Mon.-Great day at home. Washing, tidying, Susan making Easter Eggs, Alli here-watching Cooking DVD's together, 7 layer salad supper with chicken for the hard working guys plus pizza, Quelf with Logan and Susan in the eve.///Thankful for Mondays. I love Mondays. Thankful for gratitude and the way the men around here express it for anything we make them. Thankful for freedom to think what I think and to love everyone. Thankful for God.
Tues.-I made the best potato soup ever this morning. Susan dipped eggs and bagged them. We loaded up the car with soup and eggs and went to Farmville and made some egg deliveries before homeschool co-op. I went to Judy's and Catherine Mac pulled in right ahead of me. We had a great lunch of soup, toasted cheese garlic bread, and blueberry turnovers. Judy makes me think about things I've never thought of before when she tells stories about her relatives. I ran a few errands before picking up Susan after drama and then brought her back to Judy's where I got to visit with Catherine just a little longer before she went home. Susan used Judy's mixer and made 6 batches of egg dough. I took her out to New Life for a basketball party and alumni game. It was pouring like crazy. I had to put both shirts in the dryer at Judy's. I was wearing a fleece vest that Catherine gave me and a pair of Tom's fleece pants. They are about 6 inches too short. Judy sent a picture to Jessie and Jessie wrote back, "Sexy mama." Yeah, right. I'm here at Judy's watching the news wrapped up in a blanket eating her food and drinking her tea. Sammy Jo is eating cheese and pepperoni. She's wearing a polka dotted dress and blue jeans with a blue ruffle on the bottom that Grandma Judy just sewed on for her. Sammy Jo wants to wash her hair tonight because it's greasy. She was Susan's taste tester but after awhile she began to hop about and Grandma said, "No more sugar for you." I am watching news for the first time in a long time and it is a bit unsettling.///Thankful that Susan had a nice basketball party. Thankful that this time with Judy was like having a women's retreat at her house. Thankful that Susan was awake enough to drive home because I was slipping into a food coma.
Wed. Went to the dentist in Appomattox and ran some errands. Bought a half a gallon of super balls at Salvation Army for a dollar and put them in an old 2 quart blue canning jar and set them on my plant shelf. The sun shines through some of them and it looks like old-fashioned fun days in a jar. Lindsay and I dreamed about going to a Writer's Conference together and we are getting advice from writer friends on face book. The kids went to CC for youth group and Logan gave his testimony and at the end, had a prayer and blessing for each of his peers. Pretty special time. ///Thankful that this tooth that is bothering me will soon not be bothering me any longer. Thankful that my dentist is also the mayor of Appomattox and he's not stuck-up at all. Thankful that the kids at CC have gotten to know Logan and will really miss him.
Thurs.-Micah came today from 8:30-2:00. Helen's grandma passed away and she is up in Pa with her family. Micah tried to teach me how to play Chess and I think I would have beat him if the game hadn't frozen up. Rosalee had her surgery to remove her stent this morning and the surgery was not successful. They had to put another stent in and now she has to wait 6 weeks to see if the ureter will work on its own or they have to go to HMed. and have the ureter removed and then reattached to her bladder. So disappointed for her. Called and we both cried. 'Thank you for your tears," she said. Michael came home from Liberty to spend Logan's last night here with him. We had a supper of pizza and raw veggies and Alli and Freeman were with us too. After Phil finished his farm work, he and I played Quelf with Philip, Michael, Susan, and Logan. Such a silly fun game.///Thankful for Janelle's advice to attend The Greater Philadelphia Christian Writer's Conference this summer. Thankful for time with Micah and how he almost crawled into my lap while we were playing chess. Thankful for Logan and how easy it was to have him here. Thankful for his kind helpful ways and that being around Susan made him wish he had a sister.
Fri.-Micah was here again today. He helped me make a birthday cake for Susan and we spent some time outside cleaning up and sweeping up the garage. We made some playdough and he made a perfectly purple pepperoni pizza. Talked with the lady who heads up the Greater Phila. Christian Writer's Conference today on the phone for some time. She's so personable and then she prayed for Lindsay and I before she hung up. I called Lindsay right away. So excited. Decided to have Susan's birthday supper tonight as a family. She'll have a party another day but tonight we're having roasted chicken, baked potatoes and sweet potatoes, salad, and chocolate cake and probably chocolate ice cream too. Susan got alot of Algebra 11 done today and dipped 97 peanut butter eggs. ///Thankful that a former student from CCA won a blue ribbon for her speech on Fanny Crosby. When the judge asked her why she chose this topic she said, "Because my old music teacher, Mrs. Hertzler, loved her as a musician, I decided to choose this topic." Made me cry. Makes me smile. Thankful for how pretty the black birds sound in the trees. Thankful for Micah's rosy cheeks after our gator ride out to the mail box and back. Thankful for the Tres playing Uno and for the memories of Susan shared during her birthday dessert celebration.
Sat.-Prosperous day. Cleaned the house, did wash and worked outside and sewed on The Last Supper. Susan helped Phil with the cows, formed a lot of eggs and cleaned her room. Her friend, Julie T., came in the afternoon and they went to the Jr. Play at LBC in the eve. Michael went also. Phil worked on fencing, etc. Philip went to an auction and then to a benefit dinner for the Benedictine HS Sports program with some of his friends. ///Thankful to have Michael around. Thankful that Logan called last eve. when he got home to let us know he was home. Thankful-Susan hugged Michael and said, "I like it when you're home." He said, "I like being home too." Thankful for leisurely breakfast of scrapple and eggs. Thankful for the haybine Philip bought at the auction under Phil's directive. Thankful for the flock of red-wing black birds eating bird food on the front porch.
Sun.-Nice leisurely morning at home with every one. Appreciate those at church who live this day to the fullest and are faithful to what they know to do right now. I am thankful for the word about the blind man. The thought of Jesus possibly creating new eyes for non-existing ones out of clay blew me away. '"By doing so He was saying, "I AM God." Bam!' (P.A.T.) Just like Peter wanted his whole body to be washed so he could be part of Jesus, so I want Jesus to cover me with His clay, so every part of me--body, soul, spirit,-can see Him clearly and to be created into wholeness the way I was meant to be. Michael took Susan to Sho-Gun for her birthday. Phil and I went to have lunch with Marilyn and her daughter, Alicia, and Alicia's daughter, Emilee. What a pleasant lunch we had. Phil took a nap but we kept waking him up with our loud raucous laughter. We had pork and bean soup, sausage, salad, corn meal muffins, and dessert. Dessert was a chocolate mousse made from avocado, cocoa, coconut oil, and agave. It was made into a pie with crushed almonds as the crust. Decadent and healthy. Took Phil to NL for musical practise. Came home and rested and visited on face book. Philip had a nice day with his friends. (He had a late night last night. He went to a boxing match sponsored by the Benedictine High School. Out of several hundred people, he won a raffle prize. A week at a house in NC. It was the best prize to get. The monetary prize of $10,000 would have been nice but everyone always donates the money right back to the school. There was a $5,000 prize of his and her matching watches. And the third prize was a week at the shore in a house that holds 12-14 people. ) Susan and Michael went to the Warren's in the eve. ///Thankful that Mom called tonight. Thankful that she is not badly hurt after her fall but I'm sorry her face got banged up. Thankful for big brothers who love their little sister. Thankful that Susan is excited about what she and I are going to do for her birthday tomorrow.
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