Coming soon!!!! (Maybe)

Okay! Long time no blog, right?

Well here is the deal...I keep getting pictures every day and think "okay...today I will finally blog this evening." Then I get busy and time flies by and I can't blog!!

However!! Tonight I HOPE to blog! There will be a lot of pictures and they might not be in order...but I'm praying I get to at least blog. I'm headed out to the garden in a bit. I hear greens and fresh air are good for a person.

I'm on my phone at the moment...this no pictures. I should have gotten a picture yesterday of the moon...it was SO pretty. Oh well.

Anyways!! I hope y'all are having a wonderful day filled with lots of light and smiling and shining for Christ! :D life is just so epic, isn't it? 8-)

Over and out for now!

No order? No problem!!

The title of this post meaning...these pictures aren't in order and I'm just gonna blog this way instead of organizing them like I normally do. :P I'm tired and wanna get the kitchen clean and head to bed! (doesn't that sound nice? *siiiiigh*)

Yes...anyways! Today was...goodness gracious! looking back...this day was SO long. I can't even remember when the day started...*ponders* okay...I think I can. But seriously...it feels like so long ago. 0.0 

Worked outside allll day long gain and added to my bruises, cuts, blisters etc but! *drum roll* I am all done cleaning out the garden and all that's left to do now is plant and maintain! Woot woot! :D THAT was a lot of work. Way more than I realized when I first started the job. But it's finally done and I just need to make sure I maintain it. :)

I swear I fed a family...no...a whole neighborhood of ants today. I had one last terribly overgrown bed to clean out and it seemed like the whole thing was an ant bed. So...after a dozen bites I just stopped trying to keep them off and kept working...flinging them off when I felt a sting. And it wasn't half as bad as it could have been. Ants are really fascinating creatures and I always hate to destroy one of their beds, but really...it is MY garden. :P

So, yes! We all just worked today and got a ton done! I imagine we'll be outside working again tomorrow...unless it's raining...hmmm. IDK! We shall see!  

This post is actually two days combined...I took pictures yesterday, but didn't have time to blog last night...so...I shall do two days in one day. Isn't that cool?! :D

Hehe...sorry folks...I'm being silly tonight. I just feel happy and incredibly thankful for my blessings. It's really...pretty overwhelming. I have so much more than I deserve and that can be a problem in the sense that...I try too hard to deserve it when the truth is...I never will. So, I really should just be thankful and show gratitude instead of trying to earn it. Hard lesson to learn. Nobody is perfect...and that's not an excuse...but we can't live our lives trying to be perfect to deserve and earn what we have...we can only do our best and show how thankful we are. Otherwise...if we try to be perfect and earn it all...we just can't so it ends up being a big balled up mess when it could be so simple by just being thankful and pressing on. Something I'm still working on and am so thankful for the people who are so patient with me on. Perfectionism...not a good thing to have. :P I'm working that out of me slowly...but steadily. 

Anyways! There I go preaching again. yes. I am thankful for what I have. Thankful and very humbled. So thankful. So humbled.

*cough* yes...enough with my words...pictures! :D 

I found this little bird today while I was in the garden. Isn't he adorable?! I thought he might be sick...so I brought him inside, but it turns out he was fine and I let him go! :D

My face gets really red when I work in the heat.  :P

A brown widow spider. Strange, yes? But that's what it is! It's a black widow only...brown. And this sucker was huge, let me tell you! She was quickly... deposed of. :P Not safe these creatures...and we must be safe. *nod* Tis important.

Hillbilly taxi rides! :D Lol...dad was bringing the van seats back and the girls caught a ride! 

These flowers bloom every year and I've been picking them for mom for about...wow...ten years now. Good grief...has it been that long? Man. Anyways...yes! I picked them again for her today. :) 

Makes me think of Narnia. *happy sigh* 

The garden! I have before pictures...I'll have to post them. This isn't a great shot of the garden though...it really does look prettier than this. :P 

Looking forward from the back of the garden today.

And another shot from today.

I used this puppy again today. The stuff I whacked was more like trees that weeds! 

Ah, yes...we took a couple of hours yesterday and went bowling. Isaac H. was able to meet us and we had an awesome time as always. Though...it did leave me sore in even more places! :P I love bowling. 

Oh, don't you ever change... *sigh*

Today, I was using the cycle...so I had to put boots on and the only socks that work are Dads lol. 

The brown widow again. You can see her hourglass here. 

I took a few minutes to breathe back behind the workshop...isn't this a pretty  view back there?

I love this tree. The only ones you see down here are pretty much pines. And...they aren't very pretty. I love trees and woods...I love leafy trees...and this one is just beautiful. 

Another shot of the pasture behind our property. 

No...I'm not looking into a spoon. :P Haha...I told Lydia today that not wearing makeup is very freeing...because you can rub your face and wipe sweat away without worrying about smudging anything. :P She agreed. *nod* (And those aren't hearing aids...they're my oxygen tanks. AKA...my headphones! :D )

We'll call him Oscar. :D 

I used this thing more in the last three days than I have in my whole life. :P 

Mom got this for me...aint it cute? :D

Got me a good sunburn and this stuff is awesome. But messy.

HAPPY!!!!!!! Yes! Em bought it for Mom and I swiped it and watched it again already! I love this movie!!!! (warning...if you haven't seen it...DON'T watch it unless there is someone who knows where to skip *cough* yeah. but the story is SO beautiful.)

More bowling...I think Lydia just got a strike and Isaac...IDK what he got. :P 

Isaac and Emily. :) 

Mr. Wayne works at the bowling alley and we've really become friends with him. He gives us hugs and everything when we go in. He's such a neat man and quite tall and pretty good at bowling himself! 

Micah and I were just jazzed to be in the show, man. (Movie reference...sorry. :P ) 

And that be all!

Wait! no! I can't forget to mention that yesterday my parents celebrated 30 years of marriage! What a blessing. :) 

And now...that's all, folks! :D

Y'all keep smiling and shining for Christ and live each day seeking Him and focusing on ALL the beautiful things in life! There are SO SO SO many!!! :D

*grins*

Over and out! 

Finally...A.D. Something. :D

So...I'm finally getting to another post! So sorry I haven't been keeping up like I'd hoped to!

Anyways...today, for me, was literally a blood, sweat and tears kind of morning and afternoon. :P I worked in the garden and after the day I've had out there I have a question...who's idea was it that gardening is this dainty, romantic, delicate job? Because...maybe I've got it wrong but there was nothing dainty, romantic or delicate about me today. :P It was a no-makeup, jeans, tank-top and dirty day for me. I burned my shoulders and back pretty bad and am so loving this burn relief gel that we have. :P I've got more blisters than I care to count and I'm sore...but the strange thing about hard work is that...even though it leaves you just feeling terrible...if feels so good! (Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks that...) so...wow...maybe I've sounded like I'm whining...but it really was great to get out there and get stuff done. And I should have the garden finished tomorrow! I cleaned out six of the beds today and boy, oh boy...what a job! I ended up just digging up and throwing away two garden beds worth of dirt because the weeds (which were actually grass) had so overtaken everything!

The pictures from this post aren't in any sort of order...mostly because ..I can't remember what days they were taken on. :P

I hope y'all are enjoying a wonderful day filled with many blessings and joys! :) Keep smiling and shining for Christ. Life is just so beautiful in His plan and will. :)

Abby and Naomi did their hair like this to curl it...it was sooo beautiful. I just don't understand this face, though. :P

Em and I went shopping one day this week so...yes...we had to get our happy juice. :P

Abby's hair! :D

We had another calf born. It was a girl!

Daddy with April. :)

Lydia and I stayed home on Saturday and watched the Hunger Games on my computer while I did kitchen work. (Pictured here in one of the most epic characters in any story. Yes. Peeta. He's also by FAR the best character in the books and movies.)

I didn't have any music on my phone and I just can't do garden work without Taylor Swift!!! So...I used this until I finally got my iTunes figured out with my iPhone. *happy*

Micah and I watched Star Trek in his room one night...the movie grew on me for one reason. Spock. 8-)

Do these sunglasses make me look fat? :P (Tell me honestly....do I look like Ethan Hunt?! lol)

Oh yes! Joel and Virginia had a baby girl born...last week. Her  name is Verity Carol and we can't wait to meet her next months, Lord willing! 

At church yesterday...Sarah Beth is so precious. :) She just loves life. 

SOME of the big vehicles at church!

Lucie is so full of energy...seriously. I love this girl. :)

Aunt Karen got a picture of Hannah and me. She's such a fun little girl. And she was very sure to show me her new music box that I hear is very...popular at her house! 

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Hannah! :D

The adults doing that adult thing...yeah...talking. :P

The older kids all play in the front every Sunday. I'm usually behind the fence playing with the kids the last few weeks though. :P

Headed home after church! 

I experimented with the lighting coming through my bedroom window. I love playing with light and shadows etc. 

Micah, Emily, Lydia and I met a couple of guys to bowl one day. That was my best bowling day...it was so fun. 8-)

Lydia walks back as Clay goes in.

Micah swings an nice action shot as Isaac waits for his ball to return...his kept getting stuck. :P (He's the guy who fixed my computer, btw.)

And there she is!!! All happy and safe. :D 

Deep cleaning day...I think my eyes look like an alien in this picture. :P

I. love. this. creamer. 0.0 

I finally took the dive and bought my dress that I've been obsessing over! :P 

And I'll end with a shot of Em's quilt...she's almost got it done! Isn't it beautiful?

That's all for now folks!!! Y'all keep smiling and shining for Christ! 

Over and out! :D