A Seriously Rainy Day - Perfect for Making Bread

Just what I need right?  :)  Bread!  The thing is... I'm leaving early in the morning to go to Woodinville for the week so I thought I would bake some bread and leave Dave to eat it all up.  That ought to work out just right!  Today's stats, just to get it out of the way:  fatometer 157.3 and glucose 91.  Ok, back to the rain.  Sort of.  About noon today I walked out of church and did a little dance of joy as the sun was out and shining.  I had all kinds of plans for the day.  Making bread was actually on my to do list but I decided against it since there were green house shelves to paint and seedlings to re-pot, packing for my trip, bills to pay, weeding around the base of the fruit trees.  The list goes on and on.  I quickly changed into my shorts and a tank top and ran out to the green house.  I did get my shelves painted and they are drying.  Dave just finished putting them up yesterday.  I had planned on doing the re-potting out in the garden.  There is no room to work in the garden shed yet since it does not have it's counter and Dave's tools and saw horses are still inside.  The shed is not complete yet but it's sure coming along.  Dave get's so irritated at me because I keep taking pictures of it and he keeps telling me to stop because it's not done yet.  Here are a couple from a few days ago.

Very nice garbage can on the porch huh?

Lucy is like me... she's imagining what it will be like to 

sit on the porch when it's all done

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Here we have the beginning of shelves.  Now there are layers of shelves on all three sides.  Dave's getting pretty frustrated with me.  I keep moving
plants in and he keeps having to move them out so he can work :)   See where the board sits cross ways?  That will be a sliding glass door that will separate the green house from the shed part.


Let's see... other news...   Dave has now installed all his cattle guards and has most of the new fence posts in for the new pasture.  Here he is on his little tractor placing the last cattle guard.

Such a busy little worker bee!  His reward after a long hard days work is to sit on the front porch and gaze out over the field where his oats are just coming up and drink in the beauty of the rock painted golden red by the setting sun.  

And perhaps have a nice piece of strawberry-rhubarb cobbler :)

Today there was no such treat.  The sky turned from beautiful blue to a dark, dreary gray and the rain poured down.  The mist covered the red rocks and the mountains were nowhere to be seen.  I had to change out of my shorts and put on a coat.  Such a cruel trick!   :(  What a drippy, messy, rainy, gross day it turned into!  Yuk!  Of course that put an end to most of my plans for the day.  So... there was bread.

Ciao!

Happy Mother's Day!

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Mommy and Me!  :)

I sat down yesterday to write this post.  Three times I attempted to say something worthy of my mother.  Each time I crashed and burned.  (Insert big sigh here!)  Finally I decided I needed a little divine intervention as my words were obviously not cutting it so I humbly asked God to help me write something fitting to honor my sweet mother.  I got nothing.  I went to bed.  :)  This morning at 4:15 my eyes popped open and my first thought was... Shazam!  I couldn't scramble out of bed fast enough.  Ha ha!  God is always just in time right?  And so here are some inspired words written about my mother that I'd like to share with you... only I didn't write them at all.  I mean seriously... who'se going to come up with something better than this?!?

From the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament,

Proverbs:10-31

¹⁰ A wife (mother) of noble character who can find? 

   She is worth far more than rubies. 

¹¹ Her husband has full confidence in her 

   and lacks nothing of value. 

¹² She brings him good, not harm, 

   all the days of her life. 

¹³ She selects wool and flax 

   and works with eager hands. 

¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships, 

   bringing her food from afar. 

¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night; 

   she provides food for her family 

   and portions for her female servants. 

¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it; 

   out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. 

¹⁷ She sets about her work vigorously; 

   her arms are strong for her tasks. 

¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable, 

   and her lamp does not go out at night. 

¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff 

   and grasps the spindle with her fingers. 

²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor 

   and extends her hands to the needy. 

²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household; 

   for all of them are clothed in scarlet. 

²² She makes coverings for her bed; 

   she is clothed in fine linen and purple. 

²³ Her husband is respected at the city gate, 

   where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. 

²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them, 

   and supplies the merchants with sashes. 

²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity; 

   she can laugh at the days to come. 

²⁶ She speaks with wisdom, 

   and faithful instruction is on her tongue. 

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household 

   and does not eat the bread of idleness. 

²⁸ Her children arise and call her blessed; 

   her husband also, and he praises her: 

²⁹ “Many women do noble things, 

   but you surpass them all.” 

³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; 

   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 

³¹ Honor her for all that her hands have done, 

   and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Any of you who know my mother will recognize her is these words.  She has set before me an amazing example of what a mother and wife should be.  It is doubtful that I will ever live up to her example but I will keep plugging away at it.  Thank you Mama for all that you have done for me.  You are an amazing woman and I love you!

I also want to say happy mother's day to Katie and Nicole who are the mothers of my beautiful grand daughters.  You are God's gift to them and they to you.  Treasure that gift!

And now I shall leave you with one last picture.  This was when I was still cute :)