- Mood:
- Music/Books: books on gardening
- Weather: cold! I mean it's like 38 out!
- Kid's Kut: Isabella: you know rivers have allergies too
Well that about sums it up for us. We are moving next weekend! We found a house that is cheaper rent. We want to be able to pay off our debt, and we can't do that at our current location. Unfortunately we will be far from everything we do now, including church. So we will be looking at other churches as well. I really like our current church, even though we seem to have had a slow time getting to know people. Anyways, we will be very busy packing. I will have Jerry's help as his last day of work was this past friday. He was supposed to have a job to go to, but that fell through. Gotta love the contract world. So we are praying fervently that he gets a job A.S.A.P.!!!!! We will be moving into a smaller home. We currently have an 1600-1800 sq. ft. home now and will be moving into a 1350 sq.ft. house. It has a two car garage and it's on an acre. So there is space outside to "roam". I am trying to declutter as we pack. Of course it seems that everything we own is breaking down now. I mean EVERYTHING. We'll have to buy things a bit at a time though.
The kiddos are getting over being sick with a yucky upper resp. virus. Not fun. Sick kids for 2 weeks straight. It was kind of nice that someone at the grocery store noticed we were well. We have been shopping at the health food store lately and there is one gentleman who mans the butcher counter. Anyways I was walking past the counter (we stop there last) and he says, " hey, you guys look like you are feeling much better." I wasn't sure if he was talking to me, so i looked around, and i was the only person there. So he said, " Weren't you all sick with a flu thing last week? You look like you are feeling better." I said, " yes, we are and you can tell by the children running around.' It made me feel like we were in a small town!
A good friend of mine volunteered to watch the oldest three girls this saturday, all day!!! I was able to get a great start to packing. Not to mention it was much easier to pack up their toys with out them standing behind me saying....No, not that, i need that right now...But the days are ticking! And there are only 6 more till we move. So much to do!!!!
Flannery turned 3 on the 20th! We had a small party for her. I will have to put up pictures when I get the chance. The baby has not been sleeping well at all lately which really limits my time to do things. She is either in my lap, and grabbing at everything, or on the floor putting EVERYTHING in her mouth. I mean, EVERYTHING!!!! She is my only one to put everything in her mouth. Moira was the best, she never put anything in her mouth until she was two and teething with molars. She started puting rocks and sticks in her mouth!! Isabella put some things in her mouth, and Flannery was too busy trying to climb the walls to notice the floor! But Saoirse takes the cake. That child puts everything in her mouth that comes her way. I can't vacuum often enough for this child. She finds the tiniest thing in a crevice and pops it in her mouth. UGH!!! She just started pulling herself to standing. My bet (if I were taking bets) would be that she will be walking at 12 months. We shall see.
Well I'm off to read. I am trying to catch up on my gardening knowledge. I really, REALLY want to put in a garden this spring. I will have to buy seeds very soon and get them started indoors. I am reading a book called "Lasagna Gardening". I thought it would be about planting a garden for the herbs and stuff needed for lasagna. Nope. it's about layering newspapers, compost, leaves and such to make a garden that you do not have to till up. I am thinking that since we will be busy with moving and unpacking I need to do something EASY this spring. i want to do a raised bed garden, but that will cost money, which, with no job, we don't have. We'll have to save that for next year. I think I will do a small garden this year, and get a feel for the land, and how the sun falls on our property. Then next year go bigger. i am also reading a book called "Chicken Tactors", or something like that. A really neat concept of raising broilers or egg birds, in moveable pens that you rotate over your garden space. You use them during the off season to pick weeds and "deposit" compost. Then you have a rich soiled garden, and eggs or meat! I like the concept. But too much for us to do this year. I really want to give it a try sometime.
Goodnight all!
PS, forgot to tell you about the kid's kut. my friend took the girls on a walk and they came across a stream and pond. Isabella was trying to tell me that the water had algae on it, but said "allergy". I told her it was " algae". Moira said "What?" And Isabella told her, you know rivers have allergies too. Ha,ha, ha. Too funny.
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