tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29142230478645495662012-01-19T20:34:41.630-08:00The Seed Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862305157972942483noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914223047864549566.post-16642597617686783432012-01-12T21:28:00.000-08:002012-01-12T21:28:21.619-08:00

Well, here it is January and although I promised updates they didn't really come.  Some of you know that I was really sick this fall and I'm glad to say that I am finally feeling somewhat better.  I am just now beginning to feel like I am settled and myself after our move and my surgery and long recovery.  I find it hard to believe that we have now been living in Utah for six months.  Time truly

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Originally written in late August of this year. This post best experienced while listening to this music. I have been feeling so weird - so disjointed and kind of lost. Today I decided it's like a race: I was just running up a particularly large and difficult hill  when someone came and told me that it was changed to a triathlon and I needed to change into swim gear.  I have just 

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After what seemed like a whirlwind move, we are finally settling in here at my Georgiana (my grandparents' house, for those of you who don't know) in Lehi.  David and Elizabeth started school last week so they would be adjusted before I started as their teacher at the Montessori Learning Center.  I start work on Thursday. All in all everyone is pleased to have us around again and as soon as I

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It is with great depth of feeling that I announce that we will be re-locating to Utah County in mid-June.  We are sad to see our time here in Oregon grow short, yet excited at the prospect of living near family again. I hope to find time in the next month or so to chronicle some of the amazing things we have experienced and learned here on the farm.  It is exciting to see how much we have grown

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Lately my kids have been acting really kooky about "swear words".  You all know how sheltered they are, so it probably won't come as any surprise to hear that David berated me the other day for swearing. What?!?!  you say...JENNY was swearing?!? Yeah.  I said Holy Cow. That's right, my kids are keeping a tight fist around here when it comes to my colorful vocabulary. But it gets better: Last

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At least once in everyone's life there comes a time when they receive a gift they can't identify.  I don't mean a fruit cake with unknown ingredients lovingly created by your Grandma, or a lovely framed cross-stitch of something brown from Aunt Bee. No, I mean that time you receive a....What IS that?!?!?... gift. This was my lucky year. Since the giftee managed to be in Costa Rica for the

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Today I did a crazy thing; I think I am in shock. Some changes have been afoot in my life recently and I haven't been sure where they were leading.  Yesterday I got my answer. So after talking with my bishop last night and then my mom for a long time I have decided to enroll with the training/employment assistance program offered through DI.  I guess they employ you part time and then help

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You know how sometimes the day is super cloudy and it feels all oppressive and awful, and then all of a sudden the sun breaks through the clouds, and for a minute it is so cheerful and bright you just want to soar?!  Even when it goes back to being cloudy that happy feeling lingers on...

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Lately I have been working really hard to eradicate some negative things I've seen in my kids.  Things like minor bickering, eye rolling, having a hard time sharing, grumpiness, etc.   Little things, but worrisome nonetheless.  I'm sure lots of people think these things are unavoidable in children, but I believe differently. I've seen differently. I tried adding a lot of things: extra

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I have a favorite habit right now: reading my scriptures in my bed when I first wake up. This is a great habit for several reasons – 1. It starts my day off on a really great note. 2. I am actually getting through the Book of Mormon (I started in March and I plan on finishing it tomorrow!!!) 3. It's a gentle way to wake up, even when I find myself surrounded by kids! Yes, I was awakened by

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In a sweet old children's book about Holidays we read last night about the origins of Memorial Day.  It appears to have begun in the South after the Civil War as a way to honor American soldiers irrespective of which side they fought on.  A sweet story was told of a boy whose two brothers were fighting on opposite sides, so in their honor he had a suit of clothing made from half of an old uniform

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It's rainy here. I know you've heard that, but it needs to be repeated, especially when I tell you what happened to me tonight. It had rained all afternoon and the world was wet.  We stopped at Safeway to pick up a few things on our way home.  Purse and keys in hand, kids trailing, I sailed into the store on a mission:  I wanted to get out of the rain as quickly as possible.  In a hurry, I

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Lots of people have asked me: What are your kids doing all day while you are at the farm?  The answer is simple: building forts, digging, chasing each other with swords, picking flowers, eating Miner's Lettuce, poking things with sticks, tromping through the Forest of Night.  With 5 other kids to play with there is never a dull moment around here!  Dirt Girl and Tractor Boy (as they will be

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We've all heard that saying, "The church is true wherever you go."  And I think we generally all understand and believe that.  But since we moved to Oregon I have found new meaning in that saying. It all started the first week we were here, staying with friends in Vancouver, Washington, waiting to find a place to live.  We were staying with a lady my mom knew when they were girls, April.  April

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Wow, it's hard to believe that we are one week away from having been in Oregon for two months!  The time has really flown by.  Just the other day, as we were driving to the farm, I started thinking about the snow that will probably be around for another month of so in Monticello.  Comparing it with the brilliant green folliage all around me, I realized how out of place the thought of snow is to

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I spent 2 hours today planting Greek Oregano and filled 20 trays.  If each tray has 72 spaces and I placed somewhere between 1 and 10 seeds in each space (you can round it to 5), how many seeds did I plant? Bonus Questions:  How long will it take me to plant the remaining thousand Oregano seeds? How did I end up with a blister on the palm of my hand?

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