December 9,
2012
7:12 pm
This is a copy of my Christmas letter, thought I would post it hear so that I can come back an look at it years from now. No one else reads this so why not !!!
It is Sunday night, the 9th. Uncommonly warm here this past week. I just picked my broccoli and several
cabbages. I also have beets and turnips growing. Beets aren’t doing much though. Today I made a vegetable soup with fresh potatoes,
sweet potatoes, broccoli and green beans, peppers and tomato puree from the
freezer, all from the garden. Also made a broccoli coleslaw, regular salad
and apple crisp. I usually cook a lot on
Sunday to avoid it for the first few
days of the work week. We have planted blueberries, blackberries,
grapes and two kiwi bushes, a mulberry tree, two apple trees and a fig. We do not have enough time to tend them as we
should so I don’t know if we will ever get a harvest. The weeds around here are monsters and grow
faster than anything!!!!!
John has been very fortunate to find a steady job about ten
minutes from the house. It is a remodel
of a foreclosure that the owners want to make into a bed and breakfast. He
has been there for several months and there is still a great deal of work to do
and the owner has other jobs for him when this one is finished. In today’s economy we are so thankful that he
has steady work.
John’s son, Tucker is taller than his father. John made a stick that is nailed up next to
the door in Tucker’s room. The same
stick was at the house John rented in Pinnacle before we moved here. The first mark is from October 2002. Tucker was not quite 3 years old. This past weekend when he was here, John
measured him and he is now taller than his father. He is a freshman in high school and doing
great. He is in AG classes and
participates in Art Club. He still does
not like fishing, but that’s ok (O:
Last year we got a
greenhouse frame from a friend of mine and we have that set up and are hoping
to have it put together and ready to use for next spring planting. John also did a job to get a building that
was going to be torn down on the job he is on and that will be moved over here. Part of it to become a building that will
cover our water stove and some of the rest may become a bathroom on the Love
Shack!!! Keep your fingers
crossed! I would like to be able to
(when I say I, I mean John since he does these things and I don’t have a mouse
in my pocket) hook the water stove up to the Love shack and the green house so
that both will be heated. It’s on the
list which we work though as we can based on our limitations of time and
money> (O:
Our projects do not seem to be moving along but we are
spending a lot of time playing music. John was a good guitar player when I met him
but he is getting better and better. I play and sing with a bluegrass/country band
on Tuesdays at a local Bojangles restaurant.
On Friday there is an open Jam that we go to and I sometimes sing with
another band called, “Sounds of Now and Then.”
I might get to sing on a local radio show with a gospel group in a week
or two. I have always loved to sing and
John is being very supportive to allow me to pursue this endeavor even though it does not bring in
any money. (we do make tips at
Bojangles, I’m making tens of dollars!!!). I have saved the money though, and was able to
buy some microphones with it. I have a
dream that someday John and I will play out together, so I’m getting ready. We’d also like to be able to have jams here
someday in the Love Shack.
If you need a turnip stop by (O: I am
thankful for my health, for my family and friends like you, work, music and our furry friends. A happy Christmas and New Year to all and to
all a good night!
