When we moved here, we discovered that we had no T Mobile cell phone coverage. We had heard that Verizon was the way to go. Well, still no coverage. Which meant needing to get a land line. In the last couple of weeks there have been 2 guys here (at different times) that have AT&T and had 2 bars on our place. So we were thinking if we changed carriers, we could get rid of the land line. Craig spent yesterday and this morning on the phone with the Verizon people and found out that because we couldn't get coverage, they would let us out of our plan. So off to AT&T to sign up with them. Dan was very helpful and told us that if we couldn't get service now, we'd get our $ back. We went home and....no service in the house and sketchy service outside. But we decided to keep AT&T because we got twice the GB for the same $.
The next step was to go to the Verizon store to turn in our phones and get credit on our bill. That took way too long, but the manager was super nice and helpful. So, this is all taken care of, but we still have the land line....(heavy sigh).
I went up to the garden to see if it needed water and noticed that my spaghetti squash is finally on the move. I also planted some more lettuce and radishes and bell peppers. It makes me feel really good that things are growing and I don't have the brown thumb I was afraid I did.
Tomorrow the lady from the forestry service is coming out to look at the trees that are dead and advise us on what to do so we can have them removed. We hate to see so many trees go away, but if they're dead, they could eventually fall on a structure. There is a beetle that has damaged the trees...you can see where they've been.
That's all for today.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
I'm baaaaaack
It's been over 2 months since I last posted. It's not that there hasn't been anything going on...I really don't have a good excuse.
Since I last posted I've been to visit my mom in Mich and the kids and grands in Phoenix. Craig was in Africa for 2 1/2 weeks...I stayed home while he was gone to take the chicks. The chickens have gotten old enough to go out to the coop. We got a rooster...he's a few weeks older than the hens. He has just started crowing and doing his rooster duties. He's pretty good at keeping the girls together and is somewhat protective of them...that's very good. The chickens provide some pretty good entertainment.
My garden has also gone in. I have green beans, peas, beets, watermelon radishes, brussel sprouts, cukes, romaine lettuce, bell peppers and spaghetti squash. The squash is slow in coming up. Craig put in 2 blueberry bushes, 2 rhubarb plants and 4 marionberry plants. It's really starting to feel like a farm around here. We've talked about getting a male goat for meat, but that won't happen for awhile. Perhaps next year we'll start with some bees, too.
We no longer attend Emaus Life church. After going there for 6 months, we finally realized it just wasn't a good fit. Last Sun. we went to University Fellowship church. The preaching and the music was really good...good biblical message and music that was "vertical", not me-centered. However, it's a huge church. Even tho' it was a holiday weekend, there were somewhere between 300 and 400 people there. We really prefer to be a part of a smaller church, just don't know if there's one out there. So we'll keep looking I guess.
We also have been up to visit Craig's folks. His mom ended up in the ER and then an inpatient with Complete Intermittent Heart Block...it's an electrical block. They ended up putting in a pacemaker which should help a lot. We were so thankful it happened while we were there...brother Mark was out of town and they would have been on their own. God was so good to put us there at that time!
Craig has been working very hard on Fred and has his new office complete except for a few furnishings. It's so nice! He does good work!
Memorial day was a small gathering of friends here at our place. We met these 2 families at Emmaus and really connected with them. So it was good to see them and catch up. Because we don't have a barbecue, I went to Fred Meyers and got some already cooked chicken. That worked out pretty well...it tasted good.
That's about it for today. I really will try to be better about posting here.
Since I last posted I've been to visit my mom in Mich and the kids and grands in Phoenix. Craig was in Africa for 2 1/2 weeks...I stayed home while he was gone to take the chicks. The chickens have gotten old enough to go out to the coop. We got a rooster...he's a few weeks older than the hens. He has just started crowing and doing his rooster duties. He's pretty good at keeping the girls together and is somewhat protective of them...that's very good. The chickens provide some pretty good entertainment.
My garden has also gone in. I have green beans, peas, beets, watermelon radishes, brussel sprouts, cukes, romaine lettuce, bell peppers and spaghetti squash. The squash is slow in coming up. Craig put in 2 blueberry bushes, 2 rhubarb plants and 4 marionberry plants. It's really starting to feel like a farm around here. We've talked about getting a male goat for meat, but that won't happen for awhile. Perhaps next year we'll start with some bees, too.
We no longer attend Emaus Life church. After going there for 6 months, we finally realized it just wasn't a good fit. Last Sun. we went to University Fellowship church. The preaching and the music was really good...good biblical message and music that was "vertical", not me-centered. However, it's a huge church. Even tho' it was a holiday weekend, there were somewhere between 300 and 400 people there. We really prefer to be a part of a smaller church, just don't know if there's one out there. So we'll keep looking I guess.
We also have been up to visit Craig's folks. His mom ended up in the ER and then an inpatient with Complete Intermittent Heart Block...it's an electrical block. They ended up putting in a pacemaker which should help a lot. We were so thankful it happened while we were there...brother Mark was out of town and they would have been on their own. God was so good to put us there at that time!
Craig has been working very hard on Fred and has his new office complete except for a few furnishings. It's so nice! He does good work!
Memorial day was a small gathering of friends here at our place. We met these 2 families at Emmaus and really connected with them. So it was good to see them and catch up. Because we don't have a barbecue, I went to Fred Meyers and got some already cooked chicken. That worked out pretty well...it tasted good.
That's about it for today. I really will try to be better about posting here.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Back
The baby chicks are now almost 5 wks. old. They've lost a lot of their downy feathers and are getting their normal feathers. They are a lot bigger...we've put a net over the brooder so they won't fly out as they try out their wings. Yesterday we took out the little feeder and put in the large one that will be in the coop eventually. It took them awhile, but they finally figured out there was food in there. They'll be ready to go into the coop while Craig is gone to Tanzania...I just need to figure out how I'd go about getting ahold of them.
Earlier in the week Bear had a tick under his "chin". I researched on the internet the best way to get it out. I used the method where you rub the tick in a circular motion...it said that they really hate that. It started to back out...the more I rubbed, the farther out it came...but not all the way. So I got my tweezers and went to work on it. I was amazed at how hard it was to pull the rest of it out. I knew I wanted to get the head, so I was doing this carefully. Finally, after pulling on it for quite awhile, it was out...head and all. I'm sure this won't be the only time I need to do this.
A couple of weeks ago Craig was working on Fred and it was time to put up the sheetrock. He knew he could do the walls by himself, but needed help my help to do the ceiling. That took a couple of hrs. involving getting on a ladder and holding up the sheetrock with my head. But, we got it done.
We've been fortunate to have 2 different sets of friends come thru in the last couple of weeks. First was our friends, Geoff and Shannon Husa...they are missionaries to Pau Pau New Guinea and are home for a year. We met them in Florence on the coast for dinner and enjoyed visiting with them for a few hrs. This week it's been Bob and Marla Davies, friends from our church in Prunedale, Ca. (We were there many years ago). They are buying property in Florence to build their retirement home. It'll be so nice to have them only 50 miles away!
Craig leaves for Tanzania on Tues. and will be gone for 16 days. It will be hard to have him gone so long...I'm pretty much going to be here alone that whole time. I'm not going anywhere this time because of the baby chicks...they need more care than we'd want to entrust to anyone else at this point. So I'll stay home and try to stay out of trouble.
Emily turns 1 on the 30th. I wish so much I could be there for that...but it just can't be. I'll go on April 27 and visit for 5 days. I'm really looking forward to that! I do miss my kids and kiddos.
Earlier in the week Bear had a tick under his "chin". I researched on the internet the best way to get it out. I used the method where you rub the tick in a circular motion...it said that they really hate that. It started to back out...the more I rubbed, the farther out it came...but not all the way. So I got my tweezers and went to work on it. I was amazed at how hard it was to pull the rest of it out. I knew I wanted to get the head, so I was doing this carefully. Finally, after pulling on it for quite awhile, it was out...head and all. I'm sure this won't be the only time I need to do this.
A couple of weeks ago Craig was working on Fred and it was time to put up the sheetrock. He knew he could do the walls by himself, but needed help my help to do the ceiling. That took a couple of hrs. involving getting on a ladder and holding up the sheetrock with my head. But, we got it done.
We've been fortunate to have 2 different sets of friends come thru in the last couple of weeks. First was our friends, Geoff and Shannon Husa...they are missionaries to Pau Pau New Guinea and are home for a year. We met them in Florence on the coast for dinner and enjoyed visiting with them for a few hrs. This week it's been Bob and Marla Davies, friends from our church in Prunedale, Ca. (We were there many years ago). They are buying property in Florence to build their retirement home. It'll be so nice to have them only 50 miles away!
Craig leaves for Tanzania on Tues. and will be gone for 16 days. It will be hard to have him gone so long...I'm pretty much going to be here alone that whole time. I'm not going anywhere this time because of the baby chicks...they need more care than we'd want to entrust to anyone else at this point. So I'll stay home and try to stay out of trouble.
Emily turns 1 on the 30th. I wish so much I could be there for that...but it just can't be. I'll go on April 27 and visit for 5 days. I'm really looking forward to that! I do miss my kids and kiddos.
Friday, March 4, 2016
I know I'm not very consistent
My husband is so good about blogging everyday...and I'm so bad at it. But, I'll continue anyhow.
We have our flock of chicks...8 little hens. They are cute to watch. When they sleep, they look like they've done a face plant into the floor. They almost look dead. They're kind of like puppies...very active for a period of time, then sprawled out sleeping. Then, back at it again, running all over their enclosure. We have 4 different breeds: sex linked (rhode island red mixed with another breed), buff orpington, barnevelders, and cuckoo marans. They'll all be pretty docile/friendly when they get older. We'll get a rooster when the girls are ready to out to the pen. Did I mention the They are currently living in our 2nd bedroom?
I wanted to get the Cuckoo Marans for 2 reasons: they lay an egg that's the color of a Hershey chocolate bar. And they are described as "goofballs" which will be entertaining for us. I'm looking forward to watching them. Chickens are pretty fun to watch anyhow.
Craig continues to work on Fred...I'll be helping him to wrap the beams on the main floor...he's putting cedar over them. I worked yesterday tearing out weeds and old bushes from an area up against MoHo...we'll probably plant berries there since it gets a lot of sun...when it isn't overcast.
My trip to MI to visit my mom went well. Craig was in Puerto Rico teaching while was in MI. He had a good time...once again, fell in love with the people. He's had many Facebook requests from folks there. He had a fainting spell on the plane going from Portland to Dallas. Paramedics boarded the plane and escorted him off. Because the airline executive decided he needed to be checked out and approved for flying, Craig ended up going to an ER and then being kept overnight for observation (his cardiac enzymes were elevated). He did get the okay from the dr. to fly and was on his way. The staff at the hospital was very accommodating to help him get on his way for the flight he needed to get on. He had only good things to say about his stay there.
Craig's going to Tanzania the end of the month and will be gone for about 2 weeks. I'm staying home to take care of the babies. He has had an appt. with his new cardiologist and was given some advice that should help him fly event free. I'll go to visit the kids the end of April for 6 days...Craig will stay home to take care of the babies then. A week or so after that we'll head up to see Craig's folks. Then, I think we're home for awhile. Baker Rd. is a great place to come home to.
We have our flock of chicks...8 little hens. They are cute to watch. When they sleep, they look like they've done a face plant into the floor. They almost look dead. They're kind of like puppies...very active for a period of time, then sprawled out sleeping. Then, back at it again, running all over their enclosure. We have 4 different breeds: sex linked (rhode island red mixed with another breed), buff orpington, barnevelders, and cuckoo marans. They'll all be pretty docile/friendly when they get older. We'll get a rooster when the girls are ready to out to the pen. Did I mention the They are currently living in our 2nd bedroom?
I wanted to get the Cuckoo Marans for 2 reasons: they lay an egg that's the color of a Hershey chocolate bar. And they are described as "goofballs" which will be entertaining for us. I'm looking forward to watching them. Chickens are pretty fun to watch anyhow.
Craig continues to work on Fred...I'll be helping him to wrap the beams on the main floor...he's putting cedar over them. I worked yesterday tearing out weeds and old bushes from an area up against MoHo...we'll probably plant berries there since it gets a lot of sun...when it isn't overcast.
My trip to MI to visit my mom went well. Craig was in Puerto Rico teaching while was in MI. He had a good time...once again, fell in love with the people. He's had many Facebook requests from folks there. He had a fainting spell on the plane going from Portland to Dallas. Paramedics boarded the plane and escorted him off. Because the airline executive decided he needed to be checked out and approved for flying, Craig ended up going to an ER and then being kept overnight for observation (his cardiac enzymes were elevated). He did get the okay from the dr. to fly and was on his way. The staff at the hospital was very accommodating to help him get on his way for the flight he needed to get on. He had only good things to say about his stay there.
Craig's going to Tanzania the end of the month and will be gone for about 2 weeks. I'm staying home to take care of the babies. He has had an appt. with his new cardiologist and was given some advice that should help him fly event free. I'll go to visit the kids the end of April for 6 days...Craig will stay home to take care of the babies then. A week or so after that we'll head up to see Craig's folks. Then, I think we're home for awhile. Baker Rd. is a great place to come home to.
Friday, February 26, 2016
It's been too long...
It's been a while since I last posted. I've been in Hudsonville, MI since the 19th. I'm visiting my mom while Craig is in Puerto Rico teaching. We both get back to Portland tomorrow night about 40 min. apart. Then a 2 hr. drive to get home. I've missed Craig a LOT...we're together so much of the time since we moved to OR, that it's really strange when we're apart. Just one more sleep...
An hour ago I was watching the National News on ABC and learned that Chris Christie has backed Donald Trump...oh my goodness! What little respect I may have had for him is out the window now. How in the world can he think this is a good idea?! I just don't get it...how can people consider DT as a legitimate candidate? I canNOT see him in international settings! Will he pitch a fit when he thinks some dignitary has been mean to him? Who knows? He's a loose cannon. My only answer is to pray for the next leader of our country...whoever it's going to be, they are going to need it...so are we.
An hour ago I was watching the National News on ABC and learned that Chris Christie has backed Donald Trump...oh my goodness! What little respect I may have had for him is out the window now. How in the world can he think this is a good idea?! I just don't get it...how can people consider DT as a legitimate candidate? I canNOT see him in international settings! Will he pitch a fit when he thinks some dignitary has been mean to him? Who knows? He's a loose cannon. My only answer is to pray for the next leader of our country...whoever it's going to be, they are going to need it...so are we.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Sweet memories
As we were driving home from Seattle Fri. evening, we passed a free'dway sign that was the exit for Champoeg (pronounced shampooey) State Park. We camped there a couple of times when the boys were young and once or twice just the 2 of us. It's very nice...not too far from Newburg where some friends live. But the best thing about this park is just outside it's gates. There is a reproduced Lewis and Clark encampment. There are volunteers there dressed in period costume, a cabin like the one they would have lived in, a blacksmith and some other things like that. Very interesting. At certain times of the day one of the male volunteers comes out and shows how to load and fire a musket. The boys liked that a lot.
Seeing that sign brought back memories of the fun the 4 of us had when we went on our 2 week camping trip every summer. We would camp our way up the coast from either our home in southern Calif. or central Calif. Our final destination was Seattle to visit family. We'd stay there with the folks for several days and then camp our way back home. When they old enough, their job was to set up our 2 2man tents and unroll the sleeping bags. We had a good time and we loved the northwest...which is how we ended up moving to OR. I'm so glad we spent our vacations camping...it gives our sons some fun memories to look back on.
Seeing that sign brought back memories of the fun the 4 of us had when we went on our 2 week camping trip every summer. We would camp our way up the coast from either our home in southern Calif. or central Calif. Our final destination was Seattle to visit family. We'd stay there with the folks for several days and then camp our way back home. When they old enough, their job was to set up our 2 2man tents and unroll the sleeping bags. We had a good time and we loved the northwest...which is how we ended up moving to OR. I'm so glad we spent our vacations camping...it gives our sons some fun memories to look back on.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Our most recent adventure
Yesterday we decided to do something we have never done before. We drove to Junction City (15 miles or so away) to attend a livestock auction. We weren't looking to buy anything...we just wanted to see what it was like. We got there when they were selling chickens...there were 2 cages with multiple chickens and roosters and a box with a rooster in it. Then there were 2 tiny lambs that were being auctioned off together. Sheep and more lambs, goats...babies and adults, piglets and pigs...really big pigs, calves, cows and steer(s). Some of those critters were pretty good sized. Some of the calves were probably not even a week old...and they were so cute! I told Craig that it's too bad they grow up to be such enormous animals. I think the calves were my favorite.
I don't know much about auctioneers...mostly I only see them on tv on the car auctions. But this guy seemed pretty good. He'd take a deep breath and rattle on and on for a long time, draw in another big breath and go on. We wondered how he could do it for so long. We had fun and want to learn more.
Gas prices are really good here...$1.76. 2 weeks ago it was $1.79 at one of the stations we go to. Because I had points from purchases I've made at their store, I only paid $1.29 a gal.! That was so wonderful! This store is Fred Meyer, a northwest chain and a Kroger store (like Fry's in Phoenix). It would be nice if gas could stay low for awhile.
I don't know much about auctioneers...mostly I only see them on tv on the car auctions. But this guy seemed pretty good. He'd take a deep breath and rattle on and on for a long time, draw in another big breath and go on. We wondered how he could do it for so long. We had fun and want to learn more.
Gas prices are really good here...$1.76. 2 weeks ago it was $1.79 at one of the stations we go to. Because I had points from purchases I've made at their store, I only paid $1.29 a gal.! That was so wonderful! This store is Fred Meyer, a northwest chain and a Kroger store (like Fry's in Phoenix). It would be nice if gas could stay low for awhile.
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