TreasuresInTerraCotta

Here it is the end of November and I have just now reached the middle of my little MoleSkin, as noted by the cute stitching down the page.  As you can tell, I should have been memorizing this section back in July.   I got a little off track and decided to slow down.  It was hard to stay on task each week when I knew I was already behind.  But here I am about half way through Romans 8.  Trying to believe that the words I need at just the right time might be perfectly timed because I am four months behind. It makes me think of our recent craft project that was really just a salvage from the trash.  And a personal salvaging of a big, ugly reaction to something that shouldn't have been such a big deal.   One of the boys obliterated a couple sticks of chalk.  Now, this is something I have asked them not to do, scolded them for and required payment for replacement.  My logical, first-born, ordered, adult mind says, "If the ...

The tomatoes have gotten their second wind.  All three, the Romas, cherry and Mr. Stripy have some tomatoes.  The bell peppers are happy. We had quite a few so I made stuffed peppers recently.  I cut them in half because they were so long and irregular shaped, so they were more like bell pepper boats stuffed with the yummy rice concoction. Because it's fall and I had a lot of squash and fruit on hand, I pulled out this beautiful tin that Michelle sent me after I had one of the babies.  For the first time ever I planted garlic.  Now I have some sprouts.  Some of my herbs, like this mint, are bouncing back after the hot summer.  And last, but not least,  because it's November in the desert, I killed a rattle snake this morning.  No Kidding.  But no pictures.

Early in November we put some of our Halloween candy to use doing math projects.