have for sale that said they were interested in the roosters. It was pretty late and I wanted to get to bed so I didn't respond.

This morning I got another text from the same number and they are coming to get all the roosters.

They arrived just as I got everything in the ovens so I put the timer in my pocket and went out to catch the roosters from the pen I had them in. 

These men drove all the way from Canton to get the roosters and they also took one of the older hens I am going to sell.

I came back inside just in time to get the cakes all out of the ovens. 

Hubbie got IR to sleep while I worked in the sunroom washing the inside of the windows. When IR went to sleep he helped me and we got the high side windows washed on the outside with the help of a tall ladder.

A couple of the windows have gas leaks in them and are foggy looking but with the cleaning this room looks so much lighter.

I finished the inside cleaning and vacuuming and then when IR woke up we had lunch.

After a late lunch I played with her while hubbie collected all the recyclables and trash for tomorrow's dump run. Then he played with her while I got some paperwork done for the week.

G-son's championship soccer game is this afternoon so we all got ready and went out to the school. Thankful that it is at their home field and it is a beautiful day for a game .

There is a breeze today in the mid 60's temps that make it feel very comfortable out here.

The players get water before the game starts. G-son is the second from left in this pic.

IR got bored and spent her time walking back and forth in the bleachers between #1 son and hubbie and behind her mom and me.

It was a very rough good game and ended in a tie.

After 2 five minute overtime quarters and they were still knotted at 3-3 they went to penalty kicks and sadly the last little 6th grade player kicked the ball straight into the opposing teams goalie's hands. I felt so bad for this little guy as he lay on the field in tears.

He came around and joined the team as they lined up to shake hands for the last time this season.

We came home to get the chores done late just before dark and this sky tonight was pretty amazing.

We spent the evening getting things ready for market, icing cakes and finishing the paperwork and bill paying for the week.

Thankful for the blessings of this day.

God Bless and Good Night

HAPPY 12TH AND 37TH BIRTHDAY TO G-SON AND #1 SON

I need this prayer everyday !!!

Up to get the kids all their breakfast and get chores done.

It is another unseasonably warm morning in the mid 50's to start another mid to upper 70's day.

After I dropped RL at pre-school I came home to have a quick breakfast and then we gathered the heavy bed and furniture covers and rugs from last month and took them out to the laundry. After last month's  3 month load of  heavy laundry I decided I would go every month or at least every 2 months from now on. Hubbie and IR went with me to get out of the house this morning. IR was fascinated by the large washer and watched the action for a long time.

We all took a nice walk around the sidewalk behind the laundry .

I noticed the really heavy acorn crop this year as these Oak trees along the sidewalk had the ground covered in acorns for the "city" squirrels.

Really makes me wonder about this winter ????

It took me about an hour to get things washed and dried. I brought all the rubber backed rugs home to hang on the clothesline to dry.

I got things hung out and put away just in time to head out to pick up g-daughter RL from pre-school.

She seemed to have had a good day but couldn't go to sleep on the ride home because she was "a little bit scared" of what I could never figure out but she didn't sleep at all on the way home and wouldn't sleep after we got home even with hubbie holding her.

IR woke from her short nap so we all had lunch together.

The girls both ate very well and then played. I got a few more windows washed and vacuumed on the inside of the sunroom before I had to stop to deal with a very tired and ill RL. No nap days are very trying days.

I held her until she finally stopped crying and rested while watching a movie on TV to at least rest.

As I went into the kitchen to get a snack for the girls I saw that it had already started to rain. Oh well, my rugs are already to wet to bring inside so I will leave them on the line to dry in the days to come.

Thankfully #1 son got off work early and came into deal with RL and her bad mood today.

Daughter came after IR and the girls started a wrestling match which ended up getting #1 son involved !!!

After they all left hubbie and me waited out a heavy rain shower before we went out to get chores done this evening.

It was still raining and I forgot to check the rain gauge so I will check it in the morning to get a total for the evening and overnight rains.

After chores we went down to #1 son's house to take g-son his birthday present. When he came home from the youth camping trip he said he wanted us to get him one of these pop up tents to have on these camping trips because someone happened to have an extra one they let him use on this trip. He was very happy with it.

Speaking of birthdays , today is not only g-son's 12th birthday but also his dad's ,#1 son's 37th birthday.

It is amazing how much difference 10 years make...…..especially for g-son !!!!

HAPPY  HAPPY  BIRTHDAY TO THESE TWO !!!

Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the years with sweet memories of these two birthday boys.

God Bless and Good Night

WONDOW WASHING and TOURNAMENT WIN

Amen...….
An early Monday morning comes hard for me always but I took it in stride and was up and going when d-in-love got here with g-son and g-daughter RL.  G-son had plenty of time to leisurely eat his waffles and chocolate milk today as daughter is out of work sick today so hubbie will be taking him to school later than daughter usually does.
RL and I stayed home and read some new books I had. She isn't feeling good again and has a terrible rattling sound in her throat.
When hubbie got back he got her some breakfast while I did chores . I took her to pre-school and ordered her school pictures then came home and had breakfast. I called daughter on my way home to see if I needed to pick up g-daughter IR but she was feeling a little better so she said she would bring her over later.
After I ate I gathered the laundry and got the first load started then hubbie and I tackled the sunroom windows. We didn't clean them last year and we could really tell how dusty and dirty they were. Hubbie removes the screens and washes them with the spray nozzle on the hose and a brush while I wash the windows and window frames.

We worked hard all morning and got all the ground level windows washed on the outside and the double French doors all cleaned before it was time to pick up RL from pre-school.

While I was gone to pick her up hubbie painted around the door.

When we got home daughter and IR were here and there was no nap taking for RL with her cousin here.

Daughter was still feeling pretty bad so she rested in the recliner and hubbie and I fixed the girls some chicken nuggets and mac and cheese for lunch. When I was cooking the mac and chees in the microwave there was a terrible rubber burning smell that hubbie thought the cup holding the mac and cheese was melting but that wasn't it.  It didn't take long to figure out what was burning as when I tried to heat my left overs the microwave was dead, we knew it was a wire on the microwave that burned. This microwave is 5 years old so it is time for a new one.

I gave the dog my left overs and went to the stove to cook my lunch the old fashioned way . I cooked bacon and eggs in a frying pan and had a bacon, egg and tomato sandwich for lunch.

It always amazes me that you aren't aware of how much you use these modern conveniences until they are gone and it seems everything we needed for the girls or us the rest of the afternoon needed to be microwaved !!!!!

I did a couple more loads of laundry then ran to the pharmacy to pick up some medicine for daughter.

I came back and then we got ready to go to g-son's first soccer tournament game. Thankfully they are the top seed today and the game is here.

It is a beautiful day for a game but it is back to the unseasonable hot sunshine.

They were playing Macon county middle school and it was a very good game but Apple Valley won 2-0 to advance to the championship game against Flat Rock on Wednesday. Thankfully since we won both games with Flat Rock during the season the championship game will be here also.

We all came home and I rested for a few minutes while I watched the news then we did chores.

After chores we made a trip out to Walmart to pick up another microwave. It is the same size as the one we have had but a different brand. Our old one was a GE and this one is a Hamilton Beach.

It has a few new features that the old one lacked that I am anxious to try out.
G-daughter RL tried on her Minion Halloween costume tonight.

Hubbie and I are both really beat tonight and looking forward to an early bedtime.

Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the strength God gives us each day to get done what  we get done.

God Bless and Good Night

RESTFUL SUNDAY AND GRANDMOTHER BORN IN 1858

Amen......
Up on a surprise rainy morning. I waited a little while for the light rain shower to pass before getting out to do the morning chores.
I had breakfast then cooked rice and added it and black beans and Mexican corn to the crockpot full of cooked chicken for lunch today. When I stopped in Ingles yesterday to buy the supplies for today's lunch, I picked up a whole chicken and a box of brown rice for chicken and rice that I was planning. As I looked at the back of the rice box when I started to put it in the cart this recipe caught my eye.

I thought this would spice up the chicken and rice so I bought a couple cans of black beans and Mexican corn and a bag of Mexican cheese.  I cooked the whole chicken over night in the crockpot and pulled all the meat out and shredded it this morning putting it back in the crockpot with the liquid from the chicken still in there along with the rice, beans and corn.

I turned the crockpot back on and let it cook while we went to church.

G-daughter RL  ready for church ….

Our Senior pastor Craig got sick over night and associate pastor William did the sermon today.

#1 son's family was our only guest for the new recipe but let me tell you this will definitely go into my Sunday lunch rotation because it was very good. Not only is it very good but very cheap to make. I had a crockpot completely full and for only about $11 for the one pot lunch.

After they left hubbie watched a race on TV and I went through my photos for October decade pictures. There was a lot on October pics so this took all afternoon but I am glad it is finished so I can start getting them posted.

I went out to get the evening chores done just as the  sun dropped below the horizon leaving some pretty color in these clouds.

Hubbie and I relaxed for the evening.

To begin the decade pics with the oldest October event we start back in October of 1858 when my paternal grandmother was born. Martha Louise Wilkie was born on October 4, 1858.

The  words I was told about this picture of my grandmother Martha were that she was standing in front of the mountains she loved.

This is my grandmother and grandfather Pryor.

I have always wished I would have got to know this great lady who died in April of 1935 at the age of 77. I am thankful to have the genes of such a strong beautiful lady.

I am thankful for the blessings of another wonderful Sunday.

God Bless and Good Night

GOOD MARKET DAY

Amen   ….
That extra hour of sleep felt good this cool morning. We don't have any heat on in the house and still have the fan running over our bed so the 49 degree morning temps are very refreshing when we wake up.
I did chores then got ready to go to market. We made it on time and there was only a couple customers already there .
We had a busy selling day and hubbie stayed and helped for awhile. Daughter and her family made a weekend trip to see one of son-in-love's brothers in the middle part of the state so we were on our own today.
Hubbie left to make  stops to pick up the shelf for the TV and  Sam's Club  and then home to rake leaves in the yard.
I had a good selling day which I am thankful for.
I made a stop at Ingles on my way home to pick up lunch supplies for tomorrow.
Hubbie helped me unload and then we had the broccoli / cheese soup from the soup vendor at market and it was very good for an early supper.
We went up to the barn to work on and clean up the old shelf we bought. Hubbie took a trim from the top of it so he could add a board to make it wider and discovered it was really old because these old square nails were holding the trim.

I remember seeing some of these nails when I was very young and I always thought they would really be hard to hammer into the wood because of their square tips but I remember my dad saying he had rather use square nails because they never split the boards.

This shelf cleaned up very well and is perfect for our new TV stand and an added book shelf for the girls books. We still wonder what the original purpose for it was ??

We moved the old stand into the storage building and then watched the news to give our backs a rest before we did chores.
Daughter sent these pics from their family weekend with Brad,  son-in-love's brother.

I am glad to get things done and get to sit down and rest my aching feet and back tonight. Hopefully a good hot bath and I might get the heating pad on my sore back tonight to help feel better in the morning.
Thankful for the blessings of this day and looking forward to worshipping my Lord with my church family tomorrow.
God Bless and Good Night

FIRST JACK-O-LANTERN MAKING

Double Amen on this one.
Up to get things back on the regular schedule this morning. Fed g-son and sent him off to school with daughter while hubbie got RL and IR settled for their breakfast. I got chores done, brrrr !!!  Fall is here this morning with a windy 48 degrees.
I took RL to pre-school and checked out her school pics before I left there. They are all so good it is going to be a hard decision to choose the ones we want to order.
Connie, IR's other g-ma picked her up from the house this morning around 9:00 so she was already gone when I got home. I had my breakfast and then hubbie and I took off on a search mission to find a higher TV stand.
We turned the cattle back down into the lower pastures although they were still standing pretty full of water.

Luckily we found an old side bar or something, we are not sure what it was used for ,that would work in the first resale shop we went into. We decided to look around a bit more for something a little cheaper but didn't find anything so hubbie will take his truck by tomorrow on the way home from market and pick it up for $100.  The regular price was $150 and I was hoping for $75 but she wouldn't go any lower than $100.
But it is pretty perfect with a little work. I will post pics tomorrow.
We picked up RL from pre-school. She was funny as she made the teacher zip her jacket and put her hood tight on her head to face the still blowing cool wind and it has only warmed to about 58 degrees.

She cried when she saw IR wasn't in the car but then we made a couple stops with her alone and I think she was enjoying getting all the attention for a change. We don't usually have just her so we made it a special day and took her out to lunch. She was loving that hamburger !!

She went to sleep on the way home and hubbie brought her inside to the couch while I got my baking supplies gathered and started my baking for the day.
I baked 6 caramel, 1 coconut, 4 pound cakes and 1 pan of brownies.
While the last ones were in the ovens RL and I went outside to make a couple Jack-O-Lanterns from some little pumpkins I had bought for her. I set the timer on my ovens and took it outside with us.
She wanted me to draw the faces and for her to put their "Hair" on !!! She had a blast doing this.

She made one for IR and wanted me to send her a picture so she could see it.

Jack-O-Lanterns  RL style !!!

My oven timer went off and we headed back inside until her mom picked her up. She was proud to show her jack-o-lantern to her mom and took it home to go on the shelf with some of mom's decorations.

Hubbie and I got chores done then I iced cakes and got things ready for market tomorrow.
I am very grateful for the blessings of this day.
God Bless and Good Night