Friday, July 31, 2009

Hey

Not to much excitement around here. I did some weeding on Friday (24th) but I haven't worked with Shiloh for the past few days. I need to work her on some of the games. :-) I managed to do a make shift patch on our galvanized water tank with plastic and duck tape, so the kids and I filled it half way and they enjoyed cooling off the past few afternoons. It's close to the house so we can keep an eye on them. Though playing in the water means a lot of clothing to wash, as we don't have swimsuits they're just playing in their regular clothing. :-)
We had put in a large order for butter to be delivered to the Endeavour store so when we went to pick that up on Sat. I also ordered some Avon stuff as she's a dealer. I'm hoping that it will come before camp time. ;-) She said maybe 16th but she'd try to get it ordered in sooner as we (Naomi and I) were going to use some of the product for gifts. :-)
Dad's been working on a haybine and a few other things for Neal Fenske.... Dad's had to run to Preeceville a few times in the past few days trying to get the right parts so he can fix the equipment.
Well other than that nothing big has been happening here. But that could change any day. :-) Only about 3 weeks till music camp starts. :-)
Ya'll have a great day.
Hannah

28th here.... Rained a bit yesterday, Weeded all but my part of the strawberries this afternoon. I could have weeded them as well but... :-) Guess I was feeling lazy. Other than that, just the same ol' things happening here. Dad's still working on the haybine, some of the kids have been riding..... we've all been keeping in good health. :-)
31st..... It's been raining the past two days... and cloudy in-between rain spurts. :-) Kind of chilly for July/August don't you think? :-)
Today Dad, Jesse, Martha, Lydia, Ellie and I went to Ketchen Lake Bible Camp to help clean up now that camp is all done. We stayed and had lunch with them as well. :-) And then Dad, Mom, Naomi, Ellie, Cilla, Ruth, Sara and I left for a trip to town. Dad, Mom, Ellie and Naomi to do some banking and I hopefully to get some net connection for posting and e-mailing.
Sooooo I hope you all have are having a great day and till next time. :-)
Hannah

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Sunny here

Well another beautiful day here at the Holter farm. It reached 80 f today but we didn't go into the water. Our well has been failing worse and worse, so Dad is going to have to seriously look into getting it looked at. Hopefully all it needs is a cleaning and we wont have to drill a new well. If we do have to drill a new one that means no sawmill for Dad. We're just praying right now.... God has things in control. :-)
I went to town with Dad and Mom this morning, picked up a couple things. Then this afternoon I scythed down more weeds, gave myself another blister so I stopped. :-/ :-) Then I worked on trying to repair a hole in a galvanized water trough so the kids can have a wadding pool and not have to get so dirty going into the dugout. We'll fill it later and see if my make shift patch will hold. I'm kind of thinking that it wont as I didn't have the proper material for the hole but it might surprise me. :-)
I didn't work with Shiloh today. Yesterday I just tried to sack her out to a blanket being rubbed on her and flipped at her. She apparently was let get away with some stuff before... the main things being that she has a bad habit of nibbling and she also has no respect for personal space on her seeing side. Her blind side she stays away pretty much. So my work is cut out for me. :-) She ties very well, and there was no pulling back so I think she might have had a few lessons on that before I got her. Since she's quite calm about the blanket being flipped on her, I think I'll just try the saddle next and see how she does. She takes things pretty well, and doesn't get het up about it so I think breaking her to ride will be OK. :-)
Today we're in Yorkton so I hope to be able to post this and send some e-mails. I also have to look up some other things. The net is a good thing at times but at others it gets bothersome. :-)
Hannah

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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I love this picture of Ruth... so cute. :-)

Hannah

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Pictures from the Sunday afternoon at Ketchen lake... :-)

Hannah

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Here's a picture of Ruth... she wanted me to put lilies in her hair. :-)
Hannah
Good day to ya'll.
I hope that all those who follow this blog are having a good day. :-)
Sunday (19th) went quite well... after service and the pot luck most of the people went home so we were able to spend the afternoon at the lake and enjoyed playing in the water without so many people around. :-)
Lydia and I went down and spent a day at camp in the kitchen again(Mon. 20th). We helped out with all the meals for that day and then I rolled out around 100 tortillas... I thought my wrist were going to fall off by the time I got done. The dough was really stiff and about like elastic, you'd stretch it out and it'd bounce back.... so you can imagine how it felt rolling out 100 of them. (actually it was over 100, the head cook said I rolled about 130 or so, but 100 is an easier number for me... LOL!) But in-spite of my aching arms I did enjoy being able to help out again. I haven't lost my enthusiasm for the camp yet. :-) Carrol Stepan brought us home again.... We got home around 9:30 or so.... kind of late but the kitchen work didn't end till then. :-)
I have an unspoken prayer request for you all.... Just pray for wisdom about a situation up here, especially for us older girls. Thanks very much. :-)
Hannah

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Greetings

Sat. 18th.....Well so far we've been having nice weather. It's been hot enough that the kids went into the dugout for a bit of a swim and wading. :-) They sure enjoyed cooling off.
On our way home from town (16th) we stopped by Wildside Honey (Stehr's place) to get two buckets of honey while we were there Sandra asked if I wanted another horse? She had a two year old paint filly that was blind in her left eye due to being kicked out when the filly was a young foal. I looked her over and said that I'd get back with Sandra the next day.
The 17th was Uriah's 6th birthday.... the kids sure grow fast. :-) We made Pizza and Ellie had made ice cream on the 16th, all in all a very good dinner. :-)
Yesterday (17th) we gardened some, then all but Jesse and Naomi went to do some horse stuff.... went down and checked out a horse that Miller's want Lydia to put miles on, then went over and saw the stud that Muckers and Millie are being bred to. We dropped by Stehr's on the way back from the stud but they weren't home Dad asked the hired guy if he's have them call when they got home. They ended up calling about the time we made it home.... so after Mom fed the baby she drove Ellie, Lydia and I down to walk Shiloh back. Shiloh had only been on lead four times before so I was a bit skeptical about the 2 ¼ miles home but she behaved very well.
Today Mom and I weeded the 8 rows of carrots... I can tell my hands aren't used to the hoe... I've had a year of taking it easy, and I ended up getting some blisters on my hands... Tomorrow wont be any garden work so I'll get a rest. :-) After lunch I visited with Shiloh, just getting to know her better I'll try working with her tomorrow evening after church and then maybe let her out on Monday. Lydia, Ellie and I helped Dad take a tractor tire apart.... inner tube and rim out. The outside rubber the girls will fill with gravel and use for horse playing. The inner tube we'll try to wash/soak in soap and water to cut the calcium so we can use it for the dugout. :-) I had been intending to scythe some grass before supper but Dad wanted to sharpen the scythe and by the time he was done it was time to eat, so after eating and helping him get the tire apart, I scythed some grass. Not much but I'll do more on Monday.... I hate to see all the grass go to waste, we have nothing to cut it with and no one's been asking to cut our field so I'll just scythe a bit and make myself feel better not letting it all go to waste. :-)
That's about it for now. Have a great day.
Hannah

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Hey there

Hi there....
The day at the camp kitchen went great. (we helped out there on the 13th) Lyds and I had lots of fun and we told them to holler for us if they needed us again. :-) We have to put the food on the kids' plates so they don't contaminate other peoples' food if they haven't washed their hands, so that was a new experience for us. But it went fine and we didn't make any messes. LOL! :-) Dad and Eugene had dropped us off but Carrol Stepan (I think that's how you spell their last name) and her son Jay brought us home. (Jay's 15) When we got home we found that Dad and Eugene had installed the Rust Buster (a special filter for all the iron in our water) but that we had no water again. After an hour or so the well had filled in again so we're back into water for now. Not sure what Dad will be doing about the well running dry, guess we'll just see. :-) That night (Eugene and Blair stayed another night) Lydia was sick... from 1:30 am till 6:00 am she threw up every 10 -15 minutes... So I worked out a small system.... Lydia would throw up in one bowl I'd take it and hand her the other one, take the yuck out and dump it rinse the bowl and sink, spray both with lysol and then 10 minutes later do it all over again. :-{ Naomi got sick last night but she didn't have it as hard as Lydia only throwing up 4 times. Dad and Mom both feel like they might get it as well. So far I'm holding out. Jesse, Ellie, Martha, Sara and I seem to be the only ones that aren't feeling bad. Last night I was so tired from being up all night and not having a nap during the day that I was feeling bad as well, but this morning I'm feeling OK. Not perfect but I'm not sick yet. :-) Please pray that we'll all heal soon and those of us who aren't sick don't get it. :-) Thanks.
It was rainy yesterday so I wasn't able to weed the carrots. They look pretty bad. Not very many of them have come up... But they have to be weeded any ways. :-) Hopefully it will clear off today so I can weed a row or two. I want to go gather rose petals again as well. :-) But that could wait a day if need be... I need to get at least one more harvesting of Nettles in before the plants go to flower so I might have to do that today in stead of rose petals. :-)
Nothing else happening around here... So I'll close for now.
Hannah

Hey there

Hi there....
The day at the camp kitchen went great. (we helped out there on the 13th) Lyds and I had lots of fun and we told them to holler for us if they needed us again. :-) We have to put the food on the kids' plates so they don't contaminate other peoples' food if they haven't washed their hands, so that was a new experience for us. But it went fine and we didn't make any messes. LOL! :-) Dad and Eugene had dropped us off but Carrol Stepan (I think that's how you spell their last name) and her son Jay brought us home. (Jay's 15) When we got home we found that Dad and Eugene had installed the Rust Buster (a special filter for all the iron in our water) but that we had no water again. After an hour or so the well had filled in again so we're back into water for now. Not sure what Dad will be doing about the well running dry, guess we'll just see. :-) That night (Eugene and Blair stayed another night) Lydia was sick... from 1:30 am till 6:00 am she threw up every 10 -15 minutes... So I worked out a small system.... Lydia would throw up in one bowl I'd take it and hand her the other one, take the yuck out and dump it rinse the bowl and sink, spray both with lysol and then 10 minutes later do it all over again. :-{ Naomi got sick last night but she didn't have it as hard as Lydia only throwing up 4 times. Dad and Mom both feel like they might get it as well. So far I'm holding out. Jesse, Ellie, Martha, Sara and I seem to be the only ones that aren't feeling bad. Last night I was so tired from being up all night and not having a nap during the day that I was feeling bad as well, but this morning I'm feeling OK. Not perfect but I'm not sick yet. :-) Please pray that we'll all heal soon and those of us who aren't sick don't get it. :-) Thanks.
It was rainy yesterday so I wasn't able to weed the carrots. They look pretty bad. Not very many of them have come up... But they have to be weeded any ways. :-) Hopefully it will clear off today so I can weed a row or two. I want to go gather rose petals again as well. :-) But that could wait a day if need be... I need to get at least one more harvesting of Nettles in before the plants go to flower so I might have to do that today in stead of rose petals. :-)
Nothing else happening around here... So I'll close for now.
Hannah

Hi

Been weeding the garden, harvesting stinging nettles, cleaning house, celebrating Lydia's 17th Birthday.... and today (10th) I went and got a gallon pail full of wild rose petals.... I love that smell of roses, I wonder if that will be one of the scents that God has in Heaven... probably something much better though. :-) I want to harvest as many as I can.... there's never to many dried rose petals. I would like to get some rose essential oil (which is extremely expensive unless diluted by a carrier oil) and make some soap this winter.... rose petal soap. :-) I'm always interested in novelties. :-) I have made a plain calendula petal soap with no scent, one orange, and one lemon and grape fruit soap... I do enjoy experimenting at times. :-)
Our weather has been rather chilly here, past two days we've gotten a bit of rain (Ellie and I were caught out walking... we came home already showered... LOL! ) Today it was partly sunny and very windy, thankfully it died down in the evening so my rose petals didn't get scattered across the country. :-)
The garden didn't come very well... the main reason is because we got it in so late. Hopefully next year we'll get it in on time and maybe be able to start our own plants in the little green house thing we have... I once started popcorn and indian corn (for corn meal) and they went very well for being starts and also long growing days. I'm hoping that sometime we'll get a green house but that is very very unlikely to happen even in the next few years... we never have money or time to make of buy one. :-) So I'll have to be content with what I have and be glad that we can actually still garden. :-)
Okay I'll run now... take care and many blessings on you. :-)
Hannah

Friday, July 3, 2009

recipe

Hey ya'll, try this recipe.... I'd love to see how it tastes someday. :-)
Strawberry ice
(Can be made a day ahead)

1 cup hot water
¾ c. sugar
2 Tbsp. Fresh lemon juice
3 c. sliced strawberries.

Mix hot water, sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until sugar dissolves. Blend 3 cups strawberries in a processor of blender until smooth. Add sugar syrup and blend until combined. Pour into 9x13- inch baking pan. Freeze for about 25 minutes or until icy around edges. Using fork, pull icy portions into middle of pan. Repeat this step evey 20 minutes until all liquid is frozen into flaky, loose crystals. Cover and freeze. When ready to serve, use fork again to scrape crystals into bowls and garnish with berries. Serves about 6. Enjoy. :-)

Hannah

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

We're in WA

Hi there....
We made almost 17 hours of driving yesterday (29th) and so far we've made 11 hours... not to Grandpa and Grandma Holter's place yet. Probably an hour or 2 hours till we get there. It's 7:30 WA time right now. Yesterday Ruth threw up all over herself.... and some on me as well. Not my favorite thing to have happen to me. :-/ LOL! But today she's been doing good and keeping her food inside. :-) We stayed at our old place in Lakeside, MT.... the people who bought the place are renting it out and the renters left the place to us for the night and morning.... so we didn't get to see any of them.
Ahhh.... July 1st here..... Happy Canada Day for those who live there. :-) I love the layout of Grandpa and Grandma's house. Two bedrooms, a master bath and then a full main bath. The kitchen, dining room and living room are all in one big area, very airy and open. The boys and Grandpa are sleeping down in the double widee mobile home, Cilla slept with Grandma, Mom and Dad with Sara have the bedroom and 6 of us girls slept in the living room, on sofas and airmattresses.. Lydia, Ellie, and Cilla are sick with colds and it's still threatening me. Today Mom, Grandma, Sara, Lydia, Naomi and I are going into town to get ice cream ingredients, and to stop at a health food store to pick up some Vit. C, D3 and zinc as well as some LDM..... which is a herd concentrate that you dilute in water and take for sickness... colds, flu, ear aches and so on. It helped us lots last time we had it in Bonners Ferry so we're hoping to find it here. Well any how that's what we're up to right now.... Hopefully we can go practice music tomorrow and then Friday's the big day... we were even put in the bulletin about the anniversary celebration... great. LOL! Please pray that we'll get better in time for our singing. :-) Thanks.
Hannah