To Cherokee

I headed to OGT.  Then I stopped by Carol R. to get some cat poop to keep ground hogs away.  to volunteer at New Leaf.  I picked up the boys after school and we went to the skate park.  Jan came home from an appointment in SC and met us at the skate park.  Mandy sent great meal home for Denny and I to share for supper.  AT home Denny got the water going in the granary cabin.  

Bugs out of bunk house

I gave the plant in the sunroom haircuts and moved them outside.  They look pretty good.  I made about 4 trays of soil blocks for the lisianthus that are headed my way.   Denny and I worked on cleaning the bunk house today.  He sprayed out the water tank.  UFFDA!!! lots of Asian beetles. We ate in the coop and dreamed of what might be.  

Happy Easter HE IS RISEN INDEED!

We went to church early for visiting.  Then to Galva to eat with Cooks.  At home we chilled / napped  and finished off leftover pizza.   

                                                  

Lazy Saturday

 I listened to recap while I heard boys and Denny getting breakfast.  I moved slowly around.  Denny headed out to drive tractor for Larsons,  The boys and I watched The Hill before fixing lunch and playing outside.  (wa  wa   waaa ...I have so little energy.  I feel like I could take a nap anytime.  My left knee has been hurting since I got home from Texas.   I guess it is time for another cortisone shit in my knee.)  Jack and Tyler fixed Mac and cheese and chocolate milk for lunch.  We went outside before heading to Holstein where Jason picked up the boys.  I filled the car with gas, got milk and Casey's pizza. Denny was home and we loved the pizza.  Naps, and time chilling in the sunroom, and watching tv.  I like the Bird of Paradise bloom I brought to Iowa from Texas.  Janice J from Schleswig gave her poem to those of us who volunteer at OGT>

The boys are streaming

 So good to have the boys  at the farm.  Denny fixed them eggs and bacon for breakfast.  Denny worked for Larsons.  We were out most of the day.   They played on sand table,  rode scooters on driveway,  I was saddened to have an animal dump out the bulbs I had put in 2 large pots.   We explored across the road.  I fixed meatballs for supper,  Tyler cut open the salad bag, but didn't want to eat it at supper/bath time.  Fun day with the boys.  They spent a lot of time trying to remove a log from the stream.  I am blessed. Good Friday.

Study

I was around in th morning, planting lisianthus.  They look really poorl, but they are in the ground I went into suassan's for  Bible study     I left at 2:30 to get boys in Cherokee.  After school we took the space outfit I had gotten at Black Friday to Sanford Museum.  They filled out paperwork for donations.   We stopped at the skate park with their scooters.  Jason had fixed scrambled eggs and fruit or supper.  YUM!!  We took some eggs home for Denny.  

Plant and church

 I spent the day at home  The main hard job was planting  lisisanthus  They look ike the watering of them has been wrong and they have fusarium.  Lord, Please help them get healthy.  I would work for a while, sit and rest, Then fill the water jugs and plant the colidium  Around 6 I showered and headed to church.   Denny didn't get home  for another hour  

OH THEY LOOK SO SAD!!!!

Tuesday April 15

 I headed to OGT with my pickleball bag.  It was a great morning.  I helped and then played pickleball from 9-10 and then went back.   When I got home mainly I put stuff away.  Denny had been working on emptying suitcases all day.  Not a very interesting day.  BUT WE'RE HOME. 

Second Day Drive home

   We had breakfast at the Hampton at Sturgis, Ok, then coffee at Starbucks, and we were on our way.  455 miles=10 hours??? ( The box said 7 hours 30 minutes,)  We left at 8:10.    On our travels yesterday we started at 6:15, arrived in Guthrie at 7:20.  equals 13 hours.   The box said it was a 10 hour drive, so there's that ... a 13 hour trip yesterday.  So good to be home.  In the sunroom the plants look ok.  I went out and walked around the yard for a quick look before dark.  We ate our amazing left overs from last night.

Heading North

We were u and down the road about 6:30.  Stopping at Starbucks.  Matt posted an Elk River volunteer. notice.  We took an unusual way home, just following the Box.  

Packing

 I was up  for PB.  Sadly it seems I am not improving.  Uffda!! I can still enjoy playing.  At 8:45 I to Mary and Gary to Black Friday.   I got a pretty cutting board, a set of sheets, a stool for seating, and one more thing.  I do't remember.  Denny has started getting ready to packing, yup we are starting to pack up  It looks like it all should fit.  Yes!!  Now we sit at 4 pm,     just looking at our phones and chilling with almost everything done.  Even unto the Starbucks order and grazing on chips, cheese and opened packages.  We had a great visit with Luke, He is headed to Las Vegas for a Bushmaster.

Happy birthday Phillip

Hapyy birthday Philiip!!! We are so blessed by your life.

Nail, Indian food

 Full day.  I picked up Mary to get our nails done.  We ate at the Indian restaurant for lunch.  Lord, work in the gal who own's the restaurant life.  At home we went to the pool and pizza 

~Keep Your Girlfriends~ I sat on a porch in Waycross, Georgia on a summer day, drinking iced tea and visiting with my Mother. "Don't forget your girlfriends," Mother advised, clinking the ice cubes in her glass.  "No matter how much you love your husband, you are still going to need girlfriends. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. And remember that girlfriends are not only friends, but sisters, daughters and other relatives too."  What a funny piece of advice, I thought. Hadn't I just gotten married?  Hadn't I just joined the couple-world? I was now a married woman, for goodness sake, not a young girl who needed girlfriends. But I listened to my Mom.   I kept contact with my girlfriends and made more each year.  As the years tumbled by, one after another, gradually I came to understand that Mom really knew what she was talking about. Here is what I know about Girlfriends: Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you need help. Girlfriends keep your children and keep your secrets. Girlfriends give advice when you ask for it. Sometimes you take it, sometimes you don't. Girlfriends don't always tell you that you're right, but they're usually honest. Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't agree with your choices. Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the laughter. Girlfriends pull you out of jams. Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes! Girlfriends are there for you, in an instant and when the hard times come. Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend. Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart. Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.   Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies. My daughters, sisters, family, and friends bless my life! When we began this adventure we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Keep your girlfriends.

Visit with Gloria

PB in am, then Gloria and Bree came to watch the you-tube Denny put together.  The weather here is truly grand!!!  I spent rest of morning on deck,  eating edimande, and doing study.  Lovely.

Start with a great breakfast

 Kay and Sherri picked my up to go to Morning Glory.  the breakfast was amazing.  Denny cleaned the flooring in our place and we invited 4 people for hamburgers.  We got the meal ready and then went to the pool.  It was good to use up some food in the freezer.  Scott, Barb, Mary ad Gary  Fun meal and visit. 

Girls Golf

I played PB until 8:45, then went to BF with Kay.  I got a silver hood to match the one Joyce is borrowing.  At 10:30 the gals played golf.  So much fun!!  C&C afterwards.

Happy birthday Brooks!!!

We are so proud and blessed to call you are Grandson.  Keep working hard for the Lord.  He is worthy!

Before church we got Star bucks.  After church I sat on the boardwalk while Denny sat in the car.   He was feeling under the weather and so he didn't go to the fish fry at the hall.  I stopped at Reals before coming home when Mandy called.  Good to hear from her.  I watched tv before heading to bed.  

No Christian could have said this better than Mr. Stein who is a Jew. Beautiful.     My confession:      I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat...       Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.      In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.      In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school... The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.      Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about.. And we said okay..      Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.      Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'        Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.      Are you laughing yet?     Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.      Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.       Pass it on if you think it has merit.      If not, then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.      My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,     Ben Stein

PB

 I played pb in the am.  It was warm and humid.  We played til 10:30.  Denny started to empty the shed and line up his tools to take back to Iowa.  Most of the day Denny and I worked on video and not much else.  We've been spending most  sunset evening on the dock.  

First Friday

 Denny was so relieved that Sherry and Kay would take me to Art Walk.  He didn't have to go with us.  It was fun night.  

Early trip to the Airport

I got up and took Bransons to the airport at4.  I went home and finished dab.  They called, the flight couldn't take off.  After i brought them back I played pickleball.  Joyce joined us.  Denny fixed breakfast for the.  Sherry and Kay joined us.  In the afternoon we worked on Gloria/s video clips.  At 6 we went with Bransons to Biggos.  Great meal.  Fun talking. 

                                         

Chilled

 I was up and played PB until 8:30.  Denny fixed breakfast for Joan.  I went to Black Friday and got a couple interesting items for Missy.  Denny started cleaning cupboards and getting rid of some stuff.  We watched tv in the evening.  I headed to bed early.