the
teachers tried to get the right kids on the right buses. We were
running about half an hour late each afternoon until yesterday.
Matt and Megan have slipped into
the routine of school fairly painlessly. Megan hasn't had much in
the way of homework, yet, but so far she is doing well about being
organized and showing me what she is doing each day. She started
on Adderall over the summer for her ADHD and it seemed to help here at
home so I am hopeful that it will be helpful during school, too.
Matt has done a good job of balancing school and his job. I'm sure
it helps that half of his classes are something to do with computers,
which is his chosen career path. He's very excited and determined
to get serious about academics this year.
The chooks have finally begun to
lay eggs! It's not very consistent yet, but it's getting there.
I'm so excited. It seems like we've been waiting forever.
Some of them lay in the nesting boxes or at least on top of it, but
there is one that leaves an egg underneath way back in the far corner
nearly every day, a couple that just seem to plop them out in the middle
of the floor and one that likes to lay out in the run. I've ended
up with two roosters. The one that I liked as a chick and named
Esmerelda before I knew she was a he is still with me, but is not the
dominate of the two and has had all his tail feathers picked out.
He is docile, but tends to hang back in the corner now rather than being
so full of personality. The other rooster is a black australorp
and he is magnificent! Shiny black feathers and he has a lovely
tail. He too is quite docile. I don't know yet whether they
will be sticking around.
The long awaited side of beef is
finally in the freezer! There was some mix up and the company that
did the processing didn't call us when it was done. The friend
we'd bought it from wanted to know why we didn't pick ours up because
everyone else had. That started the hunt to find out what
happened. To make a long story short, no one knows. When I
called our order was sitting in the freezer with our name on it.
We are really pleased with how it all worked out. The processing
plant's cost combined with what our friends' charged brings the cost to
about $2 a pound. It's a lot at one time, but over the course of
the winter it sure will work out to be cheaper than buying at the store.
We are down to one kitty....Clutch,
the little gray tiger. The other two fickle critters wandered off
never to be seen again. The kids were getting kind of upset and
were worried Clutch would leave, too, so I worked up my courage earlier
this week and talked to Tim about bringing him inside. To my
amazement, he said it would be fine. Yesterday I went and got all
the equipment necessary for him to "take care of business" and
brought him inside. He has adapted beautifully and made himself
right at home. He and Scooby, our poodle, are great friends and
rip and tear around the place playing tag. I am so glad they are
company for each other because I think we will soon have to say goodbye
to the little terrier we adopted from the shelter last year. She
has had a tumor as long as we've had her (along with a host of other
problems), but this week I noticed that she's grown another very large
one and she's wetting in the house daily (sometimes more than once).
She never used to do that, so I don't think she can help it.
Tonight we are off to the Indiana
Co. Fair. A friend of ours is pulling with his tractor trailer.
I don't follow the sport, but I understand he is ranked quite high in
his class. We've never seen him pull before so Tim is quite
excited to go. The kids are of course chomping at the bit to get
at the midway and I'm hoping to have time to wander through all the
exhibits.
We may be having a cookout with my
mom and John on Monday, but otherwise, our big plans for the holiday
weekend include finally getting the new liner in the pool just in time
to close it up for the winter. Sigh. What a summer it's
been. Tim was so busy with work and when he did have time it was
always raining. Time and weather are finally coming together this
weekend. Yea! On the bright side, it will at least be ready
to go for next year.
It is time to head back to work for
the afternoon runs so I'll leave you with wishes for a safe and happy
Labor Day weekend.......and prayers for any of you who are dealing with
Hurricane Frances. Be safe.
|
