WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JESUS

The kids are now in the shower getting ready for church. Kaylee is excited about the Birthday party for Jesus. They will play games etc...

Titus on the other hand really doesn't care for that sort of thing, too much activity.

He'll do OK though because we have wonderful people there to handle the kids.

Only three more days of school left until break. This means I better wrap lots of gifts the next couple of days so I'm not doing it on Christmas Eve.

I have all kinds of things I'd like to do for the season like bake cut out cookies, make some paper cutout ornaments and decorate some more eggs.

Today I went to Once Upon a Child with a bunch of stuff and they bought everything I took in. I had iceskates, a Build a Bear, doll house, foam puzzle, Tot-Loc chair, brand new diapers(cloth), a board game, ballet slippers, two books, you get the idea just a bunch of different stuff. The best part was the $40 some dollars they gave me in exchange...hope to take more in soon!

Carmel Corn disappointment!!

What a huge disappointment, both batches turned out grainy---ugh!!! Too bad teachers are getting it anyway. It'll still taste good but what a bummer. Steven finally has his facebook up- yeah!! It'll be good for him to post something now and then.

I've only got to assemble the teacher's gifts and plan on delivering them early. I still have to make the ornaments. I am doing egg ornaments from the green eggs our precious little easter egger chickens are laying!!

Christmas Cantata

Well here it is the night before our Christmas Cantata and I can't believe this month is nearly half over. Tonight was Steven's work Christmas party at the Elcona Country Club but he has been sick since last night:(

It's OK because the party just started an hour ago and I've been ready for bed for longer than that.

I took the kids out shopping for a bit just to get some odds and ends like ribbons and bows. I also picked up some very fine white glitter for the egg ornaments I plan on decorating. We are getting one to two eggs per day that are green. I've been blowing them out because I just can't bring myself to bust 'em up. The brown eggs really are pretty too, all different shades of brown. Some are even a bit pink looking.

Tomorrow after church I plan on making carmel corn for the teachers' gifts - then I can get those gathered together.

Harvest Happiness

Despite the fact that both kids are sick and I now have a sore throat and headache, I am so thankful for the provisions God has given us.

We are warm, well fed, and still have the right to speak our minds.

It has been very stressful with the new president trying to change the fundamentals of our nation. It wouldn't be so disturbing, but he has so many radicals doing his bidding. I really doubt he has what it takes to make the difficult decisions. Although I do believe he agrees with "changing" this nation. The sad part is the middle class will most likely suffer-because pardon the pun "we're stuck in the middle".

I absolutely adore Sarah Palin!!!

She is a super class act. We need more gutsy patriots out there to stand up and say what needs to be said & done to save our country!!!

My copy of "Going Rogue" should arrive any day now and I am looking forward to it! (Early Christmas)

I dabated for a long time about whether or not to put political opinions on The Witmer Chronicle, but I do believe I can not stay silent any longer.

Most of all I credit God, The One True God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, with giving me the strength to have come this far in my life and with restoring to me the quality of life that I really don't deserve. My goal is to serve Him not only in my heart but with my entire life-in anything I pursue.

Thank you Lord Jesus, Amen!!

Time to update!

Well I feel it is time to get back to tending the blog! We have been so busy.

For breakfast I fixed apple raisin pancakes.

More like desert than main dish!

Yesterday I made these little butter cookies.

Labor Day week-end we went camping, but the highlight was the local stop by the national Tea Party Express rally!

Tomorrow I will update on our little farm on the bay!

UPCOMING WEDDING

Well this last couple weeks has been a flurry of activity around here. Still working on converting the shed to a chicken coop, putting in the garden, picnics, and of course dealing with the end of the school year. Given Titus' condition, he's adapting somewhat to school being out but I can tell he's out of sorts. Today I started table time - doing handwriting and will also be doing spelling and mathematics. Right now I'm gearing up to play some sort of game with the kids.
I just read the other day that autistic children tend not to do so well with games that they are suppopsed to keep something secret while playing, I never really thought of it but I do see what they mean. Titus is entering 1st grade at the top of his class, best reader and advanced in math. Now we just need to conquer the social skills. He's talking alot more and when explaining something to him he can put it into his own words.
This weekend is Steven's oldest boys' wedding, this will be in Indy so we'll be staying at the KOA down there. Additionally Andrew (whom Steven hasn't had contact with for over three years) dropped a letter off here expressing his desire to patch things up with his father-so this is a great time of rejoicing!!
Well it's time for a game so I better run!

LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH MCAFEE BUT THIS LAST POST HAS A PIC THAT SHOWS THEIR LOGO. ANYONE KNOW WHY? EVEN WHEN I BROWSE THE INTERNET SOME SITES ARE LIKE THIS ALSO. THE PIC IS FROM THE SAME DISK AS THE OTHERS. THIS POST IS TO SHOW THE PICTURE OF MY HUSBAND WORKING ON THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CHICKEN COOP. AS WELL AS PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR LITTLE BROOD OF CHICKS.

WE HAVE 2 TURKEYS, ONE WHITE ONE BRONZE. OUR CHICKS ARE AMERACAUNAS, WHICH LAY BLUE TO GREEN EGGS, BUFF ORPHINGTONS, SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES, ISA BROWNS, BLACK ASTROLORPES AND, RHODE ISLAND REDS.

BUSY BUSY

We have been very busy getting ready to erect the chicken coop. In the mean time Kaylee has kept herself busy with catching all kinds of critters. Here is one:

The week before she caught one of these:

I am telling you these are WILD!! Canadian Geese can get pretty nasty she is lucky they didn't attack her for snatching their little one day old chick!

The kids are quite amused with the baby chicks we brought home - this is one of the favorite little RIDES the chicks get once in a while.

TEA PARTY TOMORROW!!!

Well here it is already April 14th. Nearly 4 months since my last post but we've been terrribly busy. I have a couple assignments left and will be graduating May 5th (or6th) whichever is a Friday. We had a nice Easter and I now have drywall up and painted in my dining room. NEVER AGAIN will we do drywall, it nearly killed us. Although I am thrilled to have my pantry now in operation. I am still cleaning up drywall dust and have to get the dining room table back where it belongs. I did learn that I am sick of having so much stuff-move it here move it there-blah, blah, blah...it's another killer. Am gearing up for a yard sale whenever it decides to get decent enough to tolerate one.
We are planning on participating in our local Tea Party- we definately are Taxed Enough Already. It runs for 4 hours but I don't think our 6 year old can take it that long. I do want to go for a while at least. Hubby will be there longer with his older son, it's time we stop this nonsense in Washington and even locally. We watch every penny we spend and our public -so called servants- can't balance an office budget. Mr. Obama needs to realize he did not win by landslide-only by slightly more votes and we need security and morals-not more legislation. I find it completely apalling that nearly every member of his cabinet has fishy smelling backgrounds-with improprieties every where you look. They get caught on tape doing something and then claim they didn't do it. Like he didn't bow to the other ruler-Obama is supposed to be so educated-so how could he be so stupid??? Liars can not be trusted and shouldn't be tolerated.


I have come to terms with the fact that this great nation The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE NATION UNDER GOD, may have seen her better days and it grieves me to think that my children will suffer for the sins of the rulers that have been elected to serve us. We need to teach our children as much of the Word of God as possible and prepare them for HIS honor. This reminds me of the song we sang as children " I may never march in the infantry ride in the calvery, shoot the artillery. I may never fly or'e the enemy but I'm in the Lord's army. " We should be doing this anyway but the turbulance of the end times is closing in upon us and we need to be prepared.

On a lighter note we have decided to get some laying hens, so our next project is to put up the shed we bought to house them in and figure out how we lay out the fencing and soforth. The chicks should be here in about 2 weeks. We ordered 2 turkeys, silverlaced wyandottes, easter eggers, Rhode Island reds, and black astrolorps. This should be fun and we realize it's alot of work, but hey why not???