Day 97

1. Cleaning up the porch now that the bantams have a new home and putting in a little twig fence to keep Tucker the dog from walking across the flower bed to get to the porch.
2. Jacob working hard to clean the leaves out of the patio area
3. Crepes!
4. What else- homeschooling, working outside in the sunshine, ending the day with Psych.

Day 96

1. Making Grandma's pancake recipe with Jacob
2. Touring a local old house with Amanda
3. Grandma Liz's (an adopted Grandma) Daisy Apron. I've been holding onto it for sentimental reasons (it's too small for me), but when Amanda saw it and loved it, I decided it was time for it to find a new home. :)
4. What else - Jacob doing well in math, homemade banana liqueur (yum!), having Amanda and Joshua&Lucy over

Day 95

1. Jacob puts his finishing spices on dinner for tonight
2. Pumping up a flat tire
3. Five Guys while waiting for our flat tire to get fixed
4. Chocolate Mousse with Sara
5. What else - Not much, but here's Mom's facebook status for more about 2&3. :)

Set out on errands today. We stopped for gas where it was pointed out that one tire was really low so we then proceeded to a tire factory store. Since it was past lunchtime we decided to take a walk to a Five Guys hamburger joint that we had just passed. Two miles later of slogging through icy rain and strong wind blowing stinging pellets of water into our faces, we finally reached our destination. By the time we had finished eating we were only halfway thawed out but being the courageous and plucky type we decided to brave the weather and head back. Thankfully the wind and rain had abated. The return trip much to our surprise was only about 1/2 a mile long.

Heart-Work

"...the greatest difficulty in conversion, is to win the heart to God; and the greatest difficulty after conversion, is to keep the heart with God... Heart-work is hard work indeed."          John Flavel

Found in Sanctuary of the Soul by Richard Foster

An expanded quote found here...

Heart-work is hard work indeed. Are you inclined to undertake the business of keeping your heart? Are you resolved upon it? I charge you then, to engage in it earnestly. Away with every cowardly feeling, and make up your mind to encounter difficulties. Draw your armor from the Word of God. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in its commands, its promises, its threatenings; let it be fixed in your understanding, your memory, your conscience, your affections. You must learn to wield the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God) familiarly, if you would defend your heart and conquer your enemies.

Day. 94

1. Finished altering a dress
2. Happy hour with Scott & Mom... olive bread made by Juli, balsamic vinegar for dipping in and wine.
3. What else - some internet shopping, buying tickets to Spokane for later this month!, watching Sound of Music with Mom and Jacob (he's sick today) while sewing, getting meatloaf into the freezer, watching Psych.

Day 93

1. Glazed Old Fashioned
2. Winona Grange - I remember Mom taking Jazzercise classes here...oh my.
3. Walking around the lake at Tualatin Commons
4. Planting rhubarb!
5. What else - A re-eval with Dr Z, the functional neurologist, progress is being made, so yay!, homemade quiche for dinner, watching the first part of Prada to Nada, eating a yummy marionberry pie/turnover concoction,

Day 92

1. Palm Sunday at church
2. My first attempt at flan
3. What else? good fellowship at church, watching TinTin (love!)

Links I've been reading...

Fabergé Egg-Hunting for Charity Takes Over London's Streets - This sounds so fun!

Scouting an Abandoned Hotel in Southern California  - Loved the pictures of a hotel abandoned 70 years ago! Looked like something out of a movie set... luggage still sitting in the entryway...

Journey Chronicles: G. K. Chesterton & Jeff Meyers on Spring Cleaning - one of my favoritest people is blogging again...

opbmusic: Studio Sessions: Alialujah Choir - fun to listen to

The English Dept. - beautiful dresses made in Portland

La Bible / French Bible - Nouveau Testament / Colossiens 1 - listen and read along to the Bible in French!

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide - Hemisphere Brain Functions - This and the next link probably deserve a post all on their own...
Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

Christians and The Hunger Games | Reviews - Interesting

Peter J. Leithart » Blog Archive » Exhortation - Wise words. I've been meditating on them all week. And thankful for my family who prods and pokes me.

www.crowninglorihats.com - a local hat store... Sometimes I wish hats were back in fashion... but then I know I would complain about them all the time....

Day 90

from last Friday...

1. Scott's workplace in Canby 
2. This looked like a fun book at  Ladybug chocolates. 
3. Cute puppy in the window 
4. Drama and fun at the plumbing store
5. Hadley holding a rooster
6. My rooster
7. Kerrilynn holding a rooster
8. POPCORN!
9. What else- having the Ayers over for dinner and movies. We also moved the bantam chickens that were living in our rhodendron bush into new digs in the vegetable garden. Thus the rooster pictures...

Day 89

1. Girly apron! 
2. Homemade pizza for dinner
3. Making a cake with Jacob 
4. The very homemade-looking, rustic result, as in, we got impatient and put the frosting on while the cake was still warm ;-)
5. What else - frankly, this was a rather crummy day. Sad news with more sad news made for a sad day. Jacob thought some cake would cheer us up...Jacob is thoughtful that way...cake combined with some Marx brothers helped.