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

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 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...

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!

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