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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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
Jul. 15, 2008~ Just Catching Up ~
Thank you to all of you that prayed for me yesterday. I'm praising the Lord that He heard our prayers and answered ~ I'm feeling much better this morning! Thank You LORD!!! I haven't been well for at least a couple of weeks, gradually going down hill and I was afraid that I was doomed to feeling like I was 85 for the rest of my life -- never to feel good again. I am soooooo thankful this morning.
Anyways, now that I'm back in action, it's time to do a bit of catching up around here. I have a whole house to clean (entropy really set in), bloggy friends to visit, and I thought I would get you caught up on what's been happening around here the last couple of weeks...
Bookworm got a new bike as her last one was 4 yrs. old and she has grown so much (she is now only 2 inches shorter than I) ~ her knees were practically hitting the handle bars.
Ladybug wants to ride her horse non-stop.
Bookworm takes an impromptu ride.
We had high hopes to work A LOT with our horses this year, but between theater practice and it being too hot, or windy, or stormy, or buggy, we haven't gotten out there like we wanted ~ but happy for all the time we do get.
The girls were in the local Rodeo Days Parade last week with their theater group, passing out flyers.
The baby chicks are growning up and want to be out more, but they are still small enough to be in grave danger of our cats and the fox, so dh made a temporary run for them to keep them happy for a bit. Normally we just let them loose for an hour or two each day while we stay by them, but they need to be out more, so this was a good compromise where they can be out, but safe too. Brownie, our bantie mama isn't too happy being in "jail".
Our garden this morning - the indian corn is about as tall as I am. Friday night's storm knocked over some of our corn, but Jeff put it back up & mounded dirt around it - everything is looking good. Thank you Lord for just enough rain and not much hail!
With only a little over a month and a half till school starts up again (depending on when we are done with harvest this year - may be later), I have been busy writing up plans for the coming school year. More about that later.
And weather permitting, the girls are being baptized this coming Sunday at an area lake. This past Sunday the girls met with Pastor and turned in a typed-up testimony with photo (from the day they asked Jesus into their heart), but being the true Bible College Professor that he is, they now have another assignment this week... the girls are to email him separately, answering the following...
1) Who is God?
2) Why do you need to be saved?
3) How do you become a Christian?
4) Give a verse that expresses your decision.
I just found your wonderful blog last week. Didn't see your prayer request till this morning. So glad you're feeling better - the Lord always hears our prayers - but WHY did it take you 2+ weeks to hear his answer!! and go get medical attention? Sorry - that's the R.N. in me. Can't wait to hear more about your plans for SOW. I haven't read all your previous posts yet but am so inspired by what I've read so far. Thank you for sharing.
Donna in Tx
Oh your garden is just beautiful! What all do you have planted in there? I would like to double the size of mine next year! I have to learn how to can too...probably not enough this year but next year!
Glad you're feeling better! I've been there for a while...up and down with my iron-deficient anemia. Really zaps the life out of ya!
Hi Donna,
Thank you for visiting and your kind words. Yes, I know I should have seen a dr. sooner - I usually put it off until I have one foot in the grave because that seems like the only time they will do anything for me plus I alway think it will be better - tomorrow.
Do you have a blog anywhere? If so, let me know your address & I'll come visit your site.
Oh, I just love taking the tour on your farm through photos. Thanks for sharing. What a wonderful life. I am also in praise for your better health. I will continue to pray and watch you grow stronger every day!!!
It's so good to read this entry and hear you are feeling better. Are you still going to the doctor's? I do pray things continue to go well for you. It looks like you have been busy, but with lots of fun things. The pictures are great. :)
JoAnn
This post was worth the wait, my sweet friend! It's action packed, you might say. Loved all the photos, but especially loved the horse ones. And the clever chick run is great too.
Jenn
Hello Jane, this is your most favored of friends! (Where are the smileys for comments?! insert a little thumping heart smiley here) SOOOO glad you are feeling better, and not 85. I mean, it would be okay to feel 85 if you were 85, right? But not when you are half that age, (okay, almost half). I love the photos!!! I miss MN!!!! The girls all want to come and visit!!!! Me too!!!! sigh. We'll just learn to be content in our wilderness. Acceptance with joy. :o)
Sally
PS For someone who had nothing to blog about, you sure had a lot to blog about! lol!
Bookworm got a new bike as her last one was 4 yrs. old and she has grown so much (she is now only 2 inches shorter than I) ~ her knees were practically hitting the handle bars.
Ladybug wants to ride her horse non-stop.
Bookworm takes an impromptu ride.
The girls were in the local Rodeo Days Parade last week with their theater group, passing out flyers. 
The baby chicks are growning up and want to be out more, but they are still small enough to be in grave danger of our cats and the fox, so dh made a temporary run for them to keep them happy for a bit. Normally we just let them loose for an hour or two each day while we stay by them, but they need to be out more, so this was a good compromise where they can be out, but safe too. Brownie, our bantie mama isn't too happy being in "jail".
Our garden this morning - the indian corn is about as tall as I am. Friday night's storm knocked over some of our corn, but Jeff put it back up & mounded dirt around it - everything is looking good. Thank you Lord for just enough rain and not much hail!
With only a little over a month and a half till school starts up again (depending on when we are done with harvest this year - may be later), I have been busy writing up plans for the coming school year. More about that later.
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