Mike Rogers on National Healthcare Bill

This was sent to us from our neighbors. He is a voice of reason in Congress. We need to pray for our leaders in Congress to have Wisdom and Understanding that only the Lord can provide.

Tim

The Night was Great!!!!

We had a wonderful time the other evening sitting around our outside fire place.  We had a great relaxing time that evening.  Talking and sharing, goofing off and being a family together.  The stars were out in all there glory with the moon trying to hide behind the trees.  The smoke was rising and keeping the bugs at bay.  Hope our golden retriever was very interested in my smores.  Looking hopeful to dejected before getting a marshmellow of her own.  I thank God for nights like this they are so few and far between.

The Fire!!

Hope is hopeful!!! "Is he gonna share????"

Hope is dejected!!! " I guess not!!!"

Hope gets her treat! She was very happy!!

The Moon showing through the trees!!!!

God bless you

Tim

Split and stacked

The boy's rearranged the wood pile, while I split the wood.  We just stacked it using the "Chain Gang" method as Kaleb calls it.  It is such a blessing to have children willing to help out and do what it takes to get the job done.  I thank the Lord for giving us such a wonderful guide for life and family in his Holy Word the Bible.  We have a lot to learn and are very thankful for our Lord's patience with us, for there are many times we "don't get it"or we think our way will be easier etc.and end up flat on our faces.  We are planing on getting another load of slab wood tomorrow morning.  I hope to get it cut to length and unloaded soon, so I can get some more smaller edging pieces for our wood cook stove on Friday.  It is dinner time and I hope to have a fire in our outdoor patio fireplace later this evening.

God Bless you,
Tim

Edge trim wood cut and stacked!!

This morning the rain stopped about 11:00 am.  The boys and I with the help of Tiffy on the tractor pulling the trailer, cut and loaded and stacked the rest of the truck load of wood.  The rest of the week end we'll have to get the splitting done on the bigger stuff in between my working this weekend.  The end of my vacation is at hand.  Overall  we did get quite abit done around here.  A dent to say the least.

God bless you,
Tim

Salsa is done!!!!!

Finally Done!!  19 quarts of Mild, and 10 quarts and 7 pints of Medium.  It looks and tastes GREAT!! not that I'm partial or anything.  We thank the Lord for our abundant harvest.  Time for Tylenol and OFF to BED.  We will have to finish with the wood in the morning, Rain or Shine, there's about half of it left to cut and stack.

 

God bless you all, and to all a good night
Tim

Fall is coming soon!!!!

We have been gathering in the wood for the winter, so far we have a truck load of bigger pieces of wood that need splitting, and a truck load of smaller that just needs cut to length. We get our fire wood from a local guy that has his own sawmill. We get the edge and the trim pieces from the big logs . It is all hardwood, mostly oak and burns really well in our wood stoves. The price is very reasonable and will cut our electric costs this winter. The chain saw has been very busy the last few days, now the real work begins, the splitting.  The boy's and I will be using the axes, hatches, wedges and the Sledge, to make short work of the larger pieces, so they will be more manageable.  We will still have to get another Load of each, but for now it is enough to get stacked and put away.

We also processed about 40 pounds of peaches into peach butter and boy is it wonderful.  It is kind of like apple butter only made with peaches added with nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.  The girls got the recipe out of the "Ball Book" last year and made a small batch.  We liked it so well that we made MORE this year.

We are making salsa today with the peppers and tomatoes from our garden.  We had to buy onions because ours aren't big enough yet.  We will be  getting it started as soon as my post is done. 

 God bless you

Tim

The New TEA PARTY

My Father in law told me that we will be having a new tea party at Homecoming Park at the pavillion in Wauseon, OH, on The 12th of September 2009, at noon. They are still updating the web site for this event. Good chance that Bob Latta our congressional rep. will be speaking again like the last one. The web site is www.fultonteaparty.com. We encourage all who can, to come and be counted, it is inspiring to see that we are not alone. Hope to see you there!!!!!!

God Bless,
Tim

Spoiled!!!!

Which is more spoiled? The boy or the cat?

Happy Fourth of July!!!!!!

On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, reflecting on what he had shared in Congress and, with prophetic insight, declaring the importance of that day:

" The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever.

You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even though we [may regret] it, which I trust in God we shall not."

Praise the Lord,

Tim

Finally Home!!!!!!

Hello Everyone!

We arrived home on Monday; glad to be home, glad to have the memories, and still laughing over our "Comedy of Errors" trip!!! Last we posted we had just gotten the truck back and were preparing to hit the road again. We moved the trailer up to a campground in Black Hawk so we would be closer to the action. Upon getting out and setting up we discovered three things: a vent cover was missing, the air conditioning wouldn't work, and some keys were missing!!! Fortunately, we were able to get the last cover in the area for our size vent, and Daddy fixed the air conditioning, but if you see a key ring with a large red tag on it, please let us know!

The rest of the trip we spent looking at Needles Highway, the Wildlife Loop, Mammoth Site, Devil's Tower, and Ft. Laramie (which was very informative and one of my favorite visits)! We also saw Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff from a distance! Our biggest adventure was in Nebraska!

We were trying to make it to a campground near Lake McConaughy late at night and in a storm when we got stuck in between two hills on a gravel road. Now, a gravel road is usually no problem, but with all the rain, sand and dirt had turned it into a muck pit. We couldn't get enough traction to make it up the one hill, and the trailer would try to land in the ditch if we attempted to back up the other hill! We called for help and were told that the wrecker was in Big Springs trying to get a semi out of a ditch, and to expect an hour or so wait! The emergency brake does not engage the trailer brakes, and so would not keep us out of the ditch! Therefore, poor Daddy had to keep his foot on the truck brake for, what would turn out to be, a SEVEN HOUR wait! It was pitch black out that night, with no civilization in sight. A few cars stopped, two of which were drunk (one man even claimed he could pull us out with his little SUV!!!), and (just before dawn) one really nice lady who felt bad for us and brought back her husband an hour later. By that time the sun was up, the ground was dryer, and we were ready to try one more time. And... We made it!!! And just as we turned a bend in the road, we looked back to see the tow truck arriving!

We got back on the main road and pulled off at the nearest truck stop and slept! After that we got through with out a hitch (though we did have to drive for as long as we could), and got home two days behind schedule. It really was a wonderful trip and we have a whole bundle full of memories!!

In Christ,

For the family,

~ Tiffany

P.S. I'll be sure to post lots of pictures soon!!