Hi, all! I'm sorry that I have missed some journal notes. Starting here with the ones from February. Thank you so much for your faithfulness in praying. This and That with Little Labors of Love
January 29, 2024. A sunshiny morning after the rain yesterday evening and through part of the night. Went outside for a while early this morning. The flowers are very overgrown and need lots of attention. I wonder who would know how to do a good job maintaining a flower garden. Afterward I worked for a short while on math lessons. Then we had snack, and Daddy helped me lay a piece of linoleum on the kitchen floor on top of that which had become very faded-looking and had many taped-up places where the ooqdi (the wood used to make the floor boards) had broken through. I put eggs on to boil while we were working, and we had lunch at noon because there wasn’t time to make our dinner. After nap, I worked just a short while on math lessons. Then kitchen duty called so we could have a good supper. First, I scrubbed a kaukau (sweet potato) and five potatoes and cut them up into small pieces to boil for mashing. The masher was laid out along with butter, milk, and salt and pepper to go in the potatoes. The chicken had a fair amount of blood on it so needed to be washed first. It also had lots of bone and fat, and some skin, too, so it was quite a job cutting off the meat. An onion was cut up to go with the meat, and all the seasonings were laid out to add to the meat. Gravy mixture was prepared as well. Along with all that, I made a pitcher full of spinach soup. Daddy was shaving and washing so I also had to answer the door a couple times while I was working. It was a hot afternoon, and the kitchen was especially hot, making the sweat pour out of my body. I was thankful for The Lord’s help in this labor of love and to be able to sit down together and enjoy a good meal when it was all ready. There was quite a mountain of dishes to be washed after supper, a job which created more sweat, so I was very grateful for a nice bath shortly after washing dishes. By the time bath was over, I only had time for a vitamin drink before our devotions together. It took quite a while to proofread chapter 31 of Jenesis (Genesis) so it was 9:15 before I got to fix and eat a half mugful of oatmeal and then tie up work in my computer before shutting down and getting ready to climb into bed. Now that it is bedtime, the Lord is sending us light rain, and there is thunder in the distance. January 30. After we went to bed last night, The lightning flashed at the window with intense brightness which we could see even though the curtains were closed and we were in bed with our eyes shut. Thunder followed fairly soon after each flash, and the rains poured down out of the heavens. By morning, the sky was partly clear, and the sun was soon to shine, only to disappear by mid-morning, covered over with thick clouds. Anna Jean washed and cut up a pumpkin. I finished setting up math lessons; and after Anna Jean left, Daddy and I went outside for a while. Then I started printing math lessons, but the ink tank gave me problems so I had to finish the printing on the Canon. This afternoon, I did backups because my computer has been acting up, and I don’t want to lose anything. And this evening, I scanned practice pages and worksheets for reading class. During our devotional time, we continued checking Jenesis. After a hot, humid day, the rain is now pouring down and beating furiously on the tin roof.
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