Sorry, with facebook, I tend to neglect my blog somewhat! A lot has happened in the last 2 months. We've been working hard, cleaning up the outside somewhat, cleaning out the barn, getting ready for the horse to come home, raising chickens, etc. We had a campout here Memorial weekend - relatives came and camped out here with us - spent 2 days at the Otter Lake beach, got a tan, had lots of good food and fun! Brought Gent home from the boarding stable that thursday night - he's doing great! I thought he'd be nervous and upset he didn't have any horses here, but he loves it! We are now turning him out in his temporary pasture for most of the day - had to do it gradually so his belly would adjust to the rich clover out there! His real pasture is still growing - coming in great and we will probably start fencing that in soon! The broiler chicks are ready to butcher - will be doing that next week. We will do some of our own as well as get some done at the butcher's. We hav 70+ left! The neighbor watched our puppy one day - she'd go up to the chicken barn, come out with a chicken and it ended up half eaten and buried behind the trailer in the septic field. Then, she'd go up and get another... BAD DOG! I followed her out with a belt one morning... Now she can't just run around outside to her heart's content - we have to watch her! Once the chickens are in the freezer, we'll see if she'll behave and leave the laying chickens alone! She's been a real good dog other than that and chewing up a few things in the house she shouldn't... I have been called to work at the truck and bus plant in Flint for the summer as a temporary worker for vacation fill-in... It's not fun, but I am thankful for the work. My sub-pay will last longer now which is a blessing! I miss being at home, though and the kids miss me! I am working second/third shift. 5pm - 3am, so I don't get home til 3:45am and am having a hard time getting enough sleep. Not easy for a morning person to adjust to being a night person. Some nights I feel as if I am sleep walking through work:( Hopefully it will get better! We are really enjoying living on the property now instead of just camping out here on the weekends! All of the comforts of home, at home:) Just got my clothesline up a few weeks ago - thanks hubby! I love hanging clothes out to dry and seeing them blowing in the breeze!
Isaac just had his 8th birthday! Hard to believe -where has the time gone? Lyndsay is talking a lot now! She tries to repeat everything we say and I really need to potty train this girl! She may just do it herself if I wait long enough! She'll take the #2 diapers off right away herself if I don't get to her fast enough and tonight she threw the whole diaper into the toilet instead of just emptying it in there:( Atleast I caught it before she flushed it! Erin loves to wear the same clothes over and over everyday. Somedays I'll catch her hiding them in the linen closet in the bathroom at bathtime... some nights she'll put her pj's on over her clothes! What a nut! Brooke is still working at the horse barn even though our horse is at home. She's getting paid to feed and let horses out every morning and some cleaning a few days a week. Curt is busy - we are almost done with school! He's sitting in the rocking chair right now with Lyndsay on his lap watching Toy Story:) Amber is home for the summer, staying in our camper so she has her own space. Seems strange to me not having her in here with us, but my baby is growing up! She is madly looking for a job - put in over 30 applications so far. Praying for a job for her! Jeremy is keeping busy upkeeping everything and taking care of the garden, fixing things, projects... A few weeks ago, he disappeared to help the neighbor and when I walked outside later, he was rinsing off with the hose and said he'd just help birth his first calf:) He had to get right in there and put a chain around the legs and guide the baby out while the neighbor pulled... yuck! Attaboy!
We are currently figuring out options for our housing arrangements. We are allowed to keep the mobile home here for one year (up in Oct) and could keep it here 1 more yr if we were making progress building... But, we can't build when we aren't working... so, maybe a double wide or something that could be considered permanent and they wouldn't kick us out. Seems wierd that they could make us move off our own property, eh? Rules... Another option would be getting a foreclosure close by that we could live in until we build, then rent out after... Praying for God's will to be done. I DO NOT look forward to moving off of the property but if that's what we have to do, so be it!
Well, I need to go to bed and get other into bed so we can get up for church in the morning:) Went to our favorite store tonight - TSC! Had dairy queen and home to rest... Got a lot of mowing done today and hubby weeded the sweet corn til the rain forced him out of the garden! I reclaimed our house - it's clean again - well it was, the kids were playing earlier and there are toys everywhere, but atleast the floors are clean, scrubbed, vacuumed, etc.! Have a great weekend!! God Bless
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