Nuggets Along the Trail: Still More Spring

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Still More Spring

It’s been an amazing week. Sunny and 70s much (not all) of the time. I’ll take that for February! Although I’m ready for cold weather again so the fruit trees don’t start to come out. Coming out and putting on early buds is not the problem. The later frost is. We’ve lost more than one crop this way and this is how it starts…

Nothing we can do about it though so we’ll sure enjoy the weather while we have it.

Monday -

Yes. Grandpa really did plant the garden on Monday, February 20. Spinach and radishes are in, for better or worse.

As of Tuesday, the volleyball net is up and going again too.

Snake #1 has a home in the 2017 zoo – its name is 360. Why 360? Do not know. It was Jonathan at first, then was changed. Don’t know why the change either. Sometimes I really don’t know why kids do things they do. At any rate, yesterday marked the beginning of the zoo’s annual spring cleaning.

Now today is cooler and gray with a little drizzle mixed in there too; I knew the day was coming when it would be easier to get this blog caught up. Hard to do when it’s 70 and sunny!

And that’s about it for this time around.

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Mom-isms

When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.