Savannah loves music... |
We overslept on Sunday and didn't wake
up until 8:00... Whoa! We scurried around and still got everybody
ready on time for church. Mark Hochstetler preached this morning
on "The Character of Peter". After we got home we I made us dinner
while Ina Sue finished up the meal she had prepared for Dwayne & Glenda.
(In honor of their new baby, Damien) After dinner we took turns
taking naps while the other managed the children. Had boiled
peanuts and grapefruit for supper then went to church for a topical
program. Bro. James Riley spoke on "The Spirit of Truth and the
Spirit of Error". Savannah wasn't feeling good so Ina Sue spent
almost the whole service in the back. |
Bonnie Goering, Aunt Sharon Shank & Sarah Shank |
Monday was a regular Monday with work
and laundry. I fasted again and after I got home from work I spent
an hour or two cleaning out my car then vacumming it and ArmorAll-ing
it. It looks much better. Then Ina Sue and I worked for a
while making up an order or seeds for our spring garden. She went
on to bed while I stayed up and placed the order. |
The three mousketeers had a great time playing together. |
I made us breakfast Tuesday morning of
Lebanon bologna & egg gravy over hash browns. Right good if I have
to say so myself! Then I went in to work. Ina Sue spent some
time sewing up sausage bags for our butchering later in the week.
Carl & Uncle Enos picked me up at the shop around 5:00 then we drove
over to Nathan Goerings for a finance committee meeting. By the
time we got finished eating Marlene's delicious snack it was nearly
9:30. We got back to Govan around 11:00. Ina Sue had invited
Mary Korver and her children over to pick out pecans with her so they
had a good time together. |
Cuttin' up pig. For the complete
process click here |
Wednesday was much colder.
Ina Sue candied some pecans then her and the children made cards and a
treat package to send over to Hendrick at Heritage Bible School.
She kept Mary's children for a while in the afternoon while they
butchered a beef. We had a delicious supper of pork and saurkraut,
canned potatoes with browned butter, and collard greens. After
supper Ina Sue made up a pan of bars for us to take along to Virginia
for the butchering day. After I got the children in bed I drove
back in to the shop to work for several hours. Home around 2:00am. |
Carolina enjoyed "walking on the water" on this lake. |
Thursday was a very long day! I
went in to work a little early to get a good start on the day. Ina
Sue cleaned and worked on packing for the trip. The electricity
was off for a while today while the power company was working to run new
3-phase power to our neighbor up the street. I had wanted to get
home in decent time so that we could leave for Virgina in good time.
I had a series of things I had to take care of though and didn't get
home until after 5:00. We scurried around getting everything
loaded up then Carolina Sue and I headed out for Virginia. Poor
Landon didn't think it was very fair that he didn't get to go along...
He was crying out the window when we left. :( |
Paul Zimmerman's swans. |
After we left, Ina Sue had to scurry around
to get ready for her company. Aunt Sharon Shank and her daughter
Sarah were here along with cousin Bonnie Goering. They were on
their way back to Virginia from Florida and stopped in for the night.
They visited over a snack of pizza dip, chips and chocolate cake.
Betty Heatwole came over later in the evening to visit for a while.
Carolina Sue and I had a good trip but I did get pretty sleepy a time
or two. I stopped around Salem, VA for a short nap in the van then
headed on. We arrived in Mt. Crawford around 1:30am. |
My illustrious fellow board members on the PRMC |
Carolina & I got up at 7:00 on Friday
and quickly got ready to go to Paul Zimmerman's for our butchering day.
It was extremely cold. Around 0 degrees outside with a bit of a
breeze. We got started around 8:00 and made good time.
Uncle Lee & Aunt Reba were there to help us and Uncle Nub also helped
out. They were an immense help in getting the process off to a
good start. We had all the bones in the puddin pot by 10:30 or so
and were able to finish up around 4:00 We did have a chance in the
middle of the day for several of us to take turns with the children up
at a lake higher in the mountain where the water had iced over thickly.
There were probably about 50 skaters out on the ice. Carolina Sue
had a great time with something that was completely new to her...
After we finished up the butchering we drove back to Papa's for the
evening. I made a quick run to Sharp Shopper to pick up some
cheese and other supplies. After I got back, Papa and I drove back
to Paul Zimmermans and picked up the sausage that had been smoking.
Then Mother, Jeanne & I worked to get it all cut up and wrapped for the
freezer. After we finished that I started working on cutting up
and quick freezing our pon-haus. It was after 1:00 before I got to
bed. |
A group of falconers were having their annual meeting in Papa's front
field. |
Meanwhile in SC, Ina Sue got up early to fix
breakfast for her guests. She served them a ham & egg rollup along
with muffins and fruit. They left for Virginia around 8:00.
She spent the rest of the day doing some laundry and spending time with
Landon & Savannah. Saturday morning I got up at 6:00 and
studied for a devotional for our PRMC meeting. It was a frigid day
with the temperature in the morning around -5 degrees. We met at
the Pike church at 8:00 and had a fairly long meeting. It was
around 3:00 before we adjourned. Then by the time I got back to
Papa's and packed everything up it was after 4:00 when we left for SC.
We drover pretty much straight through and got back home at 12:00.
By the time I got the meat all put away and the van unpacked it was
about 1:30. Very good to be home. |
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