October 20. Before I could ever get my breakfast this morning, neighbors were knocking on the door. Dear Anna Jean came to fill up the washing machine. Kristina came with a pumpkin, but I had plenty so bought it and gave it to Anna Jean for her mother. Her mother has been sick with something, but the health workers don’t know what it is. Then Nuandauro came with ripe bananas and wanted money for market. Since we have plenty of ripe bananas, I gave a handful of those to Anna Jean for her mother too. A little later Apekio came to see if we needed anything at market, but we pretty well have all we need right now until the gardens are planted and grown. Besides all that, a rubber gasket in one of the blender parts burnt up while I was making my smoothie. So it looks like no more smoothies (or nice pureed soups) until we can get another blender or a part to replace the burnt one. That’s not counting all the people who brought phones to be charged or came to get phones that were already charged. Daddy and Anna Jean took care of most of those. Daddy took care of helping Sera too, who came for pain medicine. Some of the unwellness may be due to the dry, smoky weather. Daddy and I both felt weak and tired after being outside for just a short time. There is just something about the air that makes a person not feel well. With all the goings on, I was late getting the bed made and late getting to prayer and late getting to the computer. But reading further in I Chronicles 16 and writing another poem based on succeeding verses was a time of refreshment and blessing. Later in the morning, I made pizza for our dinner, making a whole wheat crust to fill with the leftover carrots and pasta sauce topped with cheese and pizza herbs. I made sure that I made a little too much dough so I had enough to make five tortillas for my suppers. Afternoon time was given to revising the church history questions to make less writing for the students; and this evening, I spent a little time on the meri blouse. October 21. Praise the Lord for more rain during the night and that there was even a bit of water on the ground this morning. The Lord gave us some sunshine, but quite a few clouds today. While I was fixing and eating my breakfast, Anna Jean was washing and hanging out clothes. I also washed up a pumpkin which she cut up after sweeping the floors. Then she practiced computer for quite a while. By the time I got the bed made and finished prayer time, it was already 9:30. I spent a good while studying King David’s prayer in I Chronicles 16. We both went outside a while and enjoyed the fresh air. I brought the clothes in around 11:00 because the skies were looking like rain. A few drops fell while I was out there, but they never amounted to anything more. I brought all the clothes in anyway, and hung the ones that were still damp in the schoolroom. Worked for a while on journal notes to send to Connie, and finished getting that file ready in the afternoon. This afternoon, I also washed my hair and made a large popo crisp for Daddy since there were two popo that were well ripe and needed to be used right away. This evening, I basted the side seams of the meri blouse and then stitched them up. I think the only thing I need yet to do is gather the ends of the sleeves and make bands to put on them. I’m so thankful to the Lord for helping me to make the meri blouse, especially since I didn’t have a pattern. Used parts of a couple blouses (with some alterations) and made sure I measured carefully before cutting, and basted everything before machine stitching so I could try it on beforehand and not have to take machine stitches out. October 22. I slept so well last night, yet I felt tired all the morning. I was able to have my breakfast early so thought I would be able to get e-mails written, but that was not to be. Daddy needed help getting the stat dec ready for JAARS, and I also printed out a couple copies. Since I was doing printing, I printed a couple copies of our will and testament. Since both the stat dec and will need to be notarized, we need copies to take to town. I almost forgot that I had to make a meal today. I picked out one large kaukau and four potatoes and washed them. The kaukau was nice, but all the potatoes were bad inside except for parts of a couple of them so we ended up with just a small amount of potatoes with the kaukau. Garlic had to be peeled and cut up, and the chicken needed to be cut into small pieces for cooking with the garlic before a gravy was made and added to the chicken and garlic. In the meantime, my pancake that I was heating up for snack got forgotten and turned out to be a nice, crispy dark brown. Then when I got the container of leftover carrots out to heat up for our dinner veggie, the lid removed itself, and the carrots fell upside down on the floor in front of the fridge. No carrots for dinner, but I was thankful for the pumpkin Anna Jean had fixed yesterday, and thankful for a thoughtful husband who cleaned up the mess on the floor. This afternoon, I wrote one short e-mail. Then I worked on my meri blouse. Also Daddy and I went outside for a nice stretch in the fresh air. I was excited to finish the meri blouse this evening. Praise the Lord for all His help. I tried to be very careful and prayerful with every step as the material was somewhat expensive and I didn’t want to spoil it. I even have enough pieces left to make pockets so I may try my hand at that. And maybe make a hair holder too. After our evening devotions, I printed out more sheets of Bible verses to give out to people at the door.
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