I am praising God today for the blessing of a free country. We may complain and there are directions that I do not like to see our country headed, but as long as we are living in a free country I will thank God for this huge blessing! I am grateful to the men and […]
Let’s Stay Home Today!
I have two kids that I think are pretty terrific. I’m really glad God gave them to us. And it’s really interesting to see the personalities He has given them. If we have stuff going on that takes us away from home more than a couple of days in a row, my kids are ready-more than […]
Sum, Sum, Summertime!
Summertime. The name offers a vision of hot, sunny days, ice-cold lemonade in a sweating glass, fun with friends, curling up in the hammock, reading a book, woven lawn chairs, fresh garden produce, long, lazy days, splashing in the water… I hear the sounds of summer. Sprinklers zinging. Locusts humming. Mowers running. The smell of chlorine from the pool makes me think […]
More On Wheat Harvest
Wheat harvest is such a major part of our lives. It comes and then it is gone. It goes by at lightning speed and at a turtle crawl all at the same time. There is nothing quite like watching all those golden fields disappear underneath the combines as they eat their way […]
Of Harvest and Busy and Animals, But Mostly the Animals
It’s been a busy couple of weeks! Harvest time. Just the words equate “BUSY” in my mind! It’s a good time and a blessed time, though. My cousin and her husband and four daughters and two sons were here for the first week of harvest. My cousin’s husband helped out in the fields and my […]
A Lesson From the Little Wooden Engines
Crazy. A kid at heart. Lover of personification. You could probably call it any of these things. They would all be accurate descriptions. Sentimental would catch it. This is sounding familiar. I think I mentioned some of these same things here. I sorted through our Thomas the Train engines and track this evening and moved them from […]
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-bye
Sob. Sniff. I’m somewhat of a sentimentalist. I admit it. I’m sad. Don’t laugh. I’m sad over a combine. Nuts and bolts and metal and paint. And an auger and a clean grain elevator and memories. Sob. Sniff. You see, last fall an opportunity to upgrade our combine sort of fell into our laps. It […]
Kansas Day Trip
I took a Kansas day trip yesterday with my husband. We needed to go to eastern Kansas to pick up our four-wheeler and an irrigation motor. My husband’s very youngest brother is an awesome mechanic and he had been working on/fixing both of these things for us. We didn’t take the most direct route since we had […]
I Am Ecstatic!
My kitchen is cleaned up and I am ecstatic. I really am. I didn’t feel very well last week and I didn’t do much. I didn’t feel well, so I really didn’t feel like doing anything and yet, I had a list of things I really was wanting to get done. And when I don’t feel well […]
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Habbukkuk 3:17-18 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in […]
The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God
One thing that I think Kansas is very good at, is the ability to produce quite a thunderstorm! We had one pass through the other evening. These pictures don’t do justice to God’s handiwork at all, but I still enjoyed taking a few. And we enjoyed standing on our new porch as we watched part […]
Stepping Out of My Box:(in)RL Meetup
So, I did something way out of my comfort zone this past weekend. And I had so much fun! I went to one of the (in)RL meetups that were the brain child of the women at (in)Courage. There were meetups that happened all across the world. How cool is that! Crystal and Amy, from Money […]
Lessons From The Blue Castle
I’m linking up at “The Modern Mrs. Darcy” today. She is hosting a blog carnival with the theme, “The Book That Changed My Life“. I’ve always liked to read. I used to read a lot of fun fiction books, but my favorite books now tend to lean towards nonfiction. I rarely read fiction at this […]
The Influence of Marriage
We will-very soon-have been married for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Just the idea that WE have almost been married that long, makes me laugh. Loud. And Long. Not because it hasn’t been fun. Not because it’s always been easy. Just because fifteen years sounds like a long time. And I don’t know […]
Random Bits and Pieces
Here are a few things I learned or thought or rejoiced in from my day yesterday: I got to spend most of the day with my husband! We went on a combine parts/Lowes/Home Depot/Target day trip. {I was the only one too interested in the Target part of the trip.} We stopped at a […]
Sweet Violets
They come quietly. Unobtrusively. Popping up and greening up. Growing. Greeting me with surprise. Bringing forth newness and life. Doing what their Creator enabled them to do. Speaking spring. And cheerfulness. So beautiful. They make me smile. And rejoice. Aaah. Violets. Sweet Violets.
