Well, well, well here we are another few years under our belt.

Much has changed in our lives and in our beloved homeland of

The United States of America

When the election of 2020 occurred it was a devastating realization

that we have been lied to our entire lives. Of course the precursor 

to the failed election was the covid plandemic - and here we are 3 years later

where people are dropping dead -supposedly with no clue as to why.

This is of course just beginning to be acknowledged in some parts

of the world as being due to the arm prick that is being forced upon all the 

inhabitants of earth. 

Farmers being paid to destroy crops, farmland being grabbed up by 

the powers that be, fires mysteriously wiping out food processing plants, 

herds and flocks being destroyed.

 Worldwide famine is being orchestrated. News of human trafficking is rampant,

I'm certain some day we may know the entire extent of evil running rampant.

In the meantime rest assured God is still in control, He knows everything 

and we must hold close the promises of God. Be strong and encourage others.

Do not go around pointing fingers at false prophets- just do as the Lord leads.

This is what the Bible says about the end times.

Revelation 18:11-13

11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more: 12 the merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all artifacts of ivory, all merchandise of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, myrrh and frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves and souls of men.

we are seeing all of this. 

Here it is September of 2018 

So many changes have come in the past month.

Most I can't broadcast here but I have many more responsibilities

than I had even a mere month ago.

We are trying to get the school year off the ground.

My Ebay store is popping and stocked for the 

last quarter of the year and it looks like 

I may be getting a part time job as well.

One of my dearest friends passed away last week 

the next day the first piano teacher I ever had passed away.

Visitations and memorial services are on the agenda-

I sure hope this hub bub all lets up for a while. 

Luckily my niece had her precious little girl the

day after that - which had been a rocky pregnancy-so it was a definite

answer to prayer. What a cute little doll she turned out to be. 

All the while we are adjusting to our new church home,

meeting new people, learning new worship tunes, and learning to 

play with some really nice technology-never had the 

privilege of playing with the other instruments

and a metronome right in my ears. 

My buddy George would be so impressed-although

He wouldn't need any of that-his mantra was practice, practice, practice.

Life sure can throw a curve ball when least expected. 

Here we are about to embark on yet another venture.

I am looking forward to it although I am sure it won't go nearly as 

smoothly as I hope. 

The best thing about this whole thing is that

I will really get to use my creativity

to the fullest.

We have pulled our son, Titus, out of public school.

We did not make a hasty decision,

it is one that we discussed for quite sometime,

unsure how things would turn out in middle school.

You see Titus has autism and he struggles academically.

What we didn't know going into 6th grade-our

school system's middle school-

is that if the student can't keep up on grade level

they are pulled off of diploma track. There is minimal help

and in reality there isn't any support, except having an

 aide sit there and keep the child on track.

If that is unsuccessful then the brow beating begins and 

we just want so much more for our son.

Of course that means I am giving up my job in order to stay home.

The irony of it is that the school system has much trouble 

finding and keeping subs and other support staff.

And yet because we weren't fully made aware of 

the expectations, they are going to loose one more employee.

I realize I am not at all perfect, but I love kids and 

can manage them quite well. In fact this is why I 

was offered the Title One Aide position.

It also allowed the school to put me in a classroom if no

other sub picked up the job.

We have a daughter in 7th grade that does quite well

for herself and understands what the boundaries

with the school are. She knows when they are prying and 

realizes there are times when the school is

trying to get more information out of kids than is healthy. 

We are making many preparations including the obvious like 

choosing curriculum-or shall we say what course of learning we 

will embark on, rearranging the house and adjusting schedules.

Hang on tight because we are ready for take off!!!

Memorial Day 2013

What a blur the last few years have been.

We are starting our 3rd flock of chickens, the kids are in 4th and 5th grade, hubby has a new job, I survived breast cancer, and a heart attack.

I haven't done any sewing or crafting in that amount of time either, so I have started to clear out all the fabric scraps and things that I feel I have no time for now.

It's not that I wouldn't want to sew but with my treatments and my husband's surgeries I have needed to work as much as possible in order to pay off medical bills.

I started substitute teaching last Oct. and pretty much work everyday.

Life is good though and the Lord has been ever faithful.

I am so looking forward to the summer break although I realize that in the next few weeks I will be scrambling to get the garden planted and get 4-H projects done.

So hard to believe that the fair will start on June 28th-seems too early and getting veggies to grow by then is going to be iffy.

We are in the process of trying to sell off a few chickens so we don't have to 

butcher so many this time around.

 7 days of school left and then I will be starting summer school homeschooling.

This is an effort to avoid sending the kids to summer school which in 

my opinion robs the kids of  their break.

I suppose I better get organized for that too.

Have a great Memorial Day!

LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!

It's hard to believe I haven't blogged since last year.

I've been on the Facebook kick, but I don't believe it's my cup-o-tea!

I do like reading others' updates though.

My kids are not wanting to return to school tomorrow. They went for a week then we headed off for vacation for 2 weeks. We went to Washington D.C. and attended the Restoring Honor Rally. There were hundreds of thousands of people there and it was actually quite relaxing. We planned well though and parked early and hopped the first Metro train at 7 AM that day. We really beat the crowds.

Although I must say that LOTS of other people did the same thing we did. We grabbed a seat under some trees and that helped alot, we were situated by 8 AM and the rally started at 10 then ran till about 1:30.

Very good message- GET BACK TO GOD!

Bring your children up to know what it is that God expects of them.

Faith, hope, and love- The greatest of these is love-put these values into practice-that is change we can believe in and need so desperately in this country!

We did just 2 days of sightseeing in DC, one day of ocean going then headed off to New Jersey and then proceeded to Philly to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, oh yes and the U.S. Mint. Of course we had to return to the ocean one more time-the kids really love the waves. Just too bad the threat of a hurricane put a dampener on things!

But everyone wanted to come home early so we cut it short by 2 days, I'm still tired but can't sleep so here I am!!

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!!