Our chickens make me laugh! I could be in a bad mood, but as soon as I see a chicken running, I laugh so hard! We have 26 chickens now. We've had a good supply of eggs for almost a year. But now that people are finding out how good fresh brown eggs are (I won't mention any names, but you know who you are), along with me using so many in my gob cakes, we're having a hard time keeping up with the demand. I told Doug we're going to have to add on to the chicken coop and get more. He's all for the idea of getting more chickens, but he insists there's plenty of room already for more.
It's hard to believe summer vacation will be over in a month! The kids have been working on some summer homework (grudgingly) and still have some reading to do. I can't understand their dislike for reading. I love to read and, if time allowed, that's what I would do all day, every day. If anyone has any recommendations on some books that might keep their interest and make them look forward to reading, I'd love to hear them.
That's all for today. Have a great weekend!
July 29, 2011
July 22, 2011
Hot Summer Day
Yard sale date is August 19 & 20! Not August 18 & 19. :)
Can you believe how hot it is outside? I don't like the heat, but I don't like the cold more, so I'll try not to complain!
The kids were at church camp last week. They had a great time! I'm so glad it wasn't this week when it was so hot.
We did spend some time in the heat this week. Our church had a mission event in our Jerusalem! We had wanted to go somewhere to work on a mission project, but we just couldn't find anywhere that needed our help (hard to believe, I know!) So our pastor had a brilliant idea (a God-given idea, if you will!) We used the money we had budgeted for a mission trip and stayed at home and worked in the community -- painting, cleaning, building, prayer walking, and finished the week up by having a children's fair! It was so much fun working together all week and seeing what we had accomplished for the Lord! It was great seeing the teens and little kids helping with every aspect of it.
Our USCIS paperwork is FINALLY ready to be mailed. We had some glitches that had to be worked out, but it's ready. Not sure if we will make the deadline to be logged in before October 12, though. If we were still able to send it to the old PA INS office, we wouldn't have anything to worry about. The PA office was so fast and both times before we had it processed and returned in less than 3 weeks. But that was then. Now everyone has to send their paperwork to Texas and it takes at least 45 days. After that we have to drive our dossier to Harrisburg to be state certified, and then overnight it to the Chinese Consulate in New York City for authentication. I don't remember how long that takes, but after that, it gets mailed to China to be logged in. The October 12 deadline seems out of reach for us, so please pray for mountains to be moved in order for it all to happen by that date. If it doesn't, we're ok with that. God has the timing all figured out, and we'll just go along with whatever He says!
Our 5K fundraiser is tomorrow at Yellow Creek State Park, 9:00 a.m. We're finishing up some last minute details for it. We haven't had as much response to it as we had hoped, but I think it will be fun. As much as we need rain, I'm hoping it will hold off until after the race.
We were going to have our big yard sale fundraiser here, but a few people told us they thought we should try to do it somewhere else. My friend's husband has a building on his business property that we can use, and they have offered to help us move all our stuff there on his trailer. We're so blessed by great friends! It will be August 19 & 20. If you have anything you'd like to get rid of, please let us know.
My gob cake sales have increased, thanks to my niece Leah who made me my own "book of face" page - Gob Cakes Galore. In addition to the gob cake venture, I started a second part-time job, temporary until the end of November, giving me 40 hours a week. God is surely providing for this adoption!
That's all for now. Have a great weekend!
Can you believe how hot it is outside? I don't like the heat, but I don't like the cold more, so I'll try not to complain!
The kids were at church camp last week. They had a great time! I'm so glad it wasn't this week when it was so hot.
We did spend some time in the heat this week. Our church had a mission event in our Jerusalem! We had wanted to go somewhere to work on a mission project, but we just couldn't find anywhere that needed our help (hard to believe, I know!) So our pastor had a brilliant idea (a God-given idea, if you will!) We used the money we had budgeted for a mission trip and stayed at home and worked in the community -- painting, cleaning, building, prayer walking, and finished the week up by having a children's fair! It was so much fun working together all week and seeing what we had accomplished for the Lord! It was great seeing the teens and little kids helping with every aspect of it.
Our USCIS paperwork is FINALLY ready to be mailed. We had some glitches that had to be worked out, but it's ready. Not sure if we will make the deadline to be logged in before October 12, though. If we were still able to send it to the old PA INS office, we wouldn't have anything to worry about. The PA office was so fast and both times before we had it processed and returned in less than 3 weeks. But that was then. Now everyone has to send their paperwork to Texas and it takes at least 45 days. After that we have to drive our dossier to Harrisburg to be state certified, and then overnight it to the Chinese Consulate in New York City for authentication. I don't remember how long that takes, but after that, it gets mailed to China to be logged in. The October 12 deadline seems out of reach for us, so please pray for mountains to be moved in order for it all to happen by that date. If it doesn't, we're ok with that. God has the timing all figured out, and we'll just go along with whatever He says!
Our 5K fundraiser is tomorrow at Yellow Creek State Park, 9:00 a.m. We're finishing up some last minute details for it. We haven't had as much response to it as we had hoped, but I think it will be fun. As much as we need rain, I'm hoping it will hold off until after the race.
We were going to have our big yard sale fundraiser here, but a few people told us they thought we should try to do it somewhere else. My friend's husband has a building on his business property that we can use, and they have offered to help us move all our stuff there on his trailer. We're so blessed by great friends! It will be August 19 & 20. If you have anything you'd like to get rid of, please let us know.
My gob cake sales have increased, thanks to my niece Leah who made me my own "book of face" page - Gob Cakes Galore. In addition to the gob cake venture, I started a second part-time job, temporary until the end of November, giving me 40 hours a week. God is surely providing for this adoption!
That's all for now. Have a great weekend!
July 4, 2011
Happy 4th of July!
We celebrated with a picnic at the home of some friends yesterday. The food and fellowship was great! As usual, I forgot my camera at home. It's kind of a joke with us. We never get pictures of anything we should. I thought when I started to blog that when I learned how to post pictures, I would be taking them all the time! Old habits die hard, I guess. No excuse!
Anyway, I'm so thankful for the men and women who have fought to make our country free. We are so fortunate to be able to live in a free country and worship the one true God whenever and wherever we want.
We're going to see some fireworks later with Kendall and Brandon near their house. Wishing Marlee and Russell could be there, too.
Our 5K run is coming up quickly - July 23 at 9:00 a.m. at Yellow Creek State Park! I need to make some posters yet with adoption facts to put along the route. We've picked August 13 (and maybe the 12th) for our yard sale, to be held here at our house. We were looking for a place with a lot of traffic, but since we live along a major highway, why not have it here and save us all the work of dragging everything to another location? Parking may be a problem, but we'll make it work.
The mom of two of our Awana girls told me of a fundraising venue we can use in September. Now I just need to come up with something to sell. I'm sure I'll make some gob cakes(moist chocolate cake with a really creamy, delicious icing), but I need to come up with some easy crafts that the kids and I can do to sell there as well. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
Hoping everyone has a safe and memorable 4th of July!
Anyway, I'm so thankful for the men and women who have fought to make our country free. We are so fortunate to be able to live in a free country and worship the one true God whenever and wherever we want.
We're going to see some fireworks later with Kendall and Brandon near their house. Wishing Marlee and Russell could be there, too.
Our 5K run is coming up quickly - July 23 at 9:00 a.m. at Yellow Creek State Park! I need to make some posters yet with adoption facts to put along the route. We've picked August 13 (and maybe the 12th) for our yard sale, to be held here at our house. We were looking for a place with a lot of traffic, but since we live along a major highway, why not have it here and save us all the work of dragging everything to another location? Parking may be a problem, but we'll make it work.
The mom of two of our Awana girls told me of a fundraising venue we can use in September. Now I just need to come up with something to sell. I'm sure I'll make some gob cakes(moist chocolate cake with a really creamy, delicious icing), but I need to come up with some easy crafts that the kids and I can do to sell there as well. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
Hoping everyone has a safe and memorable 4th of July!
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