Courageous Joy

Another month gone…this year is flying by. This is the first evening of my solitude. I must not stay on the computer to long. *What the Bible Says about Healthy Eating* arrived from PaperBack Swap today. I was excited that it looks NEW so I can put all my very own marks in it. {G}

Hmm….what did we do today. We turned the quail eggs - twice. We finished school. We are spending a couple of weeks studying Africa in the late 1800’s. It was fun to pull out pictures of myself in Africa and show the Arielle and Nolan my African dress. They were much more impressed with it than the picture in the DK dress of “traditional African embroidery”. Studying Africa has reminded me that THEY carry their babies on their backs tied around with a lapa and surely I can figure out something similar with the sling. We are reading *Trial by Poison* and enjoying that. I realized when looking over the books we’ve read this month that I need to do more missionary biography reading to the younger ones. I forget that the older ones heard them but not the younger ones. They need to know what a real hero is.

We spent a couple of hours at the park today. We had yummy spaghetti for dinner….that sauce is GOOD and well worth the time to simmer for 4 hours and such. I have a couple of gallons of it in the freezer now….4 quart size bags for Cy to use for his lunches and several big bags for 3 more family meals. Jamin and Jared did weights after dinner and the four younger ones and I went for a bike ride. Mike removed Nolan’s training wheels and he is doing great. He did fall into a patch of cockleburs today at the park….ouch. I’m wondering if I can get back to a.m. and p.m. walks…..

Zander had a rough day today. Change is always hard for him – maybe that is it. We had the time change and then Mike left this a.m. He told me that Mike is “chasing Bre and Krista”. I sure wish he understood where the girls are. I guess in time, he will. Oh – at the park he needed to go to the toilet….BUT he decided the outhouses were far to gross. I offered to drive him home but he said he didn’t need to go. 15 minutes later I looked up to see him buck naked aiming at the base of the teeter totter. Oh goodness! My GIRLS never did these things. I can’t think of a thing off program he has eaten so this must be change and the ole sin nature…consistency that’s what I need. Balance of grace and justice.

I need to spend some time working on setting up web order for our co-op. I am determined, however, not to spend hours and hours on the computer….I have plans for my quiet evenings…reading, studying, praying and thinking.

Here’s my list of March books completed:
Staying Well – Richard E. Ecker
Discover Your God-Given Gifts – Don & Katie Fortune
Homesick – Jean Fritz

Not near as impressive as earlier months….nothing really FUN…time to find another Penn Dutch Inn book to read. {G} I’ve also been working through the Feingold book and that one is taking me some time….