Looking out my back porch... mostly cloudy, breezy and it just looks cool. The wheat field is very ready for harvest, but thanks to the rain this weekend, harvest will wait for a few days.
I am thankful for... allergy medicine, shop-vacs, bacon, fresh peaches, a functioning computer and napping toddlers.
I am reading… a mish mash of books, magazines and online articles.
I am praying for... a successful senior year for Greg and a successful year for the rest of my kids. I am praying they all stay healthy in their sporting activities, as well. I’m also praying that Religious Education will run smoothly and that we’ll find a cook for the college fraternity I advise.
I am hearing... honestly, in the couple minutes I’ve been writing this post, the boys have scraped a stool across the kitchen floor three times, Dak threw a plate on the floor for clattering effect, and the middle boys were having an argument over who should pick up a game they were both playing. Mix in a couple screams of ‘Done, done!’ and you’ve put yourself in my chair.
From the Home Front…today has been a doozy of a morning. Why is it that we cannot discover a problem with our septic pump until water is spilling into the homeschool closet or spilling over the toilet seat next door? We’d meant to get a back-up pump, but just hadn’t gotten it done. Of course, my husband thought he’d have more than a year to accomplish that task. It seems we go through a pump a year. I think he’ll be getting that done a little sooner than planned. For now, we are pumping into the backyard…good thing we live in the country and thank goodness it’s windy today.
From the School Room... assignments are being completed. Greg and I determined that he’ll be re-taking the ACT. Unfortunately, there is only one date that works and it’s next April. He’s also signed up for career days at one college and we’re planning on two college tours, as well.
From the Kitchen... Sweet ‘n’ Sour Baked Beans in the oven and Raspberry Chipolte Bacon fresh out of the oven.
From the FarmYard… Lily, our 4mo black lab, went missing last Wednesday. She hasn’t returned, and we don’t believe she will. It stinks. We went out searching for three days in the area where the dogs were last seen, to no avail. It rained the three nights after she went missing, so the odds of her surviving with an injury are even slimmer. Bella, our older dog, has been moping around. We all miss Lily. Each morning, I’ve woke up hoping that she’d be laying on the mat on the back porch.
The last batch of hogs goes to the butcher tomorrow. It’ll be nice to get the barn cleaned out for the winter.
We still haven’t had an opportunity to move the chickens. The weather played a part in the delay. Oh, well. It’ll happen when it happens.
A successful moment… the pile of shirts & handkerchiefs to be ironed has been pressed and put away.
A few plans for the rest of the week…
*First varsity football game for Greg on Tuesday and his second game is on Saturday
*Zeke’s first football game is Thursday
*Angelina has an ortho appt in Fargo on Wednesday
*Graham begins Flag Football practice on Thursday
*Family camping trip – last one of the year – begins Thursday night or Friday morning
*Grandma Green Acres plans to take Zeke, Graham, and Louis to see Bob!
*Final prep for our first day of class on September 2.
A picture memory...
From our trip through the Smokey Mountains in June 2006. From left to right: Zeke, Graham, Angelina, Greg. The pic up top is also from our trip through the mountains.
Bummer on the pump front. Ugh. AND the puppy. :-(
ReplyDeleteRaspberry chipotle bacon? Wow! That's three favors I would never have dreamed of putting together. Sounds like man food. ;-)
Good luck on the fraternity cook. That will take finding just the right soul.