Well..bear with me, this is my first posting!! Where to begin....I am still waiting to get my car repaired since last Thursday's accident (I was hit from behind--young girl"did not see me") Her father's insurance is not making it easy, so it is a lot of waiting etc.. They still haven't sent their adjuster out, and the company doesn't return calls to me or my insurance company..YUCK. The blessing is I was not hurt, and the car is drivable , despite looking ugly!!
I am nearly recovered my from weekend cardboard sled vs tree incident. Still some soreness, but once again no serious injuries that I have noticed. (Let's just say, it was a poor decision to ride head first in a cardboard sled contest, without a way to see.) Anyway, snow camp was great, and I think the teens enjoyed it too. I know Tom and I love going every year--despite this years mishap.
I am still keeping my eyes open for a job for my mom--not easy, and not a lot--keep praying God leads her THE ONE, and SOON!!!
I guess I'll say so long..I'll be back again, just not sure how long..
Tom says HI
Tara

Have chainsaw, have splitter, need peavey

We went out to the Glenburn property to cut up some firewood this morning. The dog and I walked around a VERY little bit and sat in the truck watching Wade cut up the logs. Tom came a little later and did most of the loading and we brought home two pickups trucks full (but not overloaded). As I was watching, I thought, "we really need a peavey". Do any of you guys have one that you're not using or know of someone who does? I'd prefer to buy one secondhand rather than a new one since we don't need it everyday.

Today I added a few of our kids to the list of possible authors but need more email addresses for the rest of them. Send them to me if you have them and I will invite them to join the blog.

More than 8 words!

OK, I'm going to try to be "newsy" - not so easy for me! Kath has changed her mind about college -- AGAIN! She is still planning to study Elementary Education; however, she has now decided to live at home and go to Lancaster Bible College. She seems very excited and convinced that this is the final plan so....please hope so for my sake, you all know how much I need a plan!

Well, I've recently begun teaching our young adult Sunday School Class and I am loving it! These are people that are trying to figure out what to think about life and they want to think for themselves -- it is awesome to contemplate & discuss with them and watch them grow - I hope they like it as much as I do!

Work is, as always, busy. I would complain a little but since I'm happy to have a job I will refrain! I wish I could be outside more and not just sitting at my desk but....

Well, that is all I've got for now so I'll leave the rest up to you creative, newsy types!

Hi Everybody

Taking a quick break from the job search to say "hello". The job search hasn't been too fruitful yet and, with the news being so negative every night, it's somewhat discouraging. But I've only been at it for three weeks so I'm still hopeful that something will turn up soon.

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Getting Started

This is the start of our family blog. Some changes will probably be made as we go along. I am sending invitations to my brothers and sisters to become authors and will add our children as we go along. Also I will add other websites and blogs that we have as you make them known to me. All ideas and suggestions will be appreciated.

My suggestion is that you make this blog your "homepage". That is what I did and that way I know as soon as I open my browser that someone has posted a new message. So I don't have to find the blog and check. Whether or not you do that, please plan to post at least every few days so that we can keep up with what is happening in your life. You can also comment to a post by someone else.

Love you!