work,work,work

Sooner or later we should be done with all of our projects--tech dad and j went to the storage place to take some furniture over--while they were test driving trucks just for fun. Lauren and I went to a nursery to pick out some plants. We were joined by the guys only because they were over there beside the place. We bought some purslane. begonias,tenorias,lantanas and a new red plant that seems like a cross between a petunia and a -portulaca. After about 5 hours of digging and planting we declared it done and went out to eat Mexican. It was good and Hannah as usual ate her food with gusto!! Tomorrow is Sunday and I sure hope it is a lighter day than t0day--we do need our day of rest!! til later.....

advancing age,amish,and an amazingly fast trip

Well I made it to wisconsin in a whirlwind trip--we drove 13 hours on a week ago friday, got to wis grandma's --stayed overnight --went on a 5 hour trip to a wedding--then back home that same night!!! We all enjoyed the fun wedding of ben and bekah. The rest of the week sort of slowed down after that except that wis grandma and I did something every day...We started out our week arguing over the big bank behind the house--it is very steep and has crown vetch, wild phlox and berry canes --I wanted to hire two mennonite children--ages 12 and 15--she said she could do it and didn't want to do it while I was there. I didn't think she should do it by herself so I won and hired the kids and they did a great job--it took 3 of us 2 hours to do it and if she had done it by herself it would have taken her 8 hour or more--now she is so grateful that it is done!!Then one day we went to Fennimore to an amish bulk food store and bought paring knives by rada cutlery,various spices,oatmeal,flax seed and even lebenese salami--also stopped by an amish furniture store and bought Hannah a little rocker like her cousins have!! It was good to visit with old friends,relatives --allworth being without a cell phone, computer and shower for a week!!
This week wandering heart and j and Hannah bear are here and I absolutely can not believe how much she is talking now!!I love to hear her talk!!Tech dad and I treasure every minute we can spend with our grandchildren....til later