I am needing a diggi cam..

I need a diggi cam so I can take some pictures to help all you who haven't been to the property to see our progress as it happens. Today is a weird day for me. I have boxes galore in my dining area, and I have boxes in the Suburban. I am just leaving the boxes in the Burb until I figure out what to do with the boxes of things in the dining room. I am needing shelves and stuff built cause I do not want to have to move things after I have placed them the first time. So I am just going to get ready for my granddaughter's birthday party (dress up princess party for just a couple little friends and of course the grandmas.) Anyway maybe tomorrow I will get inspired to unload those boxes from the Burb and put them away here. There is always tomorrow for these unpleasant chores. Nicole has put me to shame cause she has her house all set up and is living like she is supposed to instead of out of boxes. I guess I am just trying to fit 34 years of accumulated junk into a house that is not as big as most I have lived in in the past. So I am perplexed.

Oh the chickens are doing great even though Boomer has gotten loose twice and chased them all to all corners of the earth... I chained him inside their pen, so he would not get back out, but Terry thought he would fix the hole and turn him loose in the pen. While we were gone, he re dug and re chased the chickens away again. So We re chained him in the pen at a different place, and so far he is staying put. The chickens keep coming back to roost, so that is good I am hoping we can train him out of this bad habit.

Lilly seems to be very happy now that I am actually living here. She is doing great too. And other than the chicken chasing, Boomer is doing great!

Getting set up on the "property"

The grand kids all call our place "The Property" I like that! It is nice that they all consider it partly theirs, cause it is. It was so sad to see the moving truck with Micah and Micaiah and Nicole and Cole in their car leave the Property last Monday evening. It was a hard time for all of us! But Nicole is settling in at their new residence, and I have talked to them several times. Seems it is a great move for them.
So a chapter ends and a new one begins.
So far all the other grands (except Caedmon) have spend the night, gathered eggs and ridden around in the "train" (Pappa Terry hooked the little green wagon to the lawn mower, and is using it as a little utility wagon of sorts, but mostly as a "train" The kids have worked hard. (as hard as any little under 10 year old bunch of kids can work) John and Molly and Issac came out last Monday and Tuesday and worked at helping clear out the weeds and stuff around the dog pens and horse pen. Joshua and Kristi also came out to help with that task. The kids love making a fire and cooking their lunch and supper out doors. They did some chuck roast on Tuesday, with Isaac, and we cooked some brats with Asher and Levi on Wednesday (or was that Thursday?) and on Friday we cooked pork chops out there with Noah and Isaiah. We have either 3 or 4 hens laying, and if we gather the eggs around 2 in the afternoon, we get two brown, one small white and one green egg. The little hens are laying way out in the property, and so we are not getting their eggs. Terry plans to soon build them a coop that is bigger, and we will send the big road island red (RIR) rooster and the RIR hens to Nebraska for Micaiah, so the little roosters and their hens will come back up to the front of the property and we can get them used to the new coop and laying their eggs in it.
OUR PROGRESS:
Terry took a couple more days vacation to get thing going for us. Kristi and Joshua came and helped move the big furniture out of the trailer and into the new house. We had one mishap, but we fixed it, and it should be as good as new when the Elmers dries. (Don't even ask what broke!) We now have the piano, Curio cabinet and buffet in the used to be living room converted to dining room for my needs. Once we get the stuff out of the Hillsboro storage I will actually even have my dining room table. (We got the benches out while Terry was here). The phone people set up the phone, and to my delight, I have DSL here! (and wireless so the kids can work on their laptops when they come out) It is so nice to have high speed internet once again! My DISH satilite is set ups so I can watch FOX NEWS, and I think I will actually get some radio stations here! I have to set up the radio still. My cell phone actually works from every room in the house! How cool is that? (for those of you who had trouble getting hold of me at the trailer, I have no excuse for not answering my phone now (Unless I loose it LOL)

Side note:I hear a hen cackling as I type, a new egg is getting delivered!

I will need some help from a couple of sons one day this week to get the old couches out of the trailer, and we can then say I am moved (except for the stuff we need out of our old storage unit in Hillsboro.) that will take about two trips.
CADEMON TURNED TWO OCTOBER 4.
We went down to help him ring in his third year of life! What a cute child he is! I wish I could spend more time with him! I am now going to actually try to devote some of our resources to going down there more often. Now that I am settling in and it looks like I will be able to do just that, I will have more stories about him and his parents. For his birthday, Jordan and Mark did a sky cake with a plane in the air. It was very cute. Jordan does a great job with her cakes! Go to her blog and check some of them out! Anyway most of his cousins got to go to his birthday party. Isaiah told me on the way home that his favorite part of the party was the magic show! (How cool is it to have a real live magician in the extended family? Thanks Pappa Scott!) I will be getting a digi cam soon (I hope) so I can post our progress on improvements to the property. I only have three weeks of my Connections study left, and then I will start my "What happens when Women Pray" study on my BerachahMinistires blog. Get the book off ebay, and join in the discussion!

Here is a little link to some fantastic music for your listening pleasure!
Shout Life Anderson Brothers Music

Plans for Monday and Tuesday

John told Terry he plans to go out to the property on Monday ( I think) and Tuesday and work on weed whacking and brush hogging. Micah and Nicole will be loading their moving truck on Monday and heading out. I cannot bear thinking about that.... Tuesday is my day to work on my bible study lesson, and I just devote that day to devotions and prayer etc. Sometimes I have to (well I don't mean have to in a negative, but a positive way) watch some of the grand babies. But I have told everyone that bible study lessons are my priority on Tuesdays. I am all done with my Beth Moore Study for this week, except for loading it up on my blog spot: A Woman's Heart ~ God;s Dwelling Place but I have no idea if anyone even uses it, so not so sure it matters if I load it up onto the blog. All that to say I will hopefully be able to help Micah and Nicole and John and Molly this week. We will be having the telephone line installed at the property on Wednesday, and so Terry needs to do the inside the house telephone wiring on Monday or Tuesday. He is taking a couple days vacation ( I think) this week to work on the property too. I guess things are falling into place. I looked at digi cams today at Walmart. I want to get one so I can record our progress on clearing the land. Praying for extra funds for a digi cam here.

Packing up and planning to move....

Micah and Nicole are all packed up and ready to go. They will be loading the moving van on Monday, and heading for Nebraska on Tuesday. Then we will be moving into their home. It will seem so weird, cause I go over there to see them and spend time with them. Now I will be going there instead of them. At least the house will never be empty. I guess that is a good thing I guess my verse in my other blog is my standard verse for this time in my life:

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will."
Romans 8:26-27:

So I am asking God's will in my life. Whatever that might be now....

Christians are like Pumpkins

Thanks, Molly for the email that inspired me to make this little picture.

Waiting on Him

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for Him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.
Psalm 37:7 (NLT)

A great verse for today. I have been watching FOX NEWS, and the ups and downs of the DOW today. Because of the announcements of all the financial experts, it is apparent to us that Micah and Nicole's house is not going to sell, short of a miracle. So we (Terry and I) are taking it over. They are packing up now, and getting ready to move. Once they have gone, we will move into their house, and start living there on the property. Weird how this is unfolding, and totally NOT the way I had planned. But we have gone to our heavenly Father on this issue, and cannot see Him wanting us to let Micah and Nicole try to make payments on a house that looks like it will not sell. Prayers for Micah and Nicole's move are appreciated, and then prayers for us as we finally move onto our property. Terry checked into early retirement which we initially thought of doing, then realized he could not do it financially, but now we are going to retire from Yellow in April, 2009 on his 60th birthday, and then get a job here near our land. His retirement will only be 1/3 what it would be were he to wait until he reaches 65, but I am tired of his being gone, and he is tired of being gone. So we are now asking prayers for him to get a job that will pay enough to fill in the gap between his retirement pay and what we are getting now. Thanks so much for those of you who come in here and read and pray for us!

Terry and Micah worked on fixing his house

Micah and Terry spent yesterday finishing the siding on his house, getting it ready to sell. The chickens are doing great. The chicks are growing, and their mother is busy keeping them all together. Micah plans to only take the Rhode Island Reds, so we will be building up a bigger chicken yard, and getting it ready for the ones that stay behind. He will not be able to take Boomer, the dog John and Isaac sorta gave them for the ranch, so I guess Terry is the proud owner of a new 2 year old blue Merle Aussie. We are waiting on the Lord to tell us what our next step is. Micah had to get his Ford Focus fixed. Terry and Micah fixed it today, and Terry said he thinks it is going to run great!
Now our good news; is that we traded Joshua's '87 Jeep for a '91 Suburban for me. Joshua has taken over my Alero, and he is very happy with the gas mileage he is getting compared to what he was getting with the Jeep. I am thrilled because I have a nice big auto that I can seriously haul grandbabies with, and also it will be able to pull a trailer to haul everything from hay to lumber etc. I am excited about this. And So far I think it is good on gas. I have been praying about getting a good useful truck or Suburban for about 10 years now, and now I am still debt free, and have my Suburban. It is in excellent condition. The upholstery is still shiny! If you are reading this, we still need prayer about what God wants us to do. We are just waiting to hear. Meanwhile we will continue to clear our land whenever we can and try to get it in good shape. Thanks!