Knolltop Farm Wife

Yep, it's the slacker from the Knolltop ! I'm back....here on a sunny, warmer Knolltop !!! I'm not going to bother with what's happened in the last month, pretty much business as usual...but I do have a blessing today. A gal from my small group from church came out today and is doing my housework! How blessed am I????????????? Sheri Bean showed up while I was bedding the barn and started in helping out there and then we came to the house and she hasn't stopped yet! Oh my heavens is this wonderful or what???? So I'm working away in my office while she whistles away in my dining room dusting stuff in my jelly cupboard that hasn't been dusted since I moved it in 8 years ago! Okay, now for a basketball update. Luke will play districts Wednesday night and I hope they win, although they haven't been too successful this year. And while at our favorite ice cream place, the Udder Side, the owner mentioned my blog....I had no idea he read this blog...so I...

JW is at it again with marketing goodies for his Senior Trip. And this is what he left on my stove after his entrepreneurial chocolate fest! Monday he bought the molds and chocolate and made some samples to take to school. Tuesday he took his pretty packages of goodies and handed them out, took the orders and sold $96 worth of chocolates! With the pretty boxes and bags his Nana sent up from Georgia, he melted his chocolate, put them in molds, stuck them in the freezer, tapped them out of the molds and put them in some fancy boxes and bags. This morning he took a laundry basket full of bags and boxes to deliver at school. I'm amazed at how a little packaging can take ordinary chocolate...and I mean ORDINARY...we're not talking Dove or Cadbury ....ORDINARY chocolate and make it into something people will buy. Just amazing!

Pictures from Friday night at Homecoming . Luke played well, he was high scorer again, I'm so proud of him! I just happened to have my camera with me, so I took a few snap shots of a double bonus. One was that Luke was playing and the other was that JW was singing in the Jazz band! What a wonderful night we had enjoying watching our kids. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm bragging, but they are pretty much the center of our world right now, so they get top billing! The game didn't turn out like we wanted, they lost by a point. After the game, the jazz band played for the first set of music for the dance, so we stayed and watched that. I discovered that kids haven't changed much over the years. They bascially pay $5.00 to get into a gym where loud music is playing so they can mingle with their friends. I think I could make a lot of money if I turned up my radio and invited them to my house to hang out and talk. And then I could sell them pizza by the slice and ma...

It's a mild, cloudy morning on the Knolltop! Good morning! Another game tonight, we will head to Camden for the big radio game....yep, it will be on the radio. I've run out of time...have to go bed the barn.. oh yeah... God answered our prayers on my dryer....my brother found one on Craig's list for me, my mom called and told me about it, my dad sent the money down for it and now I have a new(used) dryer AND washer, that needs a minor repair...but we're getting it fixed. God is so good! THanks for prayer!

Good Morning from a much milder Knolltop ! It's 35 out this morning! It smells like spring and definitely gives me a spring in my step today. Yesterday Luke had a game in Bellevue and the team decided to dress up. Jake being the manager decided to dress up as well....he loves to copy his big brother. So I thought I would capture the boys in ties, who knows how long this urge to look nice will last. I have to hand it to Luke, he is good at tieing a tie. He's quick and smooth. Jake hasn't mastered it yet and he came to me the night before asking if I would tie his tie. I looked at him and said, "I can't tie a tie, you'll have to ask Daddy or one of the boys." They were busy so a disgruntled Jake sat and tried to master the art of tieing a tie. Watching him in frustration, Sarah piped up and said, "Jake, give it to me, I'll do it." When she got done I asked how she knew how to tie a tie? She said she learned it from watching her b...

Good Morning from a much warmer Knolltop . It's sunny and the temps are climbing, this mild weather is a welcome reprieve from the subzero wind chills in recent days. We travelled to Tekonsha the other night for Luke's game and he got to start again! I realize that's not a big deal to some, but for this mom, it's big. I love watching my kids excel , what mom doesn't? He also scored 13 pts ...but they lost. Afterward we met Doug and Angie Myers for coffee and McDonalds , it was fun to catch up with them and laugh a little. Tonight we will head to Bellevue for his game. JW and Sarah will finish up chores for us. They are so good to help us out like that, we are so blessed to have kids who are willing to give their time and energy for us and their siblings. Okay, now I have a prayer request: I need a new dryer. My old one died. So, please put that on your prayer list and we will see how God decides to provide! I can't wait to see what He has in store!...

Good Monday Morning from a cold Knolltop ! We had a slight dusting of snow over night but nothing major. It's 16 with a slight breeze...but nothing frozen in the barn! And I hear we are in for a heatwave later this week....our January thaw, perhaps? Over the weekend, Sarah and I attended our county DHIA awards banquet. We garnered some pretty good door prizes..which is one of the things that keeps me going, other than I have to go to report on the event! Sarah picked out some lip gloss, shower gel and a water bottle. Yes, we had three chances at a door prize because a very generous Mark Adam gave us his number.....he always does....and that's why I sit by him! No, not really, I love to catch up on what the world traveler is doing and of course we do a little gossiping along the way...nothing major, just who changed jobs, who's working for who and who got married, etc. and a few other observations along the way. Well, now it's time to head back out into the cold ...