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I can't wait to see you there!
Kate

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Unless The Lord Builds The House

Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
for he grants sleep to those he loves.

picture by Katharine Davis. All rights reserved

I Can Still Climb Trees..

...in a dress. I now do solemnly proclaim that it can be done, and I shall prove it with the following pictures! :D






During a recent discussion with a friend of mine, the subject turned to climbing trees...she proclaims it impossible to do in a dress, and I said it's quite possible, so this is in response...then the younger Miss Davis did such a good job with pics I decided to post some! :D
Ha! See Holly?? :D

I've always climbed trees...ever since I can remember, I've been in a tree, on a cliff, or generally in danger, with my dad right behind going,"You can go out further... a little bit more..." etc. :D Because of that, it annoyed me to no end when my girl friends all decided it was terribly bad to climb trees, as it was not directly associated with attracting boys. :P And I shant go there at all...except that's annoying and rid...oh, I said I wasn't going there. lulz
But I won't stop climbing trees.



It's been a busy month...or rather, a busy since-easter. :D

Easter our family on the Porter side all came up...we had a fun weekend visiting, locking each other in the barn, (that would NOT be the adults ;) ) just having a good time together! Grandaddy didn't feel well, but thankfully he's feeling better now!

The week after Easter (Can you tell I don't have a calender handy?), the Bailey family came up, so we could film the "Do Hard Things" documentury film!!!! Rather, Ben Bailey filmed it and I worked with a camera over my shoulder :D It was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and it will be so worth it!! Of it all, the actual testimony was the hardest to get done as we want it, and I don't think he was ever actually pleased with it. ;) For some reason, being behind the camera made him laugh, which was most alarming...and resulted in a very helpful remark from myself... " Doing hard things is always wond---- would you please cut that out?! I'm assuming that's not going on the film. :D
It was great to see Christina again! She's always been one of my "secret rolemodels"..I guess not so secret anymore, but she's one wonderful young lady! It was good to see her again! Maybe someday I'll get pictures to post...sound good? :D


Two weeks after that ( Quite rolling your eyes at me, lulz) Our gospel meeting preacher stayed with us for a week! He's amazing...the only person I know who was preaching full time at 17! He has 3 kids now, and all I have time to say now is he is one amazing person!

Until next time my friends... adious!



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A random post of my life in general.

Anybody here from Homeschool Alumni? I know a few of you are...anyway! As some of you know, Jim (JimBow) just came back from ALERT, a military camp, and...you also know...he eats skittles. All. The. Time! So...one of the gals on there decided everybody should flood him with skittles, and that is just what we did! In honor of this grand and important occasion, I recite...some bad poetry by yours truly! :)



The Skittle King has returned to his realm,
Yes, the Candyland King is back at the helm,

He's back to his horses and back to his cattle,
Back to his lasso and back on the saddle,

But he's sad and no wonder,
You don't have to ponder,
He ate all the skittles again!

So... bring out the stamps and bring out the skittles,
Send them to Jimbo, it isn't a riddle,

And joy shall be spread, far and wide through the land,
When there is enough candy for all!

I warned you it was bad! lol

I'll give you a better post later!

" I was Glad When They Said Unto Me, Let Us Go Into The House of The LORD"

Are You a Fool?

Instead of playing a trick on ya'll...( we couldn't think of a good one)...I decided to give you something that will show you your foolishness...or hopefully lack-there-of! :D Brought to you by Elizabeth and Anna Sophia Botkin, this is both frightening and yet..very telling. In all of our teenage wisdom (cough, choke) we still don't always get it right. :P
Once you take the quiz, tell us what score you got!
My Score: B


We have laundry hanging out on the line today...it's very warm here, yesterday I started work on my farmers tan...(with a tad of help from Hawaiian Tropical oil.) *sheepish grin*

Journal Entry...

Not another step nearer! *And let me tell you, she can pack a punch! *

...yah, I know, I should be posting more often. Sorry about that my friends, but perhaps I can make up by telling ya'll what I've been up too!
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Yesterday was a very busy day...music lessons(5 all-in-all)first, and then a fairly restful afternoon later on. THEN...I went to do chores. Now, any of ya'll who have seen our barn know that it's NOT made for a lot of animals. You know, like what we have. :D It's actually a horse barn, with 3 stalls and a HUGE aisle right down the barn. So, little, and awkward. :D
When I came in, there was a big wheelbarrow full of cow manure right smack-dab in the way, so I proceeded to pull it out and empty it. Actually... I TRIED. The ancient thing only can be pulled as general rule, Rarely agreeing to being pushing like a obedient wheelbarrow, and it weighed aprox. as much as I did...complication #2. So...that took a while, and then I cleaned out the milking stall, which really did need it. Complication #3 came when I decided to start hauling water buckets...not a big job, but I got water down my boots... So THEN I milked. :P You may imagine I was a bit tired that evening!
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typical day in my house
Toaster pops up
Kate: Helpppp! Murder!!
Elisabeth: What in the world...?
Kate: Oh, that was the toaster...I thought I just got shot.

Dramatics were NEVER my strong point. :) uh...

Kate: I'm going to diiieee!
Momma: Well, the rugs are clean, so don't go bleeding all over them.

Yeah momma, love you too!

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We've got a bunch of sweet little lambs now...see how cute!



Oh and folks...now you read this, you've gotta leave me a comment. :D Haven't heard from a few of you in a while. :P

The Hilarious iPod Game.

1. Put your iPod/mp3 player/I-tunes/music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
So...I did. :D It's hilarious!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Last Train to Clarksville Monkee's

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
That's Amore Dean Martin
Oookkkaay :D
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Tennessee Homesick Blues Dolly Parton
This, btw, started my dear father thinking about what guys we knew from Tennessee...none. lol
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
These Boots are Made for Walkin' Nancy Sinatra
*cough*
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Give us a Flag Richie Havens
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
One Step Beyond Karsh Kale
Like it!
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
This Train Peter, Paul and Mary
They are wierd, aren't they?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Shop Around Smokey Robinson
LOL! Shopping?
WHAT IS 2+2?
Roses in the Snow Ennylou Harris
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Diamond's are a Girls Best Friend Emmylou Harris
I can't believe this came up!!! It's perfect!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Devil's Great-Grandson Sons of the Pioneers
Momma gave me that look when I read her this... :D AND... wanted to know who it was. :D
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Long Chain On Peter, Paul and Mary
Sad, really.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Lemon Tree Peter, Paul and Mary
Yeah, Lemon trees are so much fun!
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Taps LOL!
What is with these "like" ones?
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
It Had to Be You Harry Conick Jn.
I hope they were happy about it!
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Aura Lee John Hartford
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
I'm an Old Cowhand Harry Conick Jn.
I can handle that!
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Rebel Soldier Waylon JEnnings
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Iron Man Black Sabbath
I think momma 'bout threw a fit!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Green Pastures Emmylou Harris
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Lorne Green Bill Dante
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Muita Boreira Luciana Souza Duosii
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Limited Time Reilly
Hilarious, really!
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Mambo Italiano
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Was my Brother in the Battle Kate McGarrigle
Answer...the...question. :D
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Better Times are Coming
haha!
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
A Ryme of Lore
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
The Chant of the Wander
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn Emmylou Harris
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Yellow Rose of Texas Hoyt Axton

And, you can do this now, and let us know what you get...
Set your mp3 on shuffle again, and post the 1st 7 songs that come up...no cheating! :D
1 Ashokan Farewell
2 Muita Bobeira No idea what that one is...
3 Taps
4Long Chain On
5 Ringo
6 That's Amore
7 Miss the Mississippi and You

Of Cowgirls and Cameras.

Or, when homeschoolers Get Bored


















Well, my dear friends, Elisabeth and I took pictures yesterday. We went out to the barn with the dear old camera and had a fine time...and took some pretty decent pictures, on top of that. lol Judge here for yourself. ;D






Gunslinger? :D

































I reallly like this picture of Elisabeth!































My favorite one of myself. :D


Let us know what ya'll think!!:D

Makeup---sorry guys, another girly post.

I don't wear makeup. "Why not?" people ask. "Is it like a church thing or something?" And no, it isn't, if you were wondering also. And I'm not Amish. Or even Morman, for that matter. :D So, why then? For a few reasons, and since this is my blog, I shall state them right...here. :D

#1: It's easy to overdo. Very, very easy to overdo. I have seen many beautiful young women who looked like they had a mask on. Or worse, looked like they just came from a nightclub. This is not to say it can't be done correctly, but I do not have the wish to work with it right now, esp for reason #2.

#2: It clogs pores. As a very acne-prone teen, I have enough trouble as it is, so I don't need anything else. :P

#3: I want people to see me how I really am. I am not perfect, nor is my skin. I don't want to wake up and have makeup smudged everywhere, esp with the work I have to do.... :D Farm work and makeup refuse to work together! :P

So, "will you ever wear makeup?" Maybe. But I don't have plans right now. :D "Would I wear stage makeup?" Absolutly. There is no sense in looking like a seasick mariner. :D
Please share your thoughts in the comment section!

A Jane Austen Quiz!

Take the Quiz here!

Well, of course I would be. :D
This is what it says about me...

You are intelligent, witty, and tremendously attractive. You have a good head on your shoulders, and oftentimes find yourself the lone beacon of reason in a sea of ridiculousness. You take great pleasure in many things. You are proficient in nearly all of them, though you will never own it. Lest you seem too perfect, you have a tendency toward prejudgement that serves you very ill indeed.

That "tremendously attractive" part rocks! :D I didn't know that... but faults! ee...faults? Me? :D LOL
Guys, there is one for you, but I don't know where...look it up!

Have as good a day as we are!

Right Here, Right Now.

Welcome to the new generations world. That would be us.
Please share your reaction in the comment section!

The Bees and Me!

Well, as many of you know, last year we started our adventure with Bees last year, and it has been a very interesting and wonderful experience! Sadly, one of our hives did not make it, but we still have one, as far as we know. (for those of you who don't know lots about Bees, you can't open the hives during the winter, because it gets to cold for them.
Here are some pictures...

A Early Happy Valentines Day!

The Beacon

Here is a sneak preview of the next issue of The Beacon...I was insanly pleased with how the cover turned out looking..I guess I'm easily pleased. :D But I liked the Simple/Goth look a lot. :D
That's all for now. Daddy just got stuck in the snow and I just came in from revving the motor and helping...we are still stuck, btw. :D

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Southerner?

Borrowed from Nathaniel Brayden...this was WAY to good not to post! :-)

The answer can be found by answering the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Glock .40 caliber, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?

Republican's Answer:
BANG!
Democrat's Answer:
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come to a consensus.
Southerner's Answer:
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! Click "Shucks! I'm out!"
Daughter: "Nice pattern Daddy! Were those the Silver Tips, black talons, or them new Hollow Points?"
Son: "Can I shoot the next one Daddy?"
Wife: "You ain't takin' THAT to no Taxidermist!"

Something I wrote. Don't scream, please!

i wrote this here poem below...and guess what? It was published! YES!

The Difference

The Christian shuts his eyes at pornography. The world looks closer.
The Christian rebukes the joker. The world eggs it on.
The Christian studies his Bible. The Enquirer better suits the world.
The Christian sings hymns. The world likes rap and punk.
The Christian is baptized in water. THe world is baptized in wine.
The Christian goes to church. THe world goes to golf.
The Christian says Christ's our standard. The world prefers Obama.
The Christian upholds standerds. The world knocks them down.
The christian upholds purity. The world abhors it.
The Christian is happy. The world is miserable.
One stands, the other falls.
Where are you?

What do you think?

Slacker!!

I know...slacking on the blogging job again. :( Seriously, my apologies! Life took a turn for the busier again, so that is my excuse. Here, to make up, let me fill you in!
On Monday evenings these days, you can find me at the Marietta College/community choir! It is a huge honor to be involved is such great works as Vivaldi's "Gloria" and Handel's " Coronation Pieces" One of which is below...This is Zadock The Priest, by Handel. Sadly, this is not our choir, but we hopefully....prayerfully will sound like this! I'm a soprano...we get a great workout here! :-)




Otherwise...lots of school work, and lots of barn chores!

Please leave me a comment! I love to hear from you friends!

Playin' Possum

Guess who we have visiting under our back steps...? Here is a picture of our honored, but sadly afraid, guest!




My dear protector came to rescue me....



Isn't life out in the country always so much fun!!! :-)

I am sorry I haven't been blogging much. Life is busy enough without telling about it! The biggest new thing for me was being able to join our college choir! What a huge honor! But...naturally, I had a terrible sore throat, and nearly wasn't able to go at all! But...I made it! Hurrah!
I shall tell you more about that later....until then... Au revior!

A quote, A picture, and random thoughts.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so strong as real strength.

This quote has a lot of great truth to it. Think about the strongest men in the Bible. Jesus, David, etc...These men all understood that there was a time for gentleness, and a time for stepping out for the right. What a wonderful legacy they leave for us!

And, of course, here is a picture. Can't leave that out, can we? :-) Yes, I did make the dress...

If You Don't Like Sarcasm...Don't Read This!

Disclaimer: I'm not quite finished with this article yet. One of these days I'm going to work on it just a bit more...I'd love to hear your opinion on it also! :)

My rant on "safety" rules is titled....drumroll please...


My Parents Hate Me
Well, I found out something amazing today! You see, I didn’t know it, but my parents are insane! It’s so funny I never noticed it before, but all that time Daddy was in medical school and Mum was teaching, they had lost their minds!
You see, I’ve been reading this real informative book on child safety, and it really looks like we were abused. All that cool stuff we did, it was so un-American. I wonder if they are Communists?
It all started when me and Dad went rock climbing. Now, in West Virginia, when you go rock climbing, you better be careful, or you could end up in the morgue. It sounds really fun, but I can’t remember much, seeing I was three. And, to prepare me, he actually had the audacity to teach me strict obedience! No wonder I’ve turned out so weird!!
But, they were always like that. They actually let me go hiking all by myself, in the pasture where the big bull hangs around, out in old barns, ( Okay, Mum didn’t encourage that,) and hanging out around creeks. I go off for hours with no adult supervision or even planned activities! What are they thinking, they even let me go without a cell phone!
Yes, they even let me have a gun and a bayonet, presumably… they wanted me to be a serial killer, since that is the only reason this little book said anybody would want to have guns. Well, I mean John Wayne maybe, but what would I want one for? The temptation to shoot people has never been that strong, but you never know. One of these days I’ll just snap and shoot everybody in sight! Not that there is anybody in sight..
Yeah, they are abusers alright. They let me get up at five o’clock every morning and go milk my cow! Don’t they know it’s violating rule # 67 to let your child work alone in the barn? With a cow? Don’t we all know how cows turn on people and kill them? It’s better to keep a pet gorilla then a cow! I’d say they think we should work. What a ridiculous idea of theirs!
Well, if you haven’t fainted yet, there’s more. One day, when I was 15, those parents of mine left the house at night, they said to buy my sister a bicycle, and we were all by ourselves for almost two hours! Since I read this little booklet, now I know that if we had only looked out the window, we would have seen rapists and burglars and who knows what all….we were just to ignorant. Wow, if only I had known!
Yeah, I know a lot more now. I didn’t know all the danger I was in, and I’ll have to let them know. Let me see….whom shall I contact first? Child Protective Services or the Sheriff?
It’s not about being safe, it’s about looking safe.

The Distortation Of Beauty

Oh wow...I can't believe it has been a week since last I posted! I'm slacking on the job! :) In all honesty, I was gone for most of the week to my grandparents, so you mustn't think to poorly of me!
Here is a video that I was greatly impressed with! It has always bothered me how people, ( esp. ladies) set up movie stars and models as "it". When really, they don't even look that way! Here, you can see what I mean!



Leave me a comment, and tell us what you think! :)

It's time for men to be men. *Food for thought*

Dockers amazing MAN-ifesto!

Wow...I thought this was too amazing to go unnoticed!
While I don't support all that Docker does, the fact that this was even a ad gives hope for our nation!

http://www.us.dockers.com/season/landing.aspx
SO...when you come back, please comment to tell us..


Do you think that the message of this ad is true?

In what ways do you think the nation has gone downhill?

Farm Life...

Excuse you! You wanted something?

Far from a generic year!

As I face the new year, and it's unique challenges, a sort of excitement, mixed with fear comes over me. 15 (and-a-half) is a very scary time, but in a good way!
This years plans include, but are not exclusive...

~Driving license ( you should have seen the look on Mums face when I brought that up!

~ Getting my pistol. Whoopee! My parents thought that one sounded great!

~ Getting fit. No, I'm far from overweight, but I certainly want to work out more. And don't tell me I don't need to.

~ Teaching Bible Class. Teaching 2nd-5th Graders has never been termed "boring". When I taught last year, it took a definite " Iron fist in a velvet glove"! :)

~Civil War reenacting. One of my big goals is to go out on the field and rescue the "wounded" soldiers. And also a Civil War Ball!! I should write a story...

~ 52 weeks of crock potting. Yeah, I decided I needed to work on some more...domestic things. That is one area I don't do so well it. *sigh. Is there anyway I can cook while hiking?* So...one crockpot meal a week sounds ok!

~ French also. Musn't leave that out. I want to be able to speak it fluently!

~ And I'm supposed to be in the Do Hard Things Documentury... :)

~ And of course, we need to raise some baby chickys. Yay!!!!

Otherwise, my voice teacher casually brought up that, " I needed to decide what type of music I want to sing." Sound easy? The answer to that is NOOOO! I really have no idea! Opera...if you want to go big, you have to go really big. I _can_ do it, but I don't know... Pop. I don't want to do that...
So, decisions, decisions. And no, this isn't all of them! I have a hard time reading long blog posts, so I thought I would spare you! :)

~And anyhow, it's time to milk!






" Be with me LORD, I can not live without thee, I need thy strength to lean myself upon..." ~Be With Me LORD (hymn)