It is Tuesday morning, and the sun is trying to peep through. Hopefully we will see the sun today. We have had a few days of not much sun, so our battery pack hooked up to our solar panels is draining fast. During the night the water quit working, as the pump couldn’t … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Attends Local Christmas Bazaar and the Family Readies for Winter
The last few days have been rainy. The many, many leaves that have not been picked up are now matted to the wet grass. It will be more of a challenge to use the leaf blower now.
Joe started the coal stove on Saturday. I think it happens every year … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Asks for Help Naming Midnight’s Colt
This week will put October 2024 into history. It doesn’t seem possible that we have only two months left of 2024.
Around here, we have leaves everywhere. We need to get the leaf blower going and gather up the many leaves. Last week, when my daughters were home for the … Continue Reading ››
A Bridal Shower for Daughter Lovina
Last week, daughter Verena hosted a Tupperware bridal shower here for daughter Lovina. We had a great turnout with well over 20 ladies. It was quite interesting, and we served everyone lunch after the party. Verena and I made the casseroles, but the rest was brought in by my sisters, nieces, and daughters. … Continue Reading ››
Finding Time to Write amid a Busy Schedule
It is Monday evening, around 9:45 p.m. Everyone has settled down for the night. It would be so good to go to bed as well, but I need to write this column. Tomorrow will be a full day, and I do not see how time will allow me to get this in the … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Spends Time Bonding with Her Grandchildren
First of all, Happy 30th Birthday to son-in-law Dustin! His birthday is today, October 8. Wishing him many more happy, healthy years!
Dustin and Loretta live across the road from us, and he has been a great help to us when we needed something done around here. It is also … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Recommends a Delicious Twist on a Familiar Recipe
Happy third anniversary to daughter Loretta and Dustin on October 1! I wish them many more happy, healthy years together.
It is still so hard for me to believe that five out of our eight children are married and have homes of their own. In the back of my mind, … Continue Reading ››
Welcoming autumn with zucchini cake, cowboy coffee, pumpkin spice, and other fall comforts
I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a piece of zucchini coffee cake that a lady from our church district dropped off here for us. It is delicious, and I would like to ask her for the recipe. I do hope it doesn’t have many calories! Isn’t it always comforting to yourself … Continue Reading ››
A Monday’s day-in-the-life diary
4 a.m. My alarm rings and I get up to start another day. Daughter Verena gets ready to go across the road to stay with daughter Loretta and her boys until Dustin comes home from work. I always watch at the door to make sure she gets across the road and to their … Continue Reading ››
Gathering with family for Joseph and Grace’s wedding
Son Joseph and Grace had a nice day for their wedding day. The temperature was cooler, making it nice for the cooks.
The food was delicious! The menu consisted of bread, butter, jam, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, green beans, lettuce salad, and barbecue chicken. Dessert was ice cream, pecan, blueberry, … Continue Reading ››