Name: Tenley Haven Goulding
Date: 12/14/09
Lenght: 20 inches
Weight: 8lbs 2oz
Comments: Perfect!!!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Greetings from the North Country
It is kind of hard to beat Tom's blog entry. Sounds like quite a Thanksgiving at the Goulding ranch. Wow, paintball and all!
We had a great time here in the north country, but it was a little more sedate. Amy, Jason and Cameron came from a visit.. we always enjoy spending time with them. Cameron changes everytime you see him. He can communicate with one word sentences.. but YOU know what he wants. He actually put two words together, when Jason went out to walk the dog.. "bye bye Dadda". Makes you chuckle when you hear it, but it also makes you smile thinking of what this little one can do in such a short time. Every little change is a milestone.. you will see - its truly a blessing to have grandchildren (right Mom and Dad).
I had a little mishap prior to the holiday. I took my eyes off Ariel (our female dog) for no less than 5 seconds - at the same time a fox scooted in front of her.. she decided to take off while I was still holding the leash. Needless to say, by the time I realized she was off and running I was on my way down.. broke two ribs and screw up my hip and hamstring. Lesson learned..
Note to myself - "dogs and fox don't mix - never take an eye off them". I'm on the mend.. but it will be a few weeks.. I plan to be better by snowshoeing season.. :)
Enjoy these pictures of Cameron.. unfortunately, we never all sat long enough to get family pictures.. which we had planned to do.. (silly us).
It is wonderful that we can share stories through the internet on our family time together. I am thankful for such a wonderful family. I am also thankful for continued good health for Mom and that her visit to the hospital turned out as successful as it did... I'm sad that we were not able to share Thanksgiving with Mom and Dad - but we'll try again in 2010.
We are all waiting for the arrival of Matt and Kensey's baby girl soon and the soon to follow birth of Bethany and Robb's little one.. Imagine 2010 with all the new little babies.. something to look forward to indeed.
Happy Thursday to you all! Have a wonderful day and enjoy the small things that make you smile.. they are the greatest gift of all!
Love Kathy
We had a great time here in the north country, but it was a little more sedate. Amy, Jason and Cameron came from a visit.. we always enjoy spending time with them. Cameron changes everytime you see him. He can communicate with one word sentences.. but YOU know what he wants. He actually put two words together, when Jason went out to walk the dog.. "bye bye Dadda". Makes you chuckle when you hear it, but it also makes you smile thinking of what this little one can do in such a short time. Every little change is a milestone.. you will see - its truly a blessing to have grandchildren (right Mom and Dad).
I had a little mishap prior to the holiday. I took my eyes off Ariel (our female dog) for no less than 5 seconds - at the same time a fox scooted in front of her.. she decided to take off while I was still holding the leash. Needless to say, by the time I realized she was off and running I was on my way down.. broke two ribs and screw up my hip and hamstring. Lesson learned..
Note to myself - "dogs and fox don't mix - never take an eye off them". I'm on the mend.. but it will be a few weeks.. I plan to be better by snowshoeing season.. :)
Enjoy these pictures of Cameron.. unfortunately, we never all sat long enough to get family pictures.. which we had planned to do.. (silly us).
It is wonderful that we can share stories through the internet on our family time together. I am thankful for such a wonderful family. I am also thankful for continued good health for Mom and that her visit to the hospital turned out as successful as it did... I'm sad that we were not able to share Thanksgiving with Mom and Dad - but we'll try again in 2010.
We are all waiting for the arrival of Matt and Kensey's baby girl soon and the soon to follow birth of Bethany and Robb's little one.. Imagine 2010 with all the new little babies.. something to look forward to indeed.
Happy Thursday to you all! Have a wonderful day and enjoy the small things that make you smile.. they are the greatest gift of all!
Love Kathy
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Let the Games begin
It was great to have the family here for Thanksgiving. Some of us played paintball before the meal. This was far more fun than arguing politics or religion over dinner. I ate so much, I kind of feel like I might be pregnant also, but my stomach isn't kicking and poking me like Bethany's. A couple more months and we're grandparents. God willing we'll be following Mike and MaryAnn and Kathy and Mel in that ritual event. There is a lot to look forward to.
I hope y'all are well and survive the holidays with your sanity intact.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Life is what you make of it
So, the other day, I stepped away from the office, try to clear my head and find some greens for the goats. They bawl when they're hungry.
Anyhow, before I got to the goats I went into the chicken house scrounging around for eggs, but the birds lay fewer eggs as the days get shorter. so I only got a single egg.
While I checked each nest, I stepped in fresh chicken poop, while I was wearing my nice Italian loafers; the kind that have a woven leather topside that allows the squishy stuff to ooze inside my shoes. I scraped off as much of the crap as I could and went to the goat pen.
The goats were very frisky that morning, which is another way to say they were being difficult. I had to grab the male by the horns, hold him still so I could snap the leader line to his collar. The female is easier and has better self control, but she takes her cues from the male. So if he decides to misbehave, she will copy him, because that's what goats do.
As I am fighting with the goats to get their leashes on, I got the leader line twisted around my wrist, while they pulled in separate directions, increasing the tension of the cable. This is kind of painful.
I finally got the two of them secured and ready to move to the high grass. I've got a 1/2 inch of compacted chicken poop on the soles my shoes. My wrist hurts from trying to put the goats out to pasture.
I looked up and saw a commercial jet flying from the southwest to the northeast. It was a beautiful blue sky that day, not a single cloud between me and that airliner; 30,000 feet overhead. I thought about the passengers on that flight, especially the ones in first class who were looking out the window.
You know, where ever that plane is going, I'm certain I've been there, done that, and I wouldn't trade my contentious critters and stinking shoes for all the first class seats in the world.
I find new slivers in my fingers each day, I have dodged black widow spiders reaching for the light switch in the barn. There is a smell coming out of the barn that I just cannot identify the source. The barn roof leaks...... a lot when it rains, even when it drizzles.
But I have also sat in rush hour traffic, watching the guy in the SUV next me talking on his cell phone or burrowing a finger up one of his nostrils Or having that uncomfortable feeling that the 32 ounces of coffee I drank less than an hour ago are now past ready be passed.
I have also been to offices that feel more like a library, where exceeding a hush tone on phone call will cause the cubicle gophers to pop their heads over their respective walls.
The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence
So, taking it all in perspective, I have no complaints.
Anyhow, before I got to the goats I went into the chicken house scrounging around for eggs, but the birds lay fewer eggs as the days get shorter. so I only got a single egg.
While I checked each nest, I stepped in fresh chicken poop, while I was wearing my nice Italian loafers; the kind that have a woven leather topside that allows the squishy stuff to ooze inside my shoes. I scraped off as much of the crap as I could and went to the goat pen.
The goats were very frisky that morning, which is another way to say they were being difficult. I had to grab the male by the horns, hold him still so I could snap the leader line to his collar. The female is easier and has better self control, but she takes her cues from the male. So if he decides to misbehave, she will copy him, because that's what goats do.
As I am fighting with the goats to get their leashes on, I got the leader line twisted around my wrist, while they pulled in separate directions, increasing the tension of the cable. This is kind of painful.
I finally got the two of them secured and ready to move to the high grass. I've got a 1/2 inch of compacted chicken poop on the soles my shoes. My wrist hurts from trying to put the goats out to pasture.
I looked up and saw a commercial jet flying from the southwest to the northeast. It was a beautiful blue sky that day, not a single cloud between me and that airliner; 30,000 feet overhead. I thought about the passengers on that flight, especially the ones in first class who were looking out the window.
You know, where ever that plane is going, I'm certain I've been there, done that, and I wouldn't trade my contentious critters and stinking shoes for all the first class seats in the world.
I find new slivers in my fingers each day, I have dodged black widow spiders reaching for the light switch in the barn. There is a smell coming out of the barn that I just cannot identify the source. The barn roof leaks...... a lot when it rains, even when it drizzles.
But I have also sat in rush hour traffic, watching the guy in the SUV next me talking on his cell phone or burrowing a finger up one of his nostrils Or having that uncomfortable feeling that the 32 ounces of coffee I drank less than an hour ago are now past ready be passed.
I have also been to offices that feel more like a library, where exceeding a hush tone on phone call will cause the cubicle gophers to pop their heads over their respective walls.
The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence
So, taking it all in perspective, I have no complaints.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Beautiful full moon this week
It's great watching that moon rise up behind the bare trees and then waking up in the early morning dark to see it heading for the hills to the west.
The days are getting cooler and the leaves are no longer brilliant. They were spectacular this year, although the peak color seemed to only last a day or so last weekend.
I meant to get pictures but I didn't.
We have allowed the goats to feed inside our fence in the afternoons, letting them take advantage of the last of the fescue before the cold turns it brown and kills it off. I'm trying to spread the spoiled hay across the flat spot near the barn in hopes we will have something that resembles grass there next year. I should be wearing a mask when I spread it. There is so much mildew in it that it makes me choke trying to separate it from the pile.
The hens are only producing one or two eggs a day now. I guess because the days are getting shorter. So we won't be giving away as many as we had this past summer when they were cranking out 4 per day like a production line.
We are in sort of a flux state with the time change, we didn't keep up so things get left undone, until my body clock gets back into the rhythm of the day. We get up earlier, but we've been falling asleep early too.
I've got two piles of wood that need to be split. I'll take the poplar, you can try your hand at the red oak. The poplar splits easy, like ripping paper; whereas there is no reasoning with red oak. It doesn't like to be split, especially the stuff that is twisted or gnarled. You might as well pound rocks. When you handle the wood, it leaves behind really fine splinters, the kind you can't feel when they get embedded, but by the next day you'll remember them. I've spent many evenings with a hot pin in a futile attempt to dislodge the slivers. The splinters aren't any worse than the fire ant bites so I guess I can put up with them.
The conversation about getting a TV comes up more frequently now, but it's probably just talk.
We've been without TV ( but are happy to have Netflix) for long enough that I don't think we would find much benefit in it. Even when I travel, I prefer to read or sleep rather than watch TV.
In the evenings, we'll listen to Andrew play guitar, either the acoustic or electric, play a card game or dominoes or watch a rented movie so I'm not sure if I even miss broadcast TV anymore.
Kind of a boring life, but we might not trade it for anything. We'll maybe a weekend in Cabo.
We hope ya'll are doing fine.
The days are getting cooler and the leaves are no longer brilliant. They were spectacular this year, although the peak color seemed to only last a day or so last weekend.
I meant to get pictures but I didn't.
We have allowed the goats to feed inside our fence in the afternoons, letting them take advantage of the last of the fescue before the cold turns it brown and kills it off. I'm trying to spread the spoiled hay across the flat spot near the barn in hopes we will have something that resembles grass there next year. I should be wearing a mask when I spread it. There is so much mildew in it that it makes me choke trying to separate it from the pile.
The hens are only producing one or two eggs a day now. I guess because the days are getting shorter. So we won't be giving away as many as we had this past summer when they were cranking out 4 per day like a production line.
We are in sort of a flux state with the time change, we didn't keep up so things get left undone, until my body clock gets back into the rhythm of the day. We get up earlier, but we've been falling asleep early too.
I've got two piles of wood that need to be split. I'll take the poplar, you can try your hand at the red oak. The poplar splits easy, like ripping paper; whereas there is no reasoning with red oak. It doesn't like to be split, especially the stuff that is twisted or gnarled. You might as well pound rocks. When you handle the wood, it leaves behind really fine splinters, the kind you can't feel when they get embedded, but by the next day you'll remember them. I've spent many evenings with a hot pin in a futile attempt to dislodge the slivers. The splinters aren't any worse than the fire ant bites so I guess I can put up with them.
The conversation about getting a TV comes up more frequently now, but it's probably just talk.
We've been without TV ( but are happy to have Netflix) for long enough that I don't think we would find much benefit in it. Even when I travel, I prefer to read or sleep rather than watch TV.
In the evenings, we'll listen to Andrew play guitar, either the acoustic or electric, play a card game or dominoes or watch a rented movie so I'm not sure if I even miss broadcast TV anymore.
Kind of a boring life, but we might not trade it for anything. We'll maybe a weekend in Cabo.
We hope ya'll are doing fine.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Some fall pictures
Thought you would like to see the colors.. we are WAY past peak.. and with the snow, we will have even less than normal leaves on the trees. These pictures were the past couple weeks..
Enjoy
Thursday, September 24, 2009
This is a first
We were talking to the tenant yesterday afternoon. We had her come up to the house to pick some herbs and figs. So she brought her two dogs over to play with our three. After she filled a bag with herbs and picked a few figs, she walked back towards her house. Her dogs weren't on a leash. The younger one spotted the chickens, ran into the chicken yard and caused all kinds of havoc with the birds. The dog chased the birds out into the woods. Julie, the tenant and I chased the dogs and chickens through the woods. I saw the dog carrying one of the hens in his mouth. We thought he killed the bird, but we found her in the woods, pretty chewed up. She had two large, deep gashes across her back. We brought the hen back to the house. I got some hydrogen peroxide and began pouring the solution into the wounds. It was obvious, the wounds would have to be stitched or lose the hen. I got out the sewing kit and a spool of dental floss, while Julie held the hen, I sewed the bird up. I only stitched the flesh, I didn't get into the meat. ( It was a very deep cut) It took 8 stitches to close up the big cut and 5 to close up the small one. We poured more peroxide on the stitches and smeared anti-biotic cream over the area.
If she doesn't get infected, she might survive the ordeal. Probably without any feathers on her back.
But that was a first for me. I've never sewn up a live (or dead) chicken.
If she doesn't get infected, she might survive the ordeal. Probably without any feathers on her back.
But that was a first for me. I've never sewn up a live (or dead) chicken.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
And the forecast for Georgia - a chance of WET!!!
Check out these photos uploaded to weather.com and you can see a soggy Georgia :-)
http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=kennesaw
http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=marietta
http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=atlanta
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http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=marietta
http://www.weather.com/outlook/photo/keywords?keywords=atlanta
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Night visitor
Julie and I had finished watching a movie this evening. I got up from my recliner and went into the kitchen and I heard Julie smacking one of her flip flops on the floor. I came to see what the commotion was all about, she asked me to turn on the overhead light and there was a scorpion flattened to the floor. Right under where my feet were moments earlier. The bug below that is a mud dauber, about the same size as an ordinary wasp, which had died of assumably natural causes in a candle in the window.
That was kind of creepy, good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Fall is in the air - BIG TIME
Well the temperature is dropping every day and especially at night. 'Bout time to drag out the long johns, ayeh!! Even the leaves have started to turn color.
By any chance did anyone see the Space Lab and the unattached US Spaceship Discovery on Wednesday night? I had heard on the weather report at 6PM that it would be visible in a SW to NE trip across the sky from 8:06 to 8:11pm. Dad (Grandpa) and I (Grandma) went up to the 'uppah' deck to watch for it and WOW they weren't kidding in five minutes, it moved fast, come and gone. When it was directly overhead you could barely see the space ship but it was quite a sight.
Kathy, Tom, Mike, Jim do you remember going to California that time with Nana and Papa to see Uncle Jim and stopping outside a tunnel one night? We stretched out on the car, in the car and on that rail around the rest area? We watched the tumbling spaceship, can't remember the name but there it was, tumbling like a very drunk person wobbling his way down the street. Also listening to the tooting of the trucks and cars as they drove through the tunnel. When we pulled into the rest stop the cars already there started to roll up their windows thinking we were gypsies. That was some trip, eight of us in Papa's little sedan, squeezed in like sardines in a can.
We had a great time with Mike and Mary Ann while they were here in Maine last month, they arrived on Friday Aug 21st and Mike put in a beautiful new sliding door off the livingroom. It is such a clear door it doesn't look like there is any glass in it. Tom arrived on Wednesday the 26th and we had a terrific time while everyone was here. As you have read before we went to York Wild Animal Kingdom and had a great time there. That is the most activity that we have had all in the span of 9 days for a while but it was really fun to see every one.
Dad (Gpa) and I (Gma) had a Lighthouse tour on Thursday the 24th (Dad does the tower tour and I do the walking tour) and Mike, Mary Ann and Tom went with us to the island. We saw deer and had a great afternoon. Dad had to stay for the second tour to do the tower and the rest of us went back to the mainland and drove around Biddeford Pool until his boat came back. Mike and Tom spent a while skipping rocks when we got back to Vines Landing where the Lightrunner, our transportation to the island. They were both able to do 10 skips, Mike made his on the second turn and Tom in a few more.
I saw my cardiologist on the 4th and he said everything looked good for a person 77 years old and he would see me in 75 years, wanted to make sure he could catch any that may be a problem before I was 77.
Dad is still working off our house taxes with the Senior Tax Credit Program here in Saco. He enjoys the work. He did the taping of the City Council meetings and RSU School Committee meetings, that has now gone back to the students at Thornton Academy. Now he, and a partner who is also working off house taxes, is overseeing the Soccer fields at the Parks & Rec fields at the landfill. He opens the gate and makes sure it is locked when everyone leaves and that no one trys to bring stuff to the transfer bins after the land fill closes. VERY RESPONSIBLE JOB. They tell people that they are there to shoot rats. Since it is a transfer station there is no garbage, therefore no rats. Only larger critters like skunks, etc.
I haven't downloaded all of my pictures yet so I shall do that and send the pictures later. Not too much later though.
Everyone have a great weekend. Dad and I will probably be doing at least one lighthouse tour and tower tour tomorrow for Open Lighthouse Day. Just hopes the weather stays good. We have had some windy days and there is to be sprinkles tomorrow but not necessarily a lot of rain.
Take care everyone we love you and hope you enjoy the coming week.
Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Greatgrandma and Greatgrandpa Wheewww
By any chance did anyone see the Space Lab and the unattached US Spaceship Discovery on Wednesday night? I had heard on the weather report at 6PM that it would be visible in a SW to NE trip across the sky from 8:06 to 8:11pm. Dad (Grandpa) and I (Grandma) went up to the 'uppah' deck to watch for it and WOW they weren't kidding in five minutes, it moved fast, come and gone. When it was directly overhead you could barely see the space ship but it was quite a sight.
Kathy, Tom, Mike, Jim do you remember going to California that time with Nana and Papa to see Uncle Jim and stopping outside a tunnel one night? We stretched out on the car, in the car and on that rail around the rest area? We watched the tumbling spaceship, can't remember the name but there it was, tumbling like a very drunk person wobbling his way down the street. Also listening to the tooting of the trucks and cars as they drove through the tunnel. When we pulled into the rest stop the cars already there started to roll up their windows thinking we were gypsies. That was some trip, eight of us in Papa's little sedan, squeezed in like sardines in a can.
We had a great time with Mike and Mary Ann while they were here in Maine last month, they arrived on Friday Aug 21st and Mike put in a beautiful new sliding door off the livingroom. It is such a clear door it doesn't look like there is any glass in it. Tom arrived on Wednesday the 26th and we had a terrific time while everyone was here. As you have read before we went to York Wild Animal Kingdom and had a great time there. That is the most activity that we have had all in the span of 9 days for a while but it was really fun to see every one.
Dad (Gpa) and I (Gma) had a Lighthouse tour on Thursday the 24th (Dad does the tower tour and I do the walking tour) and Mike, Mary Ann and Tom went with us to the island. We saw deer and had a great afternoon. Dad had to stay for the second tour to do the tower and the rest of us went back to the mainland and drove around Biddeford Pool until his boat came back. Mike and Tom spent a while skipping rocks when we got back to Vines Landing where the Lightrunner, our transportation to the island. They were both able to do 10 skips, Mike made his on the second turn and Tom in a few more.
I saw my cardiologist on the 4th and he said everything looked good for a person 77 years old and he would see me in 75 years, wanted to make sure he could catch any that may be a problem before I was 77.
Dad is still working off our house taxes with the Senior Tax Credit Program here in Saco. He enjoys the work. He did the taping of the City Council meetings and RSU School Committee meetings, that has now gone back to the students at Thornton Academy. Now he, and a partner who is also working off house taxes, is overseeing the Soccer fields at the Parks & Rec fields at the landfill. He opens the gate and makes sure it is locked when everyone leaves and that no one trys to bring stuff to the transfer bins after the land fill closes. VERY RESPONSIBLE JOB. They tell people that they are there to shoot rats. Since it is a transfer station there is no garbage, therefore no rats. Only larger critters like skunks, etc.
I haven't downloaded all of my pictures yet so I shall do that and send the pictures later. Not too much later though.
Everyone have a great weekend. Dad and I will probably be doing at least one lighthouse tour and tower tour tomorrow for Open Lighthouse Day. Just hopes the weather stays good. We have had some windy days and there is to be sprinkles tomorrow but not necessarily a lot of rain.
Take care everyone we love you and hope you enjoy the coming week.
Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Greatgrandma and Greatgrandpa Wheewww
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Tuscaloosa
Julie and I went to visit Bethany and Robb in Tuscaloosa this past weekend. I had a bunch of projects at home that needed to be attended but we haven't been to Alabama in a while, so at the last minute, we tossed some clothes in a bag, asked Andrew to watch over the animals and left on Saturday. Bethany and Robb invited us to see the Crimson Tide season opener against Virginia Tech. The restaurant was packed and we had the good fortune to sit with a group of Virginia Tech fans, who were woefully outnumbered. There is nothing as exciting as college football in the south on a Saturday. Oh, yeah, Bama finished on top after a sloppy first half. It's going to be a great season.
Sunday, Bethany and Robb took us for a walk around Northport, Alabama, which has a really quaint downtown area. There is a wooden trestle train bridge outside the downtown. After we walked through the downtown and bridge area, we went to the dam over the Black Warrior River.
On the way home from Tuscaloosa, Julie and I stopped at a sporting goods store and bought two kayaks. We dropped in the river near our house later in the afternoon. We have a lot to learn about where to put in and take out in Ellijay, the rapids change from Class I ( flatwater) to Class III and if you aren't prepared, you'll wind up going for an unscheduled swim.
We hope everyone had a great long weekend. It was great to see Amy and Cameron, Kathy and Mel, Mom and Dad earlier this month.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
End of Summer 2009
I'm not sure what was in Mel's water that afternoon.
Cameron is having second thoughts about holding the python.
The bartop in this picture was cut from a single tree. They had to cut the slab in a few places to get it inside the building, but what a beautiful piece of wood. It must have been 30 feet long.
Sucking in my gut and hiding behind Mom at Wood Island Lighthouse. The sky was a perfect shade of blue.
Dad, trying to stay ahead of the tourists at Wood Island.
What vacations are made of...
Mel and I had the absolute best vacation this year.. we took two weeks off - enjoyed the first week at the Belgrade Lakes....
Mike & Maryann came and stayed with us and we had a great time..
Then we went to Amy's and went with Cameron, Amy, Tom, Mom and Dad to York Wild Kingdom..celebrated Mom and Dad's birthdays...
Imagine two weeks - no computer, no work, no looking at projects that needed to be done! We just kicked back.. wow! I think we will plan to do this again next year..
Here are some pictures to share! Pictures are not in any particular order because I can't get them to do what I want them to...
Saturday, August 8, 2009
What a beautiful sky.
I tried to post last weekend, I guess I wasn't on yet.
I had said that everyone was so busy. I had been working in the shop on some cabinets for a bath remodel that Matt is handling and I'm building the cabinets. I'll take some pictures and send them when it's installed maybe today.
Saturday I did my first funeral, for a friend and volunteer of ours at the World Impact Center at Church. Bill died as result of alcohol abuse. His wife wanted a full gospel message because most of his friends were going to the pub after the service. The first song was Face to Face then my message from Luke 16:19-31, the rich man and Lazarus, we then closed with Amazing Grace and a benediction. I was a bit nervous my mouth dry but I made it through it.
Sunday we went to church at 8am-2pm, Pastor was back after a month long sabbatical, he was loaded with ALL barrels. we had a number of visitors stop by the World Impact Center (where we kinda of Live on Sundays)
We went back for the evening service and had a great time, after the service we went back to the WIC and had a number of friends and missionaries stop by that we hadn't seen in a couple years, some had just come from the field and were back on furlough we finally left the church at 9:30 that night and we never even got to the ice cream social they were having.
What a good day in the Lord.
This past week back in the shop some more, today I help Matt on a job, another busy day and weekend.
All for now, Love to All
Michael
Col 3:23-24
I tried to post last weekend, I guess I wasn't on yet.
I had said that everyone was so busy. I had been working in the shop on some cabinets for a bath remodel that Matt is handling and I'm building the cabinets. I'll take some pictures and send them when it's installed maybe today.
Saturday I did my first funeral, for a friend and volunteer of ours at the World Impact Center at Church. Bill died as result of alcohol abuse. His wife wanted a full gospel message because most of his friends were going to the pub after the service. The first song was Face to Face then my message from Luke 16:19-31, the rich man and Lazarus, we then closed with Amazing Grace and a benediction. I was a bit nervous my mouth dry but I made it through it.
Sunday we went to church at 8am-2pm, Pastor was back after a month long sabbatical, he was loaded with ALL barrels. we had a number of visitors stop by the World Impact Center (where we kinda of Live on Sundays)
We went back for the evening service and had a great time, after the service we went back to the WIC and had a number of friends and missionaries stop by that we hadn't seen in a couple years, some had just come from the field and were back on furlough we finally left the church at 9:30 that night and we never even got to the ice cream social they were having.
What a good day in the Lord.
This past week back in the shop some more, today I help Matt on a job, another busy day and weekend.
All for now, Love to All
Michael
Col 3:23-24
Friday, August 7, 2009
Message from Julie
Hi everyone, Tom showed me how to Blog; so now I can participate.Melany and MaryAnn, those were great pictures. Tom and I enjoyed them. We are getting ready to plant pole and bush beans. Hopefully they will do better than our last crop of vegetables. I will attempt to can some Fig jam/jelly soon.
I went to Michigan a few weeks ago to visit the family and see Jennifer's new baby Lily. She was born June 8. I've included a picture of her and her new family. The other picture was taken at Hartwick Pines. the picture is with my brother, Greg, Mom, and her husband Bill. We had a great time at Greg's cottage at Higgin's Lake. The weather was crazy. It was in the 50's on Saturday and in the 70's on Sunday. We were able to go out on Greg's pontoon boat. The lake was beatiful. Mom, Bill and I went to Laura's on Monday to see the rest of the family.
Tom took the flower pictures. It bloomed today and the blossom was 9 inches in diameter. We were amazed this plant grew. We dug up plants in the front of the house and later I find the root. I wasn't sure what it was when I planted it. I decided to plant it on the side of the house. We were having ant problems and ants decided to build their home over and around where I planted it. Tom and I were pouring boiling water on the ant hills and I thought "Oh well, it is never going to grow now." The ants were gone and a few weeks later I saw the plant poking through the ground. I believe this is a Forever plant and it lives up to its name.
Well, I'm going to go now. Tom and I are going to go to the location auction that is held weekly and maybe we'll find some good bargains. Love the bargains.
Love you all as well.
Julie
Monday, August 3, 2009
Hi!
Can't seem to figure out how to put all my pictures last, so start from the bottom.
My first attempt...
The morning glory and clementis have overtaken the mailbox. Thanks Mom! Your suggestion turned out to GREAT success! Every morning I think the morning glories double in blooms!
Can't seem to figure out how to put all my pictures last, so start from the bottom.
My first attempt...
Wow!
I can blog!
Thanks for everyone's patience.
I have been wanting to share my pictures of the gardens we have this year. It has been very colorful flowering and bountiful vegetable gardening. Spirng starts early in the south. We had tulips and daffodils and crocus in late February and March. We planted the marigolds and pansies and petunias. Then the roses started blooming - all over our land (front in back). If you haven't been here for awhile we cut down 13 trees last year (old ones that crack easily). Then we landscaped the back yard and Michael is taking great care in growing deep green grass. The roses have doubled since last year (Knockout variety).
The morning glory and clementis have overtaken the mailbox. Thanks Mom! Your suggestion turned out to GREAT success! Every morning I think the morning glories double in blooms!
Then we have the perennials that we have been gradually adding to the gardens. We have hybiscus, verbena, mandevella, and cannas (the cannas are going to be enormous white lily looking flowers that won't bloom until September. I transplanted them from the front yard and ended up with 28 bulbs for the back yard - I'll send pictures when they bloom. I have hydrenga and magnolia and honeysuckle, but they just didn''t take off this year like the could. Last year was the end of a three year drought so they are likely still recovering. Oh yes, we had gorgeous luna hibyscus for two weeks - opens at night with a plate like flower.
Then....we planted 13 crape-myrtle last fall and we are THRILLED at how pretty they are opening up (blooms at the end of every branch!) gradually. All sorts of colors (pink, white, purple, lavender). It is a popular bush and also a tree. We got them at the Marietta Farmer's Market last year. And I can't forget the VERY popular bush for the butterflies & bees - the butterfly bush (it is six feet tall and five feet wide with purple flowers at the end of every branch).
In the spring I asked Michael if we could try growing a vegetable garden. Well, he went out and plowed the land in the back and made a real nice cultivated area that I put a fence around. We never expected to have such a nice harvest. We have had beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, egg plant, lettuce, and squash (not bunches but enough to go out in the back yard and pick something out for dinner!). We have coming the cutest pumkin!
Well, here are some pictures. It is so much fun to have the colors all over the yard. We didn't water them much this year (still shy of using too much water and we have had pretty continuous showers the last few months (the lakes are very full!!!). I added a picture of our "baby" Mercedes (our dog) and a picture of Melany for her birthday at Disney in front of a garden at Disney Village.
Lovingly, M&M
P.S. all these photos are from my phone. That's my camera.
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