Wednesday July 28 7837

Keep them in your prayers, Complications with pregnancy. I went to church tonight. Nice video series. Stopped at the folks about 9 am. They are getting a new roof on. Good news is that the garbage truck took lots of my junk from the bunk house. That made my day. The check engine light came on in the Malibu. That did not make my day. About 171 sows went out at 5 am. I came home at 5 pm and mowed the lawn. It was getting long. Some how the zucchini just keeps growing and growing and growing. We got some more sweet corn from Teresa for supper and to freeze. Denny paid bills. Now he is out washing the motorcycle. We're headed to NE Iowa this weekend. Just for a court house run. How lame is that. Just a destination and excuse to ride to places unseen. Hoping to ride with HS friend and spend the 1 night with Craig and 1 night in Parkersburg. Phone call at bank had a spark. Will call back in a week. Pray for a big miracle fire. Thankfully the amoxicillion has worked and my tooth does not hurt.

Tuesday July 27

I stopped over to see the folks about 10:30. They shared some of Linda's good meatloaf and cheesey potatoes. At the unit I processed. I was so thankful when Denny came home he helped me process about 25 litters. Thanks HONEY! 262 sow went out about 5 am.

Monday July 26

Some times it is hard to see God's plan for our life. We just need to trust Him with out future and do the next thing. Some promises that were made have been broken concerning the unit. Keep us in your prayers as we go about this transition. Elizabeth, Danielle, Steph and Ranae were here for Bible study. Linda went with the Anabel and Howard as they went to a chemo treatment. About 107 sows went out this am.

Sunday July 25

I took some flowers to church. After church we took the motorcycle to 4 more court houses. Carroll, Jefferson,Boone, and Nevada. The sky was a gorgeous blue with white fluffy clouds. Besides looking at the corn and beans I tryed to find shapes, animals, and faces in the cloud formations. How's that for an exciting ride. Pretty relaxing.

Sat July 24

Well, I ran it - without stopping to walk. That was my goal. (I've found it is not good to have too high of expectations.) I got to Kingsley about 7:40 am, parked a couple blocks away by Pronto, hustled up to register, and found out the only bathroom was at Pronto. The 5K race started at 8. The line for the bath room was slow, ask Haley. She kept trying the knob to hurry them up. While I was running the first mile I heard some one behind me reply to someone not running. She said," I'm dying." I thought," I'm living, and so thankful I can run, and it's a beautiful day." I finished the race under 36 minutes. 12 min miles. (Most people walk it faster). Great to see the Missouri Johnsons and the Hirschmans. It sounded like they had a great vacation at the Black Hills. Note the green cast. Denny worked at the unit most of the day. Mark and Curt were there early loading out culls. Denny got to visit with them. Then he got the sprayer going on the wheeler. He was so happy too be spraying weeds at the unit and around home. Pretty lazy rest of the day for me. To tell the truth I was bushed.

Friday July 23

Denny had a bank meeting yesterday am. He has found out the Brownsville time clock applies to the bank meetings. If you are not 15 minutes early - you are late. It has taken him 11 months. I didn't run today. I'm resting up for the 5K tomorrow. I worked at the unit and was home then worked again at the unit until about 6:30 when Denny got home from work. Teresa B. had given him sweet corn and the thought of it for supper revived me. Someone in Battle Creek just gives out corn,l so she got some for us. Great supper with basil chicken and vegetables. Then we went on the Harley out for ice cream. We rode to Denison and Yellow Smoke Park. It reminded me of the times we met Hendersons for Mothers Day and we would hike at Yellow Smoke. We shared an Ice cream frappe at McD. Nice ride.

Thurs July 22

As I sat down to write this I realized I hadn't run yet, so at a hot 3:30 pm I headed out to Pioneer, back to g'ma's driveway and walked up/ ran down the rest of the way home. Rick stopped in to look at the sows this afternoon. I met Denny for lunch and we went to the park to eat. My tooth is still sensitive. Hopefully, the Amox will take affect soon. I always smile when I think of an antibiotic for a tooth. Mandy had a sore tooth and after Dr. Patera had seen her he gave me a prescription and said told her, "That will take care of the bugs." Mandy was about 5 and as we walked to the car I could see she was really thinking. Her eyebrows were furrowed and I could tell she was moving her tongue in her mouth. She looked at me with those pretty dark eyes and said, perplexed, "I don't feel any bugs." SO CUTE! Well, I don't feel any bugs either and I hope the swelling goes down so I can have this tooth out. I rode the wheeler to the folks. Howard said we got 4 inches of rain last night. The wheeler works better with the PB off. Now I know standard operating procedure is -when you shut the 4 wheeler off - put it in neutral, put on the parking brake on, and turn the key off. This is even when you are parking it in a flat machine shed. I didn't think it would roll some place yesterday in the machine shed, so I had not checked for the p brake. Now you know the rest of the story.

Wed. July 21

I ran to Pioneer and back to the folks driveway. Knee not hurting yet, so far so good. When I took the 4 wheeler to the folks, it kinda dogged it. (PB). At the unit I scraped all the crates and evened up litters. I came home and picked green beans, zucchini, basil, and ate 3 cherry tomatoes. YUM. Googled recipe - hamburger and basil, therefore we had grilled basil burgers and grilled veggies - peppers, potatoes, onions, and green beans.

Pastor and Naomi called, they had made it to Brownsville ok and needed to know where the water valve was. They have had quite a July with Ordination on the 11th then a week of VBS. Hope they can relax and enjoy their vacation now. Watched "No Reservations" 4 Netflicks.

Tues July 20 7501

My left knee was sore last night ... so no running today. Denny and I did clean the house. Good to do it together. It looks so much better and feels better when I walk barefooted. The outside has been high pressure sprayed, so it's clean i and out. I took the 4 wheeler to the folks and to work today. Four wheeling Faith :] In the a.m. I loaded pigs on sows so I could get 13 more sows in the farrowing rooms. It took me about 3 hours to move 13 out of farrowing and 13 in to farrowing. Only 2 real rodeo gals that jumped into the crate over the crate side. (NOT the recommended travel route.) Of course, the tooth I am getting pulled Aug 10 is starting to be tender. So at 4, I made a dentist appointment and got a prescription for Amoxicilion. I took the get-in-free pass for the fair from Farm Bureau and brought out 2 sandwiches for our supper. I met Denny in IG about 5:15. We ate at the park up town. After doing some moving, neither refrig / freezer in garage works so we looked at a new refrig at Malcolms and took stuff from our freezer to the folks. Denny got to wear blue jeans to work today. He went on a farm visit and then jeans are allowed. He didn't have the right attachment to get the sprayer running on the wheeler, so the weeds are still in luck.

Monday July 19

I was at the unit 5:30 -6:30. Then home to see Denny off and to the folks for coffee. At the unit I mainly worked on paper work and getting heat lamps running. Jean called today. Her biopsy came back positive. She won't find out treatment options until her appointment with the oncologist on Thurs. Keep her in your prayers. It was raining this am so I didn't run until 1 pm. Worked a little on bunk house. Wow was I surprised to see Denny walk across the yard at 4. He took off work and made arrangements to get the 4 wheeler. So in to town we went. Lynn S. and Ranae R. came for study. Good time of prayer and encouragement. Watched Daddy's little girls. Netflicks 4.75

Sunday July 18,2010

I ran to 290 x Pioneer. Then walk/up and run/down hills. I taught Kim S's SS class. 12 of the 18 possible 2-4 year olds were there. Only 1 sad little guy. They were so cute! After church we took Stangl's home then headed to Carroll to get heat lamps at Bomgaars. Ate McD's $6 splurge. Drove thru the Toyota dealer, then stopped to visit folks. After naps Denny moved refrigerators around from garage to machine shed. We went to prayer time at church tonight.

Sat July 17

Can I run again? I'm gonna give it a try. I ran 1+ to 290 x Pioneer, then on the way home walked uphill/ ran downhill. Denny worked at Odebolt this am. He didn't notice the possom I caught in the live trap as he walked to the bank car. I stopped over at the folks and found out that Brownie had been under the weather, and Jay and Diane took him to a vet ($500) and he had an overnight stay to rehydrate him. (Makes me think think I should be able to afford the money to put me under when I get 2 wisdom and 1 other big tooth extracted in August.) I started to tackle the bunk house. I took flowers to Sue and we had a smoothie at Cinn Stone. I met Denny at Don's while he looked at a 4 wheeler. He thinks he needs it to spray weeds. We should have no weeds if we get that 4 wheeler. After lunch and a quick nap, Denny mowed at the unit, I headed back to the bunk house. There are about 3-4 layers of wall paper in the rooms. Imagine back. Someone lived in the bunk house and it brightened their day when they put on new wall paper. Facebook said Torren broke his arm while the Mo. Johnsons were on vacation at the Black Hills. I took a 5 o'clock picnic to the unit with glacamole. Denny brought the sprayer home from the unit and sprayed off the old 4 wheeler. He started on the house siding. The biggest change was when he started to spray on the deck floor. HUGE! I picked a basket of flowers for church tomorrow. [Makes me laugh. When I was in 3rd grade everyone (at least 5 of the 7) in my class hated me and would tease me. At recess I would go out in the ditch by myself and pick flowers and cry. Class mates still bring it up when we get together for class reunions. ]

Friday July 16

OKAY, the picture doesn't go with the journal. I can't even think of a "tie in" comment. Missy and Phillip +3 are in Minn using Hirschman's cabin. July 9 - 17. I went up to the unit early to feed and turn the sprinklers on. Then home. I checked with my local banker and he said I could get cash before 8. SO I went to the drive up window. I looked at the cashier and asked him if he was going for the "Kramer look". You should have seen Denny hustle and reach for his hair to try to straighten it with his hands, He laughed out loud and said he was so busy getting ready, writing JPI payroll checks, etc. that he forgot to brush his hair. Oh, did the staff laugh! I took Naomi the keys to the Brownsville trailer. They plan to leave on the 19th and head to El Paso for a couple days then head south, being back to IG on Aug. 2. At the unit Jon, Tom, Mark and I sprayed and got all the sows moved in to the rooms. Denny brought pizza at noon. I came home about 6 dead tired. Denny and I visited for a while, then he took the tractor and mowed south of the house and across the road. I mowed the lawn. I started to watch Invictus again, until I fell asleep. I had hoped to catch up with more what was said in the DVD. With the different dialect I figure I missed 30% of the dialogue. As I drifted off to sleep I kinda remembered that the bank teller this am rolled/slid up to the window in true Seinfeld manner. Just not quite as long of hair. :)

Thur July 15 7292

We shipped out pigs today. 1125 plus 50 gilts. For me the day started at the unit at 6 am and went until 5pm. Long day, lots of spraying. Jon and Mark were there about 5 am. 12 hours for them. We could have used some more help. Mandy looks pretty good at processing. I'm sure she could run a high pressure spray, too. Denny brought chicken dinners the unit for lunch. After work Mark came down to the house to visit alittle. Fixed edible pod peas, stir fried with garlic, doggy bag prime rib and ramen noodles. YUM! Watched "Invictus" Netflick 4.75. Thanks for the recommendation, Matt.

Wed. July 14, 2010

I went to the unit early. Mark was there. One sow had farrowed in B&G. I went home, visited with Denny and had devotions. Glad that when I went to the folks, Anabel was up and dressed and headed to IG for a toe nail trim. She said she was feeling lots better than yesterday. Mark called the folks for me. He was trying to move gilts to the trailer and was having a tough time. I headed up to the unit and for the next 9 1/2 hours I was there. It wasn't all helping Mark. Lots to do the day before we wean. Jon came and worked, sprayed out room 6. Pretty depressing, I spent most of the afternoon weighing small pigs. Not as many to ship as I had hoped. After 5, I went to the folks. Denny met us after work. We ate there ... left over scalloped potatoes and ham , green beans and cukes from the garden. Denny got info from Pete G. and we emailed it out. Man! The mosquitoes are thick and hungry.

Tues July 13, 2010

I stopped over at the folks before going to work. Anabel had a rough night last night. She was up at 3:30 with nausea and upset digestive system. She was still in bed when I got there. I went to the unit to feed. Then home and pulled all the edible pod peas. I stopped by the folks about 11:30. Anabel had been up and eaten a half bowl of cheerios. She was dressed but laying back down in bed. I went to the unit, Howard had just had a pill and couldn't eat for an hour after the pill. Jon came about 1:30 and helped give pre weaning shots. Denny and I went to the motorcycle meeting at the city park. Then 15 of us went to Anthon to eat. I'm sure Anabel would agree, It is not fun to have a stomach that is doing flip flops

Monday July 12

I fed early. Vet, Curt, Rick, Mark, Denny, and I were at the unit about 7:00. Then to the folks. They were in at IG getting a white blood cell booster shot for Anabel. At home I worked a little in the yard. I stopped by the folks before feeding the second time. Cannnnnnnnnn't remember what else I did today.

Sunday July 11, 2010 7168

Up to the unit early. Put a bouquet together. Mandy called :) She is working 5 -12 hour night shifts in a row. SS and church. Lunch with Goldsmiths, Luke, and great aunt Helen. Back to ordination for Pastor Glen. Back to the unit. Home and Denny worked on the computer for Pete G. I watched a Netflicks "The Note" 4.5 Couldn't fall right asleep so here I am ... on the computer ... Camping with the family sure was fun in June.

Sat. July 10

I fixed Trader Joe's spinach pie for breakfast. Plus Nancy's fruit. Nancy, Jane and I went to a farmer's market about 8. I got some plants. Then they dropped me off atT Joes and I walked back to Nan's to pack up the Prius. I started for IG at 9:18 am ... got 7 minutes away and realized I forgot left my plants in her car. Back to Nancy's. Left the second time at 9:38. Pretty much drove straight through. One short stop, One stop for gas, and a stop to load up our new table and chairs. I bought them at Eldora while we were riding motorcycle last week. As we loaded them the shop owner said that they didn't fit into the car of a gal who wanted to buy them. Hurrah for the Prius space! I still think they are pretty cute for the 2 of us. I got home at 3:48. Denny and I put them on the north side of the deck and then sat and visited on them. Hopefully, we can keep them out of the rain. Denny had worked at the unit all day. He and Luke did stop over at the folks for coffee this am. Luke is at a bachelor golf/game outing. At night Denny worked on books/ bill paying. I made a couple of corsages for the ordination tomorrow.

Friday July 9

Nan and I went golfing in the morning. It was a beautiful morning, but more comfortable in the shade than in the sun. Then we went to the grocery store and she got some fruit for this weekend. At 11 we met one of her friends, Marci, for lunch. After eating, she invited us over to her screened in room to visit. Jane came to Nan's about 5. She's planning to go to Art on the Square with Nancy tomorrow. She gave a ride to Madison to a mom and her 2 sons to visit a third son who works in Madison. Justine and Nancy are in Rome. We sat in Nan's yard for a while then took Mexican food to Betsy and Wade's home. I hadn't met Maggie before. Kinda fun to see a light haired little girl. Hopefully like her mom, (though she doesn't look very happy in this picture). Betsy had a slow pitch softball game about 7:30. We went and watched it. Nice to visit on the bleachers after the game. Luke called. He is at the farm. He was in Columbus this am, Then Chicago, Then Burlington, Then Vinton, (met Cody S.) Then Cody S. drove to the farm. Luke was pretty shot. When Denny got off work at 6:30, Luke was asleep on the sofa. They grilled pork loin steaks and vegetables for supper. Anabel had Chemo this am. Left for SC about 9:30 with Gary joining them. They didn't get home until after 6. Long day for them too. Gary and Anabel worked together on the word puzzle Missy sent. They got all but 1 word. Thanks Missy, for filling up the long day. Today Jensens are heading up to Bemidji Minn. for a week in Hirschman's cabin.

Thur July 8

I called Denny and had devotions early this am. Nan warmed up leftover egg casserole. Just fine by me to be the recipient of Schrum left overs. We painted, 2 of mine ended up icky, Nan's cutting board came out neat. She had ingredients for a pizza casserole. I mixed it up. Todd H. had surgery yesterday. He had been undercut during a ultimate Frisbee game and ended up with a broken ankle, complete with plates and screws and pain. Nan and I made a trip to my favorite (next to Goodwill) store, Trader Joes. Then we looked around at the Olbrechts gift shop, and stopped by Todd and Julia's with the casserole and a Trader Joe meal. When we got back it was nice outside so we sat in the yard and watched people and traffic go by. About 7 we headed to a park that was having a concert. As we drove the park was filled with families/people. A basket ball court had 10-15 guys sweating. The sand volley ball court had 2 teams battling it out. The play grounds were full. We got a "Newhouse" spot close to the band, carried our lawn chairs and set them up. As I listened to the music I looked around and counted. I could easily see about 100 people. Probably I would estimate between 400-500 people were enjoying the concert. Of the 100 with in my view ... most of them (95) had gray hair ... Only about 25 -30 were guys ... Only 2 hats, 4 visors ... and I think there were about 80 pairs of white tennis shoes. The concert lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Nice evening. 3 nursing home vans came to pick up attendees. Kinda cute a 4 year old (and her family) came dancing to the music through the people seated in lawn chairs. It made us all smile. And the crowd went wild when the director played "Celebrate" by Cool and the gang. Maybe I exaggerated alittle ... I saw 2 gals clap their hands, above their heads ... But I'm sure there was a lot of toe tapping. CELEBRATE!! Come on

Wed. July 7

Up early to get a fun day started. The sows hardly knew me at 4:30. I was headed to Madison, Wisconsin via Parkersburg about 7:15. On the way I called Missy, Anabel had a Dr. appointment at 9:50 in Waterloo. It worked out well, I just followed them to the Dr. office. Who could have planned it out better? Thank you, Lord. I reached the Parkersburg exit on Highway 20 just about the time Missy was taking it to Waterloo. Plus cell phones kept us in touch. After the Dr. appointment and getting a prescription for possible ear infection we went to Aldi's. Missy got groceries, E&A&I ate blueberries and cheese and graham crackers outside. Then off to Panera where Brooks got fed in the car, E&A had more of the above, and Missy and I shared a turkey and artichoke pannini. She took me back to my car and she headed to Walmart to get more groceries. I checked Carmin/Garmin and found out the drive to Madison was about 3+ hours. I decided to go to watch little Grands while Missy got groceries. What do you think we looked at while she was shopping with Brooks? At 1 I headed east and Missy headed home ... astounded that she got all her things in about 20 minutes. She said she could have easily been there an hour ... with the help of E&A. I got to Madison about 4. Great to be at Nan's. It's a tough decision trying to figure out what art project to do. A trip to Goodwill helps to get supplies. She had just taken a class in glass painting and we got glass to paint. Also a stop for Michael's TURTLE sundae. YUM! We had dessert first then chicken salad and asparagus for supper. Then chill and watch tv programs that Nancy taped ... so we could ff thru commercials. Fun to check out our ancestry. com with her.

Tuesday July 6 6977

We had a super time with the family yesterday. It's nice to share the coop and the toys we have. Before Denny left for work this am he drafted a E mail to Peter. CS had said they would be here at 6 am. for a garden walk. but they called and said they had another commitment. I stopped for a while at the folks. Whaleys had been there on Saturday. Linda cleaned. John and Dean helped Howard burn the corn stocks that had flooded across the driveway. Anabel was thankful for the help. Just the thought of runaway fire kept her from resting. It looks lots better. I worked at the unit until 1:30 or 2. Since then I have been catching up on the blog and making Madison plans.

Monday July 5

I went to the unit early and found 1 water pipe leaking and a dead sow in farrowing. I told Denny and he went up to help Mark the rest of the morning. When I got home Missy went back to bed for a short time. Their night had not been too restful, (I hadn't heard anyone during the night). Later Missy and Ranessa went on a 2 mile run. About 11, the 2 families took bagels and went to see great grandma's kitties. Only Brave Heart, the gold kitten, was pet able. I manned the baby monitors as the 2 little ones slept. Matt and Becky and family came about 1:30. Denny was home then and he fixed marinated pork loin steaks and zucchini on the grill. Missy had brought RW&B salad at my request. Phillip said he had heard lots about watermelon, blueberries, and feta cheese with mint leaves salad. (Of course, I had asked Missy .. and she had told him ... and they had looked it up on the Internet. It's not really a high interest food.) Matt and Becky said they were wondering if they should get a babysitter for their kids, because when I invited them I had said I was planning to feed the little ones and then put them away. Oh, My! My communication skills are not the best. Anyway, the seven little ones were fed in the kitchen, the eight adults sat in the sun room, not too much of a fuss was made when the door was shut, when the little ones got done eating ... out they went to play and we got to visit and referee from inside. Time to load up ... after a late lunch ... and head for home ... with planned naps on the ride home. BUT FIRST Torren asked Grandpa for a motorcycle ride. So motorcycle rides for all 7 little ones. I'm so glad it worked out for you all to visit. We thought it was super. Thanks for coming!! After everyone left, we watched a DVD and took a nap. Then I mowed the lawn while Denny washed his motorcycle. The true test of love was passed. Last week the 13th and final tree had been planted. My communication skills were still not the best, and it was planted where in time it will shade my wisteria vine. Now this vine bloomed with 2 blossoms last year ...Four blossoms this year. I have 3 neighbors that are green with envy because I have wisteria blossoms. Anyway, I think it is blooming because it gets full sun in the morning. When the tree would grow up ... presto ... no more full sun ... [perhaps no more wisteria blossoms]. True love ... Denny moved the tree where it will shade the swingset for morning swings for the Grands.

Sunday July 4,2010

We woke about 6:50 and I said to Denny, "We could almost make it to our church if we left soon." It wasn't raining then, but we put on our rain gear as we left about 7:40. Missy had fixed egg sandwiches. Phillip had made coffee before he headed to work. We were about in our trip about an hour when it really started to rain. Thankfully we got home about 11. Pretty wet and chilled. (But not nearly as cold as the polar ride we made home from Decorah April 2005.) I took a hot bath, Denny read the paper. Then naps. About 5 Jensens and Ranessa and Ryan pulled into the driveway. They had come to see the farm. The vans had no more than stopped when 3 little guys burst forth ... heading to the park ... the trampoline ... the chicken coop ... the garden ... Evan, Caleb and Micah were at the farm. Anabel and Hope took some time to visit and socialize before heading outside. We fixed hot dogs and had chips for supper, plus cream puff dessert. They headed to Battle Creek for the fire works. Gary and Kim had been at the folks and stopped to visit and pick up pictures of Mom & Dad that Knop had done. It was so nice to sit out by the fire pit and visit. It sounded like they had a great vacation. When they left we headed to BC and got there just in time for the first sparklers. Pretty special night to lie with my grand daughter and watch the fireworks. At the farm later it was evident why this bed time is an infrequent occurrence. R&R and family stayed in the basement. After a melt down the Jensens got the E&A to bed in the laundry room and B fed. Pastor's families are too tired on full Sunday night to sit by a nice fire, but Denny and I enjoyed it.

Saturday July 3

The waffles for breakfast were a treat. About 9 we headed out to see court houses. We saw 8 today: Webster City ( Hamilton), Eldora (Hardin), Grundy Center (Grundy) , Marshalltown (Marshall), Toledo (Tama), Vinton (Benton), Independence (Buchanan), Waterloo (Black Hawk). When we stop we usually scope out the town square. Most of the court houses are (unlike Ida Grove's) situated on the town square. At Eldora I looked at a salvage shop/consignment store and bought a wicker table and two chairs. No room for it on the motorcycle, but I hope to pick it up on a visit to Parkersburg later this summer. We ate Chinese at Vinton. We've been asked which is our favorite court house. Actually they all start to mesh together. The draw of grandchildren kept us moving and we got to Parkersburg about 5. Supper was spicy spaghetti and ice cream cones. Then we watched the sidewalk race track. Such fast bikers and runners!! Nice to stay at the Jensen's bed and breakfast.

Friday July 2

I had a red, white, and blue flower arrangement for Sue G. that didn't get delivered when I stayed home from study on Thurs. So I called her and we met at the Cinnamon Stone for smoothies. I took a sample of a bud vase to share there. (They may order some from me next week.) I delivered 5 vases to Pizza Hut and got a pizza, then headed to Mike and Brenda's. Denny met us there for lunch. In the afternoon I spent about 2-3 hours at the unit making scrub litters. After work, about 7:30 pm, we headed out on the motorcycle for central Iowa. Our plans to make it to Parkersburg took a detour. We drove through a road construction detour in Webster City only to find out the Hamilton County court house was across the street from the Mc Donald's we had just been at. Then the ATM card wouldn't work for Denny at the gas station and he decided that was enough. We headed to the Super 8 across the street. We were bushed. Good to have a bed to sleep in.

Thurs July 1

At 8 I took a quick visit to the folks to deliver cavatini for supper. They were headed to SC for a skin appointment for Howard. Howard had helped clear the breakfast dishes (and etc.?) so Anabel could go. I think it was a lot for her to go along. She doesn't have much energy, but she knew Howard wanted her along. I had slept very little last night. From 11- 2:45am I was up and fixed food, had devotions, cleaned kitchen, etc. ICK! At 8:15 am when I went to pick up Jordan, her brother Austin was there, too. Both of them worked 4 hours til noon and we got all the processing done. At first Austin seemed half asleep, but the last 2 hours he earned his pay. Kinda felt like I needed a prod at first for Austin and some happy pills for me. I was kind of grouchy without sleep. Glad to have that job done. I was so tired I didn't go to study, just stayed home and hung out. Denny came home and took the motorcycle to ride with the IG group to Bronson. I stayed home. Laura S. had asked if she could use the coop for a Girls Scout awards meeting. She and Beth came at 6 to get ready with decorations, food etc. The families came at 7 and stayed til 9. It was good to see Laura and her leadership ability in the Girl Scouts. Makes me proud I'm her friend. She is amazing!