We watched Ratatouille the other night. I liked it.
Yesterday, as many of y'all know, Claire and Kyle had music lessons. I stayed home with Luke (got to make cookie dough!). Anyway, "on their way" home, they had to stop by Wal-mart. Kyle stumbled across a double feature DVD set of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals.
The house is a wreck, but that's not really new. The fact that we're more or less trying to deal with it while at the same time trying to cull some of our enormous amount of stuff, that might be new. We've got a large-ish box full of culled videos, several boxes of games and puzzles, several boxes of books, and I think we've got a box of miscellaneous stuff as well (hospital pillows, candle holders, vases, etc.). Our next area, now that we're coming up on that time, probably needs to be Christmas decorations; there's also toys (LOTS of toys), baby and toddler clothes, Cd's, pictures, school stuff, books again, movies again, etc.
Our dishwasher is behaving very badly lately. This is close to the one we have. Even though it is the "Quiet Series," it is quite loud; it has never dried the dishes very well; even the heavy wash (2 hour) cycle leaves the cups and glasses dirtier than when they went in, and now the handle's broken! We have to fiddle with it just to get it to open!
Clarabelle learned how to push her feed bowl through the opening it sits in, so last night Daddy fixed it to where she couldn't do that. Mama and Kyle report that she tried hard to push it though this morning. She's a smart cow, but sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to deal with a stupid one.
Practice for the Hanging of the Greens service Claire and I are singing in Sunday continues to progress. We are on a shaky line between pretty much well and getting worse as far as our colds go; that's not making practice any easier. Claire's singing "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" and we're both doing "O Holy Night" and "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem."
Ummmmm........ I think that's pretty much it, for now at least.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Civics Quiz
This was linked to on a blog that Mama and Daddy read. We took it as a family this evening and got a 91.6. Pretty good considering. I knew quite a few more answers than I thought I would, but I could still stand to read up on some of the more "recent" history.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Randomness
Yesterday was portrait day. Here's my favorite picture of the day:
He's so funny! We had such a hard time getting him to cooperate!
Claire, our sharpshooter, got some pictures of this weekend.
Anna and Luke making breadsticks.
Two stooges.
Making salsa.
There's one of these Fallow Deer (Dama dama) near us. It looks very odd! The antlers are palmate, like a moose, and they keep their spots. They are very small, between 100 and 150 pounds in the wild (up to 200 pounds domesticated). They're only three feet or so tall! Originally from the Middle East, Fallow Deer are common in much of Europe and are slowly being introduced by deer farmers to the United States. They are raised mainly for sport (they make unusual trophies, obviously.), and velvet antler which is sold to Asian cultures who use it in medicines.
Well, tonight's the night! So it's not the night before Thanksgiving, but it's close enough. Our turkeys two remaining live turkeys are going to fulfill their purpose tonight, and one (at least) will go into the brine! We'll enjoy it Thursday. I will miss hearing their noise though; it's been pretty neat. There's always next year!
He's so funny! We had such a hard time getting him to cooperate!
Claire, our sharpshooter, got some pictures of this weekend.
Anna and Luke making breadsticks.
Two stooges.
Making salsa.There's one of these Fallow Deer (Dama dama) near us. It looks very odd! The antlers are palmate, like a moose, and they keep their spots. They are very small, between 100 and 150 pounds in the wild (up to 200 pounds domesticated). They're only three feet or so tall! Originally from the Middle East, Fallow Deer are common in much of Europe and are slowly being introduced by deer farmers to the United States. They are raised mainly for sport (they make unusual trophies, obviously.), and velvet antler which is sold to Asian cultures who use it in medicines.Well, tonight's the night! So it's not the night before Thanksgiving, but it's close enough. Our turkeys two remaining live turkeys are going to fulfill their purpose tonight, and one (at least) will go into the brine! We'll enjoy it Thursday. I will miss hearing their noise though; it's been pretty neat. There's always next year!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A couple of quotes
"If there is no rush, you can't piddle." --- Claire on piddling.
"I obey frequently." --- Luke after he said that he already knew everything we were going to teach him... except reading.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Chicken conversations
I just couldn't resist!
"Hmmm... What's that you say, dahling?"
"Hold on, dear, I can't hear you."
"What are those two gossiping about this time!?!"
"Hey there, gals!"
"Would you please get that thing out of my face!"
"Hmmm... What's that you say, dahling?"
"Hold on, dear, I can't hear you."
"What are those two gossiping about this time!?!"
"Hey there, gals!"
"Would you please get that thing out of my face!"Picture update
A few evenings ago we butchered a half a steer for a friend. I got the grinding job again. I've decided that they put me there on purpose; I'm not very good at wrapping the meat. :)
We went through our game/puzzle closet the other day. We have boxes and boxes of things to get rid of now!
Everything fits in there so nicely now! We don't have to close the doors quickly so nothing falls out!
Chuck.
Clarabelle.
Daddy, Kyle, and Luke put up some metal siding on the barn as a sort of wind break. That's going to be very nice this winter.
The two turkeys left.
"Little" Smokie
And the other two pigs.
The cool weather is here... again
Why does cool weather bring something unpleasant (other than the bundling up and feeling like your in the 1800's because you've got so many layers on)? Will we ever have another fall/winter where we don't get sick?
We're all a bit down with something. It seems to be different for each person, but we're assuming it's all just a cold. Mama's drippy and tired; I'm barely able to talk (that's a slight exaggeration, but my throat is what's bothering me) and tired; Claire's stuffy, headache-y, and tired; I'm not sure about Kyle; Luke's stuffy and not as tired as the rest of us (that seems unfortunate, but I suppose it's really a good thing); and I don't know about Daddy either. We're all hoping it will end quickly. Claire and I need to start practicing for the Hanging of the Greens service that we're supposed to sing at (in Centertown), and this, just like something did last year, is going to put us behind. Okay, enough complaining. We're doing our best to think positive, and we're enjoying, probably too much, just sitting around.
We're all a bit down with something. It seems to be different for each person, but we're assuming it's all just a cold. Mama's drippy and tired; I'm barely able to talk (that's a slight exaggeration, but my throat is what's bothering me) and tired; Claire's stuffy, headache-y, and tired; I'm not sure about Kyle; Luke's stuffy and not as tired as the rest of us (that seems unfortunate, but I suppose it's really a good thing); and I don't know about Daddy either. We're all hoping it will end quickly. Claire and I need to start practicing for the Hanging of the Greens service that we're supposed to sing at (in Centertown), and this, just like something did last year, is going to put us behind. Okay, enough complaining. We're doing our best to think positive, and we're enjoying, probably too much, just sitting around.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Here it is!!!
A very rough slide show of our weekend! I found Brad Paisley doing this song first, but Daddy put the original group doing it. I don't know if we could have found Brad Paisley's version anyway.
I don't think it's too bad for a first try. Sorry about the little bump in the music.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Guess What! Another post titled "Reformation Day/Weekend!"
Where to start?!!! That's always the problem!
The setting: a few days before the big event.
The men and boys smoothing out last minute problems on the trebuchet.
Inserting a solid metal bar though the arm's axle (it was bending really bad without that).
One of the launches!
Raising the standard.
This is what we girls and ladies left every time the men launched the siege machine!
Scene 2: The big day.
The gathering crowd.
The Heritage Quintet?
Traveling Germans.
You can just barely see our trolley set-up behind the tables.
The competition.
Changing frenzy. Plaid, plaid, everywhere plaid!
Kilted father and son.
Clan leader.
Everyone trying to find a spot on the trebuchet or in the truck bed for our grand entrance!
"For the Lord is our defense...."
My handsome bro. in his Scottish attire.
My other handsome brother in his Scottish garb.
Our men standing around preparing for the first launch.
Impromptu concert!
All in all, the day went very well!
The setting: a few days before the big event.
The men and boys smoothing out last minute problems on the trebuchet.
Inserting a solid metal bar though the arm's axle (it was bending really bad without that).
One of the launches!
Raising the standard.
This is what we girls and ladies left every time the men launched the siege machine!Scene 2: The big day.
The gathering crowd.
The Heritage Quintet?
Traveling Germans.
You can just barely see our trolley set-up behind the tables.
The competition.
Changing frenzy. Plaid, plaid, everywhere plaid!
Kilted father and son.
Clan leader.
Everyone trying to find a spot on the trebuchet or in the truck bed for our grand entrance!
"For the Lord is our defense...."
My handsome bro. in his Scottish attire.
My other handsome brother in his Scottish garb.
Our men standing around preparing for the first launch.
Impromptu concert!
All in all, the day went very well!
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