How do you start writing in your blog when you've skipped so many weeks? I'm not sure. Nevertheless, I intend to start again and will just plunge right in. I have been busy with homeschooling my two youngest children. So far so good. The main problem I have is that these two are so very different in how they learn....but we're working our way through it. Rebekah and Rachel are both in college and working, so they stay busy. I am so glad that I am able to keep Khy while his mama is in school. He is a such a good little baby. Jesse and Kathy are days away from becoming parents, and I will have my first granddaughter. I can't wait for little Savannah to be born. It's funny to think of my children as parents, and Eric and I as grandparents. It's a good thing, and I love it. Eric is doing well, keeping busy with work and keeping up our home and land. He loves to play his bass, and has had the opportunity to play a couple of times in the last few weeks.

I have been sorting through things in the house and taking things to the thrift store. We have so much more than we need, and I am determined to get things back to a workable level. It is so wonderful to have my energy level back up. I can get so much more done. It's a good thing.

This year's garden was the worst I have ever had. I never finished planting it, and didn't work it at all. It is really humbling. I had planned the garden out to the exact detail last fall, and spent the winter bragging about how good it would be. I spent a fortune setting up the black plastic and buying seed and seedlings. I worked really hard to get it planted, until I got so sick in the spring (three weeks down hard - some days not even able to get up and do anything more than the bare minimum). I lost heart. But hope springs eternal, and I find myself looking forward to a better year next year. A week ago I stopped by Lowes and discovered blueberry bushes for sale. I want to buy a couple to replace the bushes Jesse planted for me last spring. They died in the summer heat.

The chickens are grown now and laying eggs. Sara is my egg gatherer. She loves it. My flock has dwindled. I had one die while they were still in the garage. Four more have died in the yard. A couple in the last week. We think an owl got them. Eric reworked the chicken run, so we hope to save the lives of the remaining birds. I will buy pullets again next spring.

Old fashioned day is coming up quickly. I am beginning to think I may not get the prairie dresses made after all. I guess I just have to decide to do it. I'm trying to do too many things I guess - again going back to having energy again.

Well, this is enough for tonight. Nothing outstanding, but it is a start. Hopefully there will not be such a long time in between postings from now on.