In Other News...

I'm taking a break from sewing (I almost typed swearing.  That was weird.) aprons and bonnets for Trek.  I just have to keep telling myself, "I'm almost done.  I'm almost done.  I'm almost done."

Pansy, the chicken that I only ever write about,  has been laying her eggs in a corner of the yard.  Once or twice another chicken has joined her, but it's mostly her.  How can one chicken have so many issues and all the rest be quite normal?  Noisy, but normal.

Daughter #3 was in her class play last night.  "Bubba the Cowboy Prince" was its name.  She was Betty Mae, I think, and did very well.  I could hear and understand everything she said, which was not the case for most of the kids.  Much mumbling was occurring.  This conversation happened after the play was over:

  

Daughter #3:  "That was so fun!"

Me:  "I'm glad you liked it.  See, it wasn't scary at all!"

Daughter #3:  "It was only scary when Dad was staring at me."

I told that to my husband and he hopes he doesn't have that effect on other people as well.

I've been weeding about an average of an hour a day and am still behind on the weeds.  The supposed-to-be-there plants are doing great, though, as well as the trees and bushes.  We'll see what this year's harvest brings.

I discovered a cute store over by our library.  It's called Auntie Bling Bling's.  It has all kind of vintage clothes, shoes, accessories, home stuff, books, kitchen items, etc.  I asked the lady who owns the place how she decides what to buy for her store and basically it is whatever she likes.  She has consigners find stuff for her.  I may look into that.  I ended up buying a brass owl and a California Ivy plate that is in the pattern my grandma used to have.  Very cool place.

We made our bucket seats for Trek on Tuesday's activity for mutual.  Mine is in a very bright flower fabric that was a scrap from Daughter #4's apron.  Another leader said that if she gets feeling down on Trek, she will just come and sit on my bucket and she will feel better.  We also got assigned our Trek families.  Since I am not going with my husband, I got paired with Brother F  who is coming without his wife.  We have 7 youth, 3 girls and 4 boys.  It is a good combination.  Brother F, or Pa F, is a very funny guy and will balance out all my emotionalness.

Letters From the Past

Yesterday I was going through some old letters I got from my family while I was at college.  I laughed and cried a bunch.  I want to share some of my favorite lines:

Brother #1: 

"No matter what the derby hats may say, just go on your way."

"Have fun in your intercollegiate athletics and don't burn the hash browns."

Brother #2:

"Dad spilled lots of dots on the floor."

"Thank you for your letter.  Thank you for your dots."

Brother #3:

"Do you remember Barney?"

"Pepper was licking the rug a couple of days ago."

Sister #2:

"You know what?  What?  That's what.  Just kidding.  You know what?  There is a big well actually there are my glands that are hunky, chunky, biggily, wiggily, big and it is hard to swallow.  Mom says it's really weird.  And she says that I'm really tense.  Strange phenomenons."

"Are you finally getting used to the smell of turkey plops?"

"Mom baked some oat meal cookies today....We got to have two of them, they were delisious....  P.S. The cookies had raisins."

Sister #1:

"Guess what?  I got my contacts on Tuesday!  Last night I couldn't get my right one out for about a half an hour....They're gas permeable....  Last night at choir practice (I wore my contacts there) J and E kept staring at me to make me laugh.  It worked.  E told me to get rid of the BIG tan line under my eyes."

"As you probably know, I am very excited for my birthday.  I'm sick and tired of being 14.  Guess who I got a note from?  You'll have to guess to find out who.  How was your Valentine's Day?  Mine was fun.  I got a chocolate rose from a boy.  Can you guess who that could be?"

"I have a few questions for you:

1.  What do you like the best about B?

2.  Estimated: how many times do you think you guys have kissed?

3.  Do you think he is handsomly attractive."

Dad:

"Just a note to send you my love.  Sure do miss you!"

"Be sure to work (study) hard, but find room for fun and games, too."

"We had about 3" of white stuff last night.  It was mixed with about 2 portions of lightening and thunder and a parcel of wind.  It was very beautiful to behold the ensueing winter scene when morning came to pass.  (How am I doing:  Would your English teacher pass me?)"

Mom:

"Thanksgiving is next week.  Can't wait till you come home.  You can join us in our weirdness.  W really gets going in the zany department sometimes.... W is now singing the song from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, traguna mercoities tecorum saitus dee."

"I cleaned five buckets of yucky rotting leaves out of the gutters on the south side of the house today.  'Twas lovely.  Anyway, such exciting news wasn't it?"

"Love you oodles and gobs and bunches and lots etc."

"Hope you have a superb day.  Study hard and all that jazz.  Oh, and mother lecture #25 - don't forget.*  Love ya, Mom      * Eat healthy stuff.  End of lecture."

Another Something To Make You Smile

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