Third week in February

Well I'm not capable of changing my background without help. I like Christmas anyway. I spent an hour on it tonight and still haven't been able to change it. I have been busy planting seeds in tiny pots in the greenhouse. We mist them every day I can hardly wait until the Swiss chard is ready to eat. I dug up the calladiums and reworked the soil. I will replant them the middle of March when the frosts are over. One day it is warm, the next day it is 22 degrees. I have a lot to do. I made a great dinner Feb. 13th because I felt good. The other dinners have been okay. I am feeling like doing more now that I feel better. Sinus infections knock me down.

Winter

It is cold and damp again. It will be 20 degrees in the morning. It makes caring for the chickens and quail chilly. It gets my blood pumping. Sometimes I take a nap afterwards, just to get warm. Church was great this afternoon. We meet from 1 to 4 pm. I think I napped through sacrament meeting-it was too cold in the meeting. Mike is feeling better. I have been knitting while he drives us to our errands. I have finished some stuff that I was supposed to do before the Jamul fire. I have been getting Spring fever and have been cleaning some of the home and planting in the green house.

January

I can't remember how to change the background so I am still using the Christmas theme. My children know I love Christmas. Mike and Cheri have been under the weather with different ailments. Hopefully, they are getting better. I have stayed busy worrying, doing, and annoying everyone (my best talent), and taking care of the animals. I boiled quail eggs today and I am putting them in my salad tomorrow. Yum! Next week I plan to eat some quail. I will be planting in raised beds in the green house Eddie finished.

Church was very uplifting today. It was so full and the overflow was full, too. There quite a few families who have moved into the ward. The babies in the ward are adorable.

We now have 50 baby quail in the brooder, 5 adult female, and 1 adult male quail in a cage in Cheri's home, on the wood stove. Of course, the wood stove in not on. The baby quail have been handled by people so they are calm while I pet them. Their brooder is in the glass green house so they don't freeze. It will be below 30 degrees tonight.

Cheri and I have joined a family gym that has two inside, heated pools and one outside pool. They have other fitness things there. We start tomorrow and we are ecstatic. Cheri feels no pain when she is in the pool and it will be some exercise for her. I am looking forward to swimming myself. I am way out of shape so I expect it will take me a while to be a good swimmer again.

I am so happy to be able to blog. It is the first time in quite a while I have been on the internet in quite a while. I have been busy with unpacking, problems which crop up here and with Cheri. It is wonderful to be able to think of and do other things. Mike has been working on the plumbing for days. He has solved some major issues, but there are still some problems to work out.

Holidays

Papaw is safely home. We are very happy to have him home. We decorated the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas will be full of love for all of our families, but money is short. The chickens are doing fine. We are getting 11 to 20 eggs a day. They are all healthy. The green house is a fourth done. It is cold, but not as cold as some of you are. The snow melted as soon as it fell. We saw the movie "Old Dogs" and it was hilarious! I will be getting cards out soon.

ISeptember 20, 2009

It has been hot. I have been busy. I did not go to church today because Papaw was sawing heavy Plywood and I did not want him alone doing it. I am sweating up a storm. Cheri's doctor said she is cancer free! Hurray! He also said she will be struggling with tiredness and weakness for another month.October, she sees a doctor about her hip. We are all as well as can be expected. Papaw and I stay busy. Papaw is usually the cook by his choice. The food is good, so I am not complaining. Mike is still fixing the truck. We love you.