October 4. Anna Jean came to wash clothes, and Zeph came along behind. It is nice to have Zephy in the house too. He played for a while with the building blocks, and then went down and played with Amos’ boys for a short while. Then he came back and had a snack with his mama after she peeled and cut up carrots. He played with the building blocks again while she practiced computer. Ana came this morning, too, and worked on her lessons. I enjoyed my quiet time during and after breakfast and making the bed. Then I read a chapter in I Chronicles in the computer and wrote in my journal. Made a list of verses used in the school Bible lessons, book 1. Got book 2 set up and ready to start writing lessons in it. Printed out a couple pages of Bible verses and cut them out to give to people who come to the door. Praise the Lord, Daddy was able to send e-mail today. He heard this evening on the news that the country will only have satellite internet until they get the cable fixed that was damaged in the earthquake. That could take a few months. This evening, I got journal notes ready to send to Connie. October 5. Praise the Lord for uxai* and a couple popo (though small) which Betty brought this morning. It was a busy day in the kitchen. I’ve been putting off making bran muffins because there has been some other big task to do every day. Even though I would have to make a meal today, I decided to go ahead and make the muffins. I was thankful that we were up early, and I even finished breakfast before 8:00 so I could start the muffins early and then rest a bit. I did have to wash out the mixing bowl first because it had cockroach goop in it. The wild fowl egg Amos brought us the other day was perfect — no blemishes. I put in a chicken egg too. With the two eggs side by side, what a difference! And they say that the wild fowl isn’t much bigger than a chicken. How does she ever lay an egg that size? After making the muffins, the bed needed to be made and yesterday’s laundry needed to be folded and put away. That was a job I hadn’t thought about so hadn’t counted on that one today. I also hadn’t known about having to wash the two popo since we didn’t get them until this morning. But they are ripe and needed to be washed and cut up. The time to sit down and study a couple verses in I Chronicles 4 was refreshing and needful after being on my feet for a while. About 10:45, I went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Another job I hadn’t counted on was husking and cutting up uxai (because we didn’t get them until this morning either), but they looked pretty ripe so needed to be cooked. Had cooked a panful of carrots yesterday (which Anna Jean prepared) and had planned on those for our dinner veggie, but ended up having uxai instead. After getting the uxai ready to cook, I started on the rice. Decided to try fried rice today with our chicken. Cut up a couple large pieces of garlic first to sauté in the oil and then added the rice to brown. When that was brown, I added the water, two bouillon cubes, and a little more salt. (I guess I added a little too much salt, as the dinner turned out to be a little too salty. I usually end up with under-salted food, not over-salted, but somehow I blew it today.) While the rice was cooking, I cut up the chicken breast into small pieces and then fried it in some butter with some seasonings. When the rice and chicken were almost done, I put them together to finish cooking. It tasted good except for the extra salt. After nap, I cleaned up the muffin tins. That was a job! A lot of stuff stuck to the pans, I guess because the muffins got over-baked. (Hmmm, I guess I overdid things today. 😊) Worked on the computer for about a half hour and then cut up the two popo. Started working on the September progress report. Lots of dishes to do this evening. Praise the Lord for His strength throughout the day. When I had time this evening, I relaxed and worked on a wee bilum. Ana came this evening and finished the rest of her SCMS lessons that hadn’t gotten done when she missed classes. Praise the Lord for helping her. Now we need to schedule a date for the closing program. *Uxai – a somewhat mealy, somewhat starchy vegetable with a taste slightly reminiscent of corn. It is very delicious.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
|
newsletterfebruary2024.pdf | |
File Size: | 1988 kb |
File Type: |
islesaresingingchapters1to15pdf.pdf | |
File Size: | 395 kb |
File Type: |
Archives
March 2024
January 2024
December 2023
September 2023
July 2023
June 2023
April 2023
March 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016