Hi! Welcome to my blog! My name is Jane (PlainJane) and I am the blessed and happy wife to Jeff and doubly blessed mama of two perfectly wonderful daughters. Please join me as I share our Lifestyle of Learning through Christian homeschooling and homesteading on our little hobby farm with our prairie girls.
Bookworm is our dd14/9th grader.
Our perfectionist and over-achiever. She loves reading, playing violin, her Paint horse, Annie, being a farm girl, and History re-entacting.
Ladybug
is our dd11/6th grader.
Our "girls just want to have fun" girl. She loves to play and has a great sense of humor, but also likes reading, music, her Quarter Horse, Kitty, and History re-enactment.
We are finished reading
the Moody books
By Sarah Maxwell
and HIGHLY recommend them
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~ I am a part of... ~
he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you -- THEY ARE YOUR LIFE. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Deuteronomy 32:46-47
Apr. 16, 2008~ Today ~
What a nice day we had yesterday! A beautiful day (a bit windy with gusts over 40 mph) and a great day to get things done. Our chickens are smiling with a clean coop and our foal was running & kicked up his heels with joy when I let the horses in another pasture for a while to graze on some new grass. It was fun to visit with friends at co-op, have a pizza dinner (our tradition for co-op days), and then it was off to the Skywarn Storm Spotter's class. This year the class was extra special since our daughters joined us (we are studying weather this year). Bookworm really liked the class (and I did think it was the best yet), Ladybug might have been a bit too young yet to really enjoy herself - but than again, excitement (and extra energy) abound here with us going out of town. :) At any rate, Jeff & I need to attend these classes at least every other year to keep our Storm Spotter status current. Here in Minnesota where most of our natural disasters are in the line of tornadoes, it is a great way to learn the difference between funnel clouds, tornadoes, or just SLC's (Spotter lingo for Scary Looking Clouds). teehe
Today is super busy, getting everything ready for grandma & grandpa as we prepare to leave town -- things like updating the chore list for grandpa, cleaning house and the oven (grandma always checks), packing, picking up a few grocerys to take with (we like to eat lunch in our hotel room), getting everything in order with the animals, vacuuming the van - a busy day indeed.
Yet in all our joy and busy-ness, I am thankful for each day/moment the LORD gives us and reminded again this morning of the frailty of life as Marilyn Moll and her family, of The Urban Homemaker, are sorrowing from the sudden and unexpected death of her dear husband, Duane (age 56), on Sunday night. May the LORD carry them through this time. May we never take "today" for granted.
Please add "email Sally" to your list of to-do's before you leave town. I don't remember you asking my permission to leave me... lol! Have a great time! And say hi to JenIg at the conference, at the Rosetta Stone booth. :o)
(I'm just kidding about the email!)
hello, my friend! thanks again for stopping by, i was *SO* excited to meet you. I wish we could have had a little more time to chat ! it was great seeing you.
:)
