I Slept In Today

I think I must have looked something like this:



















Bethany seems to be over the worst of her cold, but Jacob and I are still struggling.

On the farm...

Penny had a busy day yesterday. She kept trying to hurd her cattle to one corner of the pasture. We do not know if a stray dog came through and she was protecting them, or if she was bored and decided to have a little fun. Drive Me has not had her calf(ves) yet, and Bethany is right when she claims she looks as though she swallowed a couple of beach balls. I think she looks like she has a calf bothering her sciatic. Do cows have problems with that?

And from my Big Green Chair...

My prayer afghan is coming along nicely. I'm half way through skein 2 (out of 7). I've decided to make prayer socks for my niece in Iraq. Hey, Sarah! What size shoe do you wear? (I don't think she checks me out here, but I'll see.)

This morning when I woke, I spent some time listening to silence. Do you do that? I am quite convinced that if I spent my day listening for God, my day would be much better. Anyone want to give it a try with me?

The kitties...

The fuzzy critters keep asking to come in to sit by my wood stove. The kids decided that Orion (aka Fluffy Boy) should have a new name. Since he is always chasing other cats and he is putting his teeth into them, they have dubbed him Count Dracula. The book, Dracula, seems to be very popular in our home right now, so I suppose that is where the idea comes from. Some days they refer to him as The Count, other days they tell me that he is just a bit batty....

Christmas...

On the Twelfth day of Christmas I was sick, so we did not take down the tree. We didn't take down the tree on the 13th, 14th or 15th day after Christmas either. In fact, the tree is still up. Everyone suggests we ought to take it down, but no one has gotten the task started. Soon....

I did sit down at the piano on Sunday and play "We Three Kings" in honor of our Epiphany celebration, though.

Celebration!

The biggest news here at Fairview is that my son attended the national 4-H meats judging contest in Denver, Colorado last weekend. We are proud to announce that he took 8th place. He learned a tough lesson, though--he got called away before he had filled in the last of his bubble sheet and forgot to go back and fill in about 30 of them. If he had finished the task, he would have come in 4th. I figure this lesson will go a long way in learning to avoid the title "Space Cadet", and hopefully he will be able to attend the Kansas City contest next fall and redeem those last few points! Good job, John Mark!

And now I am off to do something other than lounge in my robe and slippers. Cold or no, Latin still calls...

Find the beauty in your day! (And tell me about it here. It's national delurking week according to Donna, so stop by my comment box to say hello!)

Blessings!
Jean