Life in Nebraska ....

We're on the count down!  Baby girl is making me tired and done.  My  nurse says three more weeks and they'll let me have the baby at my little local hospital.  So I am moving slow and waiting and making as many mile markers for myself as possible.  My mile marker today is just to get through today.  And then the weekend.  And then school and deep cleaning next week.  And then extended Burkey reunion next weekend and then my 35 week appt.  and then .......I just keep making mile markers.  Otherwise I go crazy.   I marvel at all the women who do pregnancy like its a treat.  It's very hard work.  And it's special. And I'm so glad most women can enjoy it.  What I'm looking forward to is getting the pregnancy done and getting on with life! :) So my to do list:  Get cradle out.  Wash up my few items of pink                           ...

I'm not very original at all but I like when people allow me the pleasure of copying them.  I had all those hot peppers out there turning red and soggy.  They needed something done with them.  Gabe dehydrated his with good results.  So I figured I could too.  These ones were on the smoker for three hours or so and then dried the rest of the way in my oven.  We crushed them with my little pampered chef grinder.  The sneezing and coughing going on was rather amazing!  But it made some really  nice crushed pepper.   This isn't really actually Hunts ketchup.  This is our homemade ketchup that Keagan diligently helped me with.  We are so far,very impressed with the results.   I went out yesterday morning and picked two big bowl fulls of ripe beautiful tomatoes.  We finally got them boiled down and through the strainer and then we drained them more through three layers of cheesecloth.  And that didn't ...

Say only positive things all day Smile more often. Thank God for every movement this baby makes.  Teach School to my boys. Clean up the weekend messes. Start the weekly mountain of laundry. Pick tomatoes and experiment with middle son how to make ketchup. Pray for my boys and my husband. Plan supper. Drink tea on my deck. Figure out how to potty train the three year old....hahaha!   Enjoy the moments of right now..... Don't get overwhelmed. Choose to keep smiling and being positive  Pray for all my many friends and relations who are going through dark times. And if I can successfully manage just one of those items today I think I will be pleased.