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Hi! Was at Yellowstone for a week with the family on vacation. Brought my notebook and wrote when I could. How are you?!!

Thanks for the comments. Dropping the pc off at a shop today and praying that it is as minor a repair as the guy has led me to belive. The world has become all too happy to just throw things away and this is not always the answer. I want to upgrade different things, but it doesn't need to be considered garbage. This type of thinking has led to so many of the problems today.

Hope you are feeling better soon. Won't be able to check in until late next week. Emails will probably be insane by that point. Take care.

Family is busy, and for some, rather uncaring of the damage that they do. I am not so good at letting go of the pain. Also, computer problems at home and those frive me absolutely buggy. Got some kind of virus, so mom and I have been at each other.

I read your post about having found someone and now they are out of your life. I know this is hard, and will be praying for you for peace of mind and guidance for the next step.

Thanks for asking, Joshua! Plans are getting in place for the Memorial weekend. THis time, my in laws have my kids for the weekend so my husband and I will be alone. Also, there are shopping and other things for the summer as my children are going to spend a month with my parents. I did that when i was their age too. A lot of extra activities are going on right now. HOw about you? How are you doin'?

Thinking of you today, how are you doing?

In the winter, I get up between 515 and 530 to get the fire going (we heat with wood) and get my niece up and get ready for work. Some days this might be earlier due to weather. In the summer, I get up at 6 and get to work, get out at 5 and it takes about 45 minutes to get home. I can then work in the gardens, or in the yard (about an acre and a half to mow!), and get to bed between 9 and 10. Weekends are the killers, though, as I am here all day and try to do to much. And tomorrow we start painting again!

It is rewarding, and so cool to see all the pumpkins and squashes growing. also, I think our canned food tastes better, and to have so many veggies canned, and soups and stuff, gives more money for meat. Though we do have an order in with our Amish neighbors for chicken and it is so much better than what is in the stores. We had talked about getting a couple of pigs around for the summer and fattening them up for the freezer this winter. Beef would just be too hard for mom and I, so we catch sales at the stores for that.

I don't know about relaxing as it is over an acre of gardens, but it is rewarding and makes us a little more self reliant. We don't have to rely on food shopping so much when we grown our own. Plus this summer, we will still have quite a bit of house painting to do. Busy, busy!