Keeping Right with Nature and Thankful for our Veterans

With today's rush rush environment we sometimes forget where we started from.  I remember a time when all I wanted was a family.  Mr. Science and I were wanting a baby together,  Well, I got pregnant right away only to lose our baby somewhere within 7-8 weeks in the pregnancy.  We were devastated but something good came from it.....we got closer to God.  We found a wonderful Church with a terrific minister, Pastor Shirley.  He helped us from the first day we walked through the door.  Pastor Shirley was a Chaplain with the National Guard and is now stationed in Washington, D.C. doing something very important for our nation.  One of Many reasons I am thankful for our Veterans today!  Well, as they say the closer you get to God the harder Satan tries to pull you back in.  The doctors said we would be pregnant within a month or two and we shouldn't be worried.  Well, 14 months later and many bad choices we were still childless.  I had lost my very stressful time-consuming job, which at the time seemed like punishment but was the best thing that ever happened.  We were broke and very confused.  But as always, God provides as sees us through.  After a REALLY bad case of the flu and one week BEFORE my first appointment with the fertility doctor I found out I was pregnant!!!!  What a blessing!!  Then a year later when I was in another really bad job that I really hated, God provided again.  I was having terrible earaches.  Went to the doctor to find out that I had TMJ (from grinding my teeth from the terrible job).  He was going to give me an anti-inflammatory but wouldn't until I took a pregnancy test.  I knew I couldn't be be pregnant.  We were not planning another baby.  Well, God's time is not always our time.  We were so excited.  Afraid of losing the baby from all the stress of my job.  I quit and never looked back.  Not to say things have never been difficult but God has always seen us through. 
Now we have decided to step back and ease up on life and just enjoy the basics that God has given us.  Not the newest electronics or gadget.  We are going to help a relative of our clear her acreage and build a farm.  We wanted to buy about 80 acres of our own (found one place with an abandoned school house from 1936 on it---imagine my excitement) but it is not in our foreseeable finances. Anyway, we are going to have a garden, a few cows, chickens, a goat (against Mr. Science wishes) and some pigs.  We are so excited.  Meat without hormones and antibiotics, fresh eggs and vegetables the way God meant them to grow.  My cousin (we will call her RJ) will get her land cleared, help with her acreage, good food and help to watch her place while she travels (she is a Christian artist and has the voice of an Angel).  We into get to teach our girls how to raise animals, grow a garden, be responsible and help others.  I think things are going to be good.



Sparkles stirring the lye soap flakes. 

 We made homemade Laundry Soap today from a recipe found at the Virginia Soaps and Scents Co..  We however did not use their brand of soap because the shipping and handling was to expensive.  We used Grandma's Lye Soap made here in Tulsa, OK found at our local drug store for less than $5.  It made about 3.5 gallons of gel soap.  I am excited to try it tomorrow.  Dreamer and Sparkles helped make the concoction and that was fun too. Now if I could just get them to do the laundry!!!



Freedom

 A special THANK YOU to all the Veterans (and their families) for all the sacrifices and hard work they have provided to our country.  I am proud to be an American and I know the privileges and rights I have today are because you fought for me and my family.