Summahhhh is here!

When I was growing up we had a mulberry tree that gave us HUGE berries each summer.  And we would eat 'em as fast as we could pick 'em!

And now my kiddos are getting to do the same thing!

Except that we made mulberry milkshakes out of them!  Deliciousssssss.

Happy summer, friends!!

Gotcho Day, Gardening, and Extreme Wax Buildup

 Here's what's been happening in my little corner of paradise!


First off, we just celebrated Lucy's 6th Gotcha Day on Sunday (or as Isaiah calls it, Gotcho Day).  It's soooo hard to believe how fast time flies.  She's ours through and through, that's for sure!

  

Also...

My garden is well underway and is growing like crazy!  As are the weeds.  I put in a hearty half-hour hoeing and whatnot the other day and decided right then and there that I never would have survived the covered wagon days.  With every drip of sweat I kept telling myself that there are farmers' markets all around...who needs this!  And, this work was simply unnecessary!  And that vegetables are overrated!  Then I decided that hard work was good for me and I should shut up take my frustrations out on the weeds! 

So after that sweat-fest, I had to go to my paying job.  And as I was setting up for dinner at my very unique eating establishment where I work, my left ear started ringing and was plugged up something awful.  I had felt a bit of this the day before, but now it was really bad.  I texted K-Man and asked him to pray because there was simply no way I could work like that...and there was no way I could bail.  The minute he sent back a text saying he was praying, my ear popped and cleared and felt WONDERFUL again.  I was SO thankful for that!

Fast forward to the next day (Sunday), my ear was bad again and never got better.  I finally decided this morning (Tuesday) that I couldn't handle the discomfort anymore...and I was certain that my family was tired of me saying, "WHAT?  What did you say?  Did you say something?? Speak up, Sonny, I can't HEAR you!"  I got an appointment really quick, thankfully.  The doctor right away declared that I had some pretty massive earwax built up in my cranium.  (I was elated!  If there's two things I love, it's puss and wax!)  So the nurse got to work unplugging me.  And she oooohed and awwwwed at what she pulled out.  The biggest wad of wax she'd ever seen!  I've always been a bit of an overachiever, not to brag.  I felt INSTANT relief and I told her that she was my new bestest friend forever!  She laughed and told me I was so cute.  Then she flushed my ear with warm water and we're forever bonded from that special moment.  It was better than a spa treatment, it was.

I skipped away, paid my co-pay, which was THE BEST twenty bucks I have ever spent, and went merrily home.  And I'm here to tell you that I feel like a brand new woman. 

The End.


Wasn't that the most inspiring story you've ever heard??   I should say so.


I hope you have a fabulous Tuesday, folks!  And may your ears be forever cleared from extreme wax buildup. 

This and That (life on a micro farm)

Here is a pictorial of how a little dude catches a baby chicken:

Got it!

Then the dog caught him.  

Then they made up, as Zeke prepared to eat him.

Then there was this.

Somebody send intervention, please.

And to help your eyes recover from that,

there's this:

That's life on the micro farm, folks!

Our Recent Goings-On (not at all exciting!)

Hello, all four or five of you who are still reading my blog!

Here I am for my weekly blog post.

Don't expect much because my brain is pretty mushy these days and I am doing nothing

amusing that is worth reporting to you.  What a surprise!

In other words, I am surviving and coping the best I can because summer break has begun.

(The last of my kids will be done with school by Friday.)

(It's completely ridiculously early for this nonsense!)

Here's my pictorial of our recent goings-on:

Brenden is home and working full-time and often studying for his actuary exam that he will take next summer.

He asks me to help him all the time.

I try my best not to him all the answers.

Isaiah continues to wear every article of clothing backwards.  

And usually inside out.

Along with Brenden's basic math equations, he saved up and bought a telescope.

A crazy-big telescope.

Astronomy is his first love!

Look at this awesome pic of the moon that he took!

Wowie!!!

Kiddos and kitties.

Lucy in our freshly plowed and planted garden.

Cattle on the beautiful prairie next to our house.

Well, that's about it, folks.

See, I told you we were up to nothing amusing!

I hope you all have a wonderful rest-of-the week!

Macy's High Achievement!

It's nearly impossible to believe, but Macy is almost finished with high school!

And today she got a letter for academics.

She's so super smart!

We are super proud of her hard work!

And because Lucy couldn't stand not to have her picture taken also:

What good girls they are!

Brench-Pressing People {and physics journals}

So, here's something fun that happened when Brenden was home last weekend.

He's really into working out, so he decided to bench press Lucy.

She thought it was the funniest thing ever!

And then, way less adorable, but much more impressive...

it was MY turn.

Brace yourselves.

Wow, that's probably the most flattering photo I have of me to date.

And here's something else very interesting.

Brenden left his physics journal on the kitchen table, and I couldn't help but take a peek.

And I was like, WOW! it's almost identical to MY physics journal entries!

It's my pleasure to have passed on my brains, looks, and talents to all of my children!

Have a great day, folks!

And don't forget to write in your physics journals.

You don't want to get rusty with your formulas and whatnot!

Spring was Here! {now it's gone}

Spring is so here!  Wait, well it was here, at least over the weekend.  But it's gone now. 

It was sure nice while it lasted.

Here are some photos to prove it.  Lots of fun and new spring life!

This is one of my peach trees.  The pink buds are positively stunning! 

Have a fabulous spring/wintery day, my friends!

My Little Lunch Dates

The Littles and I decided that it was a good day for an impromptu picnic!

 (I hope you are celebrating Crazy Hair Thursday with me!)

What fun lunch dates!

And speaking of dates....tonight is date night with K-Man!