51 Things About Me

Uh, the title says 51... Let's see if I can do that.

1) I live in a blue cape cod.
2) I was never popular.
3) My legs are quite short.
4) My feet dislike shoes. But they do like flip-flops.
5) I have green bath towels. And some white and grey ones.
6) I would like a big dog someday... I'd name him George.
7) Louis is my black cat.
8) I have a green mountain bike that I haven't ridden in over a year.
9) I'm a dreamer, but I married a realist. He keeps my head out of the clouds. That's good.
10) I'll never be as tall as Aunt Priscilla. I'm only 5' 3 and 3/4".
11) I like walking in the woods. (A-fruva)
12) Muffins are my weakness.
13) I don't like the song "I'm a Red-Neck Woman".
14) I miss my teaching job.
15) Someday I would like a few (or so) kids.
16) Gardening is good "clean" fun.
17) Traveling overseas sounds quite fascinating.
18) I never met anyone famous.
19) When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and be a princess.
20) I can swim.
21) I've had five different jobs.
22) I worked at Dunkin Donuts one day.
23) My brothers used to come to me for haircuts. Than Auntie Kathy spoiled them.
24) I've never swam in the ocean. That's one of my goals in life. To swim in it.
25) I went to the Corning Museum of Glass with my husband this past summer.
26) I like fall, but it's too close to winter.
27) I've been to Texas twice and pretty soon I'll have been to New Mexico twice too.
28) I was the last one in my 1st grade class to learn how to ride a two-wheeler.
29) We used to catch crayfish for fun.
30) I kissed a frog, but he didn't turn into a prince.
31) Family is some of my closest friends.
32) Sometimes I get really lonely...
33) When we have our own house, I would spend more time outside.
34) I know lots of people... but that's cause I'm a waitress.
35) People expect me to have a smile on my face... I tell them it's the joy of the Lord.
36) I slept in a castle.
37) I used to have my very own rabbit and the boys used to say we were going to eat him.
38) I never liked yard clean up day as a kid.
39) Once I almost drowned in Aunt Charlene's pool, but Jimmy saved me. He's my hero.
40) Geography was my favorite subject in ninth grade.
41) I always wanted to learn a foreign language.
42) I was in two plays... only minor parts, but none-the-less, speaking parts.
43) I used to sing more than I do now.
44) I've been to Bible camp and one year I helped in the kitchen.
45) I don't care for television.
46) Baking was always one of my favorites, but I don't do a whole lot of it.
47) I've been downhill skiing once. It was such a blast!
48) I once rode on a real train... but it was only a joy ride.
49) I always wanted a sister, but now I'm all growed up and moved out.
50) I had wanted to marry a farmer so I could live on a farm.
51) I love Adam.
52) I've been washed in the blood of Jesus.

There. 52 things about me. And I said 51. I could keep going all night!

Barn Sales and Birthday Fiestas

And so we push on with the barn sale. Approval has been met, although it wasn't by any of you. I've been trying to help Mom organize everything, but I only have Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to help. I do have my own things to do too, so progress has been slow although I think we will be ready by next weekend. If you haven't anyhthing to do, you should come check it out... or at least help out. Lots of good stuff! Dressers, coffee tables, chairs, kitchen gadgets, dishes, tools, tactor parts and pieces, clothes (probably), hardware... you never know what you might find! Mom, don't forget to put an ad in the pennysaver. I'm going over again tomorrow to continue setting up. Does anyone have anything they want to sell? The more the merrier they always say.

Sorry to be so boring... No one wants to hear about barn sales. Although they are fun. At least I think so.

Well, we are going to N.M. in October. Aunt Kathy is getting married, so we're going for that. She wants me to play piano in her wedding. This scares me because for the past year I've been really lax on playing the piano. First of all, my upstairs neighbor complained the first time I ever played the piano after I got married. That really put a damper on things and then I don't think anyone here enjoys my playing. Except maybe Louis. So I must practice... Like oil on my rusty fingers. And I'll have to pray. I'm also spending my birthday in New Mexico. You all shall miss it. I'll be 21. Really old. Maybe we can celebrate with a fiesta...

Auntie Kim is in the hospital with complications from a surgery. She lives in Albuquerque. We have been praying for her and I hope she will be much better when we are in town.

It's raining today. Yuck. I was hoping for sunshine.

Speaking of the Barn

Today I helped clean out my parents barn. We have lots of stuff in there. It's a big job to clean the barn and it's not done yet. Auntie Kathy left her stuff in there... Maybe someday it will be gone. Maybe we'll have a barn sale... What do you think?

Orchard Walks

Lately we've been going for orchard walks when I go to my parents house. The apples are ready for picking and the migrants are picking every day. It's always so beautiful to walk through the orchard. Very peaceful and serene. And it's good excersice. This photo is from the other day when I took a walk with my Mom. Today would be a good day for a walk too, but I'm at my house. My land lord does have a few apple trees, though I'm not sure it would be the same. Especially since no one is home to walk with. Maybe later?
A side note for Mom... CM is not getting married. They aren't engaged. I called to congratulate and was informed otherwise. But probably eventually.

"Cumming" to my Past

Last Saturday was a good day for hiking. Initially Adam had wanted to go to Letchworth Park, but after we got on the road we decided to go to Cummings Nature Center in Naples, NY. We had invited Jim along to keep us company and he liked the idea of going to Cummings. (He goes many places with us... he's like our best friend!) I hadn't been to Cummings Nature Center since I was very, very small. I think Joe or Nate was still a baby. Anyway it was in the deepest portion of my memories... I was never sure where we had gone in that memory but I had always wanted to go back. It was like walking into the past when we got there... like living a dream. We didn't go down the same trail that we did when I was younger, but the building was the same and... oh, it was pretty neat anyway. So the three of us walked the trails. We saw the beaver pond, which was quite pretty. So many lily pads! But no beavers. We did see a few chipmunks though (not in the pond of course) and lots of bugs. They didn't really bother us much. There was also many mushrooms of all kinds. It was very moist in the woods. Jim and I took many pictures. Maybe I'll post more in the future. After our nature hike, we took a drive into the village of Naples and bought a grape pie. I had never had grape pie before and was quite impressed with the taste. SOOO good! Adam also bought some concord grapes from a road side stand. He really liked those, but they weren't my favorite. I found them to be sweet at first yet sour in the middle. And the seeds were just too much! They were encased in the center and very hard for me to seperate and spit out. Adam still had them gone in no time.
We drove on home to eat our pie and then we headed back out (Jim was still with us) for dinner. We had a coupon for The India House (which was expired unbeknownst to us at the time) so we went there. I had never had Indian food before, so it was quite the treat. Adam and I ordered a platter to share and a bowl of muligatwny soup, while Jim ordered a lamb and spinach dish. (Uh-oh... spinach!) I really enjoyed our food and the basmati rice that came with it was real good. Jim's food ended up looking like this strange goup. It was brown and thick looking. He said he liked it, but it didn't look too good. I tasted it though, and it was actually okay. Better mixed with rice, but good. So that was fun and different. It's always fun to go elsewhere and try new things.
It was a good Saturday with Jim and my hubby.

Grow Your Own Spinach

Has anyone heard about the e-coli outbreak related to spinach? I just found out about it today. No wonder people were commenting to me about having spinach in our salads. We don't, by the way. I guess one person already died from it, and over 100 through the nation are sick. I hope you grow your own spinach.

Continue Following the Savior

A few noted verses from Hebrews 10...

Verses 26-27: "For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of jugdgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries."

And Verses 38-39: "'Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.' But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul."

All the more reason to remain faithful to Jesus and continue hard after Him!