January 9, 2011

• Nine days in January, so far, and nine posts–I feel as if I’m meeting myself coming and going! This will definitely be an experiment with an end. I am still committed to continue toward my goal of daily posting through this month, unless I get thoroughly sick of writing about myself.

  Sunday morning dawned clear and cold but clouds were soon racing in. The forecast is for winter. Well, it IS winter, so I am prepared.

  The resident farmboy left the house fairly early, in order to finish his feeding before time to leave for church at 9:30. I think everyone was working this morning, just feeding but also making sure things were in good order in case we do get some wintry weather. At 9, he ducked back into the house to say he wouldn’t be able to make it to Sunday School, for me to go on without him–he would try for church. A water pump “went out” on a loader that is used on one place to put large round hay bales on the truck for feeding, so he was taking a different loader to substitute.

  So, I picked up my mother-in-law and we went to church together. Our daughter and two little grands were also there, greeting us with bright and happy smiles. Sunday school was good, as was the sermon which followed, but neither husband nor son-in-law made it to the services. Cold weather can really wreak havoc on mechanized equipment, and it took out its spite on them today.

  After church, it was four girls (great-grandma, Mimi, daughter and Addie Dear)–and Wyatt–who went to our local cafe for lunch. This is five-year-old Wyatt’s favorite meal of the week–he loves to go where there is a “line,” as he calls a buffet, because he doesn’t have to wait patiently for food to be brought to the table. He loves the fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables and rolls with butter. Today he was particularly happy because his best buddy also was there. Wyatt and Isaac did lots of waving of utensils at each other and laughing back and forth and being a little bit silly. We smiled and enjoyed their cuteness, hoping the other patrons were not annoyed. They really are good boys, just boyish little boys.

  The afternoon was quiet–very cold outside and a very good day to stay inside. I finished knitting two little hats for two adorable little sisters–one of whom is only 10 days old today. And since I still had some pink and green and cream yarn left, I cast on a little topper for our new grand-niece who is four months old now. We are planning to see her next weekend, so that will be the perfect time to bestow it on the little sweetie.

  Just as dark closed in this evening, I went to the chicken house to tuck the girls and D.J. in, and even though it is very cold, they left me an offering of two perfect eggs, one brown and one green. I thanked them and made sure the window was tightly shut–chickens really dislike cold weather. They will get a rude awakening in the morning if there is snow on the ground. They hate snow worse than they hate cold.

  I have a busy week ahead–the lists are forming in my mind. This day of rest has been good preparation for it. I do hope that it will be a good week for you, dear friends, wherever you are.

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