To be Thankful...

When writing about what to be thankful for and for whom one needs to sit and ponder. So many blessings in my life with friends and family. For Thanksgiving we were thankful for Stan and Delano from South Carolina so that we had someone to share our dinner. We went rather non-traditional with steak instead of turkey. But, it was delicious!

Also, we are thankful for friends. Especially those who invite members of our family out for the crazy shopping day. The kids both had alot of fun. I worked on the house prepping for the Christmas Candlelight tour. Doug is trucking corn and making room in the bins for more. We probably have less than 5 good days of running to get the corn in. So that too is something to be thankful for.

Hope your Thanksgiving day was filled with memories old and new.

Blessings to you all!

One of those days...

Ever had one of those days when you get woken up really early...like 3 hours before you would like to because of an emergency? Then you almost get home from the first run and then there is another. You finally get back home. Climb into bed...and it seems like you just feel like you are able to drift back to sleep, and it's time you must get up again, because of commitments of the day. Then as you get up and going...things are going good, really good. Lunch in the crock-pot, productive things are happening in and around the house, you make your meeting and the results are good. You stop a minute and have a cup of tea with a friend...make it home with more good things happening. Then your day hits the wall...literally! You feel like you cannot go on because of events that happen. But your day must go on, because of, again commitments to your family and life. But that wall is hard and it hurts...really bad.

That is my day! Sorry for the story...but needed to write it.

Take care all!

We're Back!!!

Hi all...well...were we missed? Last week after my last post, we were hit hard with the bug. First Katie was hit then we all were to an extent. We had some miserable days around here. Doug even layed low a couple of days and stayed close to the house and just wandered out to the grain set up to make sure things were working. It is funny how people wondered if he just "had a cold." If you know him well enough, it takes more than that to keep him down. We all have a few lingering effects, but are on the mend.

Late last week we were able to go see a play put on by the Marshall Civic Players "A Christmas Carol." A family we know all participated in it and it was so nice to see all of them. Good friends joined us too, so it ended up being a great night.

We were supposed to host our small group last week, but with us having lingering effects of the bug we chose to host it at the church, so nothing could be spread.

Since then...we have had some productive days here. Some curtains have been made, appointments kept, and more of the usual day to day life with harvest time. To add to the fun, I use the term lightly, we have agreed to be part of a Christmas Walk for our church. That will consist of three or four groups of fifteen going through your house to see it and how you decorate it for Christmas. Well, to say the least, I am a tad bit stressed. Supposedly a person can shut off rooms and keep them from going through. But, take the basement as an example, Erik has his farm set down there. He would like people to see how he has it set up and he actually just made a new board and layout for it. He also is making more shelves for his extra equipment he isn't using on his current set-up.

So that is about it for now...I will spare you all more details. I may write more as time allows.

Be blessed my friends and be safe in your harvest.

Busy Monday

Happy Monday to you all. We had a crazy busy weekend, like I'm sure most of you have. Friday, I ran to Salvation Army in Battle Creek and dropped off a car full of stuff. Wow it was nice to get rid of those things, and hopefully they will be put to good use by others.

After getting back home, we pulled the house together and then I made homemade pizza early because of the night we had ahead of us. I no more than got it done and the first one in the oven when the Farrier arrived. This is the second time this one has been here, and to say the least I am impressed. He is professional, efficient, not too chatty, and he brings his dog. This dog is the most well mannered little thing, and she plays great with Zoe and tires her out while she is here. Which if you have met our Zoe...is a very good thing!

While I was out with the farrier, my friend Amy, Katie, and her friend Russell, headed into Marshall to set up for the fund raiser the Horse Bowl had planned. The 50-60 -70's dance. Well, I can honestly say I don't think this was the best choice for fund raisers. We had alot of snacks to sell from the get go...and we still had a lot around 9pm when we left. Only 7 horse bowl members, a few family members and maybe 10-15 additional people were in attendance. So I don't recommend this to others for a fundraiser.

Saturday we started running corn, we got a good start on it. I got to truck it home. Doug worked on cleaning up the extra combine. I will probably take the combine back a little later in the week.

Sunday was our usual plus more. Sunday morning was church. Then we came home put together a salad and went to the Myers' Thanksgiving dinner. Left there and dropped off gifts at a baby shower being held at church. Went to choreography practice for the Christmas program, had Christmas choir, regular choir, then small group.

I ended my night with a bit of a cough, that kept me up some of the night. Katie actually was brought home by friends and she is not good. She seems to have a nasty upper respiratory cough, and low grade fever, she has slept alot today. I hope we can get an immune boost and get over this quickly.

Here we are Monday morning, I went to town already for my regular meeting. This afternoon I have to take the horse up to the Horse Chiropractor and Erik has a CCAIS board meeting.

I will run for now, cause I want to figure out my dinner plans before we go our separate ways.

Stay healthy and safe all!!

Done with Beans!

So it is official...we are done harvesting soybeans for the year. We actually were done about 3 yesterday afternoon. Now we have to get things switched over to run corn. Today we have some errands to run so we probably won't start doing any corn till Saturday. (Of course it wouldn't have anything to do with an old saying about don't start things on a Friday, right?!?)

Tonight we are to attend a 50-60-70's dance put on by the Calhoun County Horse Bowl teams. We have no idea how this will turn out, but the person who heads up the group thinks this is the fund raiser we need. So...anyone who wants...Please come to the B.E. Henry Building in Marshall tonight for this dance. Dress up is optional. Snack type food and drinks will be there to buy by donation only. Cost is $5 for individual and $15 for a family. I happen to know a few families that could do really well with the family rate! :) Give us a call if you are needing any more details.

Before we go to decorate tonight, the farrier is coming, which is good cause Mr. Chip threw a shoe.

I have to make a run to Salvation army today to donate some goods. So I may stop at my favorite bakery, Continental, and have lunch and bring my husband a bite of carrot cake.

Hope you all have a fantastic day and fun filled weekend!

Be blessed!

Chilly November

Hi all...hope your days are filled with fulfilling work and some fun mixed in. We are just a day away from finishing up our beans. What a great feeling that will be. Then of course there is the corn.

I had Bible Study yesterday then a friend and I ran to Kalamazoo to do some errands. She had some returns, downtown, and we found the most wonderful place to eat lunch. It was a store with bunches of fresh salads and deli type items that would rival Whole Foods. The sandwich and salad we has was scrumptious. We then headed toward Portage to go to the Baby's-R-Us, to find a shower gift for a couple at church. They work with the youth group and are an awesome couple, so I picked up a little extra so Katie would have something just from her. It helped my friend had a 20% coupon so it was worth the extra time in going there. Next we went to a lighting store and I finally found my lights for the bonus room. You know before I kept looking but nothing was jumping. When these ones jumped so they are ordered and on their way. Finally we went to Sam's Club in Portage. Wow, talk about stuff, they have some fun different items then they have in Battle Creek, so that was a cool experience.

One the way home it was getting late, so of course I was worried about what I was fixing for dinner. When I called home and talked to Katie to see what she might pull out for me to put together. I was greeted with Mom, I knew you might be a while, so I made up a meatloaf and have baked potatoes and applesauce, is that ok. Uh...YES! How awesome. I hadn't even talked to her after she had gotten home from Jackson yesterday, so what a blessing that was.

Today I have to go forward big time with pulling together my basement and start thinking about Christmas decorations. Its a long story, but yes once I gather them all together, they will slowly start going up.

The kids have a 4-H council meeting tonight. Katie will be happy, Erik not so much.

Well that is all for now.

Have a blessed an awesome day all!

Good Times

Hello all...it is a good day here at Myers Farms. The kids are working diligently on their school work. Probably no combining will be going on here, because the sky is spitting rain. But, that is ok, we know the beans will get done and the corn isn't going anywhere.

Doug is working to move the dry beans out and taking them over to store at another location. It is a timely process, but something that must be done. He will probably be done within the hour then we are going to find light fixtures for the bonus room. I also have been putting off getting groceries, so we might pick up a few while we are out. I am planning a big Sam's run in K-zoo on Wed., so I will only pick up the basics. I have been wanting to clean out the cupboards and start over with some can goods. With the complaining going on that we have NOTHING to eat, even though we have freezers full of items, it may be time. It helps sometimes to let them be creative in coming up with meals with less choices.

We had a good weekend. Saturday we met friends at a coffee shop in Jonesville. It was good to catch up with them. The Christmas program at church is also coming together nicely. We had some new faces this week added to the mix of voices...and they were fabulous! Katie had a Fall 4-H party and enjoyed her time there. Erik is also is working to learn the new moves for the dances for the Christmas program and is actually having fun doing that. (But I don't think he would admit it!) :)

Well I need to run...have a very good day all...Be Blessed!