Thursday, June 30, 2011

Joe gave a devotion at the bank this morning.  Then, he did our bulk shopping.  We usually get flour, sugar, and powdered milk 25 kilos at a time.  It is a lot cheaper that way.  He also got chicken and hamburger.  Joe was so proud of himself that he got everything on his list accomplished in spite of the many distractions; his phone was ringing off the hook this morning.  A man who had come to the house yesterday to do some work left a drill here, but apparently it was stolen; it was nowhere to be found.  Then, the tools were locked up in a room at the church, and no one had the key; they had to come here to get the keys.  It was a busy morning!

When Joe got home, he looked at the dryer.  There is a part that needs to be replaced, but we can still use it for the time being.  We just have to turn the gas bottle off when the dryer is not in use.

A lady from the church comes twice a week to help clean.  Today, she brought her eight-year-old brother with her.  He is on break from school, but no one else in the family was.  Her mom is also a teacher.  The kids had fun playing with Mikim.  He put their wooden train tracks together and then had the whole track filled with their little cars.  Gilbert and Danny were quite impressed.  They had to come get me so that I could see.

This morning, Bonnie came to me and told me that a bug fly bit her.  Then, she told me it was a red horse fly.  She said, "Mom, I need that smacker thing."  She was referring to the fly swatter.  She came to report that she killed the bug fly and fed it to a lizard.  She has quite the imagination!

Gilbert thought that the cat had killed a snake this morning, but Francis had killed it while he was mowing.  It was a black mamba; it was about ten inches long.

I worked on laundry this morning.  After lunch, Kristine helped me put the flour and sugar in ziploc bags to freeze it.  We filled the freezer today!

After naps, I made pizza for supper.  The kids helped.  We grated the cheese with the food processor first.  They took turns pushing the cheese down. After we made it through that, I told them I would call them when I was ready to start putting the toppings on.  Danny came back to help.

We watched Monk after supper.  Kristine had never seen it before.  Bonnie was "cooking" things for me.  She brought me some pretend ice cream with cucumbers and carrots in it.  What a combination!  Danny could not sit still; he didn't want to fall asleep.

A little bit ago, Joe was talking to Bonnie.  He told her that she needed to stop all the crying and losing her temper.  She said, "Well, it's the truth!"

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie