Nov. 17, 2007
GROOOAAANN.......
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Oh what a day! I have finally sat down after about 12 hours of labor. I'm sure you have NO idea what I am talking about, I'm sure all you ever do is sit around giving your very own personal maid instructions. It started when dh left for work. Decided to try home made dishwasher soap that is supposed to work well with hard water, loaded the thing and started it. When Aria asked about the promised apple pie making, told her we would do it later today . Took naked pecked chicken out of dog crate and put into chicken tractor. A few more days and feathers will be grown back in and it can go back in with others. Hopefully they will forget it was low hen on totem pole and let it keep new feathers! We are currently tearing down our old mobile home that we lived in while building, and I wanted to surprise and impress the husband by getting a mountain of drywall piled up and ready to load. We (the young slaves in training and I) pulled down what was left on the walls, then took all those little plastic "flowers" they screw into the ceiling panels off. Again, to Aria's query, answered later on the pie. To get the panels off I had to use a crowbar and bash all around the edges of the panels till the whole thing just falls out. Decided those little flowers should be used for something, and had the bright idea to screw them all onto a birdhouse! We cleaned up where the porch used to be, hauling rocks, boards and garbage. Further assurance that we would indeed make a pie today. Ate lunch. Remembered to check dishwasher........every thing in it coated completely with white, compliments of hard water. Have to scrub every item in there later. Dug a gallon bucket full of Crocosmia corms, another of Daffodils and Crocus and more than a dozen clumps of Vinca out of the flower beds that had been around the porch. Planted them elsewhere. Can't waste that good dirt, so piled it to move to another flower bed home. No, I haven't forgot that I promised to bake a pie. Shut dogs up, let chickens out to eat yummy bugs. This is only the second time they have been out of the yard, so they needed a lot of coaxing and reassurance. I decided to start letting them out an hour or so before dusk, that way they put themselves up when it gets dark. Watered them. Tried to start building new bunny hutch, intending to be a really good helpmeet and relieve hubby from that particular chore, but was tired so I called and whined to him instead, so much for impressing him! Put naked pecked chicken back into dog crate with some fresh hay. Helped the two chicken-herders of the day to round up wayward rooster. Told one of them that soon we could make said pie. Let dogs out again. Came inside, changed clothes and sat down. Luckily I had Willow make bread, so we had sandwiches for dinner. Autumn reminded me I was going to cut her hair. Yes, we are going to make the pie, Aria. Read while she took a shower, then cut her hair. Aria needed a trim too, then a shower. With shower in progress got things ready for pie crust. Ran outside and shut dogs up for night. Sat on chair and gave ingredient instructions, mixed and rolled crust. Timothy is perched on chair reading aloud to me an awesome miracle in a Watchman Nee biography. She picked out one of the jars of pie filling we mega cooked last week and dumped it in. Pie is in oven. Went in room to change again, since I had worn all black to make pie crust!!! Notice bathroom and room were a mess. Felt guilty, that is no way to impress a husband. Sorted laundry, started load. Cleaned sink, toilet, swept. Made bed though it's almost bed time (more guilt) put up assorted and sundry articles, swept more. Took pie out of oven. Will scrub dishes tomorrow. Remembered I was supposed to do the bills today. Found checkbook and got planning notebook out, sat down with computer, checked email, saw there were comments here and checked that. Steve walked in, and there I was sitting on my rear end blogging!!!!!!! Now that's industry for you! Kids came down asking about pie, get up to cut it for them, and thus the title of this entry. Isn't he sweet, he told me to forget the bills and do them tomorrow........g'night........... Amy Deuteronomy8:3b......people need more than bread for their life; real life comes by feeding on every word of the Lord. |
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Posted by Oct. 22, 2008 - I'm laughing with you, not at you! :)
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