Totally random list here, I know. I'm in a random kind of mood.1. My husband just returned from Mexico. He and our pastor ordained our missionary there. They were having a Bible school while he was there. He came back full of information and new insight into the work they are doing and how different it is for them.

This is an outdoor shower. Their only shower.

I'm so thankful for indoor showers, hot water, soap and clean towels. We really have so much more than we think we do. So what if I had to plunge the toilet the minute Clark left for the trip. At least I have a toilet.
We have been talking all morning about the trip. Later, I'm going to put together a slide show of his pictures for Sunday.
2. Yesterday, I returned from Mt. Ida where two of my college friends live.
While we were there cutie pie Tess got to sit up in a sink for her bath. She also kept her momma up all night by waking up every 2- 3 hours for a feeding. If it weren't for that sweet smile...
The kids did a lot of swimming. I did a lot of sitting on the porch and talking. And we walked to their creek one evening to skip rocks.3. As a result of our trip, last night Tess went to sleep boot camp. When she woke up 2 hours after I had put her down, I let her cry. Then I comforted her but did not feed her. After about an hour of crying, she settled down, slept and didn't wake up until I got her up at 3 am to feed her. It's not like I can turn off the faucet now that she has it on a schedule. Then she slept again until 8:30 this morning!
A pretty good first day of boot camp. But I have dreams of her sleeping all night!
4. I dreamed about snakes last night. I have no idea why. I think it's the first time I've been asleep long enough to dream in 3 weeks.
5. We listened to The Sign of the Beaver on the way to Mt. Ida and on the way home. It was wonderful. Go get it and read it to your kids this summer.
6. Darcy is having a giveaway for Corel Painter Essentials. While you're there, read her 3 part posts on "Taking care of your photos". I would only add that you print out the best photos each month and put them in an album. This has been the most important thing I've done. My kids love to get out the albums and look at what we did last year or on vacation. It's important.
7. The Nester is doing a Price My Space party on Monday. It sounds like fun and I want to participate, but I'm not sure I remember how much my stuff cost. Do you?
8. I've spent a lot of time online today playing catch-up. While I was at my friend's house, she only had dial up. I used (and blogged) on dial up for many years. Now dial up is like that shower up there to me. Ancient. Difficult. Ridiculous. Sad.
9. I'm going to get 3 bags of corn this afternoon and the rest of the day I'll be shucking, cutting off and bagging corn for the winter. I feel like a squirrel.
10. My house is a disaster.
I just needed to get that off my chest.















