new shoes

I know that I have been away from here for awhile. I have been busy. Every part of my life is different now. Every day brings a new challenge. I can't say that it is getting any easier, but I am getting more used to doing things that I never imagined myself doing before. It still seems like there is always another mountain to climb. We are just decending down the back side of a very big mountain. It was exhausting. It was so very hard. But now we can put it behind us and start moving ahead. I never want to climb that one again. I think that the kids and I should go out and get us some new climbing shoes. We need to get in shape for whatever lies ahead. And, heck, new shoes always make me feel better.


I read a quote today. It said: "I don't believe that things always happen for the best, but I do believe that it's possible to make the best of things that happen." I agree.

Brighter days ahead

Hughgacious mountains! That's what I have been up to. I am looking forward to sunshine, baseball, spring break and....... Easter. I gave up junk food for Lent and I am in serious need of some chocolate.

sunshine

All it takes is a little bit of sunshine and all I want to do is go outside and play in the dirt.

The daffodills are blooming. The daphne is, too. It smells so good.

The little birds and the frogs have been singing their happy song. In just a couple of weeks the time will change and the days will get longer.

I went to the yard and garden show with Diane and Danielle and I saw lots of things there that I want to do. It is probably a good thing for the rainy days tho, because I have alot of inside stuff to do, too. But it sure is good fun to play in the dirt.

Mountains

There are a few things that I can't imagine myself doing. One is mountain climbing and another is running a marathon. Lately I have been doing both.......at the same time. It seems like there is one mountain after another and they just keep coming at me.

I have been reading a book called YOUR BEST LIFE NOW by Joel Osteen. I read Mark 11:23 and it says: Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. There fore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you.

It also says: STOP TALKING TO GOD ABOUT HOW BIG YOUR MOUNTAINS ARE, AND START TALKING TO YOUR MOUNTAINS ABOUT HOW BIG YOUR GOD IS!!!!........Lately, I have been doing alot of talking.

We have decided to adopt!!!

Yep, we have decided to adopt. We have the extra room. Raising little ones is what we have been doing for a long time so it just seems like the thing to do. We have checked out a few nurseries and found the ones we like. The guys have been busy getting their beds ready. It was time to go and pick up the little ones and bring them home. ....... We will promise to take good care of them. We will nurture them, feed them and even groom them so that they will grow up to be beautiful, healthy and mature. Then.... we will send them on their way so that they can go out into the world and make others happy too.

Starting new

Some things recently have been sorta painful, like Tuesday mornings mamogram!! And then there is this:



We have to cut down some perfectly nice trees and burn them because it just doesn't make sense to keep them. When you have already cut thru the field for a couple years and there are just a few left, it makes more sense to cut them down and start over with new seedlings. We did this today.



For me it is painful to see this happen. I feel an attachment to each tree. After all, I have known them since they were babies.


But this is how it works. Fortunately for us it is on a very small scale that we have to do this. Some growers are cutting down thousands of their trees and burning them. There is an over supply of trees and it is hard to market them, so you just have to bite the bullet and get it done.


Some farmers cut them down and leave them lay for a few weeks. Then they pile them and wait for a dry spell to burn them. Not us!!! The guys cut them down real fast while I wasn't looking and piled and burned them. Then they get the tractor and the stump grinder out and grind up all the stumps. They work the dirt, check the PH in the soil, adjust it and replant. Before you know it there will be new little trees planted again.

Oh yes, Mindy and Louis are having a boy!!!!!!!

BOY OH BOY!!!!

Boy oh boy!!! Mindy and Louis went to the doctor today for an ultrasound. They find out what they are having. I can't wait for her to tell everyone so I can tell everyone else!!!!! :)