Summer came

Summer went.  It seems that things around here this summer have been busy.  I have been dabbling in a few new activities that have kept me pretty busy.  I am gladly enjoying fall and the fact that life seems to settle down once the leaves start to fall.  I am promising to start spending at least one evening a week blogging something.  You know, I used to blog all of the time as a means to keep others up with what we are ding.  Then I started to facebook.  It is not as fun as blogging but it is a bit more convenient because I can send things there right from my phone.  Well, I'm done being lazy and I'm ready to blog like crazy.  I'm making a list of important things I would like to blog and then some fun things to post about.  Stay tuned for the upcoming stories.

It's been a hard days night

I have not been here for so long.  You see, work has started consuming  eating me alive.  I don't really like that but I guess I am happy to have a job.  Now I just need to find the balance in work and family life.  John, I guess was starting to feel like he was not seeing me or that I was always stressed or still working while I sat at home.  So he decided he knew a way to help me find the time I need for him.  He tore his meniscus.  I know that sounds like a lot.  It's basically a hang nail on his knee.  Next Tuesday he will go in to have it repaired.  That means on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, I'm not working.  We'll see how well that goes over.  It has been pretty nice coming home at night and having him here and awake and not stressed about going to work.  Even when I'm freaking out or loosing my cool because work follows me everywhere.

Cheaper by the dozen

I think I was really meant to have 12 kids.  Some where something got messed up but this is a much happier home when it is full the the brim and everyone is laughing playing and noisy. Dinner is better when cooked for a crowd, bath time is funner when you have to share one bathroom, SUNDAY morning is a bit hair raising when everyone has to be ready at the same time but fun none the less.  It has been a great week having all of the beds in the house full of family.

Music and Funnel Cake

Sunday was the day.  We have been taking this funnel cake mix around with us for a few years to make, and we always bring it home with us.  Well, all it took for us to make it was Jake and Sherina to come from Texas and for John to hook up the one burner.  We headed to the back yard and planned on how we could become millionaires while making funnel cakes and fry bread.

Flip my switch

Out with the OLD

In with the NEW

A few weeks ago I figured I would try my hand at electircal wiring.  I already had completed one hanging light so I figured that changing out a switch wouldn't be too bad.  I turned on all things electrical in the room so I could know when the power was dead.  Turned off two of the breakers and when the power went I dared myself to touch the switch.  I pulled out the old button switch and put in a new white plate switch.  Ten minutes tops we were back in buisness and now we don't have to push the switch just right to turn the light on or off we just flip it.

Lumber Jack

Saturday John cut a few logs into chunks.  He came inside and told me he thought he cut a cord of wood and we should have plenty for camping.  Today I went out  back and split most of the wood that John cut.  It only took me about two hours and then I pulled a bit from the other pile and split it also.  I am not sure it is all of the wood that we will need but it will be nice for burning.  It's kind of funny how stubborn some pieces of wood can be.  Some of them took me 25-30 swings to split.  Some of them after the 25-30 swings I gave up and put them in another pile.  Toward the end of the pile of logs I was wondering if I should try my shoulder at an ax.  I used to chop wood with an ax.  That's all I knew growing up.  Then I started using the splitting wedge and hammer.  I'm feeling a little rusty on the ax but I think I'm going to buy one tomorrow.  I thing swinging one large ax one or two times would be better than having to swing a sledge 30 times. 

Why did I buy you that camera?

Megan and I had show and tell tonight.  We went cloth shopping so Megan can have something to fill her summer hours with.  We grabbed for a camera phone to document our finds.  John asks, "I'm so glad I bought you a new camera."  I glanced out of the corner of my eye.  There it was.  Laying sadly on the buffet where it has been for weeks.  I have not carried it around with me like I did the old one.  I grabbed it and started taking pictures of things.  John had better watch out.  You never know what, where, when or why I will be taking photos.  Back to keeping up with the good old blog.