Boondock Babble: A rough night..

Monday, May 5, 2008

A rough night..

Lindsay came down with a cold on Saturday. Nothing too horrible, but not fun either. By last evening Nathan was feeling less than wonderful. As usual, Nathan's version is worse. The bright side is that his versions of illnesses usually don't hold on as long. We're hoping that by tomorrow morning he'll be back to his usual self. In the meantime, we're all lacking in energy and I'm not feeling particularly inspired.

Thursday was our high point of last week. Lindsay got her Library card! Afterwards, we found some great deals at Safeway, and were able to replenish the freezer a bit.

Saturday, I planted bulbs while Pa went to town and got more fence posts. Then the two of us put up the fence, so the garden addition is now safe from curious kitties and deer. Hopefully it will keep the raccoons out as well! Yesterday, I got two rows of peas, and three rows of spinach planted. Depending on how Nathan's feeling, I hope to have the rest of that garden seeded by tomorrow, then I can get started with the finishing touches of garden #1. Hoping to be all done with both by the weekend, then maybe I can get back to my knitting!

I'll try to post again very soon. Hopefully this weeks backyard photo, taken by Lindsay will keep you all sated until then.

3 comments:

Lis said...: Hey Connie,
Me Lis Hope I got the right site. Sounds like you are busy. Knitting and working the land. I am such a city girl now. Some days I think it would be good to get back to the land.
my email pharmdedu (@) yahoo.com
Hope to hear from you soon.; May 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Sorry the kids are sick. Katie's had a cold too...much easier without tonsils though!

I'm still working on getting the dirt ready in my garden...Now I have a blister on my hand. grrr.; May 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Boondock Ma (Kim's Mom) said...: Hi Lis!

Glad you were able to find me! I'll get a note off to you soon. Just need to get through the "bugs" invading us first. I saw your profile. Neat photo, and nice description. Hope to see you start a blog soon!

Carol,
Thanks for the comment. Hope Katie gets better soon.
I'm still working on my garden as well, and still getting blisters. LOL Seems we have a lot of gardening and critter things in common this season!; May 6, 2008 at 6:37 PM

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Ma's Babblin'

Like every good Boondock Ma, I cook, and on occasion, have been known to clean. I knit, crochet, and have some experience with a needle 'n thread.
We play in the garden. Pa tills it the old fashioned way, by hand, with a shovel and hoe. Come harvest time, we can and freeze the resulting bounty.
Don't use those newfangled electronic dishwashers. My dishes git done up by hand, then dry all natural like in the strainer. I make my own laundry detergent, and hang my clothes out to dry. I'll hang my head in shame and admit, I haven't gotten 'round to tryin' my hand at makin' my own bar soap. It's on the list...
We heat with wood, which comes in right handy durin' those wet, cold winter months for dryin' our clothes on the rack. We git our water from a well, although we do leave the pumpin' to an electrical gadget, simply known by most as a "well pump".
Our young-uns git their exercise the old fashioned way as well. They run 'n play outside in the fresh country air. They also pitch in and help with the wood splittin' and stackin'.
No cable tee-vee in our humble home, but lots o' readin', courtesy of the public library in town.
We're homeschoolin' folks, and have a grand time with that. Somewhere down the line we got it in our heads that learnin', like work outta be fun!
I have two young-uns at home, and two all grown up, the oldest of which is hitched and got two young-uns of her own! My second oldest is doin' a great job of forgin' ahead in the big city, and has even started her own bakin' and caterin' business. All four of my young-uns are doin' me right proud!